Much ado about pork soup

I read an interesting news article from France just now. According to the news article, the French police raided a charity soup kitchen run by Solidarity of the French (SDF) and shut down its operations. According to the French police, the ( pork ) soup handouts is racist and discriminated against Jews and Muslim. For religious reasons, Jews and Muslim do not eat pork.

However, the French court rejected the Police claim and ruled in favour of the charitable organization, allowing its soup kitchens to continue to offer pork soup to the homeless, and anybody who asked for help. The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, was outraged by the court's decision and urged the French police to appeal the ruling. He said "Faced by this initiative which stinks of xenophobia, I want once again to express city hall's desire to fight all forms of discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism."

Come to think of it. I really love the French people. Their poetic politicians are religiously sensitive, historically romantic, and sentimentally patriotic. I do not know much about the French men. And I for one, happened to have very high regards for French women. Due to my previous limited exposure in Quebec, Canada, I would like to consider French women are the most beautiful and sexy women on earth. I love the phonetics of French tongues savouring their sexy lips. I am not an MCP, but credit must be given if it is worth the mention.

Coming to anti discrimination on religious ground. I just wonder, whether the mayor of Paris would also consider banning any beef soup ? Because the Hindu are forbidden to eat beef on religious grounds. For chicken soup, can the mayor take measures to ensure that the slaughtering of the chicken go through the Islamic's "HALAL" process ? If the chickens are "halalled", we may have another problem, because some fanatical non-Muslims are forbiddened to eat HALALized chickens because it is against their religious belief ! By the way, wines and liquors are also forbidden to certain religions. Please remove wines and liquors from all your official functions. Animal (horse, dog, etc.) racing is a form of gambling, and gambling activities are also forbiddened in some religions. etc. etc... So here you go, and the list goes on..... Thank you so much for your righteousness and sensitivity.

Bonjour Monsieur Bertrand Delanoe, after you removed "discriminatory" practices in food preparations and servings, can you also look into another issue that is also equally discriminatory and righteous ? Maybe, perhaps, maybe you can also championed the French people to banned import from and export to racist or human rights abusing countries ?

Show the world the French's way of sensitivity, tolerances, righteousness, and morality ! Let the world learns from France. Maybe the United Nations Headquarters should be relocated to Paris !

In the name of religion sensitivities, I do really wish some sensitive souls out there can observed my religious sensitivities and minority rights !!!! Crying baby always gets the milk ? Can somebody out there teach me how to cry with big droplets of crocodile tears...... ?

Life goes on ?

We bid farewell to the OLD year,
and welcome the NEW year.

Every new year,
we look forward to a good year ahead.
Good wishes are delivered
to our hand phones and PC's
and occasionally greeting cards from sentimental friends.
It feel good to have friends still acknowledging our presence.
We begin the year with optimisms and resolutions.
Come next new year, the cycle repeats itself.

Year end come..
We held gathering to welcome the new year.
How was it different from the previous year end ?
Perhaps, we are ONE year older,
gained some wealths and friends,
and maybe some bitter sweet
memories and experiences.
Our eyes are a bit saggy,
there maybe wrinkles,
and maybe a bit more wiser.

But, beyond that,
how is this new year different from last year ?
Did the sun rises from the west ?
Did the moon traject off its orbit ?
When the party is over.
Life goes back to its recursive loop.
We are all beating around the circle
looking for an exit to eternity !

We are driven by numericals in the calender.
And life goes on, and on, and on....
and finally we breathed our last breaths.
How many more new years can we welcome ?
How many more old years can we bid farewell ?

And, Life goes on ?
Who care !
Let me have my COFFEE now.
Tomorrow will take care of itself !

Life ain't Rosy ?

My name is Gong Kow
have a house in TAIPING TOWN.
Finished my secondary education
in a school started by ANG MOH KOW.

Obtained a Grade One in MCE
But as a minority, LIFE is not ROSY
My Grade One is not good enough
compared to Grade Three of a BUMI.
So, no Form Six for me !

But I am very LUCKY
"You go Canada to STUDY"
That what my father told me.
After three years of undergraduate STUDIES
I came back with a DEGREE and my HONEY

Life ahead is very ROSY ?

After one year working for some lousy MONEY
Daddy found out I already have a STEADY
Everyday he asked me to MARRY
Or else he won't talk to ME
No choice, but to propose to my HONEY

Yeh, Life ain't ROSY !

The Marriage ceremony depleted all MY MONEY.
To survive, everyday I eat CHAPFUN or CHAPATY.
For entertainment, everyday I watch TV or pirated VCD.
While other drive Mercedes, I drove a 3rd hand Datsun SUNNY
Married life ain't that ROSY
In less than 12 months I have a BABY
Suddenly I became a DADDY.

Yeh, Life Ain't ROSY !

After many years of working for lousy CRONY
When I worked HARD, he said it is my DUTY
When I submit MC, he said I am LAZY
Paying me peanut
and yet expect me not to behave like MONKEY
When I am short of MONEY,
he asked me to "Chiak Kar Key"
I am almost gone CRAZY.


Yeh, Life ain't ROSY !

Now, I have to support my HONEY
and I have to feed my BABY
Have to pay installment for my old Datsun Sunny
Every week have to buy Dutch Baby
Everyday my petrol tank is EMPTY
Have to go work JALAN KAKI
ATM told me my account got no MONEY

Yeh, Life ain't ROSY

Seek HELP from government,
but they said I ain't BUMI.
Seek HELP from MCA,
but was told Life ain't CHARITY
and I am not their LIABILITY.
Sometimes, I really want to CARI MATI
But who is gonna feed my HONEY and BABY
Susah nak HIDUP, susah nak MATI.

Yeh, Life ain't ROSY !

Nevermind, every dog has his DAY.
Now, I made my own MONEY.
Life has become a bit ROSY.
Sipping my favorite Coffee in LUXURY,
Should I show SYMPATHY
to those who rejected ME ?

Yeh, Life ain't ROSY ?
Believe me, when you are in troubles,
the rest will conveniently
suffered from Avian's Flu.
They are all quite capable
of talking cock's languages to you !
Get a life !
When the going gets tough,
the tough gets going.
Go hit the road and make your day.

Visit Thailand 2007 ?

Despite the military government's assurances, it looks like all is not well in Thailand, and turbulent times are ahead for Thailand in 2007.

Four people inside a mosque in Thailand's Chiang Mai province were injured when a grenade was lobbed into the mosque on 1st Jan 2007. Prior to that, during the new year eve and shortly after midnight, a series of bombs hit Bangkok city killing 3 persons and injuring more than 40 others. Several schools in Thailand's northern and northeastern provinces were also burned.

The Australian embassy has previously advised Australians against unnecessary travel to Yala, Narathiwat, pattani, and Songkla due to ongoing violences in the southern region. Subsequent to the new year eve bombings, several countries have also issued travel advisory to their nationals to exercise high degree of caution when travelling in Thailand and overland into Malaysia as terrorists maybe planning more attacks against a range of targets including places frequented by foreigners.

Thailand's Army Chief, Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, who conducted a coup in September 19 2006 to depose the democratically elected Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, cut short his Mecca's Haj trip to return to Thailand on Monday afternoon. So far no one has claimed responsibilities for the attacks and the Thai government are unable to establish the culprits.

It is speculated that the terror attacks could be linked to the supporters of Thailand's former Prime Minister who was toppled in a September military coup, or the insurgencies in the predominantly Muslim southern provinces which has claimed thousands of lives since 2004. Or, could it be the bombings are orchestrated by the military government to discredit the former Prime Minister from returning to Thailand ?


It doesn't really matter who is responsible for the terror attacks in the land of perpetual smiles ? Beware, beneath those smiles, there is a possibility of violence storms brewing and waiting to be tsunamized to inflict more casualties. Let's not stay in the line of fires between conflicting parties in Thailand. For the time being, and as a safety precaution, I guess it is better not to visit or invest in Thailand until such time when there is a democratically elected government to replace the present military government.

Good Morning 2007 !

This year I have decided to welcome 2007 in the comforts of my home with family members. It is past 3:00 A.M. now, I am still quite awake and my mind is still very alert. Did I have too much coffee and cigars just now ? I think I know what is troubling me. But whatever it is, 2007 is already here. Looking at the political and economic situations in the world of the previous few months, it looks like it is going to be another troubled 2007 ahead.

Making a wish list or resolutions for 2007 ? Forget it. I reviewed my 2006's list of resolutions, sigh, sigh, I have only achieved one or probably 2 items. So, for 2007, I am not going to belittle myself by making new resolutions. Let's just continue with the left over of the 2006's list.

Looking back the previous 12 months, one of the saddest event that completely drained my emotional energy is, the content of an email I received from an unknown sender in January 2006. The email came with a video clip as attachment. I opened the video clip and the visuals shocked me beyond descriptives of words. It changed my whole perceptions of the Palestinian, Lebanese, and the Iraqi in particulars and the Middle Eastern people in general. My past assumptions and perceptions of them are completely off tangent!

In the video clip, a group of Nepalese were blindfolded and forced to lying face down on the ground. At the background, religious music or verses are played. Suddenly, the hooded militants hold down the Nepalese, slit his throat, and beheaded the blindfolded Nepalese. The rest of the Nepalese were shot in the heads by the militants. There are shouts of loud noises of religious verses through out the clip. I must admit, in my whole life, this is the most shocking carnage and barbaric acts I ever seen. I deleted the email and its attachment, took the whole day off and went back home to pray for the souls of the murdered Nepalese.

Since that day, my perception of the Middle Eastern people changed drastically. I began to understand and empathize with the tough actions of Israel, America, Britain, and the rest of the civilized world towards some of these middle eastern countries. In a way, maybe this is how God serve justices on them on a daily basis.

The Nepalese are some of the poorest people on earth, they travelled thousands of miles to another country to earn a living and to feed their family, but end up being barbarically murdered. Until these days, those horrible graphic visuals of murders still haunt me. My mind is still tormented by the violent deaths of the poor Nepalese at the hand of the barbarians.

Come to think of it, 2006 is pretty much a year where religions are being used to justify political and criminal violences. Race issues are also being sensitized to justify for immoral rights to abuse human rights. What a freaking year ! And it look like 2007 will suffer the same fate. I know, most religions preached mercy, love, and forgiveness. But for a change, let's pray for damnations to these barbaric criminals and human rights abusers. Humanity has lunatically and animalistically lost all of its decencies. Will the world be a safer place in 2007 ? God (?, which one ) helps us !