Bangkitlah!

Politik yang diamal oleh Najib...

2011-04-22T17:01:00.004+08:00

Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs. Click here for full reference.

Seperti yang dikatakan oleh Wikepedia, Politik ialah process yang mana sekumpulan orang membuat keputusan demi kebaikan negara atau negeri-negeri yang diurus oleh kerajaan tertentu.

Tetapi, apa yang dimaksudkan oleh wiki tentang Collective Decisions?

Group decision making (or Collective Decisions) is a situation faced when people are brought together to solve problems in the anticipation that they are more effective than individuals under the idea of synergy. Link here.

Najib ada orang yang boleh duduk bersama & bincang tak? Kenapa apa yang kita dengar hari ni berubah keesokan hari? baru dia cakap ianya dari kerajaan yang mana semua orang akan diberi 1EMAIL MALAYSIA, selepas satu hari cakap ia adalah inisiatif pihak swasta. Keliru...

Lagi dia cakap dia tidak menyokong Utusan tentang 1 melayu 1 Bumi, kenapa tidak terus ISAkan penulis tu yang tulis bukan2 tu?

Tolong lah... Kalau kita semua menyokong UMNO, semua orang pun susah kerana UMNO langsung tidak pedulikan Rakyat. Hanya nak bina bangunan dan biarkan ia rosak... Kalau tidak pun, biar ia di situ tanpa sebarang tindakan. Cakap pasal DAP pula tidak bantu orang lain... Tengok sendiri lah...

UMNO, bangunlah.. Kalau tak nak bangun, TERUS TIDUR lah... Asyik suruh orang melayu sokong UMNO, tapi, selepas sokong langsung tidak bantu mereka. Saya pun kesiankan orang melayu yang asyik dijadikan sasaran...

Bersatu kita HANCURKAN ketidakadilan UMNO terhadap RAKYAT JELATA!

1Malaysia Email & Tcubes: How can 1M'sia Email helps Tcubes?

2011-04-21T19:29:00.004+08:00

After the announcement of 1Email for Malaysians, our PM revealed the company behind it. Looking at the company background, I wonder why do PM awarded it to this company out of many ICT companies. One reason for sure: To help the company gain some income after their loses last year. RM 50 Million is enough to cover. Now, its time to turn it black for their financial status.

A HUGE number of people also invested on TCUBES after the announcement. Look at the photo below. Now, I wonder how long can it sustain for the bullish trend.

Oh btw, 1Email 1Malaysia is not free entirely. So why bother?

Want to access Malaysiakini but can't? Get the links here.

2011-04-12T23:59:00.002+08:00

http://malaysiakinicom.blogspot.com/

http://malaysiakinicom.wordpress.com/

http://malaysiakini-cn.blogspot.com/ (当今大马)

If you are on Facebook, you can read the news at Mkini page under notes section. http://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaKini

For Mandarin readers, http://www.facebook.com/mkinicn. (当今大马)

If you have been following Sarawak Report closely, its blog had been hit by Cyber Troopers. However, rest assured, they are efficient and a new site is up for the Battle of the HORNBILL State Election. Check it out > http://www1.sarawakreport.org/

HELP SPREAD AROUND.

Could this prediction of Sarawak Election be the final result?

2011-04-12T17:27:00.003+08:00

I am amazed by the prediction done by Sarawak Headhunter.

Predictions by Sarawak Headhunter in red (updated).

SNAP: 15

PKR: 18

DAP: 14

PAS: 4 5

BN: 17 15

IND: 4

TOTAL: 71

It seems to me that the possibility of gaining freedom from Taib's ruling is achievable. Now, where do we go from here since the major news providers are down!?

you

think

this

will

happen?

I Dare not see or know.....

Fyi, several TOP blogs and news provider are down. Malaysiakini is down as well. Read their news at their facebook account. http://www.facebook.com/MalaysiaKini?sk=wall

Sarawakians, I have a present for you...

2011-04-10T01:35:00.003+08:00

No, I am not like Khir Toyol who presented a BROOM for the worst managed area in Selangor. Thus, needing the MPs to clean up the state. That is too ugly...

I am giving you this broom is to HELP me sweep away TAIB's dirty MPs and make SARAWAK a better place to live. Come on, there are so many news about Sarawak losing your lands, jungle being clear for woods... And the money goes to Taib's cronies & himself. Ish.... Still want to continue?

I cannot bear the sight of it. So, will you please, go to those inner/rural areas, beg those Orang asli, Dayaks, or any one that you see along the way, to help SARAWAK CHANGE!

Tell them West Malaysian is Praying for them, and they need their help!

JOM UBAH!

What is happening in our beloved country?

2011-03-19T19:12:00.003+08:00

An answer for those who are & aren't living in Malaysia.

This video consists of analogy to which you need to think and reflect. We may discuss it in comment's box. :) Enjoy and share with your friends.

As this video is in hokkien dialect, kindly play it at Youtube.com to get English or Bahasa Indonesia translation. Click CC below the video to choose the languages. Thanks :)

What does it means to be Malaysian?

2010-09-10T01:53:00.008+08:00

Recently, DAP organised this forum and I got the ideas of being Malaysian flowing in my mind.

Why is Malaysia so unique that we like it so much here?

Its our differences that form the uniqueness of this nation.

I am born & raised here, having to know the different cultures, & feel very much comfortable in this country. Some people like to ask certain race to go back to certain country. Well, if you ask me, I will find it awkward to "go back to your country" as I do not KNOW where I belong since I am so used to this loving country.

I also hope to see one day that our unity values will be "copy" by certain country and this will certainly make a good name for Malaysia.

Not forgetting, the memories I had when I grow up with different cultures and food that makes it interesting.

Oh yes, living in this country also entitles you to GREAT FOOD.

Ayam/Daging Rendang (My Fav), Nasi Briyani , Roti Canai, Nasi Lemak, Pan Mee, Prawn Mee, Dim Sum, Setiawan Red Wine Mee Shua & many more!

Imagine a country with one culture and one type of food, don't you think its quite mundane and bored? :D Spark up our lives with interesting food. Sorry to those who are not food lover! hehe!

Don't you think its great to live here?

Talking about food, I am going to MAKAN MAKAN NOW!

Wishing every Muslims Selamat Hari Raya!

Race to get rid of "race"

2010-09-05T02:24:00.002+08:00

Since when are we so concern of RACE?

Oh, that skin colour is just as irritating.

Why can't we have the same colour? Then it should be fine that every one is just the same.

NO, I disagree. Don't you think its pretty boring that every one is the same and there aren't any uniqueness of each others?

WOKAY, I agree a little.

But but..... We are different! How do we accept each others?

I FOUND SIMILARITY!!! Your blood and my blood is the same la..... hahaah! BINGO!

Aiyo... plz! A small kid don't even bother about race, why bother to look into it? Aren't we brother and sister on EARTH? More so, how many lives or years you have to waste on this matter? Why can't you be MUHIBAH a bit, understand each others culture... accept each other, love each other.....

Is it that Hard for you to open your PRECIOUS mouth to say HI to him or her that is not the same skin colour as yours?

Actually hor, if you notice, most of us are not buying into it lar....

Just certain INDIVIDUAL that falls for it. They prefer to waste energy on unnecessary stuff. To which, we smart fella better SMART UP. Don't fall for it.

Lastly, I would like to end my fairy tales (or rather rant) with this quote:

"The fact is that all races are filled with trustworthy and talented people. We must invest the time to know one another." Taken from here.

Have a fruitful year, Malaysians!

House Owners - Check your QUIT RENT plz!

2010-07-21T00:34:00.003+08:00

Some may not know that we are having TEMPORARY Quit Rent. Please check if your quit rent is not form 11A. For permanent quit rent cert, it is blue in colour for Selangor. I am not sure whether is it the same for other states. You need to pay RM 20 for it.

Recently, my father went to check with Land Office after we didn't receive the quit rent bill for months. We were told that they have sent to the old address that we filled in during the period when we purchased the house. (New housing areas don't have address then, you need a house address for them to send letters.) After 17 years of sending to the current address, suddenly without any notice they sent to the temporary address.

My question is: What is the common sense in doing so? We have no problem for the past 17 years! Now why do you need to revert it to the old address? It troubles my old folks and I cannot imagine how my neighbours going to wait for the quit rent to come. Perhaps they can say that the letter lost somewhere....

To those out there, kindly take note of it. You will be fine no matter how.... we were fined RM2!

The fines is not a major problem, but the changing of address is the main problem! BUCK UP!

Jangan-jangan hilang HARAPAN! TBH Memorial Ceramah @ KLSCAH

2010-07-17T02:05:00.005+08:00

YAB Lim Guan Eng: "If Najib is to marry Rosmah tomorrow, will he commit suicide?"

1 Malaysia is the most unreliable motto of the century!

Teoh Beng Hock's family really need our support. Seeing his sister asking for support almost put me in tears. The title JANGAN-JANGAN HILANG HARAPAN was said by YB Nurul Izzah. Yes, We should not forget what had happened to Teoh Beng Hock. We should press on the the end result to give TBH a justice. Malaysia needs to move forward.

For more news, kindly read Merdeka Review Mandarin Edition.

Happy Teacher's Day

2010-05-16T02:17:00.003+08:00

Wishing my former teachers a great year (may be a shout-full years) & continue to inspire the young ones.

I thank you for educating me (Sorry la, some times quite ignorant)

Thanks for the wonderful whacky period (And some dirty minded science period)

Thanks for the concern (or rather me curi-curi fall sick cause I want to sleep... lol )

Thanks for the endless hours of preparing the lesson.

(Taken from Google. Nice. )

One would not appreciate if we are not in your shoes.

Yes, I am a teacher my self and I know how much work I need to put in to prepare the lesson. It is indeed a big sacrifices and time spent to do the necessity.

May you continue to work in this profession and inspire more people to be a good leader of this country.

Law of Attraction: Think Zaid Ibrahim

2010-04-24T02:28:00.003+08:00

We have another day to go before voters of Hulu Selangor make their decision. However, a gentle reminder for Malaysians to think of Zaid winning this seat; to apply LAW OF ATTRACTION in the last 48 hours.

What is LAW OF ATTRACTION? If you have not heard of this, you can visit this link.

We should do our best for Zaid to win this battle and KOREK more story for us.

Zaid Ibrahim: The fearless man

2010-04-14T22:49:00.002+08:00

Zaid may be the man that many like and dislike for his straight forwardness. But he can be the man to watch when he is in Parliament. I sense that he can win this Hulu Selangor Parliament seat and kick some butts when he goes to Parliament. Of course, even when he was in BN, he stills complain and whack the BN. It is just the same as when he is in Pakatan. However, we have to see it from the positive point. He can be the person to spur Pakatan for a better route.

I read upon a blog on whether how can Hulu Selangor voters can select their candidates. I place the link here and if you are a voter from Hulu Selangor, read and reflect on it.

Bangkitlah~!!

2010-03-24T23:40:00.002+08:00

Apa tu BANGKIT?

You must be wondering what BANGKIT is all about after all these days of mysterious messages. Well, we’re finally letting the cat out of the bag! This is BANGKIT in a nutshell.

10 – IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU!

If you’re under-30, BANGKIT is your chance to tell the whole nation what you think! What kind of country do you want? How do you feel about our country? What do you love about Malaysia? This is your country, you have the right to be heard, and we will provide you the platform.

9 – SEND IN YOUR SONGS!

Write a song and tell us what you feel about Malaysia. Do a simple recording (just you and your webcam or radio is good enough). Email your mp3 and the BANGKIT registration form to us. We’ll post it on this website. (We begin on 1 April. Closing date is 15 May.)

8 – VOTE!

Vote for the songs that best represents your aspirations. This is important because the highest-rated songs will represent the aspirations of Malaysian youths! We will be posting new song entries regularly on the BANGKIT website, so check back often to see what’s new!

Hey, Only 3??? Well, for the rest of the details, kindly check Bangkit's BLOG :D

You can also read it at Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia's (SABM) web page.

Bangkitlah!

Teoh Beng Hock's son is out....and will shines in the family.

2010-02-22T14:53:00.003+08:00

Teoh Beng Hock's son is born and both mother and child are safe. Weight at 2.9 KG, now at Batu Pahat Hospital. Family will give PC at 3PM.

Today is also the Ninth Day of Chinese New Year. It coincides with Hokkien's Thanksgiving day. Double Happiness and let us hope that TBH will get his justice. Here I wish the Teoh's family a wonderful days ahead with little Beng Hock.

Read here for more details.

Why English is important even if you want to protest?

2010-02-21T12:31:00.003+08:00

Recently, some group held a protest around KL and show these banners to the world. However, their English is not up to mark, it does make a laughing jokes. Below is the correction made by English Educated Malaysian who are concern of how these people can lead Malaysia to a brighter future.

Are they referring to their own country? Australian interfering with Australian Court? So sorry for you Aussie..

It is about time to send them back to Primary School. They are learning Spelling at the moment. :D

Speechless Result for Perak

2010-02-09T23:32:00.003+08:00

5 NIL... LIMA KOSONG! 5-0!

The Federal court is playing football?

How many own goal? How many Hattrick? How much money?

Zambry aka BN Won over Nizar is a BIG LOST for them In the next GE. I promise you. Or I should say, the RAKYAT promise to SINK BN & UMNO.

How can not even one person that STAND for Nizar?

Who is standing for truth?

What you mean by NIZAR is no longer the MB that liked by EVERYONE? Why don't you just dissolve and let the votes tell us?

I am sadden by this result. Democracy is dead in PERAK & Malaysia. Long LIVE BN.... till when final judgement comes.

HIDUP RAKYAT! RAKYAT YANG BERKUASA!

I really wanna get some one to "ting tong" those judges. What is "ting tong"? Check here! :D

Have a good laugh.

Namewee did it again: Localize it ") Happy New Year!

2010-02-06T13:00:00.000+08:00

Namewee criticize Chinese New Year songs that copied from CHINA. Why can't we incorporate our culture and create a new song?

I have tried my best to translate as accurate as possible. However, some Hokkien slang is difficult to translate.

Translation below:

Yellow words: The man in red

Red Words: Namewee

Title: Precious prosperity

Drum sound

New Spring comes, Hearts and flowers bloom

Fire crackers sound all over

Let us invite the God of Prosperity into our home

Malaysia's New Year Album, Every year translate here and there

Some people sing New Year songs and produced platinum album

They never change the style of singing, lyrics do not match the logic

And a group of superstars, wore like red armies

Even the young idols also got force into the sea

Made the whole festive atmosphere , This is called as sorrowful

Your image shouldn't be cool?

Why your company wanted you to pretend?

Wish you prosper

Wish you will prosper during the new year

Wish you will get the God of Prosperity

God of Prosperity will accompany you to sleep

Another spring of omen

Every families filled with joy

Today we bring in the new and give away the old

Every one meets and wish each other well

Wah lao yeh, your lyrics make me sick when I listen to it

What Winter and spring, you think i am insane?

Except rain, every day I am hot until cannot stand

You simply sing, I hear already SIBEH TL (Direct Translation=Northwest Bet Lazy- Meaning>Not happy, irritated )

Those incapable business sponsor only know that earning the money is fun

Your teacher never teach you that

Malaysia's four season are SUMMER

You are late for school and still pretend you don't know

There is a red string called Equatorial

Wish you prosper

Wish you will prosper during the new year

Wish you will get the God of Prosperity

God of Prosperity will accompany you to eat pudding

Let us come and celebrate new year

Every families come and reunite

The sound of fire crackers welcome the new year

Every year happy

Crack your balls

The lyrics got problem lah

My grandma also know, police will catch those who play with fire crackers

Maybe you are a rich person, can simply give angpow (Red packet)

But for lyrics, please write with logic

Walao, listen to those freaking singers simply sing

New year songs can also have our own culture

Whatever the CHINA bring over, you just sing along

YOUR XX live here for so long

Still don't know how to localize ah?

Wish you prosper

Wish you will prosper during the new year

Wish you will get the God of Prosperity

God of Prosperity will accompany you to play fire cracker

The new year is here,

Years of successive years

The sound of fire crackers let people....

Yoh, I am NAMEWEE

Got something to tell you

AAAH LAH! XX(breaking chicken) Namewee lah!

Your Father (I) have been very patience with you lah!!!

NEW YEAR AH!

Don't come and CRY all over with me!

ADS: Weather is HOT, drink more water. Must be careful when you Play with fire cracker. Wish everyone a Happy New Year!

SABM heading to IPOH !

2010-01-31T23:50:00.001+08:00

Reminder...

NEXT STOP - IPOH!

Venue : Hotel Excellsior - 2pm-7pm on saturday 6 Feb 2010

Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM) is playing its role to purvey to the general public about its concern how we should live as ONE in this plural society.

The man behind this initiative is a lawyer by profession and a man who has gone through untold problems to make SABM to be reckoned with is Mr.Haris Ibrahim.

23 January saw the first SABM roadshow in the Klang Valley and its second in the country. The initial one was in Penang and Ipoh is scheduled to be on sat 6 February 2010. For further details, please visit: http://www.sayaanakbangsamalaysia.blogspot.com

This is so encouraging, view these pictures...

The KL crowd was overwhelming and such crowd is the driving force that harnesses SABM's principles.

The understanding among the various races will definitely bring forth the cohesiveness for unity that is in the dire need.

The smiles brightened the day and could we ask for more?

Man, woman and child are the testimony for us to sail into uncharted waters.

SABM T-shirts for sale and chow aplenty for everyone to eat, drink and be merry.

Lawyer Jahaberdeen Mohd Yunoos

Pastor Sivin Kit

Lawyer/Columnist Art Harun

The drum beat was deafening. The vibration was enough to generate the effect for Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia to stand together as ONE true Malaysians!

Please forward to your friends and family. See you at Hotel Excellsior, Ipoh - 2pm, 6 Feb 2010!

Pictures taken from http://dawningeyes.blogspot.com/2010/01/sabm-roadshow-klang-valley-23-january.html & Text by A Concern Citizen of Perak.

SABM FORUM in the process, 9 students arrested for protesting against Compus Election Process, & Former Newscaster Robert Lam passed away

2010-01-23T14:38:00.004+08:00

Sabm forum is currently in the process. It is so unfortunate that I cannot attend due to skin irritation. If you are free, head to Chinese Assembly Hall KL now and be a part of Anak Bangsa Malaysia.

9 students were arrested near Sogo. It is such a shameful thing that we cannot even voice out our frustration and concern in Malaysia. When ever we want to do what is right and just, there would be obstruction that forbid us from moving forward. Malaysia, you need to move forward!

Meanwhile, thestaronline reported that former newscaster Robert Lam passed away this morning due to skin cancer. Well, he is best remembered for his newscasting. Never hear him LIVE MC before.

More about late Robert Lam, click here. Picture of him.

Forum: Anak Bangsa Malaysia- We Believe

2010-01-19T23:14:00.003+08:00

Will you be coming? How to be a Anak Bangsa Malaysia?

Young people, time to come and show the others how you have been ignoring the race and unite as one.

Hope you will come and be inspire by this Road Show.

The darkest day of all : Second Edition

2010-01-10T23:50:00.002+08:00

Up to date, these are the churches/school attacked by useless morons:

Metro Tabernacle KL

Church of Assumption PJ

Life Chapel PJ

Good Shepard Lutheran Church PJ

Agape Revival Church Pandan Indah

Chapel Of Our Lady Of Good Health’s

Mallacca Baptist Church

All Saints Church Taiping

St Louis Church Taiping

Convent High School Taiping

Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) church in Negri Sembilan

Our tourism minister is sooooo worried about our country tourism due to the arson in Malaysia. Why can't you talk about peace within Malaysia but concerned on your position as Tourism Minister? If you tackle the main problem, tourist will come back again. What kind of leader are you? Sick to the bottom to have you!

"Keadaan adalah terkawal dan orang ramai tidak perlu khuatir ...." Hey, if its under control, it wont happen again! But it happened and now, how can I trust you?

When something happen, you guys are good at making a speedy approval and cover up the dark spot. Hey, stop pretending K! useless!

Najib, 500K to shut people up and gain popularity for your generosity? Hey, the only thing you know how to do is to give sweets & say nice fake words? Why no solution to this matter? What are you waiting for? Such a leader like you is not worth to be in Malaysia. A leader that does not follow the wish of his people is not a good leader.

Either step down or bubarkan parliament and let us vote again. I am sick of seeing you as our PM.

If this continues on, Malaysia is heading for destruction. Either you solve it fast or sink Malaysia fast!

Walk Hand In Hand

2010-01-10T10:00:00.000+08:00

It has been a difficult journey for both Muslims and Christians in Malaysia. We felt sad for what that had happened & difficult to fall asleep. Almost 3am now and I am still thinking about it. I am a Christian and its Sunday now. Some of us worried that they may come and harm us when we are worshiping.

While standing on Muslims side, I can see the sadness in their FB's status. I can also feel their pain of being linked to the people who did stupid things to churches around Malaysia. I know you are not at fault. It's just certain people who are responsible for it. There is no point in blaming. Only GOD knows who had done all this immoral job.

My friends, if all of us can do one thing, that is to stretch our hand to either Muslims or Christians. We can take this opportunity to unite and understand each other. We can get rid of the awkward feeling of seeing each others face to face. After all, there is nothing impossible if we set our mind to do it.

Religion is a personal matters. Politicians, please focus on your job. Not to tell or yell to us of what we need to know. God gives each of us a brain, we can think with it.

Lastly, I just want to dedicate this song to Malaysians.

Andy Williams - Walk Hand In Hand

Walk hand in hand with me through all eternity

Have faith, believe in me, give me your hand

Love is a symphony of perfect harmony

When lovers such as we walk hand in hand

Be not afraid, for I am with you all the while

So lift your head up high and look toward the sky

Walk hand in hand with me, this is our destiny

No greater love could be, walk hand in hand

Walk with me

Be not afraid, for I am with you all the while

So lift your head up high and look up to the sky

Walk hand in hand with me, this is our destiny

No greater love could be, walk hand in hand

Walk with me

Peace be upon all mankind.

The darkest day of all

2010-01-08T19:50:00.002+08:00

The darkest day of all

I received the sms below just a moment ago." Pls remove all religious articles n stickers from your cars now. They are smashing cars with christian articles n stickers. Started in bangsar... Protest going on now in pj n shah alam. please forward urgently 2 all Christians. " I find that those who are responsible really need to think of what they have done. A peaceful country turned ugly with MALAYSIANS WHO have common sense will know that this is immoral. I am sad for both sides.

Malaysia is a wonderful country. But the Government needs to be replace AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The leader of the country aren't doing any thing to bring peace to the nation.

Pray for A better Malaysia.

POST NOTE: It could be rumours for car smashing around Bangsar & other area. No concrete proof yet. But torching the church is a fact.

Potong lah....

2009-11-11T00:15:00.002+08:00

"Potong" sudah dijadikan satu isu oleh MCMC. P1 Wimax Dikatakan telah menyalah gunakan perkataan potong. Baca petikan di sini.

Perkataan ni sering digunakan oleh kita semua... Jadi, kita telah dikatakan telah menyatakan satu perkataan yang tak Baik? haha... Saya rasa mereka tu memang tak de kerja dan nak cari pasal...

Saya nak mempersembahkan Perkataan ini di bawah:

Potong Rambut

Potong Gaji

Potong Rumput

Potong sayur

Potong kereta

Potong kuku

Semua pun kena Potong! Banyak repeat la... er...

Asalkan ADA potong itu IALAH SALAH!

Police, ini dah keterlaluan....

2009-10-28T23:50:00.002+08:00

Too much! Saya Tak boleh tahan.. sebab ni lah rakyat hilang kepercayaan terhadap anda..Jangan harap kite boleh percaya lagi... Malaysia ni di bawah Najib akan menghala ke kegelapan!

Justice- fair judgement?

2009-10-22T10:39:00.001+08:00

Justice- fair judgement? today's headlines seem to tell us where is our country's democracy when we need expertise from other country to whack the unprofessional officer in Malaysia. Nothing to elaborate. We can digest in our mind.

Justice- fair judgement?

2009-10-22T10:38:00.001+08:00

Another Public Holiday declared: Malaysia Day

2009-10-19T22:55:00.003+08:00

We have so many holidays... If all the holidays accumulate together, it would be 2 weeks of holiday for us. So nice... We can go travel, go visitation, do something that we like...

Oh ya, I got carried away... the latest addition is Malaysia Day, September 16. Why now only they declare? Why not earlier? After 40 years only it happened. Now that Sabah and Sarawak being recognise as part of Malaysia, or gomen is placing more priority in the East Malaysia? Question is, what is our PM thinking huh? Erm, I remember PR mention this idea before. Our PM copy from PR ke? :)

Well, for me, its another HOLIDAY apart from school holiday! Nice to hear. CORPORATE companies boss may not like to hear it. :)

Ok, this link will bring you to year 2010 school and public/states holiday. Take note and remember to add September 16!

Plan ahead yea!

Please don't fondle number "1"..

2009-10-16T02:17:00.004+08:00

Number 1 (one) has been used frequently (rampantly) now a day after PM launched the 1Malaysia slogan. To me, its very annoying to know, hear, read and see the number 1 !

Ok, I admit I may not be the number 1 boy in class or sports, but heck, can't we be in number 2 or 3?

Now they are introducing 1 toilet... I wonder what funny ideas will pop up in the future. Read your 1toilet here.

Bagan Pinang: BN won and PR ought to humble

2009-10-11T20:20:00.000+08:00

Video of Shahrizat and supporters at SK Si Rusa.

Pictures at Bagan Pinang.

School going children were called by BN to join their activities. In the name of sport (and BN of course), they participated and earn something. T-shirt, lunch and some sweat. If BN really concern, not only during this election, but every year they should do it. After this, they will just forget about the young people.

Voters and supporters alike will see this poster around Bagan Pinang. It was a picture of Najib visiting Tok Guru Nik Aziz. I don't understand. Out of so many picture, they chose this. Yeah, to xia xuey-kan Nik Aziz and gain compassion from people. Another good tactic.

I wonder why do they have to closed up the road yesterday. It makes us drivers have to take another 4-5KM extra for U-Turn and come back to the same area. I will let you decide on that.

Last minute repair or just to make sure people really know that BN care?

The last ceramah. People flood the areas and its good to see it from the top. However, the amount of people we see do not represent the votes that we had read/heard tonight. ISA won with 5435 majority. Pakatan ought to look into themselves and work on it.

Unite! Persevere!

Live from sk si rusa polling centre

2009-10-11T12:57:00.001+08:00

Live from sk si rusa polling centre. Pas people definitely outnumber BN. Currently both party shouting at each others. Police in between supporters.

Live - shahrizat turun padang.

2009-10-11T12:36:00.001+08:00

Live - shahrizat turun padang. BN is having everyone they can think of to go all out and grab more votes. Last min effort? Or scare and faceless that their party no longer people' choice?

Live from BP-2

2009-10-10T23:32:00.001+08:00

Live from BP Khalid spoke just now. He said he flew from oversea to tell voters of what he has done a short period. Isa had not done anything as a MB for 22 years. Anwar is here to share his view. More people flood the street now as there are no spaces inside the compound..

Live from telok kemang, BP

2009-10-10T22:37:00.001+08:00

Live from telok kemang, BP thousand at last ceramah. I expect its around 2k. Big guns are here. Yab Khalid samad will be speaking soon.

Cracks: Jaya Mall & LDP Highway

2009-10-05T02:20:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I pass by the former Jaya Mall which collapsed few months ago. I notice something is not right. Click at the photo below. I circled it in yellow and look carefully. There are cracks popping out and I am not that comfortable when I saw it. With the earthquakes happening around our neighbouring countries, I presume not too long before this unstable structure collapse due to tremors and smash some cars (i.e. Ipoh Case) passing by the narrow lane next to the building. Collapse X3....

Our lives is not precious in the eyes of the authorities?

On the other hand, I drove pass LDP and saw some cracks too. If the bottom ones is due to accident, then I can accept it. How about the one on top? Spiderman go and hantam it? Will it endanger the road users?

You have eyes to see and mind to reflect. I shall leave it all to you. Night.

Bagan Pinang Goodies...

2009-09-30T01:05:00.001+08:00

The first election goodies ironically from rakyat's money have begun appearing on the Bagan Pinang horizon!

Yes, Mr M did it again in the name of Ministry of Education, how pretentious! With promise of 2 schools costing RM38million and another RM3.8 million for the restoration and upgrading works for schools in Bagan Pinang, rightly a responsibility of the government(!!) but somehow such moves from this BN election director though hardly surprising, took a ridiculous five(5) decades to arrive!

The question now is, will it be for real or will they see the schools in another 5 decades?

-From A concerned Perakian-

A concerned Perakian highlight this to me. Well, I must add some salt to Mr. M's wound. Why don't they help earlier when the people need the school badly? Why now?

Only during election that they offer this and that. Eh, education your main priority or YOUR election? I do hope you can give us some surprise. Your action is easily guess and WE KNOW WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND!

Polis punya motto tukar lagi?

2009-09-21T23:11:00.001+08:00

Semasa saya balik dari perjalanan saya, ternampak pula 3 perkataan yang asing bagi saya. Kenapa pula saya kata asing? Sebab Polis sudah tukar motto ni... dari Mesra ke hemah? Mesra dahulu, sekarang hemah. Dahulu cepat, sekarang dah jadi TEGAS!!! Wah, betul ke ni?

Lihat gambar laman web Polis Di Raja Malaysia:

Hebat lah dia orang ni tukar motto macam tukar baju aje... Tapi, adakah mereka akan ikut seperti yang dikatakan ni?

Tegas ialah perkataan yang sangat kuat bagi saya. Saya rasa mereka akan TEGAS hanya kepada satu kumpulan sahaja. Entahlah... hanya mereka saja yang tau... Cepat sudah hilang, jadi sekarang sudah jadi perlahan ke? :D

Berhemah adalah sepatutnya. Harap mereka AKAN BERHEMAH kepada SETIAP orang. Bukan hanya VIP sahaja... Kerana kadang-kadang, saya rasa lapisan masyarakat yang tidak menunjukkan kekerasan kerap dikasari...

Harap anda akan ikut motto, jangan pula menjadikan ianya satu MOTOR yang ditunggang.

Why youth must speak up!

2009-09-10T23:56:00.003+08:00

Often I find my self silently observe at what is happening and not bothering on the next step. However, if we aren't doing anything, will our country move forward? I bet the answer is a BIG NO....

Perhaps we will earn a BIG BOOO from our late leaders that had sacrifice for us.

So, what can we really do?

Can we use violence? No, for we are people who want peace in this country that we love.

Can we march? Yes, why not? It is our right to march if our voice is not heard. Of course, don't shout your lung out. You need to keep your voice for better usage.

The most important thing to do right now is to voice out for others.

GOD reminded us in bible when he said : “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” (NIV) Proverbs 31: 8-9

Young people, speak UP! Don't keep it silent. I know you and I have tons of energy, we have inspiring ideas. We can share with each others and improve Malaysia. What that we cannot do? We can do all things through GOD who gives us strength! Same goes to other religion. I am sure the ALMIGHTY we serve will open our eyes and let us see beyond our knowledge.

Youth, you are the future LEADER. If you keep your tidak apa style, Malaysia will too becomes a TIDAK APA STYLE COUNTRY. Think about it. Be concern of the country that you live in. Put in effort. Laziness will drag Malaysia down...

Speak up for those unfortunate ones. Be BOLD.

For A Better Malaysia

What Our HISTORY TEXT BOOKS did NOT teach us about our EARLY Cultural Relations, MERDEKA, and the TRUE MALAY DILEMA

2009-08-31T14:00:00.001+08:00

Selangor Then and Now by National Association of Musuems published in 1985. A good historical early development of Selangor including education and transportion, even in accordance to race. A good account of the early problems faced my Malays which resulted to the lost of 'Malay Reserve' Land and even failings of some of the early Malay Village Cooperative Societies in 'Rice Agriculture' from poor management and skills as well as politics and racial biasness among Malays in Villages of different 'descendancies'.

A Historical account of the development of money from ancient history, to the earliest Banks from Ancient Babylon to the Giro Banking of Egypt...to the Rise of the British Empire, and it's demise and some accounts of problems and challenges faced in managing the British Colonies...including Malaya's early currency systems.

In between 1854 to 1862 the infamous Dr. A. R. Wallace...who contributed to the theory of 'Natural Selection' after Darwin's theory of evolution spent his years around the 'Malay Archipelago'...researching, collecting samples of indigenous wild life:- which could still be seen today in the British Museum of natural history- as well as documenting and cataloging various species of birds and animals and insects with common ancestries but small variants around The Malay Peninsular and the Islands of Indonesia.

But from his experience as he accounted during his voyage in early Malaya in his research...although he had much British currency at the time of his voyage...quite often Dr. AR Wallace and his team also had to go long periods without food and starvation as he often...in his encounters with early Malay settlers and villagers...had to find gifts or items or even 'commodities' found within the jungle during his scientific expeditions to be heavily bargained and bartered in exchange for 'rice' and 'food' from the early Malay farmers who did not use currencies for trade...

Some even say that it was the comparison he made between the differences of British Civilization and the Malay Civilization at that time, was what made him come-up with the theory of 'natural selection' where when a 'species' cannot and fails to evolve...nature selects it to go 'EXTINCT'.

Ironically in accordance to some of the early research data shown from the book 'Selangor Dahulu dan Kini' published in 1985 also illustrates some of the same problems faced by the Malays which resulted in the lost of early 'Malay Reserve' or 'Bumiputra' land... seen in the 'differences' between advances of Civilization, Education and Technological knowledge.

The book 'Selangor Dahulu dan Kini' illustrates the fact of how Malays come originally from a purely 'self-sufficient', 'self-consuming' agricultural or fishing based villages were in-fact what economist term...Non-Market Economies... or 'barter' trades...without the utility of any commonly denominated or accepted 'coins' or 'currencies' or even the use of a 'centralized' and 'organized markets' for exchanges of goods with proper price mechanisms...

As this academic book illustrates concerning the early growth of the very first Malay Cooperative Village societies and companies for the Processing of 'rice' in the district of Sabak Bernam. 1 of the major problems faced was due to the fact that majority of factories or factory owners for the processing of rice in mass quantities were owned by Chinese early settlers and entrepreneurs, as Industrialization and the use of mechanization had long been utilized in China for the processing of rice before Malays knew or learned about manufacturing and industrial processing.

The traditional village Malay was at a 'disadvantage' in so many ways, as in-fact it was the colonist and British who introduced 'mass agriculture' and techniques through the opening-up of plantations for commodities which to the average Malay may not have much value, but had reaped the British Empire great amasses of wealth for reselling in London and in the markets of Europe unloaded upon the ports of Amsterdam.

The British, after the Dutch also introduced the usage of 'currency' as a form of trade in everyday life...something which only early Javanese, Arab, Bugis, Indian-Muslim as well as Chinese traders who's civilizations have been in trade for centuries before the Malays were commonly familiar with the utility of 'coins' and 'metal objects' from silver which early Malays termed as 'Pitis' or 'Pitih'. The sudden shock and introduction into a NEW form of economy and living from their 'self-consumption' and 'barter-trade' in-fact resulted in what commonly became the lack of 'Financial Knowledge' and 'Management' among the early Malays as although majority of early Malays owned acres of their own land and 'dusuns' or 'kebuns'... in order to exchange from some of the other products needed or desired from the trade brought in by the British, Indians and Chinese required the utility of 'Pitis' or 'currency', thus Malays had to learn to 'sell' their agricultural products, which as the rules of economics with scarcity...supply and demand apply...may not always fetch a good price. Some days when everybody sells 'Cocoa' to a trader or buyer...you get little pitis...( supply surplus pushing the price down ) and somedays when not too many people are selling and the demand is constant or high...they get a good price or a lot of 'pitis' ( demand surplus and supply scarcity ). From the constant fluctuation of 'market' prices which these early Malays did not understood that these early 'village' Malays when trading with some of the early 'Chinese' traders with their 'abacus' would judge "Hmmmm...ore Cino ni JAHAT! MENIPU!" and even thinking because Chinese who not only discovered the world's first calcultaor and INVENTED coins and paper money, with their ability to count, as well as write, along with their ancient knowledge in mining and early manufacturing and processing technology discovered in China compared to the average Malay Civilization...early Chinese and even Indian-Muslim Traders of course dealt much as businessmen as well as 'market makers' or 'middle-men' between the goods from the Malay 'villages' or 'kampongs' to trade with the British.

Thus some of the early Malays also judged the Chinese and Indians as 'sekongkol' or ' conspirators' with the foreigners such as the Dutch and the British 'against' the Malays just to 'bring them down' as well as to 'steal their land' due to every 'Village' Malay who wanted to sell their agricultural goods always getting 'fluctuating' prices all the time, thus judging all foreigners to be 'liars' or 'penipu'...sadly a mindset which hasn't changed among certain factions of the Malays till this present day.

For many Malays...if they wanted to gain money as well as processed rice back then...they had to work laboriously in order to get at least a sack full of rice in the traditional manner, whereas the early Chinese settlers had factories which could process mass amounts of rice. Thus many Malays sold their unprocessed rice to Chinese factories for 'pitis' or cash...only to BUY BACK processed rice from them.

But it was the lack of the ability for 'arithmetic' and 'managing finances' or 'money' which had led much later on to many of the Malays being in-debt. The Malays in order to gain cash would put up the 'deed' to their lands as 'collateral' for a loan, which was supplied from Malaya's earliest bankers...or 'community' bankers...Indians known as 'Chettiars' or 'Chetty's'. Friendly nice men usually carrying an umbrella and dressed in white robe who would lend these village Malay money whenever needed. Unlike today's Ah-Longs who'd go throw a bucket of red paint on your house or car...these 'Chettys' were very kind and soft-spoken nice people who understood and tried to lend a hand.

Nagarathar Chettiars or 'Chetty's, among Malaya's earliest village and 'community' bankers providing loans and credit for many early Malay villagers in the past before there were proper 'banks' in Malaya. Early banks were merchant or commercial banks and would not provide 'personal' or 'consumer loans' which were needed by Malay local Villagers. The 'Chettiars' helped filled this financial gap by providing 'consumer' loans for many Malay villagers in the past...

But the Malay inability to calculate, plan and manage money and finances eventually led to the Chetty's selling off the Malay land pledged as collateral to the 'highest' bidders, and the 'highest bidders' for land during that time were in-fact some of the early Chinese settlers of Malaya whom did not OWN their own lands and usually economized on land, living in closely knitted housing areas, almost slum-like such as the early photo's ( see below ) of Kuala Lumpur during it's Tin mining under Yap Ah Loy.
The Chinese who were the very first civilization to invent the use of coins made from copper, have developed the techniques for extraction and mining for centuries and had brought their skilled labor with them to Malaya.

The worlds earliest copper 'coins' from China which were traded all the way in India. Tamil Indian traders termed them as 'Ka'Sir'. The Portuguese traders eventually pronounced them as the term we use today for 'CASH"

The Chinese community with their families collected much of this money with the help of some of the early Chinese 'Tau Ke's from manufacturing of 'rice' and 'tin' to actually purchase land to be used as 'schools' for the young children of the early Chinese Malaya settlers. The community would bring in teachers from the mainland to teach their children how to read and write and in their own language as well as Chinese literature to preserve their cultural heritage.

Kuala Lumpur 1880's, during the time of Yap Ah Loy. A tin mining area where majority of the earliest Chinese family communities would live in closely knit houses with living conditions similar to 'slums'. A condition by which with the help of Early Kapitans and cooperation, many Chinese managed to get themselves out of buy saving and buying their own lands and investing in their own shops for trade.

But it was also the ability to trade and manage finances as well as 'invest' for long term, whereby some of the early Chinese were able to save and buy their own lands as well as build the early retail shops...many of these 19th to 20th Century buildings which still stand today in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor, Melaka and other areas around Selangor which were formerly also mining communities in the Old dies dating back to 1912 as written on top of these buildings.

If anyone looks around these streets today, would notice how 'closely' fit these structures are today in some of our towns such as Kajang or Penang where the roads are very narrow without much room for parking. As they were built during the time when only British Officers had a carriage or automobile, and the average transportation was by foot or by 'tri-shaw' or...the 'beca'. But one of the most astounding factor noticed in British documents of early Malaya, was that almost anywhere that Chinese communities had been located, the areas or places would grow into 'towns' and small cities.

But the earliest Malay 'Empire' of Malacca, was by itself a 'trading port' or harbor whereby the Sultan of Malacca merely collected taxes and traders from India, China as well as Arabia in-fact had 'special tax rates' which were LOWER than other outside traders as even up till the 19th Century...The Peninsular Straits was at the 'cross-roads' of trades between the East and the West. But this policy beginning from the time of Parameswara was considered a 'Labor Policy' as he knew it was Arab, Chinese and Indian Traders who brought in the most 'precious' items and goods for trade and their 'skills' in mathematics, writing, coin and currency trading ( early forex ) was what made and flourished Malacca into a rich wealthy port harbor and empire.

The importance of such Diplomatic Relations between China and Malacca were in-fact written in the annals of Chinese Ming Dynasty History as Parameswara himself visited China to meet and establish relations with Emperor Yongle ( 1360-1424 ) of the Ming Dynasty ( as seen in portrait and writing below).

Ming Dynasty account of 'Parameswara's' visit to China

Emperor Yongle ( 1360-1424 ) of the Ming Dynasty

It was also said that the great Chinese explorer admiral Zheng-He, or Cheng-Ho ( 1371-1433 ) -whom was himself a Muslim with the name of 'Hajji Mahmud Shams' visit to Melaka- bringing one of the earliest and biggest maritime Armada, had in-fact further help motivated 'Parameswara's conversion to Islam at the late age of 65.

A matter of fact Islam had reached China centuries longer before it reached the Malay Peninsular and was brought to China by the uncle of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad PBUH ( Peace Be Upon Him )...Saad bin Abi Waqqas in his first mission to China in 650 on the 1st Muslim envoy to China to meet with Emperor Gaozong or Li Zhi ( 628-683 ) -as seen in picture- the 3rd Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ( 618-901 ) during the Caliph Uthman's era.

Emperor Gaozong or Li Zhi ( 628-683 ), 3rd Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ( 618-901 ) who met with the uncle of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad PBUH...Saad bin Abi Waqqas which forged the first Diplomatic ties between Islam and China during the Caliphate of Uthman's era.

The Huaisheng Mosque or Lighthouse Mosque which was built by Saad bin Abi Waqqas which still stands in Guangzhou province till today- see photos- is 1300 years old and 1 of the Oldest Mosques in the world.

Huaisheng Mosque with it's minaret in Guangzhou China is 1 of the oldest mosques in the world dating 1300 years old and built by the Prophet of Islam's uncle himself...Saad bin Abi Waqqas during the Tang Dynasty.

Huaisheng Mosque ( front entrance ) with 2 Muslim Chinese sitting by the side... it is estimated that there are officially 20 Million Muslims in China today.

It is also cronicled in China's history that Parameswara's son 'Megat Iskandar Shah' ( 1414-1424 ) later visited China in 1414, to inform the Ming Emperor that his father had died.

But seeing the value of trade, learning and arithmetics, even the Islamic Prophet Muhammad 'Peace Be Upon Him' ( PBUH ) in a hadith or traditions once uttered:

""Seek learning, even as far as China"

and in the Islamic Prophet's traditional sayings concerning the importance of 'business' and 'trade' in advancing ones own welfare, and increasing one's own Standards of Living as shown by the successes of the early Chinese in Malaya from poverty in acquiring land and their own shops in early Malaya... the prophet Muhammad PBUH according to Al-Ghazali, Ihya ulumuddin, Vol.2 said :

“Encouraged upon you is business for in it is 9 out of 10 of your sustenance”

This is not surprising himself, as The Prophet Muhammad PBUH himself was an honest 'businessman' and trader who's honesty earned him the reputation in Arabic as 'Al-Ameen' or 'the Trustworthy'.

For the very first crucial element in trade and business is TRUST. A word quite often used today in modern finance such as Unit TRUST, TRUST funds, Principle TRUST. For without the element of Trust, trade could not take place nor could happen and is they key to confidence when people even 'choose' their Banks to deposit money today.

But even in the early stages of the mission of Islam, one could also asked?

"Where would Islam BE today without the help of the Prophet's close friend and later father in-law Saidina Abu Bakar As-Sidique'...

...whom was a wealthy trader and businessmen and sacrificed his own personal wealth in freeing the very first slaves who converted to Islam such as 'Bilal' and many others?

Could have the early missions succeed easily 'without' such donations or funds from both his wife Siti Khadijah or his close friend Abu Bakar and later on Umar?

But at a larger scale concerning the importance of knowledge in Trade...as an aggregate is Economics.
As it is Trading which brought up most of the early civilizations and empires including Malacca, The Dutch, as well as the British Empire itself.

One aspect or angle which has clearly been left out and stressed upon in Malaysian History text books today, was the very motivations and reasons for the conquest of Malacca and Malaya by so many invaders and colonist as well as the events that led to our subsequent 'Merdeka' or 'Independence' from the British Crown...the most IMPORTANT angle not stressed upon was the Economic Perspective as well as events going on within world history and Europe that contributed to the Rise of the British empire that led to the colonization of Malaya.

It was in-fact Global Trade and competition for the demand of 'scarce' goods such as Spices and so forth from Asia which led to the race for colonies and colonization by Dutch, Spanish, French and the British by which Malaya so happened to be a geographically 'strategic' trading location that complimented the Supply Chain line which connected India as well as the ports of Hong Kong...

1 factor which was not mentioned in Malaysian History textbooks was how far the 'Spice' market was WORTH in-fact during those early periods...

Black Pepper during the Middle Ages was at one point more valuable than Gold!

As some of the early Chinese settlers in Johor specialized in the mass plantation of 'Black Pepper' for agriculture...what was not in-fact mentioned in Malaysian text books was:

-1st, what 'pepper' was USED for specifically, which was used for making Salted Meat in Europe. Due to the 'scarce' markets for spices such as 'pepper', the length of time it took then for Sail Ships or Galleons to reach from Asia to Europe...the trade of spice fetched great profits which further pushed for other countries to compete for such a lucrative trade.

Salted Meats sold in the shops till today in Europe...

Dried and Cured Meats in Europe...

-King Charles the 1st of England ( 1625- 1642 ) who was habitually short of money... who was already in-debt in 1640 negotiated with the British East India Company ( BEIC ) to sell to him for 2 years by means of credit, ENTIRE STOCKS of 'pepper' which he used for commodity speculation

-In 1599 it was in-fact the Dutch's 'cornering' of the market for 'pepper' which eventually led to the set up of the London East India Company.

-As in those days...they utilized 'hard currency' such as coins minted from Gold or Silver ( see below ), the 'supply' of coined currency depended upon the level of trade as well as the availability of supply from Gold Mines or Silver Mines, that occasionally, when normal Gold or Silver was scarce... 'Pepper' was also used as a unit of account, such as in Northern Italy where wages were sometimes paid in 'pepper' or Gold. It was in-fact reported in European history that occasionally..'pepper' was preferred MORE than Gold due to it's scarcity, and it's value in Europe.

1835...The British East India Company '1 Silver Rupee'...issued and minted by The British East India Company itself with Royal Charter to issue currency with an equivalent value to the Pound in England. Used for trade in 'Malaya' under the rule of the British East India Company ( BEIC ) as Malaya was administered as 'part' of India...two countries being the most valuable Colonies to the British Crown.

-As much of Selangor and even early Kuala Lumpur were 'mining' towns for 'tin' which was sougtht after by the Dutch and the British later on... that one of the major reasons for the 'Dutch-Bugis Wars' in Selangor were fought furiously, which resulted in the Bugis being cornered and surrenderin to the Dutch by signing a 'treaty' to sell all 'tin' collected to the Dutch for a FIXED price was because the very same 'tin' was sold on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange...the worlds very FIRST stock exchange with prices listed dating back to 1585 whereby the prices of tin sold in Amsterdam for the European market would fetch a net profit ranging from 200 to up to 400% compared to what the Sultan of Selangor during the Dutch invasion was selling 'tin' for at the time.

Today the Amsterdam Stock Exchange is part of the European Stock Exchange or 'Euronext'.

www.euronext.com

Sadly, much of our Malaysian History text book seem to leave out the important answers to questions of WHY we were colonized, the reasons behind it, leaving out much important factors especially the 'economic' factors of trade and events in the world especially in Europe that had shaped our country's history into what it is today.

As a country that was 'frequently' colonized by foreign powers, we failed to study the reasons HOW such countries rose to power and prominence, what 'drove' them to our very doorsteps -which was in fact economic factors caused by market forces from trade- as well as studying their policies which contributed to their rise as some of today's super powers such as the Rise and Decline of the British Empire itself or the rise of our other former colonist 'Japan' into today's 2nd largest economic powerhouse after the United States and the 'reasons' behind their successes as nations in order for us to follow, as well as what to 'avoid' from some of their past mistakes.

A map of the height of The British Empire up to 1921, which dominated 1/4th of the known world which is why it was said that "The Sun never sets on the British Empire".

For example, among the good policies which had contributed to the Rise of England to the formation of the British Empire was the 'Sound Monetary' policies and fiscal strength of the English economy set during the reign of King Henry VII ( 1485-1509 ) to maintain the value of the English 'sterling' coins used for trade within the region. The system of money used in Europe then was 'hard currency' made from 'Silver', and the value of currencies then till today ( for Gold ) was determined by the 'weight' as well as the 'purity' of the content of Silver in their coins. Majority of the Silver coins in Europe were usually 'debased' containing only a small amount of 'Silver' ( 70-25% ), whereas the 'Sterling' coins used during the Mid-Ages often had more value due to their higher level of Silver and purity ( 85-99% ). For this reason also it was believed that the name 'Sterling' was coined...with the Germanic root 'Ster' meaning 'stong' or 'stout' and 'ling' as a common monetary suffix which had it's ascendancy as one of the most preferred currency for trade in Europe beginning from 1272.

Henry VII's hammered silver coins or 'farthings' which due to their silver purity grown to be known as 'sterlings'...a historic example of sound monetary policies...

It was also the wise investments of King Henry VII to invest innovative technology and England's very first 'dry docks' for ship building as well as new designs for English Sail Ships and Galleons which contributed to the rise of England as a dominant power as English Naval Ships were well known as some of the 'fastest' ships among the high seas. An advantage both in terms of war as well as in commercial trade for transportation.

English Naval Ships. Henry VII's era began the birth of the English Navy and marine vessels later on used for trade in the open seas as Henry VII became known as 'founder of the English Navy'.

Malaysian History textbooks which we have been using till today are very 'narrow' and 'myopic' in it's point of view taken from mainly the point of view of 'Malaysia' or 'Malaya' then a more Global Perspective or World View to teach us the lessons we should truly learn from history, from nations and civilizations. As economics form part of 'daily lives' and influences our everyday decisions and the prices of goods and services and welfare around us...as a person who studies economics and international finance and trade, world history as well as the adage 'Malay Dilema', to me it is absurd that the subject of Economics is an 'elective' during form 4 and not a basic subject taught at an early age of 13 when first entering high school.

To leave out the Economic factors of trade which influenced our very Malaysian History and shaping our country from Malaysian Textbooks which more focus on local events and mere dates for memorization is even more absurd as it does not give and explanation to the reasons or motives WHY certain events happened the WAY they happen.

Furthermore...detailed information as to what we OWE to the British or what we've adopted from them...from Malaysian Parliamentary system using a Bicemeral House ( Upper and Lower House ), to the early formation of our Central Bank ( Bank Negara Malaysia ) adopted from the model of the Bank of England ( BOE or 'The Old Lady' first established 1694 ) which later also became the model for nearly all countries Central Banks around the world, to monitor 'Monetary Policy', mint coins and issue paper currencies and as well as Government Debt Securities -such as Bonds, as well as our inheritance of the English Common Law used in our Courts Systems today- is also absurd!

Even before the very set-up of Malaysia's Bank Negara or 'Central Bank', the British Empire had experimented with using a 'currency board' system for the issuing of 'One Malayan Dollar Straits Settlements Notes'. As currency boards function without the presence of a Central Bank, in today's currency board system, the notes are usually issued by local banks themselves whereby the government has to negotiate directly for any Fiscal Deficits directly with the domestic banks which also have to coordinate, similar to the Hong Kong dollars of today which use a currency board system with notes carrying the emblems of the issuing banks such as HSBC.

The FRONT of the 1941 'One Malayan Dollar' with King William in British Malaya's first attemp to establish a 'Currency Board' in the Straits Settlements

The BACK of the 1941 'One Malayan Dollar' with the symbols of the original 10 States of 'The Straits Settlement'

Perhaps many in are unaware that our Bank Negara Malaysia of today, which was modeled from The Bank of England, -which is the world's first Central Bank- originally when the BOE was set-up was in-fact to 'finance' the English trade worldwide and the very activities of the British East India Company ( BEIC ) which was granted a Royal Charter to trade, colonize, mint it's own coined currencies, as well as even go to WAR under British Crown.

The very fact that Malaysia or 'Malaya' was in-fact colonized and managed by the world's very first Global Company and Corporation, is something that is not stressed upon in our Malaysian textbooks in detail. That we were in-fact controlled by a TRADING Company which had shareholders such as Elihu Yale ( founder of Yale University ) whom among it's Board of Directors amassed a huge amount of wealth from such Global Trade and market activities from the very commodities which were coming out of our beloved land.

Furthermore it was not stressed that the British East India Company was in-fact among the earliest 'Joint Stock' Companies in the world, second to the Dutch East India Company, which later paved the way for 'limited liability' to promote injection of new capital and investments by attracting 'pools' of investors to invest in exploration and colonization efforts for the expansion of trade. The very foundation of the BEIC's history is also what gave rise to today's form of 'Limited Liability Companies' ( LLCs ) or 'Sendirian Berhad' which we use in business today as well as setting the foundation for 'Publicly Traded' or Public Listed' companies or 'Berhad' whereby the ownership of shares of these companies could be traded whereby holders would receive the 'net profits' from these companies business activities redistributed as annual 'dividend' payments. But it is indeed SAD that the very RELATIONS of these contributions and developments of the PAST are not LINKED in our everyday lives TODAY within our History Textbooks whereby people, especially our fellow Malaysians could not truly appreciate the lessons and value of the history of mankind's civilization itself.

The Worlds FIRST Bond -dated 7th November 1623 worth 2400 florins, which were used to finance the development and trade of of The Dutch East India Company

What Malaysian textbooks do merely mention is how each State in Peninsular Malaya eventually accepted a British Resident. But it fails to mention that, what were the British's 'interest' in each state??? As Britain was in competition with Europe such as with the Spanish, the Dutch and the French for domination of the European market...what were the 'economic' interests in holding each of the States in Malaya...were were the commodities which the British were extracting or cultivating in each state and how did it contribute to the welfare of the British Economy as an Empire as a whole? Among ALL it's major Colonies and countries, how MUCH was 'Malaya's' economic contribution to the Empire in COMPARISON with all the other colonies under the British Crown to 'asses' the very Value of them holding on to our land??? These are in-fact some of the most important questions left unanswered in our history text books of today, which till today the Malaysian Government has NEVER BOTHERED to actually update!

Leaving out or omitting some of these very important facts may sometimes give the feeling that Malaysia had succeeded in developing almost completely independently on it's own and to some extent...for the ignorant and unknowing...thinking that it all happened solely from of it's leaderships ingenuity...which sometimes seems like WHY much of these important factors for learning history were left out giving the general public or Malaysians...an incomplete as well as inconclusive picture of our country as a whole.

A matter of fact, one of the most disappointing factors from years of researching the causes to the infamous 'MALAY DILEMA' which I have found, was the omission of the very reasons which eventually also led to the INDEPENDENCE of Malaya from the British...the ECONOMIC perspective from England's point of view and situation at that time...Financial Distress and BANKRUPTCY of England was also one of the factor's which lead to a peaceful Independence of 'Malaysia' from the British without any skirmishes.

First one must understand the Market Forces of Economics of Global Trade and competition during that time. The world in-fact until the end of World War 2 was in-fact divided into two major currencies...
'The Sterling Area' covering much part of the British Empires and at one point, even Japan, and on the other side was 'The Dollar Area'

In the 1930's Britain had created their own 'economic bloc' to shut out US goods. America which fully adopted the principles of 'free-trade' and 'capitalism' of Adam Smith after it's had grew into a major powerhouse for the exports of goods and industrial products in Europe and the world. Up until the 2nd World War, France and Britain realized they could not compete with the USA in the 'open market'.

The very first beginning of this 'economic bloc' took place during the time of Joseph Chamberlain ( 1836-1914 ) as Britain's Colonial Secretary ( beginning 1st of July 1895 ), as Chamberlain had called for further expansion and strengthening of the British Empire and it's colonies with 'Imperial Preference', a form of 'free-trade' with special taxes and tariff's applicable only between countries under the British Commonwealth. This in way was also to protect Britain's trading position and economy with other competitors.

Sadly as one of the major problems during the period was the differences of currency exchange values of nations, where some nations such as the USA and others which had a lower value, made its products much cheaper to purchase by countries with a much higher currency value such as the pound to purchase... thus without controls caused a surge in imports.

Due to this factor the 1930's saw the 'beggar thy neighbor' policy where many countries would purposely 'devalue' their own currencies to increase the competitiveness of its export products in the open market to reduce their Balance of Payments Deficits. This practice of 'self devaluation' of a country's own currency although did help reap profits for exports in the 'short' run, resulted in worsened national deflationary pressures resulting in plummeting incomes, shrinking demand, mass unemployment and and overall decline in world trade in medium and long-run.

These blocs had retarded the flow of capital & foreign investments opportunities in the long run and this condition was what led to the first Bretton Woods Agreement for a system to help regulate the international monetary system by which helped established the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) as well as the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development ( IBRD ) which now a part of the World Bank Group.

The World Bank Group logo

The IMF logo

The agreement involving 44 Allied Nations was a system where each country would maintain maintain and exchanged rate within a fixed value or target range, in terms of gold and the ability of the IMF to help 'bridge' temporary imbalances of payments. The system which was more experimental had failed due to numerous causes such as the differences in GDP values as well political conditions and policies between the allied states such as Trade Laws on Taxes and Tariff's between nations thus collapsing in 1971. Today the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) officially established January 1st 1995 seeks to harmonize the standards of trade and policies between nations in our modern world where in the past the Bretton Woods agreement had failed with such a premature attempt.

It was in-fact Britain's financial situation which had driven the move towards 'decoupling' of the British Colonies one by one. Whereby previously up till 1930's, England had practised 'The Gold Standard', whereby a certain denomination of Sterling Notes and currencies were convertible into a standard amount ot weight in Gold. It was the events of the Great Depression of the 1930's which was 1 of the basic causes of the break-up of the Gold Standard.

The events of World War 2 drained up much of Britain's finances as beginning of 7th of September 1940 to 10th of May 1941, England experience what they call in History today as 'The Blitz' which was a period of non-stop bombing by Nazi Germany which began in London for over 57 straight consecutive days leaving massive devastation of England and it's national economy that by May of 1941, over 43 000 British Citizens, 1/2 of them in London were killed. Leaving many British both homeless, and for some of the children...orphaned.

German 'Heinkell HE 111' bombers over the English Channel

View from St. Katherine's Dock in London after the bombings.

Bomb shelters in the West End of London during attack of Nazi Germany of World War 2

Blitz aftermath in London World War II

Buildings in London after the bombings...

The Children in London left orphaned and homeless after Adolf Hitlers bombings in World War II

Aside from heightened competition from America-also a former British Colony turned super power- in the open-markets, it was in-fact the events of going through two major World Wars, financing the wars and the devastation which followed afterwards which left England in debt, as originally Britain did not want to sign the terms of the Bretton Woods agreement which it signed on December 6th 1945 when the USA granted Britain aid worth $4.4 Billion US Dollars for it's reconstruction and recovery after the 2nd World War under the 'Marshal Plan' or 'European Recovery Plan', named after George C. Marshal: General of the US Army and US Secretary of State from 1947-1949 to help aid Western Europe in it's reconstruction as well as economic recovery after the devastation left by the 2nd World War. The United States also used this opportunity to 'open-up' trade for US Products, goods and services in Britain

The First Page of 'The Marshal Plan' US Law

George C. Marshal. General of the US Army and US Secretary of State ( office 1947-1979 ), who devised the 'Marshal Plan' known as the European Recovery Program ( ERP ) winning him a Nobel Peace Prize

But it was mainly Financial Reasons, after the devastation of the Wars that England had to focus on rebuilding it's economy and many of it's former colonies which could manage itself did so such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.

Furthermore with the lost of India's independence in 1947 -the Jewel of the British Crown- it would be costly to continue to maintain and administer the vast nations under the British Commonwealth, thus starting from the late 1940's the spurring off and Independence had already begun. Even as Malaya...or 'Malaysia' later on was negotiating for it's independence in London... so was the British colony of Malta in 1955 which had already received a 'referendum' for Independence.

In-fact, lookiing at the WAY as well as ANGLE by which our Malaysian History Text books were edited and written, it seems more like it was angled to show and highlight the political party and leadership of the United Malay National Organization ( UMNO ) as almost the 'sole' contributor which 'fought' for Malaysia's independence. It's more of an ironic term, as there wasn't much 'fighting' involved or TO be done anyways as Hitler and Churchill had already done most of their fighting long before our Independence.

But what Britain wanted was to ensure the political stability and peace within the former Colonies among the Commonwealth Nations so as to ensure commercial ties for trade as international trade cannot go on smoothly or be sustained when countries are in a state of political unrest or instability. For this is also why Britain had helped MOST of it's former commonwealth nations in setting up some of the basic foundations for national administration, from the supervising of the set-up for their Central Banks, to their Judiciary and Public Administrative systems...right down to assisting and helping to advise with the drafting of each of the Commonwealth Nations 'Federal Constitution'.

A matter of fact, it would be totally absurd to even think that Malaysia just through UMNO alone could get it's independence from 1 of the biggest empires which 'Malaya' also required assistance to fight back to Japanese during the Japanese occupation of Malaya by which the British had supplied most of the weapons and military training.

Furthermore Malaysian History textbooks seem to 'discount' the very financial contributions of the Chinese Businessmen who had donated money for Malaysia's first Prime Minister: Tunku Abdul Rahman's travel's to London in order to negotiate our countries Merdeka, as a vast majority of the Malays up until the NEP till 1970 were in-fact very poor.

As from the point-of-view of many of the Chinese Malayan businessmen, majority who moved to Singapore to capture the markets in International Trade and Finance... it was also deterring to be under British Rule which exercised it's 'Imperial Preferences' and 'economic bloc', under the 'Sterling Area' with protective tariff measures which prevented them from trading with United States which was already a dominant economic powerhouse at that time and also a rival to England's owntrade. Merdeka for them would also mean the ability to trade more freely with other countries not 'within' the economic bloc of the British Empire or the 'Sterling Area'.

Another sad factor which was literally 'omitted' as well as orally 'twisted' from our Malaysian History Textbooks was the reason for Singapore's separation from Malaysia and the events which led to massacres and tragedy of May 13, which in-fact are interconnected with each other.

What Malaysian History Books try to hide from the public was the fact that in 1964, 5 years prior to the May 13 incident, that there had already been racial riots in Singapore, remembered by Singaporeans as the 1964 Sino-Malay Riots during the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad whereby 36 people were killed and a total of 556 people in Singapore were injured.

The Kallang racial riots of Singapore in 1964, prior to the 13th May 1969 racial riots in Malaysia...

The racial tensions had already begun with the jealousy and agitation made by then Singapore UMNO Youth leader Syed Jaafar Albar... father of UMNO's current Syed Hamid Alba. As in accordance to the accounts seen by former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and International Observers...
according to Australian Deputy High Commissioner W.B. Pritchett quoted:-

"...there can be no doubt that UMNO was solely responsible for the riots. Its members ran the communal campaign or allowed it to happen."

These early incidents which contributed to the separation of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia could be found recorded in the book:

" A Moment of Anguish: Singapore in Malaysia and the Politics of Disengagement" Published by Times Academic Press written by Albert Lau.

The differences in political thought, ideas and agenda came when Lee Kuan Yew called for the formation of a 'Bangsa Malaysia', whereas UMNO led by 'Syed Jaafar Alba' believed in the concept of 'Ketuanan Melayu' or Malay Supremacy. Lee Kuan Yew's call was the FIRST call against racism and a concept of 'ONE Malaysia' decades before currently Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak started to do so only 'after' losing 5 States during the 2008 Elections.

But it was these incidents following the 1964 Sino-Malay riots in Singapore that contributed to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia only a year later in 9 August 1965, as racial tensions and misunderstandings brought forth from UMNO division in Singapore as to avoid anymore bloodshed...Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman announced it's separation from Malaysia as many of the UMNO party members believed that Lee Kuan Yew's call for "Malaysian Malaysia!" would shift the economic power from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.

Upon the announcement, Lee Kuan Yew commented on national TV on 'Road to Independence' on Singapore's 'AsiaOne':

""For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I have believed in merger and unity of the two territories"

It was in-fact during the announcement of this separation in Malaysian Parliament by Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, that Singapore UMNO Youth: Syed Jaafar Alba stood up before Tunku could finish speaking and left the parliament, as he automatically lost his seat with the separation of Singapore. Other UMNO Ministers told Tunku to take disciplinary action, but Tunku stood calm and patient saying it was okay... a mistake which 5 years later on would cause Tunku to be ousted during the May 13 riots of 1969 and replaced by Tun Abdul Razak.

It was widely said that Syed Jaafar Alba believed Tunku Abdul Rahman to be weak, and a 'traitor' of the Malay race with his 'closeness' with the Chinese and having many Chinese friends whom Tunku was well known to occasionally drink, as well as play 'Mah Jong' with. The politicians in UMNO of that time were very much divided, from the upper middle class, much higher educated Malays with more racial tolerance and understanding such as Tunku himself...and those influenced by the radical politics of Indonesia which call for unified identity which even Chinese Indonesians till today carry Indonesian names.

It was also believed that Syed Jaafar Alba had collaborated with Tun Abdul Razak to 'oust' Tunku Abdul Rahman seeing an 'urgency' to help the UMNO party which was in dire need of funds as well as to help the Malays in a radical way, which right after the May 13 incidents resulted in an ousting of Tunku when the State of Emergency was declared then automatically afterwards Tun Abdul Razak became the 2nd Prime Minister introducing the radical New Economic Policy ( NEP ) which today has become a tool more for 'financing' UMNO's political machine that producing results for the development of bumiputra Malays in general at a competitive level at PAR with non-Malays.

But prior to the elections already...UMNO Youth once again in-fact had already showed it's TRUE COLORS to the general public and people...by the waving of the Keris "Malay Traditional Dagger" and screaming to 'bathe it in the blood of Chinese'.

UMNO Youth former Chief Hishammudin waving the Malay Dagger during UMNO General Assemblies saying that they would 'bathe it in the blood of Chinese'. Ever since the UMNO Youth of Syed Jaafar Alba's time in Singapore from the 1964 Sino-Malay riots...DULU, KINI, SELAMANYA...they will NEVER change!

This incident in-fact which the MCA had called for apologies in the beginning were 'ignored' in-fact their answers in the beginning was that it was, 'unnecessary' for them to apologies as the Keris is just a part of the Malay garment as they claimed... not referring to the very words being said and behavior shown and with racial sentiments condoned. Only AFTER the loses of the 2008 General Elections did a very belated apology arrive from UMNO for this particular incident...which was too late...the people have already seen them for who they truly are...as a party fueled by the fires of racial sentiment, separation and hatred towards other races.

But such Racial Violence and condoning of ignorance and delinquency among the Malays could easily be seen in an incident which I remember clearly which appeared on the front cover of the Malay Mail...where due to a small misunderstanding, a group or gang of Malay Illegal Racers or Mat Rempits brutally attacked 3 Chinese in their cars...1 of them being a girl who was also dragged out and beaten by this group of Malay criminals...

Chinese along with a girl dragged out and brutally attacked by a group of Mat Rempits...Malay Mail Monday 10th of November 2008...

details of the incident...

...even the Chinese girl who was inside the car was not spared, dragged out and beaten with helmets by Mat Rempits.

I for one have not yet MET a Chinese Mat Rempit and know too well the social-ills and moral degradation among the Malay youth of today...many whom share a common background of Low Education and Low Income families...mass migrating in search for jobs in the Capital City. Their common background from the rural areas is in-fact proof that UMNO has FAILED to bring proper development and good job opportunities to the Malay's living in the rural areas.

Even in acordance to Urban Economics on Urban Crime, Dr. Glaecer one of the top Urban Economist from Harvard University has done a study between the relation between city size and crime and that studied in 1995 of over 80 countries worldwide... that cities in 'dictatorship' countries tend to be oversized or over-concentrated with high population densities in comparison with fully democratic countries. In his paper, he also concluded that unequal development is 1 common factor among dictatorship countries and corruption where the wealth of other States are squandered and shared by corrupted officials and cronies living within the capital city areas.

But instead of truly 'helping' these Malays...the Putera UMNO division fills itself with these illegal racers or 'Mat Rempits', by which it uses mostly those 21 and above who are of legal voting age as support voters for UMNO and merely 'entertaining' them than offering them proper continuing education or job training opportunities to improve their welfare...

Putera UMNO Chairman Datuk Abdul Azeez bringing a group of Mat Rempits to go watch 'Impak Maksima The Musical'. It would probably be reassuring to the 3 Chinese beaten up by Mat Rempits in Malay Mail that UMNO is really 'helping' these juvenile delinquents...

Only a few days ago before Merdeka for this year of 2009... once again...the extremist Malays in NGO's associated and linked to UMNO start their 'racial senitment' behaviors again by approaching the State Secretary Building of the State of Selangor by carrying the severed head of a cow, to so call protest the reallocation of a Hindu Temple. These men even kicked the head of the dead cow for everyone to see. The incident which occured right after Friday prayers meant to incite racial tensions and anger among the Indians and Hindu community in Malaysia as the cow in Hindu is a sacred animal, where these men chanting God's name in Islam say that there will be 'bloodshed' ( that word again...always calling for blood ) if the Hindu Temple were to be built in the area of Section 23 of Shah Alam. Furthermore claiming that if the Temple were to be built in their area could 'disrupt' their functions as Muslims. But their actions are NOT the actions or behaviors of Muslims as Islam does not teach Muslims to insult other religions, nor does it teach to defile an innocent living being nor to take the life of a creature that is lawful in Islam unless it is to be eaten.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytAkNMyGd1M

PEKIDA, PROWARIS, PEWARIS, GPMS, GAPEMA are all UMNO linked NGO's...

Such Malays especially the actions of those in UMNO have more often than not contributed towards dissent, cautiousness as well as even hatred stereotyping by other races towards Malays due to the actions and behaviors portrayed by such ignorant, uneducated and wayward Feudal Malays.For me sometimes, just seeing the general level or the state of my own Malay people and the actions of such individuals or group of leaders makes it even embarrassing to BE a Malay at times, as their behaviors also tarnish the teachings and image of Islam itself and they embarrass the whole Malay race even at a more international level.

It's sad when you look back at history even beginning with the Melaccan Sultanate, the level of closeness in terms of diplomatic relations which Parameswara had held with China and the citizens from India as well as Arab traders and compare it to the politics and the level of racial separation, sentiment as well as hatred being held by the leaders of UMNO of today.

Some even calling them 'pendatang asing' after being born and bred here. But if we and the I myself as a Malay ASK myself...

WHERE would Melaka or the Malays be today without the goods such as tea, silk and porcelain coming from China?

WHERE would the old Malay empire which Malays hold so proud in it's short 100 year reign before the Portuguese invasion be without the cotton and precious 'spices' coming from India?

WITHOUT such International Trade and Good Diplomatic relations and foreign tax trade policies... would there ever have BEEN a Malay or Malaccan Empire???

WHERE would Malaya be if it weren't for the skilled labor in 'mining' in extraction and processing for 'tin' if it weren't for the Chinese? Would there even BE a town of Kuala Lumpur or many other former mining town residents today???

With the Malays by majority whom came from non-Market economies with their own lands to cultivate for self-consumption...WOULD THEY have done all the mining, or mass plantation agriculture of 'black pepper' or even for 'rubber' tree plantations IF the British Colonist had forced them to do it???

Even today our country is still pretty much dependent on foreign labor for hard laborious work such as for construction and other services from 'foreign workers' such as from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia... which makes me wonder, what does it mean to be a 'TUAN Melayu'? Does it mean to simply sit back and relax like a boss and not need to work hard as OTHER races have done and simply feed off the TAX REVENUES of such hard labor like some King?

As it is written in Chapter 3 of Mark Jesus himself once said in verses 24-25:

" And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."

Furthermore the Koran writes in Chapter 'Surah 2' ironically entitled 'The Heifer' in verse 148:

"To EACH is a goal to which GOD turns him; the STRIVE TOGETHER ( as in a race ) towards ALL that is GOOD. WHEREVER you are, GOD will bring you TOGETHER. For GOD has power over all things."

Furthermore in the same chapter in verse 42 of the Koran writes:

"And cover NOT the TRUTH with FALSEHOOD, nor CONCEAL the Truth when you KNOW what it is."

As we seek to find out the TRUTH about our past as well as our nations history the truth shall always reveal itself in the end as it is also written in The Bibel in Mark Chapter 7 verse 7 Jesus also said:

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

As has been illustrated through history that it was the lack of 'knowledge' and education which was what Malays in-fact lacked compared to the other races in this country from the beginning...the lack of knowledge in trade, doing business and finance which led to the loss of lands among the Malays.

It is also Trade which brought up Melacca, and it was also because of Global Trade and Competition that Melacca was and Malaya was colonized over and over again, and it is also Trade which brought up some of the greatest world superpowers from Britain, to France, Germany, Japan as well as the United States.

It is also trade which is what the very Muslim Prophet Muhammad PBUH told muslims to do...and not politics.

It is also 'knowledge', which so many Malays lacked in the beginning to have such skills in arithmetic calculations, finance, investment and trade that the prophet had told muslims to seek knowledge all the way to China itself... knowledge which still so many Malays today lack being consumed and focused on unrelated issues continuously brought up by UMNO to sway the very attention of Malays away from our OWN shortcomings as a people, as a civilization and as a race.

The REAL Malay Dilema has and ALWAYS has been in-fact an Economic one...and economical problems require Economical Solutions...NOT political ones as has been the KEY to the success of other races such as the Chinese and non-bumi's in this countryl..independent from much or any help from the Federal Government for over 200 years now since Kuala Lumpur under Yap Ah Loy.

While some silly ignorant Malays would like to worry so much about NEP policies and 'bumiputra' quotas for government tenders and procurements...they forget to see that there are MANY other businesses both non-bumi or Malay that have flourished and even succeeded WITHOUT doing any businesses in dealing with the Federal Government.

HOW MANY government contracts and tenders for supplies do Franchise businesses such as PJ Old Town or Secret Recipe take away from the bumi's in government??? A matter of fact many of Vincent Tan's Berjaya Group's investments are heavily in foreign franchise companies and concepts in Malaysia... how many government procurement contracts and tenders does Berjaya 7-Elevens, Coffee's Starbucks, or Pappa Johns Pizza or even Krispy Kreme take away from bumi's in the Government??? NONE!

Yet I know MANY of these Berjaya Group Franchises that employ a LOT of Malays and also provide them with good working incentives and salaries... ( but then again, IF these franchises WERE supplying to the Ministries in Government...so far I Haven't had ANY Starbucks Coffee or even Secret Recipe or Krispy Kreme's during any government 'meetings' where tea and coffee is served.

YET UMNO always tries to paint the picture as if Malays could not even SURVIVE or LIVE without the NEP and itself...when history has even proven that we have even lost Singapore due to UMNO's racist and immoral behaviors. Singapore which had taken over the role of Melacca during the British Empire's reign and till today remains the main harbor as well as foreign currency exchange, banking and financial service center till today for the whole of South East Asia.

Yet despite such mindset I've known many more Malay businesses as well as non-Malay which have not only lived or survived, but even SUCCEEDED without any aid from the Federal Government or the NEP just by doing business.

Yet do we Malays even ASK ourselves...WHY is it that those NOT being help SUCCEEDED, while those being handed SO MUCH help still continue to FAIL??? THAT is the question we as Malays should ask ourselves today. Cos when it comes to doing business, if you have the passion, the hard work, the patience, and the determination to succeed, added with the knowledge...eventually you will! If you have a good service or product to sell, the product sells ITSELF!

So let us take this moment together during this very BLACK 31st of August 2009 Merdeka to reflect upon ourselves and remember whom we are, and where we started, and where we would be TODAY if we did not have each other or lived together in this SAME land...

As for those who chose to incite racial hatred, the ignorant among the Malays in UMNO who only choose to sow the cords of racial dissent... the Koran has this to say about them:

"The parable of those who REJECT Faith is as if one were to shout like a GOAT-HERD, to things that LISTEN TO NOTHING but calls and cries; DEAR, DUMB and BLIND, they are VOID of wisdom."

Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah verse 172.

As is written in the Koran...I would like to ask ALL of your who do not believe in Racism, Racial Segregation and belief in equality and a peaceful Malaysia... of what even Lee Kuan Yew once called:

"Malaysian Malaysia"

for all of us to LEARN from the mistakes of the past, but most of all the learn from the hardships, struggles and toils as well as strengths of others as well, be it from a race, or a nation, empire or civilization. As the Malay old saying goes:

"BUANG yang keruh, AMBIL yang jernih. Baru TEGUH peribadi"

or

"CAST OUT the murky, and TAKE what is CLEAR. Only then would our hearts be STRONG."

Let us truly come together and unite during these dark hours...and remember a time long ago...
when due to trade and good relationships between cultures and by working together was how we developed, to gain our independence and become where we are today...

Imran

POST NOTE: Thanks brother Imran for your effort. It amazes me to see how we have change from the past. Readers need to take time to read and reflect on it.

Black Monday, Black Malaysia!

2009-08-30T18:23:00.003+08:00

It's your country.
You deserve health, not H1N1 deaths.
Blue sky, not yearly haze.
Safety, not police violence.
Prosperity, not corruption.
Freedom, not ISA.
Truth, not Utusan Malaysia.
Justice, not kangaroo courts.
Democracy, not coups.
Love, not racism.
Stop taking the wrongs lying down.
Stop your silence.
It's your country.
You have a say.
Your say is BLACK.
Wear BLACK this MERDEKA.

Forward to Malaysians now.
Tell them NOW!

Paint the town BLACK on Merdeka Day!

2009-08-26T11:13:00.001+08:00

Feeling down?

Feeling the pain of seeing your beloved country fall into the hands of the wicked?

Want to show you are not happy?

Wear BLACK on 31st August !

BN losing support... PR Won!

2009-08-25T23:53:00.003+08:00

Look at PP by-election result. Last year GE count was at 5571 votes for BN. This year by-E result; 5067 votes. Even though the winning majority was reduced to 4451 votes, BN has lost their people's trust. 5571-5067=504 votes!

At least 504 voters decided to waste their votes or stay away from BN. Perhaps the most reasonable reason would be "Its Tuesday, people are working! No LEAVE..." ...

In conclusion, both Pas and BN also need to buck up. But hey BN, you can still stay the same and remain UTUSAN as your loyal newspaper that report unworthy news. People don't care anymore!

PAS, PKR and DAP should now buck up and eliminate those unworthy people in the party. We need clean and clever leaders. Not one who don't use their brain.

Credit to malaysiakini for their updates.

Translation of the explosive letters by unknown SPRM staff - English and Mandarin version

2009-08-21T01:46:00.002+08:00

BRIBERY, MISCONDUCT AND CORRUPTION OF A SUPERIOR OFFICER OF MACC SELANGOR

Respectfully, we would like to refer to the subject above.

We would like to inform you that we, officers of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), feel obliged to expose the misconduct and bribery of a senior officer of the MACC, Deputy Director (DD) MACC Selangor PKPj I Hishamuddin bin Hashim, in connection with the case of TEOH BENG HOCK and another case involving the bungalow of DATO' SERI DR MOHAMAD KHIR BIN TOYO in Section 7, Shah Alam, Selangor.

2. For YBhg Tan Sri/Dato/Tuan/Puan's information, DD was directly involved in the investigations on the fraud case of the Selangor State Government's funds for YB Ean's (ADUN Seri Kembangan) allocation. His involvement was not just on official orders, but he has also given instructions to his subordinates to find, with any means possible, any evidence of wrongdoing by the Selangor State Goverment. He acted in this fashion because he has made a conspiracy with Khir Toyo to topple the government of Selangor. These (gelojoh) actions directly resulted in the death of Teoh Beng Hock. There arise a few suspicious questions that we, officers of the MACC Malaysia, ask on how Teoh Beng Hock could have died. We suspect the DD's involvement in the death of Teoh Beng Hock based on the following:

i) DD had ordered all MACC officers involved in the operation that he not be directly involved in the case. In fact, he was the one who gave all the orders in this operation and other operations in MACC Selangor. In fact, he was afraid to be involved directly because this could expose his conspiracy with Khir Toyo.

ii) The chemical investigators have discovered fingerprints and male DNA on the front side of both sides of Teoh Beng Hock's belt. Based on our, the officers of MACC Malaysia, knowledge, the DD has an individual style of investigative techniques which include interrogating a suspect by holding the front of his belt, lifting him a few times while shaking him.

iii) The process of collecting DNA on MACC Selangor officers was performed in 2 sessions. In the first session of collecting DNA, the DD made every effort to evade giving his DNA sample. The DD was said to have given his DNA sample in the second session, but suspicions arise because the DD gave his DNA sample in the privacy of his own office while all other MACC offiers including the MACC Director have given their DNA samples in a meeting room in the presence of many other individuals. Why did the DD give his DNA sample in a secretive fashion? Was the DNA provided really his DNA? We, the officers of the MACC Malaysia, feel puzzled that there was no one else in the presence of the DD when he allegedly gave his DNA sample? We recommend that the DNA Test on the DD must be done again, witnessed by a group of people who can be trusted.

iv) We have been informed that the DD had ordered his subordinates to erase/clean the fingerprints on the window that Teoh was believed to have fallen from. This was proven when the police could not find any signs of fingerprints, new or old, on the window. The question is, why did the DD order that this be done?

v) We suspect, based on information we have obtained, that the DD did not touch his punch-card when he left the office on the 16th of July 2009, at 6:10 am. This is important because it can prove that the DD was the last person to see Teoh. The question is, why did he not touch his punch-card when he is a person who always touches his punch-card. For the record, he is very diligent with his punch-card.

3. For YBhg Tan Sir/Dato/Tuan/Puan's information, the DD in question is very influential in the enforcement of investigation operations around Selangor and the rest of Malaysia. In MACC Selangor, he is the most important person who decides whether a case should be prosecuted even if the power should rest in the hands of the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP). His decision is prompted by his personal interests and those of his co-conspirators. So, it is no surprise that he led the MACC Selangor Investigative Unit for decades, at least since the Selangor state government was under the helm of the Barisan Nasional government (Khir Toyo) until now. He was promoted ahead of schedule, from Grade 41 to Grade 54, over the course of 16 years without transfer to other positions or locations other than that of the MACC Selangor. Based on the MACC, any officer who has been promoted or who has worked for more than 5 years in a state should be transferred to a different location to avoid the officer being involved in local bribery. One of the reasons he was never transferred is because he was tasked to "take care of" the position of Dato' Seri Dr Khir Toyo in Selangor. As a result, Khir Toyo also "took care of" his position in Selangor as a favour.

4. As a result of his position in MACC Selangor for these many years, he has been involved in various cases of bribery and misuse of power. Some of the incidents of bribery or misuse of power that we have investigated are as follows:

i) Closing the case of Khir Toyo connected to the approval of a road construction project, in Sekinchan running 20.5 km valued at RM 92.5 million to a contractor that was nearly blacklisted, Meram Holdings. According to the JKR's estimates, the road should have cost less than RM 50 million. The subcontractor that did the work on the project was Cabaran Wangsa, owned by Pua Kim An, the landlord of a house that had once been rented by Khir, while another company director, Ahmad Tarmizi Tajjeury is a Khir crony that was also given 100 acres of land at a profit to him of at least RM 20 million.

ii) Owning assets that exceed his emoluments such as:
a. Owning a few rental houses of which one is a two storey terrace house that was purchased at a favourable price from Pemaju Kumpulan Lebar Daun Development Sdn Bhd, as a result of the closing of the case against the Group Executive Chairman, Dato' Noor Azman @ Noor Hizam bin Mohd Nurdin. The case was investigated by the then BPR Selangor for a few years together with various other houses owned by him. To remove public and subordinate suspicions, he lived in the Government Quarters in Kg Atap, Kuala Lumpur.

b. Owning a Petronas petrol station on the left of the Federal Highway KM 8.6 - 8.7, Section 1, Federal Highway, Shah Alam, 40000 Selangor (near the Melati Roundabout, Shah Alam to Klang bound, registered under the name of his brother. The petrol station only just began operating this year (2009), part of which was built above a Chinese cemetary. He managed to get the site to build the petrol station because of his power, which was exercised in the era of Khir Toyo's government in Selangor.

c. Owning several plots of land around Shah Alam, in which one of them is believed to be beside the new SACC Mall registered under the name of a wife of a MACC Selangor driver named Abdullah b Azim, a full time homemaker in her late 30s.

iii) He has been caught in close proximity with a subordinate officer, Investigator rank, named Nor Azlina bt Mustafa besides the Shah Alam Lake early in 2009 by 2 police officers. He showed his identity card (MACC) and informed the police officers that he and the officer were in the middle of an operation and they were released. These "intimacies" between him and the Investigator were repeated and are common knowledge of many including his own wife. The only action taken by the Department was transferring the officer involved to the MACC Headquarters in Putrajaya. This was not effective because Azlina is still always with the DD in the Selangor office.

5. This letter was written to uphold justice and prevent the further abuse of power especially in the MACC and throughout Malaysia. We in the MACC are fed up to see his antics which have the blessings of the powers that be, like the saying "beraja di mata, bersultan di hati". We in the MACC have (hilang punca? Anybody?) to find departments/institutions/NGOs that can champion this issue so the appropriate action can be taken.

6. We, the officers of the MACC, are touched and thankful that YBhg Dato'/tuan/puan could expose this issue to the people and the authorities so that an organisation/NGO can take the appropriate action, or an independent investigation, can be taken and raised to the Cabinet. This is very important because it involves the integrity of a serving officer of a department that upholds the laws involving human integrity. The DD is now making every effort to press his subordinates to find any faults involving ruling PKR in the hopes that the PKR-led government will fall in Selangor and his secret will be safe. For your information, the DD is now very afraid whenever news about Dato' Seri Khir Toyo is released in the press and he would be very afraid if the case would expose his involvement.

7. We hope that any brave individuals or organizations can spread this information so that our actions can be brought to the attention of responsible and trusted authorities and that justice can be done. We are unable to do this ourselves because he has a "cable" with the powers that be.

8. Cooperation from YBhg Tan Sri/Dato'/tuan/puan is much appreciated and we hope that through your action, much more information can be brought to light involving individuals with no integrity. We hope that this will cleanse the MACC and its officers from further involvement in bribery and corruption.

Sekian, terima kasih

"BERKHIDMAT UNTUK SPRM/NEGARA YANG DICINTAI"

Kami yang menurut perintah,

PEGAWAI-PEGAWAI SPRM MALAYSIA

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What say you Khir toyol? Denied you can, but we will korek till you are dry.

I like what the bible said: "There is no peace for the wicked," says my God. Isaiah 57:21

Wicked man in BN, may you have no peace and sleepless nights!

Chocolate, Yasmin Ahmad last piece

2009-08-19T23:11:00.002+08:00

Yasmin Ahmad Last Piece for Malaysia.

This short video tells about Malaysian Chinese Typical mindset. Still, they long for a better life and think that they cannot get it in Malaysia. Its also another your kind my kind mentality that need to be KOREK off from the traditional minded people. May it touch certain people and change for better.

May he be the one - Tribute to Teoh Beng Hock

2009-08-18T23:34:00.001+08:00

May he be the one
To awakes the People
That it will trigger them
To search their inner self
Of what they want
For A Better Malaysia

No longer can we keep it silence
And let them ruin the nation
Regardless of who we are
We ought to fight the battle
For the children of Malaysia

May he be the one
To awakes Malaysians

~~~~~~~

Inspired from the title "May he be the last".
Be at Peace, Teoh Beng Hock.

Potong Saga- Make sure it doesn't potong your breath...

2009-08-18T02:08:00.002+08:00

Potog Saga! A Laugh out LOUD short movie by 15malaysia.com!

Rais yang tak de CULTURE!!!

2009-08-11T00:08:00.002+08:00

Damn arrogant look and insult a reporter just because he asked in English. What has Merdeka got to do with asking question in English? Oi, you studied in US, can't you just reply in English?

Moron!

Where is your politeness? !!! Bleh la U!

How can you be a information and culture minister is beyond my understanding. You should be a licker that lick the floor....

Your mouth is full of filth!!!

And I cannot stand your look and your mouth!

People, just view the video that I had edited from Malaysiakini news. Just this part!!

Moron of all moron!!!

FRU showed their macho~ While I am humbled by the Rakyat

2009-08-02T18:10:00.001+08:00

It was a beautiful ordinary Saturday. However, traffic jam all over the city. Entries to the city were blocked. As I reached the Central Market, Blacky greeted me.

I walked to MJ (Masjid Jamek) after taking a few shots. I thought I would have sufficient time to go to Bukit Bintang area to get some thing for my friend. However, things happened too fast and I couldn't move my self there.

I witnessed so many arrest and must salute to those who voice out!

I got my first taste of Tear Gas. It wasn't fun at all. Eyes and body got itchy. I couldn't open my eyes~ ! I got to squat down and wash my teary eyes. A passer by gave me some salt.

People ran all over. More like an atomic bomb that had bomb the area. Then I head to SOGO. SOGO areas have more crowd. More than MJ. More people, more Tear Gas and water cannons lah...

Some how, I have a sense of unity at this ground zero. People helped each others, chat with each others, complained of the damn Government that had gone overboard... Oh ya, I met few family that involves their entire household members! Talk about unity in fighting for truth!

People came from Kedah, Terengganu, Kota Bharu, Puchong... But I don't know is there any one that comes from JB? Do I need to tell you which races that had attended the rally? Malaysians!

Back to Sunday. People ask me why I never got arrested? I pandai pandai mah... :p haha! Thanks for your concern.

Anyway, when I was in church today, I flipped around my bible in the mid of sermon. I read Psalms 94, which is related to what our country is going through now. I shall take some part of it and share with you:

My People, how can you be such stupid fools? When will you ever learn?... He is in charge of the nations-- won't he punish them?... The LORD knows what they think; he knows how senseless their reasoning is. ... Justice will again be found in the courts, and all righteous people will support it. ... He will punish them for their wickedness and destroy them for their sins; the LORD our God will destroy them. Taken from Psalms 94.

Such phrases is so reassuring that I find comfort in it. Those sentences in blue colour refers to BN. I like the part where it said about their senseless reasoning...haha! They have no reason at all!

Sentence in red said what we had done. We went to court to support it, we went to the streets to support it. Like yesterday, all righteous people will support it!

We are reaching the victorious moment. Can't wait for the final victory!

Final Update on Anti-ISA Rally

2009-08-01T22:13:00.000+08:00

People gather in between shop lot to take a shot of what is happening.

SOGO stretch- Reporters sat down and rest. Far behind you can see the FRU waiting to attack.

This is where the boy rest. He is aged around 10-12. A federal defense van came and fetched him out for treatment.
If I am not mistaken, this is Semua House. FRU fired tear gas behind this building. The shoppers and workers have to flee this eyes tearing complex.

People gather to SHOO and BOO the police away.

FRU truck in front of McDonald at Masjid Jamek.
They shot few rounds of water cannon and wet the town...

People hiding inside the book store.
Funny that all the shop close their business temporarily while this book store remain open.

People taking cover underneath the main door.

Truck LOAD of FRU waiting to attack.

TEAR GAS FIRED!! FIRE IN THE CROWD!

This damn Tear Gas had made so many people cried. A guy told me he had not cried so much in his entire life. Yes, I cried too!

People running away from Tear Gas.
Like Armageddon...

UNIT AMAL PAS leading the way!

People taking cover from Tear Gas.

The start of today's gathering.

Waiting for Muslim to come out of the Mosque.

Will they be arrested for wearing BLACK?

LOCKED DOWN!

Tear Gas, Water Cannon, Brutality, Tense, FAST and Furious, made friends from Kedah, Terengganu, Kota Bharu and so much more. I gain one more point in experience.

To PRO ISA, please continue to hide in your comfort hole!

MALAYSIANS, I SALUTE YOU FOR MAKING AN EFFORT. Thank YOU!

Innocent victim hurt in tear gas

2009-08-01T16:44:00.001+08:00

A boy get shock of tear gas, seems to be weak, being send for rescue now. Body in red,tears all over his face. Sick la!

Sogo under attack!

2009-08-01T16:30:00.001+08:00

Stretch along the way to pas hq and sogo. Hundreds of red head is here.

Live kl-Tear gas just shot at this area!

2009-08-01T16:15:00.001+08:00

Tear gas just shot at this area. 4-5 of it. Its near pas hq.

Live kl- Pic

2009-08-01T15:22:00.001+08:00

Picture taken Earlier - show crowd heading to police . Every where lock down.
Seems like waiting for it to cool down before heading there again. Water cannon,tear gas,red head al over. Pas ppl can be seen Around me.

Misuse of energy!

2009-08-01T14:40:00.001+08:00

Misuse of energy! Ordinary days they don't come. Now only they appear for the sake of national security. DsAi heard
Around kl. Now the amal group leading a group of ppl toward police .

Tear gas shot!

2009-08-01T14:11:00.001+08:00

Tear gas shot! My eyes damn painful. Itchy for a while. Now better. Innocent girl cried after got tear gas in her eyes. Uncle sat next to me came from kota bharu.

Time reaching 2pm. Tense!

2009-08-01T13:49:00.001+08:00

Police in front of e mosque. Preparing to battle with ppl. Helicopter up d sky.

Live kl-Police mass gathering

2009-08-01T13:43:00.001+08:00

Police mass gathering. To prepare for battle? My lunch. Arrest in front of mosque.

Red head are here. Crowd getting bigger.

2009-08-01T13:16:00.001+08:00

Red head are here. Crowd getting bigger. Media all over.now police shoo ppl.

Live kl - Doggy waiting 4u

2009-08-01T12:42:00.001+08:00

Doggy waiting to bite some flesh... Crap. Crowd getting bigger.

Live kl mJ

2009-08-01T12:32:00.001+08:00

Now at MJ. Around 10 arrested here. Could be more. A media rep said Sogo very quiet. MJ more happening.

Live k l

2009-08-01T12:13:00.002+08:00

Yb loh and up close of blacky. For more photos, please check my right bar.

Live kl-10 arrested inside the blacky

2009-08-01T12:02:00.001+08:00

10 arrested inside the blacky. Reporter seen
Around there. Yb loh,kelana jaya was there to meet the press. I'm heading to MJ now.

Live @ kl

2009-08-01T11:43:00.001+08:00

Jam up to PJ. 7-8 km. Not normal compares to normal weekend.

Be there tomorrow!

2009-07-31T20:09:00.001+08:00

Be there tomorrow to support a good cause.

Catch this link tomorrow! Live from KL

2009-07-31T19:55:00.002+08:00

Please catch this blog for photo updates on kl situation. You can also visit papillonliberte.blogspot.com for latest update. For a better Malaysia

Will you be there?

2009-07-31T19:32:00.001+08:00

The next thing you know, Malaysian is very united in this day. United to fight off those wicked leader that do not serve the people. Tomorrow,we will show the leader how dissatisfied we are.

Battle of the year on August 1st

2009-07-23T23:24:00.002+08:00

Come August 1st, we will see the battle in between the evil forces and the real mankind. We shall see who triumph over the Malaysia and shake the nation. No, there won't be any Tsunami. It will be a Tsunami of People who want justice.

Malaysiakini reported that PRO ISA will tag along kumpulan pesilat lincah (Martial art group)...

I am curious, what effect will they bring? Perform before the people and say ISA is good?? Crap.

Another insane quote: “Kita ikut GMI, nak tunjuk kita juga mempunyai sokongan,” katanya. (We follow GMI, want to show that we have support too.)

hahaha! GMI is just an organisazation that organize it, the people who support their cause is the main point. They just don't get it. Well, since you asked for it, we the people who want justice will show you how BIG we are! Wait for the day!!!

AUGUST 1st, SATURDAY 2PM.

MARK YE DATE DOWN!

Comparison in between UMNO Ampang and Teoh's memorial gathering

2009-07-23T02:02:00.004+08:00

They have more or less 60 people. Let's give them 100.

Teoh's memorial? 2 to 3K.

Dude, See where the people stand! You are standing on ice berg. Suka Hati you....

Pictures from Stadium Kelana Jaya - 1 Black grieving Malaysia

2009-07-19T19:45:00.005+08:00

The above photo shows Selangor Speaker YB Teng Chang Khim and Selangor MB YAB Khalid. YB Lim Kit Siang fired at MACC. Teng is still at his best, shooting the BN faults and compare their double standards.
Several Selangor Exco and Pakatan leaders waiting for their turn. YB Eli was spotted there giving support.

The crowd from the grand stand.

I was trying to capture a photo of the crowd when this man suddenly move forward to the little young girl. He was going to shake her hand. It is quite a touching photo for me.

Need I say more with the pictures? See and feel the unity!

Pakatan wants justice for Beng Hock! So do the people!!

No more cow stories! (That's what Selangor YAB Khalid wants.)

JUSTICE FOR BENG HOCK!

Live from kj - Macc is another tool!

2009-07-19T19:01:00.001+08:00

Penang Yab just finished his speech. He said pakatan will set up a foundation for beng hock's child. He said we will fight till the end for beng hock's justice. Now,selangor Yab khalid is speaking. He said macc has been looking for him regarding his purchase of cow and car..

Live from std kj

2009-07-19T18:30:00.002+08:00

Live from std kj YB lim kit siang finished his speeches and poke at Macc. Selangor speaker Teng chang khim wowed the people by saying that when najib in position, Malaysia faced so many death.. He also said we have death in police custody,macc,next one? It could be in JPJ. Now beng hock's pal is speaking. sharing their struggle to fight for a better malaysia. Penang YAB lim guan eng just arrive. He will be speaking now.

Live from Stadium Kelana jaya

2009-07-19T17:24:00.001+08:00

Live from Stadium Kelana jaya

Tunku of dap's speaking now. He said beng hock is Malaysia's son! He just returned from melacca after paying his last respect to Beng hock. Crowd estimated around 2k. People kept coming even after a drizzle before event start.

My Parents hantam the killer !

2009-07-19T00:09:00.008+08:00

Those who were responsible for Bro Teoh Beng Hock's death will have to pay for their wrong doing. Teoh Beng Hock's spirit will follow you for the rest of your life. You may end up like him, to fall from high rise building. You will regret and see your family suffer like Beng Hock's family.

Think of their family. Parents, sibling, and his close ones including his fiance and friends. How will they handle his dismiss? What if it happen to your own family?

Darn... Above is my parents words and more vulgar words could have spit out and I would have to cut it off!! Mom is burning real HOT inside her mind! She is angry and ran off my face after spitting all this! Dad was commenting all about this case and I told him I would type it all here and share with cyber friends. May be this is my parents first post! :) An anger post!

Folks, I will be heading to Stadium Kelana Jaya on Sunday. Meet you there at 4.30 PM.

Note:
Blue sentence = Father's phrase
Red sentence = Mom's phrase

Memorials and Vigils for Comrade Beng Hock

2009-07-18T11:05:00.001+08:00

Dear All,

As you might already know, Beng Hock has finally arrived at his hometown in Alor Gajah, Melaka at 12:50am (Saturday 18th July 2009). It has been a long and sad journey for a man who had bravely served his community and unfailing in his principles for justice in our country.

Memorials and vigils are being organized to commemorate the solemn passing of Beng Hock, please kindly show our support and spread the word around.

More info are being made available at:

http://justiceforbenghock.blogspot.com/

Venues:

* 18/7 (Saturday, 7pm) - Memorial for TBH @ Dewan Serbaguna Seri Kembangan

* 18/7 (Saturday, 9pm) - Candlelight Vigil for TBH @ DAP MP for Bakri Service Centre, No.1, Taman Bintang, Jalan Sakeh, 84000 Muar, Johor

* 19/7 (Sunday, 430pm) - Vigil for TBH @ MBPJ Stadium Kelana Jaya, PJ.

* 20/7 (Monday, 11am) - TBH's Funeral @ Alor Gajah, Melaka

* 21/7 (Tuesday, 8pm) - Public Forum: Justice For Beng Hock, Reforming Malaysia @ Jln Utama, P.Pinang.

Thank you,
Justice for Comrade Beng Hock

In Memory of Bro Teo Beng Hock

2009-07-17T01:34:00.004+08:00

MACC, What have you got to say?

Are you holding responsible for his death?

My friend was quite sad and had a sleepless night. He wrote a poem dedicated to him.

~~~~~

Arvind Ram Kumar: The news of Teoh Beng Hock' death yesterday saddened me even though I do not know him personally. I went totally speechless after hearing the tragic news, and understand why our fellow Malaysians were expressing their anger at this issue.

I do not know what else to write, but would like to contribute a poem which I wrote myself last night. My condolences to Teoh Beng Hock's family and friends, may he rest in peace.

Tree of Life

Wind blew gracefully into the forest of the unknown,
Where every man goes and never returns,
An ancient tree standing tall above all,
Sheltered two beings never seen by mankind,
They work day and night beneath the sacred tree,
Making sure the equilibrium continues,
As good and evil will always be equal……

The two beings never faced each other,
But their action will always remain a mystery,
As time was never present before them,
One creates a tapestry of life from the ancient tree,
Another shatters it on the stone of history,
One faceless being with a pleasant nature,
Another cursed with a horrifying manifestation….

Life and death are part of us,
One who is born will pass away someday,
As body may perish but never a soul,
The tree of life will be the final destination,
And the cycle continues as He looks over,
When someone celebrates the birth of a new life,
Another will grieve for the lost of loved ones……

Taken from Malaysiakini.

Translation is fun. No?

2009-07-16T09:48:00.000+08:00

Taken from The Star Online.

One of the phrase my friend also use to tease each other is this:

Adakah anda percuma malam ini?

Some might misunderstand it for one night stand or dirty minded stuff. However, it is a direct translation which mean "Are you free tonight?".

Let us hope that the Government will see a clearer picture of language usage in our daily life.

Poor "Ink-Leash"!!!

2009-07-13T10:30:00.000+08:00

Poor English a result of the system

I THINK the basic problem lies with the teachers. There is no sincere effort among them to master the language themselves in order to be able to teach with confidence.

In the 1970’s when teachers who were trained to teach in the English language had to revert to Bahasa Malaysia. I was one of them, and we took great efforts to do so. Other colleagues who could not master the language took the right step - they resigned.

As I drove to school, I would listen to “Learn a Word a Day” over the radio every day and ensured I used that word in my conversations that day. This helped me to add new words to my vocabulary.

I also requested to teach in a “weak class” (classes were streamed in those days) so that I could gain confidence in the language. I was never shy to ask my Malay colleagues for help. I improved so much that my headmistress allowed me to teach Geography and History in Bahasa Malaysia in Form 4.

Before I retired in the 1990s, I was asked to observe and report on English Language trainee teachers. Even then, I could see the deterioration in the standard from year to year.

I can only say one thing - the system is the cause for this deterioration.

PUAN CHELLA,
Kuala Lumpur.

The above article taken from Thestar Online.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Puan Chella, Thank you for your effort to change and improve your self when our government makes changes. As I can see, some teacher could not cope with it and we lost wonderful teacher. That is why we have insufficient teacher. :(

Government, are you doing the right thing? Not only you killed your wonderful teacher, you will soon kill your future generation!!

As for the recent changes to revert to the old method of teaching S & M in BM, below is my opinions which I posted in a group:

I would prefer if the Government could allow us to choose the school we want for our future generation. Bring back English medium school, maintain National and Vernacular school (or as before the implementation of teaching S & M in English.). This would silent those who would like to see BM/BC/BT being maintain as the main language in S & M.

We may have international school, but still we should be given more option. Not to say when we have so many different types of school, we cannot achieve unity among us.

I suggest we must scrap the Pendidikan Moral subject. This subject is not a subject. It is a life lesson that must be taught at home. Many students complained they are not learning anything at all. Waste of time.

May be they should think of having year end camp for ALL form 4 & 5 students after their examination. (One month camp.) Get them to do community work, understanding each other cultures and beliefs. This would bring them closer among them. Scrap National service. This is better than moral eds. Practicality.

For A Better Malaysia

Post Note:
S & M = Science and Maths.
BM=Bahasa Malaysia
BC=Bahasa Cina
BT=Bahasa Tamil

Post Note 2: I would like to tell all my readers that from today onward, I will be focusing more on education rather than politics. Education has been my passion and I can't give it a miss. Thanks!

The untold stories of Anti ISA

2009-07-02T10:00:00.000+08:00

Grandpa John is sitting on a rocking chair. He is looking out at the playground in front of his house. His neighbour son is beside him playing with puppies. A young lovely girl aged around 15 plus pass by his house and wave to him. That was Diana from Kampung Jaafar. He said to me. I am surprised of how he knew the girl. I asked him for more information. Oh boy, don't you know your grandpa is like a database who knows everything? I have not been with my grandpa for a year. I came back for good and try to know more about what that had happen in Malaysia. My parents sent me to New Zealand in the beginning year of 2005 to further my studies. Fast forward to the current day, I know I have missed out a lot due to hectic schedule and my ignorant attitude.

You know what? Malaysia Today is a totally different Malaysia than before. How you define that? I asked for his straight forwardness. Do you know who change the political scene? No. It was bloggers in the virtual world. How they managed to change? Easy. They blogged their heart out. They also loved their country to the highest level that they are willing to be arrested for speaking and standing firm on the truth that they believed in. Wow~! They are just like a steel men and women. They are not made of steel, but their heart is made of love. They are a group of lovely PEOPLE. A group? You mean there were a lot of peoples being arrested for standing firm for what they believed? Yes! Remember Diana who waved to me just now? I nodded my head. Her mom was detained during Anti-ISA Vigil in PJ. I have to take care of her as her mom was taken away for a night to record her statement. Diana father was oversea at that time.

Grandpa closed his eyes and when he re-opens, I saw his red eyes preparing him for some tears. Yet, he held on. That night, Diana asked me why her mom was detained by the police. I said that her mom was using her freedom of speech on what she believed in and she was not a criminal. But she does not believe. Diana mentioned that bad people always detained by the police. I said no. She is not bad. She is a loving mother and you must love your mother for what she had done for Malaysia. I can see a drop of tears dripping from his eyes. He dried it with his left hand. What touched me the most is when she met with her mom and ask how she is. Diana's mom replied: “I am fine, but Malaysia is not."

There was a silent moment. Grandpa John stood up and showed me his scars. A long scar of former stitches can be seen on his right leg. It happened during the vigil. I am considered fortunate for not being arrested. Previously, the majority of the citizens do not look highly upon jail bird or detainee. They always rate them as bad or unwanted citizen. Now? We look at their inner heart. We see why they get arrested. Look at YAB Lim Guan Eng who was trying to bring justice for a girl. End up in jail. Look at those who were detained in the Anti-ISA vigil. Look at those innocent people who were jailed up in Kamunting under ISA. What is this ISA that make people protest against it? I asked in anticipation. It stands for Internal Security Act. It was for those who threaten the country safety and being jail up without trial. However, I see no threat from them. Oh well, that is only my opinion. Not of those authority. They do not seem to have the same channel as I am.

Come inside. Let me show you some photos and videos. As he sit on the sofa and switch on his laptop, I asked him whether any of his friends got arrested. All those arrested were my friends. I used to be very quiet. Never go beyond my comfort zones. Previously, I do not know them. Now, they are my friends. They sacrifice themselves for a better Malaysia. Most of them were first timer. Clean record and the words `willing to die for Malaysia` hang in their head. He showed me several pictures of young and old Malaysians holding candles gathering around field and open spaces. They are the history maker! As I browse through the pictures, I saw many Malaysian of different ethic come together and support the cause. This is a picture of Anak Bangsa Malaysia! He exclaimed. Most of them have chosen the road not taken by many.

Those who fought for this cause will surely felt the pain in their heart if any of us get caught. We are like a big family sharing the same goal. We celebrate together when there were victorious moments; we shared the pain when one of us is down. Neither 5 nor 23, even one casualty we will be sad! It also gives us an urge to do more! Grandpa looked at a picture of a little girl and smile. Look, this is our youngest supporter of our cause. Her name arr... I forgot. Sorry, getting old and my memory fade pretty fast. She was wearing `I am with RPK` black colour mini T-SHIRT and looked at the person who took her photo. Grandpa said it had sent waves of warmth to those who see this picture. "It's a picture of Peace," he said.

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This piece is written some time ago. I read some news and personal experience and decided to put it down into a story for our young generation. It may relates to some of you who had encounter the fight for a better Malaysia. I dedicate it to those who had been arrested and charge in court. I also dedicate it to those family members whom they have their love ones detained in Kamunting.

No toll booth?

2009-06-15T09:29:00.000+08:00

Read this suggestion.

I say: Abolish TOLL lah...

Why do we need to pay toll in between the same state? Not that we need to travel for long distance. Even a short distance from Kelana Jaya to Puchong will cost you RM 1.60!!!

I say you can forget about earning money from us. Start to think on our behalf. Not even staying near our vicinity. And Shaziman, you can go and dream more k... Don't even know the speed limit!!!

Our highway speed limit in between Klang Valley is 80-90 KPH!

Pathetic!

Lastly, he compared in between “Countries like Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia..."

Oh dear, you wanna kena JAB by Chedet? :D

Politics be damned, it’s English - By Kee Thuan Chye (Must Read)

2009-06-13T22:50:00.002+08:00

I read with awe on his article as he 'poked' certain people and decision made by our government. It is a must read for a better understanding on our current situation. Education or politics? Which one comes first?

Please read-Politics be damned, it’s English.

Mom had a conversation with me after reading this article. She said that there was this taxi man who spoke fluent "Ink-Girlish" than those sixth form students and University grads. Standard dropped or University grads lousy?

Passes in SPM is a must. But how can we help them to improve? I'd met with a friend who grew up in rural area. His result is good, but his command of English is weak. Without a good communication and understanding in English, its going to be a DAMN for the youngster. Read Dr.Hsu encounter with a part time nurse he hired.

Friends, time to think for our children. Not politics please.

Language is a form of communication and it is also a knowledge that will bring us further.

In conclusion, I would like to borrow my mom's conclusion: I am sad and pity for the children.

Two historic letters - Separation of Singapore from Malaya

2009-06-09T10:00:00.004+08:00

How Singapore separated from Malaysia? Its all started from these two letters. I believe that our secondary school history book may not have these letters for our young generation to read. They should know what causes it to happen.

These historical letters is taken from the book entitle "Who lives if Malaysia dies"*. Published by DAP in April 1969. Click the picture below to read.

I gave some thought to this matter. If Singapore was not separated from Malaysia, perhaps they could just be like us. However, the then Prime Minister of Malaya Tunku Abdul Rahman made a decision to end our ties seems to be the best decision for Singapore. Singapore is without resources and rely mostly on trading. Yet, they can survive and bring Singapore forward. Malaysia has plenty of resources yet we seem to be nowhere.

Of course, I do see Malaysia improves in certain areas. However, we need to make Malaysia a better country to live in.

Ok, I shall not compare Malaysia and Singapore. They are just a tiny red dot and we are like black ink stain on a white shirt. :D

Note: *The book is compiled by DAP and no longer in print. Can be stated as "Antique".

Fate of 1Black Malaysia Gathering: Left Hanging

2009-06-04T21:09:00.006+08:00

Scene outside the Police Station:

DAP HQ Perak:

At Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Ipoh:

Waste of money and time, no result.
Efficiency? Or lack of it or don't know how to charge them? Its either a charge or forget about it. Its our freedom of expression yet you take it away from us. Rest in Peace, Perak!

Note: Above videos and photo is taken by a concerned Perakian. Thank you.

Real Policeman ID

2009-06-04T13:16:00.001+08:00

A REAL policeman ID card is light yellow in color with Logo & the word "polis diraja malaysia " in front.

At the back, there will be a passport size photo, name & matriks number

Dear All ,
Another precaution and safety issues to take note. Pls inform your friends and relatives and your loved ones for their safety.!!!!

Below is the real policeman ID:

Ladies, be alert. It is happening in Penang !!!

I used to receive forwarded emails regarding incidents of being 'disturbed' by a fake policeman but I don't really believe that until i met one last saturday .
It was 8.30am when I was driving at Jln Ayer Itam. I noticed a motorbike following me closely. Of course I didnt suspect anything bcos that is the main road to town. However, at the Mobil petrol station, b4 SRJK Shang Wu, I turned left to Tmn Lumba Kuda & he followed.

This time he was riding the motorbike on my right & took out his handcuff and kept saying "Saya polis". I ignored him. Then at the tmn lumba kuda housing area he overtook my car & stopped his motorbike infront on me..

I stopped & waited till he got down from his bike then I drove off again. Unfortunately, we met again at the tuff club traffic light. This time, he kept knocking at my window and asking me to co me out from my car. He also showed me a so called police ID card without photo or logo.

I'm very sure that he is not a genuine policeman. Even if he is a real one, and if I did break any traffic rules , he can just send me a summon without needing me to get down from my car. So, I decided go drive to police station. He followed me till a few hundreds metre b4 I turned to the police station.

He is a medium size guy, abt 165-170cm height. Riding Modenas Kriss 100 , PGN 74.

p/s: A REAL policeman ID card is light yellow in color with Logo & the word "polis diraja malaysia " in front. At the back, there will be a passport size photo, name & matriks number

From EMAIL.

Bumbung Stadium KT Runtuh!

2009-06-02T12:37:00.004+08:00

Bumbung Stadium KT Runtuh dan nasib baik tidak ada orang yang tertimbus di runtuhan stadium tu. Saya rasa dah cukup lah.. Dah 2 runtuhan dalam minggu ini. Seperti yang dijangkakan oleh saya selepas runtuhan Jaya Mall. Teruk.

Hari ini the star online menyatakan bahawa kerja perobohan Jaya Mall masih belum diluluskan. Jadi, sekarang kita blame contractor tu la...?

Berita selanjutnya tentang Stadium KT sila baca di Malaysiakini.

Penanti - Saya tak "nantikan" result...

2009-05-31T20:38:00.002+08:00

OFFICIAL RESULTS Mansor wins the seat by garnering 6,052 votes. His nearest rival is Nai Khan with 494, followed by Aminah with 392 and Kamarul obtained 56 votes. - Malaysiakini

I am not surprise with the results.

What I am surprise is that Aminah goes third rank in her fights with PKR party. I thought her yada-yada shall at least gain her 2nd spot. Yet, Nai Khan took the spot and left Aminah behind. Hmm... I wonder, if she had kept quiet and not talking nonsense, will she be able to take the place?

Pity you Aminah. You shall have quit the yada-yada and do some planting. Now that your deposit is gone, you have lesser money. But no worries. I believe some party will compensate your loss. :D

Short Note: I am not aware of Penanti by-election until yesterday. Wasn't really keeping my self update with this by-election. Thanks to a concern Perakian, I am aware of it but choose not to bother.

Do you need permit to shake hands?

2009-05-26T21:43:00.002+08:00

Thanks to Malaysiakini, I laughed like crazy.

"Another side-show took shape when Nizar arrived. A police officer prevented him from shaking hands with the police."- Malaysiakini

So friends, what is your opinion? We cannot even shake hands with police on duty? Where the heck has your motto of "Mesra, Cepat, Betul" gone?

Of course, I must applause their CEPAT! But, tak gitu betul lah...

Another laughing day!

Kiasu? Kiasi would be better...

2009-05-24T23:00:00.000+08:00

Teratai 16 freed on police bail-arrested for alleged illegal assembly.

Wong Chin Huat reprimanded for 3 days for asking Malaysians to wear Black.

May 7 - 1Black Malaysia

Latest: DAP PJ HQ raided and their computer was confiscated.

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All this happen within this month. I was thinking, in just such a short span of time, we have created so many "history" for Malaysia's politics. A shame for Malaysian? Yes.

I try to get rid of my nationality of being Malaysian. Why? I am ashamed of what that had happen. No wonder people chose to be in foreign land rather than their own home town. No voice has been heard, no opportunity, a lot of restriction and etc. But I will stand firm with what I believe. I believe we can change. I believe we can bring Malaysia back to glory. I am a Malaysian and that will not change.

Of course, We must understand the road to freedom for Malaysia will be tough and it takes time to bring Malaysia back on the right path. Malaysians, we have to be patient.

We must also remember the sacrifices that they go through for their country. We must unite together for the day to come.

For a better Malaysia.

Who will win, Rakyat or Zambry?

2009-05-20T23:48:00.003+08:00

Well, tomorrow we will know the fate in between Nizar and Zambry. I don't put it Nizar versus Zambry cause Nizar was selected by the people. While Zambry was selected by Najib and install illegally as MB Haram Perak.

Of course, I HOPE Perakians WILL WIN THIS BATTLE.

And we will take back PERAK!

Agi Idup,

Agi Ngelaban!

As long as we live, we will strive to the end!

Forget about Vigil, we ought to go by force! - Dap Adun & MP arrested

2009-05-19T22:53:00.004+08:00

I am quite fed up with Police and FRU bothering our voice. Can't you just stay away and let us voice our dissatisfaction?

If you listen carefully, the Police officer said "JURU GAMBAR Tangkap." What the heck when people are doing their job? Not that they forbid you from doing your job! Police, its time to revamp your priority.

Take a look at MP Teo Nie Ching. She was grabbed by a male officer. Heck, I thought a male cannot arrest a female, not even touching them? Where is their manner? KNN!

Enough is enough. We will take back Perak no matter how.

BN kecut di Penanti

2009-05-18T22:10:00.002+08:00

Saya ingat boleh tunggu Najib di padang Penanti, mana tahu dia sudah tarik diri. Kesian...

Baca di malaysiakini.

Ini adalah pilihan yang wajar kerana bagi pihak BN, ianya pasti "SURE LOSE"! Rakyat sekarang ni kian marah atas perbuatan mereka di Perak. Apa yang najib sedang buat ni adalah untuk menahan dirinya daripada lebih malu. Ianya akan lebih malu jika media menyatakan bahawa Najib tidak boleh menjadi seorang Perdana Menteri yang mendapat sokongan Rakyat apabila BN terus kalah di setiap pilihan raya.

Najib o Najib, kesian kau di padang tempur ni...
Yang Mana hanya Kalah muncul di minda dan mukamu
Rakyat bersatu menentangmu
Dan juangan ini akan berterusan sehingga Engkau menyerah diri

Rakyat Boleh!

Najib, sila bertemu dengan Rakyat, bukan PAKATAN!

2009-05-14T15:00:00.001+08:00

Najib, inilah permintaan RAKYAT. Sila jumpa RAKYAT JELATA di Perak dan minta pandangan mereka. Tidak perlu berjumpa Pakatan Rakyat kerana mereka juga dipilih oleh Rakyat Jelata. Jadi, tanya orang yang sepatutnya.

Kebanyakan Rakyat di Perak mahukan Pilihan Raya yang baru. Jadi, anda harus buat yang sepatutnya dan bukan menanggungkan situasi di Perak ini. Sila suruh Sultan Perak membubarkan DUN Perak dan mengadakan Pilihan Raya bagi mententeramkan keadaan di Perak.

Untuk pandangan Najib, sila baca di malaysiakini.

Kembalikan Hak Rakyat!

513 to 1Malaysia: Nation Building

2009-05-14T10:26:00.002+08:00

We had several good speakers last night at a forum on Najib's 1Malaysia and May 13. Many agreed that 513 is a "past" and we no longer need to mention it regularly. However, a new date has arise, that is May 7, Malaysia's darkest day in Perak.

Interesting point of note:

Unity can only stand when there is justice
We ought to empower the young generation to change
We ought to change the way we educate our children
Logic does not always work in politics
Race based party will not be accepted by people
For forty years we lived in fears and got cheated by UMNO, its time we buried May 13!
Dollah aka Tan Sri Abdullah Ahmad mentioned something I don't know. We could have prevented May 13 if Lim Chong Yew inform Tunku earlier of the situation, say like half an hour. Let the history of May 13 be buried. We lived in peace at the moment.

I would say that Nizar has been keeping his anger within himself. It is good for him to release it in this forum. After all, forum is also another ways to allow people to vent their frustration of what that had happened in Perak.

Tricia Yeoh reminded us to remember Perak! Ingat, ingat, ingat Perak! Remember that we will go for FREEDOM! Get more people to register as voter. Execute your right! Vote for justice!

Lastly, I wanna share with you 2 videos taken at the forum:

To view more videos, kindly visit YB Lim Kit Siang's blog.

Live from 513 to 1Msia forum

2009-05-13T21:30:00.000+08:00

Live from 513 to 1Msia forum. Around 2k people are inside the hall. Hall is pack to the max leaving some space for movement. :) people still coming in after one hour. nizar still waiting for his turn.

Illegal Zambry OUT, Nizar's BACK! :D + Forum on May 13 to 1Malaysia

2009-05-12T00:20:00.001+08:00

What a joyful day!!!

Yes, NIZAR is the rightful MB and we can hope for more to come!!

I am sure all of you know that court has ruled NIZAR as the ORiGINAL MB rather than Zambry. It is important that our judiciary is still in line with the constitution and we can rest well knowing that there are justice around in Malaysia. Today, we see a brighter Malaysia. What's ahead?

Raja Nazrin, Kindly approve Nizar and Peoples' wish to have fresh election. Let the people decide.

Taken from Lim Kit Siang's blog:

Public forum: “From May 13 to 1Malaysia – The Future of Malaysian Nation Building”

Date : 13 May 2009
Time : 8.00 pm
Venue Civic Hall, MBPJ, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (MAP)
Enquiries: 016-323 1563/ 016-291 3453

Speakers:

Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader, Ipoh Timur MP
YAB Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin, Menteri Besar Perak, Bukit Gantang MP
Khalid Abd. Samad, Shah Alam MP
K. Ragunath, President of Bar Council Malaysia
N.H.Chan, Former Court of Appeal Judge
Prof. Azmi bin Sharom, Law Professor
Tricia Yeoh, Research Officer to Selangor MB
Tan Sri Abdullah Ahmad aka (Dollah Kok Lanas); Former NST Group Editor-in-Chief

Nizar is coming? Man, I might need to let go of my initial plan and go for this instead. :D

SELL OUT.... Your life

2009-05-11T10:00:00.000+08:00

SELL OUT, another Malaysian production that we should go for after SEPET. As a small production company, they lean on blogs and facebook to reach their audience. When I first watched the trailer, it is really funny and I decided no matter what, I must watch it. Their winning awards include:

WINNER Young Cinema Award for Alternative Vision Venice Film Festival

WINNER NETPAC Award Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

Best Film of the Venice Critics Week 2008 -Italian Critics Poll, Cineforum

Below is the trailer. See it for your self and laugh in the cinema! Entirely fresh ideas and Malaysians style. :D

Life is full of surprises.

Support Malaysia movie!

Short Note: This movie have been released in several countries before it hit our shores. I find this ridiculous as Malaysian distributors are not helping Malaysian! This is indeed a good movie.

To read more, you can click here.

No Black shirt allowed, so how? Fashion guide here!

2009-05-09T11:07:00.000+08:00

At this moment, it is a SIN to wear BLACK. You will be arrested for wearing BLACK. So, how to deal with it? At time, black looks sexy and elegant. But some parties rate it as a threat and expose you to danger.

AIya... Too Short lah... How ?

Sinful? Hot? No?

Above photos taken from pameshasha.blogspot.com

May be we should wear white. This will make us an angelic person and also shows more softer side of us. Oh ya, it looks more sexy. If you get wet la.... LOL :D

Finally, I searched all over Google and found this: It is really funny.

I should end with this:

Perak in chaos!

2009-05-07T10:57:00.001+08:00

Perak in chaos! For update,kindly go to anil's blog. You can also visit

tsalak.blogspot.com

4 live news!

Assembly is mad and i'm not sure how is the situation outside. Is perak in black today? I'm wearing black!

14 Arrested @ Brickfield Police Station - In Protest of arresting Wong Chin Huat

2009-05-06T23:20:00.001+08:00

14 people have been arrested for holding vigil in front of Brickfields police station. It is stated that they were arrested for illegal gathering. MP Serdang Teo Nie Ching was arrested as well.

Suara Keadilan Chinese edition editor and Suaram coordinator included. The rest of them were friends of Wong Chin Huat. It is not known when they will be release.

Let us see what they can do beside injecting fear into people. People want to see a better Malaysia. No longer we can give support to those who need it.

Black Thursday!

More updates read malaysiakini.

Updates: All of them have been released! Police took their particulars and let them go.

Why in the first place arrested them? And now released due to not enough cell to hold them? You can get as many people as you want. Those who want a democracy Malaysia will come straight to you. See how many that you can take in.

For a better Malaysia!

BUS DAP NO, Bus National dan lain-lain boleh...

2009-05-06T10:11:00.000+08:00

"Sekiranya orang lain naik bas boleh pergi ke Pulau Pinang, Singapura, kenapa tidak boleh naik bas ke Ipoh?" katanya ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini hari ini. Read the news here.

Above is a response from MP Serdang Teo Nie Ching on Police asking DAP to cancel their intention of bringing supporters to IPOH. Well, what if I am the kind of person who travels to IPOH every weekend? Cannot?

Normal Bus boleh, but if DAP punya BUS tak boleh? :D

Common sense is no where to be found.

Here we go.... TO IPOH!!!

Marilah mari, kita pergi berkunjung,
Pakailah Baju Berwarna Hitam!
Janganlah lupa, bawa telur busuk...

Buang kat pengkianat!!