Monday, June 30th, 2008 249 views
Spain beat German 1-0 to lift Euro 2008 title. To Spain and its supporters, congrats!! 
To borrow a friend’s words: “That’s it. The end of perennial underachieving era.. Viva Espana!”
I was watching the game last night, and dozed off halfway through the second half. Watching football games alone not fun at all. 
To German supporters – Cibol, NH and Melbie: It is a jinx! World Cup finalist, Euro finalist.. still, it is a better achievement than Oranje 
ps: Liverpool supporters sure have something to brag now.. he he he… 
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Monday, June 30th, 2008 692 views
People.. get this right..
When Pak Lah said the government has nothing to do with the latest sodomy accusation against Anwar Ibrahim, what he is trying to tell us exactly??
You must know this man. He is not able to say thing as it is.. He is the master of cryptic, his words are more ambiguous, full of hidden and mystifying meanings than Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code. This is one damn talented guy we are talking about here. You constantly need to crack your head to figure out what exactly he is saying. Most of the time, he is making no sense, so do not worry or disheartened if you cannot understand him. Sure, you can always call him a pathological liar, if you have diamond encrusted balls..
At first it is hard to read him. After a while, you will see the pattern. You will get better by experience..
I am not very sure what exactly he is saying.. especially when he said unnecessary thing like this:
“I believe even my friends like (Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri) Najib (Tun Razak) did not … PM: BN not behind latest sodomy allegation against Anwar ..
“The government has no intention of wanting to make life difficult for him or to harass him,”
Don’t you think it is funny when he said those things? Especially on Najib, how the government never instruct the police to take any action against Anwar and has no intention of wanting to make life difficult for him. Why the need to explain so much when so little questions were asked? Yes I watched the interview on TV3 just now.
Why he needs to say so many things? OMAIZGOAT!! He is trying to say something but as usual he doesn’t know how to put it.. It is a cipher and you need to decode it, like always. It takes a very smart man to do things like him. Yes, he has problems putting things as there are. You do not believe me? Let’s see:
1. When he said the news about him going to re-marry was just a baseless rumour, it actually meant the news was true. Yes he re-marry soon after that.
2. When he said the election would not be held on the next day, it actually meant the election would take place next day. Yes, it happened that way.
3. When he said BN still received many supports from Malaysians, well.. you know. It’s obvious what the GE 2008 tells you.
4. When he said there would be no fuel increase until August, he raised the fuel price on the next day by 40%.
There are more, but I think you pretty much get the idea, right? Come on, you are not that badawee are you?? I trust my readers to be at least as smart as our genius, respected PM. 
Now I shall leave you to decipher these cryptic words:
From The Star:
Earlier Sunday, Current Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reiterated that the Barisan Nasional Government was not behind the latest allegation of sodomy against Anwar.
Stating that he was shocked on hearing the police report lodged by an aide of Anwar on Saturday night, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he would leave the police to conduct investigations on the allegations and to take the necessary action.
He said he or the Government did not instruct the police to take any action.
On Anwar’s statement that the allegations were a complete fabrication to kill his political career, as in 1998 when he was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister, Abdullah said the Government had nothing to do with the police report.
“We are not (involved). Umno and Barisan Nasional did not plan to trouble, disturb or accuse him.
“I believe even my friends like (Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri) Najib (Tun Razak) did not have any intention to do such a thing to him,” he told reporters here on Sunday after launching the Bumi Hijau programme.
Abdullah said the alleged victim has the right to lodge a police report if it had really happened.
When asked if Anwar would be arrested following the latest allegation, Abdullah said he did not want to speculate on the matter and would leave the matter to the police.
There is no need to thank me. Just buy me a teh tarik kurang manis.
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008 718 views
I woke up this morning to receive a shocking sms from NH.
“Dude wake up. Anwar accused of sodomy again”
I tried to reply his sms and fired up my Digi Internet but to no avail, because I did not pay my outstanding bill haha! End up calling Digi and made the payment through the phone. Only now I have the chance to get on the internet and read on the issue.
I have yet to read much on this but.. just few comments and interesting links to share.
So, another sodomy report against Anwar Ibrahim? Come on, come up with something new. Old trick cannot be used many times. Bodoh! This is the second time that such a report had been lodged in over 10 years. According to the police report filed by his 23-year-old aide yesterday, the sodomy allegedly committed by de facto PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim took place “in a condo in the Damansara area”. The following police report was made on 28 June 2008 at 5.45 PM by Mohd Saiful Bukhari bin Azlan, who turns 23 next week (IC No. 850706-01-5687):
“Saya Mohd Saiful Bukhari b Azlan ingin melaporkan bahawa saya telah diliwat oleh majikan saya. Perkara ini berlaku tanpa kerelaan saya. Kejadian terakhir berlaku 26/6/08 di Unit 1151, Kondominium Desa Damansara, Jln Setia Kasih, KL. Oleh itu, tujuan laporan ini dibuat untuk mendapat pembelaan dan keadilan keatas diri saya. Saya juga berasa bimbang dengan keselamatan diri dan keluarga saya jika perkara ini tersebar luas di khalayak ramai. Majikan saya Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim – Ketua Umum PKR.”
Me: The accuser does not have a time where the incident was alleged to have happen. What kind of sloppy, dumb report is this? How is the accused going to prepare his defense of alibi?
Let us look at the whole thing carefully.
What are the information that we have? In this issue we should take a look the background of the individuals involved.
1st, Anwar Ibrahim (AI). He was accused of sodomy and corruption in 1998. He was found guilty for both charges but the sodomy charge was overturned, six years after he served his time in jail. There are many rumours flying around regarding AI sexuality. Some swore that they saw AI dating ‘lelaki jambu’(pretty boy) before. (Hmm… those who admitted that AI sodomised them – Dr. Munawar and AI’s driver both also not handsome and jambu. Fugly. Sukma? Well.. I don’t want to comment, leave that to STP hahahaha! 
) Only AI and his god knows whether he did what he was accused. I personally think he is not into backdoor entry and even if he is, that is his personal choice. I reserved the same opinion for Chua Soi Lek. I am not supporting the actions, but I sure condemn those that forever on their high moral pedestals – self elected moral guardians. Self appointed moral guardians irk me. Get a life, pls?
2nd. Who is Saiful Bukhari – the accuser? According to many inviduals that personally know this guy, he is what we call ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’. Malays say ‘Musang berbulu ayam’. The are reports saying this guy was Najib’s strong man, ex-UMNO guy. He gained entry to AI political circle through his friend after ‘repented’ and left AMNO.
Saiful Bukhari, the accuser. Jambu?? 
(Image source: here)
There are few interesting links to read on this: (Take note of the entries’ date and read the comments. The comments are more interesting than the entries.)
Selamat Maju Jaya, Saiful
Musang Berbulu-Ayam Part 1
Musang Berbulu Ayam Part 2
Musang Berbulu Ayam Part 3
Hujah
We also aware of certain profilic individuals such as Musa Hassan and Gani Patail and their ‘involvements’ in the conviction of AI. Musa Hassan was the investigating officer at that time (Probably if you followed the case closely you will remember he’s guy carrying the ’semen-ted’ mattress to the court) and Gani Patail was the case prosecutor. Could be a vendetta? After they failed to convict AI?
Done with actors’ biodatas. Let’s look at the situation of background of the story.
After 8 Mac political tsunami, weakness of the BN-led government under Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is getting more obvious. The government is getting lesser support as time goes by especially after few unpopular decisions made by him such as raising the fuel price, sidelining East Malaysian leaders from his cabinet and exerting pressures against and pulling out people’s projects from Pakatan Rakyat-ruled states. He is making a lot of enemies from inside and outside AMNO. (too long to list out). He will be dethroned anytime soon and his party (read BN) may lose power of the country. He is in a situation what we call ‘deep shit’.
Abdullah is not the only person to feel the heat. His second man, Najib and the infamous Rosmah Mansor – Najib’s wife also feeling the heat especially after RPK made a Statutory Declaration implicating Rosmah in Altantuya’s murder case. The case becomes too hot to handle, even Najib and his wife were forced to respond to the media.
Anwar – deemed the new hope of Malaysia. Widely acknowledged as ‘Prime Minister in waiting’. He is seen to the the only person capable to steer Malaysia and ’save’ Malaysia from catastrophic doomsday. He is gaining more supports from the ground after the encouraging result for the opposition (especially his party – PKR) in the March 2008 General Election. Despite receiving more supports, he is also bombarded with all sort of allegations in the MSM without any access given to him to defend or reply to the allegations.
Latest allegation? He sodomised Saiful Bahari.
My take? These are few questions and comments to ponder about:
1. Abdullah is trying to kill many birds with one stone. RPK, Najib, and Anwar Ibrahim. Who would think he will do this? But then again, who would think he would remarry again (after he denied it previously), dissolve the parliament (after saying the exact opposite the previous day?) and increased the fuel price as much as 40% to RM2.70 (after he was saying otherwise the previous day?) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is capable of many things.
2. I think it is a pathetic show and desperate attempt by the corrupted government to save its ass and after a decade, is this still relevant?
3. This is may be an attempt to sidetrack us from major issues – C4 , Altantuya and the Statutory Declaration by RPK. They are trying to badawise us! We are stupid but we are not badawi! Note: Saiful Bukhari was close to Najib before. This explosive news probably is to divert the attention from Najib and other dead horses to AI.
4. So how does that 35 year-old (now 45 years old) virgin fit into all this? Remember Ummi Hafilda? 
Out of nowhere she came into the picture? Is she going to make her appearance again?
5. Are we going to see the parade of mattresses again? Hey they probably dust the old mattress and use it as evident in court again. Bring in on!
6. Probably we should ask Ezam Mat Noor? He was a close aide to Anwar and now he is busy attacking AI. Probably he was sodomised before as well? Huh, after 10 years of the Anwar’s sodomy case, nobody come out and say ‘I was sodomise and this is the farking proof’. What we had was some individuals went to lodge police reports against AI. Why straightly go to the police? Go to TV3, show medical reports, photos to the world if it is true. Why police first? The pattern is there. Same old pattern. Boring. Dumb.
7. What a lame reproduction.
Why not come up with a new plot? While they are at it, why not accuse AI of Altantuya’s murder? Create some stories like actually AI was having affair with Altantuya, then also sodomised some boys and Altantuya found up, she went berserked and AI killed him?? Be creative lah! Old trick cannot be used many times!!!!!!!!
Anwar Ibrahim’s press statement : Read here.
Interesting video to watch. Did Anwar Ibrahim perform sodomy? Here is one good post:
Did Anwar Perform Sodomy? Some Video Confessions. (Check out the videos) This is another video on Anwar’s corruption and sodomy charges, check out how wonderful our ex-Prime Minister using his selective memory to ’skirt around’ the questions asked by the interviewer.
ps: I used/translated some of the points mentioned in this post by BumiLangit. I hope he doesn’t mind. A good post must be shared. A lazy blogger like me, just copy-lah! NH posted an entry on this as well.
pss: Some of points are just my flaccid mind’s imaginations at work. Please take it with many pinchs of salt.
psss: All this events eerily similar in comparison with a certain African politician – Moo-gah-beh doings.. to stay in power at all cost, at whatever it takes. 
Updates:
Malaysiakini: PKR fears Anwar an assasination target – He has sought protection at the Turkish embassy in Kuala Lumpur indefinitely
The Star Online: Anwar receives death threats, in hiding
The Malaysian Insider: PKR claims anwars life under threat
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 1,034 views
Now you know why you have to pay more for electric tariff starting next month
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KUALA LUMPUR: Khazanah Nasional Bhd yesterday defended the proposed salary hike for top officials in government-linked companies (GLCs).
Managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar said salaries paid to top executives of GLCs had to be fair and in line with what such talent was worth not only in Malaysia but also overseas.
His comments, as reported by Bernama, were in response to comments in blogs that Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) CEO Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohamad Noh and CFO Datuk Izzadin Idris were getting a huge (an unconfirmed 100%) salary increase.
The timing of the proposed salary increment has jolted many Malaysians now experiencing a strain in their monthly incomes after steep rises in fuel, energy and escalating food prices.
Quoting Khazanah’s Blue Book, which details executive compensation and institutionalises salaries, Azman said: “We cannot pay too low, we shouldn’t pay too high but we have to pay enough, and we have to pay fairly”.
Based on the company’s latest annual report, Che Khalib’s total remuneration last year was RM1.1mil, of which RM600,000 was his annual salary.
It is understood that although the total remuneration would have increased over the past few years, the basic salary component of his current contract remains unchanged.
While the current annual package may seem substantial, it might, however, not make him the highest paid person in TNB.
Azman said after much debate four to five years ago, Khazanah had decided on the average principle for basic salaries.
But at the same time, it had also put up a total compensation basis for the salaries, including bonus, as long as it was self-funding, he said.
“The average Malaysian company pays three months’ bonus. What we are saying is that we will pay more, as long as the company and shareholders make much more than that.
“That means value must be created,” he told reporters after attending the opening ceremony of the MIT Sloan Global Entrepreneurship Lab Programme workshop facilitated by Khazanah.
“That is a very important point. It is performance-based, incentive-driven and self-funding. We are not taking money away from anybody but creating more value,” he added.
In fact, Azman said the higher pay was commensurate with the increasing demand for local talent abroad.
“Malaysian talent is in demand from the Middle East, China, Asean and also the US. There is a very serious brain drain issue that we should be aware of. So don’t begrudge our CEOs and the managements.
“If you see them making money, you should celebrate because they have created a lot of value for the companies. Let me assure you that there has been careful calculation on this,” he added.
(Source: The Star Online)
My take:
1. The main issue is not the announcement, but rather the rate of the pay hike and the timing of the decision.
2. Brain drain issue is around for donkey years. Raising the salary is not the solution. Think again. Why we lost so many smart, talented students to Singapore?
3. I heard not long ago, TNB is making loss??
ps: I am so happy for them. It is not a sin to be rich, really. So you poor folks, stop bitching!
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