It is Friday again! Time for a lazy and light post, hurray! 😛 I know most of you visit this blog and just be a silent reader when you read my ‘heavy’ posts, such as the one I posted yesterday. Too bad it is my style of blogging and as you know it is kinda hard not to write in your own way hehe. After all you are here to read what I write and going through my craps not to read what you expect me to write right? Or it is the other way around?

Cibol posted something on tattoos yesterday on his blog. I couldn’t resist writing something on that as well. Some of you probably still remember I wrote New Year resolutions for year 2007 on my old WordPress blog. The blog is no longer accessible and my resolutions also buried together with the blog. Haha!

One of the resolutions is to get a tattoo for myself last year. Well, I yet to do it 🙁 Money problem lah! I did some surveys at tattoo parlours, the price for the size and design that I have in mind will cost poor me around RM1000 to RM2000!! 😛 Yes, now you can imagine what is the size of the tattoo I am going to get!

I already have the design, still need a bit of tweaking but when I have the money I will make an appointment with the tattoo artist for more details. No money, no talk lah! I want to get a tattoo with tribal motive, on my back, some sort like a wing. Yeah, many people love to have tribal tattoos. Believe it or not, search engine results show that almost 33% of searches for tattoos are for tribal tattoo designs. (I read it somewhere) I am not belong to any tribe anyway : P I do not think Chinese originally have tribal tattoos before it is popularized, or maybe I am wrong?? Chinese tattoos as far as I know are more on fairy tale animals such as phoenix, dragon, tiger, Chinese symbols and characters. Yawn..

Tribal tattoos are popular because of the attention given to its classical design and the meaning behind them. (I doubt that they still maintain that ‘classical’ roots now…)They use flowing, strong black lines and curves to create wonderful images which also seem to flow on your skin. It is better than something temporary or sentimental which might lose meaning after some time making you regret your choice of getting that tattoo. Tribal tattoo also preferred because of its anonymity. Nobody else will be able to make out the meaning behind the piece of art on your skin; it’ll remain an enigma.

I quote :

A Brief History of the Tribal Tattoo Art

It is rumored that this ancient style of tattooing found its way into America and popular culture when Ed Hardy (a leading tattoo artist from the San Francisco area) loaned a notebook to the Los Angeles artist, Leo Zulueta. From then on, it’s, well…history! The work featured in the notebook was based on the work of the Dayak people of Borneo!!!. Now, though, tribal tattoo designs include any number of styles including: Native Indian, North American Native American, Pacific Northwest American Indian, African, Egyptian, Mayan, Aztec, Hawaiian, Samoan, Maori (who popularized tribal facial tattooing), Japanese, Chinese, Hindu, Polynesian, Inuit, Pagan, Oriental, Aboriginal, Magical, Celtic, and Astrological.

So, any of you have tattoo on your body? Mind to share the experience? Any good tattoo artists or good tattoo shop to recommend ? Ernesto Kalum? Well he’s too expensive 😛 I prefer to get a hot female tattoo artist to do it, so I can alleviate the pain by looking at her while under the needle.

Since I am bald now, if I get my tattoo I may call myself a tattooed monk 😛

As always, Friday’s post is accompanied by a song! Er, I should put up the song Tattoo by Jordan Sparks since this post is about tattoo but I don’t like that song hahaha! Here goes ?

3 DOORS DOWN

I’m here without you baby
But you’re still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time
I’m here without you baby
But you’re still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl its only you and me

I am flabbergasted. For all the hard work and efforts rallying people around Barisan Rakyat, it only take 3 days for DAP, well I should say YB Lim Kit Siang to ruin it all. I am sure many of us aware of the debacle around the candidates for Perak Menteri Besar. The result is final; a candidate from PAS will be the MB. I quote :

“The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah has consented to the appointment of Mohammad Nizar, 51, who is Perak PAS secretary, as the state’s 10th Menteri Besar, after the three parties submitted three names – Perak DAP chairman Ngeh Koo Ham, 47; Perak PKR treasurer Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi, 52; and Nizar, for the post.

Mohammad Nizar, who won the Pasir Panjang seat in the election, said Raja Dr Nazrin Shah conveyed the Sultan’s consent when the three leaders met him (Raja Dr Nazrin) at Istana Kinta.”

Now, what LKS did after the decision was announced? He wrote a post in his blog saying the DAP central executive committee (CEC) has not given any approval for the formation of a Perak coalition by PAS and called for a boycott of the Perak MB swearing in ceremony today. I quote LKS is his typical confrontational style :

“The DAP CEC has given approval for the formation of a Perak coalition government headed by DAP or PKR but not by PAS.”

“DAP is prepared to accept DAP chairman and assemblyman for Sitiawan Ngeh Koo Ham or PKR Behrang assemblyman Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi as Perak Mentri Besar. “As the appointment of Mohamad Nizar as Perak Mentri Besar representing the third and smallest political party in the proposed coalition has not received the mandate of the CEC, DAP Perak assemblymen will stay away from the swearing-in ceremony for Perak Mentri Besar scheduled Thursday.”

Now, do we need a statement like this at this time? When all Malaysians is hoping the Barisan Rakyat (BR) consists of PKR, DAP and PAS to stand united against Barisan Nasional? Malaysians just want to see unity among BR above the rest.

I personally think LKS is getting old and probably lose his touch on reading the sentiments on the ground. He probably did it to please his hardcore Chinese supporters for fearing the backlash DAP will receive if DAP agree to the appointment. He probably think Chinese voters will take it as DAP is working with PAS, the very party that is advocating Islamic rule and law. But, I think LKS got it all wrong this time.

1. DAP Perak already announced that any decision by the Sultan will be honoured. In his statement, state DAP chief, Ngeh Koo Ham said :

“All parties within the coalition have jointly agreed on the submission of the three names for his decision.

“We would like to impress upon the people that all three parties have unanimously agreed to fully endorse whichever candidate is chosen,” he said at the Perak DAP headquarters.

So why LKS came out with this statement after the decision is announced? Any objection from DAP CEC should be done before the Sultan’s decision, not after. LKS should know better how important it is to honour an agreement, and now he is doing the exactly opposite?! And what happened to the approval given by DAP CEC for the formation of Perak coalition government on the 9th March 2008? :

“The DAP Central Executive Committee, at its emergency meeting in Penang on Sunday, 9th March 2008, had given approval for the formation of a Perak coalition government comprising 18 DAP Assembly members, seven PKR Assemblymen and six PAS Assemblymen.”

Who is hypocrite now? MCA? MIC? UMNO? It makes no different if DAP is going to pursue this path.

2. DAP is still haunted by the ghost of 1999 when DAP lose most of the seats it contested, and feedback from the ground was that the voters punished DAP for working with PAS, especially even after PAS announced its Islamic State Document (ISD). So could it be DAP still suspicious of PAS? Nah, if it is true that back then in 1999 election, the non-Muslim especially Chinese voters walked away because they distrust PAS, the sentiment among the voters in 2008 election is totally opposite!!! The winning factor for BR is due to PAS toning down on their Islamist agenda making it easier for non-Muslims to vote for PAS.

To be honest, without PAS, Barisan Rakyat can never have Kedah, Perak and Selangor! If it’s not for Non-Muslim, Chinese and Indian voters who voted for PAS against UMNO, we wouldn’t have gotten so many states. And PAS has toned down their Islamic agenda so why DAP is still suspicious of PAS? DAP never able to do much dent to BN until now, until BR coalition is here. DAP on its own can dream on to wrestle those states from BN. It is PKR and PAS extra seats that give BR the majority in both Perak and Selangor. DAP only win in their traditional strong seats, plus few new seats in these 2 areas. I would say thanks to PKR acting as a middle man between PAS and DAP. And thanks to PAS for toning down their Islamic state rhetoric. Now, what DAP did to BR?

Like I said, LKS totally misjudge the voter’s mood this time around. What he wants? Losing relevance to a small group of narrow minded Chinese supporters or risk losing a majority support of a country?

3. By issuing this statement and boycotting the swearing in ceremony, it reinforces the perception of Malays that DAP is still Chinese chauvinist party, never change. Always crapping about all Malaysians Malaysia party, but the action proves otherwise. Cakap tak serupa bikin. Now, thanks to BN, UMNO has more bullets than they need to blast DAP and the coalition of BR. Read MSM today, The Star, NST all front page. Is that what you want? On top of that, the biggest mistake by LKS is, this will be interpreted as DAP showing disrespect to the Sultan. Not going to the swearing in ceremony of the MB would look like a mark of disrespect to the Sultan’s invitation. That is a very serious offence. This very approach will indirectly read by people on the ground especially the Malay voters as vehemently insult the Sultan. And the decision was made by Raja Nazrin Shah, a royalty that has his heart for the people. He is much a wise and very highly educated man, so we should trust him to know what he is doing.

My take is LKS opposes and boycotts certain issues too quickly sometimes, and his in your face attitude and propensity to shout too much actually does more harm than good. I hope I am wrong. I hope this is just another sandiwara, wayang just like the Fong Po Kuan nomination fiasco the other day, who by her abstaining from DAP nomination, tricked BN into endorsing her performance in the parliament. Anyway the damage is done. MSM is having a field day publishing this, BR especially DAP need to work harder to gain and maintain the confidence of the very people that voted them to office.

ps : I actually not intended to post this up, I have another post for today but I feel I need to say something as a supporter of Barisan Rakyat, I dread to see any of them making the wrong move.

Pss : I lost all my phone contact numbers due to some stupid problems with my mobile. I hard formatted it, so everything is gone. Those with my numbers, please send me a message with your name ? Thank you!

Updated 11.15am :

Okay, he apologized, read it at Malaysiakini and his blog. Anyway, damage is done, now let’s move on.

I went to cinema just now to watch a movie. Man, the actor look sebijik like me!! Oh wait, except that he is bald. Here is the movie poster.

What do you think? Look alike not? 😛

*botak – bald

I am back in town! Tired from the all travelling, but still in a state of euphoria after BN suffered their biggest lost since 1969. My very first thing do in the nearest future – ‘Deny Barisan Nasional A 2/3 Majority in the Upcoming Election!’ is accomplished! I am a happy man now! Worth all the craps and shits I took in all this while 🙂

Now let’s hope that the new government in Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor will do their very best, to prove that they are capable to bring better change to the states, for the people. I hope they do not disappoint the very people that entrusted their precious votes with them. Well if they do not perform according to the voters’ expectations, next election we shall kick their ass out to show our dissatisfactions, right?

Just a short summary of what I did for the past few days. (Yawn.. I wonder if anybody cares really :P) I reached Sibu on Friday morning (7th March) at 9am and Suituapui fetched me from the airport. Suituapui is a very gentle, soft spoken, nice guy!!

Suituapui handsome face, revealed!! 😛 The most talked celebrity in blogosphere! (Cibol, pinjam gambar and your captions haha!)

We went to have breakfast and Suituapui brought me to this restaurant where I ordered ‘Foochow Fried Mee with Big Ass Prawns’ (Correct not Suituapui?). Need no to say, look at the photos , you can tell it is finger licking good!!!

Foochow Fried Mee with Big Ass Prawns!

Kopi O Peng Kao* to go with the noodle

The Aftermath

Then we went to Suituapui’s place and get cozy. *Wink wink! Until Cibol called and sms-ed, interrupting our get together moment, cis!! Kepoh** betul! Then we went for lunch at Ruby Café. Bengbeng was already there waiting for us to attack the food. ROTFLMAO! The food there is marvelous!! Just reading the title of the dish and imagine the food in front of you.. We had :

Butter Scotch Freshwater Prawns. Check out the size of the prawns!! Look at the creamy sauce! Feel it in your mouth.. 😛 They used butter and milk to prepare the rich creamy sauce. Slurrpp!! Sinfully delicious and fattening. Muahahahaha!

Got this photo from Cibol’s blog 😀

And this from Bengbeng’s blog 😀

Stirred Fried Cangkuk Manis (Sweet Leaf?). This is my all time favorite dish, when I go to market or groceries store, I will try to find this and cook it at home. I love it very much!

Cangkuk Manis – taken from Cibol’s blog.

Bitter Gourd fried with Salted Eggs

Fish Fillets cooked in Thai sauce – photo taken from Bengbeng

Pandan Chicken – photo taken from Bengbeng. I have no idea how they marinate it, the aroma, scented smell of pandan leaves blended together with the chicken, it is heavenly delicious!! The meat was so tender and yummy!!

Guinness Stout. No it is Ice Blended Coffee Suituapui’s Style. Yes, that’s the name, I am not joking. The coffee taste better than Starbucks and CoffeeBean!!! Hahahahaha!

We also had sea cucumber soup (didn’t have any photo with me :(). Sorry about the photo quality. The photos do no justice to the lovely food. I took it using my mobile phone, under the dimmed lighting in the restaurant. Bengbeng should have better photos taken by his compact camera, but he yet to upload many photos when I checked his Flickr. So I just grabbed whatever photos I have from Cibol’s and Bengbeng’s blog heh!

After the wonderful feast at Ruby Café, Suituapui ‘passed’ me to Bengbeng because he had some business to attend to. I later joined Bengbeng for a swim, sauna and jacuzzi. We talked politics and many other things privy to only Bengbeng and me. *wink! wink! I had so much fun in Sibu with great friends like Suituapui and Bengbeng to bring me around and fill my stomach haha! Thank you very much Suituapui for having me around and not forgetting Bengbeng!! My utmost pleasure meeting you Suituapui and you again Bengbeng. One of the happiest moment to cherish and must not be forgotten! What is more happy than making new friends, meeting them and having great, delicious food to eat?!

More on happiest moment on the day of 8th of March and a not very happy day on the 9th of March in my upcoming posts! Stay tune!

p/s : Cibol is whoring himself for this Happy Moments contest, so go and give him some a hand!! (I am getting 10% commission for doing this.. muahahahahaha!

*Kopi – Coffee, Peng – Ice O- Only sugar no milk, Kao – Thick
**Kepoh – Nosy

Dear all, The Flaccid Mind will go on hiatus starting tomorrow.

So be glad that you are spared from reading my political craps haha! So go and read Cibol’s mushy sushi posts, hehe. I am going back to Sarawak tomorrow. 1st I will stop in Sibu to meet Sibu very own Simon Yam, Mr. Suituapui (Loosely translated as Good Looking Big Fat Ass).

Already I am very excited for the meet up since I will be treated with food, food, food and food again. That how Suituapui got his nickname I guess? 😛 He is king of food! Bengbeng will probably join us too. We need more kaki (literally – legs) to finish the food. Eh wait, on second thought, no need. Suituapui sure can finish it on his own 😛

I will go back to Sarikei to vote on 8th March, Saturday. The stupid 5 cornered orgy. (I was talking about the election lah, you think what?) Then I will stop in Kuching, probably meeting up with Lola and Mar to share my love. ROTFLMAO! And back to slaving my ass on Monday. Tired. Tired. Tired.

I shall come back posting after the election, probably Monday ? Hope I have better materials to post up by then. Maybe Suituapui photos in different positions? Muahahaha, wait and see.

Till then I leave you guys with a song.

Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver

Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

Country roads, take me home
To the place, I be-long
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

Young John Denver 😀

Old John Denver 😛

Who is Khairy Jamaluddin or famously known as KJ aka Son In Law (SIL)? Well, I do not have to introduce him as he is well known enough here in Malaysia. If you do not know him, go shove your head in the toilet bowl. I received this in my email, I shall share it for all to see. Make your own judgment.

This election Khairy will contest for the Rembau parliamentary seat. Rest assured, if any hiccup in his plan to win the election, he already has his secret weapon ready. Why I said so?

Again, Election Commission at its best. I have done 4 postings on the EC here, here, here and here. Lastly, I have something for you to read here
Enjoy!

EC cancels use of indelible ink

By RAPHAEL WONG

PUTRAJAYA: The Election Commission has cancelled the use of indelible ink in polling this Saturday, citing public order and security reasons.

Its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said following a meeting held Tuesday, the EC was obliged to make a firm and final decision to ensure the smooth conduct of the 12th general election.

He said provisions to the law needed if the ink was to be used still could not affect the constitutional right of a voter to cast his vote, even a person whose fingernail had been marked with indelible ink or one who refuses to have his or her fingernail marked this way.

“From a practical point of view, the issuance of a ballot paper to such a voter would render the EC’s proposal meaningless and will not bring about a positive result, whilst having the potential to create misunderstanding as well as altercations and arguments at polling stations,” he said.

The Federal Constitution gives you the right to vote, and a black mark on your fingernail should not bar you from exercising this right, he said.

Abdul Rashid said there were also reports made to the police confirming that certain irresponsible quarters had purchased indelible ink from abroad with the intention of creating confusion and suspicion as to the status of voters.

“The EC views these issues seriously as the election process and public order and security cannot be compromised,” he said.

The use of indelible ink was first proposed last June to safeguard against multiple or phantom voting. Abdul Rashid then said that the system would be subject to amendments to the Election (Conduct of Election) Regulation 1981.

He said indelible ink had been chosen over other measures, such as a biometric system working off the MyKad (chip-based identity card carried by all Malaysians above the age of 12) because such such smartcard readers would have cost about RM60,000 each, and every voting stream would have to be equipped with one. Using such a system would have cost in excess of RM30mil. The commission bought about 47,000 bottles of the indelible ink, manufactured in India, for RM2mil.

“citing public order and security reasons.”

Another 2 million gone into the drain! What public order and security reasons??! Bullshits!! Security my ass!! How this is a security problem? Somebody please whack this bastard for me. If I see him around I will shove some inks down his ass!! Would using indelible ink cause us to be terrorist?? Or would we suddenly fall sick and die? Maybe people will see indelible ink on one’s finger and become stone? How is it ever going to jeopardize national security????????? Can someone give any reasons please?

“irresponsible quarters had purchased indelible ink from abroad with the intention of creating confusion and suspicion as to the status of voters”

Then it should be the duty and responsibility of the police and EC duty to ensure that such thing will not happen during election day! But, how to create confusion? Why there are people want to buy the stupid ink, spending so much money and waste it? I believe the opposition do not have the money to do so. If they have the money, they will never go around asking and pleading for donation. The opposition is dirt poor. I have seen it with my eyes. They have nothing!! Their operation room is so pathetic you would want to cry when you see it. So, that leave us with only one party, none other but the mighty rich Barisan Nasional??!!! What are they afraid of?

First, EC announced that instead of counting the parliamentary and state ballot papers separately, this time it will be done simultaneously. Means what? The opposition parties which are lacking of manpower will be at the losing end, for now they need 2 counting agents instead of 1. For Barisan Nasional, with their deep pocket they can get any sohai to do the counting job for them. It is already very tough for the opposition to get volunteers to be their polling and counting agents, with this new ruling, EC purposely put the opposition in a difficult position! (Nevermind if you do not understand this, I do not expect dumbass to understand this either, yes.. you waggawagga if you read this!!)

I do not understand how some quarters would like to buy the ink, well if yes then what they can do with it? Apply on themselves so they cannot go in and vote? That is so dumb!! He really thinks we Malaysians are that stupid?!! This is power abuse!! Cilaka this Abdul Rashid! I hope this son of a bitch rots in hell for doing this!! What a crying shame. I am utterly disgusted. Our election process is a f**king joke!!