Guys.. any of you part of this silent majority? I am talking about this..

Friday December 14, 2007

PM: Silent majority have spoken – we don’t want demos

By ZULKIFLI ABD RAHMAN

PETALING JAYA: The silent majority of Malaysians have spoken up and they want a stop to street demonstrations which disrupt people’s lives and cause disharmony among the country’s multi-racial population.

Representatives of Damai Malaysia – an umbrella body comprising 395 non-governmental organisations – handed over to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday a memorandum criticising the illegal street rallies.

The Prime Minister said the memorandum was a sign that people were angry with illegal protests and violent acts.

They want peace: Representatives of NGO groups under Damai handing the memorandum to Abdullah yesterday expressing their wish that peace be maintained.

“The country’s successes and achievements didn’t come about due to street demonstrations or illegal protests. <span

“We have progressed because we have been able to maintain democratic institutions which respect the law while the people enjoyed the fruits of peace and political stability.

“If freedom cannot be respected and used in a responsible manner, the people themselves will be at the losing end.

“As can be seen from today’s memorandum, the people who remained silent have now stood up to make their stand. They want peace to be maintained.”

He said he was informed that the street demonstrations had caused a 10% cancellation of hotel room bookings and rental of tour buses, while retail stores also reported a drop in sales.

Abdullah was speaking to newsmen after receiving the memorandum before flying off to visit flooded districts in Pahang.

At the outset, the group of about 20 people led by Damai chairman Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud was not allowed to enter the Royal Malaysian Air Force Subang airbase but after waiting for the airbase authority to get back to them, they were finally allowed to go in.

Mohd Saiful Adil gave a brief speech before proceeding with five other representatives to hand over the memorandum. The group applauded before they left the place.

The whole episode took less than 15minutes.

Damai represents 1.5 million members and its representatives include those from 75 Chinese-based and 20 Indian groups and associations.

In the joint declaration read by Mohd Saiful Adil, the members expressed their disgust at street demonstrations and the use of religious and racial issues to create hatred among Malaysians.

They condemned individuals and groups who used lies and slander against the country and asked for foreign intervention in Malaysia’s internal affairs.

“We also condemn accusations that the country’s leaders had allowed ethnic cleansing to occur in the country,” he added.

Damai advisor and Bukit Bintang MCA chief Senator Datuk Dr Lee Chong Meng said the Bersih and Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) illegal demonstrations last month had caused tourists to cancel trips to Malaysia.

Cheras Hindu Youth Organisation vice-president S. Ariivazhagan regretted that Hindraf had used religion to protest.

“Hindraf has presented the wrong view to the world that the Indian community here is being persecuted. This group is not fighting for our rights,” he said.

On arrival in Kuantan, Abdullah labelled those who solicit support from outsiders as traitors and the action of Hindraf, which claimed to fight for the rights of the Indian community in Malaysia, as an attempt to destroy the country and racial unity, Bernama reports.

“Was there ethnic cleansing? There was nothing about wiping out the Indians in the country,” he said at a function to welcome him and his wife, Datin Paduka Seri Jeanne Abdullah at the RMAF base.
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When I read the news yesterday, I nearly puked! What the fark is Damai Malaysia? I never farking heard of them before. And they have the balls to say they are representing the silent majority of Malaysians? Crap! I will not comment on how idiotic their version of peace and harmony, and how bias of Pak Lah when he accepted this memo but not other memo. What is the difference between this memo and other memo? And, these group of people don’t need permit pula? Why?? More than 5 people gathering together need permit woh…. according to our very dedicated and fair police. And didn’t Pak Lah said a group of people gathering together always end up with violence? What say you heh? Hmm, you should read this article by Marina Mahathir, just to know whether you are on the same wavelength with her, or you are the part of the so called ‘silent majority’ above :

How Dare They Insult Us!!

By : Marina Mahathir

I’m sorry, who are Damai Malaysia and who are the supposed 395 NGOs represented by them? Where is the list of those NGOs? So far the ones mentioned are all related to political parties which, in my book, don’t count as NGOs.Secondly, where do they get off saying that they represent the silent majority? Were YOU asked? I’m sorry, I haven’t said much but I am NOT represented by this Damai lot. Who the hell is Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud anyway?

Thirdly, what is in the memo? If they are claiming to represent the silent majority, then don’t the silent majority have a right to read that memo? I haven’t seen any report that actually tells us what is contained in that memo. And I love how thick it is! They seriously expect the PM to read the entire thing? (Or maybe it just says nothing except ‘we love you’ throughout?)

Fourthly, what is the difference between presenting this memo and those other memos? Just because this one says ‘We Think You’re Wonderful’ and ‘People Who Demonstrate Are All Thugs’, they get to hand it directly to the PM? While the ones that say ‘Please Can You Listen and Deal with Real Issues?’ have to go through police barricades, water cannons and tear gas? Is the inability to go shopping the most important issue of the day?

I can tolerate most things but I can’t abide being insulted and treated as if I’m stupid. Since when does peace mean maintaining hotel room bookings and retail sales? You mean, as long as tourists come and we’re shopping we’re OK? How dumb is that?

Peace is not possible without justice and equality. Look at places like Palestine; without justice and equality for all the people who live there, there can be no peace. Do we condemn their need to protest, even while we may not support some of their violent forms of expression?

Just because we don’t have violence doesn’t mean we have true and meaningful peace. Peace doesn’t mean just being able to go round without worrying if someone is going to shoot you ( though going by some of the stories in the papers, we should worry about this too). It also means living with a clear conscience, that your friend and neighbour is not suffering from injustice. It means everyone has the opportunity to better themselves, not just some.

I resent the implication that those who support the right to dissent and protest do not want peace and want violence. Hey, I have kids too and I want them to grow up in a peaceful country. But I don’t want them to grow up in place where they cannot say what they think, where they are treated as if they are retarded if they want to express what they feel, where if they do not agree with the Government they are immediately labelled traitors. Excuse me!!! Do you know of any country where whole swathes of people are called thugs and traitors yet still remain peaceful? It is the name-calling, accompanied by thuglike behaviour on the part of Government institutions, that leads to violence, not the other way round.

All it takes is some empathy. I am so appalled that all the discussion is about what a nuisance demos and protests are when the real issues are swept under the carpet. Demos are just symptoms, not the real issue. What is so difficult about saying, “OK, enough already. Let’s all be civilised and sit down and talk?”

One oft-used criticism is that the protesters have not gone through ‘the proper channels’. It is unclear to me what the ‘proper channels’ are. If that was so, then why does Damai need to hand over their memo at TUDM base? Is that the ‘proper channel’? Do people have to lie in wait at airports and places in order to be able to talk about their grievances?

I am so fed-up of being condescended to by intellectual midgets who think they are smart just because they have power. This, for example:

Friday December 14, 2007

Commission a balanced team, says Nazri

By LEE YUK PENG AND FLORENCE A. SAMY

KUALA LUMPUR: It is a balanced team, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz in describing the five members of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the videoclip of a senior lawyer allegedly brokering the appointment of judges.

This was so, because one of the members was a woman and two were on the earlier three-man independent panel to verify the authenticity of the clip, he said yesterday.

On why social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, who was one of the members in the earlier panel, was not in the commission, Nazri replied: “I do not know why he declined.”

Asked whether reports by the independent panel and the royal commission would be made public, Nazri said: “We will see later.”

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Oh wow, ‘balance’ means putting a token woman in there? And if Lee Lam Thye had not declined, then there wouldn’t be a woman there and therefore it wouldn’t be balanced? Give me a break!

And what is this ‘ we will see later’ nonsense? Is that the same as saying ‘Its depend’? Depending on whether the panel and commission reports the ‘right’ things or not?

I am so annoyed today that I’m probably not being very articulate. But it is getting too too much. I read letters to the Editor which are universally echoing the Government line about demos, and not the issues. Have any of you written letters that have not been published because they have not been complimentary about the Government? If so, I’ll be happy to publish them on the blog (no obscenities please!). Also if any of you have the full list of the 395 NGOs that are part of Damai, please also send that. I’m pretty sure that none of the ones that I am associated with is part of it.

Face To Face: Raja Petra Kamarudin

Raja Petra Kamarudin, dubbed the ‘Asian Reformist’, is changing the way Malaysians look at themselves. Sometimes seemingly shy, but never backing down from confrontation with the powers-that-be, he is somewhat of an enigma. Face to Face talks to the man behind Malaysia Today and uncovers this reformist.

1. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: Malaysia Today has been hugely successful. Into its 3rd Anniversary, would you do anything different in terms of the stated objectives and direction of Malaysia Today?

Raja Petra: I suppose if I died and was born again I would still live my life exactly the same way I am living it now. I know this sounds blasphemous coming from a Muslim considering that Islam does not believe in reincarnation. But I am of course speaking figure-of-speech-wise. In that same spirit I would not do things any differently as far as Malaysia Today is concerned.

2. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: Malaysia Today seems to be down or inaccessible more often these days. Is this the result of attacks from Umno cyber-troopers as you alleged? It appears that they are close to shutting Malaysia Today down completely.

Raja Petra: Initially the problem was bandwidth. I had to increase our bandwidth multi-fold and bandwidth costs money. That is why I sometimes whack those who post ‘junk’ in the blogs. They are using up valuable bandwidth and this would deny the other more genuine readers access to Malaysia Today, especially those who do not have Broadband access and have to depend on dialup.

Anyway, I have resolved the bandwidth problem. All you need is money to buy more bandwidth, that’s all. And as a ‘pensioner’, so to speak, I am surviving on my pension. Therefore I do not have income or bottomless pockets and it was certainly painful to have to increase my expenditure on the website. Since I started Malaysia Today three years ago my expenses have increased ten-fold. I also have about half a dozen staff to pay and some of them are on fixed monthly salaries.

The current problem we are facing has nothing to do with money or bandwidth. We have been attacked many times, sometimes two days in a row, with DOS (denial of service) attacks. On Monday last week we were shut down for seven hours and the following day for six hours. I have since beefed up our security. Again, all it takes is money…..sigh…..

But we are not the only one getting hit. Screenshots and Harakah too were attacked. I believe they are attacking all ‘anti-government’ websites. Yes, they might finally try to close us down for good. But I don’t know how they are going to do it. Maybe they will find something to charge me with and lock me away. I really don’t know and I can’t be bothered. In fact, I challenge them to do their worst.

3. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: You have vowed to keep Malaysia Today an open avenue for all views yet the comments posted on your site are now the subject of legal contention. You talk about the inability to monitor the bulk of comments posted and now practice some form of censorship. I put it to you that you have strayed from your promise?

Raja Petra: We see thousands of postings a day so how can I read everything on top of searching for news items, updating the site, editing, all which I do myself, plus writing as well? I probably read about 10% or less of the comments so invariably many junk postings get through.

But a friend is scanning through the comments and editing or deleting those he feels are overboard, obscene, racial, and so on. I have given him full authority because it would be impossible for him to contact me and discuss case-per-case each posting. I trust my friend’s judgement and leave it to him to decide what gets thrown out.

There are of course certain parameters we work within. For example, postings such as Keling Pariah, Malay dog, Chinese pig, %$#! your mother’s #@!!, and such profanities, definitely get thrown out. I don’t think anyone can accuse us of unfair censoring if we clamp down on these types of postings.

But other than that we are quite liberal and many are actually unhappy about this. They feel we are allowing or even encouraging Malay and Islam bashing. My contention is that when Malays shout and scream about Ketuanan Melayu and label this and that Islamic or un-Islamic then they are inviting comment or criticism.

Sure, non-Malays or non-Muslims criticise Malays and Islam respectively. But the question is: whose fault is this? When you walk around naked then you can’t fault people for calling you cuckoo. Don’t walk around naked, then no one will have any reason or opportunity to insult you. We are stripping the Malays and Islam naked for all and sundry to see, so expect the criticism. Stop screaming about Melayu and Islam and no one will scream back. But then Malays think that since this is a Malay-Muslim country they have every right to scream about Melayu and Islam and that others should never dare scream back. That is when the problem starts.

4. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: How do you feel after being named as a leading ‘Asian Progressive’ by World Business Magazine (May 2007)?

Raja Petra: Actually, it’s second most progressive, not leading. But I really don’t know how they named me although they did mention the criteria applied. But that is only the opinion of one journalist from one journal. I am sure others will not agree with his opinion. So I am not popping champagne just yet.

5. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: Critics charge that you change ‘teams’ from Anwar Ibrahim to Tun Dr. Mahathir, that you are disloyal to your chosen allies. What would you say to the critics?

Raja Petra: Why must everything be looked at in terms of teams? I did not support Anwar when he was in the government. I supported Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah in his Semangat 46 days. Of course, I did support Anwar for awhile, but that was before he went up the Umno ladder. I was in fact closer to PAS since the late 1970s.

I support causes, not personalities. If that personality carries a cause I can relate to then I rally behind him. If I do not like his cause or feel that he has abandoned the cause then I move on. Life is too short to bitch and whine. If we meet eye-to-eye, we talk. If not, we walk.

Politicians carry this concept of ‘if you are not with me then you are against me’. Even Bush is like that. Why can’t I not be with you, yet not be against you? Today, Tun Dr Mahathir is the closest thing we have to an opposition. He is doing the job of the entire opposition. I like that and can relate to it. That does not mean I overlook his mistakes of past. But if he can redeem these mistakes and make up for what he did by correcting things, then that is all I care.

Even God forgives you if you repent and turn over a new leaf and make up for your past mistakes. Are we above God that we can choose to reject Mahathir for what he was rather than look at him for what he is now? This country needs saving. And if the opposition will not do that then we have to work with the next best thing.

Many say that the present problems facing our country are Mahathir’s doing. Well, in that case then that is even more the reason why Mahathir should be the one to correct them. Anyway, if Mahathir will not do it, who will? I don’t see anyone else doing it.

So I support Mahathir in his effort to correct the wrongs. I will also support anyone and everyone else who wishes to bring about reforms, even Khairy Jamaluddin if he wants to reform the nation.

6. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: I put it to you that in your widely read articles, your enemies often suffer personal attacks. Do you agree?

Raja Petra: True, but once you are a leader then you no longer own a private life. You are a public servant so you become public property. You are in office because of us and we are paying your salary. So we own you and what we own we can do what we like with it.

I don’t care about Siti Nurhaliza or Sharifah Aini or whoever. They are not in public office and they are not earning their salary from money we pay the government in the form of taxes. They can do what they like, even screw around and hold sex parties. But if you are a Yang Berhormat, civil servant, and so on, then we are watching you. We own you. And if you get out of line and we will screw the daylights out of you.

7. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: The common view is that you are opposed to the administration of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Is this fair comment and if so what is your ultimate goal in this context?

Raja Petra: I have been opposed to the administration since Hussein Onn’s time. I have nothing personal against Pak Lah. I just don’t like the way this country is run. It is not enough we have a CEO. We also need accountants and auditors. Look at me as the auditor. Our job is to hassle the CEO, the Board of Directors, accountants….. to make sure they are doing their job and are not having their hands in the till. I support Tengku Razaleigh for Prime Minister but you can bet your last dollar I will also give him a hard time when he finally does become Prime Minister….. as I know he will.

8. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: You allude to the heightened public profile/statements of members of the Royal families of the country lately as one of tacit support for your cause….. Comment?

Raja Petra: The Royal Family has been fed up with the way this country is being run for almost 30 years now. This is not something new. But they have always been very careful about what could be perceived as interfering in the administration of this country. But there is a limit. Everything has a limit and I think this limit has been reached. Just because the Royal Family kept quiet for 30 years out or respect and so that the government does not lose face does not mean they didn’t care.

And what makes you think it is wrong for the Royal Family to speak out? Malaysia is supposed to be a democratic country which practices freedom of speech. Why should the Royal Family be denied its fundamental right just because they carry a Tengku or Raja in front of their names. Members of the Royal Family too are citizens of Malaysia, pay taxes, and vote in the elections. That gives them the right as any other Malaysian to express their views.

And the Royal Family has just about had it with the way this country is being managed. It is time for change and the Royal Family is calling for change. Of course, protocol does not allow the Rulers to make official statements so they don’t. But their family members are not prohibited from speaking out. It is not illegal to speak out. In fact, as Muslims, it is their Islamic duty to speak out.

9. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: Quote: – “Perhaps I can show that the Royal families are not a total bunch of useless leeches” – Are you attempting to reassert the powers of the Royal families back to the time of the pre-constitutional crisis of 1993?

Raja Petra: What do you mean? Reassert which power? You mean the Royal Family had its powers removed? Maybe until up to very recently the Royal Family kept silent but this does not mean it was because they had no power or that their power was removed.

In 1993, as you say – actually it was in the 1980s – it was another group of people sitting on the throne. Today, it is the sons of those who sat on the throne in the 1980s who are now sitting on the throne. The 1980s bunch was the pre-Merdeka bunch. Today, you are seeing the post-Merdeka bunch. Times have changed.

These vocal members of the Royal Family are products of a Western education, the borderless internet, Globalisation, and what have you. They are all well-read and highly-educated, unlike the past Rulers. We are no longer dealing with people born and raised in the kampong. These are professionals who know what is good for the country.

10. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: In a recent public lecture, you stated that the opposition parties are disunited and have no real prospect of winning an election. What kind of realistic change then can you hope to inspire under the present circumstances?

Raja Petra: It is three opposition parties against 14 in Barisan Nasional. BN has 6 million members against the opposition’s 1 million or so. It is not an equal contest.

The BN has the entire government machinery and media at its disposal to be used as its election machinery. BN spends RM1.5 billion in the elections against the opposition’s RM10 million or RM20 million. For Sabah alone it will cost about RM200 million. And that is just 25 out of 219 seats, slightly over 10% of the seats. Sarawak is another 28 seats. These two states give BN 25% of the seats in Parliament. Added to Perak and Johor, BN can already form the government.

BN speaks as one voice although it consists of 14 parties. The opposition speaks as three voices. The race is lost even before the gun goes off.

In 1969, the ruling party won only 45% of the votes but still formed the government, although without a two-thirds majority. In 1999, BN got 54% of the votes and retained its two-thirds majority. The opposition can never win unless there are massive reforms in the electoral system. And this is what the 10th November rally is all about, a demand for electoral reforms. The gerrymandering and postal votes are stacked in favour of the ruling party. We have to change all this before we talk about holding the elections.

Actually, the opposition should just boycott the elections until the system is reformed. Participating in the election just gives BN legitimacy. Let them win 100% uncontested. It will not be as legitimate as them winning 90% through fraud, which is what is happening and will continue to happen. And it really does not matter if the opposition is united. They will still get whacked to kingdom come….. and it is even worse now considering that they are not united.

11. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: Furthermore, you estimate that in 50 years time, Bumiputera, Malays in particular will exceed 80% of the nation’s population. Does this mean that the Bangsa Malaysia of 2007 will look a lot less like in 2057?

Raja Petra: The Malay population is increasing faster than the non-Malay population. When this nation celebrates the 100th Merdeka Anniversary in 2057, Malays will by then form 80% of the population. Not only is the Malay birth rate higher, but non-Malays are leaving the country. So it is double jeopardy. The Bangsa Malaysia can still happen but the Malays will form the majority, a higher majority than even now. Bangsa Malaysia is something in the mind. In reality the Malays will dominate this country.

Malaysia is actually a time-bomb with no solution in sight and we may even see that time-bomb go off in our life-time. I just hope the government realises that the clock is ticking and I hope it has a clue on how to defuse the time-bomb. If not, Malaysia will not be a nice place to live, if it is not already that. At the moment the government appears clueless though, in particular our sleeping Prime Minister.

12. Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob: Malaysians are known for their vocal opposition but secret approbation for the status quo. Do you think that this election will be any different? What do you predict the political outcome of the anticipated general elections will be… Realistically..?

Raja Petra: Malaysians talk only. They say one thing but they do the opposite. They will vote for stability, at least as they perceive it, at the expense of human rights and other issues which they regard as western notions.

As long as they have money in their pockets they don’t care about corruption, how many people die in the police lockups, whether ten more Altantuyas get blown up with C4, whether 20 more demonstrators get shot, and what have you.

People are such. People are selfish. If you touch what they own they will get very violent. As long as they are okay that is all that matters. The country can go to the dogs, and it is. So they will vote for BN because only BN can give them what they want. Everything else can go to hell.

BN knows this. They know what makes the voters tick. And they will play to the voters’ gallery and win the elections. The voters are fools and BN knows this. But the voters are happy fools so that is all that matters. And Malaysia Today will continue whacking. And the readers will continue whining. But they will continue voting in the same government, ‘the only government capable of running this country’, as how they normally argue in justifying voting for the ruling party. And I will wait for death to come and claim me. And they will bury me and all will be forgotten. Not much prospects for the future is it? Sheesh…..I think I will also migrate.

Thank you, Raja Petra, for talking to Face to Face.

I got this from RPK’s blog. This guy sure love Pak Lah a lot, since he created a poem for him… Bwahahahahaha! Well, we all love him. (Pun intended..) Hmm… I couldn’t agree more with what he said… Somemore after I read this..

This is what he said in Penang as reported by the Star:

PENANG: If Malaysia practised genocide or apartheid, half the Cabinet would not be filled with non-Muslims, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.

“When Hindraf said we carried out genocide, its allegation was a sign of evil. Please think about the Cabinet.

“Half of it is non-Malays, non-Umno members and non-Muslims,” he said at a press conference at the IMT-GT SME Conference & Expo 2007 here yesterday.

He said the Cabinet would not follow the Government if such atrocities were being practised.

“You think they (the Cabinet) would go with the government and allow themselves to be associated with it? Tak masuk akal (This does not make sense),” he said, referring to a front-page article in a foreign newspaper that claimed Malaysia was practising apartheid against Hindus.

Abdullah said only those who did not know the real situation would be hoodwinked……

The PM said that half of the Cabinet ministers are non-Malays, non-UMNO members and non-Muslims.

Well, just take a look at the Cabinet line-up yourself at the Prime Minister Office website. You can easily find out that 69% or 22 out of the 32 cabinet ministers are from UMNO, 23 out of 32 cabinet ministers are Malay, 25 out of 32 ministers are bumiputera and 23 cabinet ministers are Muslims. What he is cooking that I do not smell???? Tak paham..

Back to the poem.. 🙂 Enjoy…

Mr Clean Poem

This is a story about Malaysian society
Where the different races supposedly live in harmony
In 2003, came along a PM by the name of Badawi
Who led his party to a resounding election victory.

This is a PM whose promises are many
All his slogans are equally catchy
As a result, many people are taken in completely
By his humble and Mr. Clean personality.

First among his chief promises is to combat corruption immediately
That has everyone applauding loudly
But until today, all the major cases are still one big mystery
Lack of evidence or is he fooling us secretly?

Not long after, he introduced Islam Hadhari
Some complained there is only one version of Islam from the Almighty
Anyway, what is it all about, no one knows exactly
Except for some broad points outlined in theory.

Then, he said we need to cut our budget deficit quickly
Which started the dismantling of Tun M’s legacy
This caused us to hear about the crooked bridge flip flop story
With all the accusations, what is fiction and what is reality?

By his own admission, his son is extremely wealthy
Because he controls a listed company by the name of Scomi
Was once implicated in the shipment of banned components to a Middle Eastern country
But his son claimed ignorance and that’s the end of the story.

He also has a son-in-law by the name of Khairy
Not elected but is UMNO Youth’s deputy
Got entangled in the merged Avenue-ECM Libra entity
Which happened right under the nose of the PM-led Finance Ministry.

Then, we came across a foreign newspaper reporting factually
Of his adventure to see a yacht at a faraway place somewhere in Turkey
This is not true, he said insistently
But I don’t see the newspaper issuing any apology.

Next, came the jet on the itinerary
Bought or leased, he is lucky that Malaysians are not financially savvy
The jet is also for the Agong’s use, he said publicly
I wonder whether the Agong requested for one specifically?

Later, we read of his holidays in an Australian city
Staying in a mansion owned by someone whom an old man named as Patrick Badawi
We shouldn’t be so critical if he was only away temporarily
Except for the fact that there was a major flood in our own territory.

Then, we get the case of Proton disposing off a subsidiary
Not for a large amount but for a mere penny
Many think behind the deal something’s very fishy
Tun M’s pet project is certainly going awry.

Overall, crime rates are going up highly
Confidence in our police is at its lowest historically
But the IGP got his tenure extended easily
He must be thinking everything’s hunky-dory.

He has also been busy launching economic regions lately
Trying to attract foreign investments into the country
Sadly, some are saying that the northern development is benefiting a crony
While others argue the southern one will end up as LKY’s colony.

You see, I can go on and on about this indefinitely
Because it is easy and I do not need to create any of them individually
They are all plucked from the web where the stories about him is a plenty
From promoting judges unfairly to always being sleepy.

Actually, I am just an ordinary Malaysian who cares about her country
And I have to state that I am not against him or his policy
For I do not care who is the Perdana Menteri
As long as the person is capable and thrustworthy.

Hectic days..tight deadlines, added with you only have a month to clear all your things.. fark it! The last I checked, I was handling 15 projects, so that takes a while for me to clean up my mess. I acted like an idiot these few days.

Last Monday,

I was driving from Shah Alam to Puchong, I used this Elite highway where I entered from Ebor toll plaza. After collected the toll ticket, I continued driving till I reached Seafield toll plaza. There were many vehicles queuing at the cash lanes, I was in a hurry so dengan selambanya.. I drove to the Touch N Go lane, took out my TNG card and… “tett titt” The screen showing ‘RM-25.00’ !!WTF? Negative balance???? Oh shit, I was not supposed to use my TNG card since I collected the toll ticket!! Hahaha! Yes, I did one damn farking dumb thing.. took my toll ticket and try to exit at TNG lane.. Kah! kah! kah! Luckily no cars behind so I reversed my car back to the place where I supposed to wait at the cash lane… Malu shiet!!!!

This morning..

Again at the toll plaza. I was at Batu Tiga toll plaza. There were many vehicles, both at the cash and TNG lane. This time I thought that my TNG still got balance.. because I remember there was still a balance of RM30 the last time I used it. And for Monday stupid incident, I thought that they never deduct any amount from my TNG card so I proceeded to the TNG lane. And… ‘tettt.. titt’ The screen showed ‘RM0.00’!! Cheebuy… die again this time. The worse thing is there were many cars waiting behind and I couldn’t reverse my car. Somebody started honking. I went out from my car, took a RM1.10, walked to the car behind..

Me : Sorry dude, can I use your TNG card? (flashing my handsome sheepish sorry ass grin…)
Dude : Er.. do you know that if you use your TNG card once, you need to wait for another 5 mins to be able to use it again at the same place?
Me : Oh.. you just wait another 5 minutes lah.. (lol…. hahahahahahaha!)
Dude : You want me to wait here for another 5 minutes? Sorry, you need to get help from the toll plaza staffs.
Me : Ok, thanks. Sorry about that.

So I waited for a while.. cars blasting their horns behind.. then this one lady, the staff came to me.

Staff lady : Apasal?
Me : Kad saya tak boleh lepas.. (Then I gave her the RM1.10 for the toll payment)

She did something with the gate, and off I went.. I sped fast!!!!!!!!!! Running away from the embarassing scene.. Kah! Kah! Kah!

Hmm… that’s not so embarassing right? 😛 A friend of mine told me once, he stopped at this one toll plaza only to realize that his wallet got nothing. Not a single note. No coins in the coin box either. And he need to pay for the RM2.20 toll. So he went to the car behind and borrow RM2.20 to pay for his toll. He told the car driver that he will pay him back and asked for his details, but the guy kindly decline. No need to pay him back, he said. Hahahahahaha!

tolol – dumb

This is one of the group that I am most active in Facebook, other than my Warbook alliance group. If you share the same sentiments with me, please give us a hand. We are aiming for 1,000,000 members. Let us show the Barisan Nasional that we are serious about this. Let’s deny them a 2/3 majority this coming election. If you are as fed up with the stupid, racist, bigoted, sexist remarks by BN MPs as I do, if you are sick of BN’s NATO (NO ACTION TALK ONLY), if you think we do better without them holding the majority in the parliment where most of their MPs merely become yes man, puppets, ball-ess parlimentarians.. and yes, if you have the balls of steel come and join me in the group 🙂 This is the least that you can do, right?

How to join? You must have a Facebook account in order to do that, and when you are already in Facebook, search under group for ‘Deny Barisan National A 2/3 Majority in the Upcoming Election!’. Or you can use this link here if you already in facebook.

I copied the group info here for your preview 🙂

Group Info

Name: Deny Barisan National A 2/3 Majority in the Upcoming Election!

Type: Common Interest – Politics

Description:

The Barisan Nasional government has ruled Malaysia for 50 years without a break. In the last 50 years, we have had no other government other than Barisan National. Their confidence has made them arrogant and some of their policies are marginalizing many Malaysians. They say they do not tolerate corruption, yet corruption is peaking. They say they want to improve our quality of life, yet inflation is suggested by STAR last week to be rising 20% this year! They say that they want to eradicate poverty, yet the poorest are the Malays in the rural areas of Malaysia! They say they want a government for all, yet as much as 50% of the population feels they are marginalized. The government and civil service consist of many confirmed corrupted politicians and civil servants and the local government consists of cronies who make lots of money from the so-called ‘privatization projects’ given to them on a plate!

From STAR, November 9, 2007 –

What Pak Lah says:

Mutual Respect and the Constitution

“I give an assurance that UMNO will never breach the spirit of the understanding that has been agreed with other communities at the time of Merdeka.”

-Not true.

Religion

“If I want our religion to be respected and understood, let us in UMNO show exemplary behaviour by respecting the followers of other religions and their needs.”

-They just demolished an Indian temple in Shah Alam with 100 policemen.

Developing the Growth Corridors

“We put aside politics to improve the quality of life of the people and to lift them out of poverty.”

-Only cronies get projects and corruption is endemic. In general, most Malaysians are getting less and less, but the cronies are getting more and more!

Bread costs more!Roti canai is no longer affordable!Tea tarik prices rise every 4 months!We have had enough! We want a change!!

HOW OUR ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANIZED

1. None of the administrators or editors of this group belong to any political party. We owe no allegiance to any master other than our own conscience.By joining this Group, you are expressing a wish that you like to deny Barisan Nasional a 2/3 Majority in Parliament.

By this token, pro-Barisan supporters will not find value in membership in this Group and will receive no invitation and no welcome. Otherwise, nevermind the fact you may be under-aged, overseas or cannot vote. We love to have your moral support for our cause to deny Barisan 2/3 majority rule.

Non-Malaysians who sympathize with our cause are welcome!

2. By joining this Group, you also agree to receive announcements, reminders and editorial postings. These will be mailed to all members from time to time. You may opt out of receiving these by adjusting your Facebook settings.

3. We welcome ALL contributions to the Wall and Discussion Board. We respectfully request you to contribute without the use of any profanity so that we need not edit your writings/articles.If you wish to leave a general message for all to read, use The Wall.

If you wish to start a new topic for discussion use the Discussion Board.Please send your VIDEOS, PICTURES AND POSTED ITEMS TO our Editor at loonkwai@gmail.com

Dear friends,

Thank you for all the great wishes!

Thank you for spamming my facebook, friendster and my email inbox!

Thank you for all the sweet, naughty, corny, horny messages you sent to my hp!

Thanks a bunch people!

I love you guys! You guys sucks! (Er I mean rocks!.. Haha!)

Turning 25 today, damn it! I feel old and wrinkled 😛 Hmm, a new year, a new beginning.. a fresh start.. (Some of you maybe know that I will switch to a new company by now.. yea, a new slave post.. kakaka!) Wish me all the best, guys!

Was reading RPK’s blog, one comment attracted my attention.

Let’s ponder on the following?

1) Why are our police force so cruel and violent?

2) Why are the Imigration people at the point of entry into Malaysia so rude?

3) Why are the nurses in hospitals have such a ‘tidak apa’ attitude?

4) Why is that ACA is not catching the big fishes but going for ikan bilis?

5) Why is this country so racially unbalanced?

6) Why is that Muslim children cannot or not supposed to mix witb children of other races?

7) Why is that at Non-Malay open houses there are such a poor attendance of Malays and Muslims?

8) Why are some of our judiciary so corrupted as seen in Linggam’s brother’s testimony?

9) Why is that most of the GLC’S are going bankrupt or bailed out by Government using tax payers money?

10) Why are the prices of essential goods sky rocketing recently?

11) Why is that the Government cannot feel the pulse of the rakyat?

12) Why is corruption so normal for Government officials?

13) Why are the road works in Malaysia never complete?

14) Why is that year after year flooding is normal in Malaysia?

15) Why is that the newly completed buildings in Malaysia always leaks or the roof/lights cave in?

16) Why is that the drugs still enter Malaysia inspite of the Capital punishment?

17) Why is that police never give a permit for a rally or a march organized by Opposition parties or concerned NGO’S?

18) Why is that the Higher Education Universities/Colleges faring so poorly against international institutions?

19) Why is that in Malaysia. press is really not given full freedom?

20) Why is that Indian temples and churches are being demolished without discussion with the worshippers?

21) Why is that Pak Lah loosing his popularity although he had a highest rating just 4 years ago?

22) Why is that a consituency is hurridly developed whenever a by election is going to take place and everything is forgotten after the election?

23) Why is that the State Councillors and the Parlimentarians cannot be seen in their constituencies until the next election?

24) Why is that MIC, MCA and Gerakan are not fighting for their members although the members are being bullied and subjugated by the ruling Government?

25) Why is that the traffic situation in major cities in Malaysia so horrible compared to Singapore which is bigger than the Klang Valley?

26) Why are there people in Malaysia living in utter poverty although Malaysia is earning 800,000 Barrels of crude X 365 days X USD90? (minus 30% operational cost)WHY? WHY? WHY?

(anybody care to add more?)