UNREPORTED WORLD MALAYSIA - ASIA'S SLAVE

Malaysia is one of those developing nation that has achieved so much economical growth over the years. For years, Malaysia becomes a hub for Indonesian, Burmese, Filipino and Bangladeshi workers to earn a living and money to be send back to their home. One can argue that with RM 1,500 per month is nothing but having a scrap through life. In big cities like Kuala Lumpur, the figure is considered as the bar line for having a normal living, subjected on how you want to spend them!

But what if they are some who earn even less than that? These are the reality faced by these foreign workers – they earned as little as RM 500 per month (although the figure is still higher when they were back at their country!). Never mind about the little pays, they are foreigners and they don’t deserve the whole pie. But what happen after working for 18 hours a day for 10 months but you don’t get a single cent from your employer? Imagine that, too much! Or what about those who has been physically and sexually abused? Imagine that, unbearable! You decided to leave but only that you can’t because your passport – the freedom pass is at the hands of your reckless employer! Imagine that, inhuman! You turned your attention to seek help from the authorities. Authorities who? Would you expect police or RELA member, or even the Home Minister or PM to help you? When you try to go public, everyone is hunting for you and it's just get better, sounding like one adrenaline-rushed action film.

What have been I said earlier are the truth that are hard to be swallowed – a reality of what happened and experienced by the immigrants. What you did not see doesn’t mean that it didn’t happened and what you ignored tends to be something serious! The following video was never been featured in Malaysia and will never will. Thus, I take a step forward by digging this thing to you. Like Mulder and Scully used to say; the truth is out there! Watch, learn and understand the concept of human trafficking. In the end of the day, ask yourselves – is it about our moral virtue or the greed of money should we blame? We know that the money is the roots of evil deed!



It's a 2006 video but who said things don't persist till these days

MALAYSIA INTERNET SLOW LIKE HELL!!

The internet connection is a holy grail when we are talking about how fast the connectivity and surfing experience is. What is the use when you have an internet router service but you find it so frustrating when the speed you pay for is not even match in what you were told. 2Mbps as promised by the provider turned out in real life is only 2kbps. Frustrating? Yes indeed.

The faster the connection is, the more enjoyment in surfing the world wide web is, or the faster files travel across the user and recipients, or even the faster a file is downloaded. Well at least that is the stuffs we ever keep imagining that someday that will happen. In Malaysia however, we rarely enjoy a real "fast" internet connection. Call us the first world country with third world mentality and facilities.

Of course nevertheless, we have so much failed advertisements around us. Heartache but true, a slow internet connection can make a country less attractive. Foreign investors knew how dreadful our internet line is till they made this comment.

First we have the POTONG SAGA (not so related though)

Then we have the POTONG ads by P1

Now, you have the WHY POTONG ads by TMNet to counter the POTONG P1 Wimax ads

Regardless which site you are choosing, the losers are still you and the winners are still them. Why we are still listening to their crap when in the end of the day, they don't give you what they promised?

P1 Wimax has a higher speed than Streamyx but the connection is really unstable, so people said. Test running on P1 (I am writing this post while surfing Facebook, Tweet Deck and watching Zombieland online), I have to say that this is fairly stable. Probably P1 trying to lure me in by giving me a stable line. However according to the owner of the P1 set, things can be pretty ugly as well on time. The red lights on one of the LED indicator can be very annoying. When it is red, it is disconnected. Say I am lucky or what!? As far as I can see, the lights are still blipping blue.

TM Net unveiled their so called fastest ever, most coverage and most stable. Streamyx of course is nothing but a slow-speed yet fairly stable internet connection at least what people said. Test running on TM Net, I have to say it is as bad as you can imagine off. The line is actually fluctuate; in terms of speed or stability. When you download, it can get very frustrating because the ETA timer says 99 hours to go. The worst, the so called fast connection becomes slow due to bandwidth. In the end, you got no value.

In the nutshell, P1 Wimax may still have the edge over TM Net Streamyx. Claimed the fastest or what ever to poison our mind. The facts will remain the facts. When you have both, you do not actually have much choices to choose for.

According to the international web server testing site, SpeedTest.net placed Malaysia pathetically at number 87 for its download speed and disastrous number 79 in upload speed.

South Korea has the highest download speed in the world with 22.59 Mbps (average value of course), while Malaysia only has 1/11 of their speed. If downloading a movie file with 120 kbps is consider fast for us, try times 11 of that - 1.32 Mbps.

So, when they announced that the lucky Malaysian will get a "true" high speed broadband connection in the next 7 years, which will be monopoly by TM Net, you know they are just a bunch of cuckoos and greedy people.

Too bad that we as the Malaysian consumer can't have their complaint getting fixed. The reason when you dialed 100 and no one really cares about your complaints is relatively understandable. Who cares about you when they have already monopoly everything.

GOOD LUCK MALAYSIAN!!!

GUESS WHO WON THE PEACE NOBEL PRIZE?

Guess who won the year's Nobel Peace Prize?

I bet some have already know about this. In case you haven't, read through to get the answers.

I give you five chances....Go....

Guess #1: Adolf Hitler...Yeah right!!??

$#@%U%*$^&(^*()^&*(^*(

By the way, he is dead

But if he won the WW2, the history of this world could have been different.

Guess #2: Nordin Mat Top??

Who knows he maybe one - But Not...

By the way, he is dead too

Thanks to his act as a terrorist and bomb-planter

Guess #3: Kim Jong-il??

Well, since when we have a nuclear crazy going for this Nobel Prize. Even he is rightful or maybe even he is a saint, he will not in any chances for running for that. Come on. People said he is psycho!!

Guess #4: Madonna??

Recently she gave her own list of evil and good peoples list. She maybe a material girl with a bad bad influences in her music, but she is a saint when it comes to philanthropy act and world peace. No too bad she is not our winner.

Guess #5: President Barack Obama?

Well, the fifth time is always the correct one, so congratulation!!

News link here, here, here, here and here. Maybe the world had changed since he took over the job from the one who will never win it a.k.a. George W Bush.

You can read more about him at Wikipedia, Biography(dot)com, or probably here.

My question here is only one: Would Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Prize at all? I bet in the next few weeks, disgruntled souls would make it sensationally big and giving their own bad points on why he shouldn't. Let's wait and see shall we? At the mean time, what say you?

IS MALAYSIA GOING ALL BACKWARD NOW?

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IS MALAYSIA GOING ALL BACKWARD NOW?

When the administrative executives change hand, so does the policy of task force been employed too. A leader comes and goes, leaving behind him a legacy which may affect the outcome and course towards the future.

In 1957 when Tunku Abdul Rahman became our 1st PM, he led Malaya (later with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore as Malaysia) out from the grip of British imperialisme and launching our baby steps into nation building. We are now proud to call ourselves almost (I repeat - ALMOST) at the similar level to the other more developed nations. Behind this rational statement, lies a reality and ugly truth on how much we are still lag behind from others.

When Latte asked Mocha's opinion about the 1Malaysia concept, it is not the intention of Mocha to belittle such a 'crap' idea but the reality is clear that unity has been existed way back in time before the independence.

When Dr M came into power in 1981-2003, he introduced the notion of Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020) - an idea in which Malaysia will be transformed into a fully developed nation by 2020. With 11 years to go, what do we get? STILL FAR FROM BEEN ONE or merely just too ambitious.

Then comes Pak Lah as PM in 2003-2009. He maybe notorious for his sleeping habit but he introduced a modest approach that lied on the conceptual of Cemerlang, Gemilang, Terbilang (anyone knew the English translation for this?) to tackle public performance and corruption matters. After all the years, what do we get? PUBLIC PERFORMANCE STILL AT OLD LEVEL and corruption persists. Even so, should it be done earlier before coming out VISION 2020?

Early this year when the Najib Tun Razak rised to power, he introduced the concept of 1Malaysia Rakyat Didahulukan, Pencapaian Diutamakan (People First, Performance Now). Again, the guy emphasised on building the nation based on unity and borrowing the failed theme from the previous PM to ractify and endorse a better public performances. Even so, should this concept been laid forward during our independence?

Coming to this point, let me ask you - Is Malaysia Going All Backward Now? Look at the timeline I created and you will know what I mean.

WHY CAN'T WE DO OUR JOB PROPERLY?

Now, let me ask you an important question - How many times that your work cannot be completed on time because the group you are in is such de-motivating and non-sense? De-motivating that the attitude of the other members are so jerking and annoying. This couple with how non-sense certain quarter can come out with some ridiculous ideas that contribute nothing into the task force.

Well, if you have been experiencing it, whether you are or not as the same kind of person been described - or you knew someone within your group are such a jerk...FEAR NOT because you are not the only one with this situation heavily on your shoulder.

Some says that there is something wrong with the way Malaysians do works. This probably due to:
1) Everyone keeps pointing finger at each other when things are not going into plan - you know blaming other
2) Everyone seems not interested in giving out a proper and well-constructed idea, instead those ridiculous one
3) Everyone do not like to do the task heart-fully instead they like to do things in what Malaysian called "selamba" - enough to finish the work while neglecting aspects of quality and quantity
4) Everyone seems more interested to protect or denying their own involvement on certain things
5) Everyone just can't do things in efficient way or so

Tell me, it was not hard to make a job done well. You need to commit yourself into the group work and then, things will lead you to the goals.

Before I end, I would like to share you this:

This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Source: http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/hlife.html

THE SHAME OF THIS DUDE

If you have followed the local news recently, I am sure we all have heard of the issue. This conclude what I am about to say. You ready? It is a shame that the MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association), the oldest Chinese-based political party in Malaysia is again rocked by the internal issues.

Not long ago, there was MCA A and MCA B teams throwing plastic chairs and exchanging abusive words among each other. That was when Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik was the president. The issues was none other than lack of understanding between president and deputy president.

That was a decade ago but history tends to get repeated again and again.

In 2009, we have another crisis looming and ruining the credibility of MCA yet again.

It all started when this dude was captured having SEX with some woman. Those savoring moments ended up in a DVD and widely distributed early 2008. He was the vice president back then and how Malaysian celebrated the New Year of 2008 was by accepting the confession made by he himself, admitting that he was the person featured in a sensational sex DVD that was widely being circulated in Johor. So, he quited all posts within the party and cabinet.

October last year, this dude in the meanwhile won the president post by beating the other opponent - Datuk Dr Chua Jui Meng. He was the top and the earlier dude also made an amazing political comeback by winning the deputy president post by beating then secretary-general Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan - proving otherwise that his popularity remained high.

But those were history and quickly last months, two separated events but pretty much related to each other occured and again the boat of MCA was heading for a split yet again.

FIRST - The "Edison" dude was removed from his deputy president post for allegedly tarnishing the party’s image over the disclosure in late 2007 of a secret recording showing him engaging in sex acts with his mistress - which is BULLSHIT and NOT AT THE RIGHT TIMING TO DO AS WELL.

SECOND - The "KingPin" was accused of receiving donation money of RM 10 million in three separate cash installments by Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, CEO of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd as "donation" while the deputy CEO Datuk Faisal Abdullah also said in the same report that Ong had used the company’s private jet five times, incurring fuel and other expenses amounting to US$40,000 which Ong admitted.

SO WHAT NOW?

Some ask the "KingPin to step down while he himself is trying his best to defend his right, probably will be holding an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING in within 30 days. What is the point? Even his rival-"Edison"s supporter are asking him to abdicate as well.

Who ever is true or not is no longer a matter. The point is you are tarnishing the credibility of MCA which I never cared for my whole life. Since MCA is like the image symbol of the Chinese community in Malaysia, I felt insulted that such peoples are loitering around - what a disgrace!

Another drama or not - it still shows those goons will never changed. The same fact goes to those cronies within the BN as well - and I assumed that every goon on that "weight-leveller' party is just as corrupted as each other. Money, money, money - all about money but it never been used in a proper way.

WELL, SHAME ON YOU!!!!

MUSIC AND POLITICS SHOULD NEVER MIX?

First of all, the title above is merely a title. It does not give you any implications that I would say music and politics should never mix. So don't give me those kind of looks that suggesting that I may be misleading you. Okay, I sense obsession and knowledge coming in!

Anyway, our topic for today is "Music and Politics Should Never Mix?" Alright, it sounds misleading again!

According to the Unofficial Green Tea Bern dictionary, the word "Music" defined as a form of entertainment tools that cultivates the music, lyric and melody arrangement and uses them to deliver some form of messages and ideas of life, points of view, hidden codes and other form of expressions to its listeners to highest appreciation as possible. Okay, it sounds like a school kids writing an essay, but my point here is that everyone enjoys music, regardless of music and subjected to the genre they appreciated the most.

Considering music as a form of communication to deliver those joys and saddest moment in a human life, and also recognizing the fat that human do communicates, no one can imagine nor underestimates the important of music in our life.

But what about politics and music had been together? "Politics" are a form of process where people making important decisions that may involves struggle for absolute power, while been influenced throughout the process with ultimatum idealism, religions and intellectual thinking. Okay, can somebody slap me for giving too much academic definitions, please!

Whether music and politics should be mix or not, is not a main question actually because whether our consciousness is still within you or not, I do believe that both have already mixed in the first place. Yes, while I was soul searching the other day, YES - Music and Politics - two separate entities should mix.

When I said they have both mixed up in the first place, they do.

Music influences, so does politic.

Music inspires, politics inspire too.

Music reaches people, politic reaches as well.

Music is entertaining, politics are even entertaining.

(Okay, forget about the last statement.)

In the recent development of entertainments, people now use entertainment as a main idea to create revolution in thinking, to create awareness and to create sensational within the community. Let us step aside a bit from music, just look at movies like Fahrenheit 9/11, a documentary movie that creates sensational political interruption on the events of 911. Implications, it was big and it was absolute sensational as well. Later trends, movie becomes a subject matter of streaming your political sects into the audience, injecting the fuel of passion, patriotism and idealism.

Music is doing it as well if you have been thinking ignorance is something like bliss. As we speaking, let me remind you of the best example we have few years back. In 2003, US invaded Iraq, toppling the then-dictator Saddam but eventually creating collateral damages of death among civilians and US soldiers. In 2004, US President George W Bush was seeking for re-election into the office. It was that time Green Day came into slamming the US policies under Bush administration by producing a mega blockbuster scale album - 'American Idiot' back in 2004. You have heard songs like 'American Idiot' and 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' enough, and you will know how much the album, the songs and the band itself become a mastermind that create a new wave of revolution and idealism.

Muse’s album in 2004 as well – 'Black Hole and Revolution', was a tribute to the band’s interests on science fiction and political order. Not really an extreme taste of ‘New world Order’ concept or any reformation concept injected in, but an idealism-creativity to spread the message of ideas for a political stance they believed in. That album went on to be one of the best-selling albums that year.

Not only peoples like Green Day and Muse were doing it, in fact from time to time, even more and more artistes are doing it by fueling their songs with political sentiments that caused uprising in the mentality and virtuosity. Look at US again; music and other form of entertainments did so much of their role during the Presidential Election late last year. I simply believe, see it, feel it and hear it - that music is an instrument to deliver the political message.

People says politics are dirty game of corruption and bad attitude. True, but when using music in a right way, it turns something ugly into something bold and beautiful. As I am trying to say, artistes have a rightful nobility and responsible to turn their good music to nurture their listeners for a push on revolution and idealism for mentality development to the greatest effort to change our society and what we believe in. Music influences our life and we may quickly love a song that pleases us. In the end of the day, music contains the idea of story and it’s like listening to some sermon or speeches of an icon we admired the most.

Too bad, our society still can't accept much of this revolution in life. Bold singers like Jason Lo, our very own Malaysian artistes whom songs like 'Evening News' and 'Sleepyhead' are enough to create sensational hits while the story behind the lyrical melody is political-fueled. Yet, we love him.

In the end of the day, even though I am pushing forward the idea that music and politics should mix, it is still best we leave the matter to the outside world of listeners to judge. Music plus politic equals a revolution! Sounds too extreme but I am not an extremist - merely a mentality changes in our society.

So, for both of you, ‘Music’ - play it responsibly and you, ‘Politics’ - please behave and be nice. Okay, I sound sarcastic now!

Last checked on Microsoft Words, 985 words – Just nice!

Is Sony Ericsson Having Trouble?

Sony Ericsson, one of the most popular mobile phone brand in Malaysia, and also around the world, along with Nokia and Samsung, may be in trouble after all. In a recent report, Sony Ericsson announed what it seems to be the second profit warning of the year. Sony Ericsson, a joint venture between the now defunct Ericsson and Japanese electronic giant Sony in 2001, announced this recently over their performance in Q2 of 2008.

SE have been enjoying tremendous success and was at number 4 in the global market share of 9%. They lagged behind Nokia, Samsung and Motorola all these years. However, LG took over the fourth place in the first quarter following company's profit crash by 43% to €133 million of profit, sales down 8% and global shares down from 9.4 to 7.9% in Q1. Second warning of profit crash was issued following dismay result in Q2, igniting fear that SE is on decline and may end up in the same fate like its struggling rival Motorola. Motorola also experienced sharp decline having lost its number 2 spot to Samsung.

SE pinpointed that the failure in the European sales had contributed much of the decline. SE had difficulty to achieve good sales for its mid and high-end mobile phone series in Europe, with slow shipment for low-end series also taking the heavy price for SE. Although the sales in Europe slowed down, the performance in Asian and Oceania market remained strong. I do hope they can still to pull on something magical and remain focused on tackling those problems. You won't want SE to be doomed to hell.

Even in this difficult time, as with once happened to Nokia before, Sony Ericsson still proud to bring you more technology gadgets in the future. Recently, they renamed their coding system for all the mobile phones that will be new released series in the future.

Now for some coming soon products:

C905 - It looks like Cyber-Shot but that's more to it. 8.1 Megapixel mobile phone for people who likes to snap and snap. Coming Soon!! Also included GPS, 3G, wifi, blogging friendly, music player and so much more.

Xperia X1 - The X-factor of a new improved smartphone and PDA, available soon!! Arc sliding, Xperia technology, built in high resolution camera, 3G, wifi, blogging friendly, RSS Feed and so much more.

S302 - The new slicky sliding phone. 2 Megapixel of camera on the back, Bluetooth-enabled, blogging friendly, JAVA, video-capturer and so much more. Coming soon as well!!

So, these are previews of what to expect from Sony Ericsson for the future. For more, visit the Sony Ericsson Malaysia website at http://www.sonyericsson.com/ for more infos and updates then. Wish good luck to those guys in SE, hope you guys can turn over the current losing tide, okay!!

Long Live SE!!

What People Have Done This Week?

It's interesting to be reminded on what peoples have done this week, sometimes!! Only this week, the world are filled with many stories from and about the peoples that can be called idiots, back-lasher, back-stabbers, moron, good, smart, true champion and heroes or even butt-driller!! Yes, again a butt driller!! They came from all walks of life, been different in terms of nationality, intelligence and background. ATTENTION: Sorry, initial reading, you may find that these sounds too negative but I'm sure there are something wonderful in the end. Now, I have to tell you that this post is rather mixed in themes, topics can be varied and it is only a highlight of what had happen over the week. (You want to critize, just go ahead on chatbox or on comments)

#1 The Bomber vs Butt Driller!! (Only an accusation!!)

No doubt, that they are the greatest rival ever happened in the history.

What do you want? I blow you then you know!!

One was accused to have cause the most exciting murder in the world by exploded a Mongolian woman into pieces and fragments that no longer recognizable, using C4 bomb.

VS

Catch me if you can !!

Another one was accused to have commit sodomy with his aide and therefore facing a fresh charges for that, a repeat of what happen 10 years ago and later been cleared off. So both people had been throwing pancakes at each other ever since the accusations arised last week, with both denying the allegations and claimed innocence. Apparently nothing is known about who is right and who is wrong.

Adding the fuel of fire are some people who claimed to support the accusations. This includes a blogger and online news portal chief editor, RPK. He had a statutory declaration on what he had remarked about the murder of Altantuya.

#2 The American Idiot!!

Congratulations to the American to have celebrated the Fourth of July - The Independence Day, without any terrorist attack. Talking about terrorism on July 4th reminded me of a movie, called "Die Hard 4.0" by Bruce Willis. Actually you American did not have to fear about terrorism attack if not because of the monkey!!

I wonder if he ever have a brain?

#3 The moron speculators + retarded trouble makers

Why the hell is the oil price keeps on rising and never learn to count until the limit. Every week, it just soar and soar to a new record. US$ 146.60 is the highest level on lifetime. The price in Malaysia is now at RM 2.70 per litre following "smart-ass" move to raise 41% last month and because it's so expensive that I've been told to change my lifestyles. Yeah right!! Okay I don't blame you since you are so "nice"!!You are a crime fighter - like Batman, what ever!!

You this moron speculators - only know how to make speculations and make fake predictions on economy analysts. I wonder the university you are graduated from have any major in "Speculatory Economy" because I want to go there, graduate, talk bullshit so that I can raise the oil price!! Another retarded trouble-makers, adding the reason why people get panic are those on Israel and Iran. Israel intends to strike Iran because Iran has nuclear weapon of master destruction. What ever but you retarded, shut up!!

#4 The world's greatest



Okay, now turning the situation much calmer....breathe in, breathe out!! Now, some critics and movie reporter had watched the upcoming Batman flick, "The Dark Knight". You know what did they said, the movie is good while the actors are good. Some even pushing that the late Heath Ledger been nominated for Best Actor for Oscar. Oscar buzz might be 7 months away but the posthumous award for Ledger is possible. He is a damn good actor that have gather many fans and make me like his acting so much. He is simply the "World's Greatest". If he win the Oscar for The Dark Knight, tell me why he can't? His role in the movie as The Joker, is pretty scary and disturbing, yet it will be enjoyable movie to go through.
#5 The lucky guy
Okay, the lucky guy, James Bond (refer to this article) is back with a new movie called Quantum of Solace which is due to be out in cinemas early November 2008. So the new Double 0 7 is premiering its new trailer this week. With hot Daniel Craig, Olga K., and Gemma Arterton are all on it. I like those two Bond Girls (Olga and Gemma) - love you people but again damn Bond for stealing them from me. *sob sob*

WHAT ELSE, NANG IT LAH!!

Malaysia's Truly Politicly Colourful

Besides the fact that Malaysia's Truly Asia (taken from the promotional slogan of Tourism Malaysia), comes Malaysia is Truly Colourful (in political scenarios). The year 2008 will eventually written down in the history book as the year that will be remembered for its political bang, earthquake and tsunami, terrorize the political landscape that over the years under the safeguard of ruling coalition without any threats like this big. No one including me myself may have ever expected that these kind of thingy will happen someday here. I always thought this scenarios is more likely to happen elsewhere but not here.

But Alas, this kind of circus show have never stop dominating the newspaper headlines. Truly a display of people who known no longer as a politician but a clown, lion whipper, acrobat performers, and jugglers are just all over the nation. The parliament are now live telecast but the circus show have now move to more broader aspect. I wonder a lot of people will find it amusing, enraged, furious, and touched - whatever the feelings it may be. Followings are the chronological events leading up to conditions like what we have today:

• Malaysian was freshed from many exciting street demonstrations by HINDRAF and BERSIH in 2007, as well as the exposure of V.K. Lingam Video Case, the high-profile murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu allegedly plotted by Abdul Razak Baginda and others.
• Events in late 2007 continues into 2008 with more hot and juicy political topics whispered in the mouth of the Malaysian regarding what had happened and this saw a rising in the bloggers' world. Blogs deemed as the alternative media, was heading over others medium of media resources and gaining more popularity among the Malaysians. It is an alternative mainstreams which was successfully used by the Oppositions to tackle the mind of many Malaysian. I bet some didn't see it coming!!
• The year then started with the question when the fresh General Election will be held and just as many had expected, it was held on March 8, to deny the return of DSAI to contest in the election. He served the ban on politic since his imprisonment in 1999 due to corruption and sexual charges. Peoples were expecting the ruling coalition again to retain power in another dominance style. This was my first time voting as well in KK!!
  
• The 12th General Election saw the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) failed to returned to power with 2/3 majority, simply winning 140 seats or simple majority (thanks to people of Sabah and Sarawak) while opposition muscled up 82 seats (3 times more than last Election). 5 states government - Selangor, Kelantan, Kedah, Penang and Perak; and Federal Territory were all fell into the hands of opposition whom later formed a coalition known as Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
• The attentions now turned to Pak Lah, our PM on deciding who should be in his list of government portfolios, and not so surprisingly that many known faces were left out. I had to say that there are some faces that I wish will not be in it because I just don't like these peoples. Based on their past remarks and their arrogance, they are simply nothing better than "No Good".
• DSAI claimed later that there will be a deflection of MPs which will switched side to the Opposition later this year while citing the possibility of September 16 for the full switch where he expected at least 30 BN MPs will cross-over and eventually PR will form the new government. To form a government, a party or coalition must obtained a magical number of 111 seats to clinch it.
• The ruling BN denied speculation that there will be crossovers. Since Sabah and Sarawak helped BN to secure victory in parliament by winning 54 out of 56 here, the government suddenly become good with them. The government suddenly acted like a Santa Claus by giving goodies to the state governments (Sabah and Sarawak), promising to settle issues on this and that.
  
• Early June, I am still wondering if this move is a suicide or a saviour for the BN government. It was announced that the petrol and diesel price will be raised by 41 and 60 percents respectively. At the same time, a cash rebate of RM625 will be given to all car owners with certain specifications. Some were angered by the sudden sharp rise. Why can't do it slowly?

• The six peoples named in the V K Lingam Video Case may faced charges of conspiracy following the result of Royal Inquiry. The man above did said this before, "It looks like me, it sounds like but it doesn't means it's me"

• Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), a minor components in the BN, raised and supported the motion of no-confidence against the PM. Whether Teck Lee, the SAPP President was personally or people-motivated for doing so, it doesn't matter because they are many who are dissatisfy with the current government on how it is been run. If SAPP is considered only a fraction, why bother too much. Why can't "Opposing Voice" are not accepted even from our own people. BN is not a "Yes, Sir" party but it should be a blend of voices to achieve one common target. Anyway, I bet many Sabahan are fed-up with many unsettled issues that I bet you people know anout it. Many were furious about them, but SAPP is still under BN's umbrella, why fussy about statements like that for the sake of Sabahans.

• DSAI faced a fresh sexual charges, been now classified as sodomy; for his aide claimed that he had been sodomized by the 60-years old PKR de facto leader. DSAI denied the allegations and called it a conspiracy to deny him an entry back into politics.
• DSAI yesterday countered back by claiming that he had proof to say that the deputy PM (NTR) is directly involved in the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu. There are new evidences to make up the claims. How great? And again the accused party denied any involvement including the sprankiling fact that NTR had sexual relationship with the murdered.

Explosive enough? Are you sick of these things already? This is the time when government should do their work well yet they destroy everything and tainted their face with red paint. What a day in this time when we can see people blaming and accussing each other about these things. Hello grown up now you people. Public opinion feels that DSAI is innocent while majority feels it is a political ploy. Whatever, the truth is out there, and one day it will be crystal clear who's right and who's wrong!! Don't forget about September 16!!


written by: GREENTEA

NANG IT!

There are a lot of Fools around!! I don't know why?

Today I read and heard news. Yes, everyday I do that in fact, but lately I seldom go and talk about it, cause I fed up with what the news is trying to tell me. Everyday is nothing but petrol price, Pak Lah, Mr Yong and his no-confidence votes. But this one is so interesting that without mentioning it will make me feel uneasy.

News #1: Malaysian city reminds Muslim women not to wear bright lipstick, noisy high heels

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Authorities in a northern Malaysian city are calling on Muslim women not to wear bright lipstick and noisy high-heel shoes if they want to follow the "Islamic way," an official said Tuesday.

The municipal council in Kota Baru, run by a conservative Islamic party, is distributing pamphlets that recommend women refrain from wearing heavy makeup, including bright lipstick, and loud high-heel shoes to work, council spokesman Azman Mohamad Daham said.
"We just distribute pamphlets. Our minimum guideline is they must wear headscarves," he said. "The rest is up to them. If they want to follow the 100 percent Islamic way, it's up to them."

He said the suggestions aim to prevent rape and protect women's dignity and morals. The campaign started in 2006, but new pamphlets are circulated each year, he said.
Kota Baru is the capital of Kelantan state, which is ruled by the conservative opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party.

National news agency Bernama earlier reported the city had issued a directive forbidding women from wearing makeup and noisy high heels, but Azman said the report was incorrect. He said the only legal directive is one that was issued a decade ago, ordering Muslim women to wear headscarves.

Violators can be fined up to 500 ringgit (US$150), Azman said, adding that an average of 20 women were fined each month for breaking the rule.

Malaysia, where about two-thirds of the population is Malay Muslim, prides itself on being a moderate country. Other ethnic groups _ Chinese and Indians who follow other religions _ do not face restrictions on their clothing and are free to practice their faiths.

However, debates about Muslim dress codes and behavior erupt occasionally.
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which secured an unprecedented number of parliamentary seats and state governments together with two other opposition parties in March elections, has only recently backed away from openly advocating an Islamic state.

News #2: It;s not an article because it's for tommorrow's daily. Because of one SMS, then the power of SMS are observed and proved to be true. Peoples received a SMS then forwrded to everyone they know. In the end of the day, panic occured this afternoon. All the petrol stations around Sabah, especially KK, were flooded with thousands of vehicles waiting in queue to buy petrol. A gimmick, a strategy to increase sales or is it really true about the kiosk operators are certainly going to have a boycott against government. From what I know, they have demanded the stop in accepting credit card sales as they are been charged by banks and demanding higher allowance from each sales. The panic began at about 1pm where vehicles surged to petrol kiosk to buy stocks if the rumour about three-days boycott is going to happen tommorrow. So far it is just a rumour and it is not true. Those funny sighting reminds me of what happen three weeks ago!! LOL!!!

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Do We Really Need Superheroes?

Superheroes are defined as a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest. Superheroes come in many forms; human, alien, animal or some forem of unknown creature. When a girl screams for help, when a plane is crash-landing or when a villain is on lose downtown, who should we ask for? Police or someone whom we called superheroes then?

Let's face it, superheroes only appear in fantasy worlds, comics or cartoons. In this reality world, have you ever seen someone flying from nowhere just to save a little girl from been hit by a car on the road? In this reality world, have you even seen a bunch of bandit been tied and hung up on a lamp post like superheroes did? Nope. It just fantasy.

WELL, THESE SUPERHEROES ONLY AVAILABLE IN MOVIES.....


So superheroes are either paople who works as a journalist, a rich tycoon, office boy or scientist. Because the Marvel or DC peoples believed that they acquired their special abilities and powers from akward incidents. The power as dubbed as a gift but also a curse obtained from some sort of freak accident or in time of despair and needing it. That's their origins. But again they are fictional. Like human, SUPERHEROES have emotion side - the emo part. They can be rich, poor, happy, sad, angry, worried and hungry just like us. That is who they are. Yet who do you turn to when you need them?

Maybe.....SpiderMan as portrayed by Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) - has misery life with his girlfriend Mary J Watson but still he fights to help people of New York City.



Maybe.....Batman as portrayed by Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) - rich son that controls Wayne Industries, damn rich in cash and knowledge to develop his own fighting weapon to fight off psycho nemesis in Gotham City.


Maybe.....Superman as portrayed by Clark Kent (Brandon Routh) - Man of steel from the planet Krypton came down to earth to protect the Metropolitan City, working as a journalist and hero part time.



Maybe.....Iron Man as portrayed by Tony Starks (Robert Downey Jr) - Weapon master but always drunken, build his weapon and suit in order to protect himself but end up serving the people.


Maybe.....Hulk as portrayed by Robert Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) - green monster due to gamma exposure has his own misery, been chased by the people himself and fighting evil creatures from the hand of human.



Or maybe Hancock???
Oh maybe yes. Or maybe nope.
Every kids have their own hero. I have them too. I used to look at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpiderMan and Batman as my "idol icon cum SUPERHEROES". Not everyone shared the same superheroes icons like ours. Remember when the kids argue and they use their superheroes name to defend themself but sometimes their SUPERHEROES end up been mocked by peers because they aren't able to do certain things. Hmmm...it reminds us of one thing about SUPERHEROES. They aren't perfect like us as well!!
In real life, the list of SUPERHEROES can be your own mom or dad, your own siblings, a teacher, a friend or just some uncle selling ice-creams near your house.
Simply in the fantasy world, the SUPERHEROES can carry objects 10 times heavier than them, can use power to destroy a house in a matter of seconds, or be able to fly or act like a "jumper". But our real life heroes can't, right? Because no one can obtain superpower that easily unless it is truly God's gift.
I went searching on wikipedia and I've found some real life people calling themselves a SUPERHEROES. Click here to see them. But I must said I was rather surprised that there are still people willing to take their own time and effort to save the world and help its people. Are they considered a Good Smamaritan? You judge yourself. Sometimes in our life, we do need a superhero. They can give you strength, compassion, comfort and security.

"He knows a hero when he sees one. Too few characters out there, flying around like that, saving old girls like me. And Lord knows, kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people. Setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them, cheer them, scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them how to hold on a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady, and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams."

by May Parker, SpiderMan 2

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Disadvantage of playing Sudoku...A True Story

ATTN:I know these days I very much into blogging about price hike which burn my a** so much, also on EURO football that as if I'm a master in predicting, or maybe some glorious moment to enter some blog awards to shot into fame. Okay, people. Sorry about that. Can't help!!

Today's big issues are about fuel price and some EURO actions. Can't help. Must talk about those even it will make certain people bored. Alright I have something for you. Are you ready?

Okay, i'm sure everyone had heard about Sudoku, the game originated from Japan with boxes with numbers to be fill on it. Even you are not good at it, or always play at it or even never bother to solve it will find it a phenomenon these days. Estimated 50 million peoples worldwide play sudoke at least on a daily basis. Wow, Global Phenomenon. Yeap, I love Sudoku and I always played it thanks to the sudoku section on your daily newspaper.

Everyone seems to say that playing sudoku is good for your damn a** and slow brain, making it function better. But are you ready for the next stuff I'm gonna talk about. Yeah, apparently inspired by a true story, there is a disadvantage of playing Sudoku at "the wrong time". Catch this story:

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian drugs trial lasting more than three months and costing taxpayers over A$1 million ($947,000) has been aborted after a number of jurors were found to have spent upto half the time playing Sudoku puzzles.

Sydney District Court Judge Peter Zahra cancelled the trial of two men on drugs conspiracy charges after the jury foreperson admitted that four to five jurors had been playing the addictive number sequence game, local media reported. The judge was alerted after some of the jurors were observed writing their notes vertically, rather than horizontally. The game involves completing a grid of numbers in the correct sequence.

One juror said the game helped them to pay more attention by keeping their mind busy. "Some of the evidence is rather drawn out and I find it difficult to maintain my attention the whole time," the juror was quoted saying by the Australian Associated Press. A new trial is expected
to begin in a few weeks once a new jury has been called.

(Reporting by James Thornhill; Editing
by Alex Richardson)

For the story, click here for the original site.

Haha, I have a new words for this:

Sudokuism

Blundernism

At Last, I Can Work Part Time Now!!

This month, the citizen of this country called Malaysia was burdened by something that had been long expected. The soaring oil prices, the hike comodity market and inflation are just the things that give a kick to the current economy. So now what?

In line with the recent fuel price that had been given a boost hike of 41%, our Golf have been so generous to allow its civil servants to take up part time job. Wait the minute, you mean that all these while our poor counter people are not allowed to do so? Oh, I don't get it. It is because of the fear that they might not be working efficiently if the civil servants doing other part time job? Or it is because of the Golf are afraid that their credibility and loyalty may be ruined by these poor peoples?

Okay, now for the good news!!

You can work part time in your free time. Teachers will have no reasons to be denied their "right" to have a tuition class for their students in their own comfortable home and charged them for it. The cleaners in the Golf's office with cheap a** salary can now go to sell pisang goreng in Chow Kit. The drivers for YB now also can go drive taxi to earn some extra income. Maybe it is a good idea but doing extra work by working extra hour long can make people feel tired. So people at counters will be getting tired, lol!!! So, where is the improvement in the counter and customer service? It won't likely to happen, lol!!! Ooops, sorry for the crap talking!!!

Well, if you want to talk about the counter efficiency and customer services in the government department, whether these people do take or not taking any part time jobs for extra income, things will never be the same again. Wow!! The golf asked us to change my lifestyles. But the people still ask, "How to change?"

Well people, I usually pay RM1.00 for my bus ride from my house to the place I worked. The distance is only merely less than 4km. I can even walk to and from work, but I don't want to get myself sweaty and in feverish condition all the time. How to work if you are already sweat like hell early in the morning, destroying my "credibility" only, lol!!! Although the Golf reassure that there will be no price hike for public transports, eventually last Monday, the bus fare has up to RM1.50!! Okay, now I ask you what changes can we make in our lifestyles if even our lousy public bus also decided to make it not cheaper for people to ride on?

I have made an estimation on how I possibly spend for my day of working during the holiday:

• Breakfast of fried mee in economic but no longer true = RM 2.00
• Bus fare to work = RM 1.50
• Lunch, sometimes I skip, sometimes I buy the cheapest is chicken rice (RM 4) or an economic rice which again is no longer hold the truth = RM 5.50
• Tea time, what tea time. I need to spend the extra RM 2 for a 300ml of iced tea and RM2 for the hot cakes = RM 4.00
• Bus fare back from work = RM 1.50
• Dinner, "ta pau" rice = RM 5.50 again.
• Extra thingy you want to buy each day

Now, the total of money you spend doesn't neccessary add up all, but rather you want it or not. This amount of spending are subjeted to whether you willing to skip those tea time, lunch or sacrificing those MP3s or cars that you crave for. The price above is based of prices in my home town, KK!!

Here it is....the least you can , err...I mean I can spend a day is about RM 17. Wow!! That's considered the cheapest if you don't include the time when you go out for happy hours, movie or others. Don't even think of other stuff you wanna buy, like shampoo, soaps, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc. That is a minimum RM 510 a month, not including car insurance, room rent, etc.

Therefore, to cover the month and just merely to survive, RM 600 is a comfortable salary. If you have family of four, you must earn up to RM 3,000 to survive. So let me ask, HOW TO SURVIVE?

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Errr...My Account Is Drying

Remeber those days when your mom told you to save your money for your rainy days and for future undertakings? Remember those days where Pendidikan Moral always stressed on the importance to save? Remember those days when your mom brought you to the bank and deposited money, ang pow money and whatever stuff that can be save in a new account just for you?

Okay!! So, she did gave you a coin box. Maybe it was in the form of camel (by ArabMalaysian, then, now AmBank), or a Disneyland Castle (I used to have one which was from Standard Chartered) or a piggy bank, a universal symbol for saving your DAMN money in it for future use.

Whatever it is, the point is some of us do have coin box, when ever you need those change you took from it. Or simply you keep it just to wait for the free time you possibly have to go to the bank and deposited. Or maybe just keep it for fun.


Tell you what, due to the oil and comodity price continue to soar up and up, the oil price, food price and services have cost more than ever. Want to eat a nice plate of fried rice also need RM5.50, exclusive drinks. Wow, impressive!!

Tell you what!! In the end of the day, my piggy bank was sucked up and became this.....

Poor piggy, and thanks to the government for the efforts!!

Pictures courtesy of: Pink Wen's blog and those forwarded e-mail that i got!! Lol


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Price Hike! How? Change Lifestyle Lah!!

Oil is one of the most important natural resources...but yet it is human who manipulate it, causing so much troubles, making it expensive. Who's fault is that? The picture above shows destruction due to fire enraging a petroleum refinery centre...probably an answer of why fuel is in shortage and price hike.

On wednesday, the beloved Golf that you people have elected three months earlier with a simple majority had decided that it's enough. If you want to use fuel to run your car, you need to pay more! Petrol price up 41% while diesel experience about 63% hike in surcharge nationwide beginning June 5. First of all, just like the one that Acura post, I wish to say thank you for doing us this kind of favour by increasing the fuel price, scrapping off the subsidy; eventually making Malaysia's oil price one of those that no longer the cheapest. But the issue is not about scrapping subsidies that matter because in the end of the day the victim is ourselves. Who would agree the current oil price are still the cheapest?

The Venezuelan people are damn lucky since there are an oil producer, a member of OPEC, a pact of nations that produces oil. Therefore their oil price are at 5 cents - yes, US$0.05 for each litre, translated to around RM0.16 only. Their population and economic figures and performances are pretty much the same with us, yet petrol price in Malaysia is now at US$0.84. Because of that, on Wednesday night, all the petrol kiosk around the country was attacked by people who ruthlessly, desperately and hypped by the fact that they only have time until midnight, rushing to the nearest kiosk possibly can just in need to fill their tank full. Result; jam here and there. Well, it is not something new, been a Malaysian who likes to do something in last minutes and loves to be in hype. Pump it in at the very last minute, very good. Make use of it. Wow!! Great idea. Havoc havoc whole Malaysia. I wonder if anyone seen PM's car been filled somewhere?

The mad rush before midnight...Petrol kiosks been attacked

The issue here is simple but may not be as easy as you think either. Once the oil price increase, no one can stop other things from increasing too. Who can? You think the government can decides. Even if they decides so, there are plenty people especially the manufacturers or suppliers will rather put a red face, pledging for reconsideration. You probably read those craps from the newspaper saying that the consumer association expressing their hopes and prayers that the items and goods' price will not increase. Yeah right, everyone hope so but these things are inevitable. Come on, let's face the truth. The price of many consumer products have been going up even since before the oil price crisis occur over the past couple of years.

Let me give you an example;

A bowl of mee soup with beef rib which I like so much, daily made fresh from this particular restaurant. It costs RM 2.50 in 1999. Then it up to RM 3 three years later, RM 4 in 2005 and now RM 5.50.

If you calculate back, the price of this item have been up by 120% over 9 years period, giving an average of 12% per annum. I'm no economist but there is something called inflation. Just like you inflate your car's tyres, they become bigger and more pressurized. So does the value of money and the value of an item. Everyday it increase!! Since when you see item's price ever goes down. Well, except for Mega Sales it is!! Still, a gimmick in politic and economy.

Only a full day after the new price was announced, many people gave mixed reactions about it. Some considered it's time to let the Malaysian well-known for being pampered and spoilt-brat by the government thru various subsidies should learnt to change their lifestyles.

Wow!! "Change My A** Lifestyles"

Let me get this to the point. I don't drive and I don't own a car. How damn lucky am I for not owning a car, people say! I don't have to worry about refueling my car every week. I don't have to worry about my car been hit by someones' or hitting someones'!! Err...wrong!! I still need to worry about walking under the sun or get myself wet soaked in rain, don't I?

Okay, maybe walking is healthy and it reduce our dependence to vehicles. So why not everyone walks to school, to work or to the parliament? It doesn't consume oil, at least it consumes food. Yeah right! Obviously walking may not be a good choice for those members of the parliament from the Golf as they love to sit in a comfortable and expensive cars, probably get through an AP, avoiding tax or levy. That's why they hired a driver with a nice sedan, just for the superior comfort. BMW, Mercedes, RR, whatever. wtf. If you can ask us to do so, why not you people do the same thing. Walk or take your super efficient RapidKL bus, LRT or whatever stuff you called them a public transport. Don't blame me if you are late for your work or for your parliamentary session telecast live. If they are let to walk instead of been drove to the parliament, imagine what will happen to these YBs.

"Oh My god, I'm gonna late for my live telecast of the parliament. Hmmm...I wonder how I look now? Err...driver. Do I look okay kah? Aiya...i forgot the scripts. What should I say later? Lol. Drive me to the parliament lah. My car got air-cond, I can think and remember better." wtf!!

Times goes back as you wish. Imagine going more retro we will end up in Flinstone era!!

Okay, here is another solution. Why not introduce trishaw back!! I considered the idea might useful if things are not evitable anymore. Duh, it is not that I'm moron to come with this idea but you know it is better and cheaper than those drivers owning a taxi or having a train coach or LRT run by electricity which is produced by fuel. Err... wait!! Did I say a trishaw? Wow, I think this is a good idea, especially for tourism. Wow!! Some more creating the "feel" of the golden age. Trishaw is cheap, no need to use so much fuel if installed to a motorcycles. Put it on a bicycle even better. Wow!! Brilliant idea. If no money to put on bicycle also got another idea, make it run by a human, resembling Flinstone!! Diesel fueled trishaw is a source of pollution, dude!! Yeah lah, why not!! Diesel burns like in hell and release more carbon for you. Come on, people. Why do you need to donate more carbon into the air? We are not plants, we don't take CO2 to live. We don't need it. But trishaw is good for reminding me that Malaysia is a low third class nations. Brilliant!!

So, oil is up!! What are things that will up next!!

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  Prices of fragrant rice will reduced by 15% and glutinous rice 12% due to availabilty to import rice much cheaper than expected from Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. Wait, so coincident with the Chang Festival, the celebration of glutinous rice!! Hmmm!!
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  Sugar may go up 20 cents next year.
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  Assurance that public transports and school bus will not hike. Yeah right, I can assure you of that!! Konsortium Transnasional Berhad claimed a loss of 3.5 million ringgit each month due to extra fuel surcharge!!
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  Car sales will go down beginning.....now.... The non-national cars may hit harder but doesn't mean the national cars will do better. As of 30th April, about 181,053 new cars emerged on the road but the forecast of the year 2008 may only see 500,000 total industry volume (TIV) or new cars.
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  Ok, for a consequences of raising the fuel price, his website (PM's) was hacked by some people who rather deface him and replaced it with a skull. The hacker seems to have failed in his attempt to hack successfully but instead he left some souvenir.

Well, I think I should rest my case now!! It's too long and too much to talk about. See ya!!

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