Israeli Assault on Gaza

OK, Israeli assault on the Gaza is nothing new now. It has lasted for about 2 weeks since the first air strike. Now, let's see how U.S. reacts to the issue... Quoted from Channelnewsasia.

US President George W. Bush, in remarks to be broadcast on Saturday, urged all able parties to press Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israel and secure a lasting ceasefire, after a week of heavy Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

His administration meanwhile gave Israel free rein over whether to send ground troops into Gaza, despite growing criticism over its handling of a conflict that has killed at least 436 Palestinians and left 2,290 others wounded...

...Bush said the Israeli strikes were in self-defense after Hamas let a six-month ceasefire lapse on December 19 and fired rockets at Israel...

Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was national security adviser for US president Jimmy Carter, told CNN television that Rice's remarks "clearly show that the US policy right now is completely bankrupt" and the Israeli offensive "will further radicalise the Palestinians"...

...But the US president-elect has kept silent on the latest phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with his aides saying their boss was "monitoring" the situation.

So, it's like a child's game la. I slap your face, then you slap me back. I wanna have a greater revenge, I ask my big brother to slap you again. You wanna have an even greater revenge, but obviously you are nothing compared to the fist of my bigger brother, you start throwing stink bomb into my house. And the game goes on and on...

With regards to this matter, I have a song to every reader to this blog (Well, probably none,but it's okay). What a nice way to start my first entry of the year...

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And Now He Barks

Source: Channelnewsasia

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is facing an opposition bid to seize power, said Wednesday he might step down before a planned handover to his deputy in mid-2010...

...There had been speculation that Najib and other figures in the ruling party were preparing to challenge Abdullah, whose popularity has tumbled due to a weakening economy and broken promises for reform...

...Abdullah on Wednesday delivered a warning to the opposition leader, accusing him of "lying to the public and confusing the people"...

..."He has become a threat to the economy and national security," he said -- a serious allegation in Malaysia, where the government can use draconian internal security laws to detain its opponents without trial...

..."I will not indicate what plan I will take, what I do will be in the best interests of the people and the country," Abdullah said when asked what action he was going to take...

...He also confirmed he would not agree to the opposition leader's request for a meeting to discuss a peaceful transition of power. "There is nothing to discuss," he said...

Annuar is a threat to the economy and national security and may be detained under ISA he said. Good show awaits, folks! Get your tickets and popcorn now!

N: When the hell is he going to hand over his chair to me?

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Let's Get the Party Started!

Malaysia's Anwar to be sworn in as MP on Thursday.

He was sacked, sent to jail and now he is back to haunt the kids in the PM office.

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Abdullah Says, "The Government WAS Stable."

Quoted from Malaysia DAP Leader Lim Kit Siang's blog here:

In Parliament last evening (Thursday), the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told reporters that the people should not to listen to rumors of an impending emergency rule.

He said:

"The government was stable. The security is under control. Everything is under control. Don't believe anything you hear.

"I don't think anybody should be worry. There are too many rumors."

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See? He admitted himself, the government indeed WAS stable. I don't know why, I feel sick every time I read his speech. You may say that I'm pin pointing his tiny mistakes but all I can say is

YES, I AM!

I just had a conversation with my mom the other day and she said thefts and robbery in K.L. are so common that they have became parts of our life. Is that what our PM meant when he said, "The security is under control."? I wanna throw up, some body please help me.

You-know-who

Note:
I tag this post as entertainment because I find them too funny and entertaining.

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Just when I Thought it was Unusual for Mahathir to be so... Quiet

When I knew the Malaysia ex Premier Tun Dr Mahathir started writing a blog, I followed up whenever he posted any update - thanks to Blogger's new auto-update "My Blog List" feature . Latest updated blog will be placed first at your blog list - cool and convenient. Now, you don't have to check your frequented blogs everyday.

OK, back to the topic again, for simplicity sake, I'll just call him M. M is a frequent blogger and I was really puzzled when his blog wasn't updated in My Blog List for a long time - something is not right with this noisy old man. It's like, if your mommy didn't nag you for one week, something must have gone very wrong, right? So, I took the initiative to visit his blog manually!

To my surprise - his blog was BARRED! Reasons given: SUSPECTED SPAM BLOG!

Tsk tsk tsk... Malaysia ex Premier's website was suspected to be a spam blog. What a world and disgrace~ His blog fans say there are "some people" sabotaging his website and blah blah blah. I don't know, what do you think?

I'm pretty sure that the government was celebrating for this. *I can hear evil laughter*

But no worries, M will fight and criticize till his last breath. His new blog is now available here.

Then again, I would like to stress out that I am neither pro-M nor pro-gov nor pro-opposition. Too many jokes from them makes me feel sick to pro any side.

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They Warn Us and We Blast Them Back

Remember how humorous Bolehland's Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar was in the HardTalk program broadcasted on Thursday 13 September 2007? If you've missed that out, you can check it out here. Everyone was saying how good our Dato's Engrish is back then. (his English is still very good now, that's why I use present tense - my Engrend no good)

OK, back to topic, Annuar Ibrahim was accused for sodomizing one of his young mail aide not long ago and based on this news, I believe the States are questioning about how the government is handling the case. Check the news here.

Malaysia has reportedly blasted the United States for questioning its handling of sex accusations against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and said he was a "snitch" for America.

The United States said Monday it would oppose any politically motivated investigation or prosecution of Anwar...

..."America should not interfere with a (legal) exercise in our jurisdiction...," said Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar.

"American has always tried to warn small states like us, but we have never been threatened or felt threatened," he said...

...Syed Hamid also attacked Anwar's allegiances, reviving old allegations that he is too close to Washington. "Anwar is a snitch for America. Every time anything happens, he reports back to America," he said...

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I'm sure Annuar called the White House immediately after reading this.

A_n _ _r: Poppa Poppa, they're bullying me
O_b_ _a: 'ho's tha bastard?
A_n _ _r: H_m_ _ the botak-head
O_b_ _a: I'll sen troops to bomb 'is arse up. Dun 'orry UN will back yer arse hole up

They've surely entertained us well. Good job but whatever it is, I'm getting tired of all these jokes.

But anyway, we're not afraid of the Whites because we've been fighting the them for more than 200 years since Portuguese colony. Back then, knowing that we were surely dead, we still fought the Portuguese with our own freaking bare hands, parang and spears while they were holding guns and cannons. They threw us cannon balls and bullets, we fought back by throwing bull dungs and chicken shits! We took all measures to protect our dearest homeland. =) Hooray to the Malays who fought 200 years ago. We were so brave.

Note: "we" in this context means the Malay race because Chinese weren't local at that time (it's like, you won't risk your life for OTHER people's homeland, right?) - that's what the Malaysia History text book says

200 years later today, we are still very brave! We're not afraid of the bastards in the White House, we've NEVER felt threatened!! NOT AT ALL!! *Scream the Red Indian Hero Cheer - Hoo Hoo Haa Haa*

Oh however, when the video of police abusing and forcing Chinese prostitutes to squat-and-stand-while-pulling-their-ears in nude got exposed, we sent our delegates and ministers to China immediately, to apologize, to kowtow, even without Beijing saying a word. I was so impressed - for the first time the government was sooooo efficient.

Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar

Note:

1. Picture courtesy of BBC News

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"Allah" is a Patented Name in Malaysia

I read this from The Washington Times,

Malaysian authorities confiscated Christian children's books, claiming the illustrations of prophets such as Moses and Abraham violate Islamic Shariah law...

...Malaysakini reported the Internal Security Ministry confiscated the literature from bookstores...

..."The officials have offended the sensitivities of Christians because their publications and depictions of their Biblical personalities have now become targets of unscrupulous Muslim officials bent on curtailing religious freedom in the country," Mr. Shastri said...

...The books confiscated from Johor Bahru, Senawang and Ipoh offended the sensibilities of Muslims, officials say, because Islam forbids the depiction of prophets...

...The Malaysian government last month also banned the use of the name "Allah" in any religion other than Islam, local press reports said...

...Allah, the Arabic word for "God," is used by both Christians and Muslims throughout the Arab world...

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The Bolehland is just getting more entertaining, with people doing all kinds of funny things. *speechless* My advise: Please don't use the forbidden name in public again, else you'll end up in jail. So, I suggest we say He-who-must-not-be-named,(sounds familiar isn't it?) since we are banned from calling His name anyway?

The Washington Times logo

Note:

1. Mr. Shastri is the general secretary of the Malaysian Council of Churches
2. Bolehland is the nickname of Malaysia

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Lah Lah Lah...

Quote from Channelnewsasia here:

...Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday denounced new allegations of sodomy against him...

..Anwar's Keadilan party said one of his aides, 23-year-old Saiful Bahari, had been arrested and forced to make a report saying the opposition leader had sodomized him...

.."I urge the Malaysian people to stand against the repressive forces that will be unleashed by the government in the coming days and weeks."...

Annuar made a statement that he will have sufficient power to topple the ruling government by August or September and this is what he gets. The Rakyat will surely can't help to think (or at least, I think),

Is the government behind this? (Note: This is not a statement.)

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In response to that, the PM said, (quoted from The Star)

...Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi reiterated that the Barisan Nasional Government was not behind the latest allegation of sodomy against Anwar.

Stating that he was shocked on hearing the police report lodged by an aide of Anwar on Saturday night...

..."We are not (involved). Umno and Barisan Nasional did not plan to trouble, disturb or accuse him.

"I believe even my friends like (Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri) Najib (Tun Razak) did not have any intention to do such a thing to him,"...

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"I believe even the Deputy did not have any intention," he said... =.= I really don't understand why he needs to say this.

After that, Annuar received death threats and now hiding in the Turkish Embassy. What a world...


Note:

1. Rakyat = People of Malaysia
2. P.S. I am not an Opposition supporter, neither the ruling government. So, pH 7.00, Neutral
3. I love Malaysia =)

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NEP

Does NEP do more harm than good? This is what I think...

1. Say you are the indigenous race of a piece of land and a group of foreign race come to your land: 3 possibilities (they could be more, but this isn't a political blog)
   
   • The foreign race is far too powerful. The indigenous race is wiped off from the land - like the Red Indians in North America.
     
   • The foreign race is rich but outnumbered. The foreign race could be cleansed or mistreated in the end - like the Chinese in Indonesia.
     
   • The foreign race is poor and outnumbered. The foreign race will be enslaved - Blacks in the old America era.
     
     
2. The second point was what happened in Malaysia in May 13, 1969. Chinese were averagely richer and they couldn't keep their mouth shut. Thus, many were killed.
   Who is right? Who is wrong? Judge it yourself.
   
   
3. So, NEP were created to help the indigenous while suppress others.
   Well, I would say NEP were absolutely needed to unite the country again back at that time.
   
   
4. 50 years later today, they claim that Chinese still dominates Malaysia's economy.
   
   I ain't sure how true it is but if it is indeed true,
   

   Is it because the being-helped were so spoon fed?
   Or the ignored were more hardworking than ever?
   Or the wealth is being channeled to a certain group of people?
   

Whatever it is, I believe education is the key solution to poverty.

Give Man a fish and He'll survive for a day
Teach Him to fish and He'll be independent.

This way, there will not be mismanagement of funds and corruptions while the indigenous will be as competitive at the same time. Killing two birds with one stone. =)

Hence, I think NEP will do more harm than good (Of course, there are more reasons than this, but why bother to write a professional debate in a personal blog?) since it's not the ultimate solution that solves the root of the problem. However, I think NEP will remain effective in Malaysia for a long time to come since removing NEP = political suicide.

Note:
NEP = New Economic Policies, check details here.

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Do You Feel Discriminated?

I had a conversation with a psychologist (Don't get me wrong, I ain't psycho!) not long when I carpooled her car to MRT station after a meeting. She asked,

As a Chinese living in Malaysia, do you feel discriminated at times?

And here's what I replied,

Politically - yes; individually - not really.

Undeniably, Chinese and Indian are officially discriminated in many aspects (such as NEP) but we're still living harmoniously together as individuals. I went to visit my fellow Malay and Indian friends' houses during their Hari Raya and Deepavali; and they visited us during Chinese New Year - and that is beautiful. Don't you think so? Malaysia is unique, peaceful (still) and lovely (still).

*Peace sign to all beautiful Malaysians*

Where is the Chinese?
Sorry to say but this is Racist!

Note:

1. Picture courtesy of The 6th AOSD Conference
2. NEP = New Economic Policies, check details at official government website here.
   

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Anti-corruption - A Fake Promise?

Quote from Channelnewsasia:

...The UN's Asia-Pacific Human Development Report highlighted an International Country Risk Guide finding which saw Malaysia decline from a score of 4.00 in 1996 to 2.38 in 2006, with a lower score representing greater corruption...

...Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was elected on an anti-corruption platform in March 2004, but opposition leaders say progress has been slow...

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A promise that faded away, or was it ever there at the first place?

The Fakers

Note: Photo courtesy of The Fakers

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Used by a Certain Race

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

Referring to Malaysia ex-premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in his blog on Thursday, June 12, 2008 entitled Masa Depan UMNO point number 15

Ramai mereka ini berpendapat UMNO adalah parti perkauman yang sudah tidak berguna lagi. Malaysia adalah hak semua rakyat berbilang kaum Malaysia. Justeru itu tidak mengapa jika mereka pilih parti pelbagai kaum walaupun ternampak jelas yang parti-parti ini sebenarnya diperalatkan oleh kaum tertentu.

Since this is a sensitive issue, I will neither translate nor comment on it. Read his blog here for further information. Judge it yourself.

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Flip and Flop

If you observe carefully, the government has been making sudden official decisions and flip-flopping with its decisions since the office was taken over by Pak-Lah. Abdullah administration really likes to give supprises to its dear Rakyat. Tah-Dah, supprise! - not funny.

Sun Zi says,

"A good leader should always keep to his promises, else his people will lose confidence in him."

Among the few examples are:

1. Replacement of old causeway with Scenic Bridge
2. Banning sale of petrol to Singapore vehicles
3. Hiking petrol price
4. PM's marriage

I am focusing on point number 3 here. On June 4, 2008, the Prime Minister office made a sudden announcement that the retail petrol price would be increased 41% effective from June 5, 2008 and subsidies would be removed by August. On June 11, 2008, the government changed it's mind and there will be no further increase in petrol price for the rest of the year 2008. Flip and flopping in decision making, like what Tun Mahathir said in his blog.

Flip-Flop

How would you feel if you are employee X?

8:00am
X comes to office early in the morning, happy and cheerful.
Boss: Get this done by noon, it's urgent.
X : Sure. (Panicked)

10:00am
X approaches Boss to inquire something about the assignment.
Boss: Oh, I don't need it already.
X : =..=

11:30am
X is summoned to Boss' office
Boss: Sorry, I need that thing again. Give it to me by 12. Thanks.
X : Do it yourself.

So, when will they change again this time?

Note:
Picture courtesy of the Moderate Voice

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