New 2009 Honda City

The hire purchase interest rates have gone up, a lot of potential new car buyers will be very careful with their choice.

I blog hopped into Paul Tan's site and saw this all new Honda City which was launched in Thailand recently. I am all fascinated with the new look. All pictures courtesy of Paultan.org







The front now look a bit more ganas & macho than its previous model.



While the rear, it might look a bit Vios but at the same time do not forget about the new BMW 3series backside.



The new Honda City is powered by a sole 1.5 liter i-Vtec engine unlike the current City which is powered with either i-DSI or Vtec engine. It is sold in Thailand with the price between 524,000 to 694,000 Thai baht which is about RM52.4k to RM69.4k (it will not happen in Malaysia as we have blood sucking government).

The current City in Malaysia now is sold at RM79.8k for i-DSI and RM85.8k for Vtec model. The new City will be classified by type V, type S and type SV. I am not sure about the differences but I suspect it will have the type mechanism like Toyota Vios since the engine is basically the same. Perhaps the differences in type will be more on the interior & exterior of the car.

Check out the interior of the car. I think this is the most premium model as the seats are all black in color, when I go through the Honda Thailand site, I still see the specs with beige color seats. Pictures courtesy of Paultan.org again.



It comes with armrest. And look at the display on the dashboard below.



Bigger side pocket on the door, air botol pun boleh masuk.





And no more headache placing your umbrella. The new City smartly designed a storage at the bottom of the rear seat. Kinda canggih innit?











However, the new City is predicted to be launched early 2009 for Malaysia market. Hopefully by then, I will get promoted again and a significant increment in salary. I am always a Honda fan over Toyota and if the price is reasonable, this will definitely be my next targeted car.

Kuan Yin Ma, poh pi poh pi lim peh tarn tua lui, meh ni ai wua sin chia, ai wua Myvi khi City.

Clay The Gay

He perhaps had broken hearts of girls out there. Great vocal, great looks, Idol star, announced to the world that he is gay. And had recently became father to a baby boy, Parker Foster Aiken, a child he had together (invitro) with his executive producer, Jaymes Foster, sister of the famous producer David Foster.



I was at the Hennessy Artistry last night at the Orange Club. Great performances. Shall blog about it once I get hold of the pictures. Hope Shayne Ward will not surprise us like Clay Aiken did.

Now back to Clay Aiken, although he is gay, he has great songs unlike Lindsay Lohan who also recently announced her homosexuality. Now for a beautiful Sunday, enjoy the song from Clay Aiken here.

Clay Aiken - On My Way Here



I took my first step
On that black and white kitchen floor
I sometimes wonder if that house
Is even there, anymore
I had my first glimpse of love
When I was five I watched two people split apart
But still the three of us survived

I've seen the best
I've seen the worst
I wouldn't change what I've been through
I've touched the sky
I've hit the wall
But I did what I had to
Ooooohhhh

On my way here
Where I am now
I've learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I've fallen hard
But I've been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here.

My address has changed
Almost every year
I've found that standing still
Can quickly make a lifetime disappear
I'd rather try and fail
A thousand times denied
And this, whenever you feel pain
It lets you know that you're alive

I've been a fool
I've been afraid Yeah,
I've been loved I've been lied to
I've been wrong
And I've been right
I stood up when I had to Yeah

On my way here
Where I am now
I've learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I've fallen hard
But I've been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here.

No guarantees
I believed that I would find
An open door or a light
To lead me to the other side
I guess that is why

On my way here
Where I am now
I've learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I've fallen hard
But I've been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here Yeahhhh Oooooohh

Milestone

I achieved the 500 posts since I started blogging more than 3 years ago. This blog had been a part of my life. When I was younger, I did not believe in journal or diary writing. I discovered blogging from a few buddies with the intention to update what's happening and what's not in my life for my friends' reading pleasure. It was like 2-3 posts a month back then.

I became active after my breakup back in 2006. The need to adapt to my new life then strengthen my bonding with this blog. Writing what's in me, my feelings, it did help me on my road to recovery. And at the same time, kind words from readers and consolation from them kept me going. Thanks.

Remaining single till now, at times when I am lonely and empty, my blog had been the greatest companion. When I am free, I never fail to update this blog. No matter how busy I am, I tried to slot 30 minutes or so a day to write here. Only when physically I am exhausted from my day commitments, then I will call it another day.

Quite a busy Saturday for me today. I will be attending two events/functions today. To those who will be in Mid Valley today, I will be there at 4PM giving out prizes for the My Life, My Way video blogging contest. Then later at night, I will be attending the Hennessy Artistry at Orange Club special invitation for sponsors. So if you guys/gals are pimping these events, do say hello ya.

Till then, happy weekend to all and enjoy this beautifully written song I put up for all.

Two Less Lonely People In The World - Air Supply



I was down, my dreams were wearin thin
When you're lost, where do you begin?
My heart always seemed to drift from day to day
Looking for the love that never came my way.

Then you smiled, and I reached out to you
I could tell you were lonely too
One look and it all began for you and me
The moment that we touched, I knew that there would be...

(Chorus)
Two less lonely people in the world
And it's gonna be fine
Out of all the people in the world
I just can't believe you're mine
In my life where everything was wrong
Somethin finally went right
Now there's two less lonely people in the world tonight

Just to think of what I might have missed
Looking back, how did I exist?
I dreamed, still I never thought I'd come this far
But miracles come true. I know cuz here we are.

CHORUS

Tonight I fell in love with you
And all the things I never knew
Seemed to come to me somehow
Baby love is here and now there's...

Two less lonely people in the world
And it's gonna be fine
Out of all the people in the world
I just can't believe you're mine
In my live where everything was wrong
Somethin finally went right
Now there's two less lonely people
Two less lonely people
Two less lonely people in the world tonight

Saving All My Love For You - Friday Randomness

It's Friday. Phew... Thank God it's Friday.

I have not been writing about politics lately. I am tired about it. Politician being politician, perhaps that is their nature to over-promised and under-delivering, be it the BN or the Opposition. The whole saga is simply a joke. And we have innocents being detained & locked up under the ISA. To politics, fuck it for the time being. Got change, then change lar. I am a bit numb with all this at the moment.

I will out of the country next week holidaying with my family in Thailand. There is not much to do in the office as everyone is in the mood for the Raya break and heavy vehicles will be prohibited from the highway starting today. Those who will be on the road, safe journey to your destination ya.

For a happy rainy Friday, I am in the mood of this song now, perhaps I am saving my love for someone. Enjoy!

Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston



A few stolen moments is all that we share
You've got your family and they need you there
Though I've tried to resist being last on your list
But no other man's gonna do
So I've saving all my love for you

It's not very easy living all alone
My friends try and tell me find a man of my own
But each time I try I just break down and cry
'Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue
So I've saving all my love for you

You used to tell me we'd run away together
Love gives you the right to be free
You said be patient just wait a little longer
But that's just an old fantasy

I've got to get ready just a few minutes more
Gonna get that old feeling when you walk through that door
'Cause tonight is the night for I feeling all right
We'll be making love the whole night through
So I'm saving all my love for you
Yes I'm saving all my love
Yes I'm saving all my love for you

No other woman is gonna love you more
'Cause tonight is the night that I feeling all right
We'll be making love the whole night through
So I'm saving all my love for you
Yeah 'm saving all my lovin'
Yes I'm saving all my love for you , for you


Oh ya, it's Friday - meaning it's party night. I will be at Plaza TTDI tonight, am not sure which joint I will end up. Wabisabi is cosy & nice, Waikiki got cool liveband and Bamboo is filled with chicks... hmm... buzz me if you are there. Cheers!

Motivation

Since my last real breakup, I had been neglecting myself a lot. Perhaps I am working hard to achieve what I want in my career, trying hard to earn more and more that I neglected a lot of other things. I realized today or should I say she made me realize it today what I am really missing in life.

Just a few years ago, when I was in my relationship, my life seems complete and I am having a quality life back then. In between my busy schedule, I still manage to squeeze some time for gym. But now, it is not that I do not enjoy my singlehood but I am leading a different lifestyle now, working hard, socializing, drinking, networking almost every night and had not been having good rest.

From now on, I will go on a strict diet and be more discipline to do exercise. At least I found the motivation already. I will not let her down. Don't be wrong, I am not into a relationship or whatsoever but words she said today triggered me to improve myself better.

Good things to come or not? This song really suit my feeling now, listen and understand the lyrics. Enjoy!

I Wanna Know - Joe



It's amazing how you knock me off my feet, hmm
Everytime you come around me I get weak, oh yeah
Nobody ever made me feel this way, oh
You kiss my lips and then you take my breath away
So I wanna know

[1] - I wanna know what turns you on
So I can be all that and more
I'd like to know what makes you cry
So I can be the one who always makes you smile

Girl he never understood what you were worth, hmm no
And he never took the time to make it work
(You deserve more loving, girl)
Baby I'm the kind of man who shows concern, yes I do, oh
Anyway that I can please you let me learn
So I wanna know

[Repeat 1]

[2] - Tell me what I gotta do to please you
Baby anything you say I'll do
Cause I only wanna make you happy
From the bottom of my heart, it's true

[Repeat 2]

I wish that I could take a journey through your mind, alright
And find emotions that you always try to hide babe, oh
I do believe that there's a love you wanna share, oh, oh
I'll take good care of you lady, have no fear, oh
So I wanna know

Barked

I hardly blog at this hour (9AM) but an unpleasant incident happened early this morning while I was driving on my way to office. I was being barked as early as 7AM this morning due to an incident in which is not within my control.

I felt lousy, really really lousy. Do I at my position deserve this unreasonable barking from a customer? Though unreasonable, it is a fact that we fail to supply our goods on time to meet the project dateline, I try to be sensible enough to put myself in the customer's position, I believe I would be upset too but not to the extent of using vulgarities like I swallowed early this morning.

Being in the same company for 7 years, sometimes you wonder how the new breed of people handle matters these days. I had been in the sales, product management & now business development to add into my portfolio, I just cannot understand why internally the communication is so weak that we failed to communicate the same to the customer. In my frank opinion, the customer has every right to get upset.

After vomited out what's happening, I felt much relieved. I felt upset because I have to face the music early in the morning. Well... I felt much better now. Hopefully it does not deter me from executing my duties today in full swing.

Thanks to a silent reader again for kind words, this time this silent reader is someone I know through my work. Hmm... she did mentioned "charming". Thanks dear and I do hope you will be my silent reader for a long long time ya.

Cheers!

Beware: The NEW Most Powerful Man in Malaysia

When the limelight shining on Opposition leader and crisis within the BN party, we neglected one man behind the show.

With a stroke of a pen, he successfully sent one of Malaysian hero to Kamunting. His John Hancock definitely is one of the most powerful in this country.

Scary innit?

Read more on The Malaysian Insider here. More on Malaysiakini here.

Dateline after another, first Sept 16th, and now its Oct 13th or to the King. How long more we should wait till we clear all these shits?

Total Eclipse of My Heart

Back from my peaceful getaway from bustling city of KL. I had been going back Malacca quite often lately. I am enjoying my time more and more these days being surrounded with my family, perhaps over here in KL I am leading a pretty lonely & quiet days. Please do not get me wrong, I do have many friends in KL but a few whom I really can rely on, but at times I am thinking that I cannot be bugging them all the time as they do have their own family, loved ones to spend time with. Ignore me here, I am just voicing myself randomly.

Oh ya, I did mentioned that something big going to happen few postings ago. My younger brother is getting married soon. It is a first time experience to all in the family. I am a total dummy on this and felt sorry that I cannot help much here. I envy my brother in a way, at the age of 26, he will be having his own family soon and indirectly he overachieved me in this aspect.

Mom & dad are both happy but at the same time too worried about me, worried that I will end up alone like few of my cousins. Mom on & off will think of my ex and the very recent trip, she did mentioned about her. She is somehow someone who had embedded such a deep impression to my family. Brushing the ugly parts aside, I had a great 3 years with her. Good times more than the bad ones. And when early this year I decided to move on and I thought I had found someone, that someone does not turn out to be that one. At the early courtship with this new girl, I was not accepted because I was said to be missing my ex, which I confidently denied. And when it was time that I am ready to commit my all, I was told that her feeling was not as deep as mine. Afraid, refrain, I do not dare to walk on. Girls I got involved with in the past kept on telling me that how good of a quality of a man I am but that does not sound convincing enough for me. I felt vulnerable towards relationships now. I opted to focus my life on dollars & cents, focus on my buddies both business & drinking buddies and ignoring totally my personal life.

No worries, perhaps all this happy stuff happening in my family has in a way or two affected my mood but people around me, knowing that I am a positive man, I will look forward. It is like a period thingy, it comes & go. Congratulations to my younger brother, you are officially an adult and my best wishes to you.

For this moment, I am in the mood into this old skool 1980 hit song by Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of The Heart. Enjoy!



Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round

Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears

Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by

Turnaround, Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes

Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

Apa Itu 'DISTRESS'?

The meaning of distress on Merriam Webster (click here) & Wiki (click here).

Do a quick google images on the word "Nation in distress", you come to these images.



The above is an American flag raised by one to show that the nation is in distress. Read more about it here.



In Malaysia, a friend who felt the nation is distress did the same as above, and many many of his other friends follow suit, I am one of them too. Because of this, he was given a 4 days 3 nights holiday by the polis which he enjoyed most of it. He will be charged under the Sedition Act soon. Read his latest posting here.

Sometimes you cannot help yourself but to wonder why certain parties in Malaysia are so sensitive over petty things like this. We have kids being taken away, kids who got lost and latest case of a-16-year old being taken and burnt to death. They cannot even distinguish who is the real threat to the nation. Sigh...

Imagine if this kid at the picture below does the same in Malaysia, he will also be charged under the Sedition Act.



Ripley's Believe it or Not? Malaysia full of gobloks, believe it!

จำตัวเองได้ไหม Jum Tua Eng Dai Mai

Rejuvenated. Slept early last night about 10PM. Woke up 9AM today, had breakfast with mom and send her to her shop. It's a day I would take a time off from politics a bit. Wanna share one nice song with you peeps today.

Not english, not chinese but Thai. I had this liking to Thai songs. Just enjoyed listening to their every lines that most of the times will end up with mai, hai, nai, lai, wai and so on. I added the video together with pinyin for Thai dummy like me (thanks to Albert). Enjoy the song & sing along.

James Reungsak - Jum Tua Eng Dai Mai ( จำตัวเองได้ไหม)



For better audio version, play it here below



Anyone willing to give the meaning translation?

Happy weekend!!!

Absence Makes The Heart Grows Fonder

I am too weak to blog. Heavier workload and heavier responsibility but with the same salary. Some readers MSNed to ask why ain't I updating for the past 2 days, tired and felt weak. No worries, I am not being ISAed or whatsoever.

Work, drink, entertainment and by the time I am home it's past midnight. That is the reason I am tired lor. I will be back to Melaka this evening to take a good weekend breakaway. Hopefully I write a longer post tomorrow.

Today someone MSNed me and said she misses me. Hmm... should I be happy or should I not?

Catch up soon. Going to read all the news & update myself. Oh ya in between, Teresa Kok was released 1PM today, thanks for the SMS from a dear friend. Hopefully RPK will be out soon too.

Happy Weekend to all!!!

ISA Rampage In Malaysia

Portfolio changes today. Dollah to take over the Defense Ministry while Najib to be the Finance Minister. It does not take a genius to figure why such arrangement was made. Image courtesy of The Malaysian Insider, read more here.

On top of that another blogger was arrested at 5PM today. Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz aka kickdefella was arrested at Kota Bahru believed to be under the ISA and his controversial Malaysian flag incident. Malaysiakini reported here.



And a statement made by Dollah Badawi which rather disturbing. Mr. Prime Minister made a statement that opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is a THREAT to the country's economy because of his constantly misleading remarks over investments and promises to topple the government. Read again ISA is detention without trial, no warrant needed and nobody know how long the detention will be. Who is threaten? The country or Dollah himself? Malaysiakini with its report here.

Grrr.....

916, 917, 918....... What's Going On?

I am dead tired. I almost miss my flight to Sabah yesterday, thanks for the kind people in MAS. Now this is the difference between MAS (MH) & Air Asia (AK). 30 minutes before you still allowed to check in while AK will ask you to go and fly kite.

So, the Malaysia Day is over. It does not happen which means RPK and Teresa Kok will still be detained under ISA. And this also means Dollah Badawi still is the PM. I was in Sabah yesterday, yesterday is also a public holiday in Sabah in conjunction of the Governor's birthday. I had a project meeting with a prominent developer with various developments in Sabah and over tea session we had a chat about Malaysian politics. He too agreed that we Malaysia needs a change, other Sabahan who I met during the session also voiced out the same.

I came back last time, touched down KLIA at about 10pm. A few buddies called to go for a drink and I went. "So it's Sept 16 now, what happen?" a friend asked. With a tired voice, I told them to be patient, few more days to come, we shall see.

So back to reality now, it's past 916. Everyone wants to see 916 after so many shits happen in this country. Much before the Permatang Pauh by-election and all these ridiculous ISA arrestments, nobody will talk bout the 916. And after Anwar successfully convinced the people about 916, majority of people in this country want to see a wind of change, some desperately like me. But what's going on? I feel like singing this song now...



Off to bed now... hopefully when I wake up later and open up Malaysiakini, there will be further good news...

ps: A fellow blogger friend quits blogging. I hope she will change her mind.

Anwar Said, "We Have The Numbers!"

Just got back home from the mass gathering to abolish ISA, solidarity call for the recent victims arrested under the ISA, detention without trial.

Great speeches from famous political fighters like Uncle Kit and Penang CM YB Lim Guan Eng. This is the 2nd major political gathering that I participated and the numbers definitely bigger than the previous PROTES 2008 that I attended. Met some prominent political bloggers there as well.

Final speech was from our Prime Minister in waiting, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Publicly, DSAI assured that he has the numbers to form a federal government and in fact today Pakatan Rakyat sent a letter to Dollah Badawi to arrange a meet up. A peaceful transition of power is from BN to Pakatan is one of the agenda in the letter co-signed by DSAI (PKR), Uncle Kit (DAP) & Hadi Awang (PAS). And Malaysia for once see hope when an UMNO minister, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim tendered his resignation today to Dollah. Anwar adviced the public to be patient and expect a surprise from the UMNO hero himself, Datuk Zaid.

Anwar again stressed that if Pakatan comes to power tomorrow, immediate decrease in petrol price and immediate release for all ISA detainees. Insyallah, god-willing, we will be bless in this holy Ramadhan month.

I end this post with few pictures taken at the gathering. Better catch some sleep as I am heading for Sabah later. Good night!

Vigil Tonight, Sabah Tomorrow

It's 6.30PM now. The weather seems gloomy, it seems like rain is unavoidable. Nevertheless, I will be there tonight for the solidarity for RPK. Having the privilege to work in the building beside the stadium, let me update a bit what's happening right now.

They ground peeps are erecting the PA systems and tents. And I can see many individuals setting up tables, perhaps for the buka puasa function later. Hopefully by then the weather will be on our side. For non-muslims, be there roughly around 9PM onwards as our Muslim friends will start their buka puasa session, Maghrib & Isyak prayers followed by Tarawih prayers.

Be there together and expect talks from leaders like YB Lim Kit Siang, YB Hadi Awang & Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Today's vigil expected to end at midnight.

And I will be carrying a big task tomorrow. Tomorrow, Sept 16th, I will be summoned to Sabah. And tomorrow is also a public holiday for Sabah in conjunction of the TYT's birthday. Will be there to see what I can do to make the frogs jump.



Hehehe... no lah, I am just joking. But the real fact is that I am going to Sabah on a project meeting not on politics. I will be back on the same day.

A hectic day. Luckily it's a holiday on Wednesday. See you peeps, let's pray Malaysia Day will come true.

Cheers!

How To Attract Innit Nuffnangers To Nang You?

Most of the time my traffic will come from the Malaysia's No.1 blog aggregator, Project Petaling Street. But on a beautiful quiet rainy Sunday today, I did not post up a very much anticipated political drama and yet I have a decent uniques today thanks to innit-nuffnang. So curious, I did a bit of research which I felt would be useful for new nuffies who are utilizing innit.

Post up anything related to sex! As long as you can relate any word in English vocab that can be related to sex, you will definitely be nang-ed, I can god guaran-DAMN-tee that. It's proven! I made a quick check on the top 10 most popular innit post, whether it is all time popular, monthly, weekly or even the last 24 hours, anything related to sex will make it to the top 10. So write about sex, like I wrote about how a friend MSN me to talk about his kukujiao got infected by pimples. Even after famous DANG-ers like Tiuniasing danged, trust me, you will still be in the top 10. For no reason though, I seem to enjoy the danging from Tiuniasing, he had with him self-made fame (thinking out of the box), smart ass.

Another keyword that will attract nangs would be anything related to Nuffnang (for eg: innit, nuffies). It seems like nuffies enjoy reading about sex & nuffnang. Politics can never really make it to the top though.

Besides applying the right keyword, you can attract nangs but nanging others but of course I believe while you nanging others, your self ego will prevent you from nanging those who already got many many nangs, so that you got a chance to get to the top 10. Haha... got you there other guilty nuffnangers! If your post title is boring and yet you made it to the top 10, it is either you are freaking active in the chatbox or you nang a lot on other post so out of courtesy the other nuffnangers will nang you back.

Thanks for all the nangs from the previous post. Hope the tips above can trigger some other new nuffnangers to do something about their post. As for me, I blogged about shits, theoritically I am not good at writing about sex, I am good practically :)

When is the next whatever nuffnang gathering you nuffnangers organizing? Never really booze-ing with any of them though.

Cheers!

Pimples In Private Area

For the past 2 days, I had been busy myself with blogs & works. Whatever happened in the country surely cause a lot of worries and tenses among fellow Malaysians. But a jerk managed to make me laugh.

I was online reading news portal when a friend MSN-ed,

Friend: "hey bro, i wanna ask you something"

me: "shoot!"

Friend: "have u experience having pimples on your pubic area? right on the pubic hair there"

I can't help myself to laugh in the midst of reading some serious news and I replied, "aids!"

Friend: "wat aids? it looks like pimples, got white white thing, when i press, the white thing came out and then it bleeds."

me: "you got AIDS, HIV! it's disgusting u know, stop elaborating to me. ok i busy now. ttyl"

Ewww... damn geli yet funny. I am not a doctor leh. I do not know all these things wan, and I never experience it myself. My pubic area clean clean wan.

Aduh!

Botak...Oh...Botak

Sigh Botak... I do not understand what quality in you that made you the Home Minister. Public order apa? And you made a statement that the usage of ISA to arrest the Sin Chew Daily reporter, Tan Hoon Cheng is actually to protect her. God sake, what school you graduated from? Yes, you are right about Malaysian. So who are the one who first made the remark about Chinese? So you are saying that he is not the one who is responsible for the unrest? The reporter that reported it is the one to be blamed?

Botak...oh...botak...though you might look old but you definitely not smarter than a 12-year old kid. Bodoh!

Anak Bangsa Malaysia - Stay Calm

The best weapon to scare Malaysians is back, the ISA - Internal Security Act, detention without trial, whatever definition you may call it. It is confirmed that 3 person were arrested under this cruel act. Or should I say the abuse of the act. First it was Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK) and not too long ago, Seputeh MP, Teresa Kok was arrested 11.20PM. To add into this, Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng was arrested too. The Star reported here.



RPK was arrested for publishing blog postings that were said to insult the Malay & Muslims. As for Teresa, although there is no statement stating the reason of her arrest, I suspect it had something to do with the mosque issue in Kota Damansara (read it here). And as for Tan, the reporter was arrested for exposing the Ahmad Ismail's infamous use of the word "immigrants".

After reading RPK's latest posting or his last posting before he got arrested, I urge everyone to calm down. All these arrestments will definitely ignite anger & hatred but we need to calm down. I believe the latest ISA detainees will share the same message to all, the world is watching us. Truth & justice will prevail definitely.

There are more reasons now to flood the country with SMSes, emails or whatever medium is possible to be in Kelana Jaya Stadium this 15th September 2008 at 8PM.

God bless the victims.

UPDATES: A message from Marina (RPK's wife) to the public. Again peeps, dibawa bertenang...

I Am A Sept 16th Desperado

I am desperate to see the change and I do pray for Sept 16th to happen. There is nothing much to be proud of when you read the news everyday about Malaysia. Again and again, a number of gobloks in the country had made it a laughing stock of the world.

To sum it up of what's happening this week.

1. Ahmad Ismail was suspended mere 3 years for calling Chinese 'immigrants' & 'American Jews'. I am wondering if the above statement does not sound like a sedition.

2. Home Ministry sent 3 show cause letters to local newspapers. They are,


Local english daily - TheSun

Opposition weekly bulletin - Suara Keadilan

Local Chinese newspaper - Sin Chew Jit Poh


I am wondering if they will do the same to Utusan Malaysia for its piece of this false reporting.

3. The cabinet instructed MCMC to lift its ban on Malaysia-Today website yesterday. However, little do we know that the cabinet decided to arrest national hero, Raja Petra under the ISA. RPK was arrested today at 1.10PM.

If you really want to do something for this man, get your phone and flood the country with this SMS:

"RPK detained under the ISA. Show solidarity with him on 15 Sept, at 8PM at the Kelana Jaya Stadium."



I am cancelling all my appointment on Monday evening to attend to this. It's time to put the ISA into the bin. Enough is enough, lawan tetap lawan!



On a separate note, I am not feeling too well today, took a medical leave, went to see doctor and was diagnosed with hypertension. Hmm... time for a change for myself too...

Have a nice weekend peeps!

Contradictions

Something "BIG" is around the corner. I was going through some bible love & marriage vows and find this beautiful...

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

I do not have to elaborate further nor do I owe anyone any explanation of what had happened in my personal life. If I deemed to be seen at fault, let it be. If I deemed to be labeled cruel, let it be. God knows. He knows. People who I love know.

Old Poll Retired, New Nuffnang Poll Kicks Off

I started a Nuffnang poll called "Prime Minister of Malaysia" not too long ago, about 100ish participated and here are my findings.

First question, "Who performed the best as PM for Malaysia since independence?". As expected Tun Dr Mahathir was elected the best performed PM, I too got to agree with this. Many perhaps are saying that the current political turmoil in BN was caused by Tun himself but look around us in Malaysia, whether you like it or not, Tun Mahathir did put Malaysia recognised in the world.

My second question was, "Who is the worst PM for Malaysia since independence?". Without me further elaborating, Dollah won this time around thanks for his flip-flopping and occassionally caught napping in meetings.

Many are unsatisfied with Dollah's administration at the moment. Many are unhappy and wanted change. Just like the rest, I would love to see the coming of Sept 16.

Finally, when asked who will be their most preferred choice to be the new PM replacing Dollah, Anwar garnered the most votes, followed closely by the No.1 blogger in Malaysia, Raja Petra while Najib can barely be seen with just a 11% votes.

Guess most of mikemmery's readers are opting for a change too. With Achmed case now put to rest (he had since been suspended for 3 years), Dollah biggest enemy now is the man who handpicked him as the PM. Tun Mahathir was reported to return to UMNO but... but... his membership will due to the current president's approval. Let's see the drama there. For once, BN looks like an underdog this time around.

Oh ya, I started a new poll, please do play a part of it. Thanks to all previous voters.

Got to run for my pint of Guinness now.

Ciaoz!

MCA & GERAKAN: Time To Say Goodbye

Penang Gerakan severed ties with UMNO Penang. (Malaysiakini news here)



Penang MCA also severed ties with UMNO Penang. (Malaysian Insider reported here)

All this because, Achmed said Chinese are "immigrants" in Malaysia before the independence & he had also liken the Chinese to the "American Jew", while supporter tore up a photograph of Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon.



It's time to say goodbye not only for Penang branch. It's time for the whole Malaysia to do so. Don't you think so?