Royal Pain

Perak. Probably one word describes them all.

But I think the issue has gone beyond that and it started way way before the fiasco in Perak. Lets for a minute digress from the fact that Hee was sulking that she did not get her Camry.. lets for one minute forget the fact that the "Super Frog" can switch his allegiance in such simplistic manner and also lets forget the fact that the two "tainted" PKR reps was looking after their own arse.

After all the hope.. with Royalties giving speeches of righteousness.. has really whet our appetite that we the downtrodden rakyat has something to look forward to. A monarch that really knows and understand their subjects but I guess all that came to ZERO after the Perak fiasco. Today, we have the King shortcircuiting the process by asking Abdullah to have a smooth transition of power... What the fuck? What transition? Abdullah is only stepping down as head of UMNO.. he has not said that he will quit as PM of Malaysia! Has he? No doubt by virtue of being head of UMNO becomes PM, the 12th GE specifically picked Abdullah as the PM and not Najib! Is the King now working hand in glove with Najib to force another coup at Federal level?

Abdullah has one last throw of the dice, that is to dissolve Parliament and to call for a fresh election and I call upon him to leave a legacy of of Bapa Reformasi Malaysia!

Now back to the sulking frogs... the media was trying to paint the hopping culture as being started by Anwar Ibrahim and equating their coup in Perak just as that. Damn MSM... why did they not point out that Anwar promised an election 6 - 12 months after taking power? After they have cleaned up the electoral rolls? Najib meanwhile make Taking Perak as his no.1 priority after taking charge of Perak UMNO.. tunjuk garang ka?

Then fate has it that there would be two by-elections... hereby nicked.. the tale of two Bukits.. one Bukit Gantang and the other Bukit Selambau... Bukit Gantang is a direct battle between PAS and UMNO.. one which UMNO would play Pakatan's "derhaka" to the fullest.. lets see what garbage they will dish out.. "If you love your Sultan, you should reject those misfits who has durhaka your Sultan!"

Bukit Selambau meanwhile with a huge disgruntled Indian population, its very dicey for BN but.. VOILA! A few million from the "STIM"ulus package will do the trick... "Lets have a few Indian independents to join the fray to dilute the support for Pakatan!" Read today's Sun, at least 20 aspiring Independents! Wow.... all believe they can do a better job than V. Arumugam?

Meanwhile, my call to Pakatan is, lets unite and be viable. I do not support Pakatan, but I believe they are definitely a better alternative than the critically ill BN.

Beyond All That Stench...

How much lower will our politicians in BN stoop?

Well, lets recap.. (I will write about the Perak fiasco later, this will have to go first):

1. EC being the BN stooge conveniently decides on the dates of the 2 by elections(which by the way was conveniently set right after UMNO election) and dear DPM in waiting, Muhyidin gleefully tells Pakatan to not contest if they are not happy!? Gee.. even a dead man can smell rat here...

Golly... they are that desperate to win the seats uncontested! Surely they believe that they will be thrashed if a contest takes place....

2. The biggest sex scandal since Chua Soi Lek.. or so BN would want to make it out to be... Elizabeth Wong, the ADUN for Bukit Lanjan.. I really feel for her.. and what is this idiotic Toyo saying? Gosh, BN politicians really talking nothing but crap that insults our intelligence. Please read this carefully Toyo... Ms. Wong was photographed by her ex-boyfriend while she was sleeping! And you have

From Malaysiakini.
Toyo the idiot saying, "The former menteri besar said the Pakatan Rakyat leader should quit as state cabinet member as well as state assemblyperson for Bukit Lanjan.

"This is a moral issue. Previously, (former health minister and MCA deputy president) Dr Chua Soi Lek had also resigned over a similar incident," he told Malaysiakini.

Mohd Khir said when the MCA leader's video-clip surfaced, Pakatan leaders had urged him to relinquish his post."So why not now (ask Wong to quit). Don't have double standards," he said, adding that Wong, who is also PKR Wanita publicity chief, should quit "as soon as possible".

How the fuck did can he equate this to Chua Soi Lek? Ex-boyfriend (at the point of being photographed - boyfriend while she was asleep) Chua? A married man... in a hotel room with a lady acquaintance doing action on bed? Even for Chua, I still believed that its a family thinggy.. if the family forgave him.. who are we? And this botox-ed Toyo... geez... wonder what makes the composition of his brain.. a Dentist is suppose to have less brains than a Doctor but I never suppose it would be polluted by SHIT.

I do not think that Elizabeth deserves the crap that she is getting... and our great police force has only "taken a statement" from the ex-boyfriend? And... Police who has been so "efficient" in detaining those peaceful vigilers was "YET TO IDENTIFY" the person responsible for distributing these pictures.... my.. my.. my...

"We are still in the process of tracing the person," he added.

Earlier, Arjunaidi said the police will also be calling a journalist who informed Wong about the photos.

"So I hope everyone will be patient until we complete our investigations," he was quoted as saying by Bernama.

I smell RAT! Big rotting RODENT! Wonder how much money was paid from the "STIM"ulus plan to set this up?

PAS rightfully with their high Religious standing made a statement saying the culprit worse than a prostitute... According to her, such voyeuristic practices were against the teachings of Islam, especially with the motive of ruining a person's credibility.

She also expressed regret with the action of the media in playing up this issue.

"Whose photographs would be circulated after this? It is as if these people (who circulate such photographs) have nothing better to do," she said.

But, Elizabeth Wong has held her dignity and offered to quit. Selangor will lose a wonderful representative whose stand on environment has not budged. My view is that she need not do so. She did no wrong and I stand by Ms. Wong on this and condemn the man to hell! He does not deserve to be called a man nor a human being... resorting to such cowardice after being dumped... Dickless and spineless... you bring SHAME to the male population!

MalaysianJoe thinks... the only crime here actually is not screwing a prostitute... or being photographed naked while asleep.. the crime is blowing up someone after screwing that person..

WOW!

Another award....

This time the PROXIMIDADE AWARD tag by Calvin! Thanks mate... Now to find time to spruce up my blog..

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.


To be given an award is a recognition and I thank Calvin for the tag... its double jubilation given the fact that BN got thumped in Kuala Terengganu.. ermm... to the voters in P036, Kuala Terengganu..

SYABAS!! MALAYSIA SALUTES YOU!!

MALAYSIAN JOE SALUTES YOU!

Desperation?

What does one do in desperation? When one need to win at all cost? (Probably a piece of news which MSM will deem it not newsworthy)

Najib handing out contracts to Class F contractors ala Lucky Draw!

In the most daring act to 'bribe' the electorate of Kuala Terengganu (KT) to date, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak dished out 583 government contracts in a “lucky draw” fashion to each and every Class F contractor present at the Wisma Darul Iman in Kuala Terengganu on Jan 10, the fifth day of the KT by-election campaign.

MCPX

These contracts (valued between RM30,000 to RM200,000 each), which were claimed to be for infrastructure works in the local township, were distributed in random by having the contractors come on stage to click on the computer.

And upon pressing the button, a contract would be awarded to the contractor, details of which - nature of works and contract price - would instantly appear in a big screen in the hall. Thus the contractor would walk home with his “prize” (a contract with a pre-determined price), with no question asked on his track record or suitability for the works assigned.

Najib, who launched these innovative awards, proudly claimed this as “a world record”, saying that: “In this lucky draw, everyone wins. Everyone gets a contract.”

He further added that if Barisan Nasional wins in the coming Kuala Terengganu by-election, there would be more and bigger such contracts, so that the Class F contractors (confined to Malays, for small contracts) would “continue to make money and the country’s economy would continue to grow”.

Every one wins? Stupid statement indeed... poor mofos like us taxpayers loose you big MORON! The only fucking winner would be BN who will have an open cheque to continue to fuck the people. Gosh, I never imagine I would have to use such words to describe my feelings. And mind you this is the fler who will be PM!

And in an attempt to bait people with development... if they win this by-election.. gosh.. how many donkey years have BN been in charge of Terengganu? Why la now only development? More Monsoon Cup and Crystal Mosques? More contracts to contractors without looking at their track record or expertise? Just dish out contracts? What happen la if an electrical contractor gets a drainage project?

What a government we have in BN... I weep for Malaysia.

KTgites... you be the judge of this fler. My advise is.. Give this fler the BOOT! Kick him out of KT and then we kick him out of the Government.

Vintage Man United!

Monday was kinda sleepy... can't blame me though.. watched the match to the end and the adrenalin flow was so intoxicating that I could not sleep till its way past 4am.. that explains why I did not write about it yesterday.

Manchester United 3 Chelsea 0

What a game. Chelsea parading a midfield par excellence in Deco, Ballack, J Cole, Obi Mikel and Lampard! While Fergie lined up a shocker in Giggsy and Fletcher with Ronaldo and Park. I was aghast but Giggsy and Fletcher did not disappoint. They were simply awesome, Giggs was a pleasure to watch and Evans was fantastic as a replacement for Rio. Gazza and Evra as ever no nonsense and simply great going forward. Berbatov though I wished he would be involved more but its his style really that he poked and prod with his grace is simply vintage. Manchester United at their best! Chelsea meanwhile just disintegrated.. Carvalho and Terry who?

The goal I liked best? Wayne Rooney's poking between Ca$hley Cole's legs! Serves him right for just wanting to shield the ball instead of whacking it wide for a corner or throw in! No wonder Rafa is worried that he let fly a tirade accusing Manchester United of everything... hahaha...

Watch out Benitez... them scousers ain't gonna stay top for much longer! You will crumble as magnificently as the great Kevin Keegan did when he was manager of the Magpies.. :).

What Double Standards?

According to the police... NO ILLEGAL GATHERINGS.. NO CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL... NO DEMONSTRATION... or so they say...

Demonstration against the Zionist... HERE.

Whether Israel's current clobbering of Palestinians and Hamas is right or wrong, I do not think I would like to get myself sucked into a never ending discussion. It will be a whole lot easier if these two bickering group take their war to the moon. I think, the world then would be a much more peaceful place to live in.

Now, 5000 started their march from Tabung Haji building.... towards US Embassy... no FRU? no water chemical laced water cannon? no senseless clobbering of demonstrators?? Key word I found in the article

This group was largely made up by Umno Youth members from the Titiwangsa division.

Then the article shows the picture of burning of flag.. which is symbolic of anger... its okay to burn Israel, US flag... but not Umno or BN... I now hope that the police come out with guidelines as to what we can demonstrate against illegally and what we can't.

Then we have the freaking old hag of an ex-PM calling upon Malaysians to BOYCOTT! yeah.. BOYCOTT US made products as these buggers are said to be supporting the Zionist cause... GOOD! BOYCOTT! But why stop at McDonalds, Coca Cola and Starbucks? Think further.. what else is American? Intel, AMD, IBM, HP... boycott also Astro Channels.. most of them are American anyway... do not use.. Google, Yahoo, MSN.. gosh.. throw away your computers as it is using Microsoft OS and programs and please delete your profile on Facebook!

Why stop at McD? Poor old uncle Ronald... and why not KFC? A&W? Ownership of the brands? I just wish that the old man would just ease into his retirement gracefully .. has he not forgotten that he paid a Jew to be photographed with his arch enemy, President George Bush Jr? A man with an elephant's memory does have selective memory loss at times...

Okay, I have completed my rantings... I think I shall go out later and get a coke from a 7-11, then I may adjourn to Starbucks for a frappuchino and surf the net on my Acer (isay.. Taiwanese brand) which uses an Intel core-duo processor operating Windows Vista and using my trusty wireless logitech mouse... then for dinner, I might just pop into McD for a Prosperity Burger with Coke! While having dinner, I might call up my wife (who works in an American Bank) with my Nokia (yeah.. its Finnish) running on Symbian OS... After all, CNY is around the corner.... and I shall not patronize any mamak stall that does not sell my favourite beverage! Made in Malaysia's COCA COLA!

Change is About to Come to Malaysia!

Sorry for my long long silence... firstly we have the friendly IRB team coming in for a field audit right before year end and then I have a bunch of relatives deciding to come back home from all over for holidays and then its Christmas.. and then.. its new year.. and then its all budget meetings for the new fiscal year and then school reopens! Yeah, busy is an understatement.

So many "and thens" have taken so much time and it is difficult to gather my thoughts and pen a decent article down... so I thought then that I should not write something which is half baked. (I call it procrastination). But having made my new year resolution to continue to yak about all thats gone wrong in our country.. I intend to keep to it.. at least crystallize one of my resolution and for good measure too...

Since my last post, Sime Darby has since abandoned their idea of buying a stake in IJN despite government saying that they are putting it on hold... I hope that ends the "interest" of Najib and co to sell IJN and make a tidy profit after the failed Euro-cocked up deal.

These days, I guess the focus have shifted to East Coast, Kuala Terengganu to be precise and blogger Zorro has called on the boycott of MSM. I second that any day! Reading them make me puke! So BOYCOTT! I have been boycotting MSM since long before March 8... so it makes no difference to me, but I would like to sincerely call onto others to do the same. Reading lies and enriching the people telling them is just the most horrible thing we can do as human beings. So, boycott it is! I will take some time off today to have the logo displayed.

Zorro talked about the crowd during nomination (and here) but I think Pakatan should not get too over confident and cocky right now. They have to ensure another win for Pakatan and further reduce BN's thin majority in Parliament. Maybe its the encouragement they need to have those undecided froggies to decide that its time to hop. With that in mind, I also share Harris's thoughts that Najib should not be PM. Kuala Terengganu voters should not be bluffed into thinking that the so called "rift" in Pakatan (i.e the recent spat between Manicakvasagam in PKR and Santiago in DAP) to be manipulated into a crumbling Pakatan. If there is any if you ask me, I think it is healthy that all the disagreements are discussed and debated and solutions sought unlike in the past where Umno practised the You Must Not Object unilateral decision making where they lord over the kuncu-kuncu in MCA, MIC, Gerakan, PPP etc. Instead as Haris rightly pointed out that the so called "rift" is actually democracy at work!

Kuala Terengganu could be the last nail in BN's coffin if the decision is overwhelming, it will just go to show that the tide of March 8, is not a one-off but a growing tide that will sweep the country..... eventually... I hope. It is not that I think Pakatan will be the choice of government, but, I would think that they can do no worse than BN. So, my fellow Kuala Terengganu voters, this is the time to send another message to BN. They have failed to "listen" during March 8... and they thought Permatang Pauh was a one off since it was an "Opposition Stronghold". Now, lets send a loud and clear message through the "Bastion of BN" in the Kuala Terengganu by-election that Change is about to come to Malaysia!

TOLAK BN!

IJN - To sell or not to sell...

Our DPM announced triumphantly that IJN would be sold to Sime Darby.

Trail of the news can be found here which many thought culminated when DPM announced that it would be sold...

PM says takeover only if poor taken care of. A very caring PM if you asked me but I think he left his brains somewhere. How can you sell off something and hope to influence or retain control on how they are being run?

Then Sime Darby came out with a statement that the fee structure will remain! WOW! What a Stupid statement... are you telling me that it will remain forever? Or was it a deceptive statement to cheat? HERE.

Of course another idiot and apple polisher in the form of current health minister who has been at best disgusting when the whole melamine scare hit dairy products, he needed an "advice" from ex-health minister Mr. Gigolo to tell him to accept Singapore's list to reduce the ministry's tasks as good, and at the moment, he is still unable to tell if 100 deaths from denggi is not enough to kick the butt of his ministry into action. Well, his introduction was a bit long, but this is what he said.. Govt will continue to REGULATE IJN's fees.... err... like how they regulate electricity tariff is it? Or toll concessions? Or payments to IPPs? Even the roti canai seller?

Well, the above news are all just mere whines from me. The crux of the news is here.

NO OBJECTION TO SIME DARBY STAKE IN IJN! Declares Najib.

I commented in Cikgu's blog the other day, that our dear Najib is trying to find more creative means to patch the hole caused by the failure of the EuroCOCKter deal gone sour... for now... or so it seems that the DPM is trying to exert his influence and make a pre-emptive statement ahead of the PM in this matter.

Then the mother of all spin came out...

THE CABINET DEFFERED IJN's SALE

and in a face saving spin, they depict the government as caring and sensitive in that they will have to deliberate it further.. HERE. The thing here is what is Najib trying to say? First sale, then no sale and his excuse is this...

Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said the study would focus on the interests of the rakyat, especially in guaranteeing that the Government’s social responsibilities towards the people would not be sacrificed.

The deferment, according to Najib, was made due to the negative reaction from the public following the Government’s announcement that it had agreed in principle to the takeover plan.

The statement made his sound as stupid as he looked. As if he did not conduct a comprehensive study and survey before he made the SALE statement. Ooops, I forgot, they are BN.


Now two questions:

1. Why did the DPM made the statement of sale then made a U Turn just a day after making it?
2. If the cabinet is caring and sensitive, the idea should have been dead a buried there and then? Why must it yet to be discussed?

Now, let me try to understand why the statements were made in that order. Najib is DPM and PM in waiting. He would have thought, he commanded the respect or wanted to see who in the cabinet are his YES men and who are not. Making the statement would weed out those who were not so co-operative and if he were to assume the seat next, his task of choosing his cabinet is made much easier. And while it is being deferred, it is being deferred until he assumes office in March 09. The deal will still go through come March 09. Make no mistake about it.

Scenario two takes a small twist. DPM made the statement, trumping his No.1... for want to show power, but when PM made the "caring" statement, he decided to muscle the cabinet into denying his No.2 glory for now. Can we assume that there is an acute power struggle from within? Can it be seen that DPM does not have the sort of absolute support that he seem to have as depicted by the Umno nominations for position of Presidency?

What a week!

Well, its only been about a week since I was gone from the blogging world yet... so much has happened.. and although I was away from rambling about the world and Malaysia in particular, I was never far away from a copy of newspaper or my tiny device that I use to read news... sometimes I feel that am getting old, the fonts seem "blur"... haha..

Now with some breathing space in between now and Christmas, am feeling Christmasy but sadly the events lately shows that we are far from it. Top of my mind was... guys, remember the guy? Nick Leeson? The famous one man that brought down Barings Bank with his rogue trades? What we have heard these few days probably made Leeson's folly to be a kids stuff... Bernard Madoff. I mean, how can one man command USD50billion worth of funds? Maybe his resume is impressive, but while it is understandable that gullible Malaysians will fall prey to "get rich quick" schemes, it is unthinkable for international banks to fall for the same or rather more impressive scheme helmed by the ex-boss of Nasdaq? If the financial market has not suffered enough, one man himself commanding the funds more than enough to save US automotive industry! And considering the fact that Washington is debating for weeks on a USD30+billion rescue package, we then hear of one man squandering USD50billion.

Then while all that has been happening, outgoing President Dodge Bush... dodged a pair of size 10. I bet my bottom dollar that Bush was the star dodge ball player in his days!

Closer to home, we have the MACC and JAC bills that has caused much concern to Malaysians. While I think the MACC was a commendable effort, the JAC reeks of about the same shit in different pail. The executive still holds power in appointments over the judiciary? I rest my case. Many people have talked about it and it sounds stale, so I let the others talk about it while I try bitching about other matters... let me put on my thinking cap to see what else I can bitch on and return later... for now, I just need a break, its been a rollercoaster week and my body is screaming out for a break!!!

Landslides and Tragedies... whose fault is it anyway?

My heart goes out to families whose members perished in the landslide in Bukit Antarabangsa.. anguished by the thoughts of people losing people they loved... also to those whose lives were taken by the terrorists in Mumbai and closer to home some unwarranted deaths on the roads like the one in Tangkak that claimed so many lives.

I just wonder what has the government done to avert all these disasters. Much as I was busy and too busy to write, my heart tells me that I need to write something on all these. News over the past few days really akin to rubbing salt onto the wound. While we see needless deaths due to negligent drivers and ill maintained express busses, we have the authorities telling us that the fourth passenger in the car need not buckle up. And their freaking excuse was only 5%-6% of vehicles carry the 4th passenger. They need not be issued a ticket either.

Try reading between the lines.... the laws should have been black or white... either you break the law or you did not. Right? Now, if the 4th passenger would not be issued a summon, then he/she is not breaking the law.. right? Then why must 3 flers at the back buckle up and the 4th be exempted? Now, do we have the statistics that say that rear passengers who do not buckle up had caused more deaths than the motor cyclists that carry an entire family on their two wheelers? Or deaths to motorcyclists without crash helmets? Are there any statistics to show that vehicles that zipped past traffic lights after it has longed turned red caused more deaths? Or could it be that cyclist or motor cyclist nipping in a one way traffic or riding against the flow of traffic causing more accidents on pedestrians than rear seat passenger do to the two in front? I was at best flabbergasted by the news that came out. It seems that the authorities just wanted to make some money from retrofitting some cars with rear seat belts at best in coming up with such a ruling.

Imagine you are driving... two kids in the rear seat. I think all the more these two would be "brazenly" breaking the rule. Now would the police expect:

1. The driver to be focussed on the road or
2. To be busy looking back reminding their kids to buckle up and be less focussed on the road?

Which is more important?


That aside really, coz I thought it was a big issue.. but not after I read our PM and DPM's oh so holy statement that all hillside developments be STOPPED. I was like wow... "should this not have stopped since Highland Tower tragedy? Isn't this too little too late?" Then... there was this piece of news today which compelled me to write. HERE.

Looting by the authorities and refusal to help buried victims.... and of course the police deny it. No one will know for sure... but if its coming from the victims who were there first hand... who would you believe? I would believe the authorities naturally if they had in the past held the high moral ground and proved themselves blameless and honorable but am afraid, the scars of their past does not allow me to believe them... and with statements coming from CPO Khalid, I am all the more suspicious after his statement on the detention of the candlelight vigil in PJ.

Indeed there are many things to write about... just too busy to do all that at the moment. At the top of my mind too was the Jerit folks who were arrested in Johor and their machines "torched" by arsonists... co-incidence? Arsonists working hand in hand with the police? And I am suppose to believe and trust the police? Gimme a break!