Ronaldo Remains a Devil

At least for another season. HERE.

I am not sure how I will receive or react when he pulled the famous red of Manchester this coming season on the back of his insistence of going to Real Madrid. But one thing is for sure, he will be missing from the lineup for the first 2 months of the season after undergoing an ankle surgery earlier on.

Maybe other Red Devils fans may be more forgiving but I guess, we should at least respect and support the team regardless of history as long as he is still wearing the club's jersey he should have our undivided support. Maybe its easier said than done.....

On a side note, the Olympics is about to begin and I think Malaysia has the best chance yet to win their first gold medal at the Olympics this year. Lee Chong Wei. He has the skills and the mental strength to go the distance. But with a top notch field, every game from Round 1 onwards is a final. Chong Wei represents Malaysia's best hope yet and he is sure to get my support. His path to a final destiny with Lin Dan starts with an encounter against Ronald Susilo of Singapore... long rocky route... Will write more on Olympics and the key battles that I would be watching.. :).

Syabas Pakatan Selangor!

FREE BUS SERVICE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS!

For 50 years... 50 years when BN is in power, they have done nothing to acknowledge the sacrifices and contributions of the senior citizen towards nation building. For 50 years they plundered the people while their cronies lived in huge mansions and palaces without having to pay assessment and quit rent. For 50 years they have done nothing to help the senior citizen to cope with escalating cost of living.

Today, less than 200 days after Pakatan swept into Selangor, less than 200 days after the historic 12th General Election, there is a silver lining in the grey clouds above which I hope the first rays of light will break the gloom that has enveloped the nation for 50 years. I do not expect the new government to work a miracle but all I expect is to see progress towards a more harmonious country.

The assistance to senior citizens in Selangor is to give a little relief to families and pensioners especially at our rising cost of living.

MBPJ has started a free bus service for senior citizens at particular routes.
Also, Dr Xavier Jayakumar (Exco for Caring Society) would welcome any further suggestions to improve the quality of life of senior citizens. You may forward your suggestions to his office at 5th Floor, Bangunan SSAAS, 40000 Shah Alam.

As for grants for the Senior Citizen Club - one can make an application to the ADUN as well as MBPJ. I believe the max grant for clubs and persatuan in an ADUN's area is up to RM2500.

The information as detailed below is accurate

Best regards,
Elizabeth Wong
ADUN Bukit Lanjan
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Dear All,

Senior citizen who 60 years old and above to apply their allowance only once in a life time which is at RM3,500.00.
Procedure as follow:-
1) fill in the form
2) attach a copy of your parents i/c
3) submit to S.U.K. Shah Alam (in front of IPK Polis).
4) RM500.00 will release to your parents after submission(in short time period they will get it).

Government will update records and will arrange for interview with your parents for the will that balance RM3,000.00 to which children's account after they pass away. The above application just for senior citizen whoever stay in Selangor only.

You may submit the above application to S.U.K. Shah Alam on behalf of your parents.

If you have any further inquiries, you may contact 03-55447450 to find out more details.

A step in the right direction and one of the best news that I have read today besides news that gives one a sore butt.

Anwar Charged...

Anwar was charged with having committed sodomy on Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan under section 377B of the Penal Code on June 26 between 3.01pm and 4.30pm at Unit 11-5-1 Desa Damansara Condo in Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.

Source: Malaysiakini

Secion 377B of Penal Code states, "Whoever voluntarily commits carnal intercourse against the order of nature shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be liable to whipping."

Anwar was right in asking... why don't they charge Saiful as well? Did they not find it "consensual"? Did they then consider Anwar raped him and bruise his butt?

More news on Anwar's case today.. HERE, HERE and HERE.

Just a diversion.... what constitutes carnal intercourse against the order of nature?

Another SD?

Well, luckily its not STD... but the epidemic of coming up with an SD is fast becoming a fad here in Malaysia. The latest one takes another twist in the Anwar sodomy saga.

A very concise writeup by Michelle (HERE) can be found here together with a copy of the SD which first appeared in Din Merican's blog (HERE). RPK's bit is (HERE). Zorro has already prophesy that the country will branded a PARIAH State by world community (HERE) ahead of the court case at Jalan Duta this morning where Anwar Ibrahim is due to be charged. And the DROPOUT is thankful that Anwar will be charged... after all the traffic crawl he had caused us to sit in..

If Anwar is charged today and denied bail, I am sure the nation would be further enraged. Why can an alleged murderer who blew someone up walks free while an alleged sodomizer be sent to jail? If Anwar is allowed bail then I guess things will not be so bad and it will cast the government in the fairer light? Would it? I would think so. So, I would suppose that upon charge, Anwar will at long last get to see a copy of the police report made by Saiful?

In a damning press statement by Anwar yesterday ahead of his charge today, he alleged that Abdullah and the police are hell bent on having him sent to jail for sodomy while there are columns of people in the AG chambers who are dead set against it. Will the truth come out? As Malaysians I sure pray it will, for the good of the country.

UPDATES

Anwar pleaded not guilty and no bail was required nor was he asked to surrender his passport. Judge Komathy allowed Anwar to be released on a RM20k personal bond as opposed to the prosecution's request that a RM20k bail and impounding Anwar's passport.

Well, aint that bad isnt it? Do we need to endure all the roadblocks?

%@#*!&@! Road Blocks!

Just because one fucking dropout alleged that his butt has been ravaged but yet unproven, 4 million Malaysians living in Kuala Lumpur has to endure traffic crawls in the morning because of him!

I wonder how much that would have cost the nation that is obsessed in sending one "sodomizer" to jail. And I do wonder if the charge cannot be proven, will they (the dropout and the current government) reimburse the people that has been inconvenienced by their most inconsiderate behaviour?

I have meetings postponed today! I have my staff coming in late today! I am PISSED!!

HOW MUCH HAVE BEEN SAVED?

We have to wait till end of the month to see if pump prices will be reduced... of course it will be... with crude oil dropping significantly yesterday to settle at below USD119/barrel and more importantly the Permatang Pauh by-election looming!

I am sure the government must be saving even on the 30sen/liter subsidy with today's price. Sadly we Malaysians are still paying RM2.70/liter! RM2.70 was set when crude was about USD135/barrel if I am not mistaken. Sure it went up to USD147/barrel albeit briefly but it tumbled soon after.

Yeah, met up a friend yesterday and he was moaning about the fuel price. I am sure many Malaysians who consume more than 80 liters per month would do the same. So we moan together over a cup of teh tarik... gosh.. we cant even afford a decent jug of beer! Well another feather in the cap of our ever changing lifestyles.

In all these hardships that we endure, I would like to call upon the government to reveal to us, Malaysians, how much subsidies have been saved for the past 2 months since the price of crude tumbled? Mr. PM Sir, instead of just keeping quiet and promising price reductions, tell us, as we Malaysians would want to know MORE.

HOW MUCH HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM THE 30sen SUBSIDY PER LITER SINCE THE PRICE INCREASE?

500mil? 1bil?

By the way, what are the projects for the rakyat that has been planned or underway arising from the "savings" in subsidies? Personally I have yet to see and hear of any. Can anyone clarify if any has taken place?

Why BN Must Contest Permatang Pauh

BN as the ruling party cannot afford to not contest Permatang Pauh, although the result of it is already a foregone conclusion. Well, to some doubters, they believe that many undeads will walk the lorong lorong of Permatang Pauh come polling day. But aside from the so called "Phantom" voters, many are already writing off Barisan's chances of wresting the seat from PKR. Even in PKR's darkest hour in 2004, they manage to retain the seat with a paper thin majority, what else now that with UMNO in disarray and losing their state machinery which is now held by Pakatan.

Barisan can only hope to gain a moral boosting victory. Deny Anwar a bigger majority than the last General Election where Kak Wan Azizah won by over 13,000 votes. Well with news that a vote there now cost RM1000/= they may just be able to buy some votes over. But deep down, Barisan needed this by-election to boost the coffers of the UMNO division there ahead of the general assembly as someone needs to get the precious nominations.... My son's BM tuition teacher as well as my hometown buddy told me that every returning voter from out of town can "claim" transport cost back from UMNO... so those "unclaimed" would conveniently go into the pockets of those "in charge" of the money. So he told me that it would be stupid not to claim it as someone else would benefit from it. But then again, I have no proof to substantiate all these.. so its all hearsay for now.

Barisan must contest Permatang Pauh as this is the last remaining hope for them to prove to the nation that Anwar isnt that popular after all especially if they can deny him a bigger majority. They will certainly set out to achieve just that. Whoever they field is irrelevant as he/ the candidate will just be one sorry arse that will be sacrificed for Barisan's greater good.

Whatever it is, whoever it is, Permatang Pauh will be a very "hot" place to be in over the next few weeks. Permatang Pauh is situated just next to Kulim and the old road from Kulim to Bukit Mertajam cuts through Anwar's bastion. That is one piece of sacred ground that BN will never be able to conquer. But one should try the mee ketam at a warong by the road leading up to Cherok Tok Kun hill... its simply delicious.

Petition to our King

Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku! Daulat Tuanku!

Was the title of the article asking for signatories to the petition to His Majesty the Yang Di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia on our concerns of the appointments of Chief Justice of Malaysia as well as registering our appeal to seek his Royal intervention on the matter.

Haris Ibrahim carried the article here.

One can sign the online petition here.

Do not be alarmed, your details will not be shown online as the listing of signatories has been disabled. I was signature number 1927.

The content of the petition is centred around Tan Sri Dato' Zaki who would be Chief Justice by September once our current CJ, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Mohamad retires. The concerns are real and thus we should do all within our ability to see to it that the Judiciary is further reformed and not continue its decay.

We, the rakyat, also note with concern the following of and concerning Tan Sri Dato’ Zaki :

1.Tan Sri Dato’ Zaki is the most junior judge amongst all judges of the High Courts, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court;

2.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki is the most junior amongst the 8 Federal Court judges, and his selection as President of the Court of Appeal would most unfairly have raised questions about the competence of the other 7 very much more senior judges of the Federal Court ;

3.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki has been very intimately involved in UMNO, having at one time held the position of chairman of the party’s election committee, deputy chairman of its disciplinary board of appeal and party legal adviser. It is unclear if he is still a card carrying member of UMNO or if he has ceased to be one, when he ceased to be one;

4.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki has been linked to financial scandals involving UMNO that were allegedly bailed out by the government;

5.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki has been very intimately involved in the corporate world as a major shareholder and / or director in several corporate entities, many of which were known to have business dealings with the government; and

6.Tan Sri Dato' Zaki had previously been embroiled in a personal scandal that implicated him in the destruction of documentary evidence, thus laying him open to questions of his integrity.

Fellow Malaysians... this is this little that we are asking of you. Join us.

70sen?

This grandiose plan sounds much better than the one time subsidy payment.... Can the nation sustain the subsidy for long? Anwar must have in place plans to drive the economy and not just to tide over the current inflationary pressure.

If the price were to be reduced by 70sen, that would mean we would be paying RM2.00/ liter. Top it up with the subsidy that some of us have received.... we are paying RM1.30-RM1.60sen depending on our usage! WOW! So now what? Will the bus drivers reduce their charges? Will the wan-tan mee manufacturer right down to the hawker reduce their goods? Will companies cut down on petrol allowances that they have painstakingly ammended? Then 70sen reduction doesn't really sound like a good idea after all but it would be welcomed in the short term as we would be able to cut our fuel expenditure by a couple of hundred a month... well at least for me.. :).

While Anwar convincingly argued that the reduction will not further burden or channel funds from other development into subsidies, I would be more willing to hear about those savings to be channeled into various other developments for the people. While we can argue till the cows come home that the 78sen increase have done a lot of damage to our pockets but looking at the bigger picture, many have coped decently well and that the country is not subsidizing the foreigners as much as before which is a good thing. Now, the trick is to channel all those savings back into the system for the people.

More scholarships, more universities, more hospitals and better public transportation to start with isn't a bad idea for BN. If only they do all those than to be looking for the extra million here and there to fund their grand plan of being the who's who in UMNO.

While I was away....

Was in the office yesterday morning but had to go out for the entire day and as usual back at about 10pm... but a flurry of events happened yesterday as I read through other blogs and newsportals. Some gives me hope while others make me wonder if there is ever hope.

Top on the list is the speed that the government move at announcing fuel prices... While it is a admirable from a day earlier that they say an announcement by the PM is fortcoming in weeks... it merely took him ONE DAY to announce the float of fuel price. But I wonder if he "took" my advise.. hehehe... In my earlier article I asked whats so difficult in my earlier post.. here.

Then a flurry of news on the man that BN claimed is irrelevant. I really wonder if he is so irrelevant why would they be so worried about sending a big one head on to meet him in Permatang Pauh? UMNO's argument of not putting Ezam in there was based on their "tradition" of not fielding a parachute candidate.... hmm... case in point? Tasek Gelugor? But they will surely use Ezam greatly to negate Anwar by "spilling the beans". Well, whatever it is, it will be a very intense battle with tonnes of mud slinging.

Next up, the popularity contest! Our PM's popularity has dipped from historic high of 91%!! Makes me wonder really if his Mr. Clean image really caught the imagination of Malaysians back in 2004 that almost 100%... I was like.. WOW... today he hits all time low of 42%! I wonder if these popularity contest holds true... well.. maybe... look at it this way, despite all the horrendous things that happen over the last 4 years... nearly half of the people thinks its OK for him to do all that.... But I guess most people's fear would be more of No.2 going to the top. I do not think a man that raise the keris and wanting to bathe chinese blood with it deserves to be PM more so now with the C4 matter hanging over his head.

Sigh... anyway, we go into the weekend praying hard that it would be a good weekend, peaceful and restful I hope.