Weather in Kuching lately

This sort of skies are normal in Kuching lately...raining REALLY heavily....see the colour contrast between the clear and the 'clogged' skies?

A Night before finals...

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My messy desk, packed with papers and books and lotsa stuffs...related or not related...all here..hahaz...messy messy desk...will be havin my first final paper tomorrow...and stil here postin pics? hahaz...

NEW THEFT TECHNIQUE IN MSIA

New theft technique in M'sia
Just received this latest theft technique used by robbers. It seems feasible so take heed. Warning for all the ladies out there; and men please inform your significant other. (And, hey, it could happen to the> guys!)

The Latest Scam: Robbing Females using the restroom/"ladies"/bathroom at a Shopping Mall... ...
The way the scam works is, a man slips into a women's rest room and sneaks into a unit. He waits until there is only one woman in the restroom in a neighboring unit/stall. The criminal then stands on the toilet seat and points a hand gun into the next unit/stall, demanding
the woman's valuables.

After getting her cash and jewellery, he demands that she > remove all of her clothing and kick them out of the unit/stall. The thief tosses the clothing into a shopping bag, hangs an "out of order sign" on the restroom door outside, and slips back into the mall. The "out of order sign" ensures no one will soon come to the woman's rescue. It usually takes an hour or two for the woman to work up the nerve to leave the rest room in the nude, giving the criminal ample time to make his get away. The woman is left naked humiliated in a mall full of strangers.
The best defense, say police, is to never go into a shopping mall restroom alone, as only women who are by themselves are targeted. PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. This has so far been a nearly perfect crime, as none of the perpetrators have been caught. Don't let this happen to another woman.

THIS IS MALAYSIA nowadays... People are gettting more creative in commiting crimes....even innovative...but I dont see anyway they are using their brains for advancements...Is this the downfall of Malaysians?

Chasing and Yet wasting time...

Does that topic sounds real funny? chasing and yet wasting time here...Tats ME! exams is on Monday...just 2 days ahead...and i am chasing time to finish my revision....but i just cant cramp everything in within a short period of time..and so...here i am, wasting time facing the computer again....well...the sem is gonna end after 28 Nov...and its a day called...what have i done? its time of reflection soon when results are released...till then..

The Blue Marble....

Credit NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Image by Reto Stöckli (land surface, shallow water, clouds). Enhancements by Robert Simmon (ocean color, compositing, 3D globes, animation). Data and technical support: MODIS Land Group; MODIS Science Data Support Team; MODIS Atmosphere Group; MODIS Ocean Group Additional data: USGS EROS Data Center (topography); USGS Terrestrial Remote Sensing Flagstaff Field Center (Antarctica); Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (city lights).

This spectacular “blue marble” image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet. These images are freely available to educators, scientists, museums, and the public. This record includes preview images and links to full resolution versions up to 21,600 pixels across.
Much of the information contained in this image came from a single remote-sensing device-NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS. Flying over 700 km above the Earth onboard the Terra satellite, MODIS provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric features of the Earth. The land and coastal ocean portions of these images are based on surface observations collected from June through September 2001 and combined, or composited, every eight days to compensate for clouds that might block the sensor’s view of the surface on any single day. Two different types of ocean data were used in these images: shallow water true color data, and global ocean color (or chlorophyll) data. Topographic shading is based on the GTOPO 30 elevation dataset compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey’s EROS Data Center. MODIS observations of polar sea ice were combined with observations of Antarctica made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s AVHRR sensor—the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. The cloud image is a composite of two days of imagery collected in visible light wavelengths and a third day of thermal infra-red imagery over the poles. Global city lights, derived from 9 months of observations from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, are superimposed on a darkened land surface map.

Beautiful Earth

How long is this face of earth is going to last? With the air and skies so clear...

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Zainuddin at Al-Jazeera

Try and listen to this clip and see how a Malaysian Minister is speaking...Its really like 'kampung style' of speaking...Kinda Rap too...where is the prestige? hell...Democratic country where Protest is illegal? Sprayed with chemical water somemore?? Hell...

Double Standard within a Nation??

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is re-looking the principle behind the fuel subsidy to ensure the rich pay their share while the poor are not affected.
Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein said a task force had been set up under the Finance Ministry to study the proposed new system and would focus on the subsidy allotment.

A sticky situation: As oil prices surge, the Government is finding it harder to continue subsidising prices. The Finance Ministry is now drawing up plans to make the rich pay more for other automobile-related items and use that money to keep fuel prices down.A Government source said that under the present system the rich paid the same as the poor and this was unfair and regressive.
It is learnt that the task force is looking into the mechanisms that are needed to make the system more progressive.
“This may mean that the present subsidy level is maintained but the rich could be taxed in other ways,” said the source.
Among the mechanisms being looked into is increasing road tax – the owner of a luxury high-powered vehicle could be made to pay a much higher road tax, thus off-setting the subsidy they receive.
“Taxation is progressive because you pay according to how much you earn. Even the electricity tariffs are progressive because the more you use, the more you pay,
“The principle behind the fuel subsidy should also be the same – the poor should enjoy the most and not the rich,” said the source.
On Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced that the Government was reviewing the subsidy because it was costing the Government too much, especially with the rising crude oil prices internationally (see chart).

In the United States, the price of petrol changes according to market conditions, whereas in Malaysia the price of petrol is fixed for the consumer due to government subsidies. — AP“We cannot afford to go on this way. What we are doing is like being suicide bombers. Killing ourselves like this is stupid,” Abdullah said in his winding-up speech at the close of the Umno general assembly on Friday.
Umno deputy youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, who first broached the subject when debating the economic resolution, said the subsidy must reach only the people who most needed it and to do it the present way was a misallocation of funds.
M&A Securities head of research Wee Kim Hong said it would be a balancing act for the Government to come up with a mechanism that works.
“If the Government wants to tax the rich through other means like road tax and not do away with the subsidy, then one must find a level where the rich are willing to pay and not resort to smuggled products.
“If the Government wants to create a two-tier subsidy system, then there will be an implementation problem,” he said, adding that fuel price increase was inflationary as it affects the cost of most other consumer products.
Wee said that whatever mechanism the Government chooses, it should have the consumer in mind.
Mydin Mohamed Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin went a step further and suggested getting rid of all subsidies.
“There is no doubt that we have to subsidise certain sectors, but how it is done has to be thought out carefully. Right now there is a lot of wastage, especially in the form of diesel subsidies,” he added.
Ameer believes that petrol subsidies could and should be removed but done so gradually over two years.
“Frankly, there should not be a subsidy for petrol, because there is already an automatic mechanism (of apportioning costs). If you use more of it, you can afford more – it’s already there,” he said.
He lauded the announcement made by the prime minister, which shows that the Government is not fearful of doing this with elections just around the corner.
“It is better to act sooner rather than later. This shows they are serious and are thinking over the long term,” Ameer said.
Federation of Malaysian Consumers Association secretary-general Muhammad Shaani Abdullah, who supports the move to do away with the subsidy, said the money spent on subsidy should be used to beef up the public transportation system, as people would naturally resort to it when fuel price rises.
“Instead of giving the subsidy, the Government should use the subsidy to provide better healthcare, education and increase the wages of the poor people by setting a minimum wage standard,” he said.
The Petroleum Dealers Association of Malaysia president Datuk Zulkifli Mokti warned that whatever mechanism implemented should close loopholes to prevent cheats.
“How do you stop the lower-tier beneficiaries selling to those in the higher tier? Because of the subsidised prices, people living along the borders are coming to Malaysia to buy the fuel here,” Zulkifli added.


My COmments!@
Double standard in one nation? Arent we tax for how much we earn? Unless some morons can evade tax and say it loud "I no need to pay tax!!".. thus, the rich pay more tax, which is contributing more money, hence receiving his share of subsidy in fuel more; whereas the poor, pays less tax and receives less fuel subsidy. Isnt that fair? Practicing DOUBLE standard in a nation!..that's really a uneducated way of thinking, and that is really UNFAIR!..

The next question here is, how are u gonna differentiate the rich and the poor at petrol stations, where consumers get their petrol? Are the rich labelled "I am RICH" on the head? Classify their vehicle type and class? Luxury cars pays more for fuel? Stupid! thats really stupid!..richs can buy more PROTONS, up to an unimaginable amount, hire many drivers and line it up at stations...or even use the highest class of "poor people's car" and use that car all the time, enjoy low prices and remain RICH...

Cant stand fuel subsidy? "What we are doing is like being suicide bombers. Killing ourselves like this is stupid" - Badawi... One very GOOD question here, isnt the government earning more as the world fuel price increase? this should be in turn used to subsidy our own fuel consumption...since our fuel here is of higher grade and can sell at a better price than what we are currently using our ownselves. Where does all the money goes? Ask those who gives this statement...Gives this "GOOD" idea to practice double standard within a nation...

Something that really makes me furious here..Who are the ones using luxury or even SUPER LUXURY cars? with big roaring engines up to 5000-6000 cc? WHO?? ALL those MINISTERS, chauffered in BMW 7 Series, Mercedes S-Class, Jaguar, Land Cruiser Lexus V8, government departments vehicles, Customs and Excise Vehicles, "QSG" vehicles with big roaring engines!.. who? U tell me who are owining or even using luxury vehicles? Do they need that? and the point here, We are all told to LOVE our nation by BUYING LOCAL GOODS!.... Is PROTON LOCAL GOODS? or is it RUBBISH? Ask the people to invest in local goods, full of problems..and their own servants are enjoying SUPER LUXURY cars! Consuming the most fuel of all..and yet the Prime Minister is saying that subsidising is like suicide bombing? Its like he is supplying the bombs, asking his servants to BLOW UP the nation, and tell the world that his people are suicide bombers, destroying the nation...Is that LOGIC? Want to reduce subsidy, PULL BACK all your LUXURY vehicles and ask them all to LOVE THEIR NATION, USE PROTON LA!!!

LAND CRUISER V8 = 4800 CC, V8 engine
BMW 745Li = 4400cc for V8, 6000cc for V12 engine
Proton Perdana = 2000cc V6
Waja = 1600 cc, 4 cyl in-line engine

Now tell me, who is consuming the most? one engine on those first 2 on the list, is equals to 2 engines on the later 2.... Think urself.. Who should pay more? Its okie for those who really need to be chauffered in those cars to have it...but having so much? is it necessary? do we really have to show that we are rich? if we cant even stand the fuel price we are paying?

Our National Automotive Policy - promotes ppl, lure ppl to buy Protons, buying new cars, by giving low interest rates on new cars, high rates on used cars..is destroying us..!! this is the thing that is really destroying us! What for luring people to get so many cars? what is the public transport for? though its not properly planned, and in some places, its totally like shit!..
Simple theory:
More Cars = More Engines = More fuel consumption = more Subsiby Needed = SUICIDE BOMBER according to the PM..

So? how? Ask me? I think the government should clean up this mess they created... Ask their servants to use proton, to show their own commitment and to reduce fuel usage, impose more tax on vehicles with big engines while bring in hybrids, let PROTON ROT...it will, if always protected, it will either learn its lesson, progress well with others, or ROT and disapppear from the surface of the earth...Hybrids will reduce ur fuel subsidy dramatically if everyone uses it, made possible by no tax and even subsidy.. Last, by implementing double standard, U ARE BLASTING UP THE NATION....by creating a very subjective part whereby how the RICH are identified...more fraud will be committed..!

Global warming, melting polar ice caps and its impact on these Polar bears...

See how lovely and unique these polar bears are? we all have the right to live on in this world. These polar bears basically lives on top of frozen ice shelves...though they know how to swim, but they need the ice too....drowning polar bears is an commonly heard issue lately as the polar ice caps melts happens at an increasingly fast pace, beyond what scientist's model predicts...well, why it melts? it all comes back to global warming...and mankind is the main cause of it.....

these lovely and innocent creatures will face its extinction when the day comes when the whole ice sheet at the artic is melted off....due to drownage...in the vast expand of sea water....well, maybe its because i am caught by the video in 'An Inconvenient truth' by Al Gore, where there is a footage on these bears...it might looks funny...but that is the fact that is happening...

Recent issue of Time magazine shows that ships may pass through the Artic sea, which is currently frozen with ice even during spring by 2030 if the melting continue as current speed...what will happen then? though it cut short journeys, it rises ocean levels, floods will be more rampant and low lying nations such as the Bandgladesh and Holland will be submerged...Yet, the race for natural resources is still happening there..and the newest place, when these ice sheets melts, they found new sources of natural gas and are start pumping them, at the new plant, in Alaska...imagine a burning gas tower in the middle of vast ice?? is this ridiculous? as we are all in the midst of extreme climate changes, rising ocean levels, new diseases...all which comes, results from global warming....and yet they are exploring new oil fields? waging more war in the Middle east?

If this continue and we don play our part, in help reducing global warming, by reducing carbon emission, these wonderful polar bears will only be seen in museums, and also in the list of extinct animals, all caused by human, mankind!

Talking on the phone while driving...An expensive lesson..

Hell, what a miserable day was for me yesterday...out of nowhere, I had to pay 'summons' to officers after being caught talking on the phone by 'mobile toll stations', that are always on patrol on the road.

Driving along Pending road, with the phone stuck to my ears, I was busy talking away, unaware that there is a patrol car behind me...out of no where, the car then repositioned it to my side, giving its driver and passenger a clear view of what I am doing..! talking away on the phone! He horned me, and i saw him..My first reaction, 'oh shit, i call you back later, caught by the cops!' die liaw this time, gonna waste money again...

now since its in the middle of the roundabout, i tried to jus pretend to put down the phone, assuming that they are just warning me...and i drove away from him...who the hell knows! he tailed me...tail gated me somemore! god damm...i was looking at them on the rear mirror...trying to get them furious! hahaz..i managed to...after tail gating for quite a distance, pretending to be a 'soh lou' don know that he asked me to stop, he stepped hard on the accelerator, overtook me and ask me to stop..!! hahaz...looking at his angry face, i wanna laugh...so i follow his back and stopped at the road side...

next part of the story, usual case,

cops: minta lesen...

me: nah,

cops: pergi mana ini? janganlah cakap telefon semasa memandu, lebih lebih kat roundabout, bahaya itu...

he was then writing on his summon book...one whole stack of loose paper i can see...hahaz...there comes another cop from the car...this one looks fatter, well fed i guess..hahaz..

2nd cop: pergi mana ini? mana boleh cakap telefon semasa memandu?...

calvin: sorry tuan, saya on the way pergi sekolah ini....ada hal emergency tadi...

2nd cop: sekolah mana??

calvin: swinburne...

2nd cop: oh swinburne....simpang tiga sana kan?apa macam sekarang ini?

hahaz...i wont write the next part of the story...i guess u all knows what happens next....the thing that gets me real mad is thati had no small change!! God damm....ask them got change ar? they say where got change business? big mouth loan sharks! governed by government guns!..hell, pay em, which is less, or pay the summon...which is much more...200 for talking on the phone...this is always the catch that put people in dilemma...! shit!...

Moral lesson, if you want to talk on the phone while driving, use the speaker or hands free, cause roads nowadays are roamed with toll stations! you never know when will one crop up from behind of you and catch yea!...BEWARE!!

Malaysian political leadership...Is this what we want?? Are you aware? Wake up!! Know what's happening..

A Prime Minister who does not even know what is a judiciary system and what his Law Minister is talking about and what is going on in the country????
The royal families are now more educated and advising the Prime minister and his whole cabinet.
What a joke????


Subject: Re: Malaysian political leadership by example
A different fear factor in this case.
Malaysia's rulers vs Abdullah: Who's the winner?
Now that it has become public, the question before 25 million Malaysians is:
Who is likely to prevail in a confrontation between Malaysia 's Prime
Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the 13-state Southeast Asian federation's
nine hereditary rulers over the constitutional role of the king.
(See In Malaysia, the king asserts his power)King Mirzan Zainal Abidin, 45,
the 13th Yang di Pertuan Agong or supreme ruler, says his role isn't purely
ceremonial. Abdullah, however, says the king has no right to meddle in his
administration.

Last night Raja Nazrin Shah, the crown prince of northern Perak state, told
his audience at a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur , the national capital,
that Abdullah is wrong. He says that, under the constitution, the monarch
acts as a "healthy check and balance" of Abdullah's administration which has
been undermined by wasteful spending of public funds on mega projects,
rising corruption and lawlessness.

Such talk is worrying Abdullah; particularly when Nazrin says the
constitution allows the rulers to be " the guardian of the just rule of law,
an impartial arbiter in the democratic process and an overseer over the
pillars of state."Analysts say the rulers are not suggesting that they have
the power to remove Abdullah from office. That would be a coup d'état.

But rather, as Nazrin says, the rulers, who are above partisan politics, are
to act like judges to ensure fairness in resolving conflicts in governing
the country. The Malay rulers see themselves as the guardian of the welfare
of Malaysians.

The 50-year-old Nazrin is seen as the de facto spokesman of the rulers whose
office dictates that they refrain from articulating their personal views in
public. Nazrin, who graduated from Oxford and Harvard, has been vocal on
Malaysian constitutional, social and economic affairs. He is the eldest son
of former king Sultan Raja Azlan Shah, 79, a constitutional law expert who
was also the Lord President of the Federal Court.

Four years into his first term as prime minister, Abdullah's popularity has
nose-dived after winning an overwhelming mandate in the 2004 general
election. He has broken his electoral promise to crack down on corruption
and to bring reforms to his nation. Instead, allegations of corruption and
abuse of governmental powers have risen.
His 'Mr Clean' image is tarnished by the purchase of a luxury jet that costs
$50 million and a spate of financial scandals involving projects whose costs
have gotten out of hand. Analysts say he is now perceived as a weak and
indecisive leader who has lost control of his government allowing conflicts
in the judiciary and rivalry among law enforcement officers that look like a
mafia family feud. A spate of gangland slayings and a high profile murder
case have added to Abdullah's woes. And the rulers feel, constitutionally,
they have the powers to make Abdullah correct his mistakes.Things came to a
head over disagreement between Abdullah and the rulers over top judicial
appointments.

Under Malaysia 's complex system of appointing judges, the king must give
his consent after the prime minister has consulted the rulers of his choice.
The king had refused Abdullah's nominee following accusations that Chief
Justice Ahmad Fairuz was promoting lesser and errant judges to high benches.

The adamant Chief Justice told Abdullah to tell the rulers that the king
must do his bidding. A seven-month stalemate ensued over the appointment of
the Chief Judge of Malaya which was resolved only last week when Abdullah
finally yielded to the king. Now, the rulers want Abdullah to reform the
judiciary which has been disgraced by allegations of impropriety of judges
since the judiciary lost its autonomy after former premier Mahathir Mohamed
sacked Salleh Abas, the Lord President of the Supreme Court, in 1988. One
man who would want Abdullah to restore independence to the judiciary is
Sultan Azlan Shah. He has hinted so much in many of his writings.

But will Abdullah do it?
http://broadsidemalaysia.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/malaysias-rulers-vs-abdullah-whos-the-winner/#more-41
http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/index.php?itemid=7846
Article 150 of the Constitution
Article 150 of the Constitution provides that:
150. Proclamation of Emergency
(1) If the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that a grave emergency exists
whereby the security, or the economic life, or public order in the
Federation or any part thereof is threatened, he may issue a Proclamation of
Emergency making therein a declaration to that effect.

(2) A Proclamation of Emergency under Clause (1) may be issued before the
actual occurrence of the event which threatens the security, or the economic
life, or public order in the Federation or any part thereof if the Yang
di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that there is imminent danger of the
occurrence of such event.

(2a) The power conferred on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by this Article shall
include the power to issue different Proclamations on different grounds or
in different circumstances, whether or not there is a Proclamation or
Proclamations already issued by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under Clause (1)
and such Proclamation or Proclamations are in operation.

(2b) If at any time while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation,
except when both Houses of Parliament are sitting concurrently, the Yang
di-Pertuan Agong is satisfied that certain circumstances exist which render
it necessary for him to take immediate action, he may promulgate such
ordinances as circumstances appear to him to require.

(2c) An ordinance promulgated under Clause (2b) shall have the same force
and effect as an Act of Parliament, and shall continue in full force and
effect as if it is an Act of Parliament until it is revoked or annulled
under Clause (3) or until it lapses under Clause (7); and the power of the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong to promulgate ordinances under Clause (2b) may be
exercised in relation to any matter with respect to which Parliament has
power to make laws, regardless of the legislative or other procedures
required to be followed, or the proportion of the total votes required to be
had, in either House of Parliament.

(3) A Proclamation of Emergency and any ordinance promulgated under Clause
(2b) shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament and, if not sooner
revoked, shall cease to have effect if resolutions are passed by both Houses
annulling such Proclamation or ordinance, but without prejudice to anything
previously done by virtue thereof or to the power of the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong to issue a new Proclamation under Clause (1) or promulgate any
ordinance under Clause (2b).

(4) While a Proclamation of Emergency is in force the executive authority of
the Federation shall, notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, extend
to any matter within the legislative authority of a State and to the giving
of directions to the Government of a State or to any officer of authority
thereof.

(5) Subject to Clause (6a), while a Proclamation of Emergency is in force,
Parliament may, notwithstanding anything in this Constitution make laws with
respect to any matter, if it appears to Parliament that the law is required
by reason of the emergency; and Article 79 shall not apply to a Bill for
such a law or an amendment to such a Bill, nor shall any provision of this
Constitution or of any written law which requires any consent or concurrence
to the passing of a law or any consultation with respect thereto, or which
restricts the coming into force of a law after it is passed or the
presentation of a Bill to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his assent.

(6) Subject to Clause (6a), no provision of any ordinance promulgated under
this Article, and no provision of any Act of Parliament which is passed
while a Proclamation of Emergency is in force and which declares that the
law appears to Parliament to be required by reason of the emergency, shall
be invalid on the ground of inconsistency with any provision of this
Constitution.

(6a) Clause (5) shall not extend the powers of Parliament with respect to
any matter of Islamic law or the custom of the Malays, or with respect to
any matter of native law or customs in the State of Sabah or Sarawak; nor
shall Clause (6) validate any provision inconsistent with the provisions of
this Constitution relating to any such matter or relating to religion,
citizenship, or language.

(7) At the expiration of a period of six months beginning with the date on
which a Proclamation of Emergency ceases to be in force, any ordinance
promulgated in pursuance of the Proclamation and, to the extent that it
could not have been validly made but for this Article, any law made while
the Proclamation was in force, shall cease to have effect, except as to
things done or omitted to be done before the expiration of that period.

(8) Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution:
(a) the satisfaction of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong mentioned in Clause (1)
and Clause (2b) shall be final and conclusive and shall not be challenged or
called in question in any court on any ground; and (b) no court shall have
jurisdiction to entertain or determine any application, question or
proceeding, in whatever form, on any ground, regarding the validity of
(i) a Proclamation under Clause (1) or of a declaration made in such
Proclamation to the effect stated in Clause (1); (ii) the continued
operation of such Proclamation; (iii) any ordinance promulgated under Clause
(2b); or (iv) the continuation in force of any such ordinance.

(9) For the purpose of this Article the Houses of Parliament shall be regarded as sitting only if the members of each House are respectively assembled together and carrying out the business of the House."


Dr M: Umno has become completely paralysed
By Andrew Ong


As Umno musters its forces against the emergence of bloggers, the party's
former president Dr Mahathir Mohamad is urging online dissidents to keep up
the pressure on the government.


At a special meeting with bloggers today, Mahathir described bloggers as the
"only hope" left to speak out on problems in the country. "Umno has become
completely paralysed. It cannot do anything (to correct itself). The only
hope left is with the bloggers ," said Mahathir during a two-and-a-half hour
speech to some 100 bloggers at the Perdana Leadership Foundation
headquarters in Putrajaya.


Mahathir was speaking on the perceived intolerance of Umno's leadership
towards criticism on allegations of corruption, cronyism and nepotism. He
has been over the past two years attacking number of party leaders, in
particular his handpicked successor, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
and his powerful son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, who is Umno Youth deputy
chief.


Up until now, Mahathir had only been expressing tacit support for online
dissidents, although he had once dubbed malaysiakini as "traitors to the
country" when he was in power. 'Be brave' Of late, many Umno leaders have
been on an unprecedented warpath against bloggers who criticise the
government and its policies. Mahathir also referred to the eight-hour
marathon police interrogation of political website owner Raja Petra
Kamarudin as an example of how the authorities can intimidate bloggers.

"You have to gather force. You have to talk to people. Even if you are
arrested, you go and talk... If you have only one person doing that, it's
not good enough.

"If you want to do something that is positive, you have to get everybody, as
much as possible, and do it openly and say it loud and clear," said Mahathir
who was met with loud applause from the floor. Citing a recent lecture in a
local university, Mahathir expressed disappointment with students who blamed
the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) as the reason for not
speaking out on issues. "There are ways to get around the rules and
regulations. If you want, if you love your country, you would take the
risk," he added.

Write prudently. However, Mahathir advised bloggers to be careful in their
writings and avoid courting negative publicity. "There are bloggers who use
words that are dirty, obscene, personal attacks, monkey, monyet... people
would react by saying 'so those are bloggers? Useless people! Read the
mainstream media.


The (New) Straits Times tells you the truth,'" said Mahathir with his usual
sarcasm. On the upcoming general election, Mahathir claimed that there would
be widespread vote buying due to the precedence set in the recent Selangor's
Ijok and Pahang's Batu Talam by-elections. "It is for certain that in the
coming general election, a lot of money would be spent in vote buying... if
the ruling parties do this, we would be governed by a government that is
outrightly involved in corruption," he said. "For RM200, people are willing
to sell their votes. They are not just selling their votes. Dia jual
maaruahnya (he is selling his dignity)."




> It just reflects how 'well' the political situation is in this country and
> the mentality of our people who kept on voting these people ...
>
> Please read the interviewed on Nazri, the de facto law minister on the
> recent Sunday Times, it just showed how arrogant this guy is ...

DEMOLITION OF SRI MAHA MARIAMMAN TEMPLE AND

MCCBCHST (Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism) grieves together with the residents of Kampung Rimba Jaya who tragically lost up to 200 of their homes and their 100-year old Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Rimba Jaya / Kampung Karuppiah, Shah Alam, just days before they could celebrate Deepavali, the Festival of Lights.

The fact that this huge loss is not caused by earthquake, tsunami or any other natural catastrophe but by governmental agencies has compounded the people's misery and shock many times over.

MCCBCHST assures the Hindu community and the Malaysian Hindu Sangam that we hear your cries for justice and the answers from the local, state and national authorities. We express our solidarity with the Hindu community at this tragedy.

MCCBCHST regrets that after so many years of respectful meetings with successive MB's and PM's and countless number of memoranda respectfully written and submitted to them, the authorities have seemingly turned a deaf ear to us and our respective religious communities are still subjected to such insensitive and intolerant treatment.

We reiterate that the places of worship of any religious community – Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Taoist or others – are sacred places. A proper protocol must be strictly followed in any action being taken in relation to them. The manner in which the authorities have acted in this and other similar cases sends a signal to others to do likewise.

The reported physical assault by the enforcement officers on Chief Priest Siva Sri Ramalingga Gurukal if true is deplorable and unconscionable. From reports, it appears he was not armed and did not pose a danger nor a threat to the wellbeing of others. How can such an action be justified? Only days before, MCCBCHST issued a statement on Violence against Buddhist Monks in Myanmar. Have we come to this in Malaysia?

MCCBCHST calls on YAB Prime Minister and his officers to take careful stock of the incidents at Kampung Rimba Jaya. The nation awaits a comprehensive report on this incident. A 100-year old Temple has been demolished and 200 homes have been levelled just days before a major religious festival. To add salt to the wound, the Chief Priest has reportedly been physically assaulted. Is this the path the country should be taking?

FOR MCCBCHST,


Bishop Dr Paul Tan Chee Ing, SJ
Deputy President

Myanmar in Malaysia? This is only one of the published cases...There are many more cases which remained unpublished, either covered up or publishers being denied on publishing or else lose publishing rights. Is this a multi nation country? or does it just belongs to some particular race...think and u will know..if this is to continue, 13th May incident will repeat itself and leave another black mark in the nation's history..

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Boring boring Sunday!!!

My weekend? Quite an dull weekend for me this week, study week I should name it..Places i went are library and also badminton. Ask me? thats all...What on earth is happening?Keep on studying? TIll i cant find the mood to continue on on a Sunday night..Want to sleep also stil very very early...sleep by 8pm? That would be a joke..

Well, lotsa things came through my head these days...What is my future going to be?its really really very blur now..i cant get hold of anything to make me sure of what i am going to work as, or what am i gonna do...i jus cant live with the thinking of 'finish study then see' kinda thinking.. wondering, keep on wondering..I know i am living a emperor's life now, with i having everything i ever wanted..its really like want wind, got wind, want water got water..

Its not that i dono how to appreciate...but the question is, how long this kinda life is gonna last? this is the question i keep on asking myself...maybe is because i am really KIASI...fear to fail myself...this kind of attitude just cant make me the happy go lucky type of person...ppl say 'study hard and your future will be bright'.. how true is that? ever heard of degree holders have no jobs? and what kinda job i want to do? tats a very big question mark until now...

i jus dono why am i bothered with such things....sienz...should be studyin..i am..but whenever i am free, this kinda things comes through my head...I admit that sometimes i do waste time, i guess everyone does...doin things that are non-benificial to me at all...ish..process of life? i dono..are we supposed to go thru all these stages in life?

well, jus a nonsense crap here since i have nothing to do, no mood to study, too early to sleep on a Sunday night..to all my friends having exams, good luck, all the best and God Bless you ALL!!

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