Just want to share with those who has not seen this MV by Andy Lau, which was filmed for the upcoming Paralymics 2008. It was nicely done, very touching.
Thanks Kitty for forwarding this to me.
The Making of Everyone is No 1 MV:
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
The VKC Led Propaganda
Last Friday, our local boot-licking columnist, V. K. Chin, decided that more propaganda is needed to please his political masters. The HINDRAF rally is yet again his focus for storytelling and it's a tale that is convincingly misleading (can this two words go together?). Perhaps he's hoping that one day he will land on the Minister of Misinformation job if he's seen as the most prominent boot-licker of his time.
When talking about spin-doctors, the Malaysian government surely has a lot of volunteers. But government boot-licker far outnumber these spin-doctors. At least we know spin-doctors are politically motivated, perhaps even understandable for the government to have such people. But for boot-licker...let's just say it irritates me to no end.
Okay...back to this wonderful tale, which I think the writer should be praised for the effort - must certainly have put in a lot of hard work on it seeing how far it now resembles from reality. Not to belittle his effort, I think that Mr. Chin should reassess his analysis on which group is actually manipulating Malaysian when he said the following:
So, let me summarize what Mr. Chin is trying to say - he thinks and believes, without a doubt, that all 30,000 of his fellow Malaysians are dumb and don't really know how to think for themselves. If not why else would he make comments such as these?
At least the rally - regardless of it being held without the ever-elusive permit - managed to raised the amount of attention and awareness needed by the community. It really boggles the mind that the government were not aware of the problems faced by the rakyat. Or perhaps our government knew, but just didn't care enough to do much. That says a lot about MIC's performance in its supposed role in championing the "Indian needs" in the country - bad, very bad.
All that V. K. Chin knows how to do is tow the line - even if it meant issues are swept under the carpet. To him, adhering to proper channels are more important than raising awareness. He cares nothing about what happens to the community, but he certainly feel irked when people started rocking the boat. How dare they! And to stop this uncalled for "rocking of the boat", he will continue to condemn - however untruthfully - the very people who has managed to pushed the government into making the changes, which we are now seeing the government scrambling to put in place before the coming election.
Perhaps the writer should stand in the coming election under BN instead of pretending to be a journalist.
When talking about spin-doctors, the Malaysian government surely has a lot of volunteers. But government boot-licker far outnumber these spin-doctors. At least we know spin-doctors are politically motivated, perhaps even understandable for the government to have such people. But for boot-licker...let's just say it irritates me to no end.
Okay...back to this wonderful tale, which I think the writer should be praised for the effort - must certainly have put in a lot of hard work on it seeing how far it now resembles from reality. Not to belittle his effort, I think that Mr. Chin should reassess his analysis on which group is actually manipulating Malaysian when he said the following:
Their pro-active stance is to counter the negativity generated by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), which was responsible for several illegal demonstrations in the Klang Valley recently.And the writer continued to say, quite adamantly I must add, that these people - all 30,000 of them were duped into a making a protest. Duped into making a protest out of nothing apparently. Duped into thinking that the government has marginalized them with their racist policies. Duped into thinking that those Hindu temples that were bulldozed over were mere illusions conjured up by some minority group. Duped into thinking that they are all stupid. Well, actually it's just that the writer believe these people who got "duped" are stupid people. For how else would Mr. Chin justify that a person can be duped on so many things?
Unless the majority stands up and be counted, the constructive contributions of other NGOs could be negated and the Indian agenda would then be manipulated by a very small noisy group prepared to break the law to achieve their objective.
So, let me summarize what Mr. Chin is trying to say - he thinks and believes, without a doubt, that all 30,000 of his fellow Malaysians are dumb and don't really know how to think for themselves. If not why else would he make comments such as these?
"Those responsible for such unlicensed gatherings are good at using the gullible to support them by making all sorts of promises, financial or otherwise, they can never hope to keep.Putting the talk of tales aside, the HINDRAF rally was a huge success if we look at how the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) President is now saying that he'll reform his party; that a council will be formed to address so-called "Indian problems" (they are Malaysian problems by the way); and that there will be more help for the Indian community in the future, e.g. in raising the level of education.
"In response to such temptations, some of them had been misled into participating in illegal gatherings and processions, resulting in their arrest.
"The dropping of the attempted murder charge is sensible since many of them were duped into committing the offence because they were being made use of.
At least the rally - regardless of it being held without the ever-elusive permit - managed to raised the amount of attention and awareness needed by the community. It really boggles the mind that the government were not aware of the problems faced by the rakyat. Or perhaps our government knew, but just didn't care enough to do much. That says a lot about MIC's performance in its supposed role in championing the "Indian needs" in the country - bad, very bad.
All that V. K. Chin knows how to do is tow the line - even if it meant issues are swept under the carpet. To him, adhering to proper channels are more important than raising awareness. He cares nothing about what happens to the community, but he certainly feel irked when people started rocking the boat. How dare they! And to stop this uncalled for "rocking of the boat", he will continue to condemn - however untruthfully - the very people who has managed to pushed the government into making the changes, which we are now seeing the government scrambling to put in place before the coming election.
Perhaps the writer should stand in the coming election under BN instead of pretending to be a journalist.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Teaching Mother Tongue
A friend forwarded the following YouTube to me just now and I felt that it's darn funny. So I just want to share it. Some people might find it offensive because it's a talk about foul language - and how to use it correctly. It's being presented in a very "polite" manner. Haha...it's almost ridiculous to think that foul language can be presented in a polite way. I must say that it was that and was also witty and partially educative ;p
However, the clip is in Cantonese since it's on Cantonese foul words. For those who understands Cantonese - at least the foul words part - hope you find it as funny as I did. Have a good weekend ahead!
However, the clip is in Cantonese since it's on Cantonese foul words. For those who understands Cantonese - at least the foul words part - hope you find it as funny as I did. Have a good weekend ahead!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
What Is Religion To A Deceased?
Looks like there is to be yet another case on fighting over the body of a deceased - only a few days past the 1st of January mark.
In this piece of news,
Religion, it seems, is being a problem that causes contention rather than something that brings harmony. In Malaysia, people makes use of religion as a reason to divide rather than to unite. In Malaysia, the profession of one's faith is much more important than the practicing of good values. In Malaysia, where Islam is the official religion, non-Muslims has to kow-tow to Islamic jurisdiction so long as a Muslim is involved in the dispute. No offense to Muslims on the last statement, but any rational being can see the rising number of disputes we have seen so far in recent years - under similar situations. And the outcome of most, if not all, of these cases hardly gives non-Muslims a boost in confidence in the way they were dealt with in the Boleh-land.
In this piece of news,
"Ngiam Tee Kong, 53, filed the ex-parte application, which also named the director of Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) as the first defendant."Apparently, when Mr. Ngiam went to claim the body of Wong Sau Lan - his wife - the hospital informed him that,
"...it would only be released to him if he confirmed that she was a Muslim at the time of her death.By filing the application, he is seeking a declaration that:
He was also told that the body would be released to him only for having Christian rites to be performed, after which it was to be returned to the hospital for it to be buried according to Muslim rites."
- Wong was a Christian at the time of her death;These days, there are more and more cases of non-Muslims being left in a quandary because their loved ones have apparently converted to Islam before their unfortunate death. And always, there are Malaysians who feel that holding on to these bodies are of utmost important, even if the act causes more pain and grief to husbands and wives of the deceased.
- she did not fully embrace Islam before she died;
- she was not a Muslim at the time of her death.
Religion, it seems, is being a problem that causes contention rather than something that brings harmony. In Malaysia, people makes use of religion as a reason to divide rather than to unite. In Malaysia, the profession of one's faith is much more important than the practicing of good values. In Malaysia, where Islam is the official religion, non-Muslims has to kow-tow to Islamic jurisdiction so long as a Muslim is involved in the dispute. No offense to Muslims on the last statement, but any rational being can see the rising number of disputes we have seen so far in recent years - under similar situations. And the outcome of most, if not all, of these cases hardly gives non-Muslims a boost in confidence in the way they were dealt with in the Boleh-land.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Talk About A New Year Gift from Our Politicians
Update:
To avoid posting another Chua-Soi-Lek-Sexual-Scandal-post on this affair, I've decided to just update this entry. Looks like the Dr. has now resigned - perhaps after being "advised" to do so by his taikos in the Cabinet.
A lot of mainstream articles wrote him as accountable and has courage because he admitted to his affair. But they failed to realise that the biggest courage is to take up the responsibility of his actions and should have resigned straightaway. Then again, the mainstream media had to be nice since they needed to kiss their political master's buttocks for fear that they get screwed in a very bad way if they ever wrote truthfully.
I'm certainly not judging him on his sexual misdeeds - it's a private matter after all - but looking at it from a political angle, I cannot see how he can continue to lead nor can I see how he can inspire others. In short, he has lost all credibility.
Resigning is the only way to go. I'm sure his supporters will now be singing his praises of how brave he is because he resigned. Unfortunately, it came a bit too late and has lost even more credibility in my opinion since he has to be told to step down.
Good riddance, I say.
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Well, well, well...so it's now revealed that one Dr. Chua Soi Lek is the main actor in the sex DVD that has been sold/circulated in Johor.
Although our so-called Health Minister admitted this to the police and apologized to the public, he has refused to resign. While he may not have made the tape himself - as he has said it - I would have thought that the embarrassment would have been enough reason for a politician - any politician, who is also a member of the Cabinet - to resign his position from the government.
Perhaps having power istoo much so important for politicians these days that they will face much - even when such scandal is about - just to stay in power. Not trying to be overly harsh on a man whose sexual experience with a "personal friend" has been recorded AND circulated, but honestly speaking, how can anyone in the public now take him seriously when this is around?
To avoid posting another Chua-Soi-Lek-Sexual-Scandal-post on this affair, I've decided to just update this entry. Looks like the Dr. has now resigned - perhaps after being "advised" to do so by his taikos in the Cabinet.
A lot of mainstream articles wrote him as accountable and has courage because he admitted to his affair. But they failed to realise that the biggest courage is to take up the responsibility of his actions and should have resigned straightaway. Then again, the mainstream media had to be nice since they needed to kiss their political master's buttocks for fear that they get screwed in a very bad way if they ever wrote truthfully.
I'm certainly not judging him on his sexual misdeeds - it's a private matter after all - but looking at it from a political angle, I cannot see how he can continue to lead nor can I see how he can inspire others. In short, he has lost all credibility.
Resigning is the only way to go. I'm sure his supporters will now be singing his praises of how brave he is because he resigned. Unfortunately, it came a bit too late and has lost even more credibility in my opinion since he has to be told to step down.
Good riddance, I say.
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Well, well, well...so it's now revealed that one Dr. Chua Soi Lek is the main actor in the sex DVD that has been sold/circulated in Johor.
Although our so-called Health Minister admitted this to the police and apologized to the public, he has refused to resign. While he may not have made the tape himself - as he has said it - I would have thought that the embarrassment would have been enough reason for a politician - any politician, who is also a member of the Cabinet - to resign his position from the government.
Perhaps having power is
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