Si Mata Sepet? Si (Kaki) Botol? This has gone too far, no? Every other day, there is some things that are said or done or quoted, that stinks of racism.

This generalisation that all Chinese are sepet (is that even true?) and all Indians are drunks is stupid. It shows the shallow nature of people. It shows desperation.

So what if my friend has got slightly narrow eyes? As long as he can see the big picture. So what if my friend likes to indulge in drinking? As long as he's not bugging me to buy him his drinks. The eyes are a physical trait. The drinking is a habit.

If you need to refer to this kind of name calling to "stand tall" then you're going to remain very short (and short-sighted) for a very very very long time.

Awakening Malaysia Requires Integrity & Trust, Awakening Malaysia Requires Intelligence & Talent

It has become a sad fact of Malaysian life that the malaise affecting this country cannot and will not be eradicated with a clean sweep of the broom. For starters, the bloody broom is not functioning properly. Then we have the fact that corruption and the corrupted way of life has seeped itself too deeply into the very grain and fabric of our society that it may take 2 or 3 generations to cleanse this land. That too, can only happen if the corrective measures are started today.

To start today requires loads of intelligence, integrity, trust and talent. Don’t we have this? Don’t we have men and women, boys and girls who want to achieve? Achieve on merit, that is. Boys and girls who are willing to put aside physical pain and perceived prejudice to challenge themselves to improve? We have truck loads of them. Men and women who won’t buckle under pressure and give in to find the easy way out?

We have star loads of them.

They’re all around us actually. I know of them personally. In fact I know of one such person very well.

We met late, this person and I. We were probably not supposed to meet, or were we? We’ll never know will we? Anyway this person walks into my life late and nonchalantly and has been attached to me since.

There wasn’t any dramatics about being late, just apologies and outright honesty. The actual details about the truth surfaced much later and perfectly corroborated what was said. How we yearn for this level of honesty in people who claim to be upright and integrous yet lead us with packs of lies.

If sickness was a wealth, then my friend would be a charitable person who wants to give it all away. It is crippling at times, and these are the mild times. It is a stumbling block to duty. Yet the grit and determination shown in overcoming this mind numbing pain is awe inspiring at worst.

You’d want to see this kind of grit in those elected to lead us; putting aside personal pain for the greater good of duty.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is often said. But how often does one come across someone whom every beholder beholds beauty? Well from my experiences in Malaysia, pretty much none actually. When someone is described as a beautiful person, there’s another somewhere who’s ready to pounce and denounce. And I’m referring to physical beauty here. Call me shallow.

But when one is beautiful on the inside, and then that beauty is transferred to the outside, there can be no debate as to the actual beauty of the person. This kind of person inspires every beholder to behold beauty. And I’m glad to be among one of the beholders privileged to see this in my life.

Spontaneity creates excitement, doesn’t it? Well being surprised in your own workyard pleasantly was one major spontaneous act which still holds a dear place in my heart. I don’t know what inspired it, what triggered it, but it was something just, well, spontaneous and exciting. Which is something you can never say, in a positive vein, about the leadership of this nation, can you? They’re so predictable that even people with half a brain can guess and surmise what they’ll think and say and do way before they actually do or say anything.

What is it that makes my acquaintance a perfect role model for what can be right with this country? You’ll have to make the acquaintance to find out. From what I can see, we need more people in this country with the outlook my friend has. Add to this a love for the nation and a desire to see this nation change for the better, and you’ll have the kind of people that can move mountains. What more this nation?

There’s a change in direction every now and then that either brings good or bad with it. Or it can bring both good and bad. Sometimes they feel like two steps forward and one step back, at other times it’s like one step forward and two back. But it’s the steps forward that count and bring the most joy isn’t it? So in order to feel the exuberance of that forward step, we endure the steps backward. We build on them. We make sure that forward steps are worth more than the steps back, no matter how many back steps come. This is as true for the nation as it is for friendships or relationships of any kind.

This change in direction can blow with or without fierce gales and storm winds. The ones that are with fierce storm winds can be frightening to say the least.

Friendships, relationships and nations are tested when there are doubts. Doubts can be major stumbling blocks for any relationship. God, when they appear, especially in forms that are hard to dispute and especially when they are in forms that you do not know of. You know what I mean. Then you ask yourself if you wanna give up the fight. You tell yourself no. That’s when you want to stand your ground.

Dispelling doubts amid cynicism and sarcasm is no small feat. But when you love, u want to believe you can conquer it all. No?

Well let me assure you that it can be done, has been done and will continue to be done as long as creating confidence and dispelling doubts is required. Just throw some love into the mix. It’s powerful.

Third party interferences pose a headache whenever there’s imminent progress. What could be considered normal for some people, can be considered abnormal for others. When I said ‘nope’, it was because I thought it was a ‘nope’. Yet it seems that in the ‘nope’ the seeds of doubt get take root yet again.

Fuck me!!

Having sex. Making love. Fucking. Doing the dirty. However you may call it, however many times you've done it or not done it. However many styles or positions you may or may not know. Whatever your outlook on it is, your theological perspective, your social view, whatever the fuck la. To do it still takes TWO fucking people. Whether it is illicit or licit or illegal or illegal. You still need TWO fucking people to have sex. Period.

Any fucker, even those with only half a fucking brain, would be able to tell you this. If 1 person is doing it, it is called masturbation, not having sex. Whether male or female, masturbation is NOT the same as having sex. You CANNOT have sex when there is ONLY 1 person involved. Whether it is legal sex or illegal sex or licit sex or illicit sex, you cannot do it without another person to do it with.

So tell me please, since the above facts have been established, how the fuck can you punish a woman alone, for having illicit sex? Who the fuck was she doing the dirty with? Herself? Then charge her for masturbation la, not illicit sex. If you insist on punishing her for having illicit sex, then charge the other person involved as well. It's pretty obvious that when she was caught with her knickers down, there'd have been at least 1 other person (a guy most likely) in the room with his boxers or briefs down as well.

So what is his contribution to this crime of illicit sex? Why isn't he being punished as well, since he is a part of the act of having sex, illicit or illegal or whatever the fuck.

And to quote our "honourable home minister", it is done as part of "executing our responsibility". Really? Then why the delay in "executing your responsibility" with Kartika? It is so fucking clear what has happened here that it is fucking pathetic to listen to people, ministers no less, trying to fucking justify it.

In case my two (oh sorry, it's three now) readers still can't grasp what the minister is asking you to read between the lines as he's holding three fingers up to you, he wants you to know that he has played his trump card to get his sorry government out of the Kartika predicament. If you recall, the problem was caused by the over eager government controlled judiciary to prove their over-religiousness.

This backfired when they got caught -not literally with their pants down though- by moderate folks who questioned the rationales for the caning, the expertise required for it and the potential loss of image to this progressive moderate modern nation. So they begged her to appeal, thinking that they could have squeezed their sorry asses out of the predicament, granted her the appeal, and not caned her. The spanner in this plan was when Kartika refused to appeal.

So "honorable" minister, just for your information, we can see through this backdoor ploy of yours. Quietly cane three chics for having sex, and proclaim loudly and proudly that Kartika is a non-issue as we have been already implementing caning. You're so predictable!! And pathetic!!

And speaking of backdoors, which i think is the only thing your rotten government is good for, your "Backdoor Drama" involving Saiful's unlocked backdoor has gotten from bad to worse, hasn't it?

What kind of court proceeds with a sodomy trial when there's been no sodomy (since sodomy is loosely defined as anal penetration & the doctor's report clearly says there's been no penetration) ?

But, let's save that for another day shall we? Let's get back to the issue at hand, which is the caning of the three women for allegedly having illicit sex.

Please get the three men who they had illicit sex with and duly charge them too if you're fucking serious about this "protecting the sanctity of the religion" bullshit. Otherwise just shut the fuck up and leave whoever wants to fuck whomever, wherever, whenever, alone. Cos it definitely is the responsibility of both males AND females to protect the sanctity of any religion.

Get it?

Dark Night Rising?

April 3rd 2009. Remember the date.

Straw clutching, jaw clenching, palms upward in prayer and all other physical mannerisms that were symbolic of HOPE for the last couple of months have evaporated. Malaysians from all walks of life have breathed a collective sigh of resignation.

"It's over", "Gone la", "We're screwed/fucked" "From the frying pan into the fire" (thanks Suppy) are being heard all over the country today.

Black shirts, blouses, skirts and pants are the order of the day.

You'd think we're a nation in mourning for the loss of a great mahatma-esque leader. BUT we're not. We're actually 'celebrating' the inauguration of a brand new Prime Minister.

What's so negatively depressing about this? I'm too drained to repeat the whole story, but suffice to say, today our generation has witnessed first-hand a sad state of affairs. A state of affairs where the bad and evil and corrupt get rewarded.

Let me take a breather to collect my thoughts.....

Long Layoff

My humble and sincere apologies to my two loyal readers.

I haven't posted much here for more than a couple of months now. Wasn't writer's block. Neither was it for lack of anything to write about. Couldn't quite put my finger on why, until yesterday when I was speaking to a friend. Then it hit me.

I mostly write about the stupid and utterly ridiculous things happening here in Malaysia, right? So there should have been multiple postings daily, right? Well my friend and I discovered that therein lay the problem; over the last few months, the number of stupidities spewed and done by our "leaders" were happening faster and with more frequency than I could write about.

If I can post one blog a day, they come up with three dumbass actions in a day. If I can do two, they do five. When I push myself to post three times a day, they they come up with ten, and with relative ease at that. It's like as if "dumbass" is as natural as breathing for these jokers. So every time they open their mouths to breathe, they spew stupidity.

Okay, enough of me speaking like a Malaysian politician - my other reason for not posting as often as I would have liked is related to "hours". I'll probably talk about that some other time. Promise!!

Mail your MP

Amongst all the hue and cry over the detention and incarceration of Raja Petra Kamarudin, and the other ISA detainees, most of us seem to be trying too hard to think of what we can do to solve the issue. In itself, these attempts by us need applause. Yes, we’re all outraged at yet another travesty of justice by our BN boys. In our anger, outrage and frustration, we seem to be tying ourselves in knots thinking up the perfect response.

But maybe a slight pause will give us a simpler perspective.

What are we fighting for? Petra? Hindraf 5? It shouldn’t be. We should be fighting tooth and nail for that dastardly Act to be completely abolished instead of for individuals. Only then can we make sure that in future no more Petras or Theresas or anyone for that matter will be put away without a chance to defend themselves.

Instead of coming up with all sorts of outlandish plans, can we try something simpler? Why not put pressure on your MP? Email him or her constantly. Harass her or him relentlessly. Let him or her know that you, one of his or her constituents, has got an issue and you would want him or her to bring it up. Bring it up where it matters; in parliament.

If you’re not sure how to go about contacting your MP, kindly clink on the link below or cut and paste the link below into your browser.

http://www.parlimen.gov.my/eng-DewRakyat_AhliDewan_2.php

Once you've gotten your MP's attention. let them know in no uncertain terms that they had better bring up your concerns to Parliament. The result of not doing so would be disastrous to them.
Another suggestion I would like to make (but this one’s more directly linked to Petra) is for the Muslim leaders to come out truthfully and acknowledge that the articles that Petra wrote has got none of the elements the authorities are accusing them of having. Come out and say that on the contrary, the articles highlighted the beauty of Islam. This is what Petra was doing. We need the religious big shots – hey Nik Aziz, where are you la? – to come out and say that there’s nothing wrong with the articles and that Islam is NOT insulted in any way and that Syed Hamid and the police don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.

ISA…..WTF?

So this is the strategy or gameplan for the endgame huh? Get everyone who opposes them, dump them in Kamunting and go on patting themselves on the back that everybody in the country is happy with them. WTF!!!

Well it is a hugely dangerous endgame these boys from barisan have decided to start. It’s not only dangerous for them, but can have dangerous repercussions and ramifications for the country as well. You see, some of us can see right through their freaking lies and double speak as easily as we can see through mosquito netting.

The endgame strategy being played out is simple. It is to antagonise the Chinese. Stir them. Raise up their “hungry ghosts”. Make the Chinese lose it. Once they’ve lost it and take to the streets, the wizened old sages masquerading as the leaders of this country will declare a nationwide emergency to “protect the wishes – and safety - of the majority”.

Hey, psst…. Syed Albar, you really think we’re dickheads like you and your ilk ah? PTUI!!! Podah!! Let me tell you a secret. This is not 1969. It’s 2008. If you and your Barisan buddies could get your heads out of Saiful’s ass for a couple of minutes, you’ll probably realize that.

Okay, before anyone starts accusing me of jumping the gun here, let me explain. But before I explain, you explain to me the REAL purpose behind the ISA arrest of Teresa Kok and especially Tan Hoon Cheng. Tell me the REAL purpose for the show cause letters to Sin Chew and theSun. WTF??

Yeah, WTF….what did Tan Hoon Cheng do? Her freaking job! Just imagine you’re a postman delivering mail to hundreds of households who depend on you for their mail. You deliver this one envelope that has Urusan Seri Paduka Baginda printed proudly on it and the cops come and bust you for that and dump you in freaking Kamunting. I’m sure that’d make your day wouldn’t it? Well, that’s exactly what Tan was doing. Her bloody job. She’s a reporter. She reports. She’s not a producer or director to produce or direct. What she saw, she reported. Full stop. Nothing less or nothing more.

What really irks is that the bloke who created, produced and directed the story gets off literally scot-free, but the one who reports it get tucked away in some god forsaken place. WTF??

And what about theSun? What sensitive issues did they manipulate and highlight? Samy Vellu’s fucking of the Indians who he was supposed to take care of? Khir Toyo’s raping of playing fields and fondling of any piece of land that caught his eye? WTF is wrong with highlighting these issues?

See what I’m getting at? Our highly intelligent leaders have decided that the best or only recourse available to them is to re-use a trick that succeeded way back in 1969. Create the problem, suggest the solution and become the savior. Sound familiar? Despots the world over and throughout history have used this method to keep themselves in power or to strengthen their grip on power. From their myopic viewpoint which is probably partially blocked by Saiful’s rectum, they fail to see that this ploy only works with uninformed or disinterested citizenry. Unfortunately for the despots in Malaysia, WE MALAYSIANS have awakened. We are very interested and we are very very informed. We have opened our eyes and have seen these power crazy bastards for what they really are - selfish pariahs who’ll sell their own mothers to a pimp if it gets to keep them in power.

And if they’re hoping to get a reaction from the Chinese, or the Indians or Malays for that matter, this will be it. We will stand before you hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder not as Malays, Chinese or Indians but as Malaysians and we’ll fight you until there’s none of us left standing. If you want to attack the Chinese, you’ll have to get through us Indians and Malays first. If you want to attack the Indians, you’ll have to get through us Malays and Chinese first. If you want to attack the Malays, you’ll have to get through us Chinese and Indians first. Get the message?

Let me conclude by repeating what Raja Petra said to those who still want to play the racial game in Malaysia; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

If you choose to ignore the warning and continue doing what you’re doing, and something happens to you, please don’t say WTF!!