"Aiksss. Terasa ...."

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For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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The above is an oft quoted proverbial rhyme which we should take note of. It was what I quoted, when asked to be direct in my response to an article "ARROGANCE IN POLITICS", on Anthony Eng's Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=184155549621&comments). Much of what was mentioned in the article, taken literally, were very significant - should they have been taken literally. What most wouldn't see in the article is, the cause of such sentiments (of the author - if it was he who wrote it)
So, one needs to understand the reasons for the author's sentiments, before one can see through the shallowness of it all - and once revealed, it would be quite quite clear to the reader, that all the apparent righteousness is simply ignorance or hypocrisy at its best.

The arguments used by the writer, rest on just one premise - interference into the business of "cari makan" by authorities, whom he supported for the sake of "cari makan".

When the coup d'etat took place in Perak, the writer/publisher was a very strong supporter of the status quo - the reason being, "we need to cari makan", "life has to move on" etc etc. The question of morality was brushed aside using the rationale of legality of it all. The mandate of the people, was considered irrelevant - as long as he could "cari makan".
Money and "legalism" took precedence over morality, ethics, democracy and humanity. They who supporters of Zambry's immoral goverment and the illegitimate speaker of the assembly, today lament the lack of investments and impossibility of businesses to run unimpeded, blaming "Arrogance in Politics" - which they themselves supported so as to fill their belly, while selling their soul.

So I ask - who is it who is exhibiting the arrogance? Is it the supporter of the arrogance, or the politicians? Was it not they who asked for it? Did you not just give up your rights for that pie in the sky, hoping that your rights where irrelevant?
How is it that you believe that you reserve the right to express dissatisfaction over an immorality, when you insist on pursuing the immorality of selling away your rights to the arrogance of power?

This is the conflict that many face in making their choices - they wish to condone an immorality, but complain when faced with the reality of it all, some time down the line. They wish to conveniently forget - that "the wages of sin, is death".
So don't complain - unless you wish to makes things right, and stand for righteousness.

The following were our exchanges in the above mentioned article:
Cruzeiro Dc
I'm curious .....
When people do not see the shame in supporting an immorality for the sake of financial gains, it makes no sense for them to complain of arrogance, does it?
If man gives up his humanity, what then does he deserve?
Rewards?

Anthony Eng
aiksss.terasa.

Vijay Kumar Murugavell
Did any of you read this ?
Why the Pakatan Rakyat government was brought down in Perak http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/27901/84/
Though RPK writes based on inference and is silent about his sources of info (given the potential of sedition and lese majeste charges) it is a plausible scenario.
... Read More
Like I said , there will be endless speculation until fresh polls are called......

Anthony Eng
again, with the issue of fresh elections in Perak.

Vijay Kumar Murugavell
@ Anthony, I do not see a way out of this conundrum, if you do, please tell me ?

Cruzeiro Dc
Vijay - the blind don't see what bites them. But they always complain of the pain.
Some don't mind lashing out at a different target, believing that it's fairgame - as long as they don't get hurt.

Anthony Eng
Bro, be direct lar. always indirect. Depan mali, jangan belakang mali.

Cruzeiro Dc
Anthony - the make the wrong request, you get the wrong answers.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

The issue isn't the "mana Mali ...? It is "Mana Pigi...".
So- "quo vadis", Anthony?

PS
It is much appreciated that Anthony put down the "Aiksss. Terasa" comment.
;-)

Happy Diwali To Our Hindu Brothers!!

Discipline and Reason, Is All It Takes.

"PKR, DAP and PAS must be buried, and buried deep.
But from the ashes of PKR, DAP and PAS must arise Pakatan Rakyat,
the legendary phoenix rising from the ashes.
The next election, whether it be another by-election or the next general election,
must no longer be about PKR, DAP or PAS. It has to be about Pakatan Rakyat."
-RPK, "Over To You Zaid"

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So said Pete.
Does he really mean it? That we have to disillusion the electorate who voted one way or the other, and rock the non-BN parties? Although Pete's got the idea, I seriously doubt that he meant it literally- that's a little extreme/ idealistic I would say. What RPK is doing here appears to be, endorsing Zaid's idea of complete multiculturalism - a good idea, which Malaysians (the politicians, actually) indoctrinated by 50 yrs of Umno hegemony and the siege mentality/ghetto mindset, aren't quite ready for. That is the sad fact.

But then again, what he could have meant was - that they have to seek more common ground, rather than harp on the differences - as PAS (read Hasan "Beer" Ali/ "Concert" Nasrudin) and PKR (read Zul "intelectual amoeba" Nordin) insist doing, like they were Khir Toyo's Umno members. Meanwhile, (take note, Anwar, LKS & Hadi!) -I suppose those higher up the party ranks should not impede the progress of the ambitious younger ones in the party.

PR is of course busy riding the wave of discontent among the people, while ridiculing the Umno/BN regime (and little else). It has escaped them, that they should be busy consolidating their positions on gained ground through a better party/alliance hierarchy, and start thinking big. While BN as a coalition may be rocked to the core with the increasing irrelevance of the major allies, Umno is trying it's its best to regain the high moral ground using all the tricks in the book - state resources included.

No offense guys ...
I think it's about time PR cool off on the Umno bashing, and concentrate on sustainable coalition building. C'mon ... gimme a break - at least Umno knows that they are screwed!
Does Pakatan/PKR/PAS/DAP know that? Either they do and don't give a fig, or the leadership is blind as a bat (well ... at least bats aren't so bad, in that they can manage with their hearing).
As long as they (PR) keeps behaving the way they do - there's some truth in calling them strange bedfellows (as everybody with some gray-matter would) who would feign cooperation, in their lust for political power.

They (BN) may not be able to win the love of the people - but they can quite easily make the people hate PR and its ideals (and they're doing just that, while PR is busy strutting away). They're masters at creating discord among the any opposition - it is how they've ruled since the post-513/Razak BN days. They don't just divide people, they even divide institutions and political parties - it is what makes them tick. Meanwhile, they give an impression of united BN, even if they're at each others' throats behind the scenes. It is what kept them going for for 38 years (not 63 as some 1-Malaysia posters may say).
Now - has Pakatan Rakyat been able to do that? NOT one BIT!!

PR's problems reflect their myopic view of Malaysians and the greater malaise within- they don't even understand each others' common ground and the people's wants (more so, those in Sabah/ Sarawak), and hope to rule effectively?
They're united only in opposition to a greater evil- BN/Umno, but divided among themselves (more so where the fascist little mullahs of PAS are concerned - take note, Hadi).

To top all these bickering, we of course have the little-mullahs within PKR and PAS who wish to show their chest thumping religiosity and arrogance by calling for the banning of this and that. They seem to believe that the cloak of religiosity can wash away the sins of economic decadence & corruption - or else, they'd be more concerned about the poverty, instead of liquor, women's skirts and concerts. As for DAP, well, I suppose they could show greater empathy for the dispossessed, instead of just harping on the idiosyncracies of their political opponents, while having dinosaurs themselves.

Then we have this very annoying semblance of either indiscipline or helplessness in the leadership - they don't seem to be able to reign in their own members for flouting the ethical standards and giving the impression of discord within their parties. We have Nasrudin screaming MLTR and Beyonce, Hasan Ali barking out "Alcohol", and Zul Nordin blabbering about some religion being "threatened" (despite evidence to the contrary) and attacking public forums. None of them have yet to be taken to task, reflecting their helplessness (although spun as being a sign of "freedom of expression"). It appears that if anyone has a desire to be "feared" - he just has to ride the "little-mullah" bandwagon, and the leadership would have their balls in their throats!
A consolation though - PKR managed to shut Mike and enlightened him on the wisdom of a table talk ..... but of course we have another drunkard from that mosquito MDP who made plenty of noise. Hopefully Teoh Beng Hock has managed to satisfy his bloodlust .....

On another note - Of late, many have come to the conclusion that the people of Bagan Pinang voted for "corruption" - this is a simplistic gross error in judgement. It couldn't be further from the truth. They didn't vote for corruption. They are simple folk - from military/Police kampungs/estates/ small town.
They voted for the familiarity of the devil they know, over the possibility of chaos under PR or PAS Islamism - PR has to be very clear about that! They believe that the possibility of being delivered economic gain was greater with Isa, than with PAS's Islamist stance.
Call it bribery, call it corruption, call it victimization- It doesn't change a thing. If PAS/PKR (and Pakatan) cannot get its act together and work together as a team with discipline and pragmatism with its allies to get to Putrajaya - far from being the "government in waiting", they are just waiting to be booted out.

It's about time, PR - you have to put a stop to all the charade. It is imperative that DAP, PKR and PAS learn to sit down together and come up with something more concrete on policy matters. The people are beginning to get sick of their lack of cohesion and selfishness. If their wish to go on with what they're doing, they will without any doubt squander away the chance that the people have given them.
We can all then lament, that the jubilation after their electoral victory, was nothing but an explosive "premature ejaculation" ....... and they're still in the euphoria!
Reality doesn't play mind games. Think about it all you PR old-timers and stalwarts - Discipline and Reason, Is All It Takes.
Well, maybe you could throw in a little pragmatism into the picture .....

Pushing Jibby's 1-Malaysia to the limits....

Hooray!!!
Our kids can now learn,
while "mingling freely"
with their teachers in toilets!!!
Yeah, man - I can only imagine that feeling
of "oneness" encouraged in toilets...

‘1Toilet’ plan to let teachers and students mingle freely

(The Star)

KUALA TERENGGANU: The state government will introduce a “1Toilet” policy in a move to liberalise education, where teachers – and even principals – will soon have to share toilets with their students.

State Education, Higher Learning, Human Resource, Science and Technology Committee chairman Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman said the policy was mooted in line with the 1Malaysia concept, and teachers and students could have a feeling of “oneness”.

“We want students to have a sense of belonging that we believe would inspire them to excel further in their education.

“When students share the toilets with the teacher, they (students) will believe that they are on par with academicians and this automatically invokes a sense of being important to an organisation, which, in this case, is the school,” he said here yesterday.

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What a way to evoke camaraderie .... SHARE TOILETS!!!

Just where do these fellas get these "amazing" ideas? They are just beyond my imagination.
I can only say what Patrick Teoh would say -

NIAMAHH!!!

1-Story about 1-PDRM in 1-Malaysia

This was a post on Art Harun's Blog, which I thought, was "hilarious" (definitely not if you're the victim)- in that we now know how certain sectors in our BN Administration's 1-PDRM operates. I thought I just had to have this letter here - just for the record.
Some of the comments to the post were pretty enlightening too - on how to get the "investigation" moving.
I must add that not all of them behave this way - I've personally met some very dedicated and efficient ones (not that I haven't met those who disillusioned for having been transfered out to "timbuktu" on a 24-hr notice for doing their job, and swear to be part of the corrupt system- just to make ends meet for their family - after having "learned their lesson").
Looks like Malaysians have to pray hard - whichever "RACE & RELIGION" you belong to - before setting foot into any PDRM station ......

Anyways, this is what the commenter (sounds like a lawyer to me- same as PI Bala's, I think) Americk said...

Hai Yah Art, these poor people are so innocent. They don't understand how things work with the 'inspector'. Let me tell you how it works.

You are supposed to call the inspector to make an appointment to see him at his office. When he is free he will invite you over to see him. Thats when you are supposed to grease his palm....for what I don't know....but thats the modus operandi. Then maybe something will be done. You think I am talking rubbish? Well let me tell you the number of times I have had problems with the Polis Raja Di Malaysia in my practice. Do you have a couple of weeks free sometime?

My clients have told me that just to release a body for burial from the University Hospital mortuary (after a road accident) a figure of RM5,000.00 is demanded by the investigating officer. I have had police witnesses refuse to attend court even after a sub poena has been served on them because "Lu punya klien belum jelas hutang ".

When I ask my client what this means they tell me this officer had originally demanded RM2,000.00 to allow them to lodge a police report but they only paid him RM500.00 at that time as they didn't have enough money on them.

The list goes on and on. Am I surprised Marina's friends have got no where? No. Try a handout of say RM5,000.00 and mountains will move.

Believe me.

11 October 2009 14:26

So here goes Art's 1-Story, depicting the greatness of our 1-PDRM:-

1 Story

The following is an e mail which was forwarded to me by Dato' Marina Mahathir. I have obtained her permission to reproduce it here in its entirety. I do not wish to add or subtract anything. I have however deleted the identity of the Inspector involved as I do not want anybody to be accused of character assassination.

I must hasten to add that I have not verified the story related in the e mail although I must say I do not have any reason to believe that the writer was just making it up.

I hope the authority would really look into this matter. If what is said is true, it would be obvious that the situation is getting dire.

Quote:

"Hi Marina,

This is M.

I'm sorry to be emailing you like this out of the blue, but an incident happened last week and I do not know who to turn to.

Last Friday, as my husband, my 5 month old daughter and I were entering the gate of our house at Kota Damansara, we were robbed by four men on two bikes. Two of them had parangs. One of them held it to my neck as he molested me, and the other one took our wallets, phones, my necklace and my husband's watch. After they got our stuff, they both molested me. When my husband pushed their hands away, they cut his head with their parang and left. K suffered a deep wound, but he is ok now and so is our daughter.

But the purpose of this email is to tell you what happened after. My neighbour called the police. The person who answered the phone said, "balai ni tak boleh handle kes to, awak kena call balai lain". My neighbour made another call and the cops came - after 45 minutes. When they got here, they got out of the car, looked at us and said, "pergi balai buat report". We then went straight to the balai at Kota Damansara, and as my husband sat there bleeding, the officer behind the counter took an hour to take our report - all the while because he was watching wrestling on tv. My husband managed to get the plate number of one of the bikes (either WSP8724 or WSP7824) - one was a Kriss Modenas and the other was a EX5. When we gave the number plate to the police (written on a scrap of paper), he looked at it and RETURNED it to us. He didn't even include it in the report. He also did not include the fact that I was molested. We only noticed these after we had calmed down somewhat. He then gave us the name of an inspector (Inspector X of Mutiara Damansara branch) to call - but didn't include the phone number. At that time, we were too much in shock and in pain to notice. We waited a couple of days for the Inspector to call us, but he didn't.

Within this time, my husband did his own police work. This group of guys do a lot of crime around here. A week before we were robbed, a Bangladeshi man was robbed in the park beside our house - by men on the same two bikes. Yesterday, two girls were harassed and molested in the park by the same people. The neighbour opposite had his friend robbed at parang point as he waited outside his house. Another neighbour opposite owns a Petronas behind our house. Three days ago, his station was robbed by four men on two bikes with parangs. The guys are going rampant because the police do nothing!

Today, I managed to get the number of Inspector X. When I called him, he said, "kes samun mana ni? banyak sangat kes samun la."

I told him the report was made last week but nobody called us. I also said the guys were spotted yesterday. He said, "hmmm, kena tunggu la. saya tengah cuti ni." I asked, "sampai bila?" he replied, "sampai khamis depan kot". I asked him what we were supposed to do in the meantime, and he said "nombor plate ada tak?". I said yes. He asked, "dah ada suspect ke belum?". I told him that was his job. He said, "ah, awak cuba dapatkan alamat diorang, lepas tu call saya. tapi lepas cuti la".

The residents here are getting nervous and as you can see, the police are no help at all. Today, they were hanging around my neighbour's house. When the makcik asked them, "nak apa?" they said, "nak beraya". And rode off laughing.

Once again I am so sorry to send you such a long email, but I was hoping you knew anyone in the police force who WILL help us. The residents here have bought their own arms because they are so afraid. And I am so afraid for my family's safety - having a 5 month old baby in the house. Also my mother lives in the street behind me. I hope you can refer me to someone who will not treat this as just another case.
Hope you are well, and best regards.

M."

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So Malaysians-
Pray real hard,
and think hard,
before you vote for
CORRUPTION
through
1-BN/1-UMNO/1-MCA/1-MIC/1-PMS
in our next elections ....

YOU MAY BE
THE NEXT VICTIM
OF THESE PIRATES!!!

BN's PERFORMANCE NOW!!

The "development" Of Mr. ISA (aka Umno's "Rohaizat II")

"I couldn't bring myself to spend another night here. After a few hours I wanted to leave Seremban".
- CochinJew, Virtual Tourist

That was the sentiment of the tourist after visiting Seremban and it is very true. I went there just yesterday, hoping to show a dear friend the "beauty" of this place ..... It was so embarrassingly dead, that I made the excuse that I need to find a decent parking space!! In the end, I just dropped her off at Terminal-1 which has an abandoned "skyscraper" (see picture below) which has some make-up on to cover its "blemishes" (like the fat lady who today helms our country's and Umno's leadership la...).

By and large, the development there has been quite "ecofriendly" during the time of Mr. Isa - in that it didn't change much. It is still the same old boring town it was 30 yrs ago - albeit with some "cosmetic surgery" after Isa's departure.

Tersergam Indah - the leftover of the structure used for "Musabaqah membaca Al-Quran" which was moved from the NS Padang after eons to house a "museum".

The "Olympic size swimming pool" smack at the entrance of Seremban - the former site of the Convent, which was flattened and apparently acquired by the state. Some say that the water has developed "supernatural" powers (like the zam-zam water la ...)

Addendum:
["Ammar" said in the comment below, that saying "zam-zam" here is "sensitive" might offend Muslims - so I'll rephrase that sentence to "offend" everybody alike- Some say that the water has developed "supernatural" powers (like the Lourdes, Bukit Mertajam, Ganges and maybe even Yang-Tze water la ...).
Hmmm - that should do it. If more are really offended - please highlight it, and I shall offer my heartfelt apologies, and also delete the names of these special places and waters]

This has definitely gotta be the "pride and joy" of Isa - the Wisma Punca Emas, which is apparently a famous drug addicts' haunt. I vaguely remember a notice put up at the onset of the project saying that it was supposed to be a quite tall .... 20 or 28 floors. It was the old Location for SPI - St. Paul's Institution. Yes my friends - the pace of development in Seremban was like Dubai on steroids, and they had to acquire these lands from the heritage sites like the Convent and SPI.

This my friends, is a pedestrian friendly city - laid back,
and fit for anyone who wishes to have a boring holiday.

Okay la - they have a Jusco in Seremban 2 which renders some respectability and normalcy to the otherwise dead project. This is what NST Property had to say to future homeowners of Seremban 2 -"They will feel uplifted by the gorgeous views and wideopen spaces that can inspire them to set higher goals, for they will be perceived to be more successful by society."
Hmmm - Wide open spaces ... how inspiring ....

Beyond the "Seremban Siew Pau" that came out of it, Seremban has been pretty much left out of the economic boom of the 90s just next door in the Klang Valey and Melaka.
You could read "'Abandoned projects mar Seremban's image' - Story and photos by CHARLES FERNANDEZ" (from The Star) here, at the entry on February 13th, 2009, 05:48 AM.

You could also consider the destruction of the waterfront in Port Dickson (that's where Bagan Pinang is right?) beaches of its beauty, after the waterfronts were sold off wholesale (or whatever) to hoteliers - and now the public cannot use these beaches anymore, unless they fork out mega bucks.

Diaphenous Memories gives a pretty "polite" picture of what Seremban is after much cosmetic surgery - believe me ... he was extremely polite in his review. Probably, he had some good company to overshadow his boredom.

Here are some comments on the review page of Virtual Tourist:
"Seremban is one of the few State capitals that has not obtained city status yet. So the Municipal of Seremban is working hard to achieve city hood by 2009."

"Today, as you go around Seremban you can see the interesting design of the five-foot way outside each building - like a connecting corridor and the window and door decorations."

Here are some things you can check out about the development brought by Isa. I cannot find anything about a sprawling ghost-town called Bandar Baru Nilai, but you could pay it a visit if you think counting your fingers was an interesting thing to do.

Yes my friends ... these were the developments Isa boasts about!

PS
I hear that the state coffers were wiped clean during Isa's time (apparently to the tune of billions!!), and it was the current MB who did at least did some face-saving gesture to give this town some respectability as a state capital. (Oh ya ... I forgot - after Isa's departure, Rasah has got Seremban's first flyover okay ... don't play, play!!)