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Cause & Effect

CAUSE:





EFFECT:




=JOY:

*siapa kata yang berdemonstrasi itu takkan menyeselaikan masalah??? siapa kata yang demonstrasi itu "bukan budaya kita"...tanggungjawab rakyat bukan setakat mengundi setiap 4 tahun... kita juga bertanggungjawab mengkritik dasar-dasar pemerintah yang menindas dan zalim...jika kritikan itu harus diterjemah kepada demonstrasi jalanan, itulah yang kita harus lakukan...

"it's not the matter of wishing success to the victims of aggression,but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or victory."
-Ernesto "Che" Guevara De La Serna

Selamat Hari Malaysia!!!

Kepada semua rakyat Malaysia,Selamat Menyambut Hari Malaysia!!

Wishing all Malaysian a happy Malaysia Day

Malas membaca, suka mendengar??

Tadi saya terbaca ayat ini di blog Tukar Tiub @ Hishammuddin Rais....

"MELAYU MALAS MEMBACA …. SUKA MENDENGAR" (utk artikel penuh sila ke sini)

Komentar dari tukar tiub ini membuatkan saya berfikir sejenak..."benarkah melayu ni malas membaca hanya suka mendengar??"... mungkin benar ...kerna dikalangan keluarga,sahabat,rakan serta kenalan saya mereka yang rajin membaca boleh dikira dengan jari...apatah lagi mereka yang kerap membeli buku...

Lalu saya teringat Utusan Malaysia pernah melaporkan bahawa;

"negara kita mempunyai 500 000 blogger yang aktif...statistik ini meletakkan Malaysia diantara negara tertinggi didunia dalam aktiviti blogging sebaris dengan Indonesia dan negara-negara Kesatuan Eropah"(sumber disini).

Jika negara kita ramai bloggers maksudnya ramai jugalah yang rajin membaca kerna Sasterawan Negara A.Samad Said apabila diajukan soalan "bagaimana mahu jadi seorang penulis?" beliau menjawab "Ada 5 perkara perlu dilakukan...1-Membaca, 2-Membaca 3-Membaca 4-Membaca 5-MENULIS"...

Mungkin juga Melayu ini malas membaca...seingat saya sewaktu zaman di universiti dahulu teman-teman sekuliah dan seuniversiti dengan saya jarang membeli buku teks...hanya fotokopi sahaja...nak baca buku teks lagi lah!!! hanya harap kepada nota sahaja...itupun fotokopi dari orang lain punya (saya juga pernah termasuk didalam golongan ini..haha)...Mungkin pada waktu itu kami tidak mampu nak membeli semua buku teks kerna harganya yang kurang "mesra-pelajar"...tapi apabila sudah melangkah ke alam pekerjaan saya dapati kebanyakkan dari teman-teman saya amat jarang membaca apatah lagi membeli buku...ada juga yang sampai tahap langsung tidak membaca surat khabar...alasan seperti biasalah..."takde masa"...

Pengalaman saya sebagai "penggiat" industri penerbitan dan pemasaran buku adalah rakyat Malaysia tidak suka membeli buku...Ini sekaligus mengatakan yang kita tidak suka membaca... Terus-terang saya katakan bahawa membaca itu bukanlah kegemaran rakyat Malaysia dan orang Melayu..Apa yang saya nampak ialah kita rakyat Malaysia suka kepada perkara-perkara yang "sensasi"... Kerna itulah membaca dan menulis blog itu sangat digemari dikalangan kita sebab itu aktiviti yang "sensasi"...Begitu jua dengan medengar muzik dari luar,menonton filem luar dan pergi konsert-kosert artis luar...kerna itulah aktiviti-aktiviti yang "sensasi"...

Oleh itu sempena Hari Kemerdekaan yang ke-52 dan Hari Malaysia yang bakal menjelang ini marilah kita menyemai sikap suka membaca dan berusaha bagi menjadikan aktiviti membaca itu kegemaran nombor 1 rakyat Malaysia...Jangan sesekali kita lupa bahawa "membaca itu jambatan ilmu" serta ayat Al-Qur'an yang pertama diturunkan kepada Nabi Muhammad s.a.w ialah "Iqra' " ...yang membawa maksud "BACALAH"...

Ganyang lagi?

• Baca dulu:"Malaysian Students In Indonesia Advised To Take care"
• pandangan Faisal Tehrani: "buluh runcing untuk kita"
• ni pulak member aku yang skang ni berada di tanah seberang: "Ganyang Malaysia?"
  

pada pendapat hamba hal ini bukan satu masalah apatah lagi satu isu... hal ini hanya disensasikan oleh pihak media untuk menjual akhbar,majalah tak pon meningkatkan hits dan rating... politikus kedua2 negara pulak menggunakan perkara ni utk mengalih tumpuan hamba rakyat dari masalah sebenar negara Indonesia dan Malaysia...

kalau baca buku Samuel P. Huntington "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" ada menerangkan konsep bahawa setiap tamadun/kuasa besar (dalam hal ini sebuah negara) perlu "musuh" utk "memajukan" diri takpun utk menunding kesalahan atas kepincangan pemerintah sendiri...

seperti zaman dahulu kala rom vs parsi... di zaman moden U.S.A vs USSR... setelah USSR tumbang..U.S.A perlukan "musuh"...jika tidak bajet mereka utk pertahanan akan mengecut..lalu akan merugikan tauke-tauke senapang,baju tentera dsb...supaya kaum kapitalis industri pertahanan tidak rugi...U.S.A mengangkat Islam dan "terrorisme" sebagai musuh utama...

dalam hal ini Indonesia memerlukan Malaysia untuk mengalih tumpuan hamba rakyat dari masalah korupsi,birokrasi,kegawatan ekonomi dan lain-lain...tapi disebaliknya setiap kali hal ini terjadi sape yg untung???tauke-tauke surat khabar dan kapitalis media....media Indonesia mengeksploitasi habis-habisan apa-apa sahaja berita yang boleh "ganyang malaysia"...kita boleh lihat masa kes manohara dulu...tak ke laku suratkhabar masa tu...tidakkah pelik bahawa punca hal ini adalah media(discovery channel) dan yang untung besar pun pihak media juga...

pada masa yang sama nampaknya rakyat malaysia kurang ambil berat tentang kejadian "Ganyang Malaysia" yang terbaru walaupun tak sampai 10 hari lepas kita baru sahaja menyambut hari kemerdekaan yang ke-52...mungkin kerana sedang menjalankan ibadah puasa...mungkin juga lebih ambil berat isu sebat Kartika...ataupun isu "perarakan kepala lembu" lebih penting...hamba lebih rasa yang kita ni bersopan-santun dan berhati lembut...sebab tu la minyak naik 25 sen pun buat bodo je...

yang paling melucukan ialah mereka yang bakar bendera malaysia,baling telur busuk di kedutaan malaysia dan "sweeping" terdiri dari golongan mahasiswa...sepatutnya golongan ini lebih matang dan rasional...dalam apa-apa hal/masalah dan isu sekali pun perlu ada perbincangan yang matang serta tenang...kalau tak nanti jadi cam ini tak pun ini...

*gambar diambil dari detikfoto

Minyak naik lagi...

Kenaikan harga petrol kali ini sebenarnya sudah lama diketahui umum...kalau kita lihat balik semasa harga petrol diturunkan pada tahun lepas sudah pun diumumkan bahawa harga minyak akan dinaikan kepada RM2 seliter(konon equlibrium price ar ni!!) pada tahun 2009... pada pertengahan 2009 media arus perdana mula rancak berbincang mengenai RON95 lah RON97... ini sume tanda harga minyak nak naik...
Tapi hamba rakyat pula leka dan terlupa...pemerintah dan media arus perdana pun pandai cover line ...walhasil harga minyak pun dinaikkan tepat jam 12am hari ini...

YANG AKU MARAH GILA TU KENAPA DINAIKKAN SEMASA BULAN RAMADHAN??? DAH TU LAGI 2 MINGGU ORANG SUME NAK BALIK RAYA KAT KAMPUNG!!!TAK KE MEMBEBANKAN RAKYAT???!!! KATA RAKYAT DIDAHULUKAN KONON... MINTAK RESTU RAKYAT KONON... NAK DEKAT DENGAN RAKYAT KONON...BUTO LAH!!! layan lagu ni dulu...

Dari pandangan kaum kapitalis bangsat dan tauke-tauke, menaikan harga minyak masa ni adalah langkah yg teramat bijak...harga minyak akan mempengaruhi semua...juadah berbuka,baju raya,kuih raya,lemang,rendang,ketupat dsb.... TAPI YANG PALING AKU MARAH BILA PIHAK PEMERINTAH CUBA PUTAR BELIT KEADAAN...KATA ACTUAL PRICE MINYAK SEBENARNYA TAK NAIK LAH...WOI!!PERSETANKAN RON95 & RON97... SEBELUM 1/9/2009 RON97 RM1.80 seliter SKANG DAH JADI RM2.05 seliter...TAK KE NAIK TU!!!APE BODOH SANGAT KAU NI ISMAIL SABRI??? layan pulak lagu ni...

amatlah benar kata-kata "MASS GRAVES FOR THE PUMP AND THE PRICE IS SET!!" yg merupakan sebahagian dari lirik di penghujung lagu ini...kita merana,terbeban dan ditindas... walhal harga minyak ini sememangnya dimanipulasikan dan sudah ditetapkan...tidak wujud pengaruh pasaran di dalam menetapkan harga minyak...

akhir kata saya mengucapkan jutaan terima kasih kepada mereka yang mengundi dan menyokong BN+UMNO..terima kasih lah banyak-banyak...

MERDEKA

MERDEKA: bebas (daripada penjajahan,kurungan,naungan dll), lepas (daripada tebusan,tuntutan), berdiri sendiri, tidak bergantung pada yang lain, bebas sama sekali (boleh melakukan sesuatu sekehendak hati)

KEMERDEKAAN: perihal merdeka(bebas), kebebasan

INDEPENDENCE: 1.free from outside control; not subject to another’s authority (of a country) self-governing.

BEBAS: 1.tidak terhalang (untuk bergerak, bercakap, dll), tidak terkongkong, tidak terkurung,lepas, leluasa

KEBEBASAN: perihal (keadaan) bebas, kemerdekaan ~ surat khabar menyiarkan berita ( membuat ulasan dsb) tanpa dikongkong atau disekat

FREEDOM: 1 the power or right to act, speak, or think freely.
2 the state of being free.
3 (freedom from) exemption or immunity from.
4 the power of self-determination attributed to the will; the quality of being independent of fate or necessity.

PEMBEBASAN: perihal(perbuatan,tindakan,usaha) membebaskan

PEJUANG: orang yang berjuang (untuk merebut,mencapai,mempertahankan sesuatu)

PEJUANG KEMERDEKAAN: orang yang berjuang untuk mendapatkan kemerdekaan tanah airnya

FREEDOM FIGHTER: a person who takes part in a revolutionary/independence struggle.

Tukar Tiub dan Mat Rempit

Entah kenapa seminggu dua ini isu yang paling hangat diperkatan di dada-dada akhbar (baca sini dan sini) adalah isu Mat Rempit...tapi jika ditinjau dikalangan marhaen kolar biru,golongan atasan kolar putih, para pelajar termasuk juga pakcik-pakcik dan makcik-makcik di kampung...mereka suma sedang hangat memperkatakan tentang kisah "kejor yeop kejor" di Perak yang masih belum sampai penghujungnya...

Sesetengah pihak berpendapat ini semua usaha media arus perdana yang dikuasai oleh pihak pemerintah untuk memesongkan hamba rakyat dari isu Kerajaan Sah vs Kerajaan Haram di Perak...Utusan Malaysia pula menulis;

"Isu rempit semakin hangat diperkatakan berikutan awal bulan lalu, Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) bersama Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ) mengadakan operasi besar-besaran menangani lumba haram secara serentak di ibu negara, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Johor dan Selangor"

Persoalan kenapa isu rempit ini tiba-tiba timbul kembali tidak penting... Penulis lebih tertarik kepada pandangan Hishammuddin Rais a.k.a Tukar Tiub mengenai isu rempit... Hishammuddin Rais atau Enchik Tukar Tiub adalah seorang "working-class intelectual" yang kerap memberi komentar tentang isu Mat Rempit... Komentar dan pandangan yang diutarakan beliau segar dan bukan sekadar retorik...Hasil daripada kajian sambil lewa penulis, artikel yang bertajuk Mat Rempit dan jalan raya dikenalpasti sebagai komentar pertama enchik Tukar Tiub mengenai isu Mat Rempit...Artikel ini disiarkan di laman Malaysia Today. Selepas itu Enchik Tukar Tiub menulis artikel Mat Rempit Revisited sebagai susulan...Artikel ini disiarkan di ruangan beliau sendiri yang bertajuk saya tak ketagihan kopi yang wujud di laman Ricecooker sebuah laman E-Zine D.I.Y...

Walaupun blog tukar tiub dilancarkan pada tahun lepas (semasa pilihanraya kecil Parlimen Permatang Pauh), isu Mat Rempit tidak pernah dikupas secara mendalam di blog Enchik Tukar Tiub sendiri... Akan tetapi ini semua telah menjadi sejarah apabila Enchik Tukar Tiub telah menyiarkan tiga artikel (Satu Pandangan, Mat Rempit Sekali Lagi dan Budaya Merempit)yang mengupas isu Mat Rempit secara mendalam dari perspektif ekonomi dan kemasyarakatan....

Mengikut kata Enchik Tukar Tiub sendiri, beliau pernah menjadi Mat Rempit 30 tahun dahulu sewaktu beliau belajar di Universiti Malaya...Ini kerana bagi beliau secara istilah Mat Rempit itu adalah anak muda yang bermotor... Enchik Tukar Tiub juga mengambil pendirian untuk bersimpati dengan Mat Rempit yang sering dihukum dan diasak oleh media dan masyarakat... Dari kacamata Enchik Tukar Tiub Mat Rempit adalah "cool" dan merupakan simbol "rebellious youth" dan "counter-culture" yang terdapat di negara kita...

Ini mungkin terjadi kerna Enchik Tukar Tiub terpengaruh dengan lakonan Marlon Brando dalam filem "The Wild One"...Marlon Brando memegang watak Johnny Steibler... ketua kepada gang "bikers" Black Rebels Motorcycle Club...Watak ini telah mengangkat Brando sebagai antara ikon "COOL" sepanjang zaman...dengan dialog agung..."What are you rebelling against??..." ..."What have you got??!!".. Johnny Steibler adalah "The Ultimate Rebel"... Paling tidak pun mungkin Enchik Tukar Tiub berpandangan bahawa Mat Rempit ini seperti watak Azroy lakonan Faizal Hussein dalam filem Gila-gila Remaja...Secara jujurnya tanggapan Enchik Tukar Tiub ini jauh sekali kerana Mat Rempit di Malaysia ini bukanlah seperti Azroy mahupun Johnny Steibler....

(akan bersambung...)

The Ballad of Mustapha Hussain

Mustapha Hussain is very important figure in Malaysian History especially in our struggle towards independence...yet his name is not mentioned in our history books...I first heard about the story of Mustapha Hussain back in 2007 during a lecture of one of my final year Economics subject for my BECS course. I was so captivated by the story of Mustapha Hussain and the man himself that I decided to do my own mini-research about Mustapha Hussain...luckily for me, my uni's library have 2 copies of Mustapha Hussain memoir titled "Malay Nationalism before UMNO: The Memoir of Mustapha Hussain"...
















Last week I was at the 2009 KLIBF in PWTC...To my utter delight I saw Mustapha Hussain memoirs "Malays Nationalism Before UMNO" at SIRD/Gerak Budaya's booth...Only two copies available...There and then me and my mate bought the book for one each at a discounted price!!!

Mustapha Hussain's memoirs was originally written in Malay... It consists of 655 pages!!!118 pages more than Chin Peng's tome "My Side of History"... Published by DBP in 1999,sadly this book is out of print. However in 2005 Utusan Publications published an English version of Enchik Mustapha's memoirs titled "Malay Nationalism Before UMNO"...This English version was translated by Enchik Mustapha's own daughter Insun Sony Mustapha and edited by Jomo K.S...

Mustapha Hussain's was KMM first Vice-President...At that time Ibrahim Yaakob was KMM first president...KMM was the first political party in Malaya...The sole purpose of KMM was attaining independence for Malaya...KMM(Kesatuan Melayu Muda) or Young Malays' Union in English were registered as a social and sport association just to deter British suspicions...KMM real name is KESATUAN MALAYA MERDEKA(Union for Independent Malaya) ...

Enchik Mustapha is one of the few educated Malays not from aristocratic elite families(very rare during that time and age)...He was a lecturer in Agricultural School of Malaya in Serdang (presently UPM) from 1933 until World War 2 broke out...The Japanese appointed Enchik Mustapha as a de-facto leader of the Malays during their push towards Singapore...This happens because of Ibrahim Yaacob"s secret deal with the Japanese that KMM will act as their Fifth Columnists once the Japanese force enter Malaya...At that time Ibrahim Yaacob was imprisoned by the Brits in Singapore...

During his Japanese forced-reign as the Malays de-facto leader, Enchik Mustapha save hundreds of Malay soldiers,policemen,volunteers and civillians. This is also marks the time of Enchik Mustapha's first attempt to gain independence for Malaya... Dr Cheah Boon Kheng in his book Red Star over Malaya wrote:
"In fact in january 1942 after the Japanese force had enteres Kuala Lumpur, a conflict of aims had arisen when Mustpha Hussain asked the Japanese commanders to back a proclamation of Malay independence, citing Japan's promise to liberate Malays from the British rule. But the request was turned down."

In 1945 with the Japanese sensing defeat, they entertained the idea of proclaiming Malaya's independence...As a result Hodosho and KRIS were formed...Enchik Mustapha played an active role in KRIS and in drafting an independent Malaya constitution(based by the American Declaration of Independence)...This marked his second attempt of gaining independenc for Malaya...Malaya were to announce her independence on 17th August 1945!!! However it was not meant to be...The Japanese surrendered on 15th August 1945...Independence cheated by 48 hours...When recalling the moment, Enchik Mustapha described it as his "deepest regret" and "one of the most bitter moments of my life"...

Enchik Mustapha faced the brunt of the Brits' anger when they came back to Malaya...He was imprisoned from 1945-1946 for "collabrating" with the Japanese...He was freed only when hundreds of Malay soldiers whom he saved during the Japanese occupation signed and submitting a petission demanding his release...

In December 1946, Enchik Mustapha participated actively in drafting another Independent Malaya's constitution through the PUTERA-AMCJA conference (more on the happenings during the conference, read here)...He actively participated in the capacity as the assistant of Dr. Burhanuddin Helmy (MNP's President)... The result of the effort by PUTERA-AMCJA is the The People's Constitutional Proposals for Malaya... However the Brits totally ignored the proposal...Resulting in the 1947 All-Malaya Hartal...

Most astonishingly Mustapha Hussain could just as become our first Prime Minister!!..Enchik Mustapha was 2-votes away from becoming UMNO 2nd President... This happened in 1951 after Datuk Onn Jaafar left UMNO...After his defeat to Tunku Abdul Rahman, Enchik Mustapha's supporters nominated him for the Deputy-Presidency post which he faced Tun Abdul Razak... Enchik Mustapha received the same votes as Tun Razak...To resolve this the chairman of the meeting, Tan Sri Noah Omar (UMNO Permanent Chairman) gave the casting vote to his prospective son-in-law Tun Razak...

Mustapha Hussain was truly an unsung hero!!!He kept quiet and go on about his life in sleepy Matang for 30 plus years...Then in the late '70s Ibrahim Yaacob wrote a letter to Tun Abdul Razak(the Prime Minister at that time) accusing Enchik Mustapha of heinous crimes during the Japanese occupation...The reason Enchik Mustpha wrote his memoirs is to set the record straight and safeguard his name and reputation for the sake of his descandents...Otherwise all of this will might just go to the grave with Enchik Mustapha...

Malay Nationalism before UMNO is not just a memoir...It is an important record of events and accounts of Malaya's significant pre-Merdeka moments which shaped our struggle towards independence...More than that this memoir describe the way of live and the mentality of the Malays during the British colonialization...A must-read and must-have for all Malaysians especially the so-called "nationalistic" Malays...


-picture of Malay Nationalism before UMNO was taken from Fahmi Reza's Blog 10Tahun Sebelum Merdeka...

Tahniah!!!

Tahniah Selangor kerna berjaya menjulang Piala F.A 2009!!!Akan tetapi harus diingati banyak kelemahan harus diperbaiki...

Tahniah Abang Zack dan Coach Devan!!!The first of many!!!

Tahniah Selangor langkah pertama bagi mencapai Visi 2015...

Tahniah Kelantan kerna bermain lebih "cun" dari Selangor...tapi apa bleh buat sudah rezeki Merah Kuning...

Tahniah buat Amri Yahyah...sekali lagi dinobatkan "Man of the match"...tandukan penyelamat...kau memang "The Golden Boy of Selangor" Am!!!...Piala F.A 2009 juga merupakan kejuaraan kelima sepanjang karier professional beliau...diharap dapat tambah lagi dan lagi!!!

Tahniah juga diucapkan kepada Kapten Kelantan Badhri Radzi diatas permainan beliau yang cemerlang...nampaknya Badhri Radzi bukan lagi "Kelantan's best kept secret"... Saya kira seluruh peminat bolasepak tempatan sudah mengenali anda selepas final semalam...

Tahinah Khairul Anuar Baharom a.k.a Acong The Boss!!!Piala ke-13 sepanjang karier!!!!ni dah bleh masuk Malaysia Book of Record nih!!!Moga-moga dapat tambah lagi 10 sebelum menggantung but...

Tahniah penyokong Kelantan dan Selangor!!!Kehadiran kita seramai 85 Ribu merupakan satu rekod dalam sejarah bolasepak negara!!!Ini menunjukkan maseh ada yang sayang akan bolasepak kita!!!

p.s: Kepada penyokong Kelantan...kalau jodoh kita panjang, kita jumpa di final Piala Malaysia 2009...

Selangor vs Kelantan: The Battle of Bukit Jalil Part I

Bahang Final Piala F.A sudah terasa...Bahangnya terasa lain sekali berbanding musim-musim yang lepas...mungkin kerana buat Kelantan inilah kali pertama menjejakkan kaki ke Final setalah 39 tahun...Selangor pula berlainan sedikit dari musim lepas sejak dikendalikan oleh K.Devan...Kedua-dua pasukan juga dibarisi dengan nama-nama bintang bolasepak tempatan seperti Indra Putra,Khalid Jamlus dan Safee Sali...Pemain-pemain yang "top-form" musim ini seperti Amri Yahyah,Badhri Radzi dan Norfarhan juga berada dalam kesebelasan utama Selangor mahupun Kelantan...

Faktor peminat membuatkan Final 2009 hangat sekali...Tidak seperti musim-musim lepas berita dan artikel tentang Final musim ini terpampang di akhbar-akhbar dan televisyen...Peminat Kelantan yang setia dan amat fanatik pasti akan memenuhi Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil kerna ini final pertam mereka selepas 39 tahun...Akibat ini peminat Selangor mula bangun dan tidak mahu peristiwa musim lepas dimana penyokong Kedah menang sorak dan lebih ramai di Final Piala F.A dan Piala Malaysia berulang kembali

Antara tunjang kekuatan sesebuah pasukan adalah jurulatih...K.Devan merupakan jurulatih muda yang cukup disegani...Beliau dianugerahkan gelaran Jurulatih Terbaik 2006 setelah menjuarai Liga Super dan mara ke final Piala Malaysia musim itu...pentas final Piala F.A juga bukan asing bagi Devan kerna pernah menjulang Piala F.A 2003 bersama Negri Sembilan (kejuaraan Negri yang pertama setelah 55 tahun)...

Kerjaya Peter Butler di Liga-M bermula dengan Sabah...Menjadi Ketua Jurulatih dari tahun 2001-2004...bekas pemain West Ham United ini pernah mara ke final Piala Malaysia 2002-2003 dengan Sabah...Lelaki Inggeris ini juga boleh berbahasa Melayu dan mengendalikan sesi latihannya dalam bahasa kebangsaan...Seorang jurulatih "journeyman" yang tidak mahu kerjaya kejurulatihannya bermula kerna ihsan rakan dan kenalan di Britain diberi peluang untuk bermula di Asia Tenggara...Beliau berpendapat bagi seorang "Mat Saleh" untuk berjaya disini, budaya tempatan mesti difahami dan dihormati...bahasa kebangsaan juga harus dipelajari...Ini membuatkan saya cukup tertarik dengan beliau... (Info lanjut tentang Peter Butler baca disini)...

Sejak diberi lilitan kapten, Amri Yahyah "the golden boy of Selangor" bermain dengan cukup cemerlang sekali dan menampakkan kematangan dari segi permainan..jika dulu sering dilabel sebagai pemain panas baran dan "budak nakal", musim ini Amri sudah dapat mengawal emosi dan memimpin rakan pasukan melalui prestasinya yang cukup cemerlang setakat ini...

Jika tumpuan lebih diberikan kepada Indra Putra dan Khalid Jamlus, nadi utama pasukan Kelantan adalah Badhri Radzi yang juga merupakan Kapten pasukan...Seorang pemain yang mempunyai kawalan bola yang sangat bagus...tenang walaupun di dalam tekanan... seorang Playmaker yang ada 'game making sense' persis lagenda Perak Azizul Abu Hanifah...

Secara jujurnya Final kali ini memang 50-50... Selangor yang dilihat kurang konsisten tetapi telah memenangi semua perlawanan "besar"...Kelantan hanya memenangi 2 dari 5 perlawanan baru-baru ini...Tetapi Kelantan telah membuat kejutan besar berjaya menumbangkan Negri Sembilan walaupun pernah ketinggalan 0-2 secara aggregat...

Jika Selangor hanya memberi tumpuan kepada Indra Putra dan Khalid Jamlus sudah pasti Gergasi Merah akan tumbang...Ini kerna segala gerak serangan Kelantan bermula dengan Badhri Radzi dan Norfarhan...Tetapi jika Badhri Radzi dan Norfarhan berjaya dikunci kemenangan pasti milik Selangor sperti ditunjukkan dalam kemenangan 3-0 keatas Kelantan di Shah Alam tempoh hari...

Bahang final yang terasa sebegini dari dalam padang mahupun luar padang amat bagus sekali untuk bola sepak Malaysia...Kehangatan sebegini diharap dapat memberi semangat baru kepada bola sepak kita yang kian layu...Akhir kata...MAJU SELANGOR!!!

7th of April Referendum: The TRUTH, The FACTS and The REALITY

The Truth:

1. The 7th of April by-elections is a referendum of sorts to the appointment of Najib Tun Razak as Malaysia 6th Prime Minister.
2. More importantly it shows that the majority of the voters from the Bukit Gantang oppose the coup d'etat orchestrated none other than Najib Tun Razak himself resulting in BN taking over the Perak sate government.
3. The majority of voters from Bukit Gantang is with Nizar Jamaluddin.
4. "Gelombang Rakyat" is still riding high in Bukit Selambau and Kedah.
5. PKR failed to woo the the people of Batang Ai.
6. The majority of voters from Batang Ai is still comfortable with BN.

The Facts:

1. One of the reasons attributed to BN's loss is some issues that were left unanswered particularly the murder of a particular Mongolian women.
2. Another reason for BN's loss in the 2 "bukits" is the canditate BN's choose to be on the ballot.
   
3. The influence of the "new" or "alternative" media is highlighted by BN's win plus increasing majority in Batang Ai where voters rely heavily on the information from the contemporary and establiment-controlled media.
4. As a result of PAS taking the defensive approach on the issues of the constitional crisis in Perak and "Nizar is a DAP stooge"...the Malay vote for PAS shows a decrease.
   

The Reality:

1. Although Malaysia experienced a political tsunami on 8th of march 2008, BN won the 2008 general election and form the federal government.
2. However as a result of the tsunami Pak Lah and Ong Tee Keat were forced to stepped down...Although Samy Vellu also lost his seat in Sungai Siput and were bashed by the MIC grassroots and the Indian community, Samy soldiered on...Well let's just say that Samy is being Samy...
3. Eventhough Pak Lah seemed to be incompetent, the major cause of the political tsunami was the alleged invovlement of Najib Tun Razak with the murder of a particular Mongolian women and the alleged inteference and influence of Khairy Jamaluddin have on Pak Lah's administration.
4. Pak Lah was elected by the Malaysian people to continue as the Prime Minister.
5. Najib Tun Razak WAS NOT elected by the Malaysian People to be the Prime Minister!!!
6. Hell he was not even elected by the UMNO members to be their President in last month Umno Elections as he "gingerly" take up the Umno Presidency vacated by Pak Lah and "won" the seat uncontested!!!
7. In light of the results from the by-elections, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang called for Najib to convened an emergency meeting of the Parliament to pass a vote of confidence on his Prime Ministership.
8. A motion of a vote of confidence was tabled and passed within a week of Pak Lah tenure as Prime Minister in 2003.
9. Within two weeks after Tun Hussein Onn took over as Prime Minister as a result of Tun Razak's death in January 1976, Tun Hussein convened an emergency meeting of the Parliament to pass the motion of a vote of confidence in him.
10. The tabling of the motion of a vote of confidence in the Parliament is now all the more important and necessary to be done.
    

Kembara Seniman Jalanan @ Pawagam Coliseum

Nilah cerita "cult" dan filem "kebangkitan" kita...Membuka mata generasi muda...membuat kita berfikir....walaupun filem ni dah berusia 23 tahun, kisahnya masih relevan dengan generasi muda sekarang....Cerita pon tak guna...korang turun je Coliseum esok kol 12.00 tengahari!!!

info lanjut sila ke blog brader Pyanhabib

*poster ni pon aku kebas kat situ...jgn marah ye brader Pyan...hehe

Hasutan Pensyarah???

KUALA LUMPUR: Sebelum ini beliau pernah berucap empat kali di Perhimpunan Agung Umno, namun ucapannya semalam menyentap perasaan apabila menyatakan antara sebab golongan muda tidak menyokong kerajaan adalah hasutan secara halus pensyarah di pusat pengajian tinggi.

Ketua Penerangan Umno Bahagian Bukit Katil, Melaka, Datuk Hasnoor Sdg Husin, berkata beliau bukan sengaja membuat dakwaan itu tetapi berdasarkan jawapan pelajar universiti di Melaka sendiri, hasil perjumpaan mereka baru-baru ini.

“Apabila saya tanyakan sebab anak muda tidak menyokong kerajaan, mereka memberitahu peranan dimainkan oleh pensyarah universiti...dia kata dalam pada dia mengajar kita sekali dia sebut inilah kerajaan satu sindiran...seboleh-bolehnya dia hentam macam-macam.

“Sedikit demi sedikit lama-lama jadi bukit dia timbulkan rasa benci. Akhirnya bila anak muda ini keluar universiti dalam jiwanya sudah tertanam rasa bencinya pada kerajaan,” katanya ketika membahas usul Ucapan Dasar Presiden di Dewan Merdeka, Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC), di sini, semalam.

Hasnoor berkata, tidak susah menangani perkara itu daripada terus berleluasa, yakni pemimpin negara perlu menentukan pengurusan tertinggi universiti terdiri daripada orang Umno dan mereka yang sayangkan parti itu sepenuh hati.

“Pada saya bukan susah, tentukan rektornya orang Umno...tentukan dekan fakulti orang Umno, pegawai yang mengambil pelajar, pekerja dan pentadbirannya adalah orang yang dipenuhi rasa cinta pada Umno sangat tinggi seperti (Datuk Seri) Ibrahim Abu Shah di UiTM (Universiti Teknologi Mara).

*dipetik dari Harian Metro hari ni

haa...cantek...kalau monyet pon bleh jadi Rektor & Dekan asal orang UMNO...tu yang banyak professor kangkung kat IPTA tu...jilat bontot sikit...sokong UMNO terus dapat title professor...dapat jadi dekan...dapat jadi rektor...

kalau arwah A.R Tompel maseh hidup mesti dia sound mamat ni "NO BRAIN!!"

kalau satu universiti sume orang UMNO pelajar-pelajar kita bleh jadi bertambah pandai ke??

universiti ni tempat timba ilmu pengetahuan ke tempat tarbiah fahaman UMNO??

nak jadi pensyarah,dekan atau rektor terletak kepada kebolehan, pengetahuan & pengalaman... bukan political view...

tak kesah ar orang UMNO ke DAP ke MIC ke PAS ke PKR ke...kalau layak jadi rektor atau dekan silakan...didik pelajar-pelajar kita sampai pandai...

Selamat Hari Rakyat!!!

Hari ini adalah ulangtahun pertama "Tsunami Politik" 8 Mac 2008...Dengan ini aku ingin mengucapkan SELAMAT HARI KEBANGKITAN RAKYAT!!!

8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat sedar dari lena yang 50 tahun panjangnya....
8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat menyahut cabaran pemerintah angkuh...
8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat menolak politik rasis dan fasis...
8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat Malaysia bangkit!!!

Tapi kita masih belum berjaya lagi...marilah kita semua rakyat Malaysia seluruh baka bangkit menghapuskan kezaliman dan kekejaman...Marilah kita semua tegakkan keadilan dan kebenaran untuk semua di bumi Malaysia yang tercinta ini...

Sekali lagi...SELAMAT HARI KEBANGKITAN RAKYAT!!!

Perarakan Mansuhkan PPSMI

Setelah menjadi mangsa tindakan fasis FRU sewaktu perarakan mansuhkan PPSMI, maka hari ini aku mengisytiharkan HARAM bagi anak cucu aku jadi FRU!!! Jadi FRU yang jaga stadium masa lawan bola pon tidak aku izinkan!!! CELAKA PUNYE FRU!!! Dalam masjid pon korang tembak gas pemedih mata...Rejim Zionis pon tak camni!!!

Sekian,terima kasih.

Malam di Balai Budaya

Selamat malam komrad-komrad sekalian,

Kali ini kita layan pula sajak "Malam di Balai Budaya" nukilan Sasterawan Negara Allahyarham Usman Awang...

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Api dan air mata

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Seorang guru tua berbicara
‘Berarak ke parlimen,aku di muka’

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Seseorang peguam muda* berkata
‘Bakar Perlembagaan 152’

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Seseorang pemuda berteriak
‘Ayuh mari kita berarak’

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
para pelajar berikrar
‘Dada kami sedia dibakar’

Malam itulah juga
Parlimen jadi petanda
Memenggal leher BAHASA.

(USMAN AWANG 3 Mac 1967)

"Malam di Balai Budaya" merujuk kepada perisitiwa tunjuk perasaan sebelum Perarakan Keranda 152 kerana menentang Rang Undang-Undang Bahasa Kebangsaan 1967. Peristiwa ini berlaku pada tahun 1967 di Balai Budaya, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka sekarang.

*Peguam muda itu disebut-sebut sebagai Allahyaraham Tun Hussein Onn bapa kepada menteri pendidikan kita yang bengap lagi bacul, Hishammuddin Tun Hussein... kesian...bapak pejuang bahasa anak tukang kasi jahanam...

Mansuhkan PPSMI!!!

Hari ni aku secara rasminya akan mengisytiharkan perang terhadap PPSMI...minggu ini sampai 7 Mac 2009 aku akan "post" artikel-artikel dan kajian-kajian yang menunjukkan betapa bangangnya polisi PPSMI ini... usaha ini diatas inisiatif aku sendiri bagi menyokong Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI(GMP)... disamping itu ini adalah usaha utk mencelikkan mata masyarakat sambil menanti kemuncak gerakan mansuhkan PPSMI iaitu himpunan 100 ribu rakyat di Istana Negara bagi menyerahkan memorandum membantah PPSMI ini pada 7 Mac 2009!!!tapi jangan ingat habis disitu sahaja...dari masa ke semasa aku akan post lagi artikel2 anti-ppsmi ini sampailah PPSMI ini dimansuhkan!!!

Sebagai langkah pertama kita layan dulu sajak Allahyarham Usman Awang yang bertajuk "Keranda 152"...

Anak Melayu
Panas dadamu membakar baju
Kita arak keranda 152
Ke tanah perkuburannya Parlimen

Sepuluh tanah nafas ini terhenti
Hari ini jangan lagi menyanyi

Sebentar lagi malam akan tiba
Tiap pintu dan jendela sudah dijaga
Bayang-bayang tidak bisa lewat jalan raya

Anak Melayu
Namamu telah diseru
Jawablah
Sebelum lidahmu jadi bisu

Usman Awang (1967)


*Keranda 152 merujuk kepada perarakan bantahan para pejuang Bahasa Melayu terutama penulis dari Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka yang mencapai kemuncaknya pada 3 Mac 1967 di Balai Budaya, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Antara tokoh terpenting ialah Usman Awang yang ketika itu menjadi editor majalah DBP ; Dewan Masyarakat, Dewan Sastera dan Dewan Budaya . Ia merupakan simbolik kepada kematian Bahasa Melayu apabila kerajaan Malaysia tidak menepati janji untuk menjadi bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa pengantar dan bahasa di bidang kehakiman.

KOMPLOT: The Future of Malaysian Music

Indie-bands is often described as bands which are free (independent) from major commercial record labels...Our local music scene are currently experiencing an "indie" explosion which started roughly around 2007. Currently there are so many indie-bands, however the sad thing is most of them are not "indie" by choice but following the current trend and have to be "indie" out of necessity to survive as our recording industry are in really bad shape.

One of the bands trying to make a mark in our music scene is Komplot. Komplot has been around from 2007...This is no ordinary band...Komplot has one of the most loyal and, if you may,"cult" following in the indie scene. For me Komplot is one band that truly embrace the spirit of indie-music and that is play original music, be precociusly creative and most importantly play music that transcends genre!!!...

In December 2008 KOMPLOT released an e.p titled DISKO TANPA RISIKO which announced the arrival of the future of Malaysian music. This e.p contains 4 songs all written in Malay. It's really difficult to describe their sound...What can I say is that they sound refreshingly original!!! Disko Tanpa Risiko is well-produced,greatly-mixed and have a kick-arsed sound quality!!! The best part is it's only RM15!!!

One may ask why am I making such a fuss over these lads? Well, I can truly say that I never heard a Malaysian band like this!! That's the god's honest truth!!! Their sound is a wonderful mix of rock & roll, psychedelic funk, 70s groove, disco punk, metal and some jazz elements. This quintet also have a saxophonist in their line-up...The sounds of the sax instill a haunting yet soothing sensation to the controlled frenzy of the eclectically-sounding guitars, funky bass-lines and raw drum-beats...

From the candid conversation I have with the bassist, I know that Komplot strive to play fresh sounds and original music. With the released of Disko Tanpa Risiko the lads already achieved that!!

Komplot's official site
Komplot's myspace

The Angry Voice of the Malaysian Working Class Youth

Rock n Roll exists for the sole purpose of STICKIN' IT TO THE MAN!!!... Dum Dum Tak or D.D.T did just that in their maiden release titled Hentikan Penindasan... This 2009 release contains 13 songs (a bit rare at this day and age) which is written and performed for the sole purpose of...you guessed it...STICKIN' IT TO THE MAN!!!

To describe D.D.T's sound..one just have to look at the band's name...their music can be described as dum...dum..tak...(I hope this makes sense as I'm no connoisseur of hardcore-punk... hahaha).

True to the original form of Punk-Rock which is to express the working class youths' angst against the establishment, D.D.T showed the "finger" to the establishment, the government, them ministers, The U.S government, punk rock's posers, the rich...hell...even hypocritical "human rights activists" are given a bollocking!!! Hentikan Penindasan also call and urge the youth,the working class and the masses to stand up for the oppressed and punish them oppressors and other tyrants at large.

The lads didn't mince their words...they wear their heart on their sleaves!!!D.D.T's songs are straight-forward and will slap you in the face transmitting and spreading D.D.Ts paradigm and aspirations... Furthermore it doesn't hurt D.D.T to be listed on Hishamuddin Rais a.k.a Tukar Tiub list of Le Cool for 2008...

What I love about Hentikan Penindasan is that it's not your typical half-hearted D.I.Y release...It's a well thought and well executed. It's a full-blown in-yer-face energetic effort dripping with pure punk attitude!! Hell...even the cover's artwork and design is quite something!

I'm no punk-rocker or follower of any punk-isms...however I love great music and sounds...and for RM10(by hand) you can experience that with Hentikan Penindasan, provided that you can handle it!!

*go here to get more info on D.D.T and where to get Hentikan Penindasan.

The Other Side

In light of the distribution of the Elizabeth Wong pictures, some MP's took time in today's sitting discuss/debate/argue/politicking (what do they really do in the house??emm....) this matter.What interested me was the comment from YB Chong Eng (DAP-Bukit Mertajam):

"If these pictures are regarded as a legitimate means by which an elected representative may be removed, then I fear the other side is in even greater danger."

hahahahahaha...spot on YB!! SPOT ON!!!

Kenapa perlu letak jawatan??

Setelah kecoh semalam yang foto dan klip video bogel Elizabeth Wong (Adun Bukit lanjan dan Exco Selangor) telah tersebar, beberapa pihak telah mula melatah meminta beliau meletakkan jawatan.. Kenapa beliau perlu letak jawatan..beliau adalah mangsa...gambar2 tu diambil tanpa kebenaran dan pengetahuan beliau...tetapi atas rasa tanggungjawab Elizabeth Wong sendiri secara sukarela menawarkan untuk meletak jawatan.

Mari kita lihat reaksi ahli-ahli politik kita:

Ketua pembangkang Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo mendesak ahli exco kerajaan negeri Selangor, Elizabeth Wong supaya meletak jawatan exco dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Bukit Lanjan, ekoran penyebaran foto-foto bogelnya kepada umum.

"Ini adalah masalah moral. Dulu Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek pun letak jawatan," katanya kepada Malaysiakini.

Katanya, apabila perkara yang sama berlaku kepada Dr Chua, pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat mendesaknya supaya meletak jawatan.

"Sekarang mengapa tidak (Elizabeth letak jawatan). Jangan dwi-standard. (Bila) berlaku pada orang tak boleh... (tapi) pada kita tak apa," katanya lagi.

aduhai datuk seri...chua soi lek tu lain dia dah ade bini pastu pegi romen ngan orang lain...orang puteh panggil "extra-maritial affair"...kes elizabeth wong ni lain...dia tgh tido ade org amek gambar... lagipon dia bujang...bukan Islam...tu hak peribadi dia...dia tak langgar mana-mana undang-undang.

Ibarat camnila datuk...datuk tengah berak satgi ada orang amik gambar datuk pastu sebarkan... kena letak jawatan ke camtu??gambar bogel tu...haha

Dr Mohd Khir mendesak supaya Elizabeth meletak jawatan "secepat yang boleh".

Dengan berbuat demikian, katanya, ia akan dapat membersihkan nama PKR.
"Jika tidak, ia adalah parti yang tak ada moral," katanya.

ala datuk, kalau rasuah tu bermoral ke?...bagi projek2 kat kaum-kerabat tu moral yang baik?rompak tanah sana-sini tu bermoral?...rembat duit orang miskin tu moral celah mana?...ni sume kerja parti datuk yang sangat "bermoral"...


Naib Presiden Umno, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam menyifatkan tindakan Elizabeth Wong menawarkan untuk meletak jawatan exco kerajaan Selangor dan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Bukit Lanjan, ekoran penyebaran foto bogelnya, bukan sesuatu yang mengejutkan.

Ni satu lagi "bijak"...Ibarat camnila datuk...datuk tengah mandi satgi ada orang amik gambar datuk pastu sebarkan... kena letak jawatan ke camtu??gambar bogel tu...

"Tindakan itu wajar kerana apa yang berlaku melibatkan maruah seseorang pemimpin."

Maruah...emmm...kalau rasuah tu bermaruah ke?...bagi projek2 kat kaum-kerabat tu bermaruah?rompak tanah sana-sini tu bermaruah jens ape?...rembat duit orang miskin tu bermaruah celah mana?...ni sume kerja parti datuk yang sangat "bermaruah"...

"Tindakan bergambar bogel adalah sesuatu yang tidak boleh diterima oleh rakyat negara ini."

aduh..letih ar aku nak terangkan kat kau...camni la datuk..datuk tgh amik pahala sunat malam jumaat dengan bini datuk satgi ade orang amek gambar tanpa kebenaran dan pengetahuan datuk...pastu sebarkan dan cakap ia sebagai "aksi seks Ali Rustam"...wajar ke camtu...

bila datuk menggunakan perkataan "bergambar bogel"...ini telah memberi konotasi yang elizabeth wong buat begitu secara sukarela...walhal gambar tersebut diambil tanpa kebenaran dan pengetahuan beliau...paham??

Apa kata Wanita MCA:

Walaupun kedua-duanya dilabel musuh politik, Wanita MCA turut berdiri di belakang wakil rakyat PKR Elizabeth Wong sewaktu exco Selangor itu dilanda kontroversi berhubung penyebaran foto bogel.

Selain menyatakan simpatinya, ketua Wanita MCA Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun berkata mereka berang dengan tindakan memalukan pihak-pihak itu yang dianggapnya menjadikan wanita sebagai objek seks.

"Ia suatu pencerobohan ruang peribadi wanita dan juga eksploitasi terhadap mereka untuk tujuan politik," katanya dalam satu kenyataan.

Chew menambah, penyebaran foto-foto bogel bercanggahan dengan undang-undang pencegahan pornografi seperti termaktub dalam Kanun Keseksaan.

Camnilah berpolitik yang matang...syabas wanita MCA...

Jika moral dan maruah begitu dititikberatkan...kenapa tiada sebarang desakan dari UMNO supaya Timbalan Presiden UMNO sendiri yang juga merupakan Timbalan Perdana Menteri untuk membersihkan nama dan mempertahahankan "moral" serta "maruah" beliau yang dipersoalkan apabila beliau dikaitkan dan dituduh terlibat dengan pembunuhan seorang wanita Mongolia?

*kenyataan Khir Toyo,Ali Rustam dan Chew Mei Fun dipetik dari Malaysiakini.

Perak Constituitonal Crisis: You reap what you sow!

Just when we thought that the politicking will stop and Malaysian politics will be calm before the storm in March(UMNO Party Election), The DPM,Najib Tun Razak orchestrated a successful coup for the Perak State Governmnet. Anwar Ibrahim must be kicking himself...After all he is the one who initiate political crossovers and defections...In his defence Anwar said that crossovers were the only way to leave a corrupt party as if the elected representative resign his/her seat that person cannot be on the ballot for 5 years.

the thing is i think that everyone has been deviated away from the main issue of the political situation in perak by the pro-umno media.the main issue is the constitution and the process of transition of power.

we all know that umno often treat the constitution like a toilet paper. furthermore the 3rd rukun negara is keluhuran perlembagaan. The issues are not "party-hopping" or derhaka

The main issues:

1. SPR cannot overule a speaker's decision to announce a "seat" is empty based on a validity of a resignation letter.
2. SPR does not have jurisdiction on deciding the validity of a resignation letter.
3. Only the court of law have that kind of jurisdiction.
4. It is the Sultan prerogative to allow BN to form a new state government.
5. It's also tuanku's right to say no to a snap election.
6. However,can the Sultan asks an MB to resign?
7. Why can't Tuanku wait for the state asemmbly to sit a move a vote of no-confidence before swearing-in a new MB & Exco?

Now the floodgates have opened and all the pro/ultra or stupid-malays group are organizing street demonstrations (although umno and the so-called pro/ultra or stupid-malays groups always view that street-demos are not our culture, they are doing it!!) against Perak Ex-MB Nizar Jamaluddin and showing support to HRH the Sultan of Perak... (emm, not to long ago UMNO members were demonstrating against the Raja of Perlis and the Agong for their choices of MB for Perlis and Terengganu respectively. they even called our beloved Agong "Natang" which is a very offensive word on the Terengganu lingo)

To the peolple who are against this unconstitutional coup, rather than organizing street demos I suggest another act of civil disobedience which is the Hartal...I think the Hartal conveyed a strong massage of protest and objection. The thing is the pro-umno media will spin the street-demos to show that the supporters of PR and YB Nizar as violent,uncivilized and above the law.

After all of this I think YB Nizar has come out smelling like a bed of roses. From the way he conduct himself in the media and still smiling under this circumstances. He has become the new "media darling".

BN has a lot to answer. Furthermore there will be two "referendum" after the death of Bukit Gantang MP and the resignation of Kedah V.Arumugam the Bukit Selembau ADUN. This two snap-elections will be held smack in the busiest time of the UMNO calendar which is their Party Polls in March...There have also been talks that Nizar's name came up as a candidate for the Bukit Gantang Parlimentary seat. To the people of Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selembau show your support and anger on the ballot!!!..."They" think they can take democracy from us...well God gave the chance for us to show "Kuasa Rakyat"!!!

Berita Tengahari: Mansuhkan sayap-sayap UMNO untuk menghapuskan politik wang

Pengerusi Lembaga Disiplin Umno, Tan Sri Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail mengutarakan cadangan untuk memansuhkan sayap-sayap Parti UMNO seperti Wanita, Pemuda, Putera dan Puteri untuk membenteras politik wang...

Aiseh Tan Sri...alang-alang mansuhkan UMNO terus...satu Malaya tahu politik wang adalah UMNO dan UMNO adalah politik wang...nak mansuhkan politik wang kenalah mansuhkan UMNO... Tu bapak segala politik wang Majlis Tertinggi UMNO tu tak nak mansuhkan ke??? Mansuhkan jelah...selamat duit rakyat...

Butterfingers: Sesi Istana Budaya/ Istana Budaya Sessions Day 2

Transcendence 10-year Anniversary Rock Out

The BEST BUTTER SHOW EVER!!!!!what can I say, those of you who missed it just missed a significant performance in Malaysian music history!!!Everything was top-notch!!the performance, the sound,the showmanship and even the crew(although there's some minor glithes but to hell with that!!!)...I don't know any adjective in the English language that could describe the sheer brilliance of this session. I think only watching the DVD of this session (All 4 sessions will be released on dvd!!!) will do justice!!! I'll never expected malayneum, epitome, mating season and girl friday and other 10 songs will be this RHAPSODIC!!!



-picture courtesy of Kieng Meng from Anarchy in Me

Mari Hidup Kembali (Sesi Gitar Karan)

Those who don't appreciate Butterfingers' Malay songs really should have come to this show.After this session I started to see Selamat Tinggal Dunia and Kembali in a new light... Hell, I'm even appreciating both albums even more!!!People who prefer to listen to Indo Pop/Rock and have no qualms parting with their hard-earned Ringgit should witness the performance of the best we could offer!!!The musical arrangement,sound and showmanship really is above Dewa dare I say (Bloody hell!!! I'm biased on this one and DAMN PROUD OF IT!!!)

Two-day Round Up
Honest to god I have a REALLY ROCKING TIME!!! Hell!!I'm gonna tell my grandchildren that I was there when Butteringers perform at Istana Budaya!!!Definitely one of the highlights of my existence on God's green earth...Eventhough without the moshing and bodysurfing this is one hell of a show!!!MOGWAI EAT YER HEART OUT!!! For those who missed it and those who didn't (honestly I think evryone who loves music) buy the DVD when it comes out... Hell I even gonna buy the Live album if they ever released one!!! Bloody hell I'm gonna grab the DVD and the Live CD!!!

Butterfingers: Sesi Istana Budaya/ Istana Budaya Sessions Day 1

1st Session: 1996-2001 Unplugged

Let's start with the opening act,Bunkface...although I'm not a connoisseur of pop-punk etc the boys from Klang gave a good and entertaining performance ...eventhough they've been asked to perform an acoustic set, they take it in their stride...adding violins when performing situasi was a nice touch lads!!

The first thing that crossed the minds of every Butter-ultra is how on earth will they perform an acoustic set of 1.2 miligrams, butter worth pushful, transcendence and malayneum? well the same thing were asked by Nirvana and Metallica fans when they performed Unplugged in New York and S&M...the best thing is Butterfingers gave a performance that I think will make Nirvana and Metallica proud!!!(I'm maybe a wee bit biased on this one...haha)

When I saw the strings sextet I know it will be a hell of a show...the sound was bloody good!!!If I closed my eyes I'll swear to god that the band was performing a full electric set!!!That's how good the sound was!!!The lighting was like rays of lights descending from the heavens above...I never knew that Butterfingers songs from 1996-2001 sounds so good acoustically...maybe this show how musically astute they are...

The best thing about this session was that the band played all my favourite songs like girl friday,epitome,malayneum and pacific...this was the 1st time I saw the band performed them live as most of these songs were rarely performed by the band!!!

-photos courtesy of Saifoel Hafsham from Aku Blogger....Flickr si Jurugambar Penembak Curi



2nd Session: Mari Hidup Kembali Unplugged Session

For the 2nd session the opening act was Hujan...what can I say?...emm...not a fan, however Hujan gave a good performance...One word to describe the 2nd session, SANTAI or laid back/relaxed in English...

For this session the band performed their Malay songs which I can say were made to be performed acoustically...The addition of the strings sextet section showed how good the band's Malay songs are...this session was tighter than the 1st session...

The band was relaxed...their banter with the crowd were pretty lively...loko and even the usually reserved kadak gave a shuffle demonstration...This was a pretty good session...on par with the 1st...however I was a bit disappointed that Pak Kassim Masdor wasn't there to perform Merdeka with the band...When I asked Emmet about this he said that Pak Kassim need a permit to perform here because he is a Singaporean...damn bureaucratic bastards!!! and they wonder why the youth voted against the ruling party...emmm....on that note I just can't wait for tomorrow!!!

-tiada lagi gambar2 dari si Jurugambar Penembak curi sebab sudah kantoi dgn pihak istana budaya... haha

BUTTERFINGERS: Sesi Istana Budaya / Istana Budaya Sessions

Lagi sejam sebelum persembahan dimulakan.... D-day is here!!! One hour before the performance...

sebelum tu enjoy dulu "artwork"(konon-konon)...hahaha

Self-interest vs Selfishness : Adam Smith's Capitalism

Capitalism is the cause of the current financial crisis!!! During the current financial debacle, capitalism is being blame as the main culprit.. Although I'm a leftist and would welcome and applaud any attack on capitalism, however the truth is capitalism is not at fault. The ones at fault here are the Capitalists. There is a major difference between capitalism and capitalists.

Obviously capitalism is a system and capitalists are the "followers" of capitalism. For example, Pol Pot is a communist. However does communism allow the genocide that Pol Pot ordered in Cambodia? Does communism allow the murders and killings that were done by Stalin (this guy kill more people than Hitler!!)???

It was the capitalists who allowed the rampant consumerism that causes the credit crunch and sub-prime crisis. Why did they allow this? Simply because they are greedy and selfish. In their opinion, it's alright to make a few quids at the expense of others. In their view this is what capitalism is all about...Well,they are wrong...BLOODY WRONG!!

Adam Smith is one of my heroes and to honour his legacy I'm going to set the record straight. Everyone knows that Adam Smith is the father of modern economics and the founder of capitalism. However how many of you know that he was a moral philosopher and taught morality and ethics. This fact is often conveniently left-out by the capitalists.

Long before Adam Smith wrote the monumental “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, he wrote a book on morality titled “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”. We can only understand Adam Smith’s idea of the pursuit of self-interest if we read “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”. However, Adam Smith’s view on self-interest is heavily distorted and today is viewed as selfishness. This is far from the truth.

Adam Smith based his view of self-interest on his idea of the social looking glass. Adam Smith states the idea of the social looking glass, as “man by nature is a social animal. He has to live in a group or society. For that he must have the feeling that people around him like, admire and have a good opinion about him”. The idea of the social looking glass will keep the pursuit of self interest in control.

In Smith’s earlier “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”, selfishness is transformed. Man is able to put their selves in the position of a third person, an enlightened impartial observer, and in this way man will have empathy for someone in trouble, thus controlling their pursuit of self-interest.

In Smith’s “Wealth of Nations”, the individual pursuit of self-interest in a two-way exchange economy guarantees social harmony. In his economic behavior, an individual neither intends to promote the public interest nor does he know that he is promoting it. He intends only to provide for his own security. Adam Smith famously wrote, “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. Such self interest and economic self reliance were perfectly natural, grounded in the desire of bettering our condition, which comes with us from the womb and never leaves us till we go into the grave.”

In other words, we always put our self-interest as our main priority. However, it is in our self-interest not to "harm" others as in doing so we will have a good image. If the capitalists really embrace the idea of "pursuit of self-interest", there will be no credit crunch,sub prime crisis, speculation and NO FINANCIAL CRISIS dare I say. The fact is, recessions are cyclical however financial crises are man-made.