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Wayang Ip-Man dan revolusi mental masyarakat tionghua

2010-06-03T13:39:00.001+08:00

Setelah hanya melihat wayang Ip-Man yang pertama melalui dvd, aku bertekad untuk menonton Ip-Man 2 di panggung wayang. Tekad ini menjadi kenyataan baru-baru ini dan aku sangat berpuas-hati. filem-filem Ip-Man bukanlah satu filem aksi kung-fu yang tipikal...menekankan senibela-diri sebagai senibudaya dan warisan sesuatu kaum adalah aspek utama yang membezakan filem ini dari filem-filem aksi senibela-diri yang lain.

Aku menyedari wujud lagi satu paparan tersirat dalam filem Ip-Man & Ip-Man 2..dan ini telah menyebabkan aku lebih kagum dengan filem-filem Ip-Man..Aku tidak tahu sama ada pembikin filem-filem Ip-Man ini sedar bahawa mereka telah memaparkan revolusi mental masyarakat tionghua..

Di awal filem (Ip Man 1)..Ip Man dipaparkan sebagai seorang hartawan yang berbudi-pekerti..walaupun boleh dikatakan Ip Man merupakan penggila seni kung-fu, dia tidak berminat untuk mengambil anak murid apatah lagi membuka sekolah kung-fu nya sendiri..Pekan Foshan digambarkan sebagai sebuah pekan yang mewah dipenuhi peniaga-peniaga dan usahawan..rakan-rakan penggila kung-fu seperti Ip-Man juga terdiri dari kalangan peniaga dan usahawan..Dikala ini masyarakat tionghua dipaparkan mementingkan kesopanan dan budi pekerti. Kerana ini Ip-Man disanjung tinggi di pekan Foshan..bukan saja kung-fu nya terulung, budi-pekertinya juga tinggi.

Semua ini berubah di pertengahan filem (Ip Man 1) pabila Jepun sampai ke Foshan dan merampas harta-benda penduduk..Lantas menyebabkan penduduk pekan Foshan jatuh miskin..Pada filem Ip Man 2 pula watak Ip-Man mula berubah..Ip Man telah berhijrah ke Hong Kong..Ip Man yang dahulu seorang hartawan kini tidak lagi berharta..Untuk menyara hidup beliau ingin membuka sekolah kung-fu. Secara bersahaja Ip-Man mendahulukan pembayaran yuran dari upacara minum teh (upacara menandakan permulaan perguruan seseorang)..Ini kerana dia harus membayar sewa rumah yang sudah tertangguh sekelian lama..Akan tetapi Ip-Man dari dahulunya bukanlah seorang yang mementingkan upacara yang lebih kearah menunjukkan gah..

Ip-Man menghadapi kesukaran untuk mengajar kung-fu di hong-kong kerana dibelenggu oleh peraturan-peraturan yang tidak masuk akal..sekolah-sekolah kung-fu di hong-kong pula diuruskan seakan-akan kumpulan kongsi gelap..kung-fu bukan lagi dilihat sebagai warisan senibudaya tetapi punca rezeki dan periuk nasi...aku berpendapat dari kesukaran hidup terbitnya sifat kiasu. Jika tidak tahu apa itu kiasu sila ke sini.

Persoalan yang aku mahu timbulkan disini, adakah manusia akan lupakan budi-pekerti,budaya dan warisan pabila dihimpit kesusahan? adakah nilai-nilai murni hanya diamalkan pabila kita hidup dalam keadaan yang selesa? Ip Man sememangnya seorang lelaki yang ulung..dikala dihimpit kesusahan dia maseh berpegang-teguh kepada nilai-nilai murni seperti diwaktu beliau bergelar seorang hartawan.. Pegangangnya bahawa kung-fu merupakan seni warisan budaya dan bukannya wadah untuk seseorang menunjukkan kekuatan juga maseh utuh...Dikala Ip-Man dikelilingi dengan manusia bersifat kiasu, dia maseh unggul..

Sifat kiasu terbit dari kesusahan hidup..Ip Man bukanlah lagi seorang "anak tempatan"...dia kini telah berhijrah ke hong kong...dia seorang "pendatang"..membincangkan sifat kiasu di kalangan rakyat malaysia..sifat ini dikatakan menebal dikalangan pendatang awal dari masyarakat tionghua kerana kesukaran hidup terutama sekali pabila mereka menjejakkan kaki ke tanah melayu sebagai "buruh terikat" atau lebih dikenali sebagai ku li .

Ini tidak bermaksud sifat kiasu itu ekslusif untuk kaum tionghua sahaja..sifat kiasu tidak mengenal kaum!! kebelakangan ini kita lihat orang malaysia makin kiasu..terutama sekali dikalangan mereka yang duduk di Kuala Lumpur...kenapakah ini berlaku?? adakah kerna hiruk-pikuk ibukota?? adakah ini hasil dari "pembangunan" dan "kemodenan"...aku berpendapat ini disebabkan faktor "hijrah"..

Ibukota merupakan tempat utama penghijrahan dari segenap pelusuk negara...apabila seseorang itu berhijrah ke ibukota, survival menjadi fokus utama..perkara lain diketepikan..disini munculnya sifat kiasu...yang menjadi lucu sifat kiasu ini hilang serta merta pabila perantau ini pulang ke kampung halaman..Ini mungkin kerana di bandar itu wang menjadi ukuran...di kampung bukan wang yang dipandang tinggi.

Aku mahu ulang sekali lagi, sifat kiasu tidak mengenal kaum..sifat kiasu ini hanya tiada pada mereka yang berpegang teguh pada ajaran agama dan berbudi-pekerti...janganlah kita terikut-ikut arus "permodenan" kapitalis yang telah mewujudkan sifat kiasu ini..

PDRM

2010-05-10T00:16:00.000+08:00

Pagi Sabtu yang lalu berlaku lagi satu insiden "remaja ditembak polis" di Negeri Sembilan...Selepas insiden kematian adik Aminulrasyid Amzah pihak PDRM makin diperhatikan rakyat...Pelbagai ulasan dan spekulasi yang ditulis mengenai insiden kematian adik Aminulrasyid Amzah..Rasanya tidak perlu lagi ditambah... Apa yang perlu diperhatikan secara teliti sekarang adalah sikap Ketua Polis Negara yang seakan-akan tidak boleh menerima kritikan dan teguran lebih-lebih lagi selepas insiden kematian adik Aminulrasyid.

"Biarlah apa yang nak dikatakan oleh ahli politik, tapi saya ingin tahu sama ada anda mahu kami menguatkuasakan undang-udnang atau tidak.Kalau tak nak, saya akan beritahu orang saya supaya tidak lagi menahan kereta yang dipandu dengan cara mencurigakan atau mengambil tindakan terhadap pelumba haram yang bermaharajalela di jalan raya." (baca kenyataan penuh disini) Inilah kenyataan dari KPN yang tidak dapat menerima kritikan dari orang ramai lebih-lebih lagi selepas insiden kematian adik Aminulrasyid...Tidak cukup dengan itu KPN seakan-akan mengungut untuk sedia "sedia mengarahkan anggotanya supaya tidak lagi mengawal jika itu kehendak rakyat."

Dalam hal ini KPN bersikap sungguh tidak professional sekali...Bagi aku inilah sikap seorang KPN yang berkhidmat untuk pemerintah bukan untuk rakyat...KPN nampaknya terlupa bahawa PDRM itu "digajikan" oleh rakyat...jadi majikan PDRM itu adalah seramai lebih kurang 30 juta orang!!..Sememangnya PDRM memang tidak akan memuaskan hati semua rakyat Malaysia tetapi sekurang-kurangnya KPN harus bersikap terbuka dan berjiwa besar...Lebih mengusarkan jika sikap angkuh KPN ini menjadi ikutan anggota dan pegawai Polis yang lain..

KPN harus meminta maaf diatas kenyataan dan sikap angkuh beliau...jika berkeras, lebih baik rasanya jika beliau meletakkan jawatan..wakil dari pihak oposisi juga telah memberi tempoh kepada KPN selama sebulan atau berdepan dengan demonstrasi di seluruh negara...

Kritikan keras aku terhadap sikap angkuh KPN ini tidak dapat diterima oleh semua pihak...Lebih-lebih lagi seorang sahabat yang juga merupakan seorang Inspektor Polis...Beliau berpendapat pihak yang mengkritik KPN dan PDRM sebagai "berlagak pandai"..Beliau juga seakan-akan "merajuk" (mungkin terikut-ikut dgn KPN ar ni..) setiap kali tindakan KPN dan pihak Polis dipersoalkan...Aku dapat rasakan bahawa sahabat aku ni terasa dengan kritikan keras aku terhadap KPN...lebih-lebih lagi kerana aku melabelkan kenyataan KPN diatas sebagai kenyataan yang "bangang"...Mungkin dia menganggap kritikan aku ini ditujukan kepada semua anggota PDRM, walaupun sebenarnya tidak...Aku sangat menghargai usaha baik pihak Polis...aku juga berpendapat rakyat jelata dan pihak Polis harus bekerjasama bagi memastikan negara aman sentosa..

Sabtu yang lepas kita hampir digegarkan lagi dengan peristiwa "tembak"...Jika tidak kerana tindakan tepat dan pantas oleh Ketua Polis Negeri Sembilan Datuk Osman Salleh, mungkin kembali membara insiden kematian adik Aminulrasyid..Tindakan pantas Datuk Osman Salleh menggantung tugas anggota polis berkenaan secara serta merta kerana melepaskan tembakan tanpa sebab kukuh dirinya terancam telah meredakan keadaan..Beliau juga berkata, "saya menganggap kejadian ini sebagai kesalahan menggunakan kuasa. Saya kesal dengan insiden ini kerana anggota terbabit telah menembak tanpa justifikasi yang telah ditetapkan oleh Ketua Polis Negara. Saya juga ingin meminta maaf kepada pihak keluarga mangsa."

Inilah contoh sikap Pegawai Polis yang professional dan berjiwa besar...Syabas Datuk Osman Salleh!! KPN harus bersikap sebegini...Aku harap sikap dan tindakan Datuk Osman Salleh dapat dicontohi dan diteladani oleh semua anggota PDRM.

Tulisan

2010-04-15T01:59:00.010+08:00

Aku sememangnya amat gemar membaca karya non-fiction dan esei-esei... Bagi pendapat aku tulisan-tulisan Hishammudin Rais (Tukar Tiub) dan Khalid Jaafar (atau lebih mesra dengan panggilan Pak Khalid) adalah yang terbaik dalam genre esei Bahasa Melayu. Walaupun Tukar Tiub berhaluan kiri ,Pak Khalid berhaluan kanan dan aku pula mungkin melebat ke kiri yang penting kedua-dua penulis (dan juga aku) mempunyai halatuju yang sama..

Di saat ini aku sedang membaca Tumit Achilles, buku sulung Pak Khalid yang menghimpunkan esei-esei beliau. Ini menyebabkan aku sering singgah di laman blog Pak Khalid...Diantara tulisan-tulisan yang ada, aku amat terkesan dengan tulisan ini;

Ada tiga bentuk budaya politik Melayu berhubungan dengan kekuasaan. Yang pertama ditujukan oleh Hang Tuah, kesetiaan membuta tuli, menerima raja tidak melakukan kesalahan- rex non potest peccare-, kedua ditampilkan oleh Hang Jebat dengan ungkapan raja adil raja disembah, raja zalim raja disanggah, keadilan mesti ditegakan meskipun langit runtuh. Dan ditengah-tengah kedua kutub pendirian ini kita melihat sikap Tun Perak, orang yang tahu mana yang adil dan mana yang zalim dan untuk menegakan keadilan terdapat cara-cara yang berbeda dan pilihan tersebut menuntut kebijaksanaan.

Tun Perak adalah bendahara kesultanan Melaka yang teragung dan dibawah pemerintahanan Melaka menjadi sebuah empayar yang kaya dan makmur. Tun Perak adalah arkitek kepada pax Malacca satu keteraturan serantau, perdagangan bebas dan kehidupan sosial yang amat kosmopolitan. Di situ juga bermula sistem perundangan dan peraturan, dan tanpa system perundangan dan peraturan ini Melaka tidak boleh wujud sebagai empayar yang makmur dan pusat perdagangan Asia...(artikel penuh)

Walaupun budaya politik Tun Perak lebih digemari dan nampak lebih rasional di zaman ini, aku lebih bersetuju dengan Hang Jebat dan haluan yang dipilihnya...Bagi aku keadilan harus ditegakkan hatta "langit runtuh" sekalipun!!

Akan tetapi ini bukanlah kesimpulan yang aku temui...Pada masa yang sama aku menulis di saat ini bukanlah untuk memenangkan Hang Jebat dan haluan yang dipilihnya...Apa yang aku dapat simpulkan buat masa ini adalah haluan,cara dan kaedah itu tidaklah sepenting matlamat itu sendiri...Yang harus diutamakan adalah matlamat untuk menentang penindasan dan kezaliman itu sendiri...

Seringgkali kita terlampau taksub berbalah mengenai haluan dan cara masing-masing sehingga tergelincir dari landasan perjuangan..Ketaksuban ini telah mengenepikan akal,hikmah dan adab yang amat diperlukan dalam perjuangan demi "kemanusiaan"...Lebih bermakna jika kita meraikan perbezaan kita dalam meniti haluan berbeza demi "kemanusiaan".

Menjadi "ORANG"

2010-03-08T15:51:00.029+08:00

Semalam selepas selesai jualan sempena Art for Grabs (aku jual buku) aku dan member aku pun pergilah minum...member aku ni bagi aku seorang pekerja senibudaya. sepenuh masa..dia seorang penulis dan pemuzik...baru-baru ini dia mula berjinak-jinak dengan bidang lukisan...bleh tahan "avant-garde" gak ar mamat ni!!borak punya borak tiba-tiba member aku cakap;

teruna avant garde: aku boring btol kalau lepak dengan budak-budak sekolah aku...

aku: apasal?

teruna avant garde: baru-baru ni lepak ada member aku kata..."akhirnya jadi orang gak aku"...pastu dia tanya aku.."kau bila nak jadi orang??"...bengang gila aku dia tanya aku camtu!!

aku: haha...abes tu skang ni dia ingat kau jadi apa??monyet??haha

teruna avant garde: benda-benda camni yang menyebabkan aku malas nak lepak dengan budak-budak sekolah aku nih...

*secara amnya di malaysia ni kita hanya akan jadi "orang" bila ada kerja,ada gaji bulan-bulan dan ada kereta... Formulanya camni:

Kerja makan gaji + kereta = ORANG

akan tetapi bagi sesetengah kelompok masyarakat formula diatas pun belum cukup lagi...derang ni punya formula camni lak:

Kerja Makan Gaji + Kereta + Kahwin = ORANG

ada pulak berlaku kalau setakat kahwin je belum cukup lagi untuk jadi lelaki atau wanita yang sempurna...kena ada anak dulu barulah jadi lelaki/wanita sempurna...campurkan dengan kerja makan gaji dan kereta lalu terhasillah "orang"...penaakulan mantik nye camni lak:

Kerja Makan Gaji + Kereta + Kahwin + Keluarga = ORANG = Kehidupan Sempurna = KEGEMBIRAAN

berbalik pula kepada perbualan aku dan member aku;

teruna avant garde:aku bengang gila dengan orang yang camtu!!

aku:aku tak bengang dengan derang brader...malahan aku kesian...

teruna avant garde:eh, kenapa lak?

aku: yelah...aku kesian gila dengan derang sebab kehidupan derang diertikan dengan definisi yang materialistik...tanpa kerja makan gaji dan kereta derang, kehidupan mereka ni tak membawa apa-apa erti... kesian... tapi kita takleh nak salahkan derang ni 100%... dah masyarakat kita sememangnya tidak menghargai warisan senibudaya.. alangkan bahasa kebangsaan pun tidak dimertabatkan... negara membangun memang camni... fikir nak maju dan membangun... tapi sendiri tak faham maksud pembangunan dan kemajuan itu...ciptaan kapitalis yang paling menjahanamkan ummat manusia adalah kewujudan "middle-class"... derang tatau yg derang ni jadi hamba kepada tauke-tauke kapitalis... derang selesa je makan gaji... pastu consume segala bagai produk para kapitalis bangsat yang dihasilkan menggunakan darah keringat kaum buruh... aku kesian dengan derang ni... derang ni sebenarnya "CONSUMER CLASS" ..derang ni macam haiwan ternakan.. haha

teruna avant garde: yeke?haha

aku:tapi tak semua orang makan gaji camtu... ada yang makan gaji tapi luar ofis jadi aktivis... seni ke ngo ke politik ke...orang-orang camni memang aku respek gila!..aku kesian dengan golongan "haiwan ternakan" yang maseh tak sedar tu...

adakah hidup aku sempurna??

entahlah...

adakah aku selesa??

tak tahu camne nak jawab...nak kata susah tu taklah..tapi selesa sangat pun tak jugak...dan aku pun tak "mengejar keselesaan" sebab bagi aku "keselesaan" ini melekakan...

adakah aku gembira?

alhamdulillah..sudah tentu!

kenapa?

sebab aku pilih untuk jadi gembira!!kegembiraan itu tidak memerlukan sebab..

Ini semua Johnny punye pasal!!

2010-01-31T12:59:00.007+08:00

Segalanya bermula di sini...

lalu ke sini...

menyebabkan ini berlaku!!!

Ditambah dengan ini...

natijahnya... :

nasi lemak+lontong lauk paru+kopi tarik+Camel 14+Paper = BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!!

hahaha...

Semalam di rumah Gerak Budaya

2010-01-24T12:19:00.007+08:00

selepas selesai mendengar kisah, pengalaman dan pandangan Komrad Salah As-Salah di Gerak Budaya semalam aku menyapa Tukar Tiub...

Tukar Tiub: Kau datang naik ape?...

aku: keta...

Tukar Tiub: naseb baik kau naik keta!!

aku: tu ar..hari pon nampak nak ujan ni...

Tukar Tiub: bukan...kalau kau naik moto, terseksa moto tu nak bawak kau!! kah kah kah

aku: (dalam hati) shilake nye tukar tiub!!

Malaysian Maverick: Satu ulasan santai

2010-01-20T02:52:00.004+08:00

Malaysian Maverick merupakan buku yang mengundang segala macam kontroversi seperti mana juga buku "SHIT" nukilan Sasterawan Negara Shahnon Ahmad 10 tahun dahulu...Seperti Shit, Malaysian Maverick juga merupakan best-seller (dengar khabar sudah sold-out di Singapura)...Akan tetapi berlainan dengan Shit, Malaysian Maverick masih belum dibenarkan penjualannya di Malaysia...

Baru-baru ini aku berpeluang membaca Malaysian Maverick yang diseludup dari Kota Singa oleh seorang sahabat (sebenarnya aku pinjam...buat masa ini 60 Sing Dollar adalah di luar kemampuanku untuk sebuah buku...). Walaupun sudah ada beberapa ulasan mengenai buku ini aku memilih untuk mengulas dari kacamata anak muda dengan gaya yang lebih santai (bagi mereka yang mahukan ulasan yang lebih serius sila ke sini atau sini).

Selepas habis membaca buku ini aku rasa "pendedahan" oleh Barry Wain bukanlah gempak sangat mahupun mengejutkan sampai buku ini perlu ditahan penjualannya oleh KDN..Mungkin bagi generasi pasca reformasi dan "new-media" "pendedahan-pendedahan" Barry Wain telah menghancurkan mitos bahawa tanpa Dr.Mahathir negara kita pasti tidak akan mencapai "kemajuan" yang dirasai sekarang (mitos yang ditanam didalam akal generasi muda termasuk aku sejak tadika lagi). Mungkin yang mengejutkan adalah kita di Malaysia ini tidak pernah membincangkan tentang mana-mana tokoh secara kritis dan seimbang dan apabila terbitnya buku seperti Malaysian Maverick kita pun "terkejut". Di Malaysia ini perbincangan lebih tertumpu kepada kelebihan dan kekuatan seorang tokoh, segala kekurangan dan kelemahan akan ditolak ketepi..

Bagi aku Malaysian Maverick bukanlah satu naskhah yang penuh dengan "pendedahan-pendedahan" yang sensasi akan tetapi sebuah buku yang "menyorot" kembali era zaman pemerintahan Dr.Mahathir...Jika ditanya kepada mereka yang mengikuti perkembangan politik tanahair sebelum era reformasi lagi, "pendedahan-pendedahan" seperti skandal BMF, skandal PERWAJA,krisis Dr.Mahathir dengan institut perundangan, krisis Dr.Mahathir dengan institut Raja-Raja serta perpecahan UMNO yang menyebabkan tertubuhnya UMNO BARU adalah sebahagian daripada legasi politik Dr.Mahathir dan bukanlah pendedahan yang "mengejutkan" apatah lagi "menggemparkan"...

Ini bukan bermaksud Malaysian Maverick adalah buku politik "picisan" yang bersepah dijual di toko akhbar serata Kuala Lumpur seperti yang didakwa oleh sesetengah pihak...Jauh sekali...Malaysian Maverick merupakan satu naskhah yang sarat dengan analisa legasi politik Dr.Mahathir...Kajian terperinci yang dijalankan oleh Barry Wain menjadikan buku ini satu tanda aras bagi semua buku-buku yang membincangkan isu mahupun tokoh politik tanahair.Tidak seperti buku politik picisian yang dipenuhi dengan teori kosong dan pandangan peribadi penulis, Malaysian Maverick ditunjangi kajian terperinci dan bukan pandangan peribadi penulis.. Bayangkanlah secara purata setiap bab mengandungi 100 nota kaki!!

Tidak dapat dinafikan "pendedahan-pendedahan" yang tidak ekslusif menjadikan Malaysian Maverick satu buku yang kontroversi dan popular...Akan tetapi aku lebih tertarik dengan bab-bab awalan buku ini yang membincangkan tentang sejarah hidup Dr.Mahathir serta permulaan karier politik beliau...Banyak perkara yang menyebabkan aku kagum dengan Dr.Mahathir...Seperti: anak marhaen yang berjaya dalam bidang pelajaran...Yang menyedihkan walaupun berjaya secara akademik tetapi oleh kerana tidak berasal dari kelurga bangsawan beliau dinafikan peluang untuk belajar undang-undang di England...Aku juga terharu dengan kisah bagaimana Dr.Mahathir sanggup meredah lumpur bendang tengah-tengah malam buta untuk mengubati pesakit-pesakit beliau yang kebanyakkan terdiri daripada para petani yang seringakali tidak dikenakan bayaran oleh Dr.Mahathir...

Walaupun begitu keperibadian beliau dan karektor politik beliau sangat berbeza... Mengikut kamus Oxford , "Maverick" bermaksud "an unorthodox or independent-minded person". Bagi aku ini ini adalah gambaran yang tepat tentang karektor politik Dr.Mahathir...Selepas membaca buku ini bertambah teguhlah pandangan aku selama ini bahawa Dr.Mahathir merupakan politikus ulung yang obses dengan usaha memodenkan Malaysia mengikut cara beliau sendiri kerana beliau percaya yang hanya beliau sendiri yang mampu berbuat demikian...Memetik bahagaian yang paling menarik (pada pandangan aku lah..) dalam buku ini ;

"He had a mission, to bring about about an economic and social revolution that would turn Malaysia into a fully developed and respected nation within a generation, with the Malays playing a prominent part. As that required his personal attention and leadership, political longevity was essential, regardless the cost. The price could always be rationalized in terms of his project, which was for the good of the country. There was no priority than staying in power."

"For Dr.Mahathir , a political animal, the ends justify the means, though he specifically denied it was a guiding principle. After his retirement, two of his great rivals in UMNO, Musa Hitam and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, used the same word to describe Dr.Mahathir: He was, they said, a "politician". The term contained a grudging admiration for Dr.Mahathir's willingness and ability to do what necessary to survive,unhindered by ethical considerations or the harm it might do to others. Both acknowledged his decisive advantage- a killer instinct, a readiness to go for the jugular at critical moments venture beyond what previously had been acceptable behaviour in Malaysian politics"

Akhir kata, bagi mereka yang mahu memahami atau mengetahui sejarah politik Malaysia pasca-merdeka buku ini harus dimiliki atau sekurang-kurangnya dibaca oleh mereka...Walaupun perbincangan buku ini tertumpu secara terus kepada Dr.Mahathir, tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa Dr.Mahathir merupakan tokoh terpenting dalam sejarah Malaysia pasca-merdeka dan dengan ini bakal menjadikan Malaysian Maverick buku rujukan yang penting buat generasi sekarang dan akan datang. Aku juga mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mencabar ISEAS dan Barry Wain menulis buku yang kritis dan seimbang ,seperti Malaysian Maverick, tentang seorang lagi politikus "ulung" di Asia Tenggara iaitu Lee Kuan Yew.

jeng jeng jeng!!

2010-01-18T13:00:00.000+08:00

Wei Johnny!! Gua baca dulu ye...kah kah kah

Selamat Hari Raya Eidul Fitri 1430 Hijrah!

2009-09-20T07:00:00.005+08:00

Hari Raya di Kuala Lumpur

JALAN RAYA KEKOSONGAN,
HARI RAYA DI KUALA LUMPUR

JUMPA SAUDARA DAN TEMAN-TEMAN
MAKAN MINUM..BERGURAU SENDA
TAK PERLU TIDUR,TAK PERLU SAHUR,
HARI RAYA DI KUALA LUMPUR

LEPAS SEMBAHYANG,JEMPUT MAKAN
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Cause & Effect

2009-09-16T15:05:00.042+08:00

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!!!

2009-09-16T07:29:00.004+08:00

Kepada semua rakyat Malaysia,Selamat Menyambut Hari Malaysia!!

Wishing all Malaysian a happy Malaysia Day

Malas membaca, suka mendengar??

2009-09-11T18:36:00.010+08:00

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?

2009-09-09T10:40:00.010+08:00

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...

2009-09-01T13:12:00.015+08:00

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

2009-08-31T00:00:00.008+08:00

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

2009-05-14T00:00:00.025+08:00

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

2009-05-03T22:59:00.042+08:00

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!!!

2009-04-26T22:10:00.007+08:00

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

2009-04-23T22:23:00.007+08:00

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

2009-04-08T22:17:00.013+08:00

The Truth:

The 7th of April by-elections is a referendum of sorts to the appointment of Najib Tun Razak as Malaysia 6th Prime Minister.
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.
The majority of voters from Bukit Gantang is with Nizar Jamaluddin.
"Gelombang Rakyat" is still riding high in Bukit Selambau and Kedah.
PKR failed to woo the the people of Batang Ai.
The majority of voters from Batang Ai is still comfortable with BN.

The Facts:

One of the reasons attributed to BN's loss is some issues that were left unanswered particularly the murder of a particular Mongolian women.
Another reason for BN's loss in the 2 "bukits" is the canditate BN's choose to be on the ballot.
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.
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:

Although Malaysia experienced a political tsunami on 8th of march 2008, BN won the 2008 general election and form the federal government.
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...
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.
Pak Lah was elected by the Malaysian people to continue as the Prime Minister.
Najib Tun Razak WAS NOT elected by the Malaysian People to be the Prime Minister!!!
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!!!
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.
A motion of a vote of confidence was tabled and passed within a week of Pak Lah tenure as Prime Minister in 2003.
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.
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

2009-03-27T23:31:00.005+08:00

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???

2009-03-27T20:39:00.009+08:00

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!!!

2009-03-08T19:09:00.007+08:00

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

2009-03-07T12:36:00.006+08:00

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

2009-03-01T21:33:00.002+08:00

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!!!

2009-02-25T22:01:00.010+08:00

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

2009-02-22T13:09:00.021+08:00

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

2009-02-22T01:47:00.017+08:00

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

2009-02-18T19:44:00.006+08:00

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??

2009-02-17T14:27:00.016+08:00

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!

2009-02-09T15:17:00.013+08:00

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:

SPR cannot overule a speaker's decision to announce a "seat" is empty based on a validity of a resignation letter.
SPR does not have jurisdiction on deciding the validity of a resignation letter.
Only the court of law have that kind of jurisdiction.
It is the Sultan prerogative to allow BN to form a new state government.
It's also tuanku's right to say no to a snap election.
However,can the Sultan asks an MB to resign?
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

2009-01-28T13:15:00.004+08:00

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

2009-01-19T09:18:00.014+08:00

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

2009-01-18T01:55:00.028+08:00

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

2009-01-17T13:12:00.011+08:00

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

2009-01-12T16:07:00.012+08:00

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.

Selangor Menang Lagi!!!

2009-01-11T19:27:00.006+08:00

Salam Kebangkitan 2009

persembahan Selangor masa 1st half adalah antara persembahan terbaik dari selangor yang pernah aku saksikan...defend yang dikemudikan oleh acong memang mantap...overlapping dari guna memang mengancam...am ngan waktong rajin naik turun...gandingan pi'ee dan arsun sudah mula serasi...pi'ee semlm dah kurang tamak... bila dia tau dia kena kepit ngan 2 defend lawan...dia tolak kat arsun...tu yang dapat gol pertama n kedua tu...

2nd half selangor mula perlahankan rentak...mula ar keluar aksi menghiburkan... acong ngan double-dummy dia (aku rasa kalau aku cuba buat konfem meletup tempurung lutut aku) yang menyebabkan aku sangsi yang umur acong ni dah 35... amri takah nak cakap ar...banyak sgt aksi dia yang sukar aku nak gambarkan... paling tak tahan siap bagi bola lima hengget kat sorang player negri...punyalah menghiburkan sampai penalti pon boleh miss...haha...satgi tak pasal2 rita rudaini nak clear bola pastu terkena amri (aku pon tak tau kepala ke badan ke kaki...) terus masuk gol...

keseluruhannya rasa2 nya sume peminat Selangor yang turun ke SSA semalam puas hati dgn persembahan Selangor...walaupun ade beberapa aspek permainan yng perlu ditingkatkan...semalam selangor main lebih kepada corak serangan balas... kelemahan dapat dilihat masa 2nd half bila Selangor cuba perlahankan rentak dan kawal permainan...tapi bila bermain begitu midfield asik kehilangan bola... movement sewaktu bola dikawal Selangor amat kurang...aku cadangkan selain dari main counter-attack selangor boleh gak main secara pass & move dan two-touch football...

Peminat yang turun ke SSA (termasuk orang Negri) pon ada dalam 20-25 ribu... nampaknya sambutan kepada kempen gegarkan SSA menggalakkan juga lah... Apa yang penting ialah persembahan pasukan yang bermain bersungguh-sungguh bukan menang atau kalah...kalau main bersungguh-sungguh pasti peminat akan ke stadium...cam masa pertengahan tahun 90an dulu...SSA selalu full-house 80 RIBU... Selangor bukan menang liga pon dari '94-'97...tapi sebab permainan yang berkualiti dan kesungguhan player tula yang memikat hati peminat untuk menyaksikan game liga-m selangor...

Senang kata aku amat berpuas hati dgn persembahan pemain Selangor semlm... walaupun dari aspek permainan banyak yang boleh diperbaiki, tapi kesungguhan pemain tu boleh dirasai...terlepas bola kejar balik....member terlepas ade je yang cover balik...tu yang kita nak tu...walaupun tak dijanjikan imbuhan ke bonus tapi pemain bermain secara mati-matian...persembahan camnilah yang membuat aku rasa tiket rm10+duit tol+duit minyak tu ciput je...amat berbaloi ar!!! Akhir kata tahniah Selangor mari kita gegarkan SSA masa lawan Perlis nanti...

KEMPEN GEGARKAN STADIUM SHAH ALAM

2009-01-10T12:40:00.003+08:00

Setelah mencatakan 2 kemenangan berturut-turut...ramai mengatakan yang perlawanan Selangor menentang Negri Sembilan malam bakal dihadiri oleh ribuan peminat Selangor dan Negri Sembilan. Jika kita baca di forum selangorfc.com peminat Selangor seakan-akan sudah bernafsu semula untuk ke SSA...sejauh mana kebenarannya belum diketahui lagi...Aku takut malam ni penyokong Negri lagi banyak dari penyokong Selangor je kat SSA...Kalau kita lihat Stadium Paroi tu pun selalu penuh bila ada "big game"... Jadi tak hairanlah kalau ramai penyokong Negri turun SSA malam...Selangor ngan Negri pon sebelah je...Pertanyaan skang ni ialah adakah aksi Selangor yang dilihat agak memberangsangkan ketika ini dapat memikat kembali peminatnya untuk kembali ke SSA???Inshaallah aku akan turun ke SSA malam ni untuk melihat btol ke tak apa yang digembar-gemburkan oleh peminat Selangor... paling kurang aku sudah menyahut cabaran KEMPEN GEGARKAN SSA!!..."die-hard" Selangor yang lain camne???

Festival Jualan Buku DBP 2008

2009-01-09T22:05:00.006+08:00

Dari 12/12/2008-11/1/2009 DBP akan mengadakan Festival Jualan Buku 2008 di seluruh negara...Aku memang dah lama nak pergi tapi tadi baru berkesempatan...harga memang runtuh abes!!! Tadi aku beli buku A. Samad Ismail Ingin Jadi Pujangga...Harga sebenar buku ni RM60... Selepas diskaun buku ini hanyalah berharga RM15!!!DISKAUN RM45 tu!!!Kamus Dewan edisi terkini pun hanya RM45!!!Masa nilah nak cari buku-buku lama terbitan DBP...lagi lama buku tu...lagi lumayan ar diskaun yang korang akan dapat...Buku-buku baru dan buku teks juga dijual dgn harga yang menarik!!! Festival bermula jam 9.30 pagi hingga 6.30 petang...Ahad ini merupakan hari terakhir!!! Jangan lepaskan pulang ini!!! Singgahlah mana-mana kedai DBP atau Kompleks Dawama yang berdekatan!!!RUGI KALAU TAK SINGGAH!!!...selamat membeli buku...

Merah Kuning: Kebangkitan 2009??

2009-01-04T23:35:00.009+08:00

Tahun baru 1430 dan 2009 ni bermula dgn sungguh gembira buatku... Merah Kuning chenta sepanjang hayatku telah membelasah Kedah 1-4 di Alor Setar... setelah kecewa kalah 4 game berturut2 ngan kedah musim lepas (3 game aku tgk kat stadium!!) akhirnya terubat sket ar luka yang hampir2 menjadi kanser di hati nih...dengan membelasah kedah 1-4 adakah ini bermaksud Selangor akan menyapu bersih ketiga-tiga piala musim ni???Adakah 2009 tahun kebangkitan buat Gergasi Merah???persoalan ni sume blom bole dijawab sebab baru satu game brader...jangan ar syok sendiri....tapi pape hal pon kedah tetap kena belasah 1-4 kat darul aman...walaupun aku seorang die-hard selangor, aku terpaksa akui persembahan kedua-dua pasukan semalam tidak membanggakan...tahan bola pon kadang-kadang kantoi...kedah dan selangor macam takde "game"...baru pasing 3-4 kali dah abes...mungkin btol kata umum...ni liga syok sendiri...

Mesti mereka yang masih lagi sayang kepada liga kita tertanya-nya bagaimana Selangor boleh mengatasi Kedah di darul aman??apakah faktor-faktor yang menyumbang kepada kekalahan Kedah? Pertama sekali sebagai peminat bola yang objektif aku terpaksa akui yang Selangor tidaklah bermain dengan cemerlang sekali...cuma kedah yang beraksi dengan teruk...tambahan pula kesilapan penjaga gol yang memberi gol kedua kepada selangor menyukarkan lagi pasukan kedah untuk menyamakan kedudukan...Selangor mungkin agak bagus dari segi disiplin taktikal nya dan tidak mensia-siakan peluang...itu sahaja...

Hakikatnya ketiadaan import memang melemahkan kedah...nelson.hugging dan marlon adalah tulang belakang pasukan kedah yang rata-ratanya dibarisi pemain muda...ini kesilapan pengurusan kedah juga...selepas mengetahui bahawa liga M 2009 akan dibarisi 100% pemain tempatan,sepatutnya pengurusan kedah cuba untuk mengikat 2-3 pemain kebangsaan yang berpengalaman...itu yang dilakukan oleh pengurusan selangor untuk mengisi kekosongan yang ditinggalkan oleh pemain import mereka...paling tidak kedah seharusnya mengikat seorang penyerang berstatus "bintang" kerana sepanjang 2 musim bersama dengan kedah, marlon alex james telah menjaringkan lebih kurang 90 biji gol untuk hijau kuning...ketiadaannya memang terasa dan sewaktu menetang selangor penyudah kedah amat tumpul...

adalah bagus untuk mana-mana pasukan memberi kepercayaan kepada pemain muda... tetapi pasukan yang mantap adalah hasil daripada gabungan pengalaman "orang lama" dan kesungguhan pemain muda...bagi saya selepas 2 musim berturut membuat treble kedah perlu mengambil masa untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan ketiadaan pemain import mereka... walaupun saya seorang "die-hard" selangor, tetapi saya terpaksa akui bahawa victor andrag,hugging,nelson dan marlon adalah pemain terbaik untuk posisi mereka sepanjang 2 musim ini...nelson merupakan arkitek untuk treble treble kedah...segala gerak bermula dari dia... penyudah marlon memang tajam... 2 orang pemain memang tak mampu mengekang dia... bagi saya formasi kedah lebih kepada 4-3-3...marlon adalah lone striker yang diapit oleh 2 orang forward...formasi ini memang membawa kejayaan yang gilang gemilang kepada kedah... tetapi semalam kedah bermain dengan formasi 4-4-2...mungkin perubahan ini yang melemahkan kedah...

berbalik kepada pasukan selangor...menamakan amri sebagai kapten adalah satu alangkah yang amat bijak dari pasukan selangor...hasil nya dapat dilihat apabila amri beraksi dangan amat matang dan kurang "gentel"...sikap panas baran amri pun macam sudah dapat dikawal... persembahan pertahanan selangor yang dikemudi oleh khairul anuar baharom @ acong memang mantap...pasukan selangor ini amat berlainan dengan pasukan kedah...setiap bahagian diketuai oleh seorang pemain berpengalaman...ini tidak bermaksud selangor tiada pemain muda produk sendiri...amirulhadi,nasriq baharom dan razman roslan membuktikan bahawa anak selangor mampu menyahut cabaran...ketiga-tiga pemain ini mula menempa nama sewaktu musim 2007 dimana selangor bermain tanpa pemain import...amri,d.surendran dan p.gunalan merupakan tiga pemain yang menyarung jersi merah kuning di usia yang agak muda...kini menjadi "orang lama" dipasukan selangor...ketiga-tiga pemain ini secara puratanya telah bemain untuk selangor selama 8 musim...ditambah lagi dengan kehadiran acong,hamsani,hardi dan nantha adunan ini cukup mantap...selangor juga tidak mempunyai masalah menjaringkan gol kerana mempunyai safee sali sebagai penyerang...safee yang merupakan penyerang kebangsaan adalah penjaring gol terbanyak dikalangan pemain tempatan musim lepas...

apabila f.a.m mengumumkan bahawa tiada aksi pemain import di musim 2009...kelebihan memang terletak kpd selangor...ini kerana musim lepas pemain import selangor kurang cemerlang...musim 2007 pula selangor bermain tanpa pemain import...jadi boleh dikata selangor boleh dan mampu beraksi tanpa kehadiran pemain import...walaupun pada musim 2007 selangor hanya mampu menghuni tangga ke-8 liga siapa sangka ada hikmah disebalik itu... hasilnya musim 2007 telah mematangkan pemain-pemain anak selangor seperti amri,d.suren dan guna serta menggilap bakat-bakat muda seperti amirulhadi,nasriq dan razman... moga-moga pasukan selangor dapat meneruskan kecemerlangan, mengekalkan prestasi dan berjaya memikat kembali peminat ke stadium shah alam sekaligus membuktikan 2009 adalah tahun KEBANGKITAN!!!

Malaysian Football: Freefalling into oblivion

2008-12-29T00:21:00.014+08:00

Another year another suffering...watching our lads lose 3-2 to the Vietnamese hurts...large part of the pain was cause by the nature of our defeat...However watching our lads lifeless performance against the Thais was unbearable...to put it simply we were outplayed,outrun and outwitted by the Thais...

I really thought that after the 2007 Asian Cup debacle F.A.M has learnt their lesson...however this was not the case. Coach Sathia too should opt for a more dynamic approach in attack rather than relying too much on our attacks from the flanks...he should seen this when we lost the Final of the Merdeka Cup in October... What baffles me is the exclusion of kedah Captain Victor Andraag who in my opinion was the best Malaysian Centre-Back these past two years...

After our lost in the Merdeka Cup Final some were calling for Sathia's head which I think was quite unfair...however after F.A.M announced they will extend Sathia's contract the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be farther than expected. i have nothing against coach Sathia, however the two years given to him has not seen encouraging progress... I think that the under-20 suits him however the National Team was too big of a task for Sathia... If he can't steer us to be the best team in ASEAN, I think there is no need to prolong the engagement.

The F.A.M should be more objective and pragmatic... We should target to be the best team in Asean first...Than qualify reqularly for the Asian Cup and the Olympics...After reaching the semis of the Asian Cup than we can dream of qualifying for the world cup which I hope will be done during my life time.

To coach Sathia, A good coach never blames defeat on one player alone...especially in PUBLIC!! To Shebby Singh, you truly have a mouth made from faeces... Why in the hell would you said what you said about Syed Adney's inclusion in the first 11 against the Thais??? To criticise the lad even before the whistle was blown was bloody unfair!!!We know you have "inside information" as you were once part of MyTeam but too lazy to get a coaching license to become a "proper" coach... Can't you give the lad some encouragement??? you do want our lads to win right??? YOU ARE A MALAYSIAN RIGHT??!!As the only international success you had is the SEA GAMES gold back in '89, I suggest you just shut yer gob and SOD OFF!!!

Enough with all the emotions...let's us revisit the beginning of the decline...it's all started when F.A.M introduced our first fully professional football league (The M-league) back in '94... (will be continued in the 2nd piece titled Malaysian Football: The F.A.M question)

Maal Hijrah 1430

2008-12-28T23:09:00.002+08:00

Wishing everyone Happy Maal Hijrah 1430...May 1430 be better than 1429!!!

The Ghost of Ibrahim Libya

2008-11-22T17:44:00.014+08:00

On 19th November 1985 14 civilians and 4 policemen died in Memali,Kedah in a tragedy that divided the Malay Muslim community at that time...the Malaysian goverment called this episode "the memali incident"...most called it "the memali tragedy"...I'll forever call it "THE MEMALI MASSACRE"!! The authorities say that they were in danger at that time so they have to open fire...Yeah..opening fire to a bunch of farmers and kampung folks..some even blame Ibrahim Libya saying that if he just let they arrest him under the Internal Security Act, none of this will happen... Well it is his freedom we are talking about...it is his choice...by the way the I.S.A is detention without trial...how civilized is that??To all you who worship Dr.Mahathir and believe that he's the best P.M we ever had...well just remember 19 November 1985...the widowed and the children of the murdered in Memali that day...To Dr.Mahathir and Musa Hitam I'll hope the ghost of Ibrahim Libya will forever haunt you!!

pictures of the murdered of Memali (WARNING!! Some of you might find these pics a bit gory!!)

-pictures are taken from syakur ibrahim's blog

Currently I'm still doing my research on the Memali Massacre...here are my resources... the Malaysian government white paper and conspiracy theory...we must give the murdered of Memali a voice...LET TRUTH BE KNOWN!!!

Malaysian government white paper

The conspiracy theory behind the Memali Massacre

Ketuanan Rakyat

2008-11-20T16:31:00.002+08:00

I think we all agree now that "ketuanan melayu" is a failed concept...therefore we must replace it with a more progressive and beneficial concept...Anwar Ibrahim wants to replace it with "ketuanan rakyat"...he's been pushing for that concept even before the 8th of march political tsunami...the thing is what do we want to be uphold in this new concept...down below in no particular order are the list of things(whatever came through my mind presently) that I want to be uphold in the "ketuanan rakyat" concept...if any of you wants to add other things please do so...

Social Justice
Equality of Rights
Equitable distribution
Welfare State
Freedom of expression

Era of overeaction

2008-11-15T01:53:00.010+08:00

I think Sir Alex Ferguson (manager of Manchester United Football Club) said it best, "we live in an era of overreaction". In my opinion the whole world overreacted when Barack Obama won the 2008 U.S Presidential election...

President-elect Obama has yet be inaugurated and will only enter the Oval Office on 20th January 2008 and yet it seems the whole worlds' hopes,dreams and future is rested on his shoulder... He is like the new "messiah" and the savior of mankind...

The fact remains that now is not the best time to become the President of the United States of America... As we all know currently the yanks are facing one of their worst financial crisis in history... Furthermore Obama is also facing pressing issues such as the "war on terror" , U.S foreign policy , Guantanamo Bay and so on...

I'm not the kind of man who believe in "first impressions"...I think I'll wait for Obama's foreign policy before jumping on the Obama-Mania fad.

Mahathir-style economic remedies

2008-11-15T01:31:00.012+08:00

With all the brouhaha surrounding a report (firstly reported by Xinhua, the Chinese government news agency) that the U.S is adopting similar measures as we did during the 1997 financial crisis in dealing with current financial crisis, I was called to post a two-page paper I wrote last year(on this particular subject) for my International Monetary Economics class. I know it's like a month to late but I just found the piece last weekend. I hope after reading this piece, all of you will have a better understanding on the 1997 Asian financial crisis and how Malaysia dealt with it.
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Did Capital Controls Save Malaysia?

The economies of the Asian “miracle” countries were damaged and ruined by the financial crisis in 1997-98. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the whole world was in awe of these countries economic performance and growth. Asian economic miracle countries were experiencing high growth rates and 8-12% increase in their GDP, thus the dub “Asian economic miracle countries”. However the East Asian economic miracle turned into a financial debacle in July 1997(the beginning of the Asian financial crisis).

South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia were the worst affected countries. As a result they were forced to impose IMF designed programs and measures to manage the financial crisis. These countries committed to float their exchange rates, raise interest rates, tighten fiscal policy (at least initially), open up their financial markets to foreigners, close troubled banks and financial institutions, and undertake a range of other structural reforms in return for the financial assistance from the IMF.

The same cannot be said about Malaysia. Malaysia took a completely opposite approach in dealing with the financial crisis. The Malaysian authorities imposed sweeping controls on capital-account transactions, fixed the exchange rate at RM3.80 per US$ (a rate that represented a 10 percent appreciation relative to the level at which the ringgit had been trading immediately before the controls), cut interest rates, and embarked on a policy of reflation.

This marked the beginning of the debate whether capital controls or the orthodox Keynesian method (capital liberalisation) is better in addressing financial crises. Apart from that the question lingering in the mind of every economist is “did capital control save Malaysia?” In answering both of these question economists compared the recovery of Malaysia (capital controls) with Thailand and South Korea (IMF measures). The fact that South Korea and Thailand recovered simultaneously imply that capital controls does not play a significant role in Malaysia recovery. In addition the financial crisis worsens in Malaysia in the middle of 1998 whereas it has significantly mellowed down in Thailand and South Korea. However, according to Ethan Kaplan and Dani Rodrik in their paper “Did the Malaysian Capital Controls Work?” suggests the opposite. Their research shows that Malaysian policies produced faster economic recovery, smaller declines in employment and real wages and more rapid turnaround in the stock market compared to the countries who implements the IMF plan.

According to Jomo K.S in his article “Malaysia’s September 1998 Controls: Background, Context, Impacts, Comparisons, Implications, Lessons” capital controls did not cause the recovery in Malaysia to be slower than in the other crisis countries. The 1998 collapse was less deep in Malaysia than in Thailand and Indonesia, while the recovery in Malaysia has been faster after early 1999. However this is because the pre-crisis problems in Malaysia were less serious to begin with owing to strengthened prudential regulations after the late 1980s’ banking crisis (when non-performing loans went up to 30 per cent of total loans). There were strict controls on Malaysian private borrowing from abroad with borrowers generally required to demonstrate likely foreign exchange earnings from the proposed investments to be financed with foreign credit unlike South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia.

Chandra Athukorala in his book “Crisis and Recovery in Malaysia” suggests that carefully designed capital control measures were successful in providing Malaysian policy makers with a viable setting for undertaking Keynesian reflationary policies without adverse backwash effects on FDI. Controls also assisted banking and corporate restructuring by facilitating the mobilization of domestic resources.

In conclusion, capital controls did save Malaysia and played a very significant role in her economic recovery. This is because Malaysia can afford to implement capital control measures as Malaysia crisis was not as deep as Thailand and Indonesia. We will never know whether capital controls measures will have the same profound effect on other countries. Jomo K.S suggestion of caution in making gross generalizations and instead urges greater attention to context and detail should be observed this is because as he argued the actual significance of the Malaysian controls is emphasized, before some policy lessons are drawn.

Revolusi '48: Review of the "1st draft"

2008-11-09T10:34:00.033+08:00

If history was written by the triumphant, this is an account of the vanquished....

Couple of weeks ago I went to the Emergency Festival to watch the screening of Fahmi Reza's Revolusi '48...Revolusi '48 is a sequel to the highly acclaimed 10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka.If 10 Tahun Sebelum Merdeka focuses on the 1947 "Hartal"(boycott), Revolusi '48 focuses on why young proletariates join the armed struggle against our british colonial masters and focuses on the fact that the Malayan emergency is really a "WAR". Our british colonial masters used the term "emergency" because of the pressure from tin and rubber capitalists since their losses would not have been covered by Lloyds insurers if it had been termed a "war".

Just to say that this documentary is good is an understatement.The picture below shows a British bomber plane dropping 500 pounds bombs on communists targets in the Malayan jungle. In the film there is a footage of this plane doing just that.They don't show or mention anything about that in our "history" textbooks.That's how "good" the movie is!!The best part is this is only the first draft..

Fahmi decided the first draft just to gauge the response of the viewers.. You see communism and CPM(Communist Party of Malaya) is quite a taboo subject in Malaysia...However, at this day and age who cares really??we just want the TRUTH to be told and yes WE CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH..

The truth is although our ideologies differ, the fact remains that the 1948 revolutionaries fought and shed blood for our independence...during the Japanese occupation they fight alongside the british against the Japanese..the bloody brits even gave them medals for this!!and yes, there is also a footage in this documentary showing just that!!Just because the british capitalists is feeling pressure from the working class (because of the strong presence of the leftists in the labor unions).. They decided to outlaw the CPM ( Communist Party of Malaya) and the MNP (Malay Nationalist Party-a left leaning party) and detained them without trial.. This is all done to safeguard their interests in Malaya..

Malayans who joined the 1948 revolution is the authentic freedom fighter. Yet every year during the Merdeka celebration they don't even get mentioned. For the sake of our nationhood, for once just put ideologies aside and give justice to our leftist freedom fighters.To all of you, history will not be boring if you know right facts and read the right books. However don't just take my word for it, go and watch the film...

Hanya Melayu faham aspirasi Melayu

2008-11-03T20:20:00.004+08:00

Salam sore,

tadi aku tengok berita rtm 1....terpampanglah muka "hensem" khir toyo...dia pon dok ceritalah pasal hal pkns...pastu dah habis anak wak joyo merepek tiba-tiba pemberita tu keluarkanlah kenyataan dari alumni kelab-kelab umno luar negara... "Hanya MELAYU faham aspirasi MELAYU"... kenyataan ni buat aku fikir sejenak...

kalau "Hanya MELAYU faham aspirasi MELAYU", kenapa dah 44 tahun PKNS wujud 75% bisnes nye diberi secara langsung atau tidak langsung kepada bukan bumiputera???...

kalau "Hanya MELAYU faham aspirasi MELAYU", kenapa skang ni budak-budak sekolah kena belajar sains dan matematik dalam bahasa inggeris? bukan "space traveller"(angkasawan) kita dr.sheikh muzaffar tu masa dia sekolah belajar sains dan matematik dalam bahasa melayu ke? nak bahasa melayu sama berkubur dengan tulisan jawi ke?

kalau "Hanya MELAYU faham aspirasi MELAYU",kenapa raja petra maseh ditahan I.S.A??? sangat kejam!!!raja petra menyambut raya puasa dan deepavali dalam tahanan...

mereka sume ni MENJAHANAMKAN Melayu...jgnlah komrad sume terpengaruh...walaupun aku ni muslim melayu minang tapi sumpah aku tak paham aspirasi "United Malays" nih... jadi aku buat kesimpulan, "HANYA MELAYU BANGSAT faham aspirasi MENJAHANAMKAN MELAYU"..
sekian,terima kasih...

Ketuanan Melayu

2008-11-03T15:56:00.007+08:00

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera,

Hujung minggu lepas terjadinya satu peristiwa yang telah menggongcangkan tiang asas UMNO.. UMNO ialah sebuah parti yang diasaskan untuk menentang penubuhan Malayan Union.. Sebuah parti "elitist" (bangsawan) yang slogan nya ialah "Hidup Melayu"...jadi apabila Zaid Ibrahim, seorang bekas menteri di jabatan perdana menteri dan saya kira maseh seorang ahli umno, berkata "ketuanan melayu adalah satu KONSEP YANG GAGAL".....melatah la "tuan-tuan" UMNO..ini terjadi kerana konsep "ketuanan melayu" ni lah yang menyebabkan UMNO mendominasi tampuk pemerintahan negara selama 50 tahun...selama 50 tahun jugalah mereka merompak dan menjahanamkan negara...

Apa yang zaid ibrahim cakap ni amat tepat...ni kita orang melayu bila ada je isu yg berkaitan dgn "melayu" je mesti melatah..beremosi...kajilah dulu...amati dan fahami...guna akal yang allah kasi tu..."ketuanan melayu" ni konsep yg gagal kerana yg memperoleh faedah dari konsep ni ialah "tuan-tuan" melayu (UMNO)...rakyat marhean hina-dina cam kita ni tak dapat ape-ape faedah pon dari konsep ni...kalau konsep ni berjaya takkanlah dah 44 tahun PKNS beroperasi 75% dari bisnesnya jatuh ke tangan bukan bumiputera(ni satu contoh kecil je)...walaupun aku bukalah penyokong tegar anwar ibrahim tapi aku bersetuju dgn dia dalam isu ini...sepeti kata anwar di ceramah-ceramahnya... "hasil dari ketuanan melayu ini YANG KAYA BERTAMBAH KAYA YANG MISKIN PAPA KEDANA" ....

Tambahan pula sekarang ini musim berkempen pemilihan agung umno...muncullah hero-hero yang meperjuangkan konsep ketuanan melayu ni..hero-hero ni muncul sebab meraka tahu kalau cakap pasal ketuanan melayu, mereka akan diagung-agungkan sebagai pejuang bangsa...tapi hakikatnya "ketuanan melayu" adalah satu retorik politik yang telah merantai rakyat negara ini dari maju kehadapan..

mari kita lihat apa komen balasan para "pejuang bangsa"....mat taib kata "zaid ibrahim tidak memahami konsep ketuanan melayu"....btol tu!!..zaid ibrahim tidak memahami konsep ketuanan melayu sebab dia tak bawak RM2.4 juta ke australia pastu kantoi..nak coverline pastu mengaku tak reti berbahasa inggeris....zaid ibrahim juga tak kawen ngan anak sultan..bila sultan tanya tak mengaku..bacul....

hamid albar pula berkata "zaid ibrahim sepatutnya bersyukur dilahirkan sebagai orang melayu"....ni lagi satu..bukan ke konon-konon nya "syed" tu keturunan nabi muhammad...tapi cakap macam orang takde agama...kita patut bersyukur yang kita ni hidup, bernafas dan bernyawa...tak kesah la kita ni hidup sebagai melayu ke cina ke atau india... warna kulit dan bangsa ni ujian dari allah...malu btol la ada pak menteri camni...

shahidan kassim pula berkata "zaid ibrahim perlu keluar dari rumpun melayu"...ni aku malas nak komen sebab kenyataan ini maha bodoh...kalau aku komen hanya akan merendahkan tahap keintelektuan aku je...

kalau komrad sume perasan para pejuang yang disebut diatas sume masih terumbang-ambing dalam pencalonan...shahidan dah tarik diri siap...dah takde orang nak calonkan dia...saya harap komrad sume sedar dan tidak termakan dengan retorik politik yang maha busuk ini!!

Pestabola Merdeka 2008

2008-10-28T14:01:00.006+08:00

We lost the final on penalties (5-6) to Vietnam...big deal!!.I'm proud of our boys!!..The whole tournament we score 18 goals and conceded none...we are just unlucky in the final...I went to the final on Sunday... although we lost I know that our boys give their all...kudos to the Vietnamese...they play high quality football in that final...I always rate the Vietnamese team highly because of their performance in the 2007 Asian Cup which they went until the quaters...

The problem is that FAM invited so many below par team like Nepal,Myanmar and Bangladesh.. I think the FAM wanted the stadium to be filled with PATI's...Maybe FAM invited Afghanistan on a humanitarian basis ( I can live with that)... Although we won 4-0 against nepal and myanmar..there's nothing to shout about...it's expected...the true test is Vietnam and we were unlucky...

I think that our game is too one-dimensional...we rely too much on our flanks...we need to mix it up a bit...the Vietnamese show us that the short-passing game is best suited for south-east Asians... our players seldom move off the ball...and if someone made a terrific run no one pick him up... all of our moves is created from midfield...when our playmaker was marked he couldn't set the game.. the thing that baffle me is that from what i see the Vietnamese did not have a playmaker...their game is short-passing two touch football...and their movements was superb...I think we should study the way vietnam plays...if we can implement it I think we can be more successful..

What we lack is a natural born playmaker or a midfield general...the last one was Yap Wai Loon back in 1995..after that all of our playmakers are not up to par...bacause of that i think we should play a short-passing two touch game...but not too defensive...I think we have a good striker in Safee Sali...Khyril Muhymeen is a natural winger...for the first time in 10 years we have two solid goalkeepers in Helmi Eliza and Syed Adney...what we need is too play according to our strenghts... for me coach sathia is doing a good job so far..not great but we are improving playing and ranking wise...

Some people wanted a change in the head coach position of our national football team... I think that will be a step backward...people who knows their football know that the ultimate test for this malaysian team is the AFF Suzuki Cup (used to be called Tiger Cup) in December...after that we can better assess our TIGERS...

The Love of My life

2008-10-27T16:52:00.009+08:00

Now let me tell you about the "love of my life"...A fiery romance that is now in its 17th year...yes... this romance/relationship started when i was 8..A whirlwind romance that gave me elation and ectasy.. sometimes even makes me cry...Mates,this is the story of my love affair with Selangor F.C...

It all started in 1991, I was 8 at that time..I went to my almarhum pak itam's house..there i saw him with my pak uda watching some footie on tv..being an inquisitive child, i asked them.. "what are you watching?"..."football" answered my pak uda..."our football?" i asked.."yes,Selangor Football"...then something magical happened...i sit with them and watch the highlights of the 1991 Malaysian Cup highlights...i was lovestruck (still am)..I swore allegiance and loyalty towards Selangor and my life changed forever....

We didn't win anything for the first five years of "our romance"...i suffered many heartbreak... the 1991 Malaysian Cup Final..we lost 3-1 to Johor ( damn you ervin boban!!)..after that my heart was broken once more..we lost the 1994 Malaysian Cup semi-final to Singapore(the eternal ENEMY!!)....however i kept on believing...

I was rewarded in 1995 when ken worden brought local (i mean selangor boys lah)young players into the team...their are a hungry and determined lot...with ken worden brand of short-passing game we won the 1995 Malaysia cup...and keep the cup for two more years!!!! WE WON THE MALAYSIA CUP 3 YEARS ON THE TROT!!! 1995-1996-1997....this was the best selangor side i've ever since...however i was not honest in our "relationship"...i have a mistress..in 1995 i started "seeing" Manchester United on the side...when we hit rock bottom and were relegated in 1998 i started to stray....however we settled our predicament and ramble on....we won the cup two more times in 2002 and 2005...this year we made it to the final of the F.A and Malaysia cup but were beaten by the same scoreline (3-2) by the "better" Kedah side

This year Selangor hired the first "professional" manager in Malaysian Footbal History...Zakaria Abdul Rahim or Abang Zek did quite well in his first year and endeared himself to the shah alam faithful...At the end of this season abg zek presented his visionary plan in making Selangor the best in asia by 2015...his plan is to qualify and win the AFC Cup next year....by doing so we will qulify to the AFC champions league as a "wildcard" entrant...and ultimately lift the AFC Champion League by 2015...

I have good feeling about next year...the 2009 have a good mix of experience and youth... adding three more selangor boys to the squad was a good move by the new coach (k.devan)...the only questionable move was the addition of k.nanthakumar(nantha) and khairul anuar baharom(acong)... you see sometimes nantha is not comfortable on the ball and often lose possesion...acong on the other hand is 34...and deemed too old by the shah alam faithful...however i have great faith in both of them...they are true proffesional and i know they will lead and be the catalyst of the selangor revival 2009!!!

MERAH KUNING ITU SELANGOR!!

farewell and godspeed

2008-10-24T08:30:00.004+08:00

I was shocked to hear that Faisal Tehrani has retired from blogging...Faisal is one of my major influences in writing...I've read most of his historical fiction books..the latest one "Saasatul Ibaad" was the best of the lot!!
In his last entry Faisal ask forgiveness to anyone that he has wronged or "hurt" by his writing or actions...you see Faisal is goingto perform hajj and I didn't suspect anything because it is quite common for pilgrims to seek forgiveness before starting their journey to the Haramain...
However I was shocked when one of my mates who knows Faisal quite well tell me that apart from going to hajj Faisal was retiring from the blogsphere...and he already deleted his blog tehranifaisal.blogspot.com..
I really enjoyed Faisal's writing be it in his blogs or his books...furthermore I am greatly influenced by his view that "writers must be responsible and educate their readers".. and that "writing is one form of Da'wah"...well Faisal...I can only say godspeed and Fi Amanillah...moga-moga haji abang Faisal ialah haji yang mabrur..amiin

Lepaq performing arts Cafe, Hartamas

2008-10-22T23:53:00.004+08:00

Last friday night I went To a place call lepaq cafe at Hartamas..I went there to see an acoustic performance of a "shoegaze" band called "WITHERSPOON"..At first i was a bit reluctant because a shoegaze band performing an acoustic set...mmm..interesting....furthermore it's in Hartamas of all places...the second most pretentious place in KL (to all pretentious Hartamasian, YES OFFENCE)... However after finding out that there is no cover charge (you see we malaysian love free entrance to anything...we prefer not to pay for concerts,theatre,sporting events etc....) I rushed down there with a mate of mine who happens to know the frontman of Witherspoon..

We arrive there at 8.40...what I notice is that the hotness per capita ratio is quite high here...I personally think it is the one of the highest in the country...the performance is going to start at 9pm...the band arrived around 9.20.. typical malaysians!!they started their performance around 10...the set is semi-acoustic not a full acoustic set as i thought earlier...for a first time semi-acoustic performance Witherspoon has exceed my expactations...

the acoustics of the cafe is quite good...it has a very cosy ambience...the food and drinks was ok and the prices is similar to your neighbourhood cafe/kopitiam...for a place to hangout and relax, lepaq performing arts cafe have my sealed approval...I will definitely frequent the place mainly because of the music and the high hotness per capita ratio..

For further information on Witherspoon..

*Witherspoon will be performing an "acoustic special" on the 27th November at lepaq performing arts cafe..I'll definite be there!

Patriotism

2008-10-22T18:28:00.008+08:00

During a round of teh tarik and other concoctions that will surely contribute to diabetes in the future, a mate of mine asked me..."How can you say that you are not a patriot and yet you love this country and her people?"
well mate,let me tell you why...the ruling class and establishment has been using "patriotism" to make the masses become more obedient and follow all of their oppressing policies,rules and laws..whoever who does not "kow-tow" to them is a "traitor" and deemed to be "un-patriotic"...
for example the united states declared "war on terror" after 911..the country was divided by this.. there are pro-war and anti-war individuals and groups....the anti-war people were deemed un-patriotic and un-american just because they are against the policy of the establishment...
back closer to home..i think most of you are familiar with the legend of hang tuah and hang jebat... to put it simply hang tuah is a patriot while hang jebat loves his country and her people and that's why he goes against the tyrant sultan and stage a coup...like he said.."raja adil raja disembah, raja zalim raja disanggah.."(the translation of this qoute can be found at wikipedia)..
hang jebat rebelled after the sultan decreed that hang tuah was to be executed because he was found guilty fooling around with one of the sultan's concubine (a slander that was spread by hang tuah's enemies in the palace itself...)..jebat who thought tuah was dead rebelled and ran amok..he killed all of tuah's enemies and took the palace by force...because tuah was dead,nobody can stop jebat..at this time the sultan regretted executing tuah..
at the end of the story hang tuah killed hang jebat after the sultan found out that hang tuah was still alive after all and ordered him to kill jebat..although hang tuah considers hang jebat his "brother" because as a patriot he must follow the sultan orders...
people who love their country and fight to protect or liberate often found themselves taken by the angel of death too early...just like che guevara, hang jebat and burhanuddin al-helmy(just to name a few)...if they live they will live the hard life often mistreated and forgotten...such individual is Allahyarhamah Shamsiah Fakeh who died just 3 days ago...although we share different ideologies and believes.. i have the deepest sense of respect towards her because the freedom that i am enjoying now is the result of her struggle...
I hope every Malaysian loves their own country and her people...Let's us all EMBRACE MALAYSIANA...

Terserempak dengan Hishamuddin Rais @ Tukar Tiub

2008-10-22T01:45:00.004+08:00

Salam pagi buta komrad sekalian..
Tadi selepas menonton Revolusi '48 (memang terbaik Fahmi..tak sabar aku nak tgk full-version film ni!!)di Annexe Central market..aku dan member aku rasa nak layan teh serai wangi kat bau-bau cafe...tiba di cafe kami pon ternampak dengan hishamuddin rais...aku pon jadi malu-malu kucing sebab hisham ni hero aku dan pengaruh besar kepada aku dalam penulisan blog aku yang memang tak sampai setahun jagung..
tapi bila aku nampak hisham cam nak blah aku pon terus bangun dan hulurkan tangan untuk bersalam...lalu aku berkata "excuse me hisham...I just want to shake your hand" sambil aku berkata demikian ekspresi wajah aku macam tok jib kalau jumpa ziana zain...lalu hisham pon berkata "oh,ok..hisham...kau ada baca blog aku tak?"...aku pon menjawab "ye"..sebelum aku sempat cakap yang aku memang on blog dia 24 jam...hisham pon ternampak kenalan dia dan terus menegur brader tu...lepas tu dia blah...
itulah kisah aku berjumpa ngan hishamuddin rais..tapi memang tak sangka ar dia akan tanya aku pasal blog dia..haha..oklah...sekian..wassalam..

*blog hishamuddin rais @ tukar tiub

Nasi Kandar Kudu Bin Abdul

2008-10-21T12:28:00.009+08:00

hello there...it's only like 10 minutes to lunchtime...lunch for me is the most important meal of the day...if you are having a shitty day...a good lunch can lift yer spirit up...when the clock hit 1pm.. most of us will be wasting 5-10 minutes asking a very rhetorical question.. "where to lunch ah?".. at the end we always end up eating at the same place...

well today boys n girls i'm recommending you the best nasi kandar in K.L.... NASI KANDAR KUDU BIN ABDUL...located at JALAN T.A.R...across maju junction mall...if you missed it there is something wrong with yer eyesight...after mamak jln bunus and their heavenly gulai rusa (DAAAAMMMNN!!) has gone...kudu bin abdul is THE BEST NASI KANDAR IN K.L...

not many people know that this used to be p.ramlee's favourite nasi kandar place in K.L as Panggung Wayang P.Ramlee used to be is just in walking distance...P.ramlee usual are ...ikan goreng,daging kicap rendang n telur masin...I'll recommend you their ayam goreng bawang and daging kicap rendang(heavenly)...kudu created this daging kicap rendang..his original recipe (well Mr.Kudu..I SALUTE YOU!!).

for those of you who wants a lighter meal they have yor typical mamak fare..but something must be wrong with you..you don't go to a nasi kandar place and order mee goreng...it's UN-MALAYSIAN to do so.. hahaha...the price for a nasi kandar meal at Kudu's I think per person is not more that rm10..if you pay more than that then you have one hell of an apetite...

the best thing about kudu bin abdul is that the recipe is not traditional penang style...it's has it's own original and wonderful taste..we can say that nasi kandar kudu bin abdul is a K.L style nasi kandar( i know some of you might beg to differ..but i don't give a damn...it's my blog..haha)..

our penangites friends might say this is not nasi kandar(we all know how fussy penangites about their food)...but i'll say to them "this is the garden city of lights(k.l)..not pearl of the orient (penang)..so shut up and eat yer food"...show some respect to Mr.Kudu and his daging rendang kicap...if any of you have a problem with this nasi kandar, you'll have a problem with me..comprende??...

well i'm off to melawati to try this nasi padang place my hill-side friend recommended to me...he told me that this place has been operating since 1982...don't worry i'll give you my two cents about the place lunchtime tomorrow...so read the same blog...same url tomorrow..selamat menjamu selera...have a nice day!! : )

Top of the morning to yer!

2008-10-21T07:44:00.003+08:00

hello there...because of the passing of Shamsiah Fakeh..I've decided that today I'll post feelgood and "fluff" "pieces"..things that will make us smile and proud to be Malaysian..no malaysian politics for today..it's too depressing...and I'll would think that Shamsiah Fakeh wants us to honour her armed struggle for independence by celebrating the fact that WE ARE MALAYSIAN...AND PROUD TO BE ONE...that's all I have to say...au voir..

Al-Fatihah untuk Shamsiah Fakeh

2008-10-20T17:34:00.001+08:00

Kesedihan yang menyelubungi pemergian Pak Samad maseh lagi dirasai ...dan hari ini kita dikejutkan dengan pemergian Tokoh Pejuang Kemerdekaan yang berhaluan kiri, Shamsiah Fakeh.. Beliau sudah selamat dikebumikan selepas asar di tanah perkuburan Islam sungai besi... semoga roh allahyarhamah ditempatkan bersama mereka yang beriman..amiinn....Al-fatihah...

p.s:maaf entri terlalu singkat..saya terlalu hiba untuk menulis...

Kisah Pemilihan Agung MCA 2008

2008-10-20T09:43:00.002+08:00

Salam sejahtera komrad sekalian...

pertama sekali saya ingin mengucapkan tahniah kpd Dr.Ng Yen Yen kerna berjaya menjadi wanita pertama memenangi kerusi naib presiden MCA...ini kali pertama seorang wanita berbuat demikian dlm parti MCA (rasa-rasanya dalam sejarah politik Malaysia ini pertama kali kot)... dengan kemenangan ini sekurang-kurangnya "girl power" dapat bernafas kembali di politik Malaysia...

sejak Kak Pidah dan Kak Jat kena lipat masa PRU 2008..."girl power" dalam politik malaysia macam dah nazak...nyawa-nyawa ikan...kemenangan dr.ng yen yen harap-harapnya dapat mengembalikan "keseimbangan"... keseimbangan itu penting...kalau tengok filem star wars..Yoda selalu sebut "balance in the force"...dan sepatutnya anakin skywalker membawa "balance to the force"...tapi akhirnya dia jadi sith lord..kita tak boleh marah anakin..sebab kalau dia tak jadi darth vader..tak wujudlah filem-filem star wars...(kita bincang pasal star wars di entri yang lain...dah nak terbabas dah ni... : )

mesti ada keseimbangan dalam politik...antara parti pemerintah dan parti oposisi...antara suara wanita dan lelaki dalam parlimen...antara kaum muda dan kaum tua...

berbalik semula kepada pemilihan agung MCA 2008...seperti yang saya jangka..chua soi lek juga menang kerusi timbalan presiden (sila lihat entri "towering malaysia-dr chan chew lun)... kenapa dia boleh menang..sebab dia "powerman" hahaha...gelak pon gelak jugak..sekarang soi lek "powerman" dah jadi orang no.2 dlm MCA...dan tahniah juga kepada tee keat sebab dapat kerusi nombor 1...tapi rasa-rasanya tiada apa kesan besar kat politik malaysia kot..sebab parti-parti berdasarkan kaum di Malaysia ni ibarat "kubur kata mari..rumah kata pergi"... saya rasa kalau tee keat betul-betul nak menyumbang kepada kepentingan nasional..bubar jelah MCA tu... ini kerana kita tak perlukan pemimpin "orang melayu" , pemimpin "orang cina" ,"pemimpin "orang india"... KITA PERLUKAN PEMIMPIN "ORANG MALAYSIA"...

lalu ka ting pon berkata..."umno is too dominant"...wah....dah pencen baru datang semangat bertarung???..tak takut hisham tun hussein hunus keris ke...memang umno terlalu dominan... sume kena ikut cakap depa...Tsunami PRU 2008 sebab semangat "A.B.U"-"Asal Bukan Umno"... MCA hilang undi Cina sebab bersekongkol ngan UMNO...yelah..bila orang cina bersuara sket.. keris dihunus..dahlah pegang keris pon tak betul...sekali aku lipat berterabur tulang rusuk.. takleh nak bawak bincang langsung...orang cina ni dah lama kena "kencing" ngan umno...dengan orang melayu dia cakap "jangan sokong Pakatan...sebab ada D.A.P...derang tu anti-islam dan anti-melayu"... kat orang cina dia kata "jangan sokong Pakatan..sebab ada PAS...nanti derang menang...derang buat Hudud..habislah sume orang cina...habis sume kena potong tangan nanti..."
inilah kenyataan yang maha rasis dan merupakan satu penghinaan yang amat besar kepada kaum tionghua di negara kita...kalau aku berbangsa cina dan ade orang umno cakap camni depan aku..aku tumbuk muka dia sampai beratur gigi masuk perut...kenapa orang cina nak takut hukum hudud...kenapa nak takut kena potong tangan.. orang cina ni sume pencuri ke??...kepada komrad-komrad sume..renung-renungkanlah..selamat

Towering Malaysian: Ishak Ismail-Kisah Pak Cik Sahak

2008-10-20T09:23:00.008+08:00

salam sejahtera komrad sekalian...
hari ini, Isnin 20 Okotber 2008, aku telah membuat keputusan maha berat...sume kerna sorang pemandu teksi....setelah memboikot utusan malaysia selama 10 tahun...akhirnya aku beli jugak hari ni...kenapa? hari ni bukan hari ahad yg dimana dlm utusan ada pancaindera.....aku terpaksa berhenti memboikot utusan sebab pak cik Sahak...tapi semalam jela..terkejut aku..harga rm1.50..nipis je..penipu rasis bangsat utusan nih!
Apa yg spesel sgt pasal pak cik sahak ni sampai boikot utusan malaysia selama 10 tahun dihentikan?...haa..ni kisahnye..Pak Cik Sahak ni pemandu teksi...tapi bukan calang2 pemandu teksi...dia ada sarjana (masters) dlm "corporate communication"... Pak Cik Sahak menerima ijazah Sarjana Komunikasi Korporat dari Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang pada Majlis Konvokesyen UPM Ke-32 semalam kot...respek btol aku ngan pak cik sahak...menjadi kebanggaan rakyat malaysia dan kaum veteran...umur dah setengah abad tapi masih nak timba ilmu...
kita ni yg muda belia malas...malu lah sket ngan pak cik sahak...lepas baca kisah pak cik sahak ni terbakar lak semangat aku nak sambung sarjana... kepada komrad yg tgh buat sarjana ke professional paper ke...bila dtg time susah tu dan korang nak give up..ingatlah pak cik sahak... bayangkanlah umur 50++ masuk dewan kuliah...belajar ngan budak yg lagi muda dari anak dia..bila ditanya kenapa sambung sarjana..pak cik sahak cakap dia nak jadi contoh yg baik kepada anak2 dia....bila ditanya pasal rahsia kejayaan..pak cik sahak kata yang dia menelaah 2 jam sehari..Dia menelaah dalam teksi sambil tunggu penumpang..respek!!

tapi mesti korang akan kata...selalu je org tua dpt sarjana...takkan ar sampai kau beli utusan yg kau dh boikot selama 10 tahun...ada 3 sebab..

ni berita frontpage utusan...selalunye pasal politik rasis takpon umno..naik jelak aku..tapi hari ni tidak..tu yg spesel...siap ada gambar pak cik sahak dlm teksi berjubah konvo...takdela muka pak lah ke tok jib dan bik mama di muka depan utusan hari ni..
pak cik sahak ni spm gred 2...dapat je spm terus keje...dah berpuluh2 tahun keje barulah timbul semangat nak amek ijazah...dah abes ijazah sambung sarjana...betapa tingginya semangat pak cik sahak ni...respek!!!
pak cik sahak ni sepupu bapak aku..kira pak cik aku..tu yg lagi bangga tu...btol ar kata orang...orang minang ni berjiwa besar, bersemangat tinggi dan intelek... hahahahaha... aku berdarah minang... hahaha..okla..selamat..

*artikel utusan tentang pak cik sahak.

p.s:if any of you want an english version of this entry..just drop me an email...then I'll post it..

Towering Malaysian-Datuk Chan Chew Lun

2008-10-19T00:40:00.002+08:00

With all the political bullshit going on in this country...the mudslinging..poison pen letters... MCA holding its party election...UMNO with its nominations...the political shenanigans are in full-force in Malaysia,tanah tumpah darahku...you know the funny thing is that the MCA acknowledging the fact that they must change...however why is Chua Soi Lek is on the ballot for deputy president? judging from his libido and mojo he will win hands down!

Umno or its real name UMNO BARU is experiencing the same paradox..they want to change and yet muhammad muhammad taib is offering himself for the VP post ...emmm..interesting... Don't let me get started on MIC..It's seem that they suddenly cease to exist...With significant numbers of Indians joining PAS via Kelab Penyokong Pas..MIC is dying or already dead...and Samy Vellu..well just put it this way...Samy is being Samy...

In my opinion...there are 3 major problems with this country...UMNO,MCA and MIC...you put them together you get RACIAL POLITICS...the root of all that's wrong with this country...well let me it clear to all you BN ultras...MALAYSIAN ARE SICK AND TIRED OF RACIAL POLITICS...IF THE 2008 ELECTION WERE FREE AND FAIR RACIAL POLITICS WILL BE ALREADY DEAD AND BURIED...comprende?crystal?

With all these politician sulliying Malaysian Politics...one Malaysian stood above the rest..and made Malaysia proud that man is Datuk Chan Chew Lun...you see Datuk Chan is a naturalist based in KK... and the worlds longest insect is named after him "Phobaticus Chani" or Chan's Megastick...

"Chan said he had been collecting all types of stick insects since 1981 and had even written a number of articles about the creatures.He would go out to meet villagers and ask them to obtain specimens of the insect for him.

“One day in 1989, I met a farmer who handed over this huge stick insect he found somewhere at Ulu Moyog in Penampang district and I realised that it could be a totally new species,” he said.

He eventually sent the specimen to Bragg late last year. It resembled a pencil-thin dark green bamboo shoot measuring nearly 56cm if its twig-like legs were counted. Its body length was 35cm, beating the previous record held by Phobaeticus kirbyi."

-picture and excerpt from the star 18/10/2008

Datuk Chan received global recognition not by poison-pen letters or mudslinging but via hardwork,dedication and doing something that he loves...DATUK CHAN CHEW LUN, I salute you!!

I blog therefore I am...

2008-10-19T00:13:00.000+08:00

salam...
It is a known fact that blog is short for web log...From what i know a log is like a journal of a ship captain on a voyage...e.g:"captain's log 19/10/2008"..sort of an old version of the black box.......however why is it called "log"... why don't just call it captain's journal...
in the quest of getting an answer to this irritating question, I ask the wisest man I know..the man said to me..."it is because in the old days the captain wrote his journal on a log..that's why it is called "log"...
well that makes sense...however what I'm thinking right now is the fact that if this wise man is pulling my leg,he surely pulled yours...hahaha