Of Rs And Ts.

Happy Merdeka fellow Malaysians. We've come a long way but some chose to think otherwise! To these bigots out there, I have only this to say, "you're the bane of society". Your barbarous act, executed out of sheer stupidity and your barbarous use of language, inciting violence had failed you miserably because the majority of the rakyat are not with you! The rakyat know you better! The rakyat can see through you! The rakyat know of your evil intentions. Your nugatory ideas and arguments do not carry any weight. Don't get carried away lest you 'd be carried out!

My parents were not educated but they taught me in more ways than you ever know. For that I am thankful. They taught me to RESPECT. Always be humble to your elders, neighbours and friends. We must make a conscious effort not to belittle our fellow Malaysians from the other RACES and RELIGIONS. If we REFRAIN and REFINE ourselves, we would eventually REAP the REWARDS for being considerate and conservative. We must make RADICAL changes to combat RACISM!

We must not TOLERATE superheroes who blatantly want to create animosities between us. Inciting social unrest and throwing tantrums like children! We must be firm. Do not let their blustering talks frightened us. Practice religious toleration and everything would be fine. We must not be easily influenced by the melodrama acted out by these superheroes!

Let's THINK ahead. THINK straight and THINK twice before we blindly play into their hands. We must deplore and REJECT their devious plans altogether! We must curtail their ambitions.
We must TACKLE these superheroes head-on. Show them we are completely aghast by their highfalutin ideas and idealogies. Let us TERMINATE these superheroes once and for all! Are you with me?

The Nicol In Us.

Do we have the Nicol in us? The story of her in the Star today jolted me a little. She's a real gem. A real princess. Humble and unassuming. If only some superheroes emulate her! Sadly, many chose to live in their own enclosure. Enslaved in their own small world. Plotting and hatching to create chaos and mayhem for their selfish gains. These are extremely disturbing. Extremely dangerous.

To the sane and peace loving, we must never fall into their entrapment. We must be able to see through their lies and deceptions. Appearances are sometimes, profoundly deceptive. We must deprive these superheroes the 'moral and physical' support they needed, without which they would eventually fade away.

I Need Superheroes.

Yes, superheroes who cannot fly! Not those who zipped here, zapped there! I need superheroes who are loud-mouthed, arrogrant and hot-headed! Superheroes with outlandish behaviour. We do have some. One superhero is from UMNO youth. He's the bureau chairman who gave a thinly veiled threat to the Netherlands for a domestic problem involving one of his 'orang kita'.

The 'Flying Dutchman' must return his kid to his wife or face the consequences. Should he? After all, he's the father of that kid too! Cross my heart, I really felt sorry for them. I would not want to take sides. I hope the distraught wife and her husband would 'cross the Rubicon' with open minds and hearts! They are at the crossroads.

Another superhero in our midst is Ibrahim Haji Sabri, who made a fool of himself after Friday's prayers last week. A neurotic and a nonconformist. A complete jerk! Many sane rakyat were not at all amused with his 'jihad cry'. Many were astounded at his behaviour! Must we squandered all that we had achieved throughout the years? It would be fatal. We must not let this happen. We must throw all our energies into making our country a success. For us, for our future generations! We are truly blessed. We must not lose this gift! Not now, not ever!

The Bridge On The River Kwai.

Should we take sides? Are you for the Penans living inside the remote areas in central Sarawak or the timber company which was tasked to clear a portion of the jungle for a dam? The area was earmarked for the 'Great Flood' to create a reservoir for the dam. The furore over the soon-to-be dismantle bridge had caught the attention of many.

Prior to the intrusion by the timber company, how did the natives go about their daily lives? How did they travel from one settlement to another? They were able to carry on with their daily activities long before the bridge was built. The natives had no cause to be angry or be agitated with the timber company. Anyway, the timber company had no obligation to built neither do they owe the natives the bridge.

Let's get down to brass tacks. I sympathized with the natives and also to the Catholic Church because they would not have 'the easy way out'. It would be a problem to deliver foodstuffs and the kinds to the natives now. But nothing much could be done because the bridge was not built for the natives in the first place! Even if the bridge was not dismantled, eventually the bridge would just become a rusty metal wreck. The bridge needs to be maintained at all times. And who's going to maintain it? You? Me? Think again! Let's not be too quick to point fingers at anybody. Let's be rational. Let's not raise hell. Let's not raise our voice. Let's not raise anybody's hackles for that matter!

Dear PM, Forget The PM (Post-Mortem).

As usual, it is the norm. After every election defeat, BN would do the inevitable. They would hold a pm on the party's election defeat. Dear PM, please forget the pm as that would not be necessary. A pm, after an election defeat is nothing but a 'face saving antidote'. Lose graciously. This is what democracy is about and maybe BN can still have the face. There's really nothing wrong or ashamed in any election defeat.

Dear PM, do not cry over spilt milk. Losing is not the end of everything. Be strong and assertive. Take everything in your stride but you must never ever lose your sight! You have the clout and it comes with heavy responsibilities. Remember the three monkeys. See no evil, hear no evil, talk no evil. Maybe then, the tide would turn in your favour.

I'm not aligned to any political party. I'm just an ordinary rakyat who does not want to see my country be 'torn apart' by some short-sighted, shallow thinking blithering clowns!

NIBS To Nap.

NIBS (nazir, imam, bilal, siak), the latest moral team of Selangor is about to spring into action. Muslims and Muslimins be warned. Do not drink in public. Toe the line or face the consequences! I hope NIBS would not be too over-zealous when carrying out their duties. Do not behave like how JAIS had done on many occasions. Proper procedures must be adhered to at all times. They have to be careful whenever they skate on thin ice. There are likely to be some retaliations and common sense must prevail.

Alcohol makes one's mind muzzy when consumed too much. You would not be able to think straight. You would not be as sober as a judge. Thus, whenever NIBS is confronted in this kind of situation, they must be level-headed and not jump down somebody's throat at will. This could be very dangerous!

School Bus Driver From Hell.

Bukit Permai residents be warned! You have a 'Flying Finn' with you. Are your school going kids safe whenever they board this school bus? The two pictures below tell a thousand stories. I've seen this daredevil doing his stunts many times along this stretch of road. A number of near misses and sometimes 'death defying' manoeuvres, especially in the wee hours of the mornings. This accident happened last Saturday.

MACC. Want Or Not?

Back then, when we don't have them, we wanted them. Now, when we have them, we don't want them! It seems that we always have a gripe on this instituition. When they were powerless, we complained. Now, when they are powerful, we complain yet again! I believe our fears proved groundless. Many believe they wrote 'obituaries'. Always high and mighty! Why? Do you think they 'bed' suspects to extract information? Don't kid ourselves. They are simply a high-powered instituition. They 'hunt and kill'. And if one is a clean sheet, rest assured that you would not be hunted down.

Of late, they are not in our good books. There are bound to be some black sheep, some rotten apples and some scoundrels in the organisation or in all organisations for that matter! Many considered them the scourge of society but without them, there would be many dissatisfied and unhappy people. Simply put. We need them to be around whether we like it or not. Somebody has to do the 'dirty and deplorable' job and bear the full brunt of the incessant outbursts and complaints from many of us. We must look from all angles before we incapacitate them. We cannot simply shoot them down or continuously barraged them with criticisms. We are not in their shoes. Everything they do, they do behind closed doors. We have shown a cynical disdain to them and what are we? A complete disgrace!

Anything To Recycle- For Charity?

Give yourself a pat on your back if you've donated in goods and kinds to charitable organisations. But are you sure your 'discards' really goes to the deserving charities? In my personal opinion, not really! I was, quite frankly, surprised when I visited one charitable organisation. It's a factory of sort. Walled up and strictly out of bounds. There were some very large and fierce dogs in the compound. There were a number of foreign workers who were delegated with specific jobs.

Inside the compound I saw a number of very expensive cars. Some with fancy number plates. After a few discreet inquiries, someone spilled the beans and all this while I thought all our donations would perk some poor souls up! How completely wrong was I! The spurious claims by some charitable organisations have severely dented their image. Their spoils are high and free!

'Pirates' On The High Seas

I was flabbergasted when I read the news of our reporters who put their lives in dangerous waters. That was not a river cruise but an attempt to sail the ocean to a destination some 150km away. 30 people cramped into a fishing vessel and 10 were without life jackets! And how many of them could swim? If there was a tragedy that day, what were their chances of survival? That was a very silly thing to do. How come not even one of them objected to that nightmare trip? They should've known better. Even the Titanic sank in the high seas! All of you should be thankful to God for your safe return.

On Shaky Ground

The housing offer for the mutinous villagers of Kg. Buah Pala had been withdrawn. An offer of a double-storey house worth about RM500K each to the 24 had not been taken up. They have only themselves to blame. In life, sometimes we win, sometime we lose. But sadly, for these mutineers, they lost everything! Do not blame the authorities or the developer. This land belongs to the developer. For your retaliation against the owners of the land, you are now standing on shaky grounds! Either you move on or move out. The choice is yours.

The Predators

Watched out for the predators! You'll never know when they'll swoop down on you. Everytime you commit an offence be ready to be 'kill' by these predators! The 'killing' starts when you are not from their flock. If you can speak their language- that's one consolation. Most of the time, these predators will be very polite to you first (to gauge your reaction). When you show anxiety or fear, they know it's time to move in for the kill!

At the end of the day, when these predators take home the 'meat' to feed their nests, I wish someone can tell me the meat is one hundred percent halal! Better yet! Can the head of the predators enlightened all of us on this? In the face of public obloquy, the head of the predators must response and not perched on the high cliff! A perfunctory nod from the high cliff would not suffice!

Surprisingly, someone wrote in his blog that the 'chinese flock serviced the meat' to these predators. I agree to a certain extent. But does he know that these predators also 'self-service'? Look at the other 'foreign flocks'. When they are cornered by these predators, they are not killed but massacred!