Destruction ... (updated)

... of the Malay race is what PERKASA & MPM seems to be working on. 

Utusan Malaysia may portray people like Ibrahim Ali, Zubir Harun, Hasan Mad as 'pejuang bangsa' who will put their lives on the line for the Malay race, but in my opinion, these are the people who will lead the Malays back to the dark ages...

I've written about this before here and here and in many other postings and lest anyone forgets, let me reiterate my stand - xenophobic Perkasa and those 'sewaktu dengannya' will eventually lead this country into anarchy. 

Why do I say that? Consider their latest demand - charge Chua Soi Lek under the ISA because he suggested that the 30% Bumiputera equity policy be abolished (in stages). I am for Chua's suggestion, not because I'm an MCA lackey or Chinese sympathizer but because I want the Malays to stop being beggars. What is so wrong with a merit based and a needs based system? Our long serving former PM once called on the Malays to get rid of their crutches, be independent bla bla bla but now he's part of the Perkasa circus, demanding that Malays be protected till eternity. 

When Nazir Razak (whose father came up with the NEP) said that the NEP has been 'bastardised', abused and failed to meet its objectives, Perkasa came out with all goons blazing to condemn him, accusing him of talking nonsense. 

That ustaz who thinks he's a Malay is also acting like a Perkasa warrior, telling the Chinese who are not happy with the pro Malay policies to leave the country. Maybe someone should remind Riduan Tee that he is not a true Malay, he's merely a Malay by constitutional definition. The good ustaz was born a Chinese and he'll die a Chinese, albeit a Muslim one.

What is Perkasa's real agenda? DPM Bin Yassin seems to be supportive of their actions. PM Bin Razak doesn't seem to have any guts to state his stand. No matter how seditious their words or actions are, the men of Perkasa will never be hauled up to explain themselves, they are free to speak as they wish without a care. 

Everytime a non-Malay comes up with an opinion or suggestion, Perkasa will immediately make a police report and demand the person be sent to Kamunting. 

Perkasa is so insecure and paranoid, everything said by a non-Malay is perceived to be a threat. Even a Christian event in Shah Alam spooked them. 

Perkasa is so lazy, it wants to be given projects, land, money, university places, jobs, rights to import luxury cars; all for free, without having to work for it, just by virtue of being Malays. 

Whenever it is suggested that maybe the Malays should put in some effort to earn their keep, Perkasa and it's ilk will jump and say don't dare challenge the Malay rights. Apparently, Perkasa is content on letting the Malays be lazy and sit around waiting for handouts.

Perkasa is in the same boat as Nick Griffin of the BNP, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and a certain A Hitler of Germany. These people believed in racial supremacy, chasing those disagrreing with them away. In the end, their own countrymen are the ones who suffer. 

Number of the Beast

Six seems to be the number of choice in the BPL so far this season. 

On the first day, Chelsea put six past West Brom and the performance was repeated last weekend with another six nil thumping, this time at the expense of Wigan. Interestingly, both Wigan's Chris Kirkland & WBA's Scott Carson are ex Liverpool keepers. Thank God they left Anfield. 

Last weekend saw two more six goal thrillers; Arsenal hammering Blackpool and Newcastle demolishing Villa. After being gifted a free point the previous weekend, the Gunners showed what they are capable of - against a newly promoted, via the playoffs team. Aston Villa, after losing their talismatic manager and their best player is kinda expected to lose ... but six-nil? 

This is going to be an interesting season. 

Cool Cop Cars

Sometime last year, the government surprised us by giving our boys in PDRM blue some Lancer Evo 10s to play with. I for once am in total agreement with the government’s call. We should provide our guardians with the best tools. Hopefully then they will take their jobs more seriously and actually do some policing.

Anyway, if our boys in PDRM blue think they have got the coolest rides, they are so very wrong.

Their counterparts in Italy chase bad guys in a Lamborghini Gallardo. I’m not sure how many they have but the fact that the have a Lambo in cop livery is impressive enough.

The English Bobbies strut across the motorways in their Jaguar XFs and Lancer Evo 10s and their Humberside brothers cruise in Lexus IS Fs.

I don’t know how cool a Dodge Charger is (apparently it is cool) but it is used as a police car in the US.

If I was the minister in charge of PDRM, one of the first few things I’ll do is replace the fleet of Wiras and Wajas with proper cars like Honda Civics …

Spirit of Ramadhan (18SX - reader beware)

Ramadhan is here again and the annual ibadah time is here again.

But is that all what Ramadhan is all about? The annual ibadah month? Shouldn’t ibadah be a 12 month a year affair instead of 1/12?

Some people get so self righteous when Ramadhan comes. This very same people who before Ramadhan was holidaying and sleeping with their unmarried partners, showering together, walking around naked in the presence of each other and having sexual intercourse with each other.

When Ramadhan comes, these people become instant saints, even to the point of reminding others not to sin.  How can someone who holds hands with their unmarried partners while walking back from Terawih prayers advise others on what is sinful and what is not?

I’m not pious nor is piety my middle name and therefore I shall not advise others before I am able to advise myself.

So, in the spirit of Ramdhan (and Syawal); I seek forgiveness for my words, actions and thoughts. Maaf zahir batin.

Then again, shouldn’t forgiveness be a continuous process and not a once a year affair?

Proudly Presents …

I risk turning this blog into a Facebook page (or a certain “I’m the greatest” blog) but I’m going to risk it anyway.

Last weekend my boys baked a cake. Well, two of them did. They baked a butter cake. They beat the eggs and weigh the butter, mixed everything up and folded the flour with the cake mixer, layered the cake pan all the way to the part where you stick a knife into the cake to test if it’s done. The two boys did practically the whole nine yards (except for the heating of the oven).

I’m very proud of them.

On a slightly different note, while the boys were busy with the cake, yours truly was busy with the sweet sour prawn, which turned out … hmmm … great! I must remember not to overcook the prawns next time.

Hard to Break Habit

The festive season is approaching and this time next month the highways will be jammed up with vehicles transporting the city-dwellers back to their hometowns. KLCC will be filled with Banglas celebrating eid ul fitri. 

If I'm not mistaken, last year, MTD, the operators of the ECE (LPT) offered toll free travel on the Karak-Kuantan stretch of the highway. The catch is you have to travel after midnight, or so I thought. I timed my journey to ensure I get to Karak after midnight but I was still charged the full toll. Lesson learnt; nothing is ever free, especially highway tolls.

A common sight on the highways during the festive season is full utilisation of the emergency lanes. Not due to breakdowns but for overtaking purposes. Those people who use the emergency lanes to overtake during a traffic crawl are a bunch of selfish idiots. 

Another type of idiot drivers are those who switch on their hazard lights during heavy rain. The hazard light is only to be used when the vehicle is stationary, never when its moving. Idiots.

Some drivers just do not know what fog lights are for. They are for foggy conditions. Switching on your fog lights in normal weather will blind the driver in the car behind. Idiots.

2x5?

I’m very disappointed with MB Khalid’s statement on the support letter issue. I can’t help but feel he’s promoting the issuance of support letters despite a majority of PR lawmakers and the rakyat wanting it to be done away with. He may be right in saying support letters from elected representatives were not guarantees for obtaining contracts but if the rules, regulations and procedures are followed to the t, there won’t be a need for support letters, don’t you think?

The support letter culture is proof that doing business in Malaysia depends on “who you know” rather than “what you know” which can be quite unhealthy from the business perspective. In fact, it is plain unfair. Support letters are only needed by those people who cannot get contracts on their own merit hence the need for political interference. I mean, if the person is good and qualified, contracts will look for them.

The support letter culture is not limited only to business dealings; one can find letters supporting scholarship applications, welfare requests, land acquisition and even employment applications! Political appointment in the corporate sector does happen and sadly the deciding factor is not technical ability but rather the ability to manage the interest of the political masters.

I’m sure the culture of support letters and recommendations happen everywhere in the world and I myself may have benefited from them but that does not make it right. Such things may help initially but it should not be made a habit and dependant upon. We should strive to be in demand because of “what we know” instead of “who we know”. “What we know” will take us anywhere and on our terms but “who we know” will only take us where that “who’” goes, if he/she goes down, so will we.

Justified

a father who inspired his career
an ex wife who loves him honestly
a friend who gives him strength

Show Us the Money

The movie Jerry Maguire gave me a lot of quotable quotes, from the romantic “you had me at hello”, “you complete me” and of course the famous “show me the money” which was repeatedly shouted between Rod and Jerry over the phone.

This is however not a posting about movies.

This is a political posting.

About ministers showing us their money.       

The good chief of the MACC (who probably won’t be chief for very much longer) proposed that ministers declare their assets to the public. Home Minister Dato Seri Hishammuddin Hussein however said it was unsuitable for Cabinet members to publicly declare their assets. The minister said it was sufficient for them to inform the Prime Minister of their financial worth. Hishamuddin also said any call of that nature (the public declaration of assets) which involves the policy of the government has to be discussed at the cabinet. Currently, Cabinet members disclose their assets to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak annually but such declarations are kept private. [source]

True to the spirit of camaraderie, Dr Chua Soi Lek is demanding that MACC chief Abu Kassim show him an example of a country where public asset declaration by politicians/ministers is practised. Let’s say Abu Kassim accepts the challenge and shows Dr Chua the money, will Chua and (deputy minister) son declare their assets?

Maybe Forbes and Fortune should produce a rich list …

On another issue which does not involve showing any money; 30 people were arrested for attending an anti-ISA candlelight virgil at Amcorp Mall on Sunday night. A virgil, if I understand correctly is a peaceful gathering, sometimes in silence where everyone just sit around with their sad faces and stare at the floor. Okay I wasn’t at Amcorp so I won’t know what how it actually went BUT I do know it was nothing like what the cow-head guys did last Ramadhan. There was no marching and shouting threatening words. There was no display of disrespect towards religious objects. Probably there was no drug offenders present either. Despite that, the FRU came in full force. The home minister didn’t say anything to defend the so-called protesters. I cannot see the home minister arranging a press conference to explain that these people were only trying to make themselves heard like he did for the cow-head protestors.

I read the book recounting Syed Hussin’s experience in Kamunting and today I read about Mat Sah Mohammed Satray’s experience with the ISA. The ISA is not good.