One of these days I need to sit down, spend just an hour to myself, just loafing around and doing nothing, while I consider the things that are going on in my life.

One of these days.

Malaysiakini | 26 Ogos 2010

Perebutan kerusi ketua Pemuda PKR (AMK) hampir pasti menyaksikan pertembungan tiga penjuru antara penyandangnya Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin dan dua anggota majlis pimpinan pusat (MPP) Badrul Hisam Shaharin dan Rafizi Ramli.

Bagaimanapun, anak sulung ketua umum parti Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan presiden PKR, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail — Nurul Izzah difahamkan tidak berhasrat merebut mana-mana jawatan kanan dalam sayap parti itu sebaliknya mahu menumpukan tugasnya sebagai ahli parlimen.

“Kalau bertanding pun mungkin hanya di peringkat cabang Lembah Pantai sahaja,” kata sumber-sumber yang dekat dengannya kepada Malaysiakini semalam.

Menjelang pemilihan parti November tahun ini, pertembungan antara Shamsul dan Badrul memang sudah dijangkakan.

Bagaimanapun kemunculan kembali Rafizi – yang pernah meletakkan jawatan sebagai anggota MPP dan exco AMK pada 2004 – agak mengejutkan selepas ‘ditarik’ daripada dunia korporat ketika sedang meningkat naik dalam kariernya.

Pada masa yang sama, ketika kedua-dua ‘lawannya’ dilihat malu-malu mengumumkan hasrat mereka, Rafizi tanpa bersembungi lagi mengakui menawarkan diri bagi bertanding di jawatan itu.

“Ya, saya akan bertanding jawatan ketua AMK,” katanya kepda Malaysiakini sambil menjelaskan pengumuman rasmi berhubung perkara tersebut akan dibuat pada minggu depan.

Menurut Rafizi – bekas pemimpin pelajar di United Kingdom – beliau menawarkan diri bertanding bagi memperkenalkan “model pendekatan baru” anak muda yang “bukan semata-mata bersandarkan ghairah dan semangat”.

Kumpulan ‘direstui’ Anwar

Secara realistik bagi memengangi pilihan raya, Rafizi berpendapat, AMK perlu pendekatan baru bagi menarik sokongan anak muda sebagai golongan penentu yang dalam masa yang sama “kurang berminat dalam politik”.

“Kita perlu melepasi (perasaan) sentimental reformasi (1998),” kata bekas pegawai kanan di Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd dan Pharmaniaga Berhad itu yang kini bertugas sebagai Ketua Eksekutif di Pejabat Penasihat Ekonomi Negeri Selangor.

Beliau dikatakan akan beregu dengan ADUN Batu Caves Amiruddin Shari yang kini naib presiden AMK sebagai timbalan ketua.

Kumpulan ini yang khabarnya ‘direstui’ Anwar ini difahamkan disokong sekumpulan ahli parlimen muda PKR, antaranya Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (Seri Setia) dan Sim Tze Tzin (Pantai Jerejak).

Sementara Shamsul pula mendapat dokongan seorang lagi naib ketua AMK Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainudin, juga seorang aktivis kesatuan sekerja yang pernah ditahan di bawah akta kontroversi ISA.

“Ya, saya tawarkan diri sebagai timbalan ketua AMK bagi membantu Shamsul Iskandar (sebagai ketua AMK),” katanya kepadaMalaysiakini.

Difahamkam Khairul dipilih berganding dengan Shamsul (kanan) – seorang peguam – kerana gandingan lamanya, Mohd Fariz Musa sudah melebihi umur 40 tahun.

Namun dipercayai walaupun perlembagaan baru PKR menetapkan pemimpin AMK mestilah disandang oleh mereka yang berumur 35 tahun ke bawah, tetapi ini hanya akan dikuatkuasakan pada sesi akan datang bagi mempersediakan sayap parti itu kepada “peralihan”.

‘Berseorangan belum tentu sunyi’

Sementara itu, berbeza dengan Rafizi dan Shamsul, Badrul yang meraih populariti dengan pelbagai ‘gimik’ politik dan kepetahannya berceramah pula masih dilihat lone ranger atau berseorangan.

Beliau yang kerap bergerak melalui Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia – NGO yang diasaskannya – enggan mendedahkan lagi siapa gandingannya atau menawarkan diri.

“Saya tidak akan umumkannya. Terpulanglah kepada akar umbi (untuk menentukannya),” kata Badrul (kiri, berkaca mata) kepada Malaysiakini.

Menganggap pemilihan parti sebagai “urusan keluarga”, bekas guru itu berkata: “Dalam keluarga, takkanlah kita harus kata adik lebih baik daripada abang, (atau) abang lebih baik daripada adik”.

Katanya, tenaga itu lebih baik digembleng bersama bagi menumbangkan kerajaan BN.

Mengulas tentang tanggapan beliau berseorang dalam PKR, sambil ketawa Badrul berkata: “Berseorangan belum tentu sunyi, berdua belum tentu tak sunyi.”

Sementara itu, walaupun hampir pasti berlaku pertembungan tiga penjuru November nanti, seorang lagi pemimpin cabang Hasmi Hashim – satu-satunya calon yang pernah menentang Shamsul pada sesi lalu, masih tidak jelas kedudukannya.

Kalah teruk dalam pertandingan lalu, Hasmi, seorang penggiat budaya dilihat masih mengintai peluangnya.

“Kali ini (saya) akan dengar, timbang dan bincang dengan anggota AMK, pimpinan dan keluarga dulu,” katanya yang kritikal kepada kumpulan Shamsul dan Badrul itu.

PKR bakal mengadakan pemilihan parti secara langsung bermula dengan proses pencalonan di peringkat cabang (bahagian) lewat bulan ini, sebelum mengundi memilih pucuk pimpinan tertinggi parti itu pada November depan.

早上快到公车站时准备零钱
忽然发觉钱包不在手提袋里
双喜爸昨晚提起要用信用卡
估计把钱包拿出来用了卡
过后没有手尾顺手放桌上了
我意外的：“哎呀！钱包没带！”
阿爸很幸灾乐祸的大笑：“哈哈哈……”
他口还张着最后那个哈字还过度在舌头的时候
我把手伸向他：“给钱我。”
阿爸舌头上的“哈”字溜出来成了“嗄？”
“嗄什么？车里就你一个不问你拿问谁拿？”
“哎哟……酱的咩？”
“下次别高兴得太早。”
阿爸只好掏荷包

Many of today’s young gamers have never enjoyed Pong or Centipede. Atari aims to change that. They are introducing a new generation of gamers to some of the most beloved old school video game classics with Atari’s Greatest Hits: Volume 1 on Nintendo DS.

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Post from: EveryJoe

From Malaysian Bar

The Malaysian Bar is disappointed that the Court of Appeal, by a majority, has decided to grant the appeal by V K Lingam, Tun Ahmad Fairuz and Tun Eusoff Chin for leave to quash the Report by the Royal Commission of Enquiry on the “video clip incident” in whole or in parts.

A Royal Commission of Enquiry’s mandate entails the production of reports based on findings and recommendations. Hence, in essence, it cannot be a subject of legal challenge since the Royal Commission is not mandated to make decisions that can fall under the scope of judicial review. The Court inevitably refused or failed to consider the substantive arguments at the leave stage that the appellants surely had no arguable case.

The Bar urges the Honourable Attorney General to file an application for leave to appeal this decision at the Federal Court on this important question of law, which will have an impact on the success, effectiveness and credibility of future Royal Commissions. We look forward to the Federal Court to make the right decision.

At the same time, the Bar is shocked at the reprehensible threats made against certain individuals who were involved in exposing the “video clip incident” and were witnesses at the Royal Commission of Enquiry. We trust that the Royal Police Force will investigate these threats and provide adequate protection to these individuals immediately.

Meanwhile, the Bar continues with its disciplinary proceedings against V K Lingam.

Ragunath Kesavan
President
Malaysian Bar

25 August 2010

I received an interesting email. The sender wanted to order, erm, portable toilet from me. I was like, “What da.. I am a blogger. I don’t sell portable toilet.”

Quote from the email:

…i am sending this email to your business in regards to the order for some Portable Toilet for my clients Warehousing Project and i have attached to this email the pictures of the type of Toilets that i will be needing…

After google my own site, I believe he visited my funny post “the portable toilet” which was published in year 2006.

Thank you, Google.

The picture above is the one mentioned in the email. If you happen to supply those portable toilets, I could forward your business contact to the email sender. Free of charge.

I did received couple of business opportunities like this before — wanted to order things I don’t sell. In fact, I don’t sell anything tangible now.

Thanks Advertlets for the movie!

Storyline was okay.. very predictable.. I find the movie rather short… but the dance moves were AWESOME! If you love dancing and love seeing people dance.. this IS the movie for you.

Before the movie, we all went dinner at Otak Otak Place.

Then we all met up outside the cinema and the camhoring session began. hahahaha

The Alpha trio is here again! ahahahah

There was a boob expo too. Thanks for the volunteers: Missycheerio and Chammaine. LOL

The famous Jeremy was there too!

Last but not least.. a group shot! Not everyone lah .. the rest all busy camhoring elsewhere ehhhee

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Overview A Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll walkthrough or Reincarnation: LTETR walkthrough for those players who do not know how to beat Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll and need to refer to a guide. This walkthrough comes complete with images plus detailed text descriptions.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Dog

1. Examine stump “a” at bottom center.
2. Remove a piece of bark from stump “a” at bottom center.
3. Get top most wooden stick “b” under tree.
4. Exit left to tree area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Tree

1. Get mug “a” from sleeping demon.
2. Examine sap “b” on tree.
3. Fill up mug with sap “b” on tree.
4. Exit left to reaper area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Reaper

1. Make snake “a” go away.
2. Talk to reaper “b” after snake is gone.
3. Quickly click on locust to catch it.
4. Locust will appear in three (3) random location.
5. Must catch the locust three (3) times in a row.
6. Talk to reaper to try again if not successful.
7. Get vial o’ poison from reaper.
8. Exit right back to tree area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Tree
1. Exit right back to dog area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Dog
1. Exit right to fetus area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Fetus

1. Pour vial o’ poison into mug.
2. Use mug on blue stuff “a” near bottom left corner.
3. Use stick on mug full o’ diluted sap..
4. Exit left back to dog area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Dog

1. Use stick on stump “a” to cover it with tasty treats.
2. Exit right back to fetus area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Fetus

1. Use stick covered in tasy treats on bush “b” to lure fetus there.
2. Make snake “b” attack fetus.
3. Drop ball “c” on snake.
4. Get fetus.
5. Exit left back to dog area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Dog

1. Give “sleeping” fetus to dog.
2. Enter portal “d” into the mortal realm.

Notes:
1. From now onwards, there will be fifteen (15) locusts to click.
2. Some of them fly away very soon so click them quickly.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Kangaroo

1. Get brick “a” and drop it on kangaroo’s tail.
2. Enter building automatically while the man is not looking.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Shop

1. Start music “a” while lady is close to vase.
2. Get scissors “b” on counter
3. Go upstairs to bedroom.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Bedroom

1. Get mirror “a” near plant.
2. Open drawers “b” and get rope.
3. Exit via window “c” to get outside.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Kangaroo

1. Exit left to the balcony area.

Notes: Click the left button at the bottom left corner twice.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Balcony

1. Get roll of tape “a” from box near bottom center.
2. Use rope to tie rope onto balcony..
3. Enter bar “b” after using rope.

Notes: Click “b” once to get down and another time to enter bar.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Bar

1. Use roll of tape on mirror.
2. Use taped up mirror on “a” to cover it.
3. Turn up heat at “b” to make room warm.
4. Use red pen “c” to draw on the board while he is drinking.
5. Exit bar via “d” back to balcony area.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Balcony

1. Enter bar “b” again.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Bar

1. Watch as he takes the board and leaves.
2. Exit bar automatically.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Balcony

1. Exit left to Amos area

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Amos

1. Use scissors on chain “a” to knock Amos onto road.
2. Exit via gates “b” into alley.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Alley

1. Get stone “a” near steps.
2. Break window crack “b” with small stone.
3. Get banana peel “c” at bottom right corner.
4. Stack barrel “d” under window.
5. Stack box “e” onto barrel.
6. Stack tyre “f” near barrel.
7. Enter via window “b” with stacked items

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Crates

1. Get crowbar “a” near bottom right corner.
2. Use crowbar on crate “b” to open it.
3. Exit right to Sebastian.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Sebastian

1. Open lift “a” by pressing the button.
2. Use banana peel on Sebastian “b” as he checks lift..
3. Enter via door “c” into Reaux.

Reincarnation: Let The Evil Times Roll – Walkthrough – Reaux

1. Make Reaux trip via “a” when she is not around.
2. Pour liquor “b” onto her.
3. Start fan “c” to ignite her.

Deimos’s Thoughts
This game is quite simple and straight forward actually when compared with the previous games in the Reincarnation point and click adventure flash game series.

Deimos Asks
Do you like the Reincarnation point and click adventure flash games series? Yes? No? Why?

When? Friday, 27 Aug ’10.

Where? Pantai dalam (Google map)

Who? Bloggers.

What? Anything under this great blue sky.

Why? Because ideally, our blog connects, so should we, physically. Unite!

Fill in this form and save me the headache.

ps: Nak datang, datang, tak nak sudah. Tak pakse pon.

WARNING: MLM = STRICTLY PROHIBITED

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 3.30pm PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

kat sini tembikai susu punya saiz dah macam labu besar
mmg bagak2 siot saiz depa ni ok, kalau aku beli nanti
surelah berhari2 nak habis plak kan, so better x payah beli
lagi pun manalah ada pisau besar nak potong buah mcm ni
apa2 pun aku pernah beli sekali mmg sedap woooooo

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 2.54pm PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

hari tu aku singgah ke pasar ramadhan kat rana market
bukannya pasar ramadhan yg ada banyak khemah tuh
ini hanyalah kedai yg biasa aku kunjungi sebelum puasa
cuma masa puasa bilangan kuali, bilangan periuk byk la
bilangan samosa, pakora, fruit chat, jalebi bertambah byk
ada karipap sekali ok. puas aku belek rupanya manisan da
kuciwa bagai gelora bila tahu yg ni adalah karipap manis

I believe that most of you have already known that start building a list is the best way to make money online. Yes, this is definitely true. And we have been taught that we should offer something free so that people will subscribe into our list. In short, internet marketers exchange people’s emails with the freebies offered.

This method works, indeed. People love free stuff, include you and me.

After that, internet marketers want to make more money, and they create more freebies to begin with another email campaign. They keep on repeating this, because most of the gurus are telling you that: “People like free stuff, so offer something free to collect leads is the best way.”

Yes, it’s true. It works. However, it’s a mistake actually.

Why it’s a mistake?

The truth is, you can make money by doing that, but you cannot become a super affiliate and earn big money by doing that, unless you’ve few millions of subscribers (which is another version of story).

If you’re building a list by offering something free, your subscribers can consist of freebies seekers and potential buyers (proven action takers). However, normally freebies seekers will more than potential buyers. Freebie seekers will never make any purchase when you promote affiliate products. They will never take out their credit cards, or maybe they don’t even have credit cards.

Get rid of freebies seekers – Build a buyer list!

It’s fine if you create your first and second lists by offering something free, perhaps you need more attention, credibility and experience in that niche. However, after you’ve been in the niche for months or years, there are no points for you to keep repeating this method.

In fact, you ought to start building a list which consists of proven action takers only! By doing this, your list will have a higher conversion rate, because they’re potential buyers! Simply, all you’ve to do is getting them to spend some money before subscribing into your list.

Let me explain a simple thing that you might haven’t realized it.

If you’re a product merchant, you would have already known that you need to ask your customers to opt-in your customer list – It’s actually a list of buyers! They’re your customers, they are proven action takers, they’re people who will spend money in getting what they want and like!

If you ever buy any digital product, most of those merchants will ask you to subscribe into a list before you can get into the download area. You’re forced to join their list after purchasing.

After that, merchants will send further information and promotional emails to their customers. This happens simply because people have already made any purchase are proven action takers and people who will spend money in what they want and love!

For your information, many buyers are repeat buyers! Meaning that, people might do some more purchases after that. People who love feng shui will always seek for more information, so they will spend money in it, again and again, as long as the interest doesn’t fade out. Hence, the only thing you need to do is promoting affiliate products!

What if you don’t have any product to sell?

You might be asking this question. This is very simple actually. Your aim now is to build a list of proven action takers. You need them to make any purchase before subscribing into your list. You don’t have to spend a lot of time on this; of course you don’t have to worry about this too!

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Majlis Iftar dan Tarawikh bersama aktivis NGO Islam anjuran Biro Perpaduan Agama akan diadakan dikediaman Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim.Manakala Tazkirah akan disampaikan oleh Ustaz Sidek Fadhil diikuti dengan Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim.Berikut adalah butiran program tersebut:-

Tarikh: 26 Ogos 2010 (Khamis)

Tempat: Kediaman Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim,
Bukit Segambut,Kuala Lumpur

From Malaysian Insider
By Art Harun

Every year, during the first two or three days of fasting, I suffer from headaches. That is because my blood sugar level drops. Thank God this will go away after the third day of fasting.

Low blood sugar level may cause hypoglycemia. In some cases, symptoms of hypoglycemia include impaired judgment; irritability; belligerence; confusion; combativeness and rage. Thankfully, as far as I know, I don’t have those symptoms.

When Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that meritocracy and “meritocrats” are racists, my first reaction was one of irritation. Then I was bemused. Later I was amused. And finally today I think it must have been the fasting month and the obvious low blood sugar level which was affecting him.

Meritocracy as I understand it is the act of rewarding or awarding an individual or a body of individuals or any entity with anything based on merit. Like awarding a student who has scored 13 As in SPM a place in the university. Or awarding X Sdn Bhd a contract to maintain a submarine because X Sdn Bhd has successfully maintained 15 other submarines before this without any problem at reasonable costs as compared to any other company who were bidding for the job.

Conversely, if someone becomes chief this or that just because he or she has good contact with the appointer, that is not meritocracy. It is also not meritocracy if a person obtains something just because he or she is of a particular race, religion or even has a particular sexual preference.

In the sporting arena, Datuk Nicole David has been a world champion for so long because she is so good at what she is doing that there is no other living creature who could be as good as her. Therefore, Datuk Nicole is a champion by virtue of meritocracy. God forbid that Tun Dr M thinks that the good Datuk is a racist or that the World Squash Championship people are!

The same thing with our badminton teams. We have won the Thomas Cup umpteen times just because we are the best. Are we racists or the organisers of the Thomas Cup racists?

The Spaniards recently won the World Cup because they played the best football. Are they or FIFA racists?

At King’s College, London University, students who top their class are given a Merit award on their post-graduate degree. That is because those students qualify for the said award by being top students. They are not given a Merit just because they are of a particular race or profess a particular religion. In other words, the students get the award based on merit. Is King’s College racist?

I believe Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar is the chief of Khazanah because he is really good at what he is doing. And he is appointed by the Prime Minister. The same goes with the new Petronas chief who replaced Tan Sri Hassan Marican. Recently, Datuk Mohd Bakke Salleh was appointed as the new Sime Darby chief because it is said that he is the most suitable person to be the chief of Sime Darby. He has done a great job at Felda. Again, the PM must have had a hand in his appointment.

The PM also chooses all the members of his Cabinet. I am sure the PM appoints all the Cabinet members because the PM thinks those people are the most qualified people to be in the Cabinet. Thus we have people like Idris Jala and Amirsham in the Cabinet. These are proven people from the corporate sector.

Tun, is the PM racist then?

Dear Tun, allow me to say this. Malaysia could be a united nation, with a confident Malaysian society, infused by strong moral and ethical values, living in a society that is democratic, liberal and tolerant, caring, economically just and equitable, progressive and prosperous, and in full possession of an economy that is competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient.

But we cannot be so until and unless we overcome the nine central strategic challenges. They are:

1. The challenge of establishing a united Malaysian nation with a sense of common and shared destiny. This must be a nation at peace with itself, territorially and ethnically integrated, living in harmony and full and fair partnership, made up of one “Bangsa Malaysia.”

2. The challenge of creating a psychologically liberated, secure, and developed Malaysian society with faith and confidence in itself, justifiably proud of what it is, of what it has accomplished, robust enough to face all manner of adversity. This Malaysian society must be distinguished by the pursuit of excellence, fully aware of all its potentials, psychologically subservient to none, and respected by the peoples of other nations.

3. The challenge of fostering and developing a mature democratic society, practising a form of mature consensual, community-oriented Malaysian democracy that can be a model for many developing countries.

4. The challenge of establishing a fully moral and ethical society.

5. The challenge of establishing a matured, liberal and tolerant society in which Malaysians of all colours and creeds are free to practise and profess their customs, cultures and religious beliefs and yet feeling that they belong to one nation.

6. The challenge of establishing a scientific and progressive society, a society that is innovative and forward-looking.

7. The challenge of establishing a fully caring society and a caring culture, a social system in which society will come before self, in which the welfare of the people will revolve not around the state or the individual but around a strong and resilient family system.

8. The challenge of ensuring an economically just society. This is a society in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation, in which there is full partnership in economic progress. Such a society cannot be in place so long as there is the identification of race with economic function, and the identification of economic backwardness with race.

9. The challenge of establishing a prosperous society, with an economy that is fully competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient.

Tun, with all due respect, we cannot run away from those challenges. We, as a nation and as a people, have to confront those challenges and by hook or by crook, overcome them in order to be a developed country.

What we are doing now is to forget those challenges. To assume that they are not there. To sweep them under the carpet and pretend that everything is okay when it is quite obviously not.

We are letting racism and communal interests rule the day. We are not working as one nor living as one. We are not even willing to attempt to do so. We have abandoned the ideals of this nation when this nation was at the brink of achieving independence. The ideals and aspirations of our forefathers have been betrayed, destroyed and consigned to our archives and treated as if they are not worth the paper they are written on.

Where is the nation at peace with itself, territorially and ethnically integrated, living in harmony and full and fair partnership, made up of one “Bangsa Malaysia” stated above?

Have we even attempted to achieve a psychologically liberated, secure, and developed Malaysian society with faith and confidence in itself? How are we to be liberated if days in and days out we keep reminding a particular race that they are weak; that they are not good enough to compete; that they always need crutches to walk; that they should unite lest they would be destroyed and various other negativism?

Have we even thought of establishing a matured, liberal and tolerant society in which Malaysians of all colours and creeds are free to practise and profess their customs, cultures and religious beliefs and yet feeling that they belong to one nation?

What liberalism are we talking about when some headmistress who outwardly is a Muslim allegedly spouted racial hatred to her students, describing non-Malays as mere passengers in a car who can be asked to leave the car anytime and anywhere? Yet some hot shot Minister dismissed that incident as isolated and almost irrelevant? What liberalism are we talking about when cartoon books are seized just because some people are lampooned in it; when radio DJs are sacked just because he dares to speak out on sensitive issues; when candle light bearing people congregating to propagate the abolishment of a draconian Act of Parliament were met with batons and riot police? What liberalism?

What about establishing a fully caring society and a caring culture, a social system in which society will come before self? Sorry, but I am suddenly enveloped by this uncontrollable need to laugh. What caring society are we talking about when there are ministers who suggested that baby dumpers should be sentenced to death knowing full well that those who do so are mere children who have acted irresponsibly by having unprotected sex?

What about ensuring an economically just society. This is a society in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation, in which there is full partnership in economic progress? Have we even had a plan for this? Or are we in self denial mode still?

Have we realised that such a society cannot be in place so long as there is the identification of race with economic function, and the identification of economic backwardness with race?

I don’t think we have. Because all I can see now is the identification of everything under the sun with the colours of our skin.

By the way, before you dismiss those nine challenges which I had referred to above as being the unachievable ideals of an idealist, allow me to remind you dear Tun, in case you have forgotten, that those are the nine challenges that you YOURSELF have identified for all of us to overcome if we ever want to achieve the status of a developed nation by 2020 in your Vision 2020 speech.

Yes. It is you who have said all those. Not me. Not Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Not Lim Kit Siang. Not Anwar Ibrahim. It was you who said it.

What has happened since you espoused those ideals Tun? What has happened to your plan for a Bangsa Malaysia? It’s been hijacked by Harris Ibrahim, has it?

Mahathir Mohamad has qualms with the meritocrats now.
In addition, you also said the following:

1. Of the two prongs of the NEP no one is against the eradication of absolute poverty regardless of race, and irrespective of geographical location. All Malaysians, whether they live in the rural or the urban areas, whether they are in the south, north, east or west, must be moved above the line of absolute poverty.

2. This nation must be able to provide enough food on the table so that not a solitary Malaysian is subjected to the travesty of gross under-nourishment.

3. The second prong, that of removing the identification of race with major economic function is also acceptable except that somehow it is thought possible to achieve this without any shuffling of position. If we want to build an equitable society than we must accept some affirmative action. This will mean that in all the major and important sectors of employment, there should be a good mix of the ethnic groups that make up the Malaysian nation. By legitimate means we must ensure a fair balance with regard to the professions and all the major categories of employment. Certainly we must be as interested in quality and merit. But we must ensure the healthy development of a viable and robust Bumiputera commercial and industrial community.

4. A developed Malaysia should not have a society in which economic backwardness is identified with race.

Oh, what was it that you said about merit then? Yes, you said, “certainly we must be as interested in quality and merit.”

Interesting. And yet yesterday you said meritocracy and “meritocrats” are racists.

What gives?

* The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

Dari Merdeka Review
Oleh Nazar Hashim

Khatib yang didakwa terlibat dalam isu doa khutbah Jumaat, Ustaz Zakaria Ahmad, mempertahankan pendirian beliau bahawa tiada kesalahan yang dilakukan semasa doa khutbah tersebut dibacakan bagi mendoakan kesejahteraan kepada Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng.

Zakaria Ahmad (gambar kanan) yang bercakap kepada media selepas menemui panel jawatankuasa Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang (MAINPP) di pejabat MAINPP semalam, berkata bahawa tidak menjadi satu kesalahan untuk berdoa (kepada orang bukan Islam).

“Cuma caranya sahaja perlu diperbetulkan. Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pihak MAINPP yang telah membantu bagi memberi panduan mengenai keperluan yang ada dalam isu khutbah ini.”

“Namun begitu isu ini hanyalah satu isu kecil. Sebelum ini pun ada orang lain yang membacakan doa dalam khutbah Jumaat kepada pemimpin tetapi kenapa mereka tidak dipanggil?” tanya beliau.

Mungkin ambil tindakan saman malu

Zakaria juga berkata beliau tidak teragak-agak untuk mengambil tindakan saman malu kepada mereka yang telah melemparkan fitnah kepada beliau dalam isu ini dalam tempoh terdekat.

Tambah beliau lagi adalah suatu yang dikesalkan kerana isu sekecil ini telah dipolitikkan oleh mereka yang tidak memahami erti sebenar khutbah Jumaat sehingga sanggup menjadikan ia sebagai modal politik sempit mereka.

Manakala Yang Dipertua MAINPP, Ellias Zakaria berkata pertemuan dengan jawatankuasa siasatan MAINPP kali ini bertujuan untuk mendapat penerangan sebenar dari khatib yang terbabit sebelum apa-apa tindakan diambil. Beliau juga berkata perbincangan yang diadakan berjalan dalam suasana yang baik.

Tiada tindakan terhadap khatib Zakaria

“Tiada tindakan yang akan diambil terhadap beliau setelah adanya penerangan sebenar dari insiden yang membabitkan isu doa dalam khutbah Jumaat yang hangat diperkatakan sejak minggu lalu,” jelas Ellias Zakaria.

“Kita juga berharap dalam suasana ramadan ini tiada pihak yang akan mengambil kesempatan isu ini dan mengeruhkan suasana yang ada,” kata Ellias Zakaria (gambar kiri).

Katanya lagi jawatankuasa yang turut dihadiri oleh Pengarah Jabatan Agama Islam Pulau Pinang, Sazali Hussain dan Pegawai Tadbir Agama Daerah itu turut berpuas hati dengan penerangan yang telah disampaikan oleh Zakaria.

Sebelum itu Zakaria yang tinggal di Taiping, Perak telah disoal-siasat di Balai Polis Butterworth bagi diambil keterangan beliau setelah adanya laporan dibuat oleh Pemuda UMNO Pulau Pinang, baru-baru ini.

Isu doa khutbah Jumaat yang didakwa menyebut nama Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng telah disebut oleh Zakaria di Masjid Jamek Kubang Buaya, Butterworth dan Masjid Jamek Padang Menora,Tasek Gelugor.

Dakwaan oleh Ahmad Zahid

Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan UMNO Pulau Pinang, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi sebelum ini telah mendakwa terdapat khatib yang mendoakan Lim Guan Eng di beberapa buah masjid dalam kawasan Permatang Pauh, Tasek Gelugor dan Jelutong.

Namun begitu tiada pula nama kawasan Bagan yang dinyatakan sedangkan Masjid Jamek Kubang Buaya berada dalam kawasan Bagan. Begitu juga dengan dakwaan ianya berlaku dalam kawasan Permatang Pauh.

Nama masjid yang didakwa dalam kawasan Permatang Pauh belum dapat dikenal pasti sehingga ke hari ini.

Banyak pihak mempertikaikan tindakan yang diambil oleh UMNO dan Barisan Nasional dalam isu doa khutbah Jumaat ini. Sesetengahnya mendakwa isu ini sengaja dijadikan modal politik oleh UMNO dan BN setelah melihat kewibawaan yang ada pada kepimpinan Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) semakin mendapat dokongan rakyat.

Tindakan yang diambil oleh UMNO dan BN ini bukan saja menambahkan hilangnya keyakinan dan kepercayaan rakyat kepada mereka, tetapi juga membuka ruang kepada masyarakat khususnya orang Melayu untuk melihat setakat mana isu agama sebegini akan dimanipulasikan sebagai modal politik untuk meraih sokongan.

Sekiranya isu sekecil ini tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan cara musyawarah apakah akan menjadi kenyataan perpaduan dan penyatuan Melayu yang sering menjadi omongan bagi UMNO dan PAS untuk bersatu di bawah satu payung bagi membela nasib masyarakat Melayu dan Islam dalam negara ini?

Dari TV Selangor

Parti Keadilan Rakyat Sarawak menggesa Ketua Menteri Sarawak Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud supaya melepaskan jawatannya dengan sesegera mungkin dan membuka ruang kepada lapisan pimpinan baru.

Pengarah Operasi Pilihanraya Nicholas Badwin menyambut baik kenyataan Taib yang menyataan kesediaan untuk berundur sekiranya khidmat beliau tidak diperlukan lagi.

Nicholas menjelaskan kerajaaan Taib Mahmud telah melewati tarikh luput dan tidak lagi mampu untuk menguruskan Sarawak dengan baik.

Taib sudah menerajui kerajaan negeri Sarawak selama 29 tahun dan menyatakan kesediaannya berundur jika beliau tidak diperlukan lagi bertanding pada Pilihan Raya Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) akan datang yang diadakan sebelum Julai tahun hadapan.

Nicholas berkata orang Sarawak sendiri mahukan perubahan tersebut kerana menurut mereka Taib sudah lama memegang jawatan itu dan selama ini beliau fikir Sarawak ini beliau yang punya.

“Ramai orang sudah buat aduan dan beliau sendiri tahu beliau sendiri pun tidak buat kerja” kata Nicholas.

Bagi Nicholas, hanya pemimpin yang lebih muda dan berwibawa mampu membawa Sarawak merentasi era politik baru. Generasi veteran seperti Taib Mahmud tidak mempunyai wawasan dan iltizam bagi mencapai matlamat itu.

“Saya setuju memang Sarawak memerlukan pemimpin yang muda dan bertenaga serta lebih faham masalah rakyat dan rakyat perlu tahu mengenai masalah rakyat dan macam yang kita sedia tahu sekarang ini semua dia mahu, balak pun dia mahu, pasir pun dia mahu, kuari, tanah pun dia mahu.” Ujar Nicholas lagi.

Dari Malaysiakini
Oleh Aidila Razak

Sebuah syarikat yang dimiliki oleh anak-anak Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud berjaya memperolehi tiga bidang tanah di Kuching pada harga yang tersangat rendah. Tindakan itu menyebabkan kerajaan negeri itu kehilangan potensi pendapatan RM300 juta.

Ahli parlimen Bandar Kuching Chong Chieng Jen yang membuat pendedahan itu berkata kerajaan negeri telah memperuntukkan seluas 269 ekar di bandaraya itu kepada Monarda Sdn Bhd pada harga yang jauh lebih rendah daripada harga pasaran iaitu pada kadar purata RM291,000 bagi setiap ekar.

“Harga pasaran adalah dalam lingkungan RM1.5 juta dan RM2 juta bagi setiap ekar. Jika dijual secara tender, kerajaan negeri akan memperolehi pendapatan antara RM400 hingga RM500 juta,” katanya kepada Malaysiakini, hari ini.

Sebaliknya, Monarda, yang mempunyai modal berbayar RM100 hanya perlu bayar RM78.28 juta untuk tiga bidang tanah itu,” katanya.

“Kami tuntut kerajaan negeri beri penjelasan penuh dan bertanggung-jawab kepada rakyat Sarawak,” kata Chong yang juga adalah setiausaha DAP Sarawak.

Modal berbayar RM100

Tiga bidang tanah itu terletak bersebelahan lapangan terbang antarabangsa Kuching berhampiran Stutong. Terdapat pangkalan tentera udara di lokasi yang sama.

Monarda diterajui oleh ank sulung Taib – Abu Bekir, yang memegang 52 saham dan seorang yang dikenali sebagai Choong Sun Nam, yang memiliki 12 saham.

Pemegang saham lain termasuk, anak perempuan Taib – Jamilah dan Hanifah Hajar, serta menantunya Anisa Hamidah Abdullah, yang masing-masing juga memegang 12 saham.

Chong, yang mengesan kaitan keluarga Taib itu melalui semakan pendaftaran tanah dan syarikat berkata pengasingan tanah itu adalah yang terbesar pernah dilakukan.

“Tanah ini sekarang adalah kosong dan Monarda tidak menjalankan sebarang urusniaga sejak ia ditubuhkan,” katanya.

Awal tahun ini, tiga aduan dibuat kepada Suruhanjaya Anti Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia yang mendakwa Taib dan keluarganya menggunakan kedudukan mereka bagi menguasai empayar hartanah bernilai RM3 bilion.

Dua dokumen didedahkan di laman sesawang Sarawak Report yang mendakwa Taib menggunakan proksi bagi mengawal kepentingan sebuah syarikat yang berpangkalan di Amerika Syarikat, Sakti International Corporation, yang ketika itu bernilai US$80 juta (RM250 juta).

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 12.10pm PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

perghhhhhh ada lagi rupanya peach kat gerai ni
hengatkan dah xde lagi dah ok hehe
best siot dapat melantak peach segar terbaek dari ladang
terasa mcm nak buat agar2 peach la buka puasa nanti

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 12.02pm PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

inilah dia epal pakistan yg sebenar, warnanya kuning
kali ni epal from quetta, ibu negeri jajahan balochistan
sedap dan rangup epal quetta ni, sama mcm epal merah
hari tu aku sempat belasah hunza valleh red apples
mmg sedap dan rangup, lagi sedap bila dpt petik sendiril

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 11.53am PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

mcm ni lah suasananya di pasar ramadhan di g7 isb
cda yang in charge kat sini, so semua tents cda yg buat
depa ni mcm biasa akan bayar sewa tapak jelah
kat sini ada byk peniaga yg jual buah je la

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 11.36am PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

musim buah peach dah sampsi ke penghujungnya di sini
kalau ada pun buah peach yg dah x best or x fresh
kat pakistan ni musim buahnya mmg seasonal
kalau terlepas nak makan satu2 buah kena tunggu lah
kena tunggu sampai tahun depanlah jawabnyer
now musim mangga dan peach dah nak habis
aprikot lagi la x nampak langsung pun dah hehe

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 10.37am PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

ni la gerai dalam bulan ramadhan yang paling famous
ramai siot manusia yg singgah kat gerai ni ok
macam2 makanan dijual kat sini tapi semuanya samosa
naik muak juga aku makan samosa ni sblm ni
owh heaven nya bazaar ramadhan taman melawati ok

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 10.17am PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

aku mmg suka dgn aiport lahore ni sebab design cun
luas giler airport ni compared ngan islamabad
in fact aku rasa airport lahore ni mng under utilised lah
patutnya airport ni dok kat isb senang sket nak balik kl
cun ksn design dia dengan bata merah tuh semua

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傍晚放工觉得很累
一上车和小朋友们打了个招呼亲了亲就眯上眼假寐
可是喜喜有很多事要报告
于是就哩哩啰啰的说
闭着眼睛的妈妈像母猪一样哼哼唧唧的答应着

喜喜报告之后接着就是问题
为什么这个这个？
为什么那个那个？
为什么酱酱酱？
为什么酿酿酿？

眯着眼的妈妈弱弱的：“我不知道哦……”

经过妈妈无数的“不知道哦”之后
爸爸发话了：让妈妈休息休息，别问了

玩着‘爱疯’的双双没有注意我们的对话
把‘爱疯’交给喜喜之后打算开始她的报告和问题回合

喜喜悄声的和双双说：
“You don’t ask mommy anything, because she don’t know anything.”
双双求证：“Mommy, Annabelle said you don’t know anything, why?”
我弱弱的：“I don’t know…”
喜喜：“See? I told you so, she know nothing.”

26 Ogos 2010
8.30 malam
Madrasatul Islamiah SS 8 Petaling Jaya

26 Ogos 2010
7.00 malam
Masjid ar-Rahmah Sg Way, SS 9 Petaling Jaya

25 Ogos 2010
8.30 malam
Masjid Nurul Yaqin, SS 7 Kelana Jaya

25 Ogos 2010
7.00 malam
Masjid Tabung Haji Kelana Jaya, SS 5 Petaling Jaya

25 Ogos 2010
6.15 petang
Pasar Ramadan Kelana Jaya SS 6, Petaling Jaya

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 6.54am PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

kalau korang perasan ramai juga pekerja kanak2 kat sini
mcm gerai jual buah ni. manalah pi mak bapak budak ni eh
dibiarkan je budak ni tercongok sorang2 jaga kedai ni
jangan budak ni salah timbang buah yg dijual sudah hehe

Live Update: 25 Aug ’10, 6.20am PKT PST | From: Nokia E71, Nokia N97 or iPhone 3Gs | Author: KNizam

dulu masa aku singgah murree nampak kfc billboard
tulis kfc winter maza, maza ni mcm fresh la kan
kali ni mcdonalds plak dengan special menu iftari
sub pey bhari ! macam2 la depa ni kan
semalam masa aku singgah ke mcd isb, ramai giler
depa ni x masak ke mende ek. hehe

I have been playing Car Town for a week now and find it quite interesting as it is related to cars and modification. It is still a very simple game but is quite fun. Anyhow, I was amazed that they are able to land themselves some advertisers. They are not at the side panel or on top of the game where most people will automatically ignore. But they are in the game themselves.

After I click on the lady saying “Check out the new CR-Z!”, it will prompt me this screen

Prompting for the Honda CR-Z showroom, and as expected, we got into the showroom. And finally the showroom. It is quite a smart idea from the Car Town developer team. A whole new Social Media Marketing and Internet Marketing has been created.