Burn them Crosses

Tuan Syed Hood bin Syed Edros [Parit Sulong]: [Some unrelated stuff first] Yang Di-Pertua, I would like to touch on a matter regarding the Ministry of Education, which are Christian missionary schools like Convent, La Salle, Methodist, and so forth. I was made to understand that the Board of Directors at these schools are partially administered by churches in foreign countries, for example in the Vatican City. I was also made to understand that the application to build a ’surau’ in some of these schools had to go through the approval of these Board of Directors whereby they are partially administered by the church. Therefore, it shames me that the school administrations are still controlled by the church. I was also made to understand that many Muslim parents send their kids to these schools, and that they have complained that sometimes, the school is started with church songs. I do not know if this is true, but what I discovered from these parents are the display of religious symbols. I feel disappointed that in an Islamic country, Malaysia, if I go to a convent school, the statue of St. Mary is displayed in the front of the school.

Datuk Haji Mohamad bin Haji Aziz [Sri Gading]: [Stands up]

Tuan Syed Hood bin Syed Edros [Parit Sulong]: Please proceed, Yang Berhormat for Sri Gading.

Timbalan Yang di-Pertua [Datuk Dr. Yusof bin Yacob]: Yes, Yang Berhormat for Sri Gading.

Datuk Haji Mohamad bin Haji Aziz [Sri Gading]: I am not shocked at all, Yang Berhormat for Parit Sulong. It’s not just a simple question. The question is, why has this happened? One. During the last Hari Raya, I was told by a father, when Aidilfitri was celebrated, these types of schools were not closed. Thank you.

Tuan Syed Hood bin Syed Edros [Parit Sulong]: Not only statues, but fellow Yang Berhormat, go and see for yourselves, Christian crosses are displayed in front of schools. I do not understand the Ministry of Education, did the officers not see that, or is it our policy to allow such a thing? Nevertheless, I, as a responsible person to my religion, race, and country, I state my views that these statues need to be demolished, these crosses need to be destroyed and church influences in these schools need to be stopped. Also, the funds that are collected at these schools. Do we have a report? If possible, the ministry should reveal the funds for these schools. I was made to understand that these schools are also sponsored by the church.

This has, of course, been cleared up by our Prime Minister. Apparently, NO statues or crosses or what-nots will be abolished. But worth sharing, nontheless. I guess a temporary lapse of memory from the UMNO General Meeting when Pak Lah addressed on religious sensitivities.

Democracy

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Really ahh? That one Mr V in V for Vendetta say one ... is just a movie right? No real in the real world? How can! Garmen so scary and big wan. Got sodomy trail if you try anything. Shouldnt they be strong strong so can keep order wan?

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States, wrote the above words in a letter to William S. Smith in 1787. It became the basis of the 2nd amendment: that all Americans would have the right to arms; the right to guns.
The founding fathers apparently believed in a strong control to the government. The first control is that of what Thomas Carlyle calls the Fourth Estate. Jeffrey Archer makes the following observation in his novel of the same name:

"In May 1789, Louis XVI summoned to Versailles a full meeting of the 'Estate General'. The First Estate consisted of three hundred clergy. The Second Estate, three hundred nobles. The Third Estate, six hundred commoners. Some years later, after the French Revolution, Edmund Burke, looking up at the Press Gallery of the House of Commons, said, 'Yonder sits the Fourth Estate, and they are more important than them all.'"

But what Jefferson believed was this: a well armed populace which is not afraid to turn on its government is the ultimate check and balance.

God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ... And what country can preserve its liberties, if it's rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

It is its natural manure.

It is a scary thought, especially for us Malaysians, who practice a watered down form of democracy.

Lest we forget: democracy does not mean just elections. It means a government of the people, by the people, for the people, with a multitude of checks and balances in place to ensure the fair use of power, and justice, and peace.



We have a long way to go.

Note: I do not support the 2nd amendment, and I disagree with many elements of the American democracy. However, the purpose of this post is to show that there is more to the concept of democracy than elections, and the entire idea of "We are a democratic country, we are not like Myanmar or Pakistan because we hold erections once every 4 years" is ridiculous.

Malaysia's Internal Affair/Crisis!

As i have said in my blog, i want to comment on the issues that are concerning our beloved bolehland, Malaysia. First, i wanna talk about our first angkasawan/astronaut/cosmonaut/spaceflight participant, then the lingam video tape or lingam-gate scandal, the independent of the judiciary, the parliament and the general elections.

First, let us talk about the first Malaysian in space. Dr. Sheikh Muzzaphar Shukor, is our country's first man to go to space. He is also the first South-East Asian to go to space. Well, how proud are you, as a malaysian? The Russian called him a cosmonaut, the NASA called him a space flight participant and the Malaysian government insisted that he is indeed a angkasawan. Astronaut is the same meaning as Cosmonaut. Cosmonaut term is used by the Russians. The angkawan term is also the same with astronaut and cosmonaut.

Perhaps he will be conferred a Datuk-ship. This is Malaysia's style. There are many controversies surrounding the angkasawan project.

It all started in year 2003, when the Malaysian government agreed to buy 18 units of Sukhoi Su-30MKM. As part of the deal, the Russian government agreed to send a malaysian into the space in 2007. The cost is estimated to be US$900 million! Each unit cost about US$33-45million according to wikipedia. I think it is better to purchase F-16 fighting falcon as it is much cheaper than Su-30MKM. But US$900 million is too much. The money can be used for other projects, such as repairing the lousy roads across the country! There are many potholes in the country, and yet we spent millions to send a man into the space! What is this all for? The money can be used for other development projects as well! Look, the government spent more than the revenue generated for 11 consecutive years(budget deficit).

The exact figure for sending the man to space was never revealed. However, it is indeed very costly and they are planning to send 2nd man to space again.

Next, let's talk about the videotape scandal. This is not a pornographic videotape. This is not an anime's videotape. This is the arrangement in appointing judges. The Federal Constitution made it clear that it is only the DYMM YDP-Agong as the only one who can appoint judges(with the recommendations by the Chief Justice) and Chief Judge of Malaya, Sabah & Sarawak and Chief Justice of Malaysia acting on the advice of the PM and Conference of Rulers. Unfortunately, this is not the case. It is a prominet lawyer who recommend who to appoint as CJM(Chief Judge of Malaya). Well, i'm not a law student, so correct me if i am wrong in some facts. The video is quite funny. Watch at youtube for it! Do you know the Watergate Scandal that forced US. Pres. Nixon to resign from office? Let's see if this lingamgate scandal can force the CJ to resign.

After Anwar Ibrahim released the videotape, the government immediately form a 3-man Independent Panel to check the authenticity of the videotape. The Malaysian Bar Council organised a 'Walk from Justice' from the Palace of Justice to the PM's Department. There are thousands of lawyers and supporters took part in the march. They all wore black and white attire. The Bar Council demanded a formation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry, as it has more power to investigate the scandal. And it is true that the Independent Panel failed miserably to deliver. The Bar Council's Pres Ambiga Srenevesan infamous quote:

"Lawyers don't walk everyday. Not even every month. Not even every year. But when they walk, then something must be very wrong."

I really admire the United States's Congress. They are very powerful. They can reject Pres. Bush's application for War funding. The Republicans and Democrats are free to vote in any motion. They have the senate committee. The Senate Committee can conduct any inquiry or investigation, such as the blackwater shooting in Iraq, the 1998 former Pres. Clinton's sex scandal that nearly kicks him out from office, the then 13yrs old girl who was sexually abused and many more.
If our Parliament can act professionally like this and have this power, it is really great!

Next, let's talk about the fairness or Independent-ness of the Judiciary. I don't believe it they are 100% independent. Lina Joy's attempt to leave her former religion has failed in the highest court, the Federal Court. She was denied her freedom of religion, as guaranteed in the Federal Constitution, on Article 11. 'Every person has the right to profess and practice his religion.'

But lately, there are a number of lawsuits against the government are success. First, a former ISA's detainee was awarded RM2.5mil in the suit against the police and government. Then, the news just came in, Irene Fernandes was awarded Rm200k in her suit against an UMNO-owned daily. These judges who attend those cases are indeed independent and fair. One more lawsuit was filed 2 days ago. I believe there will be more and more suits will be filed in the future!

Next, let's talk about the General Elections. Many believe that it will be held after the General Assembly of UMNO. Oh yea, let's hope the delegates won't make any racist comments or statements during the assembly! Let's hope the keris will not be waved against other races.
Next year, i believe the fuel price will increase, at least by 10-20sen per litre. Toll rates will go up as well. Thus, the transportation costs will increase. Then, the price of goods will increase! This is called 'cost push inflation' in Economics. By then, perhaps a normal bowl of Kolo Mee will cost Rm3++!

The inflation rate is rising, and on April, Anwar will be eligible to contest. With the inflation, the people will get angry and the votes will swing to the opposition. So it does make sense that the GE will be called before the toll and fuel price hike. They will not be that stupid to repeat the mistake in the 2006 Sarawak State Election. It is like smacking your head with a hammer.

The question is, what is the date of GE and how many seats the opposition will grab! For sure, the landslide victory for BN in 2004 GE will not be repeated this time. The opposition should be able to win at least 45-50 seats. Perhaps the elections will be held later this year or early next year before they increase the fuel price and toll.

Signing off now...... Izzit ok to post socio-political stuffs in the UGS blog??
*kenny, our posts are equal now?

Sami Vellu, Closet Poet

You should all know by now that Sami's penned a poem for Pak Lah and his bride to be. Rather cute, if this was the 1990s and the internet didn't exist. But some genius of a investigative reporter (I'll not be surprised if he/she is a blogger - this seems to be exactly what our kind would do) - did some research. Here's what they came up with:

From This Day Forward
Author Unknown

From this day forward,
You shall not walk alone.
My heart will be your shelter,
And my arms will be your home

Blessing For A Marriage
by James Dillet Freeman

May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should
bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding

May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to
help you to know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the
valley does not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a
valley because it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with
you and
you

Combined, shaken and stirred, we have
Sami's poem:

From this day forward
You shall not walk alone.
Her heart will be your shelter,
And her arms will be your home.
A mountain needs a valley to be complete;
the valley does not make
the mountain less, but more;
and the valley is more a valley because
it has a mountain towering over it

Who says only school children plagiarise?

Stupidity or Joke???

Malaysian Ministers are very controversial. First, we have an AP Queen, the Minister of International Trade and Industry. She was under fire last time, because of the Approved Permits scandal for vehicles imported.

Then, we have a king of construction, Samy Vellu, Minister of Works. He was criticised badly for the Kepong MRR2 cracks. The Maika scandal, of whom many Indians who invest in that company do not get their dividends. And the Bakun Dam project, yet to be completed despite it started more than 10 years ago! Even the world's largest Three Gorges Dam in China takes less than 10yrs to be completed.

Not enough with that? We have another Dep. Min. accused for accepting bribes ammounting RM5mil for the release of detainees, one of them was believed to be a brother of a MCA Dep. Min.

There are many other scandal involving our 'beloved' ministers, including the Sarawak's 'pek moh'. I don't want to elaborate on that....

Do you guys read about this? http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/newsncom.php?itemid=4168
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Our Minister of Information is trying to 'teach' the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC) on how to do their job... It's a shame that our Minister do that, because, it had nothing to do with him! He's not the Min. Of Info of Britain! It is their right(BBC) to interview anyone in this world. The BBC is a well-known News Channel and i often watch it but i still prefer CNN. The mainsteam media in Britain can report anything they want. It's the Media Freedom unlike in Malaysia where i didn't see there is existence of Media Freedom!!

All newspapers, tv stations, no matter owned by gov. or private, they don't report things about the opposition! Just look at the Ijok-By-Election. Where got reports about PKR's candidate? There is much propaganda to make the viewers to vote for BN. I'm sick of the mainstream media in Malaysia!

Anyway, Zainuddin Maidin has no right to teach the BBC! He better look after RTM!! RTM channels are very boring and it's not a First Class, i would rate it worse, a third-world standard.


"It would be appropriate if the air time was given to the opposition political parties that had a place in politics in Malaysia, but why focus on people who have been rejected?" Bernama quoted Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin as saying.

Do he mean Anwar have been rejected?? Where is the proof? He's been sacked and imprisoned and he has not contested in elections after that and why do he say Anwar have been rejected?

Bernama added: "He (Zainuddin) said the BBC move did not help to enhance relations between Britain and Malaysia and did not accord respect to the democratic decision of the Malaysian people in their rejection of the opposition political parties.

"Oh, like that lah? I still remember Malaysian newscaster labeling PM Blair as a dog of Washington. What about Dr. M always make statements which are very anti-western? Don't you think that it will hurt the US and UK particularly???

Haiz.... Malaysia boleh memang boleh... Menteri lagi boleh! Welcome to Malaysia!! Happy 50th Merdeka Day and Visit Malaysia Year 07.. But VMY07 is a failure, don't you think so?

Que Avis, Malaysia?

This post was originally written at the author's personal blog. The opinions expressed here are of Eli James alone, and not of the BUGS community.

I have been meaning to write this post for some time now, but a tiny voice kept on saying, "Make sure you get the writing right. Think first!"

And i did. I thought of what i needed and wanted to say, and how to say it. This post is long in the waiting, and painful to write. But bear with me on this.

2006 has been a bad year for Malaysians. Admit it. We've seen Mahathir go anti Abdullah (proclaiming that Malaysia is a police state - ISA, death in custody - not that it wasn't before, just that the idea that our country is not that rosy hadn't really presented itself in the mainstream since the days of Ops Lallang), we've seen the Inter-Faith Commision breaking down and all discussion about coorperation between the various religions exploding ... We've had politicians in the UMNO general assembly calling Lee Kwan Yew stupid (not that that's bad, but the action in itself is foolish in the face of the old man's cunning) and blaming all the other races for the current problems.

We've had MAS and Proton struggling.

Some of us are feeling oppressed.

We've had statements (Lee Kwan Yew) telling us the painful truth that yes, the Chinese here are being systematically marginalised. Or at least in the name of Bumi rights.

We're being told that Meritocracy is the death of Malays, contrary to common sense.

We're hearing stories of how straight A chinese students who deserve it don't get scholarships, even though they have more than enough co-curricular activities. And then we have heard how Bumis with 7As get Med scholarships overseas.

We're being bombarded with unintelligent remarks by Datuks and MPs, through the mainstream media that is the convenient arm/leg/anus of our political parties.

No more chinese schools are being built, nevermind that Kua Kia Soong keeps tabs and reports that there are no racism there, albeit increasing enrollment by students of other races.

Marina Mahathir writes, or wanted to write, about how national schools are turning her children into 'little racists'.

The foreign press is having a field day sacrificing us. There is a New York Times article about how the Chinese and the Indians are being cheated by the Malays. I can't find it, but i found one worse.

We are told not to celebrate Deepavali with Indian friends.

We have weak leaders.

We want to be taught science and maths in BM, or so we're told.

Our ministers want to control the evolution of the BM language.

And through it all we are getting cynical.

See why this post is hard to write?

I have Malay friends. I admit, i like Malay culture. Their food, their traditions, the beautiful pantun and the wise proverbs taken from nature. Call me brainwashed by Sejarah, whatever. But sometimes i'm scared. Scared that i'll morph into something i'm not, something i never want to be.

I'm scared that i'm turning into a racist.

Me, a Malaysian, proud to be tolerant. Us, Malaysia, proud to be multi-racial.

Where has all the love gone to?



Perhaps my longing to love our country stems from my Sejarah classes. The students of 5S1, (2006) St Thomas's secondary school has had marvelous Sejarah teachers since form 1, making it hard for the lot of us to hate the subject. They were all wonderful storytellers, creating beautiful tapestries of people and places long ago. Of course now we can all get sidetracked into arguing that history is anything but objective, but that's not the point. The point here is that they did their job marvelously. We loved our country. Well, at least before 2006 began to dilute the solid, wonderful picture in our eyes.

And yet, I have friends who gladly admit that they hate the Malays. All Malays. Nevermind if they're called Nazrin or Ahmad or are decent people when you give them a chance. How many great people would i have missed if i were generally prejudiced with all Malays even before i got to know them? Hmm ...

Let's have a scenario. Say there are two great groups of people in a country. One group is the natives, the other we shall call the Others. The natives are poor, the Others are rich. The natives are the majority, the Others are the minority. Now there are two ways to get rid of the economic disparity: one is to lift the natives out of their doldrums, and the other is to deprive the Others so heavily so that wealth is then equally distributed to the majority, ie, the natives. It would seem that the first is the ethical way, the better way, since it would prevent any potentially bloody coup or uprising. But isn't the second way the easier one?

It isn't hard to see what is going on here. When it comes down to the basics, the problem with Malaysia is that the fine line between helping the Bumis and being equal and fair at the same time is getting only thinner.



But we have the NEP! My God the government is doing all that is correct right for the love of my motherland you must understand!

The NEP was introduced when my father was a noob in the working world. Now it is reintroduced again when my father is nearing retiring age. Bumiputera equity is so damn low - i'd actually be happy if it was 80% or higher as ASLI described (nevermind that i think they're wrong). It would mean that the NEP did its job. It would mean that disparity was gone.

Still not convinced? Well.

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim on the NEP (the link is a blogger's repost, who gives Tan Sri Khalid's background. Search for Off The Edge for the actual interview):

"What I don't accept is the way NEP was vulgarised in terms of implementation. At the end of the day, I was a player for 30 years and having looked at the end-result of it, the NEP pleases some,. but so many feel so strongly against it.

Let me explain. There are Malays that have benefited from the NEP, but there are a lot of Malays that have been sacrificed by it.

What has happened is, not only have the [bumiputra] figures for [equity participation] declined, the size of disparity between Malays is also high. This means that the idea of positive discrimination to redress imbalances is out, as you have to create other excuses for its continuance".


And in another part, he continues:

"What I am saying is that the NEP has not achieved what it has set out to do, and has instead segmented society. The problem with the NEP in regards to UMNO, is that it is utilized for the existence of the political party.

That is the worst - the wealth of the nation and its future is controlled is by 3,000-4,000 people who decide to select or not select their people, and this is funded through the advantages connected with the NEP. That is what this squabble is all about".

Patrick Teoh struck gold with his Teohlogy section in Off The Edge.

The Malays: 'Never mind lah. Whatever happens, the kerajaan, which will always will always be our majority what, will take care for us lah. We are of the soil.'

The Indians: 'You only go to see them when you are sick or need legal advice, right? Yes. THEY will do for YOU.'

The Chinese: 'Never mind lah. Can make money enough lor. My family in Perth lah. Yours?'

Whatever happens, Malaysia is my country. I don't know how the Malay Dilemma will be solved. I don't know whether Chinese all over the country will stop jumping boat to other, fairer countries that reward you based on your capabilities, and not your skin colour. I do not know how the millions of possible permutations and actions yet to be made will play out, writing history in a swirl of movement and happenings, never reversible.

But what i do know is that you and i have a choice. We can bitterly weep with what is happening, be cynical since 'everyone is doing it'. Or we can make a stand, to not fall and be racially prejudiced and scoff at the inferiority of our country. Through little ways, daily ways.

Malaysia, after all, is in our blood, our thoughts and our soul. And if not in yours, then in mine.

Colonized By Politicians. Two Worlds Apart.

The poem below struck me as how relevant it still is today, long after the NEP was supposed to have acheived its aim. Racial tension is at an all time high, Malaysian lethargicness is paraded in the streets for all to see. Where is our country going? We do not know. What is Pak Lah doing? We do not know. Read and think:

Father Utih

I

He has one wife - whom he embraces until death
five children who want to eat everyday
an old hut where an inherited tale is hanging
a piece of barren land to cultivate.

The skin of his hands is taut and calloused
accustomed to any amount of sweat
O Father Utih, the worthy peasant.

But malaria comes hunting them
even though he offers a million prayers
and Mother Utih calls the village medicine man
for magic formulas, curses repeatedly chanted.

The medicine man with his reward goes home
with money and a pullet tied together.

II

In towns the leaders keep shouting
of elections and the people’s freedom
of thousand-fold prosperity in a sovereign state
a golden bridge of prosperity into the world hereafter.

When victory brightly shines
the leaders in cars move forward,
their chests thrust forward
O! the beloved subjects wave their hands.

Everywhere there are banquets and festivities
delicious roast chicken is served
chicken from the village promised prosperity.

Father Utih still waits in prayer
where are the leaders going in their limousines?

1954
(Translated by Adibah Amin)

Pak Utih

I

Punya satu isteri mau dakap sampai mati,
Lima anak mau makan setiap hari,
Teratak tua digayuti cerita pusaka,
Sebidang tanah tandus untuk huma.

Kulit tangan tegang berbelulang,
Biasa keluarkan peluh berapa saja,
O Pak Utih,
petani yang berjasa.

Tapi malaria senang menjenguk mereka,
Meski dalam sembahyang doa berjuta,
Dan Mak Utih bisa panggil dukun kampung,
Lalu jampi matera serapah berulang-ulang.
Betapa Pak Dukun dan bekalan pulang,
Wang dan ayam dara diikat bersilang.

II

Di kota pemimpin berteriak-teriak,
Pilihanraya dan kemerdekaan rakyat,
Seribu kemakmuran dalam negara berdaulat,
Jambatan mas kemakmuran sampai ke akhirat.

Ketika kemenangan bersinar gemilang,
Pemimpin atas mobil maju ke depan,
dadanya terbuka,
Ah, rakyat tercinta melambaikan tangan mereka.

Di mana-mana jamuan dan pesta makan,
Ayam panggang yang enak di depan,
Datang dari desa yang dijanjikan kemakmuran.

Pak Utih masih menanti dengan doa,
Bapak-bapak pergi ke mana di mobil besar?

Tongkat Warrant a.k.a. Usman Awang
1954

Bonded Freedom

[author's note:The writings in this post are solely the opinions of the author himself and not of the blog]

"Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!" 50 years ago, this phrase was shouted out in front of millions by a visionary leader who wanted to see Malaysia free from the penjajah that had for so long ruled and exploited the land for their own good. After 50 years of 'kemerdekaan', Malaysia is still not as merdeka as Tunku Abdul Rahman had hoped for. Malaysia's freedom is under threat, not by penjajahs but by our very own government.

For instance, the freedom of religion. The Federal Constitution of Sarawak, Article 11 states the any citizen has the freedom to choose any religion they wish to believe in (might not be the exact statement but something to that effect). Recently, the government has banned Article 11 from being used in the Syariah court. The funny thing is that the changing of religion for Muslims can only happen in the Syariah Court. Is this freedom of religion? And there's the case where even deceased people's religion are being fought over for the right to bury the deceased. Another Operasi Lallang is not very far fetched.

Then we have the freedom to vote for our leaders. Yeah right. For government servants, they are forced to vote for BN only and no other party. Failing which, they will be fired from their job. That's some real freedom there. Maybe we interpreted it wrongly. I think they meant the freedom to vote for any BN leaders.

Next is the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech that comes with the ISA ( Internal Security Act )!The government don't like what you are saying with the freedom of speech you have been given, BAM!!, police storm in your house in the middle of the night, blind fold you, cuff you up and send you to jail without trial ( or they could just blow you up with hand grenades on some hill ).

On the bright side, Malaysia still has a fighting chance to change all this. Like Andrew said, teens like us have the power to make changes. Malaysia boleh ma, but will Malaysia do?

Ask Stupid Question

The Nasi Lemak Culture
What are Malaysians and how are they defined?
Xenophobik, by email.

Dear Xenophobik,
Malaysians are interesting specimens that should be studied thoroughly by many major universities. They live on a diet of mamak food, teh tarik and laksa, so any national crisis in Malaysia usually means a direct threat on any of these dishes. The occasional allegation of stroke causing teh tarik and boric-acid noodles is treated with the lifted Malaysian eyebrow - before they return to their gorging once again.

Malaysia is a democratic country, and Malaysians are a democratic bunch. They stack flags one on top the other on their car roofs and spray messages on political posters, usually concerning the genitalia of the said political figure. They are fed a constant stream of censored music, movies and their newspapers are filled by Datuks and Tuns, who must blame someone for their community's problems. Malaysian thought is controlled by the ISA (I Sodomized Anwar) act and they are afraid they would be arrested and jailed without trail, in programs such as Operasi Lallang (The Weed Operation). To top it off, the Malaysian Parliament is a serious place of discussion, where pressing issues require MPs to call each other monkeys/snakes/jangan kurang ajar (or vice versa) and kings of all the animals in the jungle.

Socially Malaysians get along very well. Malaysian driving resembles pinball and the Malaysian public toilet requires David Blaine levitation to use. Malaysian are also very polite. With the exception of opening doors, picking up dropped papers and thanking Readers Digest researchers, we are the most polite people on the planet. The only people who beat us are New Yorkers, for they are Americans and the care a lot for other people.

In a durian shell Malaysians are a weed fearing, pinball playing, laksa eating, levitating branch of the human race. I hope you understand them better.

Shoutout!

Seriously guys, you still have 12 hours before you should run out of the streets and shout my name. I know this is gonna happen. I'm not forcing this on you but you always have the liberty to make the right decision. Like the Americans voting for Bush.

Today's word is Vague. I'm not telling you what it means because I know all my readers got brains, you understand the word.Certain people are vague, they give you promises that aren't promises, explanations that aren't explanations, guarantees which are not guarantees. If you're not smart enough, you will be swept off your feet and you will still be wondering what swept you.

You don't get me do you? Here how it goes, I came out of the stage representing let's say the opponent party, Republicans, Democrats, DAP, and I being so damn hot like Arnold Schwarzenegger stood up and say "dear citizens, voting for me means liberty and I guarantee if I were to be your Governor, every trouble will be taken care off, every welfare that weights will be magnified and a solution will be on its way. Me and my team, we shall assure you a safer America, a safer Florida and a safer home.
(Note that Arnold recently won again as Governor of Florida in the midterm election)

Now you must be delighted what a good leader I can be, and is wonderfully thrilled and prepared to do the shouting for me tonight. No, you're wrong. My speech is erroneous. It's totally vague. I guaranteed you liberty, but I never define the liberty we are talking about. They homosexuals would vote for me because they thought I would fight for them to have gay marriage, while the Doctors would think that I am encouraging stem cell research. The fact is I didn't. What's welfare that weights, I don't even know which idiot came out with that phrase. What weights for me might never weights for you. And I am just governor, I have no case in homeland security, that's a promise made out of my own boundaries. This is what's wrong with the people on high seats, direct sales, and insurance agents.

I'll call out a national referendum to hang all direct sales men

They are unethical, they think everyone is stupid and they are out to test your wits. No I don't believe in Amware, I like Tupperware. And the only solution for you is to shout my name tonight! 100,000 one of you, I'm counting on you to change the world. Once I'm in the cabinet, I'll call out a national referendum to hang all direct sales men

Whoa, that's cruel Andrew.
No, didn't you learn anything after reading all these? I said hang, I didn't say 'hang to death'.