Telling the world that we are only Jagur Kampong thru stamps.

It seeems our corporate people are so eager to reward our sportsmen that they are even prepared to award performance of medeocrity. Thus to remember Malaysia's recent Suzuki Cup victory, Pos Malaysia has issued 2 sets of stamps of 6 sen denominations. A National holiday was declared and the players were given monetory rewards. The 10 teams that participate in this bi-annual Cup are all Southeast -Asian countries. So what is the big deal in defeating teams like Philippines and Myanmar. When Bapa Malaysia introduced the Merdeka tournament, Malaysia was feared by everyone, including South Korea and Japan. Now look at where we are. We were even beaten by the Vietnamese and the Philippines. For the sake of the country's dignity, commemorate events that we have been continuously successful, and not just a flash from the frying pan.
Issue lah stamps to commemorate our continued dominance during the era of Moktar Dahari, Soh Chin Aun and Arumugam. What about Nicol David in Squash ? She has been consistently at the Number one spot in the world standing. What about Lee Chong Wei, another outstanding achiever? Wouldn't a commemorative stamp or stamps of these outstanding profesionals do more to enhance the image of the country rather than letting the world know that we are only jagur kampong? for issuing new stamps to highlight a kampong tournament and a jagur kampong is doing exactly that.

Raping an Underage girl- 2 years . Stealing a laptop- 4 years.

A Johore Sessions court judge sentenced the rapist, Musa Ahmad to 2 years jail and 1 stroke of the rottan for raping an underage girl 11 times, resulting in the girl giving birth to a child. A Magistrate court judge sentenced a laptop thief, Baharuddin Omar, to 4 years and 3 strokes of the rottan. How do the judges decide on the type of punishment? Obviously the 2 types punishment meted out by the 2 judges showed a wide gap of discrepancies and unfairness. Do not judges have some kind of guidelines to help them make a decision? If it is to be left to their own descretion, then woe betide the accuse if he has to face an angry and emotional judge, or a judge who had just quarrelled with the spouse. A judge is another human being and is subject to all kinds of emotions and influences. Baharuddin Omar probably had the misfortune to face a judge who was probably not in his best disposition. But is it fair to subject an accusec to such a situation? What recourse does an accuse have if the punishment meted on him had been too excessive? If it is a high profile case, there is all the publicity in the news media. But who is going to take up Baharuddin Omar's case,(punishment too excessive) and Musa Ahmad's case (punishment too linient)?

Perception, My Dear Najib!

When Prime Minister Najib accused Teoh Beng Hock's family of being used by the Opposition to delay the work of the RCI, he is way way off the mark. It can only be concluded that he is now so desperate and gone cuckoo that he does not know what is taking about. Looking at the facts, an ordinary man would be able to tell you who is using the delaying tactics. You have promised the Teoh family that you would leave no stone unturned to get to the truth, and yet you took 18 months to set up the RCI. Then you place people who have proven to be bias in the RCI. How can you get at the truth. As Sherlock Holmes said ,"Elementary, my dear Watson". In this case its "PERCEPTION, my dear Najib". If you really want to get to the truth then start on a completely new slate. Get new neutral professionals (and there are many around) and also agree to a few that have been suggested by the Teoh family. You dont even have the magnanimity to even do that. All you want is to have your own puppets around so that you can control them. You may give all the assurance that they would do their job professionally and would not be bias, but perception, my dear Najib is the ultimate yardstick. Boycotting and withdrawing from the RCI because of the uncompromising stand, is not a delaying tactic.
It is the only honourable thing to do if you dont believe in the fairness of the RCI. The NFA on the Lingam case is still fresh in the minds of everyone of us, and I am sure the Teohs and their lawyers are also wary of this.
So please dont go throwing your baseless accusations around. Ask yourself whether you have given the public the perception that you are really, really leaving no stone unturned. You think its fun carrying your dead son's photograph around for the last 18 months?  As long as the culprits and murderers are not apprehended,, one of these days, we may see Junior Teoh Er Jia going into court carrying his father's portrait. I would do that if I were the mother.

2 More deaths in NS Training camps

According to a newspaper report, 2 more NS trainees died and another still in a coma. As a parent and grandparent I really empathise with the parents of the 3 trainees. According to the camp spokesmen, initial treatements were given and did not see the seriousness of the patients to warrant close supervision and attention. Every individual is different and each individual has his/her limitations and tolerance to pain. Only the parents will know these limitation and tolerence. Moreover, among their own kind and age group, the tendency is not to reveal one's weakness and be a sissy. So they bear with their pain and sicknesses until it is too late.
If this had happened at home, the parents would never have left the sick children alone and would have monitered the situation until they show signs of getting better. However this is not expected to happen in a camp situation.
So what is the solution? What is to be done to give the assurance to the parents that their children will walk out of the camp on their own feet. I think there must be a drastic change in the approach to dealing with sick trainees. Treat every sickness as serious, even if it is just a headache. The Camp officers should treat the trainees as if they are their own children. Do to them what you would do to your own children.
That should be the maxim.

Mahathir wants to unload some of the curses onto others.

First it was the former IGP, Hanif Omar, who suddenly, out of the blue, came out declaring that Mahathir did not want to use the ISA in Operation Lalang, but it was the police who insisted on it. Then came Chandra Muzaffar who also declared that it was the police decision. Something is very fishy here. I am sure more will come out from the woodwork to make similar statement.
Let me put forward a theory. The tsunami of curses that have been heaped on Mahathir must have given him sleepless nights, and he would not want to leave this earth with all these curses. So what does he do? So he goes through his secret dossiers (as a Home Minister, he must have plenty of these) and started to get those who have skeletons in their closets to lighten the sins that he is carrying. Poor Hanif, after being held in high esteem for so long, and now with one swoop, his reputation has gone down the drain, jilt ! So now you have said it yourself, that you as the IGP was responsible for using the ISA. So now you share the curses with Mahathir. As for Chandra Muzaffar, what can I say about  a man who can change principles.
OK, lets see the 2 statements again. Both declared that Mahathir was not in favour of using the ISA. BUT WHY DID HE SUBSEQUENTLY SIGN THE EXTENDED 2 YEAR DETENTION ORDER??
So what is the purpose with all these statements about Mahathir not wanting to use the ISA? All  bull!!!

Beware of UMNO's Hidden Agenda

Every now and then, a racist bigot will rear its ugly head and make statememnts that will rile up peace-loving Malaysians. We have the biggest racist in our former PM. I just dont understand this guy. He himself is not a Malay (that has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt) and yet he goes on as if he is a pure 100% Malay. Has he no shame? and yet the pure Malays allow him to make that claim. I have one question to ask of the umno Malays. Dont you have any other person (especially a pure Malay) of a high calibre to speak on your behalf, instead of relying on a senile old man who is all out to destroy the country?
Then we have another bigot who equates patriotism with the ability to speak fluent Bahasa Malayu. And before that, we have the Minister of Defence who claimed that those who do not join the army, etc. are not patriotic. Again emotional sentiments are riled up and people begin to warned that what happened in Tunisia and Egypt may happen here.
And now we have an opposition Sri Muda Assemblyman, Suhaimi Shafie, being charged for sedition for allegedly uttering seditious statements against the Selangor Sultan, while others who used "natang" and voted against giving power back to the Sultan, were allowed to roam freely. What kind of warped justice is this? And you ask us to support the government of the day.
As an online journalist has said, there is ceratinly a hidden agenda in all these. Remember what the PM said about "crushed bodies"? Well this are all means to an end. So we have to beware of falling into the trap. They make you angry, you take to the streets, and that's where they will muster all their forces to enforce emergency rule.
So lets take a leaf out of Mahatma Ghandi's fight for freedom. Lets use the coming 13 GE to rid the country of this evil force. And most all, lets pray for devine intervention.