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Item #1: The speaker is utterly toothless in our parliament. MP Lim Kit Siang’s blog entry on some uncivilized behavior going unpunished while opposition MPs get kicked out for arbitrary infractions.
Item #2: Hooray for the continued enabling of racist bigots by other racists ignants — Warrior’s welcome for Ahmad Ismail of ‘pendatang’ infamy. If you don’t remember who this class act is, let me refresh your memory.
I’ve been neglecting my Petronas ads!! I don’t have a favorite out of the three… but maybe it’s ’cause I’m all drugged up on nyquil.
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Chief Minister explains Shah Rukh Khan’s Datukship (emphases are mine):
Some say the actor did not deserve the award as “he hardly knows where Malacca is” while others say he “promoted Malacca in his songs and movies.” [This, btw, is an example of bad journalism, imho. Who are these "some" people?]
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the decision to confer the title on the actor was … owing to the fact that the actor had shot a movie scene here several years ago. [not the entire movie, mind you]
He said the movie One 2 ka 4 was shot at the A Famosa Resort in Alor Gajah in 2001.
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Mohd Ali said awarding international artistes was also a good way to promote the state and country as a location for movies. [because Datukships mean jack so why the hell not, right?]
Saw the report via Uncle Patrick’s blog…
Report lodged against Teresa Kok for insulting egg:
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24, 2008) : The Seputeh Umno Youth division lodged a police report today against Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, claiming she had insulted the Royal Malaysian Police and the egg, which is an essential food of the underprivileged.
The division’s deputy head Alawi Dahalin and several other members lodged the report at the Brickfields police station.
Alawi said he had heard Kok complain about the food she was given while detained under the ISA, at a press conference at the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya, shown on the night news on TV on Sept 20, a day after she was released from custody.
He said Kok had said the food she was served was “fit only for dogs”.
“By saying this, she had insulted the police and the poor. Eggs are an important food for low-income earners and the poor. As an elected representative of the people she should not have said that,” he said.
Can I just say to the rest of the world on behalf of those of us Malaysians who possess IQs higher than that of a slug that we’re not all that asinine? Thanks. Carry on.
Having just said it’s a difficult life when you choose to love a place that doesn’t love you back here is an example in the papers why it is so hard:
The Star reports:
GEORGE TOWN: Komtar assemblyman Ng We Aik has lodged a police report against Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail, who allegedly called the Chinese pendatang (immigrants) during a ceramah in Permatang Pauh on Aug 25.
Why don’t we ever just come out straight, call these morons racists and censure them to hell and back? Oh wait, that would involve a government that actually has a spine and is opposed to these xenophobic behaviours.
Unfortunately for you and me:
“I’ll tell him not to do it again. You know during campaigning all sorts of things can come up. I don’t think he meant it. I’ll make sure to tell him not to say it again.” - PM to instruct Bkt Bendera chief not to repeat remark.
P.S. - somewhat unrelated and for those who are still wondering, Malaysia Today is being blocked back home. You can access the site via http://mt.m2day.org/2008/. kthxbai.
My parents called because it’s independence day (and also it was the weekend and they were on their way to Ipoh).
Mom told me hardly anyone back home is flying the flag; as a form of protest she says.
“I’m flying mine,” I said as I looked at my jalur gemilang, draped over shelving units and held down with a textbook in the living room.
“They should make you a datuk.” Came the reply.
I’m not sure if she meant that I was silly for doing it or that I should be commended for being a die hard patriot.
There was a line from Gubra (I think it was Gubra) about how hard it is to love a country that doesn’t love you back. It makes one quite sakit hati, like someone once said. And there’s no satisfactory English translation for that feeling.
but this article in The Star today: PM quietly takes public transport to experience commuters’ problems has to be the biggest fucking waste-of-paper propaganda ever written. If it’s so quiet, why is there a Bernama cameraman to take photos? Why not just hold a press conference afterwards? And there’s nothing quiet about your bright red batik shirt, sir.
* Avril Lavigne supposed to have concert on August 29th in KL but some crackerjack lowlifes made noise: “the concert did not reflect the Merdeka spirit and was indecent” and sure enough, our government has nothing better to do — like say, run the country efficiently — so they waste time and taxpayers money “consulting” each other about whether or not this concert is going to happen:
[The faxed statement] added that City Hall was awaiting feedback from various agencies such as the police, Central Committee for Filming and Performance by Foreign Artiste (Puspal) and Arts, Culture and National Heritage Department (Kekwa) before deciding.
Yeap. City Hall’s decision is dictated by a bunch of other asinine sounding organisations that clearly exists for no reason other than to house the sycophants.
Thank you, Malaysia, for once again successfully shouldering me with the humiliation borne of the goblok’ness of the ruling few.
Lee Chong Wei is going to guarantee Malaysia at least a silver in the Olympics when he beat Lee Hyun-Il this morning to advance to the men’s singles finals. No points for guessing correctly who his opponent will be on Sunday.
Lin Dan is looking pretty strong and I can imagine the psychological impact of playing a chinese on their turf in one of the biggest event to hit the nation. Not so tangentially - Lee did beat Lin a Thomas Cup match, so he isn’t unassailable; but the chinese crowd… i mean, if you think the “USA! USA! USA!” thing is maddening try listening to a group of chinese rock the gymnasium with “JIA YOU!” *clapclapclap* “加油!” *clapclapclap* “JIA YOU!”.
Ahhhhhh!!!!
Those of you who can’t get the match on tv, make sure you tune in online at NBCOlympics.com where it’ll definitely be streamed. Let’s give Lee Chong Wei the support he deserves.
MALAYSIA BOLEH!
8.8.08
Beer. Check. Snacks. Check. National flag. Check.
I’m ready for the Opening Ceremony (delayed) telecast. >.>
Surely this is a candidate for Reuters’ Oddly Enough section (emphases mine):
Cop vs Cops in Gemas Station (The Star)
GEMAS: A policeman has lodged a report against all his colleagues including his superiors allegedly over dissatisfaction on how the monthly bribes from those operating illegal activities was being distributed.
I’d laugh but I’m in a pretty cranky mood right now. DiGi is doing some “servicing” in my area so my phone has zero signal. Really, DiGi, you couldn’t wait till it was off-peak hours to do this?
be forewarned that if you’re going to read the following entry it contains language that not only Petition Spot would find objectionable but probably most of you reading this blog. well maybe not. but just, you know, telling you from the start so you’re not all omgwtfbbq about it if you choose to continue.
this is a recreation of a conversation I had with two other friends earlier tonight. what you’ll read are the major points only because we veered off to other somewhat-kinda-related topics. Names removed to protect the guilty. I take responsibility for all that I say.
And so, on with the show…
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since I got back home i’ve:
started on the old-but-still-usable food list from last year
slept at odd hours of the day
been an angry-ball behind the wheel
scratch my backside
played Wii with the family
tore my hair out at the nonexistent customer service here
marveled at (TWICE now) how awesome the starbucks latte tastes here - this ones needs to be blogged
picked my nose
kissed the BMW cause it is so wonderful to drive
got my haircut
got new glasses
cursed at the slow internet
eaten twice already at mcDs
… more things to come
from the Star (because where else do I go for lol-rific news to share?):
MIC hires IT experts to tackle online allegations
KUALA LUMPUR: The MIC has hired two information technology (IT) specialists to rebut allegations against the party on the Internet.
“We would make sure that the allegations are replied to within 24 hours,” president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said here at the 62nd Selangor MIC delegates conference here on Saturday.
Sooooo… I read the article twice, no, thrice now and I still don’t see how in the hell it makes sense to hire technology specialists to deal with what is essentially a PR problem. Just because it is the internet doesn’t mean you have to get somebody with IT skills ah! *headdesk*
Does having IT people mean their responses are quicker because they won’t have to hunt-and-peck at a statement as opposed to a regular PR guy who is assumed to be non-internet savvy? If so, this makes me lol even more than before.
Gah!!!
Yasmin Ahmad (I’m seriously beginning to think I should curtsy everytime I say the name) directs a McD’s commercial and it’s pretty good… until the actor said his last line with a little bit the English inflection and that put me off, cause in his earlier conversation with his mama was in manglish.
I can’t say enough about how well as a director, she always manages to capture the ethereal elements that makes you look at the scene and feel like you were once there. How? I do not know.
By the by, Mukhsin is currently being screened in NYC’s MoMA as one of three Asian films in a monthly exhibit called ContemporAsian. It says it’s an ongoing exhibit but I’m guessing they rotate the movies out after a few weeks so if you are a fan and haven’t been able to go home to watch it….
Which reminds me that I need to add ‘buy Muallaf‘ on my list of things to do when I’m home.
I was surprised that I could name that many artists in the vid. Anyways, if you ever thought about the plurality of the nation, just think about all the different people who make up the faces of the entertainment world and you realize, yea.. we’re Malaysian first, everything else second.
Malaysian Artists For Unity. Want to download the mp3? the video? the ringtone? it’s all there on the website. Go, go, go!
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