About Zakir Naik and bruised ego

How come it's the Information Minister who said this?

Government to follow rule of law in Zakir Naik's case: Gobind Singh 

Wrong portfolio is it?

Or is it because Gobind is an Indian?

excerpts;

He revealed that Human Resource Minister M. Kulasegaran, Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar and himself as Indian ministers in the cabinet had spoken about this with the prime minister.

But I thought he's a Sikh.

And that Gerakan man who goaded him into making the statement is also a Sikh, right?

By the way, I thought there are only Malaysians these days...no more Malays, Chinese, Indians etc....I don't know, Guan Eng said he's not Chinese but Malaysian what....

Sigh....

I think there are many confused people in this new Malaysia.

Anyway, the other day Dr Mahathir already made a stand on this issue,

PM doesn’t want govt to 

bow to pressure on Zakir Naik issue

Why then Gobind still wanted to make a noise over it?

In fact, why would anyone still want to talk about it in Cabinet once Dr Mahathir has decided on something?

Isn't that the way it was the last time Dr Mahathir was PM?

I think they better learn from Muhyiddin on this.

Once Dr Mahathir says something, the others should just shut up.

I think that would be better.

After all, Dr Mahathir seems okay with this Zakir Naik fellow,

I don't think Dr Mahathir would be nice with the guy if he is indeed a bad person who is going around inciting religious hatred and such.

Come on ya, you all put your trust in Dr Mahathir to lead the country, so put your trust in him on this one too, okay.

Deporting Zakir Naik is part of PH manifesto ?

Really?

Who cares about election promises these days la.

Those were just to get votes only.

Anyway, what exactly had this Zakir Naik done which makes some people, especially Indians being so concerned about deporting him?

Or is it because some people went to debate with him on religions and got angry because they were made like fools in public by Zakir Naik, thus the demand for him to be deported?

Personally, I don't like to debate on religions.

In fact, I don't like to debate about anything at all.

Normally, I just tell my side of the story and that's about it, and I'm okay if you all disagree with me.

I wouldn't want to debate or argue.

That's because I'm not in the business of educating idiots, okay.

But Zakir Naik is in that business and if you engage him, then you'll get an education.

That's if you engage him to get some education la.

However, if you engage Zakir Naik because of your ego, that is to prove your religion is better than his religion, then you'll get burnt because that guy is good at what he is doing.

I think that's why there are people angry with Zakir Naik and wanted him deported. It's not so much because Zakir Naik was inciting religious hatred but because of their bruised ego.

That's all.

By the way, I don't think the government will ever deport Zakir Naik.

It's because a lot of Muslims will get angry if they do that.

Zakir Naik is after all a Tokoh Maal Hijrah.

PH can't afford to lose Muslims' support because they are still the majority in the country.

Rice, the need to make the right decision

GUEST BLOGGER

By Lebai Sudin

Salam semua.. am back!

Aku kembali nak bicara soal padi dan beras. Mauduk aku nak tengok makanan utama ini dijaga dan diurus dengan baik. Jadi aku turut menunggu dengan debar apa model baru bakal dicadangkan oleh menteri baru jaga padi dan beras..YB Salahuddin Ayub.

Tahniah YB…jadi menteri pertanian. Orang Johor jaga padi dan beras kali ini, negeri yang bukan sahaja tak banyak padi, tapi sikit sangat. Ada sawah sikit-sikit di Muar dan Endau Mersing. Aku orang utara, tahu sikit-sikit sebab pernah juga berkelana ke Johor.

Salahuddin orang Johor, lebih tepat orang Pontian. Tak ada sawah padi rasanya kawasan tersebut. Seingat aku, Pontian lebih kepada nanas, durian dan kelapa yang kini ramai dah tukar kepada kelapa sawit. Selain itu, nelayan.

Jadi, Salahuddin mungkin tak biasa dengan padi macam orang kat utara seperti aku. Tapi tak  apa, dia pegang amanah (nama parti pun Amanah) dan dia kena pikul amanah dengan betul-betul.

Ramai yang nak jumpa dan dah jumpa pun Salahuddin pasal padi dan beras. Kumpulan Padi Rescue pun apa lagi, memang ambil peluanglah dan siap hantar proposal 40 muka surat.

Menteri didesak penuhi janji manifesto Pakatan Harapan mengenai soal beras. Padi Rescue dah tuntut janji no 10 Manifesto, yang ditafsirkan sebagai melaksanakan 100 peratus SSL, yang mana beras tak bergantung kepada import. Ditafsirkan monopoli Bernas dihapuskan, AP import dibuka kepada lebih banyak syarikat. Kononnya cara itu akan menurunkan harga beras.

Kepada Salahuddin…baguslah dengar dulu apa kata semua orang, dengar cadangan mereka, kemudian buat lah keputusan dengan betul demi kebaikan semua orang, rakyat dan negara.

Cuma harus diingat, tak semestinya semua mesti baru. tak semestinya sistem lama tak betul. Tak semestinya dengan beri AP kepada banyak syarikat akan selesai masalah.

Harus diingat bahawa Bernas (dulunya LPN sebelum diswastakan), menjalankan tanggungjawab kerajaan sejak krisis beras pada tahun 1973 dan 1974, apabila harga beras dunia melambung naik. Pengimport ketika itu enggan bawa masuk beras, malah berlaku kegiatan menyorok beras supaya harganya naik.

Sebab itu, LPN wujud dan menjalankan tanggungjawab mengimport beras dan lain-lain kegiatan kepentingan nasional seperti menstabil harga, menjaga stokpile, menjadi pembeli terakhir padi dari pesawah tempatan dan sebagainya.

Iniah peranan yang dimainkan oleh Bernas, sekali pun sebagai entiti swasta. Mereka kena pastikan bekalan sentiasa cukup dan menjaga stokpile. Beli semua padi pesawah apabila pengilang swasta tak mahu beli kerana mutu rendah.

Di Kelantan, dah bertahun-tahun kilang swasta tak beli padi pesawah, Bernas lah yang selamatkan hasil pesawah di negeri itu. Khabarnya padi dibeli itu tak boleh jadi beras pun. Rugi itu ditanggung Bernas.

Kerana itu Bernas diberi tanggungjawab mengimport beras, supaya ada subsidi silang untuk memikul tanggungjawab nasional sebagai pembeli terakhir padi, penjaga stokpile dan menstabilkan harga beras.

Sebenarnya tak timbul pun istilah monopoli atau pengimport tunggal. Ia bukan perjanjian antara kerajaan dan Bernas. Perjanjiannya, Bernas memikul amanah kepentingan nasional dalam industri beras dan diberi tugas mengimport beras sebagai subsidi silang.

Bernas pula diberi tanggungawab mengurus pemberian subsidi kepada pesawah. Untuk itu, Bernas terpaksa meletakan seorang kakitangan, macam pegawai subsidilah di semua kilang di negara ini. Siapa bayar gaji tu?…

Apabila peruntukan subsidi lambat dikeluarkan kerajaan, siapa mendahulukan bayaran itu kepada pesawah?

Oleh itu, kepada YB Menteri, tuan perlu meneliti betul-betul isu ini. Ini adalah hal berkaitan urusan padi selepas tuai. Urusan di kilang, bidang borong dan runcit.

Sebenarnya, kalau nak cerita soal nasib pesawah, ia tak ada kena mengena dengan Bernas yang diserang oleh pengilang dan pemborong.. Urusan pesawah dari segi pengeluaran setiap petak atau relung sawah adalah di bawah unit khas di Kementerian Pertanian.

Pesawah jadi umpan kepada isu ini..sedangkan ada sasaran pihak-pihak yang hanya mahukan AP import beras. Mereka hanya mahu raih keuntungan tanpa fikir tanggungjawab nasional. Maka digunakanlah istilah pecahkan monopoli, ada conflict of interest Bernas dari segi nak untung dalam urus beras negara.

Walhal Bernas diberi tanggungjawab di samping menjadi pengimport beras untuk negara. Bernas kena jaga kepentingan beras tempatan dalam urusan dan dasar mengimport beras.

Aku percaya Salahuddin boleh fikir baik-baik isu ini. Jangan hanya nak ubah semata-mata  kerana ini kerajaan baru. Semata-mata ada momokkan istilah monopoli, semata-mata kerana ia dalam manifesto, semata-mata atas dasar demokrasi. Seharusnya kita buat yang terbaik untuk rakyat dan negara.

YB… Jangan sampai yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendong keciciran.

Straight answer

There are several of this sort of comments at my last post,

Anonymous9 July 2018 at 20:00

Annie do you support LBGT?

Well, guys, if you all are curious about such things, next time please check this blog's archive.

I had mostly written about such nonsense in the past.

For example, if you key in the word "lesbian" at the search column, the first one you will get is this post I wrote on Oct 24, 2014,

Admitting reality

Click on the link and you will more or less get the answer to that question.

Anyway, I think most of you all got it wrong about my last post.

Actually it's not so much about LGBT.

It's about hypocrisy.

Or betrayal, if you must.

I don't know about you all, but I'll stick with my friends when they are in needs.

Especially if that friend had done so much for me.

I don't abandon any of my friends once he/she becomes a liability to me.

I don't betray my friend ,and then to sound politically correct, say "You are still my bro" to that person in front of others.

That's being an asshole, okay.

Well, never mind.

Most of you all would not get the point anyway.

I'm still going to get comments such as "Annie, you are such a narcissist lesbian. Have you fuck a woman before?".

Right?

Okay, it's almost 3am and my brain is a bit fried.

Sorry.

I tend to get extra vulgar when I have sleeping problem.

So I better stop now.

But really guys, please be a bit more intelligent with the comments.

Okay, here's another song by that lesbian LP,

Nice, right?

Gays after Syed Saddiq's ass in new Malaysia

I thought this sort of things would not happen in this new and more liberal Malaysia,

Syed Saddiq’s aide quits amidst gay drama

The LGBT community must be very disappointed. After all, they had gone all out in support of PH.

Understandably, some of them had a little demo in front of the Youth and Sports Ministry building this morning over the matter.

They are definitely wishing they could fry Syed Saddiq's ass, among other things.

excerpts;

Numan’s supporters were also enraged with Syed Saddiq’s denial, insisting that he was discriminating against a member of the LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transexual) community for not doing enough to defend Numan.

“Syed Saddiq may be straight but less of a man than a gay man for sure! Coward,” Betty Teh wrote on Twitter.

“I’m absolutely disappointed and disgusted with you Syed Saddiq. Your ministry’s website showed the list of your special officers which included an openly gay man, not that his sexual orientation has anything to do with his ability to do a good job,” Twitted Afiq Harraz.

I think Syed Saddiq should have at least defended his aide and not abandoned him like that.

After all, the guy  had worked hard for him in toppling BN/Umno.

Guess, it's the same old story in PH too - once you are deemed a liability, you are out.

Well, gay guys and gals, that's just too bad for you all.

No more LGBT votes for Syed Saddiq and gang in the next general election, I guess.

Okay, never mind.

Here's a song to cheer you all up,

Learning from a masseuse

Thought of writing some serious stuff but after my last post, I was somehow bitten by the lazy bug.

So, for this one I'm just going to write something frivolous again.

Well, so many clever people had already written the serious stuff anyway.

This one is just about how I spent yesterday.

Woke up a bit late in the morning. Did the necessary and then some work.

After that I drove to office even though I was off yesterday because I have a meeting with a friend near the place.

After the meeting and lunch, I went to my usual spa.

Needed a massage because my body was aching over the past few days.

Been a bit of a stressful week, actually.

My current masseuse is a 40 year old lady from Roi Et province in Thailand.

I always requested for her to massage me at the spa because she's very good at what she's doing and I enjoy chit chatting with her.

Of course with her there's no annoying political talks.

She has a nine year old daughter back home and she is also supporting her elderly father.

We mostly talked about that as she massage me.

How's Aom doing at school? Is your father well? That sort of things.

Of course I never met her daughter, but now quite fond of the little girl just by listening to what she told me.

Whenever my masseuse went back to Thailand for a break from work, I would buy something for her daughter.

Anyway, from her story, I understood that her life has been a tough one.

She used to work in South Korea but switched to Malaysia after her father got really sick a few years back.

She needed to be nearer to home because of her father's condition, she said.

She wished she could go back to Thailand altogether but has to instead continue working here as she needs the extra money to fulfill her responsibilities.

I actually admire her for being such a strong woman.

She never really complained about her life and instead just told me her stories as a matter of facts.

I don't think I could ever be as tough as her.

Many of us Malaysians look down on foreign workers in this country, especially those such as my masseuse because of the nature of their work.

But we actually can learn from them, if we let ourselves be more open minded.

They are human being like us too, okay.

Some are actually even better people than us despite the kind of work they do.

They are definitely better than us who complain all the time over everything and blame others for our own shortcomings.

Well, at least now that PH is in power, I guess we Malaysians could stop blaming the government in the event we fucked up our own lives.

No more, Ini lah kerajaan yang kleptokrat sebab tu aku tak naik pangkat. Ini lah PM anak beranak dah curi semua duit sebab tu aku tak boleh nak kaya, Ini lah PTPTN, apasal pulak aku nak kena bayar balik pinjaman etc etc.

Yup, hopefully no more those sorts of nonsense.

Everything good about PH now.....not like that evil BN/Umno, right?

Eh, I'm getting serious pulak.

Sorry.

I better stop.

Here's a fun song instead for this early Sunday morning,

Cute, eh.

How I wish I had choosen a clarinet instead of the trombone when I joined my school band back then.

The lady playing the clarinet is so cool.

Okay, cheers and have a good Sunday guys.

Unfortunate rating of a Grab driver

I had wanted to get another Grab ride yesterday when the apps requested me to rate my previous ride.

It's the one I mentioned in this post,

• Getting Najib

I was a bit annoyed because I didn't feel like rating it.

But then again, I can't get another ride without doing so.

At first I had wanted to give just one star out of five for that ride because I really didn't enjoy the political sermon that the driver gave me throughout the ride.

Then I thought that would be quite mean. After all the car was clean and I reached my destination safely.

So I put two stars and submitted it.

However, the apps demanded for me to state my reason for giving the low rating for the ride.

I clicked on "others" and wrote a bit of "Please tell your drivers not to give unsolicited political lectures".

Really, it's so troublesome.

I wish Uber is still around.

Wahid Omar as an Uber driver back then. I don't think he gave political lectures to his passengers. 

It was so much more hassle free.

But seriously, why la people like that Grab driver have to force people to listen to such political lectures.

It's annoying, okay.

I know, I could have just told the Grab driver to shut up but I didn't like to take the risk of ending up quarrelling with him.

After all, I have bad experience with people like him.

They believe they were always right and those who are not with them are bad people....either Umno goons, racists or racist Umno goons.

Yup, I got those from people who commented in this blog.

I think many of you all PH people were quite nasty.

Either that or just plain condescending and annoying.

So, I rather not layan your comments too much.

The same case as that Grab driver.

What?

I also gave political lectures?

Hello, if I did that, it's in this blog of mine which is my own little corner of the cyberspace.

I never force anyone to come here to read what I wrote, okay.

I didn't even try to promote this blog by linking it to Facebook or twitter or even getting other bloggers to include it in their blog roll.

Well, there are a few other things I would like to write about but I needed to get this one done first.

I was just irritated that I have to rate that Grab ride and forced to give it a poor review.

I simply can't give the driver a good review instead because I really don't like him forcing me to listen to his political views and propaganda.

Still, I don't like doing that to people, and that includes even those whom I don't like.

Hopefully my review wouldn't affect him too much.

I know that he's simply want to cari makan driving Grab.

Okay, I'll write some more later in the day if I have the time.

Ciao.

Sympathy for Susanna and others at SPAD

This is quite unfortunate,

Gloomy days for SPAD staff

excerpts 1;

Around 30 per cent of the total current workforce of SPAD throughout Peninsular may not be absorbed into the new agency APAD (Agensi Pengangkutan Awam Darat), Road Transport Department (RTD) and Transport Ministry.

excerpts 2;

Back then, the announcement by Loke was greeted with huge sigh of relief among the commission staff. Today, the sombre mood in the commission’s headquarters is obvious.

I'm really sorry for the SPAD staff, especially those who are going to lose their job.

It's always not good to know that people are going to lose their job.

People got family to support, after all.

I can imagine the distress of losing my job and not being able to fulfill my responsibilities.

I'll probably end up doing this sort of things to earn a living if I lose my job;

Whatever it is, I do wonder why they have to make life hard for those SPAD people.

SPAD is after all not really a political agency like Jasa, that it needed to be shut down by the new PH government.

I'm quite sure some of the SPAD people who are going to lose their job voted for PH in GE14.

Well, that's just too bad for them.

Guess, they are whom PH people described as collateral casualties.

Personally, I don't think SPAD is doing a bad job.

They even promptly responded and acted on this posting of mine in March;

A terrible bus service

excerpts;

Anonymous27 March 2018 at 10:48

Hi Annie,
This is Susanna and I am an officer from SPAD. We have come across your blog post and have already proceeded to file the complaint as well as initiate investigation on the bus driver as well as the company. However, we would appreciate if your friend could get in touch with us if there is a need for further details to be added in this case. She can get in touch with SPAD through our Hotline SPAD 1800-88-7723 or e-mail aduan@spad.gov.my

Thank you

1. 
   Annie27 March 2018 at 12:00

   Hi Susanna
   Thanks to you and SPAD for responding to my posting. I will alert my friend about your request to get in touch with her. Cheers.

I hope Susanna and her friends at SPAD will be strong in facing this challenging time.

I pray that they will not face too much hardship.