Life goes on while the nonsense continues

It's exactly a month today since GE13.

BN has won, yet Pakatan said it was via electoral fraud.

DS Anwar Ibrahim and his gang were planning to take us on another five-year-long roller coaster political nightmare of street demonstrations and hate mongering.

DS Najib Razak on his part seems to be trying to play it cool.

I'm bracing for more of these nonsense.

On a more personal level, I'm trying to reorganize my life.

My career is in a state of uncertainty. I'm not really sure if I still have my job in a few weeks times.

The irony was that I'm currently helping others to find employment opportunities.

They are my friends among people of former Johor MB Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman who had been displaced following the take over of their office by the new administration in Kota Iskandar.

There are however not that many of them.

Datuk Ghani didn't run a big outfit of advisers, strategists and consultants. He didn't even appoint a new political secretary after Dr Gunawan Mahmood passed away in September 2010.

In my opinion, the small team which assisted Datuk Ghani did well in the face of the Chinese Tsunami of GE13.

They worked hard and were loyal to their boss, without expecting more than their salary. They are good people.

Johor BN retained 21 of the State's 26 parliamentary seats. Of those lost, four were Chinese majority constituencies (Gelang Patah, Kulai, Bakri, Kluang) and another mixed (Batu Pahat). It could has been 22, but the Umno's war room in KL overruled the Johor's recommendation not to field incumbent Batu Pahat MP Puad Zarkashi. That was how Batu Pahat was lost.

The Datuk Ghani's team had forecasted up to 16 of the 56 State seats to fell to Pakatan. These were Chinese majority seats. It turned out that 18 were lost. What were not expected was Umno's failure to capture Sungai Abong and Maharani from Pas. It's the Muar factor - too many "smart" Malays stabbing each other in the back.

Still, Johor BN retained it's two third majority in the State legislature. Johor MCA still has four parliament seats, which is more than half of the seven the party won nationwide. The almost dead Gerakan also has one parliament seat to show off in Johor.

For the record, the new team led by DS Mohd Khaled Nordin, the new Johor MB defended Pasir Gudang with the result of a reduced majority of less than 1,000 votes, lose the Johor Jaya state seat and only retain Permas where Khaled is based. Well, good luck to them in defending the entire Johor in GE14.

As far as I know, all senior members of the Datuk Ghani's team had left Kota Iskandar. As I had mentioned earlier, I'm trying to help some of them who are still without a job.

Those left at their posts in Kota Iskandar are a small group of junior officers. Their fate is still unknown. Hopefully everything will turn out well for them. The last that I heard was that senior members of the JCS are trying to help them.

As for Datuk Ghani, I hope he will also get a new job soon. He is still healthy and shouldn't be too laid back. Maybe he should become a farmer. I wish I could be one when I'm done with my current job.

I wish I can grow tomatoes and keep a heard of goats.

Stop emboldening law breakers

The Pakatan people have apparently not given up hope on taking over Putrajaya despite them losing the GE13.

Their leader, DS Anwar Ibrahim had announced that a massive rally will be organized in Kuala Lumpur on June 15.

Anwar had been going around the country since the end of GE13 to get support for his claims that the election was won by BN courtesy of electoral fraud.

It should be noted that Anwar and his supporters, including the DAP and Pas leadership were only claiming fraud in constituencies where they lose, and not where they won.

It's quite clear now that no amounts of persuasion that the election was conducted in a free and fair manner could sway them and their followers.

Even Yang DiPertuan Agong's advice for them on the matter was rebuffed. The King was even insulted and vilified in the social media when he suggested for all quarters to accept the results of the election and respect the country's democratic process.

There is now no doubt that the Pakatan's rally will proceed as planned.

It may even be the start of a new series of rallies aimed at toppling the rightfully elected BN government.

How things will develop, I believe depend on the authorities' action.

Is it going to be the soft or hard approach?

Prior to last year, the authorities had not tolerated such nonsense. They replied to acts of public disorder by deploying the FRUs and water cannons. The rallies turned into riots and were given wide coverage by the foreign press and pro-Pakatan media networks.

The authorities were then portrayed as being authoritarian and undemocratic.

The government, trying hard to project a moderate image, then shifted to the soft strategy by abolishing the ISA and relaxing the laws including those governing public gatherings in the hope of winning the perception war.

The first soft approach towards Pakatan-organised rally was the anti-Lynas protest in Kuantan in February last year. Even a few days before the rally, the police had issued a statement that they will not use force to break up the rally. It resulted in a massive turn-out. The most significant aspect of it, was that the rally was dominated by Chinese protesters. It was the biggest Chinese dominated protest in the country since 1969.

The authorities' soft approach continued after that and the turn-out at the Pakatan's rallies became bigger and most significantly there were more Chinese among them.

Prior to that, all Pakatan rallies were dominated by Malays, particularly the hard core supporters of Pas who were always on the front line braving the FRU's tear gas and water cannons. It is jihad for them.

All Pakatan rallies after the anti-Lynas protest were relatively without incident as the authorities were bending backwards to avoid antagonizing the protesters.

Even during the Bersih 3.0 rally in April last year when violence did occurr, it was the Pakatan supporters who started it after they broke the police barriers at Dataran Merdeka.

Again, it should be noted that those involved in the violence were mostly Malays.

The Chinese protesters were mostly far from the flash points, gathering at Petaling Street or Jalan Bukit Bintang.

It should also be remembered that no serious action were taken against those who assaulted the policemen and civilians during the riotings. The authorities were trying very hard to show themselves as being tolerant and lenient.

Personally, I believe this soft approach by the authorities have only embolden the Pakatan people.

They feel that they can get away with anything now. They don't feel that it was wrong to break the law.

They don't feel that it was wrong to utter all those inflammatory and seditious statements to whip up the people's anger towards the government.

Everything is okay for them as long as they could get the desired number of people going to the streets with them.

I believe it is now the time for the authorities to act decisively to stop them.

Those who break the law must face the consequences.

The time of being soft and accommodating is over.

If the authorities continue to bend backward to please these law breakers, then without doubt, we will have to go through another five years of political nightmare.

A real story of Sino-Malay friendship

I got this one from Wikipedia.

It's a real story of Sino-Malay friendship.

But, of course it's an old story and during a period when the Chinese were real Chinese and the Malays were real Malays, who honor each other and kept their promises to each other.

They were very unlike the hypocritical backstabbing racial chauvinists posing as anglophile liberal crap heads of this country these days.

This is the story -

Chinese military retaliation against Portugal [edit]

The Malay Malacca Sultanate was a tributary state and ally to Ming Dynasty China. When Portugal conquered Malacca in 1511, the Chinese responded with violent force against the Portuguese.

Following the attack, the Chinese refused to accept a Portuguese embassy.^[4]

The Chinese Imperial Government imprisoned and executed multiple Portuguese diplomatic envoys after torturing them in Guangzhou. A Malaccan envoy had informed the Chinese of the Portuguese seizure of Malacca, to which the Chinese responded with hostility toward the Portuguese. The Malaccan envoy told the Chinese of the deception the Portuguese used, disguising plans for conquering territory as mere trading activities, and told his tale of deprivations at the hands of the Portuguese.^[5] Malacca was under Chinese protection and the Portuguese invasion angered the Chinese.^[6]

Due to the Malaccan Sultan lodging a complaint against the Portuguese invasion to the Chinese Emperor, the Portuguese were greeted with hostility from the Chinese when they arrived in China.^[7] The Sultan's complaint caused "a great deal of trouble" to Portuguese in China.^[8] The Chinese were very "unwelcoming" to the Portuguese.^[9] The Malaccan Sultan, based in Bintan after fleeing Malacca, sent a message to the Chinese, which combined with Portuguese banditry and violent activity in China, led the Chinese authorities to execute 23 Portuguese and torture the rest of them in jails. After the Portuguese set up posts for trading in China and committed piratical activities and raids in China, the Chinese responded with the complete extermination of the Portuguese in Ningbo and Quanzhou^[10] Pires, a Portuguese trade envoy, was among those who died in the Chinese dungeons.^[11]

Chinese boycott and counterattacks [edit]

Chinese traders boycotted Malacca after it fell under Portuguese control, some Chinese in Java assisted in Muslim attempts to reconquer the city from Portugal using ships. The Java Chinese participation in retaking Malacca was recorded in "The Malay Annals of Semarang and Cerbon"^[12] trading the Chinese did business with Malays and Javanese instead of the Portuguese.^[13]

Mustn't lose hope

This is an article which appeared on May 7th. I missed it as it was published in the NST Johor Streets section which is not available in KL. I found it while surfing aimlessly through the net just now.

I'm putting it here to remind myself that before I met former Johor MB Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, I thought there was no good people in Umno.

Datuk Ghani never said a single word to persuade me to switch my political affiliation. I switched side simply because I saw goodness in him as a leader and menteri besar of my home state. That was good enough to make me support him and what he stands for.

Now, that he has retired from politics, I must not lose hope that there are other good persons in Umno like him.

Ghani's still my champ, win or lose

By Nuradzimmah Daim

I HAVE fond memories of my hometown of Sungai Mati in Muar. It is where I received my first bicycle lesson (and fell in the drain) in front of my grandparents' house.

My siblings and I used to play at a small hut at the back, which also served as a hideout whenever we were in trouble for our mischief.

My grandfather, Cikgu Kadir, would take us in his old Volvo to Sungai Mati town to buy newspapers and groceries at the old shophouses there.

It is also where our former Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani was born and served as Serom state assemblyman for four terms.

What I remembered about him is the long queue of vehicles parked by the roadside as guests attended his Hari Raya open house every year.

As we whined about the traffic congestion at the usually quiet neighbourhood, there's a sense of pride that our Menteri Besar is from our village.

Although it is near to my grandparents' house, which is only five minutes' drive away, I only remember going for his open house once when I was 6, and that was before he was appointed Menteri Besar. I can't recall which government post he was holding at that time, but according to my online research, he should be the then Deputy Minister for Energy, Telecommunications and Post.

Being a friendly person, my grandmother, Cikgu Eton, was busy talking to guests, while my grandfather was nowhere to be seen.

I didn't care much about the food. I was only admiring the architecture of the hosts' kampung house and how grand it was.

The next thing I knew, my grandparents told me that we were leaving and told me to shake hands with the hosts.

I was too shy to get in line with the other children whom I thought were eager for duit raya, so I refused.

That was the first and last time I saw Ghani in person until recently when I accompanied a colleague to one of his rounds in Gelang Patah where he contested for the parliamentary seat.

Funnily, I had the same feeling as when I saw him as a child.

As most of the residents and fellow reporters hounded him, I just stood at the side watching him leave with wife, Prof Datin Paduka Dr Jamilah Ariffin.

In truth, I do not have to meet him to know what he has done for the state. One of the things that I appreciate is that although Johor thrives on businesses and development, some things are left untouched.

Those shophouses at the Sungai Mati junction (towards Muar town), which I learned were built during the Japanese Occupation are still there today.

Cultural activities such as zapin and ghazal continue to flourish and are also the pride of Johor.

Some may see them as irrelevant in this modern era, but for me, it mirrors our identity and have us stay grounded. Ghani made sure that physical development is balanced with human development via arts and culture.

In terms of education, I'm proud to say that I'm a product of Johor religious education's sekolah agama which is mandatory for Muslim primary school pupils.

When I first went to Kuala Lumpur to further my studies and later landed a job there, I learnt that there were others who couldn't read Jawi as it was not made compulsory in the states where they were born.

Fellow Johoreans would have their own opinions of what have been done in the past years.

I've read online comments asking what Ghani has done for the state as Menteri Besar, which I felt was a bit too much, even though I've been living away from Johor for a long time and only see what's going on in my kampung whenever I'm back. I also read about the state's development from newspapers.

The responsibilities now rest on the shoulder of the next Menteri Besar to continue his work and take Johor to even greater heights.

I also have faith in the new Serom state assemblyman, Abdul Razak Minhat, to continue serving the constituents there.

Ghani might have lost the Gelang Patah parliament seat (by a 14,762 majority for DAP's Lim Kit Siang), but to me, he will forever remain a champion.

A Malay proverb says: Patah tumbuh hilang berganti, but there's no one quite like Ghani.

Very early morning wish for Mr Eastwood

I'm writing this simply because I can't sleep. It's about 3am.

Honestly , there were nothing but depressing stuff to write of late.

I badly feel like having a smoke at this moment, but I can't. My chest still hurts.

Yesterday, I didn't write anything. I simply can't find anything positive to write.

Can't keep on writing about the messed up Umno and Malays' maladies day in day out, can't I? Those stuff were already getting on my nerves.

A lot of the real Malays themselves don't really seem to give a crap about what is happening to their future. Some even worshipped Kit Siang and son Guan Eng as their saviors. Now, that's how stupid Malays could get.

Can't whack the Chinese all the time either. My mother may whack me back one of these days.

Write about the Pakatan people? Well, I don't think there's anything left to write about them. They simply had run out of fresh bullshit for anyone to write about.

So, how?

Love stories? I don't have much of those to tell. Except for an irritating Chinese guy, no other men seems to be interested in me.

Can't really blame them, as I'm getting fat. Passed the 45 kg benchmark last week.

Traveling? Food? I'm not doing or having much of those either.

 Sex? Haram.

Really blank. I better try to sleep again. Tomorrow, if I find something worthy, then I will write it.

Okay, for now, here is a cool character I wish the Malays have to clean up Umno,

I want to wear my baju kurung again

Today I decided to take a break from being a Malay and switched myself to become a Chinese.

It's easy because I look more Chinese than Malay, complete with sepet eyes and artificially blonde colored hair

I'm actually too fed up with being a Malay.

With news of the possible dissolution of Umno to form a single BN party and appointment of Nor Mohd Yakcop as Khazanah deputy chairman, I think I just about have enough with being a Malay.

Then there are those Malays who really believe that DAP cares for their well being.

Too stupid la.

Can't the Malays be a bit more clever....I really don't feel like being a member of a stupid race.

So what I did is, I called up the Chinese guy who sorts of dating me and told him to pick me up at my place as I feel like going shopping.

I then got all dressed up like a Chinese girl. I wore the shortest of my shorts and a sleeveless top. Normally I wear those only at home.

I look very much like one of these girls,

Yes, I can look like a plain Cina bukit girl if I want.

The Chinese guy looked a bit startled when he saw me. Normally he only sees me either in baju kurung or office dress.

We went makan, shop a bit for my stuff and went for a movie. I let him pay for everything...the first time I did that.

I conversed totally in Mandarin the whole day. When he tried to switch to English and Bahasa Malaysia, I continued to speak in Mandarin. After a while he gave up. His Mandarin is actually worse than mine.

When he send me home, he didn't try to hold my hand as he usually do.

I think he is a bit scared of me now.

Well, I'm going to keep up with this being a Chinese girl thing until I feel like being a Malay again.

Can the Malays please be clever a bit....I really want to wear my baju kurung again.

Oh, shit....

Woke up, checked this blog and a reader alerted me about it here,

Anonymous31 May 2013 23:00

More proof that UMNO is going kaput:

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno will set up a special laboratory to study in detail the proposal to turn the Barisan Nasional into a single party, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The Umno president said Umno also had to gather feedback from its members before making a decision on it.

"Umno is a party that is close to the members hearts...so any changes must be studied in minute detail to avoid the issue of non-acceptance," he told reporters after chairing a meeting of Umno's Supreme Council at the party's headquarters here on Friday.

The proposal to turn the Barisan into single party was forwarded by Gerakan acting president Datuk Chang Ko Youn.

Chang said efforts in this direction was needed because the general election showed urban and young voters no longer voted along racial lines.

Look like PAS is the only muslim party left.

I searched for the full story and found it here,

Umno will set up special lab to study proposal on single BN party - Najib

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno will set up a special laboratory to study in detail the proposal to turn the Barisan Nasional (BN) into a single party, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The Umno president said Umno also had to gather feedback from its members before making a decision on it.

Any changes, he said, must be based on acceptance by Umno members themselves.

"Umno is a party that his close to the members hearts...so any changes must be studied in minute detail to avoid the issue of non-acceptance," he told reporters after chairing a meeting of Umno's Supreme Council (MT) at the party's headquarters here today. 

This is the first Umno MT meeting since the 13th General Election on May 5.

The proposal to turn the BN into single party was forwarded by Gerakan acting president Datuk Chang Ko Youn.

Chang said efforts in this direction was needed because the 13th GE showed urban and young voters no longer voted along racial lines.

Meanwhile, Najib also announced that Umno's disciplinary committee had received 99 complaints on internal sabotage during the 13th General Election (GE13).

Decisions on the complaints would be made by the committee, he said.

A total of 192 Umno members who contested as independents or joined the opposition during GE13 had earlier been given the immediate sack based on party policy. 

Under the policy which is spelt out in Clause 20.10 of Umno's constitution, sacked members cannot rejoin Umno forever.

Among those sacked were Wanita Umno vice-president Datuk Kamilia Ibrahim who stood as an independent candidate for the Kuala Kangsar parliamentary seat; Datuk Seri Mohd Shariff Omar (contested the Tasek Gelugor parliamentary and Sungai Dua state seat as and independent ) and Sepang Umno Youth chief Datuk Suhaimi Mohd Ghazali (contested the Sepang parliamentary seat as an independent). 

Meanwhile, BN secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said BN would be filing more than 50 election petitions on the GE13 results in the High Courts of the states involved soon. 

He said the coalition's lawyers were studying the cases including in 37 constituencies where the nomination of opposition candidates appeared to be doubtful in that election regulations were not followed.  -- BERNAMA

My previous responses to this crap of an idea were here,

Useless Gerakan should just shut up

Umno's ultimate sacrifice : Harakiri!

Honestly, I just can't believe that Umno is even entertaining the Gerakan's bullshit.

I think this must be one of those "bright" ideas of all those Umno's consultants.

Blue ocean strategy la, thinking outside the box la, bla bla bla...

Datuk Najib, please just sack them la, and do things the original Umno's way.

PLEASE, JUST UNITE THE MALAYS AND STOP ALL THESE NONSENSE

....okay, I'm really tired.

On the verge of giving up.

Going back to sleep.