Korean guy Jay Kim better than Zakir Naik

Someone asked me why I didn't write about the Zakir Naik issue.

Actually it's because so many people had written about it.

I seriously don't have anything else to add to them.

Anyway, I'm not a fan of Zakir Naik.

I'm not against him but I also don't care much about his dakwah style.

Too aggressive for me.

In fact I prefer this Korean YouTuber Jay Kim than him.

Here is one of Jay Kim's videos;

Many of his videos are like that.

And this is Jay Kim on himself and Islam;

And his challenges;

And yes, the guy tried his best. This is him and his mother;

The guy also loves Malaysia....without even being here yet.

Give him PR, I say.

I pray the best for Jay Kim.

InsyaAllah.

Extra patriotism of Malaysia Baru

It's that time of the year again when people are supposed to be extra patriotic.

It's Merdeka celebration time.

Are you all feeling extra patriotic now or not?

Me, honestly, not so.

Just feeling normal only.

I don't feel the urge to put little Jalur Gemilang on my car.

You?

Don't bluff okay.

I don't see cars with little Jalur Gemilang on the streets here in KL.

I know, I know, you all going to say being patriotic doesn't mean one has to put up little Jalur Gemilang on the car.

Well, if like that, I also can say I'm feeling patriotic.

Just that, I'm not good at lying.

After all, I'm talking about that extra patriotic feeling, not the normal one.

I just don't feel it even at this Merdeka celebration time.

What's there to feel extra patriotic after all?

Seriously, I can't see any.

Just normal only.

So, normal patriotism only lah.

Like if there's a football match and the national team is playing, I will of course support it.

But not to the point of going through the trouble of going to the stadium.

I don't like crowded places after all, okay.

Maybe just watch the match on TV and cheer when the Malaysia team wins.

Lose also never mind. So used to it anyway.

That's patriotic enough, I guess.

Yup, that's as patriotic as I get at the moment.

Seriously, you all tell me lah what's happening with Malaysia that I should feel extra patriotic for this Merdeka celebrations.

Malaysia's economy better? I don't think so.

Malaysia's politics better? I don't think so.

Malaysia's race relations better? I don't think so.

How?

Football also, I think many of you all support Man U and Liverpool more fanatically than the Malaysian team. Correct?

Don't lie, okay. Be honest.

Syed Mokhtar to end MAHB's near monopoly?

I read with great interest this latest posting by Datuk Kadir Jasin, who is the Prime Minister's media adviser

Holding MAHB Responsible for KLIA System Failure 

I totally agree with him.

MAHB must answer for that terrible mess at KLIA.

It's after all not the first time and KLIA was not the first airport under its care to suffer system failure.

Just recently I complained about this matter.

These are previous posts of mine,

• Let's have our own Changi Airport

• The bocor airport for rakyat marhaen

Interestingly, Datuk Kadir in his post mentioned about MAHB's near monopoly of Malaysian airports.

excerpts;

Speaking of rocks, this incident could put MAHB’s monopoly of the country’s airport industry on a rocky road. There are bound to be challenges to its hegemony.

With 39 airports in the country under its belt, MAHB could have been fed (or bitten) more that it could chew.

I don't know about you all but I think these paragraphs could well scare the MAHB people a bit.

And Datuk Kadir also wrote about his pleasant experience at the Johor's Senai Airport, which is the only major airport in Malaysia not managed by MAHB.

excerpts;

I was rather apprehensive when the government privatised Senai International Airport in Johor to MMC Corporation Berhad back in 2009.

I had not used the airport since then but last Saturday I flew in and out of it for a brief visit to Johor Bahru. I must say that my impression of the privatised Senai is positive.

The airport looks more like a shopping mall than a drab brick and mortar airport. Last year it was listed as the fifth busiest after KLIA, Kota Kinabalu, Penang and Kuching. It handled 3.5 million passengers.

For those who don't know yet, Senai airport is managed by Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd, which is a subsidiary of MMC Corporation Bhd.

MMC is one of those many huge corporations under the control of Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary.

So, I believe you know where this is going, right?

Will Syed Mokhtar be enrolled to provide a competition for MAHB, which keeps experiencing "system failures" or even to take over the whole thing?

Possible, I think.

After all, Datuk Kadir who hinted this with his posting is very close to Dr Mahathir. 

Syed Mokhtar is also very close to the handsome old man.

So, there should be something going on.

If you ask me, I think if the guy can provide competition to improve things or even do a better job, then why not, right?

Guys, we may not have much money for next year (updated)

UPDATES at 22:25 Aug 23 2019

They have this today

Hundreds gather at Brickfields 

for rally over khat

These are a bunch of really stupid people.

The type of racists who call others racists.

And they are planning more

excerpts;

Tomorrow's rally is expected to be larger and will address issues such as the unilateral conversion of non-Muslim minors to Islam, the ongoing presence in Malaysia of controversial preacher Zakir Naik, the distribution and alleged misappropriation of funds allocated to the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra), the issue of statelessness and citizenship in the Indian community  as well to continue the khat lessons protest.

What to do....

As if we don't have enough trouble in this era of Malaysia Baru.

ORIGINAL POST

Well, guys, while most of us are currently so concerned about all those nonsense such as politicians implicated with rape, gay sex, khat lesson in schools, inverted Jalur gemilang etc, I received this message yesterday from a foreigner friend with business interests in this country,

I'm not sharing my answer to my friend here because I don't want to be accused of spinning.

You all be the judge of this yourselves.

It's scary okay.

My friend asked those questions based on this story by The Edge in October last year which I'm publishing here in full,

Govt to cut development expenditure by 15% to RM220b under 11MP

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): The development expenditure ceiling will be cut by RM40 billion or 15% to RM220 billion from the original allocation of RM260 billion under the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020), as part of plans to consolidate the country's fiscal position.

This is necessary, taking into account lower government revenue, no thanks to volatile global crude oil prices during the review period and the abolishment of the goods and services tax in September this year.

"Public investment will focus on strengthening public infrastructure and developing economic enablers," said the Mid-Term Review of the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020) released today.

The review said the focus will be given priority to the people-centric projects. With that, over 4,000 ongoing projects will still be continued across the nation including the building of affordable houses, schools, hospitals and roads.

During the review period, only RM92 billion was allocated for development expenditure, lower than the original target in both nominal and real terms.

Moreover, the disbursement recorded a shortfall, where 94.4% of total allocation or RM86.9 billion was expended. This shortfall was mainly due to delays in securing land and finalisation of project design despite initiatives to further improve the project management process.

These initiatives include the introduction of a cost-benefit index for project selection and the continuation of compulsory value management process for projects valued above RM50 million.  

According to the review, development expenditure continued to be financed mainly through debt as current account balance was insufficient.

Although the level of federal government debt rose with the continuous fiscal deficit, debt as a percentage to nominal gross domestic product reduced from 54.5% in 2015 to 50.8% in 2017.

However, this level of debt excluded contingent liabilities as well as future commitment of payments for projects carried out through public-private partnerships. 

Lonesome midnight

Fell asleep early.

Was very tired when I reached home from work.

Woke up just after midnight.

Dreamt of my beloved again.

Happy dream.

Hate it when I woke up and realised it's just a dream.

Never mind.

Can't go back to sleep till now.

Been watching Liziqi's videos again.

I like this one very much,

Another favourite is the one where she harvested bamboo shoots and cooked them.

Next time maybe I'll put it here too.

Sorry, no politics.

I just feel like writing these at the moment.

Okay, I'll say my prayers for my beloved in a short while.

Also my

Prayers for Hong Kong

May they be alright.

Then I'll try to sleep again.

Ciao.

Sad case of anti-Lynas versus zumba

A friend asked me what I think of the anti-Lynas rally in Kuantan yesterday.

Well, this video sent by another friend who was at the rally tells it all,

Yep, there were probably as many people doing zumba just on the other side of the venue  of the rally.

Quiet sad, actually.

That's how much people don't care about the anti-Lynas movement anymore.

Heck, even the Pakatan leaders who vowed to champion the cause were not interested anymore.

Here's the report from yesterday,

Dejected anti-Lynas protesters 

turn against Pakatan

excerpts;

Unlike the mammoth rallies in the past, today’s event only attracted less than 500 people and without the presence and endorsement of the politicians who had promised to fight for the movement’s cause.

The only prominent anti-Lynas voice who turned up, albeit late, was Bentong MP Wong Tack of the DAP, who was immediately heckled and jeered by a handful of the protesters, demanding him to resign.

“His (Wong) political career began because of the anti-Lynas movement. Wong is a part of the PH government and he has failed to keep his promise. It is only right for him to vacate his parliamentary seat,” said Sharan Raj.

Sharan, along with other protesters, cheered as the organiser of the protest, Save Malaysia; Stop Lynas staged a gimmick in which the cut-outs face of Pakatan’s top four leaders were tossed into the air from a cardboard prop bus.

Not even that rabidly anti-Lynas Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh, who is now a deputy minister was there.

Compare that with this Himpunan Hijau rally in Kuantan in 2012 which started the anti-Lynas movement and launched the career of Pakatan leaders such as Wong and Fuziah.

Just look at the faces of the Pakatan leaders who lied to the people that day.

Labeling Lynas as dangerous was not the only lie they told Malaysians, okay.

There were many more, some of which we know already, others to be discovered soon.

They may get the people's votes through the lies but they would never be able to keep them because a lie would be found out sooner or later.

I know that it's not easy when you discovered that you have been lied to, but that's part of life.

It makes you wiser.

Listen to Dr Mahathir, okay.

Prayers for Hong Kong

May you be safe.

May you be free.