A boy and a tiger

I'm very tired.

Today managed to finish work early but didn't feel like going back to my little room.

Went to watch the movie "Life of Pi" instead.

It was in 3D. Amazingly beautiful....both the cinematography and the story.

Worthwhile spending RM25 on the the ticket and RM4 on the 3D glasses.

It's however not adviceable for Pas people to watch this movie.

Takut terpesong akidah. Ya la, kalau Umno pun korang kata kapir dan murtad, inikan pulak cerita budak percaya tiga agama dalam wayang ni. Gitu lah adanye.

Sorry, that's all I can managed for today. Too tired lah. Need to sleep.

Good night.

(note : Sometimes I work on Sunday, in case you all were wondering)

BN components' loyalty

The pre-election Umno general assembly ended today with DS Najib Razak telling party members to unite and support the leadership when it's decided who among them will be candidates in GE13.

The only real worry Najib has is if the Umno people who are not choosen betray the party. This happened so many times before. What to do, selfish bastards are everywhere.

Ok, that's actually small problem compared to the one caused by BN's component parties. How loyal are they to BN? Will all their members vote for BN candidates or at least refrain from voting for the opposition?

Will they accept Najib's decision on the allocation of seats to each respective BN components? Will they accept A decision by Najib on the choice of candidates from among their members? They should acknowledge that Najib got all sorts of information on that matter and sometimes knows better who should be the winnable candidate at each respective area.

I have my doubts on this matter because I had seen how pissed off Johor BN chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman was when during one of his visits to the ballot box areas, he was told by the MCA rep that they can get only 20 per cent of Chinese support there. Ghani knows that more than 40 per cent of Chinese in the area were MCA members.

They can't even get their members to vote BN, yet asking for everything under the sun including more seats.

Tomorrow, PPP is going to hold their congress and it will be officiated by Najib. I hope he tells them to get real. PPP, I heard is asking for up to four parliament seats.

Kayveas, you are mad or what? Najib got enough problem already, don't make life more difficult can or not?

And all these seats have to be Umno seats as the other component parties will never give up their's.

Well, if Kayveas really pull off that stunt tomorrow asking for Najib to give him and gang that many seats, I think I will hire some mafia to catch and throw his sorry ass into the Klang River. Kerja tak buat, mintak kerusi je tau nya.

Real clowns la.

A police story

Things at work were not so good today. My boss thought I did a crap job and I  agreed with him. I tried my best but was off form today and there was no excuse for it.

Decided to take a little break from my bullshit work and watched this movie -

Beijing Blues

Turned out, it's the best cop movie I have watched in a long time.

It's about the life of a policeman in Beijing. It is very realistic and touching. It could relate to Malaysian police or any other police in the world.

Those who love to curse the police and accuse them of these and that should watch this movie. That type of people were depicted a lot in the movie, so they can see the image of themselves.

Oh, by the way, after watching this movie, I decided to conclude that generally, the Chinese are prone to dislike the police notwithstanding they are of what race. The Chinese policeman in this movie was cursed a lot by his fellow Chinamen.

Our police should consider commissioning a good moviemaker to do a movie like this which tells the real story of the day to day life of our policemen in this country.

Definitely don't hire Yusof Haslam lah. Gerak Khas and those type of shows won't work one.

Get a director and writer with some depth and talent for it, ok?

I would like to recommend Amir Hafizi for the job.

Najib made me teary eyed

I think I am getting too soft hearted.

That day I listened to a song and felt like crying. Today I watched Najib delivered his keynote address at the Umno general assembly and I almost cried again.

It was when Najib passionately swore by the name of Allah and Prophet Muhammad that he will ensure Umno will give priority to the needs of the people above all else that I realized I got tears in my eyes.

A boy who sat next to me in front of the television actually noticed that something was not right with me and asked if I was okay. Of course, I was okay. Very malu la to admit that I almost cried from watching a speech. Luckily I managed to suppressed my tears and it didn't run down my cheeks. That would have been disastrous for my tough girl image.

But really la. I never saw Najib delivered a speech like that.

And I used to follow the guy around whenever he balik kampung to Pekan for almost half a decade and saw him giving speeches so many times.

There was no way the guy could had faked it. He was choking with emotion towards the end of his speech. To swear an oath on the name of Allah and the prophet is not something a Muslim do on just any other day. I consider myself not a good Muslim but I would never dare to fool around with an oath like that. Well, not even Anwar Ibrahim dare to do that, ok?

As far as I am concerned Najib has really put himself on the line by swearing that oath. Allah will condemn him to hell if he fails to deliver on it.

The Umno people should realize the enormity of what their president had done. If they still go fooling around again after this, then they are really bastards of the highest order.

If myself, a non-Umno person could be moved to tears by Najib's oath today while Umno members did not feel anything, I don't know la what else the guy can do to convince his people.  If they still after this insist by hook or crook on being an electoral candidate, be given a contract or behave like a male baboon in heat, then Umno is indeed doomed.

Well, I sincerely pray for Najib to be able to fulfill his oath and Umno members to take their president's speech seriously.

You can read the entire Najib's speech here  at

UMNO Online

Lagu Melayu

I think I really should not had went to check out the Umno people at the PWTC yesterday.

Now I'm a bit infected by all those Melayu stuff.

For no good reason I searched at YouTube for this old song which I learned many years ago.

I didn't feel anything when I sang the song back then. I was young and a very idealistic leftist who don't think much about my ethnic heritage.

But just now, as I listened to the song, I can feel tears coming to my eyes. I quickly suppressed it. Tough girls have no time for tears.

A little Obama story at Umno general assembly

Got some free time today and poked my nose at the PWTC to see what the Umno people were doing.

There was indeed an air of serious excitement there. Everyone seems to be quite worked up as the assembly is going to be the last before the coming general election. Bear in mind that today was not yet the assembly proper. Just party president DS Najib Razak giving a close door briefing to the delegates and TS Muhyiddin Yassin opening the party wings meetings.

Security was however very tight and I have difficulty moving around the place. Passes with barcode were given out to the delegates, observers, journalists and even the stall operators. I happened to bump into a journalist friend and he started bitching about the rather unnecessary hassle.

"I don't know why they have to be so bloody strict. Umno is supposed to be friendly. This is definitely a case of "lebih sudu dari kuah"," he said, in reference to the rather stern looking security personnel guarding the entrance to the various halls. (Sorry ya, I don't know how to translate the Malay words properly. It's something like being over the top lah)

Well, being strict is okay, but I don't think they should be rude. I told my journalist friend that it's just a job hazard and he needs to be patient. At least they didn't set up metal detector machines at the entrance of the halls like in some party conventions in other parts of the world.

I managed to talk with some of the delegates who attended the Najib's briefing late in the afternoon. They told me that Najib had asked Umno members to be prepared for the coming electoral battle. He told them to be loyal and abide by the leadership's decision on who are going to be candidates in the GE13. They need to support them, instead of sabotaging the party for not getting their choice for electoral candidacy. Umno is nothing if it loses in the elections, he said.

Najib seems to keep drumming that message to Umno members. Probably, his biggest concern is that some Umno members are stupid enough to think that the party could still afford their selfish infighting nonsense at this very crucial juncture.

All that aside, a delegate from Putrajaya told me that Najib had mentioned about his recent meeting with leaders including US president Barak Obama at the Asean plus three summit in Cambodia.

Najib had said that Obama, who had just been reelected as US president at that time had insisted to have a picture with him before wishing him all the best for the coming GE13.

I don't think Najib meant to brag about how good he is that even the US president seems to endorse him as a Malaysian leader. Najib is not like Anwar, who always insists on how internationally handsome he was supposed to be.

What Najib actually conveyed by that story is that the world recognizes Malaysia's achievements and willingness to improve under its current leadership. Najib's transformation initiatives for the country seems to be the real reason for Obama's enthusiasm to be pally pally with him.

I don't think Obama would be that interested for the world to see him being so friendly with Najib if he believes in all those nonsense the Malaysian prime minister had been accused of by the Pakatan people.

My top five favorite Umno leaders

Much had been said about bad Umno people. The Pakatan gang have been going all out to highlight them. To a certain extent, they have been successful in running down Umno in that manner, especially among those who never really know much about the real Umno leaders.

I have to admit that there were indeed quite a number of these bad Umno people. The selfish, greedy and even out right evil. Nonetheless, I have also met many more Umno people who are sincere, humble and good. Based on that, I have concluded that it is not the party which is bad, but individuals.

Umno as a party has good ideals. It had done good for the country for more than half a century. The bumiputera have improved their lot from being almost 70 per cent living in poverty at the start of 1970s. Despite being still the poorest ethnic group, they are now much better off than before. The non-bumiputera, especially the Chinese, despite complaints from some, are doing even much better.

If Umno people are all as rotten as accussed, I don't think this country could even reached its current level of development. Yes, Umno is not perfect, but as far as I'm concerned, the party do have more good than bad people.

In conjunction with the Umno general assembly which starts tomorrow, I would like to introduce five Umno leaders whom I had personally met and found to be good guys. I present them here as according to whom I like most -

5. Datuk Sufian Awang. A lawyer by training and is the number one exco member of Umno Youth. The guy is as straight as an arrow and works hard not just for the party but also the ordinary folks living in the area where he lives in Kuantan. One of the best hope of Umno's future.

4. Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. The man in charge of Kelantan Umno. I first met him almost 15 years ago. A bureaucrat who prefers to work hard rather than wasting too much time and energy on politicking. He should be a role model for Umno's second liners.

3. Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir. Another unassuming Umno man. I first met him before he became active in politics. At that first meeting I didn't even know that he is a son of the then PM DS Dr Mahathir Mohamad. We talked about scuba diving at that time. A soft spoken and very pleasant man. He may be deemed to be silver spooned but I found him to be sincere and works hard to do good for all. Another best hope for Umno's future.

2. Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He is the only one among my top five favorite Umno leaders whom I never had a personal conversation with. But I had the privilege of closely observing his work as a wakil rakyat. I actually did not have a very good impression of Najib before that. Only after I had personally observed how he connects with his constituents in Pekan that I realized how sincere he is when dealing with the ordinary folks.

1. Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman. I had written so much about Ghani that I don't think I need to write here again on why I think so highly of him. Actually, the real reason I put him as my number one favorite Umno leader is because I know him more than the other leaders. Not unlike any other man, he has his faults but as an Umno leader, he embodies the best the party could offer. Sincere, sensible, honest, selfless, incorruptible, works hard and almost devoid of nonsense. As a Johorean, I am glad that my home state has him as a leader.

There are many more good Umno leaders other than these five men. Some of the women leaders are equally good. I wish I could put more of them here, but this posting may get too long if I do that.

Note: For this posting, I will not allow unsubstantiated personal attacks against these five Umno leaders featured here. So, for those who want to use this posting  as a platform to attack them, please forget it as I will spike off such comments. If anyone feels so strongly against any of these leaders and want to badmouth them, please set up your own blog and do it there. Thank you.

Umno's only option

I'm taking it easy this weekend. Need to conserve my energy.

Next week is the Umno general assembly and I expect interesting things to happen. This is the last lap towards the general election and Umno must show that it is ready for it.

The way I see it, this GE is going to be a do or die battle for Umno.

 It couldn't afford to fool around anymore. It need to get serious and shows the people that it is serious in wanting to clean up and shape up.

Party president DS Najib Razak may need the people's mandate at the general election first before he can push through the much needed reforms, but I'm expecting him to prove it during the general assembly that he is capable of doing so if given the chance. The people will be watching and searching for the sign that Najib can do it and if I'm him I will make sure that they will see those signs.

It's not going to be easy though. Such reforms are going to be painful. But Najib will have no choice but to do it if the people give him the mandate. Otherwise, my prediction is that BN will survive just one more term before it will be wiped out by a new set of opposition people.

I'm not an Umno member and therefore got no hangs up about wanting the party lead the country forever. For me, if Umno refuses to learn from all that happened, then I don't think it should stay in power. But for now, I'm giving Umno one last chance. Furthermore, I don't feel that the current batch of opposition leaders could take over Putrajaya. They are just going to make it worse. Their hypocrisy, nepotism and other doubtful practices simply put me off.

Nonetheless, I'm expecting the younger opposition leaders to be better and take over the leadership of their party before the end of next term. Umno need to be prepared for these changes and the only way to do so is to reform itself. Seriously, if Umno leaders continue to just talk about it and let things continue to rot, Umno is doomed to be buried in the GE14.

Umno may in all probabilities survive the GE13 but it then need to get rid of all its tainted leaders. Zero tolerance for corruption. Najib need to get that message across at this general assembly and actually deliver on it whem the times come. If he can pull this off, then Umno will last longer than perdicted. Bear in mind, as history teaches us, corruption among the powerful is the first sign of doom.

Najib will not have any honeymoon period once he is given the mendate at the coming general election. He need to get cracking from the word go, to push for Umno's reforms. All the old useless warlords need to go and so do those who were only interested to further their own personal interests. Najib will need to go on the ground and tell the grassroot members that they have to help him get rid of these parasites. Najib need to do this with great urgency as the next one term will turn out to be very short a time for such tasks.

As for now, at the coming general assembly, Najib need to convince the people that he will and capable of doing all that. Umno delegates on their part need to convince the people that they are not the arrogant ignorant fools they were accussed to be.

You all Umno people have no choice but to do all that. Support from people like me is not unconditional. I'm not going to support a party which continues to screw up itself. I rather migrate to Taiwan than continously tolerate such nonsense.

Ok, enough of my ramblings. To all Umno people, Selamat Bersidang.

p.s To Najib's media handlers, please try to touch base a bit more. Make friends with the journalists and not just their bosses. You all will need their help once Najib starts to face resistence in implementing Umno's reforms after the general election.

Possible solution to a hairy problem

You all probably have read the report about hair dressing saloon operators in Kota Baru having a hard time because the Pas Kelantan government had banned women from cutting men's hair and vice versa.

Those who have not yet read it can do so here -

Kelantan's gender segregation rules affect non-Muslim businesses

Well, there you have it. So much for non-Muslims not being affected by Pas' hudud aspirations. And that's just the starter, ok. I'm sure more will come once Pakatan takes over Putrajaya.

Well, DAP will definitely fight Pas over such things but the fighting will go on and on for like forever and the country will suffer for it. How to work la if fighting all the time over such things.

Anyway, that's for the future. As for now, here is a solution I would suggest for the Kelantanese hair saloon operators - hire more hairdressers whose gender is somewhere in between...not men nor women.

How's that? The LGBT gang should be happy about it, right?

Meanwhile, try to get Ambiga and her Bar council friends to cook up some legal hocus pocus claims so that those who choose not to be men or women got to get their gender registered with NRD as - Malaysian. Ya, the same thing which Hannah Yeoh so fashionably tried to do for her child's racial status.

See, so Malaysian what -
Race - Malaysian
Gender - Malaysian

That way the hair saloon operators could avoid being fined....err, also couples could also avoid getting caught for khalwat. Can always argue - See, I'm not a male or female, my IC stated here that my gender is Malaysian. And so does my partner's....Ok, I think I'm getting overboard with this....hahahahaha....this is actually so funny for me....except, of course for the very serious consequences it will brings upon our multi-racial society.

Oyster omelette plus light and easy Johor-based blogs

So, the Malaysian hockey team lose to Taiwan 3-2. What the heck lah....

You can read it here - What a disgrace

I'm more convinced than ever now that I need to go to Taiwan after the next general election.

In case Pakatan wins, I may stay there permanently.

For now, I'm learning more about Taiwan and starting again to learn Mandarin. It's tough to learn Mandarin, but I'm giving it my best shot.

I'm also learning to cook Taiwanese dishes.

The first I'm learning to cook is baby oyster omelette. A favorite breakfast dish in Taiwan. It's actually a Fujian dish.

You can learn to cook it too. Here is how it's done -

Oyster Omelette Recipe - How To Make Oyster Omelet

Taiwan aside, I do miss Johor.

Been reading almost all materials about my home state that I came across.

The Johor-based English blogs scene was however rather limited, especially when it comes to politics. Well, there were some pro-Pakatan English blogs , but they were mostly full of rubbish.

After awhile, I'm resigned at reading non-political Johor-based English blogs. Just to keep myself updated with what's new in Johor. 

I prefer the light but interesting topics about Johor being discussed in those blogs.

Here is one which I found to my liking, despite it being rather new, I found it a nice  read -

A Green Bee In The Rain