Ah, I see
There was this piece of article on the people’s paper today, copied and pasted here for your convenience.
Thursday February 4, 2010
Dr M: Never question the citizenship of the non-Malays
PETALING JAYA: The citizenship of non-Malays in the country should never be questioned, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
A provision in the Federal Constitution clearly stated that the Malays were the indigenous people of the country while the non-Malays had rights to citizenship, he said.
“That should not be questioned. The Constitution provides that you cannot take away citizenships,” he told reporters after opening the Malaysian Liver Foundation building at Ara Damansara here yesterday.
The former prime minister was asked to comment on alleged racist remarks made by Datuk Nasir Safar, a special officer to the Prime Minister, during a 1Malaysia seminar in Malacca.
“It is a very bad statement to make. Even if it is true, we don’t say things like that. They are in fact, the children of the people who came here. They have not just arrived,” said Dr Mahathir.
Johor Umno information chief Datuk Samsol Bahari Jamali said Nasir’s remarks did not reflect the views of Umno in any way.
He said Johor Umno always looked at ways to get everyone to work together and not hurt anyone’s feelings.
“I am shocked to hear it. He never struck me as a racist,” he said when contacted.
MIC vice-president Datuk Dr S. Subra maniam said the immediate action taken by Najib indicated his seriousness and commitment in ensuring the success of the 1Malaysia policy.
“This should act as a deterent to ensure that similar statements are not repeated by any quarters,” he said in a statement.
Penang Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan said the alleged racist remarks had aggravated the already high political tension in the country
Meanwhile, non-governmental organisation Perkasa came to Nasir’s defence.
Its president Datuk Ibrahim Ali said the remarks would have been harsher had it come from him (Ibrahim).
He said he understood why Nasir had made that statement.
Kelab Belia Graduan 1Malaysia also came to Nasir’s defence, saying his remarks were misunderstood and taken out of context.
Its deputy president Najieb Mokhtar said Nasir never intended to offend anyone.
“Only a small number of those present at the function took offence and left the hall,” he said, adding that he was also at the same seminar.
So, he’s pacifying us but it’s like saying, ‘<insert race> are not lazy or dumb, even if it’s true, we cannot say things like that’. Sure, you know it’s true, but you can’t say it, because a van will come round you up and be detained under ISA and you’ll never see your family again. How’s that? This guy just had to quit his job. Easy, turn around and he’ll be patted on the back for having the guts to say it. He’ll be offered a job on the board of some company later, no worries.
It’s just that we came on a boat later than yours, princes-of-the-land.
Liberating
It’s like walking naked around the room.
People will judge if they can see you. But you are hidden behind curtains.
I don’t know if anybody knows what I’ve done.
I’d rather have my dinner in front of my computer, re-watching 30 Rock.
Than spend the last meal of my day listening to retold tales that I don’t care for.
Truth is, I’m becoming more distant because there is only so much I can bear.
I’m not proud of this.
But it’s probably just a phase.
Nevertheless, I don’t feel as guilty as I used to.
2 more days to Guangzhou!
2 more weeks to CNY… ( I don’t look forward to this)
As I grow up, I find CNY more frustrating and more uncomfortable.
I should cherish it, shouldn’t I?
My curtain is my indifference.
Motherland!
Just kidding. I’m Malaysian and proud to be one. Well, most of the time.
9 more days to China.
We’re going to Guangzhou, where the Cantonese thrived on their very good food. I look forward to the Dim Sums the most.
7 days of awesome food.
You can almost see me grin ear to ear from where you’re sitting right now. *smirk*
This is my emergency money. For food. Hah!
But before that, I have a proposal to defend this Friday. Wish me luck =)
I Knew It!!
Say hello to the biggest dumbass in 2010!
Friday January 15, 2010
Lebanese “billionaire” done in by his own generosity
By STEVEN DANIEL
KUALA LUMPUR: Self-proclaimed “billionaire” Elie Youseef Najem has made many dubious claims before, including a promise to donate RM1bil to the National Cancer Council (Makna) in 2006.
This time, a US$500 note that he gave as a tip to a hotel cleaner may have undone him.
A police raid on a four-star hotel room where the 50-year-old Lebanese had been staying unearthed a total of 160 fake notes with a face value of US$66mil (RM220mil).
City Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Asst Comm Izany Abdul Ghany said Elie had, over the past few days, been renting a room at the Bukit Bintang area.
Not real: ACP Izany holding fake US$1mil and USS100,000 banknotes which were among the US$66mil in dud notes found in Elie’s possession when police raided his hotel room in Kuala Lumpur.
“He had apparently tipped a cleaner with a US$500 note. The woman, ecstatic over her sudden windfall, went to a money changer to convert it into Malaysian currency.
“When she was told that note was fake, she complained to her supervisor who then alerted the police,” ACP Izany told a press conference at the city police headquarters here yesterday.
A police team led by Insp Ridhwan Ani raided the hotel room at 12.05am on Jan 10 and discovered a black bag containing 60 US$1mil notes, 60 US$100,000 notes and 40 US$500 notes, all with a face value totalling US$66.2mil
The highest denomination of the US dollar is US$100.
He said Elie, when questioned at the Dang Wangi police station, did not say where he got the notes from or what he intended to do with them.
“Asked why he was renting a hotel room when he allegedly owns an apartment in the city, he claimed it was convenient for him because he was attending a court hearing on a case against him,” he said.
Elie was charged in the Kuala Lumpur magistrate’s court on Jan 8 for alleged cheating over the sale of office supplies in 2005.
“The US$100,000 and US$1mil notes were definitely fake and not even logical.
Elie Youssef Najem in March 2006 (left) and a year later, minus the frizzy look.
“His motive has yet to be ascertained, but we do not rule out the possibility of him attempting to trick people with it, especially those who are unfamiliar with foreign currency,” ACP Izany said.
Elie was remanded for 14 days to help in the investigation under Section 489(c) of the Penal Code for possession of counterfeit notes, which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine.
Elie, who has been in Malaysia for seven years, first gained wide media attention with his mind-bogglng RM1bil pledge to Makna to set up its own research centre and hospital.
However, almost immediately after that, numerous people came forward and accused Elie of cheating them. The accusations later led to his arrest.
In July last year, Elie’s girlfriend 22-year-old Rosalia Gachatlin Viray, from Philippines, who he claimed was his wife, was found dead after she fell from the 14th floor of a condominium in Jalan Kuchai Lama. The case was classified as sudden death.
Source : The Star
HEHEHE… This news just made my day lah! =DD
I feel stupid listening to songs nowadays.
Get this:
The hottest song right now in the USA is
Replay, by Iyaz
Shawty’s like a melody in my head
That I can’t keep out
Got me singin’ like
Na na na na everyday
It’s like my iPod stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay (2x)
Remember the first time we met
You was at the mall with yo friend
I was scared to approach ya
But then you came closer
Hopin’ you would give me a chance
Who would have ever knew
That we would ever be more than friends
We’re real worldwide, breaking all the rules
She like a song played again and again
That girl, like something off a poster
That girl, is a dime they say
That girl, is a gun to my holster
She’s running through my mind all day, ay
Shawty’s like a melody in my head
That I can’t keep out
Got me singin’ like
Na na na na everyday
It’s like my iPod stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay (2x)
See you been all around the globe
Not once did you leave my mind
We talk on the phone, from night till the morn
Girl you really change my life
Doing things I never do
I’m in the kitching cooking things she likes
We’re real worldwide, breaking all the rules
Someday I wanna make you my wife
That girl, like something off a poster
That girl, is a dime they say
That girl, is the gun to my holster
She’s running through my mind all day, ay
Shawty’s like a melody in my head
That I can’t keep out
Got me singin’ like
Na na na na everyday
It’s like my iPod stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay (2x)
I can be your melody
A girl that could write you a symphony
The one that could fill your fantasies
So come baby girl let’s sing with me
Ay, I can be your melody
A girl that could write you a symphony
The one that could fill your fantasies
So come baby girl let’s sing with me
Ay, na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na
Shawty got me singing
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Now she got me singing
Shawty’s like a melody in my head
That I can’t keep out
Got me singin’ like
Na na na na everyday
It’s like my iPod stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay (2x)
Every time it gets some air time, I scream “are you kidding me!!!???”
I don’t think an Ipod is capable of being stuck on replay. That, apart from all the glaring grammatical mistakes that peppered the song, kills me a little every single time I hear it.
And I definitely hate the 84,000 other songs with mindless drone going on and on about the money, the women and how they wanna do the women.
No soul sial.
Time to save up!
Really, I’m trying to save money.
If everything goes according to plan, I’ll have a sum to spend in Guangzhou AND lose some weight too!
Double Winrar!
That rarely happens.
I’m gonna turn down every invitation to eat out, watch movie, or go eat ice-cream for 3 weeks.
Wish me luck!
I am concerned.
One of the best articles concerning the recent controversy :
Should Christians Say ‘Allah’? In Malaysia, Muslims Say No
By BARADAN KUPPUSAMY / KUALA LUMPUR Friday, Jan. 08, 2010
A Christian church in Malaysia was set ablaze in a fire-bomb attack. Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty
"Why are the Christians claiming Allah?" asks businessman Rahim Ismail, 47, his face contorted in rage and disbelief. He shakes his head and raises his voice while waiting for a taxi along Jalan Tun Razak, a main thoroughfare in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital. "Everybody in the world knows Allah is the Muslim God and belong to Muslims. I cannot understand why the Christians want to claim Allah as their god," Rahim says as passers-by, mostly Muslims, gather around and nod in agreement.
The reason for their anger is a recent judgment by Malaysia’s High Court that the word ‘Allah’ is not exclusive to Muslims. Judge Lau Bee Lan ruled that others, including Catholics who had been prohibited by the Home Ministry from using the word in their publications since 2007, can now use the term. She also rescinded the prohibition order freeing the Malay language-edition of the Catholic monthly The Herald to use Allah to denote the Christian god. After widespread protests, however, the judge granted a stay order on Jan. 7. The same day the government appealed to the higher Court of Appeal to overturn the ruling. The anger seemingly turned violent late Thursday night after masked men on motorcycles firebombed three churches in the city, gutting the ground floor of the Metro Tabernacle Church located in a commercial building in the Desa Melawati suburb of the capital. The attacks, which police said appeared uncoordinated, were condemned by the government, opposition MPs and Muslim clerics alike. On Friday Muslims demonstrated in scores of mosques across the country but the protest was peaceful. In the mosque in Kampung Baru, a Malay enclave in the city, Muslims held placards that read "Leave Islam Alone!, Treat Us As You Would Treat Yourself! Don’t Test Our Patience!" This, amid cries of "Allah is Great!"(See pictures of Islam’s soft revolution in Cairo.)
Because of its ethnic make-up, religion is a sensitive issue in Malaysia and any religious controversy is seen as a potential spark for public unrest. Some 60% of Malaysia’s 28 million people is Malay Muslim, while the rest are ethnic Chinese, Indians and indigenous tribes, practicing various faiths including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism and animism. Among Christians, the majority Catholics number about 650,000, or 3% of the population. Despite Malaysia’s diverse national complexion, political Islam is a growing force and the country operates under two sets of laws, one for Muslims, the other for everyone else. The authorities regard such compartmentalization as essential to maintaining social stability.
To many Malay Muslims, Judge Lau’s ruling crosses that line. Prominent Muslim clerics, lawmakers and government ministers have questioned the soundness of the judgment. A coalition of 27 Muslims NGOs wrote to the nine Malay Sultans, who are each head of Islam in their respective states, to intervene and help overturn the verdict. A Facebook campaign by Muslims started on Jan. 4 has attracted over 100,000 supporters. Among them: Deputy Trade Minister Mukhriz Mahathir, son of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who also waded into the controversy saying the court is not a proper forum to decide on an emotive religious issue. "The judgment is a mistake," says Nazri Aziz, minister overseeing Parliamentary Affairs, speaking for many Malaysian Muslims. The few Muslims who have urged respect for judicial independence have been shouted down as "traitors." "I can’t understand how any Muslim can support this judgment," said legislator Zulkifli Noordin in a statement.(See pictures of Islam in Asia.)
The case arose after the Home Ministry prohibited The Herald, a Catholic monthly newsletter, from using Allah for god in its Malay-language versions in 2007. "We have been using the word for decades in our Malay-language Bibles and without problems," Reverend Lawrence Andrew, the editor of the Catholic publication told TIME. In May 2008 the Catholics decided to take the matter to court for a judicial review — and won. "It is a landmark decision … fair and just," says Andrew. During the intermittent trial in the closing months of 2008, lawyers for the Church argued that the word Allah predated Islam and was commonly used by Copts, Jews and Christians to denote god in many parts of the world. They argued that Allah is an Arabic word for god and used for "decades" by the Church in Malay-language Bibles and other publications in Malaysia and Indonesia. And they said that The Herald uses the word "Allah" for god to meet the needs of its Malay-speaking worshippers on the island of Borneo. "Some people have got the idea that we are out to convert [Muslims]; that’s not true," the lawyers said on behalf of The Herald.
Government lawyers countered that Allah denotes the Muslim god, is accepted as such around the world and is exclusively for Muslims. They said that if Catholics were allowed to use Allah, Muslims would be "confused." The confusion would worsen, they said, because Christianity practices a "trinity of gods" while Islam is "totally monotheistic." They said the proper word for god in the Malay language is Tuhan and not Allah. Judge Lau held that the constitution guarantees freedom of religion and speech and therefore Catholics can use the word Allah to denote god. She also overturned the Home Ministry order prohibiting The Herald from using the word. "The applicants have the right to use the word ‘Allah’ in the exercise of their rights to freedom of speech and expression," she said.
Non-Muslim Malaysians worry that the vehement opposition to the Allah ruling reflects a growing Islamization in a multi-religious society. Last October a Muslim Shariah Court sentenced a Muslim woman who drank beer to be caned in public; in another incident in November, Muslims enraged over the construction of a Hindu temple near their homes demonstrated their anger with a severed cow’s head. They kicked and stomped on the head, as Hindus to whom the cow is sacred, watched helplessly. As for the court ruling, Bar Council president Ragunath Kesavan met Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday to discuss how to cool emotions. Says Kesavan: "We need to get the Muslim and Christian leaders together. They need to meet face to face and work out a compromise and not let this thing escalate."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1952497,00.html#ixzz0c0osj28q
Yes, I, as a non-Muslim, is aware of, and am very concerned about the rapid Islamization of our multi-religion country. The past few years have seen a few very worrying incidents that reflect the Muslims’ intolerance toward other religions. I understand that some of the more extreme cases are instigated by some very narrow-minded people. But the more liberal Muslims would rather stay silent for fear of being branded as unfaithful and the non-Muslims cannot voice it out as any slip of the tongue, the matter would be blown out of proportions. The politicians, thrive on exploiting this issue to gain support. It’s very worrying, this trend of violence propagating whenever somebody is dissatisfied with an issue. I don’t want to life in fear and distrust in my home country, snatch thieves are big enough a worry already.
Should I go back?
aih… so bored.
anyway… so fun reading this http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1187667/
talk about girl’s attitude that pisses me off, the number ONE thing that I hate most would be:
Emo bitches that are always emo-ing and put all their emo-ness on their face wherever they go. God bless the poor soul that happened to crossed paths with her and prepare for the shitfest, that’s all I can say.
Be prepared.
The emo bitch should just grow up la… nobody needs to listen to any of the emobullshit that she has to dump because everybody has their own problems.
Grow up, and try to handle a proper conversation instead. I know gossip is juicy and you might have encountered something horrible during the day, but don’t go on and on about it. If it doesn’t interest your audience, talking about the latest gadgets on CES wouldn’t hurt a soul, especially me.
Yes. I don’t give a damn if your neighbour’s rambutan tree is infested with ants. Or how his wife is such a darling by always giving you rambutans. I really don’t.
That’s why I have a blog. I rant here so that emobullshits from me is kept to a minimum.
I’m so ahlian for listening to this, but it’s good stuff hahah
Slam
the door slammings… give me uncontrollable urges to throw things and shout ‘Stop slamming the fucking door! Fuck!!’
I’m just weird. But that shit really gets on my nerves.
My brother say I lansi her, that’s why. Yah, I damn 7 lansi with her so she has to slam the doors?
Go get a life lor tiu. But if somebody lansi me, I wouldn’t slam the door lor… I would lansi back only wat.
I’ve been brought up not to do these shit, talk abit louder also I kena di. Slam door? I think my mom got that out of my system before I reached 2 yrs old, before I had even the motor skills to open the doors.
I’m a very boring person. Above all else, I value peace and quiet in the house.
I really cannot get used to it la… this is obvious because there have been a few posts that either start with ‘tiu’ or ‘FUUUU’.
Every time she slams a door, somewhere in this world, a baby dies. I kid you not.
And then hor… my brother say I racist lor. Tiu lor, even if <hottest Chinese actress…err…this err.. maggie Q!> were to be my apartment-mate and tends to do the same shit… I would still be typing this post sial. I is not racist ok. Oh, she’s not Chinese… then let’s say Gillian Chung then… oh wai…
But every.single.time.this.happens… I remind myself that this is so much better than the previous one. The last one, is to be avoided like the plague. This is just H1N1.
God, I can only complain here. I have no life sial.
And I think she’s on those detox diets cos she goes in so many times, even at ungodly hours and stays in for such a long time. Guess how I know she’s in the toilet at 4 am? then 7? then 8? then 9?
Cos she fucking woke me up with the slammings, that’s how!! (and then wakes me up again when she slams her room door)
It’s actually quite ghastly to be woken up at 4 and have this realization. Tiu.
I know… should put some double-sided tapes on every door to dampen the sound. hihihi…
Last words, I iz not a weirdo. Just have sensitive hearing that’s all.
dammit
I’m hungry againnnn~~~
It has become such a pain in the ass for me.
Now I have to go get some snacks… damn siennnnnn
Kedai Mesra =)
it’s crazy… cos i just had zinger burger, cheesy wedges, malta like 4 hours ago… it’s like clockwork sial
*update*
got back from kedai mesra and bit into my muffin…. only to find that it had expired on the 26th of Dec 2009. That’s last year. FML!
