Friday, March 28, 2008

Of Discrimination

Ketuanan Melayu (for Malay supremacy or Malay dominance) is the racist belief that the Malay people are the "tuan" (masters) of Malaysia. The Chinese and Indians who form a significant minority in Malaysia, are considered beholden to the Malays for granting them citizenship in return for special privileges as set out in Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The concept of ketuanan Melayu is usually referenced by politicians, particularly those from UMNO, the most influential political party in Malaysia. Infamous politicians like Najib and Hishammudin are guilty of this at the highest level.


NEP

In 2006, a major dispute arose when the Asian Strategic and Leadership Institute (ASLI) issued a report calculating Bumiputra-held equity at 45% — a stark difference from the official figure of 18.9%. Criticism came swift saying it was fabricated. Okay then what about this?

In 1997 University of Malaya study had calculated the Bumiputra share of equity to stand at 33.7%, using par value. Let me break it to you guys. YOUR INTRA-EQUITY is fucked up and it has nothing to do with the other races. Approve Permits and what-nots, its your own doing, so clean up your own mess and stop blaming the Chinese for taking away your wealth.


So where am i getting at? To all my friends who have turn 21 please vote and be heard. Can't wait to turn 21 this year =PMarcel's 24th

Picture of the day:You look absolutely adorable. I love you, don't kill me (:

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Sick -_-

Roar, I'm sick, I hate being sick in such a cold country. Roar, I want my parents and Serena, I'm such a baby.

So the PM decided to cut down the number of Ministers in the Cabinet and require all Minister and Deputy Minister to declare all their assets. My dear, PM its already too late, like they say "nasi sudah menjadi bubur," And will Perak become an Islamic state? WTF, my Grandmother stays there -_-

And now for the Blue Mountain Trip.
We started every enthusiastic, wooooo! Getting up early to head to the Mountain.

But things got a little complicated when our tire got puncture. It was terrible, take a look at the tire. And to make matters worst, our rented car didn't have a JACK to lift the car up and fix the wheel, so we had to wait for a mechanic who took his freaking sweet time to come.

But it was still pretty fun. Snowboard from 3pm till 9pm at night. Snowboarding at night is a whole new experience.

PS:I'm still feeling sick, I want Serena.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

A semi-neutral view on the election result and a drunk friend

Today is one of the happiest days of my life. The opposition won 5 states. Kedah, Penang, Perak, Kelantan and SELANGOR are all now opposition states. Barisan National (BN) has also been denied a 2/3 majority in the Parliment. That is something to be happy about.
Through out the years, the Malaysian constitution have been change so many times that if our founding fathers were to see it, they probably wouldn't even recognize it (to amend the constitution one would require 2/3 of the Parliament votes).

Now let me comment on some of the contestants.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
I don't hate him, I reckon because of him this year's election has been rather "democratic", unlike previous election. But I personally feel he is not cut out to be PM, he is too weak and indecisive. He likes saying "let the rakyat decide" but in fact is too chicken to make choices that is necessary and unpopular.
He says he value's freedom of speech but blacks out the infamous BERSIH protest although the event was featured in CNBC, CNN Reuters and Al Jazeera.
And of course there is the "how corrupt is he" issue. Come on, he got a boat for FREE from Ananda Krishnan, doesn't that speak volumes?
Our PM is also guilty of cronyism (trust me, I got this from someone who is a government contractor). But I guess all Prime Ministers are corrupt to a certain extend.

Najib Tun Razak
Our Deputy Prime Minister is a joke. He shouldn't have even be allowed to contest. The Mongolian woman scandal, and how he says he wants to bath the keris with Chinese blood. Seriously, he should just be expelled from the party if UMNO knows whats good for them.

Ong Ka Ting
President of MCA.I know he didn't run this election but here is my 2 cents about him. He is like the PM's lap dog. PM ask him to stand, he stand, ask him to sit, he sit. Fighting for Chinese rights? what a joke. The non-Malays have less right now than they have 50 years ago.

Chan Kong Choi
Neither was he in the line up. Would love to comment but shall not out of respect for a friend of mine.

Sammy Vellu
About time he lost, hahaha, about time. Arrogant guy, only looking out for himself. Too busy taking care of 3 wives until he neglects the Indian population. Honestly, open your eyes, the Hindraf gathering was your wake up call but you choose to ignore it and say that "The majority of the Indian population doesn't feel the same."

Jeff Ooi
The famous blogger, I didn't expect him to win but he won. Honestly, although I'm happy that DAP won the seat I personally think blogging is his forte but not politics. But he might surprise us all. Lets see to it that he keeps his promise to open up more Chinese primary school in Penang.

Anwar Ibrahim
Pretty unlucky not to be able to participate in this years election. But truth to be told, I don't really fancy him either. During his early political career, he was extremely Pro-Malay, everything is for Malays and Malays deserve to rule Msia. Now, just because he was kicked out of UMNO he decided to appeal to "Malaysians". But maybe his time in prison change his perception or something. How genuine and sincere is he, I guess that is something we would never know.


ON Another unrelated issue. I had one of the hardest laugh I ever had in a long time. All names have been change.

Puck, "Guys, she hates me, she fucking hates me." walks in while chucking a full bottle of vodka down his throat.

Zack, "Hey she doesn't hate you but you should forget about her, like seriously,"

Puck,"Her mom fucking loves me, her brother too, and her mom puts my shoes in her room,"
Chucks another gulp down.
"Our kids will be very beautiful"

Em," Hey you freak her out enough already, honestly, don't tell her that"

Zack,"Seriously, who cares if her mom loves you, its not like you going to hook up with her,"

Pucks,"She fucking hates me,"

A few moments later,

Em,"Hey guys, he is feeling me up" (touching her boobs)
Zack and I ran over and drag him off. And sends him to his room.

Puck starts putting his hand in his pants. By this time he has finished the whole bottle of Vodka.

Puck," Zack would you show me your boobs so that i can wank off?"

He starts rubbing his hand in his pants.

Zack,"What the fuck Puck, I swear if I see that thing I will so hit you, put it AWAY"

Throws a blazer on Puck's pants.

What was I doing? I was laughing so hard the whole time.

What a night. Apparently he was still running around at 4am. Poor Zack, didn't see him for lunch nor dinner today.

Picture of the day:
This is soooo cute. Love you dear.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Of Skyloft

Last week was my first time snowboarding in Canada, and I was so excited. I expected all the Mountains to be like Whistler In British Columbia. But the mountain-Skyloft was a joke. Imagine groom snow on a BLACK RUN? For those who don't know anything about the colour of the slopes, a Green Circle is the beginner slope, follow by a Blue Square which is an intermediate slope and finally a Black Diamond which is for professionals. It might vary in different countries, E.G. in most of Europe they have a Red which is in between Blue and Black.

So let me tell you about Skyloft. It has only ONE ski lift and all the slopes are groomed. They only difficulty difference between the colours are due to the steepness and not due to obstacles etc. So one can look very good going down a Black Diamond. A friend of mine was Recording us Ski/Snowboard. Doesn't that speak volumes?

But I'm not saying that it sucks, its a very nice place to pick up snowboarding/skiing or improve your skills in jumps lol. The snow is powdery and non-icy and it doesn't hurt when you fall, at least not as much =P
Oh but this wasn't an incident free trip for me, while exciting the ski lift as shown below
I bump into a little girl who ran across to meet her instructor. I tried my very best to stop and minimize the impact. But i guess the size difference is too large. Remember kids, always look both ways before crossing.Naren(left) and Wiebka(middle) have never snowboard before and they did an amazing job for first timers.


Antione(right) is the crazy motherf**ker who video taped us going down the slopes. "I ski in the Alps, this is too easy, makes me look good."

Being the only Snowboarder of the group, I constantly got harass by 6 skiers to hurry up and strap on.

Heading to Blue Mountains this weekend and its said to be at least 10 times better than the last one. They probably would have more ski lifts =P Till next time!