Equal Opportunity in Singapore

This exchange happened during the recent F1 race in Singapore (names changed to protect privacy) :

X : eh....... they provide hookers during the event too ?

Z : yeah! they're all about equal opportunity in SG. so they get a chance to do their stuff too.

Ha! Ha!

Well, Singapore is always on the lookout for human talent ...

Sign of our times

This is from an article by Terence Fernandez on The Sun today :

A WORD of caution to Teresa Kok. With the petrol bomb attacks on her family home on Saturday, there is clearly a threat to her safety. So now, she can be detained again under the Internal Security Act for her own protection – like what happened to Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng. Don’t you feel secure with the knowledge that no one can set you on fire when you are enjoying your eggs and gravy in a 6x8 cell ?


This is the sms I sent to Michelle arising from that paragraph :

“More arrests : Teresa Kok’s family to be arrested under ISA for their protection”


This is her response :

“Confirm? No news”


It’s a very revealing reply. My sms was satirical in nature but her reply reveals how far we believe the BN is willing to use the ISA right now.

It’s sad.

Original

So our national anthem actually is taken from this popular Indonesian song. Guess there is nothing really original in Malaysia.

Freedom

So after 7 days under the detention using the ridiculous ISA, Teresa Kok had finally being released. Is this the end of drama? Or just a commercial break? Wonder what is happening here in our country?

There is still one more.......

Operasi Lalang

First Raja Petra was arrested under the ISA, then Tan Hoon Cheng (the Sin Chew journalist who reported Datuk Ahmad Ismail's "penumpang" proclamations), now Teresa Kok.

All these people arrested while the erstwhile Datuk Ahmad Ismail walks around freely admitting that he called Malaysian Chinese "penumpang" who would never gain full equal citizenship in Malaysia. The government would rather arrest the journalist who reported Datuk Ahmad Ismail's "penumpang" comments than arrest the original unrepentant perpetrator himself.

I guess even Badawi has his limits. Contrasting the singular treatments the abovementioned four people have received, I can confirm that the "Malaysia Boleh!" sprit is alive and well.

忍者

最近越来越像忍者。如果真的能飞天顿地道是不错。可惜，此忍者不比彼忍者。

真不晓得还要忍到怎么时候。

自认不是个谟大事的人，这样可以不要忍吗？

Reflections..

Nowadays when I log into facebook and look at the list my schoolmates in Penang Free School, I've been thinking to myself : "Half of them are in Singapore".

What have we done to cause so much human talent to go just a short hop, skip and jump across the water ? And I realize that it's not really "we", and that I could just as easily be in their shoes. After all, they and I have similiar profiles : non-malays who did not attend a Malaysian university.

http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/columnists/john-lee/8557-a-wish-for-a-better-merdeka

I work with many Malays, and some of them are really quite capable. The same can be said of the Chinese, Indian and dan-lain-lain staff I've worked with. But maybe my circumstances can't be used as a definitive example since I'm in the urban, middle class category. And yet, it's a category that's growing in Malaysia.

I do think that an affirmative action policy was necessary back in 1969. My question is : "When is it going to end ?"

It's a fact that huge chunks of non-Malay Malaysian talent are working overseas. And those who go overseas are usually in the top tier. As for those left behind, of all races, there is no way of learning from these people simply because they're not in Malaysia. There is no way of utilizing their talents in the interest of Malaysia simply because they've chosen to work overseas as their work can be judged on merit.

I find myself asking : "What if Lee Kuan Yew had been Prime Minister of Malaysia ?"

Can you imagine how much progress Malaysia, with all it's natural resources, would have made ? Where would we be now ?

Tell me why??!!!

Some voice, some song.

爱美的天性

都说爱美是女人的天性，这句话应该是没有错。
因为爱美，有人去整容。
因为爱美，可以忍受打羊胎素，肉杆菌。
因为爱美，可以天天跑美容院，乖乖地把辛苦赚来的钱送给别人。

当然，本人没有那种闲情和金钱。也不想把自己变成明星脸。
平日不会做的事情有时侯在特殊的情况下倒是会试试。
就比如今天，因为义卖买了固本，不用也是浪费，结果狠狠地宠了自己。
先按摩，让后再彩绘指甲。
既然要做就全套，结果是这样。。。


特地选了蓝色，够特别。也许是唯一一次，要留个特别的回忆。