pheeeeeuit, guys... angelina jolie look-a-like ? (courtesy of Tan A.K.)
the long march....... 
even Mother Nature was furious and crying .......of the rotten state of affairs ?
on my right, niamah, and left, zorro, rockybru and mr. anonymous.
all along the boulevard......
police presence as early as 10am 
FRU presence too !
a part of the crowd-recognise anyone ? 
from another angle of the early crowd around 11am
around 11 am- a YB (yang berblog) politician at work !
around 11 am- a YB (yang berblog) politician at work !The battery in my digital camera died about this time..................sigh ! (click on photo for enlarged viewing)
Whooooa........the winds of change is blowing, people and today I was in the thick of it at the "penguin walk" from the Palace of Justice to the holy Prime Minister's office in Putrajaya, a walk mooted by the Bar Council of Malaysia to hand the PM a "petition of dissatisfaction and rot in the judiciary" and yes !... I must say it was awesome people, to actually see hundreds and hundreds of learned people of a very noble profession coming together in solidarity and braving the numerous road-blocks all the way to the designated meeting point at the Palace of Justice or POJ, from as early as 9.30am. because that was about the time I was there !
5 buses ferrying lawyers , NGOs and other supporters, from Kuala Lumpur were denied entry ( another way to frustrate the marchers !) about 4 kilometers from the POJ and they all had to walk in the sweltering heat of the morning. By noon the crowd had swelled to well over 1,000 and the peaceful march began.......the start of a new day with the crowd chanting "justice" and "sack the CJ" to " rotten judiciary" !!
Heavy and threatening presence of the FRU in full battle gear plus M-16 and tear-gas weilding personal with the aid of a helicopter spying from the sky was the order of the day ! And one moron recently commented on my blog that the police don't take orders from the politicians ! sheeesh !!
What made me feel real good later on, as we slowly marched in the heat, the entire 1.5 kilometer from the POJ and gathered near the PM's office was in the "oneness" of this marchers as only 4 representatives of the Bar were allowed to proceed to the PM office from there on ...... and just as suddenly I was soaked to the skin by the unexpected thunderstorm that lashed on all !
The stand-off by the FRU personel barricading the entrance to the stairs to the good PM's office against the marchers, was admirable even as they observed the holy month of Ramadan fasting, first in the blistering heat.... then in the lashing storm....! But more so the brave marchers comprising mostly lawyers, bloggers, NGO's, journalists, activists, ordinary Malaysians and well-wishers who never weavered or moved away to shelter, under such horrid weather conditions ! Because they want to see changes in their lives and that of their loved ones !! And the chanting for "justice" continued.......
There is indeed a new wind of change blowing through the corridors of power and this certainly is a "wake-up" call to all pretenders, parasites, plunderers, slumberers and hippocrites !
To all who walked today......I'll raise a toast to you ! Cheeeeeeeeers !
15 comments:
Hey Fishman,
Pengiuns feed on fishes, don't they? Aren't they the ones who are confined to the Antartica?
I'll "fish-toast" to that!
Woof..........woof.................
SF!
For what its worth I hope the Prime Minister does not think the gathering of learned people was just for fun. He must, at all cost, get this message through his head and resign amicably! The people is angry, angry enough that they will go opposition, oh, yes they will at this rate!
Cheers!
Ohhh.. I heard you went walking today.
I had good fun today with you. Sorry you were drenched.
stephen,
thank you for walking purposefully
Aney! Remind me earlier lah.
At 10 am, I was in my towels. Had only something like 3 hrs sleep.
So finally quite a few lawyers can agree to something.
Agree to disagree? Or disagree to agree?
Legally allergic - A Voice
"Thank you!" for walking for us!!! "Thank you!" for the sacrifice everyone had made for this historic day.
Thank you!" Malaysians from all walks of life are so very proud of you guys!
what battery died! you were shooting lenglui lawyers where the photos! keep for own entertainment ke! hehehehehe
wattahack,
all the pictures here on my blog are from my olympus which had a batterylow....I was using rocky's camera from then on....so all those great shots you see on rocky's posting were captured by me...ehem !! well at least the ones from the march onwards from POJ to PM's office till the rains came....still the FRU chick is surely the best !
cheers !
wattahack,
yep, i can confirm that mr fish was using my camera. go to my blog ... the good pics were all taken by mr fish while the best -- i mean the rest -- are by yours truly. and no, he did not get the best shots on the girls. that is because the coordination between his left eye through lens of the camera and his right index finger on the shutter was non-existent (at best, very slow).
good to see you there and many old and new friends. my hats off to those who were forced by the cops to get off their buses and march the 4-5km to POJ. a good many were observing the Ramadan fasting, mind you!
haha I saw that... mr.fish can really swim in the rain man! hahahah
While we are on the subject of photography let me just say that all the flers from the blogs SUCK at photography judging from the pix posted.
Perhaps in the midst of all the marches, forums on blogging democracy, Tuesday noodles sessions...we should organise some photography lessons. Lest some great photo op presents itself to a blogger and is flushed down the toilet. Low batt la, out of focus la, wrong ASA etc etc etc.
Can ah?
patrick,
honoured indeed for this visit....yes capital idea, now IF only tv smith will come forward and offer to start the ball rolling...hmmm...can osso loh at blog-house on weekends followed by teh-tarik and kuihs!
true lah my battery did died on me, niamah !...see that little digital Olympus camera on my belt-strap, no need to check ASA just shoot only...lucky borrowed rocky's !
cheers bro and will put suggestions to the protem EXCO of All-Blogs.
Eh bro'..
Altho' what Niamah said is right, no need to to worry too much bro'. We're not pro's. Bloggers all have day jobs (OK lah in your case, night jobs). Yes but we could all do with a dose of help sometimes.
Anyway, enjoyed the photo-essay 'bro. Made me wish I was back in home and walking with you guys. Bravo and kudos to those who attended the march!
Niamah!... lets all have photography lessons! ok who wants to be our model ... must be tall sexy with lara croft assets! hahahaha.....
No need TV Smith, he's too advanced for you flers la. I can share my skills and I'll do it for free.
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