apologies !

This blog is temporarily not up-dated because the blog-owner is preparing for an expedition to Sabah !

"Kopivosian Tadau Kaamatan"

Cheers !

Happy Birthday Your Majesty !

P.Ramlee... the Musical -my take !

Well, in all honesty, I am not one who actually fancies local stage plays and am quiet critical about the quality of local production but hey !....wait a minute here.... I was quiet impressed with this play based on my only favorite malay star, P.Ramlee, last night at the Istana Budaya Auditorium ! It was good !

The cast was excellent and the lively dancers displayed great choreographed discipline special mention goes to the "5 paparazzies" and the young man Musly Ramlee even impersonated and sang like the local legend himself, impressively !

Although the entire play was staged in malay, I was more then happy as "a sub-title" digital board was conspicuously placed beside the stage......so there you go folks, if you knew my "malay"... I could easily follow the whole show !

But I must admit there were flaws in the facts of the story-line itself as my hero in real life always enjoyed his drinks and his parties but for unwarranted reasons the producers (maybe begging to be politically correct !!) decided to paint an angel of this "hot-blooded" man while a "certain" wife is portrayed as a overly social party animal...... which I think was unfair to the adult viewing patrons as my admiration for this absolutely talented man P.Ramlee would not waiver anyways and with all due respect to his surviving members of his family, P.Ramlee when alive, never kept it a secret himself and for God's sake man..... this man actually enjoyed his drinks, so why the distortion, I cannot understand.

I really don't care if P.Ramlee enjoyed his Guinness and played mahjong with SB Loy in Princess Cafe', that's his private life !......he was a great entertainer and I loved hearing him sing and watching him act....... PERIOD !!

Who am I to blow against the wind and judge him......right ?

A story of any great man must be told in complete honesty.....and that is my opinion !

But the play per se was wonderful and I must take my hat off to the entire production for a splendid "up-grading" in terms of quality. You, the entire lot, responsible for putting this show together, have renewed my faith in the local theater scene. Syabas !

Wither the 5th safety-belt !

Another "quick-fix" idea that's bound to be exploited by certain quarters...that's for sure ! And with the present sky-rocketing rises in prices of fuel and all essential stuff borne by the lowly paid tax-payers ( read YOU ).......folks, just add this one as an additional burden to the already long list of your existing sufferings, you pathetic souls !(read here and here )

First let's see who's gonna benefit from this ! Yes.....there is the police who'd appear from "thin air" quickly to stop any car with 4 or more passengers ! Why not, as all Malaysian cars are fitted with only 4 safety belts (2 in the front and 2 for rear seat passengers)...so if you got 3 kids, forget the idea of a family "outing" cos surely any passing cop can stop you and cite (I'm sure by now they'd know it by heart !!) the "back-seat buckle-up" ruling and hoping you'd at least plead ignorance and quickly settle the matter...yes ? Whether the 3 months grace period is on or not, is irrelevant as if you have been so far ignorant of the ruling, it's a better angle for them to negotiate with...right ?....right again !

Then there are these local car manufacturers who are promising they'd fit the fifth belt for "free"...yes but at whose time and do you actually think you'd be bothered to take your car all the way to the assembly plants just to fit the extra belt and spend an entire day there ? Get real.... and when you call for an appointment with them they'd say they have a long waiting list lah and blah,blah, blah......till you get pissed off and so you'd opt to an accessory shop nearby to get it done....and guess who pays for the extras....right? Hmmmm..........do I smell a conspiracy here ???

If you ask me, the implementation of this safety belt "thinggy" should have been made mandatory to the car-manufacturing companies especially locally made cars 20 years ago and then educating the public's mind-set on motoring and buckling-up for safety, a long, long time ago...and THAT this ruling should apply to only cars bought after 1st. June 2008 and not anyone else !!

Talk about Wawasan 2020 ! Sheeesh !!

BENAR

Sunday June 1, 2008
Walk, 9.30 am to 10.15 am at Dataran Merdeka
Talk, 10.30 am at National Press Club

Bloopers !!

Enjoy football and have a great weekend folks !

Unsolved Mysteries !

No names are necessary for these faces, you know who they are, right ?

While we are all so caught-up with the many controversies in the local political scene....has anyone stopped and wondered what became of these children ??? Have the files been closed on them ? Are they surely victims of "snuff" ? Any leads to the capture of the perpetrators ? Are they lost forever and their cases been classified as "unsolved" mysteries ? Have their deaths been in vain and the perpetrator walking or stalking and plotting his/her next move on another victim ?

God bless these and other children as my gut feeling says....."may their souls rest in peace" !
You have a good and sound sleep tonight !

shanghaifish is 2 today !

Ahhh...yes this blog is two (2) years old today !
And thank you, dear visitors and commenters...that means YOU ! !

Guess it's still a toddler-blog, going through both good and bad and sometimes frustrating situations, from the first one-sentence post that went like this:-

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Hello

Probably the only recorded and printed dart term in the world !!

Shanghai fish was created in Malaysia.

Posted by shanghaistephen at 8:26 PM

And no, unlike the other more popular blogs, I won't reject "anonymous" commenter's just yet as using a "nick" still does not constitute a "real" person, right ? Just steer clear of vulgarities, racial and religious issues and NO political bashing and you're ok....I'll publish your comments ! Kapish ?

Cheers !!

Here In My Home - Malaysian Artistes For Unity

Me thinks this is a damn good song for an ailing nation ! Now if only we can all help make it real ...sigh !!!! To all involved in this clip I say....."cheers" !!

**courtesy of http://www.malaysianartistesforunity.info/

it all started with one drunken Indian !

All was nice and rosey in this once "fair and happy" country of ours....and then came along one drunken Indian (of Malaysian decent ??) bragging on the cell-phone, to kick-start the chain of events leading to a political tsunami in the country and opening cans of worms, long canned and hidden away in the closets of the ruling party BN.... more particularly in UMNO !

I really don't have to go into details as you, learned blog analysts, by now are well equipped with the latest news from other blogs, and have a fairly broad and open view or opinion on our political scenario, right ?

Vote of "no confidence", charges in courts, en-mass resignations, political blackmail, inciting racial hatred, revealing corrupt practices both in the Judiciary and elsewhere and party-hopping seems to be the order of the day and is certainly working well as great distractions from the real issues that begs the rakyat's attention !

For Anwar Ibrahim ( the hopeful PM-in-waiting and who, I'd be very cautious off !) all this is beginning to go according to his plans and to his advantage...... like rats running helter-skelter on the decks of a sinking ship !.....he should also keep in mind the age old saying... "never change horses( or is it donkeys ?) in mid-stream"......cos he'd only be "re-inventing the wheel" by importing old and lame asses (indoctrinated with their bigoted and corrupt "up-bringing" after being so long in a corrupt party !) into his stable and as I have also written in an earlier posting.

Where do we, the rakyat go from here..... and will we be still taken for a "pony" ride again ???

God bless Malaysia !

p.s. the hyena's back !

all for Brazilian beach volley-ball... say aye !

Well now....what else is new here in Bolehland ? My personal view of sports especially football, hockey ( here ) and more recently futsal in this country has been stuck in the gutter and riddled with controversies for so long that I want to throw-up at the very mention of these above 3 "sports".....IF that's what you want to call it !!

Take this latest on-going probe for instance ( here ) and tell me what you think of the integrity and quality of our pathetic local or national teams......and surprise....surprise... even the police team is involved !....hmmm...are you actually surprised ?? Come on, get real !

Corrupt officials breed corrupt players, and favoritism rules the day ! Match-fixing is the instant answer to attain "fake" glory and riches.Why sweat it, huh ? Bringing disrepute to sports itself....well who cares ? That's the Malaysian way !

Do we still need to fund these "sports" with tax-payers ringgits ? Of course you'd argue they have their own funds blah,blah...blah..but whichever way you look at it...the bottom-line is, it is still coming out from you, yes, you the tax-payer ! Think hard now !

Yes, we have fantastic stadiums, venues and fields, while our pampered players don the latest "state-of-the-art" boots, jerseys, sticks, what-nots and whatever and then you see the quality of performance....shit, seriously people it's sheer torture to watch them getting whipped/whacked/walloped by relatively unknown, poor, third-world and war-ravaged countries like Laos, Cambodia or Uzbekistan.

Therefore I hereby vehemently vote we scrape these "sports" entirely and watch bikini-clad beach volley-ball from Brazil on the telly everyday and save the nation a whole lot of money !! Now wouldn't that be absolutely better !!!....right ! Cheers and have a great week-end !

Our very own Gulag ?

Are you related to any of these names listed below ??
If not please read on........

2008:
* May 7: Too Hui Min, 18, passed away three days after complaining of constipation.

* April 16: Afiq Zuhairi, 18, died after a brief febrile illness. He was said to have been treated by camp paramedics several times before being transferred to hospital where he died in less than 24 hours.

2007:
* Jan 18: Ili Ameera Azlan, 17, attached to the Ayer Keroh, Melaka camp, after suffering breathing difficulties

* March 1: P. Prema from Kajang, Selangor, attached to the Kisana Beach Resort Camp, Kelantan, found unconscious in a toilet at Jeram Linang at 2.30am. She was taken to the Tengku Anis Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

* Sept 3: Mohd Rafi Ameer, 18, died at 10.30pm after having fever for 1 week. Rafi called his sister to tell her that he had fever and that his leg had been swollen for nearly a week after he fell during training. His death was the 20th since National Service started in 2004.

2006: eerrrrrhhhh...no records available ???????????

2005:
* May 14: Nurul Ashikin Karino, 17, died at the Han Sui, Tawau, Sabah camp. Karino Jalani (father of the deceased) claimed that he was not allowed to meet his daughter who fell and was injured during training.

* June 11: S. Theresa Pauline, 17, attached to the Karisma Camp, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan. She was admitted to the hospital on May 23 after having fits. Her death was attributed to viral meningoencephaliti.

2004:
* April 25: Awang Mohd Fazil Awang Borhan, 17, was attached to the Simalajau Camp, Bintulu, Sarawak. He drowned while swimming with 36 other trainees at Sungai Cina, Matang, Kuching, Sarawak.

* May 9: T. Saravanan, 18, attached to the South Kelantan Development Authority's (Kesedar) Ethnobotany camp. The trainee from 1614A Hospital Quarters, Taiping, Perak drowned while picnicking at Sungai Taman Wangi, Gua Musang, about 3 kilometres from his camp, with 250 trainees and 10 trainers.

The above 9 names are just statistics for the record. Can you add the other 8 or more to this list please. No one died in 2006 ? Hmmm..... maybe.....just maybe, it could be your child next year....yes ? Can't imagine....huh, yeah right ?

And you, as a parent must willingly send your child off ( yes...it's a National call to serve the nation !) to our very own Gulag or Auschwitz systems or be dragged and damned in our courts.

So who IS responsible for your child ? Who "benefits" from all this, do you as a parent, the child ( if returns alive), the government, the operators ( connected to the government) of the camp, the contractors who have a new found lively hood to supply essentials/transport/uniforms/food et cetera to these numerous camps all over the country, and a host of other closely "domino- linked" cronies ?????

The names are of real children, and the numbers too are for real and still counting ! Think "tax-ringgits" folks ! Think !!

Vigil for RPK.... Pt.2

STOP PRESS : (2:56 pm.) Raja Petra Kamarudin or RPK will appear at 9.45 am. tomorrow,( from Sg. Buloh Camp where he is still being detained !) at the Petaling Jaya Magistrate Court before he will be released on bail.

In the meantime tonight's candle-light vigil will continue as scheduled.
Godbless !

Vigil for RPK

ATTENTION !!

There will be a candle-light vigil for Raja Petra at the Dataran Merdeka tonight (8-5-2008) at 8pm.

Let's come together in solidarity as peaceful and matured Malaysians and make a statement as we walk the talk for our brother !

*NOTE : NO PARTY POSTERS OR SLOGANS and bring your own candles please !

Where's my *%$#@*&^+! shoes ??

3 things that really "pisses me off" first thing on any given morning are bad governance, not drinking my strong, sweet and cold black coffee, as only Sri would do and IF somebody stole my shoes !

Yes...... somebody stole my shoes this morning and I'm literally hopping bare-feet mad !!...see this must have happened between 4.30am. (that's the time I got back home after a supper of "roti banjir special" with TV Smith, Arnaz and SB Loy) and 6.30 this morning.

I'm pissed too, with the knowledge that somebody actually scaled my fence, breached the sanctity of my compound and took his/their time to take not 1 but 2 pairs of my "not expensive" but comfortable old shoes, from the shoe cabinet, away with them !

I'm pissed too that the local police were missing from their scheduled rounds in and around my neighbour-hood for a long time now and this sheer laziness or bad governance on their part as guardians of tax-paying citizens, inspires and encourages these opportunists or burglars/thieves/rogues the cheek and confidence to go about happily " house-hopping and taking anything of value" away with them !! I should know as I usually return home around the ghostly hours daily !

And this has been going on for the last 4 years in my neighbour-hood, despite my constant nagging and bugging with the men-in-blue.....to a point that they can instantly recognise my cell phone number and address me by name ! ( if you care to read my many earlier postings regarding my "brushes" with cops !)

When will all this end ? Do I have to forever make these calls to them advising/ suggesting that they are "no good" cruising in a patrol car in residential areas but instead be more effective on motor-cycles and in pairs patrolling not just on the main road but into back-alleys and side-lanes too and to stop, check and question anyone in motion at that hour as their ID too will surely not reflect an address belonging to my neighbour-hood ? Hardly anyone has a good reason to be out that late/early, more so, as I know my neighbour-hood is pretty quiet after midnight !

But no sireee, they won't even consider taking constructive advise/ suggestions from mere mortals like me !...hmmmm, how could they and why should they ?? But one thing is for sure about our men-in-blue..... they are perpetually hungry, hence the corner "mamak" stall is where they "hang-out" for the better part of their shift !

And about the coffee part.....well that's another story for another day !

And in the words of pasquale...."No cheers today" !!

for pete's sake-lah !

*pic courtesy of mob1900

RPK @ the Magistrate Court.

Latest:1.00pm.(6-5-2008)

RPK was today charged for Sedition at the PJ Magistrate court. Hearing has been set for the 6th. to 10th. October 2008.
In the meantime he declined to post bail and will spend some time in the Sungei Buloh detention camp from today, until the public raise the funds to post bail. He is represented by 7 lawyers of which 4 are Members of Parliament.

Hmmmm.....interesting days ahead folks.....interesting days indeed !!!

*pic courtesy of Knights Templar

**UPDATES- 6-May 2008 @11am. RPK's case this morning has SUDDENLY been transferred to the Petaling Jaya court as of now, for reasons only the powers-that-be know....sigh !


RPK has been told to appear at the Magistrate Court tomorrow morning at 9.30 am. where he is expected to be charged for sedition over the recent posting on the "Altantuya case" on his Malaysia Today blog-site.

Here we go again !

Yet again........ another blooper by none other than newly appointed Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim( here) making the women of Malaysia hopping mad and duly objected by the former Foreign Minister !......perhaps his "advisers" should have directed his attention to this page ( here ) for educational purposes and saved the scorn of so many.... before opening his big mouth......sheeesh !

Only in Malaysia we have this "so called" intellects spewing this kinda rubbish !
Take a cue from all foreign consulates the world over and learn, there's nothing to be ashamed of, to borrow ideas and knowledge if it so benefits your ministry ......or is it plain "bodoh sombong" ??

and on the Altantuya trail...

Here's an update of fellow blogger and friend Raja Petra or Pet's "police interview" on the ongoing Altantuya trial by the CCID yesterday at 4 pm. Thanks to blogger Tony Yew's take and "YewTube"( here ) ! And today, the Star's take ...here !

* word of advice: for uninterrupted viewing first click on the screen and let it buffer-up(red-line) for 05:41 minutes ( patience pays...) and then with the volume-up enjoy the flick !

to see or not to see !

Take a look of how previous Parliamentary sessions were conducted and you decide if the sessions should be tele-casted "live".....by popular demand...



of this very famous one....



or this shocking "kick-off" incident !




Now you understand why they don't want us to study the behaviours of our elected "monkeys'-in-suits".....why ? Shy......maybe !