Goodness NPC Gracious!!

Yes , the National Press Club's AGM was held last night and boy am I still nursing a heavy head, 'hic', from all that guzzling !

This is an exciting motley of seasoned journalists who will serve as the EXCO for a term of 2 years ending in March 2009 !

And yes the out-going President, Rocky( who had served 2 terms or 4 years) was indeed pleased with the selection of the EXCO members under the new leadership of Mokhtar as President.

All members present had a great time merry-making before and after the free and transparent voting was over and for the benefit of my blog readers (you deserve that privilege... actually !) I list below the new Honorary line-up.

1. President- Mokhtar Hussain of Bernama

2. Deputy President- M. Veera Pandiyan of The Star

3. Vice President- Joe Fernando of The Star

4. Secretary- Jugjet Singh Randhawa of the NST

5. Assistant Secretary- Jane Ritikos of The Star

6. Treasurer- SP Manivasagam of Movie News

7. Assistant Treasurer-Lum Chih Feng of the Oriental Daily

and the 8 Executive Councillors (in no particular order) are 1) T. Ananthan of Bernama 2) Anthea De Lima of Mediate Publication 3) Farrah Naz Karim of the NST 4) Ghazemy Mahmud of ADJ 5) Jaiarajo Letchuman of Bernama 6) B. Kaderas of Malaysian Nanban 7) Krishna Rao of Malaysian Progress and last but not least 8) Shamini Darshni of the NST.

And looking at this list.... hmmmm.... 4 ladies in the midst...that has never happened before ! Me thinks this is going to be a year full of changes and rearrangements..and excitment... power to the women !

Congratulations to all for your new appointment in the National Press Club !!

And the music plays softly as I quietly continue to sip my beer 'hic' in one cosy corner at my favorite drinking 'hic' hole.........cheeeeers !!

Mat Dohfus Pt. 2

"Focus on training and ignore the critics.." UMNO Youth Chief Datuk Seri Krishammuddin Tun Hussain advices the 10 selected "rempit-sympathizers" of UMNO Youth (here) who will jump from 6,000 ft above sea level over the Artic in -35 degrees Celsius temperatures between April 15-20, 2007.

Why is the minister so vehemently trying to prove these 10 youths' credibility? In my earlier post (read here ) UMNO Putera Youth Bureau Chairman a certain Datuk AAAR (se) said something similiar and now our good minister is 'lip-syncing' like a canary that same tune ? Does the future of UMNO Putera rests on the "sucess" of this jump ? Surely this minister's got his expectations of our youth in a confused 'mode for success'!

So excuse me Mr. UMNO Youth Chief, don't you ever say this 'expedition' is not funded by me, you( hmm... you..I'm not so sure !!) and all tax-paying citizens of this country ! Every thing UMNO does IS with public funds, so stop saying we have no right to know how "wisely" our taxed ringgits are being used ! And how much is all this going to put us back with... huh...1 million, 2 million or is this running into the billion ?? (these days the word million has become 'loose change' and billion is the norm!)

Is it, also true the team leader 'broke' his leg recently during 'practise ' jumps ? And that he won't be leaving or leading his charges to the North Pole ? How much will these choosen 'princely kids' be paid after the expedition ? Who's paying them ? Or will they all be given branch chairman positions in UMNO Putera ? Is our honorable Datuk AAAR also a part of the contigent...?( of course meh.... there should only be 10 youths plus a couple of extras following the expedition but then you know... this is Bolehland lah ....so must take 150 supporters, sympathizers, hangers-on, pachiks, machiks, ketua kampongs, leeches, machais, cameramen and not forgetting the make-up artists and stunt- doubles for comfort..heh...heh! )

Questions, questions, questions... and I need answers babe... you think I have no right to ask ? Now go on, you tell me..!

*(masterpiece- courtesy of Mob1900)*

" Oie... Jangan buat lagi tahuuu...?"

Ahhh...yes , the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) is 'stealing' the limelight in the Malay Mail again( here ) and it's got me all worked up ......so pray, tell me, are we going to be detoxed of this highly lethal and poisionous 'cancer' that has grown so comfortable in our midst, dressed in dark blue uniforms, walking shamelessly as enforcement and up-keepers of laws/regulations ?

Laws created first, in the parliament ,then translated/misconstrued at state councils and modified/misconstrued/misunderstood further at the local councils and enforced upon tax-payers.....these laws (if you may want to call it that !) at local councils are nothing more then rules and regulations, translated and modified from council to council, state to state and applicable and revokable at the whims and fancies, and by the pleasures of the top dog in the council and /or state !

This is the ROT !

So 19 MPAJ government servants (I use the term government servants always,because they are, whether directly or indirectly, are paid by you and me, as rate/tax payers and who should be doing what we expect of them to be doing in their respective capacity as government servants !) were issued show-cause letters over negligence for not carrying out their duties in closing down a theme park which operated without a license for 8 bloody years !!

After "some" investigations from within the council "which deliberated for 3 hours on the fate of the 19 government servants", each government servant was issued a 'warning' and the whole controversy was concluded and considered closed ! Now how about that ???

Oh yes keep your focus as we have such a transparent government and we are governed by a Islam Hadari PM... and Datuk Ramli Mahmud, Selangor State Secretary, "thinks" the decision was okay ,when asked to comment on the out-come of the 19 corrupt government servants ! And yet another moron hopes that the 19 will be more careful the...errhh... next time !! ( oops ...did I say 'corrupt' ?...I am not supposed to say such things as they were not proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt !!)

Just goes to show how deep-rooted this corruption has set in the system whilst the government preaches about openess, democracy, transprency and all that bloody bullshit !! Surely this decision of a 'warning' is a joke and yes, I'm pissed off !!

Syabas UMNO, Syabas Barisan National and Syabas to our beloved and holy PM !

"..from cockles to mussels to lye...de...lye...lyyyee "!!

To all the people of Ireland from Donegal to Galway to Cork, and all things Irish, or anyone who's had the good fortune to visit Ireland or have had any contact/association with the Irish people or Ireland and have been adventurous enough to part-take in their customs, rituals or habits or even drink in an Irish pub outside of Ireland( like here in Malaysia) or even lift a glass of Guinness's goodness in a coffeeshop 'hic' and to all Irish persons living outside of Ireland ..."Thanks for the memories"...'hic'...and "Happy St. Patrick's Day"..!! Cheeeers !!!

Cheers to Benny, Deirdra, Antoine, Greg, Diendra, Martin, Bernie, Sophie, Charlie and Grace...'hic' .........from Stephen and family- Malaysia.

My Apologies to all Lady Bloggers !

I want to apologise to all lady bloggers here in Malaysia and the world over! Please do not include/associate the rest of us bloggers/and males, with that moron who's chauvinistic remark has riled all lady bloggers....as a royal politician, Tengku Adnan should exercise tact and good manners and not take a cheap-blow at bloggers - we are not liars... men or women bloggers ! Our Mr. Tourism Minister spoke like a true Malaysian UMNO politician.... through his arse !

Now I demand a public apology from this dimwit ! In fact only in this "bodohland" can a Minister of Tourism, get away with such stupid, disrespectful and biased statement against the many women whose very votes put him where he is today ! What a poor excuse for a minister !! Shame on you...Tengku ! (did I say.....Tengku ??) Can anyone in Parliament demand a public apology from this Tengku ? eerh... Mr. Prime Minister.....sir..?

And Tengku, you're calling my 13 year old god-child a liar too ? She is a responsible blogger and she writes about things the way a 13 year old sees (here) and I believe every word she prints (even if they are misspelt...! ) as opposed to the lies you spew from your mouth ! Shame on you...NOW apologise !

I wonder where this joker gets his facts from ? ( from PAS..huh..?) I wonder what he thinks of his family members especially girls ...if they ever blogged ! He might even have told them it is "haram" for girls to blog !! This cave-man attitude is what's making us (the rest of us-decent Malaysians !) the brunt of jokes all over the world...for our visitors to take back to their home-lands.

This clowns never cease to astound me time after time .....!

*Photo-courtesy of Sheih "Kickdefella"-

"tell" - News Unglossed !

Today was the launch of the latest magazine "tell", and boy what a splash it was...at least for it's dear publisher, Wahti Mahidin of "Waht's up" fame.

Yes darlings, I did have a great time at the party and I want to say "Thank You" to all at 'tell' (funny I cannot even use a capital letter to spell this mag!!) And I'm not telling you why !
Good and glossy and this mag's got some real 'heavies' at the helm with Sharifah Sakinah, Dina Zaman, Adam Lee, Michelle Gunaselan... just to name a few.
Targeting readers above 30 and 'thinking', I'd say this mags' got attitude !
Once again "Congra..ku..ku..lationss" to the whole gang and thanks for the invite !

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers !!!

I'm not "tell"ing anything more.. 'hic'...go get one for yourself 'hic' when it hits the news-stand tomorrow ! Good night .......hic!!

"Happy Chap Goh Meh"

Well looks like the Chinese New Year celebrations (if you can call it that because I cannot tell by this 'deafening silence'...less the fire-crackers !) are finally over and tomorrow it will be back to the humdrum called work, for most of us.

Overheard at a gaming outlet, this afternoon that there was a van being driven around the Happy Garden housing area, off Old Klang Road in Kuala Lumpur, with four to six men in mufti, looking out-for any persons, gambling in the privacy of their homes...How much more sneakier will these authorities get ? If they really are from the government enforcement agency( and not some bogus crooks posing as such..) going after illegal gamblers, why do these morons peep into peoples homes to make arrests when all they have to do is plant themselves near the many licensed gaming outlets and arrest all those Muslims going in and out of these outlets ! Gambling for Muslims is wrong but to sneak around private homes of Malaysians of Chinese descent is ridiculous. Gambling during the Chinese New Year season is an integral part of the celebrations.....just as fire-crackers is as to wading off "evil spirits" !

Notice how this 2 major activities/customs have been slowing phased out in our society... and don't forget the "lion dancers" and the throwing of oranges....by this actions ( whatever reasons given by the authorities) they are just an excuse, from a bigger master plan, to further eradicate cultures and practices of other fellow races in this country ! And I am neither a racist nor a religious bigot, in all honesty ! I am a Malaysian, period !

Shouldn't the practice of all 3 major races of this country be encouraged and put in full gear to enhance unity and respect most especially during this "Visit Malaysia Year 2007" ? Why do all foreign visitors think we (as in Malaysians) are UNIQUE ?? Why do you think foreigners come to our shores ? To see the millions of illegal Banglas and Indons living in harmony here in Malaysia ? Of course not, it has everything to do with the different way we (as in Malaysians) practice our 3 different major races, religions and cultures in harmony..... that's why !!!

Next year will see the banning of "Yee Sang" during Chinese New Year ...and eerhh...the drinking of whiskey by Hindus during Deepavali..... mark my word ! And the government spends millions in all those cockamanie projects thus creating instant millionaires in the pretext of good governance under the guise of promoting racial harmony, tolerance and respect !

My family and I wish all a "Happy Chap Goh Meh " and to Rocky "Congratulations " on being cited in Wikipedia...another first, man...and..YOUUUU have arrived and here to stay !

Dracula Sucks ... Part ll

This one's courtesy of Mob's Crib.

Blood-y Awesome, man.

Dracula sucks.. So does Sammy !

Dato Seri ( loosely equates....Count ) S. Samy Vellu-click here -hehehehehe... I'm still in a fit just looking at this guy and I actually thought be was wearing a 'french-beret' ! You too.....go ahead and enjoooooooy !

Actually I did this posting just so you can see this sucker in the different angles and man... it is funny and aptly worded "he's speaking his mind"... erhh...duh.. man has none after the " hair-planting " season was over ! Che wannabe, hehehehehe.. ??
Come to think of it ...with all due respect, don't bother reading the exclusive... it's the same crap he gives in every interview... Just enjoy the visuals..if you can 'read-visuals', in one of the shots, he's index finger is saying "up- yours"(my interpretation) to all the tax-paying and voting rakyats, who dare disagree and question his level of reasoning (does that make me "anti-government" ??..Rubbish !! ).....and now.....that's entertaintment !!

Have a great Monday...and to all Malaysians, good nite and God bless, where ever you are..!

I am Tagged !...you are"deleted"!

This is like saying "choope" ! remember the game of "achi-choope " anyone...??? helllooo....??
Well,... when my dear Nuraina tagged me on her blog, yesterday I was wondering...what?? what in the world was she talking about.. in fact I even thought tag meant I was linked to her blog... BUT wait.. I WAS already linked to her blog.. thanks to TV Smith.....so why did she sms me, to say she's tagged me on her blog ??? Is it like saying "YOU ARE DELETED"??

Well after last night's meeting with her at my favorite "watering-hole" and a little unwarranted imput from Rocky I finally got a clearer picture of this game of TAG ! Me thinks it's a lot like "a feel-good" post once in a while (away from the morbid mess that surrounds our miserable everyday lives !) to bring the curious readers' attention to the blogger him/herself confessing to some dark, juicy and wierd (6 ?) things....whoa...help me here please.. cos I don't think I got 6 'weird' traits to write about... in fact I can't think of even ONE !

Well... ehhm...maybe one...okay.. I snore in my sleep!...well... is that bad or what..? everyone snores right ? yes.. but loud enough to wake you up ?Ehrr.. No.. but I do sometimes wake up and wonder who's making all that noise to wake me ..only to find IT was my own snoring that woke me up in the first place....Oh. No...why am I saying all this bedroom secrets for anyways !!! choope !... folks thats all... and the other weird things as Rocky readily suggested were 2.)I'm weird that I don't remember I'm supposed to cite 5 more weird things, 3.) wierd I'm not a "weirdo" 4.) even weirder I can't recognise the wierd company I keep... 5.)Now...what's wrong with the company I keep anyway ? If you see my links on this blog ....NOW there's a wierd link already !!! 6.)...but seriously... this may sound WEIRD.... they are my BEST brothers and darlings and I'd think this screwed-up world needs more people like them anyday !!!

Now over to you... malay-male,tell them all, Amir... stand-up philosopher, Tony, vapourising crap into intelligence,... zorro-unmasked, Bernard the si-fu,... skthew, another blog savy brother, sheih,.... needs no introduction in cyberspace and lastly BUT definitely not the least... Rocky... heh...heh... try and wrangle out of this one bro !!

YOU GUYS ARE ALL TAGGED !...don't ask me ...ask Nuraina , she started all this, guys !!!

What the heck... I'm just warming-up and am beginning to enjoy this...sheesh... !!!

"Happy Birthday- Bloggers United " !

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOGGERS UNITED"- YOU ARE ONE MONTH OLD TODAY !! and come the 22nd of February 2007 @ 2.30p.m. at the High Court in Denmark House - ROCKY ! we will still be walking with you bro ! You are not alone ..as the whole blogging world is watching us... man!

*help....this is where I'd need sheih's or mob's flair to do the lay-out ...but the message is clear and will be written on the walls of the High Court of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur ! Cheers !!

Ai...yo..yo..Samy !

He wears his "hair" like a crown ( clown ?) and is the mouth-piece(with an unmistakable accent!) of a major group of Malaysians of Indian decent...the longest serving (surviving !) cabinet minister in this country or probably the world... A post he will cling on to, for all he is worth, to his grave I believe !

With all due respect(?).... Sammy to me, Semi-Value to some and names too obscene to be printed on my blog, by the masses ! Yes, he is the ever infamous, Minister of Works, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu- A very Godly name too !

And now that our beloved jet-setting PM has agreed .... in principle to allow toll concessionaries agreements to be made public...Sammy's dancing a different tune( here ) ! He's making it look like it was our beloved and pious PM who was responsible for not allowing the tax-paying citizens from peeking at the agreements.

Why the about turn of events suddenly ? Only recently we, the law abiding and tax-paying citizens were threatened with ISA and OSA if found with a copy of the toll concessions agreement....why ? Ah ha!... Elections coming near, right ? Because our beloved PM said so..yes ? Come on Sammy, you can do better then that lah, stop this hippocrisy !...every time I pay the unrequired highway toll-tax at toll-booths I curse you and the people who elected you to this position,and for the unnecessary hike in toll charges, YOU have imposed on me and the populace! Can't you bring down the price of road-tax at least ? And kick those motor insurance companies (your friendly GLCs) to reduce the premiums on our vehicles ? Are you out of your mind.. with all that foreign agents sticking out of your scalp ???

Don't do this crap just to garner votes Sammy...don't just review toll charges in desired places only.. like Sungei Nyior, Butterworth... just to apple-polish the PM's neighbourhood/constituency or in Sungei Siput...! Did you not hear the cries of the rakyat at IOI recently or at Sungei Long or in Cheras et cetera...et cetera??? Are the voices of the rakyat falling on deaf ears ? You got a problem hearing, Sammy ?

The rakyat and I will be watching you this coming elections, Sammy ! (and so will God !)

Chastity Belts and Dick Sheaths !

It never fails to amaze me of the many "moronic" remarks, so called scholars and moral-guardians of Islam come up with ! Take this suggestion mooted by Islamic scholar Datuk Abu Hassan Din.. !

Come on lah...you I'm no religious scholar and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to rebut this 'mother of all "idiocy"- cock-eyed view on women' in this 'Islam Hadari' country of ours ! And I tell you, it is these same men of "cultured" religious backgrounds that hold the same dick-eyed view of a rather "simple" and "honest" gesture of a clean hand placed on an exposed arm of a famous international starlet !... ahemmm..more so if that hand belonged to an honest and pious leader like our beloved jet-setting PM !

To thwart the rising rape and incest cases in this country (and NOT only in the east coast of this peninsula) and as to what the 'holy-cow' had suggested... I pronounce ...IT is time to castrate all men found guilty of the misdeed instead and not blame the women only. Maybe an iron-cast dick-sheath bolted round his waist and weighing 10 pounds to be worn by this sex-fiend for eternity ! Sheesh... this Datuk Abu Hassan Din has taken our fast progressing country, in the name of religion, smack !...back into the Dark Ages ! We are independent 50 years today and this is the dung we have to put up with...hhmmm... Shame on you "Datuk"!!

You don't have to go to university to learn to protect and respect your family ! For God sake they are your own flesh and blood man....respect life.. guard them from the evils and protect them from all dangers.....NOT rape them ! And you really don't NEED religion to tell you that, you idiot !

This should not be the topic today, I'm upset and I apologise I have digressed... To all Malaysians here and to all Chinese the world over, my family and I would like to wish you a Very Happy "Gong Xi Fa Cai" and speaking of wishes....... how come in the old days we spelt it "Kong Hee Fatt Choy " huh ? Well I guess thats in keeping with the times and not the reverse ! Learn Datuk !

YAAAAAAAM SEEENNNNG !! Go easy on that nasty stuff, folks ...hic......hic !!

Mat Dohfus !!

Mat-Rempits are in the spot-light again, going by what our UMNO Putera Movement Chief Datuk Abdul Azeez Abd Rahim says ! Go on click here and choke yourself with a good laugh at what this "dohfus" has to say !!

For the life of me , how is a parachute jump ( by 10 mat-rempit sympathisers) from 1,500m over the North Pole, on the 19th of April, going to make our "princely youths"(i.e. Putera UMNO) into "glocal human assets" as this Datuk AAAR ( I'm tempted to add a se ? ) claims, and as what our beloved leaders say and expect of, of them, beats me ! 'An expedition like this would instill a sense of responsibility and resourcefulness in them' ....hmmmm (money wasted on this fool-hardy expedition, can be used for the many still suffering families of our recent floods ! ). Where do our glocal politicians learn to talk like that duh !... my...my...?? Oxford ? Cambridge ?

For crying out loud, who's paying for these goons in the first place and why can't these UMNO princes do something more responsible like "KICKING THE ARSES OF OUR MAT REMPITS, OFF OUR ROADS AND STOP THEM FROM TERRORISING AND ENDANGERING THE INNOCENT TAX-PAYING AND RESPONSIBLE MOTORISTS, WITH THEIR BLOODY IDIOTIC STUNTS" !!!

These mat-rempits are brave only in numbers and roam the streets all night, like 'scums-on-a-high', usually without any legal documents or drivers license and a majority are illegals from neighbouring countries masquarading as Malaysians, and if these "princely" youths want to do anything resourceful "GO WEED THEM OUT ", and then we can have "cemerlang, terbilang and temberang"! Yes Datuk AAAR, please don't give us this kind of crap and maybe you should change your speech-writer and PR person too...!

Like make them all go and donate blood....to the victims of accidents they cause, on any given night ! ....now that will be responsible and resourceful, right? (oops... sorry... cannot lah ...must take blood sample first, right ? and then maybe, just maybe,can find traces of prohibited elements in blood sample......opps... sorry bad idea !)

Well, Datuk AAAR, do think of something stupid to keep me 'in stitches' again , as you are after-all the new "glocal comedian"...ha..ha..ha..ha..ha..!!!

Shanghai'd !

Time and again many have curiously asked this question as to my blog name... "why Shanghai Fish "? From my first ever "Hello" post (23rd. May 2006) I did try to explain something to that context.

Well to begin with I'm a darter and a pretty unpredictable one at that too ! See in dart terms there is such a thing as , if you finish a game with the last 3 darts all in one number or slice of the dart board i.e. the triple, normal and double of say a certain number then you have done a "shanghai-finish" e.g. if the balance point was 120 and you threw a first dart on a 20 then a second dart on 60 (triple 20 ) and checked-out in 40 (double 20 ) .

On the 4th. of September 2005 in the 6th. Merdeka Invitational Darts Tournament championship hosted by the Royal Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur, yours truely did just that and it was reported the following day in the Malay Mail that, yours truely ( representing the National Press Club) was the only one in the tournament who did a "Shanghai Fish" ....yes, maybe it was a typo error, I won't know, but that was exactly what was reported and printed in the papers. See the photo- clip and story above !!

So you see folks I did not realise this but that name stuck on me. There you go......hokay ??
P.S. By the way I've got a name and my name is Stephen Francis, and yes, I hope I am a responsible blogger !

"With blazing guns"

Wow.. I already like this lady lah... the way she's taking on this heads of government who are either irresponsible and/or corrupt ! I'm talking about our newly-appointed Perak Anti-Corruption Agency director Samsiah Abu Bakar.(read here )

Imagine the gall of some of these heads of government departments who "close one eye" to the perpetrator of graft and refused to take action against them for lack of evidence, et cetera, et cetera !! Were they in partnership with this scum of a government servant, or were they related or were they from the same kampong or were they threatened in the first place ? Or were they afraid if they took any action against these crooks, these crooks might spill the beans on them because they are crooks themselves.....sort of 'blackmailed'?

Oh......we could work on a thousand theories. But the refreshing thought is there is now someone "new" who is going to change all that and open a few old 'cans of worms' that has been quietly concealed and hopefully forgotten by the powers of our corrupt little 'napoleons'.

This gutsy lady was also born in the same town as I was, Kuala Kangsar, and I'm sure she's gonna clean up my kampong state Perak, with the same passion as I have for Perak if in her position !It's not like I want to preach but "Walk in the path of rightousness and God walks with you"!

Welcome and "Cheers" to this good lady !

No Geography lah!!

This is simply amazing how our esteemed Ministers announce the setting-up of "committees" to a fairly , straight and honest answer to a problem, any man in the street can give in 2 seconds !

Read this and you tell me, do we need a 'technical' team of experts to study the recent cause of floods in the country ?? As far as I can remember, Kelantan was always flooded every year around December !

Blaming God has always been our "divine right" as nobody will admit to the blatant abuse of our enviroment for monetary profits by the respective authorities in cahoots with their crony, as the real answer to the floods itself ! How much of raping of our hills, forest and entire green-lungs have been ,with a quick stroke of a pen (and with always an expensive and branded pen !) turned these nature's gift to mankind into residencial, industrial and commercial prime property ??

Of course it rains the year round here in Malaysia. Thats a fact, we live close to the equator, where there are lots of countries with lots of 'green' . How else can we have so much 'green' if not for rain...huh ? And we are used to tropical storms in some parts of this region, yes ? Funny how once an Irish visitor actually came to our country to witness a "torrential thunderstorm"(his words ) as he had heard so much of it back home !!

But for the last 20 years or so we have had mega projects and massive population build-up or influx of immigrants(our country offers great 'dreams' for foreigners!) and we have seen this growth and demand in every state and at all levels in local councils through-out the country.

Stop wondering please... our drainage system is from the 50's era (built for a country with about 5 million then !) and our highways and roads linking towns and cities with towering building structures are from the future...you go figure out where all this crap is choking its way to.....!!! Go tell your local councillor to stop screwing "mother nature" !

Have you also noticed, we do not have the NE Monsoon from November to March and the SW Monsoon from April to August as in the past and was documented in our geography books ?

Still need a "technical committee" to figure this out ? Gimme a break ! Maybe with "Visit Malaysia Year" we can quickly turn these flooded places into water-theme "Venice of the east" tours for tourists and even make a quick buck in the process !( just kidding lah... my heart feels sad for all those families affected!) As my dear late 'amachi' (grandma) would always tell us when we were growing up ..."no geography lah"...wise words, now you ponder on it too !

God Bless Amachi and to all city folks "Happy City day" and to all Malaysians all over the world, "Happy Thaipusam" !

Sub judice?

Rocky vs NSTP + Kali-Hisham-CEO-Brenden
Blogger Ahirudin Attan, who runs Rocky's Bru and is the President of the National Press Club, will return to the High Court at Wisma Denmark tomorrow (9 am) to respond to the plaintiffs' claim of sub judice (with regards to comments left by posters in response to two of his postings made between the time he was served the writ to the hearing of the case last Thursday).

The people at Shearn, however, might have overlooked something very serious in the case.

It seems moNSTer blog, the NSTP's contribution towards the blogosphere, has been discussing the case quite actively. No prizes for guessing who the "commentors" in the NST's blog are rooting for.

Did someone say sub judice?

Click here for what NSTP has been up do in print. And here, too.

In the case against 2 Malaysian Bloggers !!

The wheels of justice will be put into motion starting today!! And this morning I'm lighting a candle for 2 Malaysian bloggers !

Rocky of rockybru fame and Jeff Ooi of screenshots , both independent bloggers in Malaysia have been sued by a mainstream newspaper 'piggy-backing' 4 other individuals, for defamation and libel or so they say...!.

What happens after this morning's press conference scheduled for 11'clock by the bloggers is going to go down in blogging history and forever alter our 'obsolete' cyberlaws and that of laws everywhere in the blogging world ! All eyes are on Malaysia !

The entire blogging community NOT just here in Malaysia but the world over is rallying behind these 2 NOW very famous Malaysian bloggers, as this has already been dubbed by many a "David(s) and Goliath case".

To bloggers the world over..."stand tall and we invite you to walk with us as we walk with Rocky and Jeff and as ONE !!!

"Long live our bloggers and God bless "! Amen.

Who killed Cock Robin ?...another "first" !

"Happy Maal Hijrah to all my muslim friends"

It is indeed trying times here in Malaysia, where we are once again creating another 'first' and as usual for all the wrong reasons ! We the "thinking" citizens and bloggers apologise to the rest of the world for drawing so much of cheap attention with this national stunt!

Imagine a mainstream newspaper The New Straits Times (NST) is actually suing two very popular and independent bloggers Ahirudin Attan@ Rocky and Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun, who collectively have a bigger readership, if not individually ! This cheap stunt was the work of one of five plaintiffs in a legal suit, who,I guess, jealous and afraid to go it alone dragged the NST, which employs him and 3 others into the fry, to make a grand 'killing' of these two bloggers! In my opinion I think the newspaper was a party solely to foot the huge impending legal costs for this suit !

And me thinks the masters (UMNO) that run this paper have got their hands tied behind thier backs and the share-holders have "no say" in this matter !

Newspapers should be the information tool for public opinion where the citizens can read , comment, criticize and/or compliment news and newsmakers alike and not to sue anyone for writting about the truth ! This is our right !, right ? It certainly goes against the very purpose of free speech and freedom to speak your mind and all those other international conventions, our country's highest lawmakers attended and proudly put their signatures on ! Ha ha ha !!!

In that light I think the NST( I have very dear and honest friends employed now,with this paper !) should never have been dragged into a personal fight by an individual against another individual, be it a blogger or a tax paying citizen !

On this end the NST has made 2 bloggers very famous, and whatever the out-come of this legal suit is, the reputation of the newspaper (if it does have any !) will be tainted as the bullying bad boy and these bloggers the 'heroes' of cyberworld !All because of one man's frustration and craze for power !

While this is "Visit Malaysia Year" we can now divert tourists and visitors to the High Court of Kuala Lumpur on the 25th. of January 2007 to show them what we are good at but not boasted or bragged about in the travel brochures - making another ..... "first" (read)!

To Rocky and Jeff... I am with TRUTH and.......Godspeed !!

STOP PRESS : My family and I take this opportunity to congratulate Datuk Syed Nadzri Syed Harun Al Jafree (NST Group Editor.) and his family on the bestowing of Datuk Setia Diraja Kedah in conjunction with the 79th birthday celebration of the Sultan of Kedah, today ! Syabas Datuk !