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 !

To Whom It May Concern...

Queen: "Friends will be friends"

Another red letter day,
So the pound has dropped and the children are creating,
The other half ran away,
Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber,
Got a pain in the chest,
Doctors on strike what you need is a rest

It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right till the end

Now it's a beautiful day,
The postman delivered a letter from your lover,
Only a phone call away,
You tried to track him down but somebody stole his number,
As a matter of fact,
You're getting used to life without him in your way

It's so easy now, cos you got friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention,
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends (right till the end).................

It has been a rather disturbing last few days and I am more so saddened by the fact that I am not entitled to have an opinion. I hold out an olive branch in one hand and reminisce an old saying............."a friend is one who knows everything, and I mean EVERYTHING about you, BUT loves you just the same" !

two scores and four years ago....

....on this day, you literally sent your mother "into labour" on Labour Day.....Happy birthday darling, for being there always as my pillar of strength !

* and to all workers of the world....Happy Labour Day !

when an old rogue speakth.........

“The Opposition coalition is weak and is built on political convenience and this could collapse anytime when you compare it to long-term working relations between parties in Barisan,”

-quote- the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BBC) deputy chairman Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin-unquote.
( read here )

This is the same moron who is still one of those permanently hanging in my "rogues' gallery"( here ) for uttering that infamous "bocor"(leaking) remark. Remember him ? Let me up-date you of inmates in my rogues' gallery....... Yes ...he thinks we are fools to have forgotten his calibre as an MP who wasted tax-payers' money in the august house with stupid sexists remarks instead of spending quality parliamentarian time for the benefit of the rakyat ! The other thinks he is "Italian" and is making a come-back with a recent "grope" issue (still keeping in-line with that racist remark ? ) in a cigar shop but thinks he has "escaped" persecution ( with some very powerful hands moving the pawns ?) but a good lawyer thinks otherwise and as police investigations are underway we'll have to wait and see ! And yet another from that same gallery has gone totally "blind" to the cheers and approval of the "renaissance" of this nation ! Good for "ignorant" him !

Now back to this "bocor" MP......... can I ask what his contribution to his constituency in Kinabatangan are ? He seem to be lashing out at "Anwar's unethical political gimmick in wooing BN Member's of Parliament cross-over to the Opposition"....... no ? Is he afraid of the "new" Opposition's take on arrogant and corrupt BN MPs and that he too will suffer the humiliation, if or when exposed ?? Or does this sooth-saying, "bocor" MP live by any ethics in the first place ?

There seem to be an air of "anticipating fear" from all non-performing, corrupt and arrogant MPs of BN (and who should have known better...if only !) and rather than be caught or exposed by some loud-mouthed Opposition MP in that sacred house come Monday, will jump/abandon ship just so as to be in the "right" camp and will seek that impending "immunity" when that time comes ! Or so they think !

So Anwar should not be too hastily ambitious, if so are his intentions, in his quest for making the "numbers" to form his "new government"........... otherwise God bless Malaysia and all Malaysians !

Who's holding the baby now ?

Last night as I was watching BBC's World News- 30 minutes of Hardtalk interview by Stephen Sackur with the former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir, I couldn't help but notice Tun's body language. He was uncomfortably grimacing many times and at one point even had to take a sip of water.

Sackur was grilling the Tun ( and this depends on which/whose angle you want to look from !) on issues of the Judiciary, Anwar, ISA, dictatorship, equal distribution as in the NEP, his wrong choice of a successor Pak Lah, press freedom and Tun did take it in his usual stride to answer albeit answering questions citing other governments/countries as examples to what does not constitute as a straight answer to the questioned and issues closer to home.

Of course putting Pak Lah or anyone else for that matter, in that same position would have been even more disastrous but it was Tun here, so it agitates me to hear him shift the entire malfunctioning of this current government on the current administration. This government as it is, indeed corrupted, as the Tun accuses, is a product of his then administration. Remember he had 22 years to right the wrongs (and boy, there were many) and then, when he left, by his own choice of successor Pak Lah, and thus is now left standing with Tun's "cancerous" baby ! The rest is history as everything took to an even new and greater level in chaotic proportions too as we, the matured Malaysian know and have witnessed, until March 8, 2008 that is, when all hell broke loose !

Now pointing fingers is so passe and might even open a bigger can of worms ! And that, with all due respect, is MY opinion on this issue !

*23-4-2008-update on videos-courtesy of hanief.blogspot.com

No copper in sight !

Where have all the coppers gone ?? Crime rate is soaring to dizzying heights in the city and in the suburbs but what is being done ?? I have decided that we must have the laziest police force in the world, right ?? Read here .

The police are nowhere to be seen and are only seem to be seen at "mamak" stalls at any time of day ! They must be the hungriest people doing nothing all day and yet are positioned for better pay ( to counter bribe taking ) , better housing, better allowance, better uniforms, better working hours, better working conditions and better cooperation from us tax-paying citizens !! Why ? Just why do we need to give them all the "better this and that" mentioned above just so they can sit on their bottoms and demand for more ??

Equipped with this knowledge is what makes all those psychos and snatch thieves in our neighbourhood so daring ! Knowing the police are nowhere nearby and it takes a good 30 minutes before they get their arses to the crime scene !

Snatch thefts are the most common of crimes and the easiest to get away scott-free and these thieves are getting more bold as to even break windows of cars and grab handbags of the victim ( especially lone lady drivers) at road junctions ! Now if we had foot-patrol and policemen on motor-bikes patrolling vigilantly at all parts and all day long instead of in patrol-cars.......snatch thieves on motor-bikes would not brazenly commit such vile acts.... right ? See a thief on a motor-bike can easily escape into small lanes or into "no entry" roads to shake-off an ensuing patrol-car ! And don't give me that lame-duck excuse of not having enough man-power....I've seen hundreds and hundreds of police personnel sent religiously to cordon peaceful marches and ceremas organised by harmless citizens for no apparent reason !

Mr IGP sir, get off your butt and your high horse and send your men out on motorbikes everywhere in and around the city and make my home a safer place ! Otherwise get out !
It is your job to rid the nation clean of thieves and give every citizen a feeling of security as we walk down any street in the country !

I once called the local police station to ask why I had not seen any patrol car cruising in my neighbourhood at night and the reply was "Dia orang muda dan baru, malas nak patrol lah encik..... saya operator saja !" (they were young and new and were lazy to patrol, sir,.... I'm only an operator !!) Can you imagine that ?

Now you know why the crime rate is soaring ??