Xena: My warrior princess...

The Fragility of Life by David Hadley

Reaching out a tentative 

and hesitating finger

touching pulsing undulation

and there feeling the warmth

feel the heat of living flesh

both so solid

and too fragile

underneath the pressure

of a single finger.

As the hand touches

and the life moves underneath

towards the sudden realization

of the fragility of life

how tentative is the grip

on this living world,

and how easily this world

lets us go, to fall to the ground,

leaving us becoming the forgotten.

Found a baby sparrow on Thursday, in a box, with its dead sibling, hunched together, seeking heat and comfort and security, against a world that turned its back on the weak. What is the right course of action? Do we let nature take its course and eliminate the weak, or do we step up and make a change in any way that we can? I choose life over death, a helping hand over a blind eye. Is there reward in doing things that offer no tangible benefits to us? The answer is a resounding YES! As I watch baby Xena get stronger each day, her feathers grow, and her steps become more confident, I feel abundant happiness and joy. This is my baby, and she's getting ready to make her debut into a whole new world. Sometimes all we ever need is a helping hand during our darkest hours, a little hope and light to show us that the world is not such a scary lonely place after all. 

Hear Hear...

TO:- 

Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi

Pejabat Perdana Menteri,

Blok Utama, Bangunan Perdana Putra,

Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan,

62502 PUTRAJAYA

No.Fax: 03-88884333 

C:C :- 

 

TAN SRI DATO' SERI

HJ. AB. RASHID BIN AB. RAHMAN

Chairman Election Commission of Malaysia 

Aras 4 & 5, Block C7, Kompleks C, 

Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan 

62690 PUTRAJAYA. 

Tel : (603)-8885 6500 

Fax : (603)-8888 9117 

And to all beloved Malaysians, 

March 11 -08 

Dear Prime Minister, 

First of all, I would like to welcome you in to the new era of Malaysians politics. The old money, racial and UMNO Putera politics is no more valid in this country where people choose freedom of rights and a democratic process. Many reasons have caused the big waves of change in your government. Some of the points are as below. I hope this will help you to restructure your government. 

1.        The peaceful assemblies being disrupted by the police for your own political gain. 

2.        The use of ISA on innocent Malaysians. 

3.        The on going corruption. 

4.        The failure of the judiciary system. 

5.        The involvement of government officials in the murder of Altantunya. 

6.        The federal constitution law is violated especially in the freedom of religion under article 11, example in the case of Subashini, Lina Joy, Holy Scriptures and Bibles banned from entering the country, the movie Passion of Christ being banned in Malaysia and the demolishment of holy temples. 

7.        The one sight media coverage. 

8.        Discrimination against the Indians. 

9.        Most of the government project are given to the UMNO Putera`s and fly. 

10.        The indecent and racial remarks made by your Ministers. 

11.        The keris issue by Hishamudin 

12.        No transparency in the accounts administration. 

13.        And of course much of the noise made by the empty vessel, Khairy. 

I still remember just after the cabinet was dissolved, how BN tried to gain its votes by instilling fear to the rakyat reminding them of the May 13 incident. Najib constantly repeated his speech about the May 13 in most of his ceramah and press statements. Do you think that Malaysians are that stupid to be fooled by the government? You took control of the media fully, spending millions in advertising the campaign in TV and newspapers. One advertisement in the STAR by MIC even stated that IF YOU VOTE THE OPPOSITION, BE PREPARED TO PAY THE PRICE. What the hell!!. Is not that against the election law which prohibits candidates from threatening the voters? For weeks there were articles on you and your Ministers doing this and that. But when it was about the opposition, it would be a negative report. Trust me on this, did you know how many Malaysians felt bored looking at you muggy face daily. Some even told me, they felt like want to vomit and was very angry with the press. This is the feedback from the ground, not me. And all this emotions was transferred to the ballot boxes. Personal letters by BN were sent to all citizen with your signature in it. Even the electoral information letter, which provides information on the voting centre and stream, was posted with the BN letter head. A helicopter carrying the BN flag was seen for campaigning purpose. You know using government properties for campaigning is against the law, yet you still choose to allow it. I even came to know that Ang Pow were given for people who attended BN ceramah`s in Penang. All this gave a clear picture to the citizens on the misuse of power given to you. 

There was no fairness and equal treatment given to the opposition in this election. But still, with the will of God, they managed to captured five states and deny you the 2/3 majority. You have wasted Malaysians money in millions campaigning in the elections. But it turns out that half of the population did not choose you. How are you going to pay back the money to the people now? Or will you just get on with it. 

Lately in your press conference after the official results was out, you answered back to the reporters in a rude way, SUDAH KALAH, KALAH LAH! This attitude reflects your personality. How can a Prime Minister talk in that way? Are you an uneducated Kampung Boy trying to run the show here? Hey, come on ya. Please learn from Mr. Koh Soo Khoon. He will teach you how to accept failure and defeat being a gentleman. 

When the Election Commission chairman announced the seats won by BN that night, he was asked by reporters on how many seats were won by the opposition, he answered back in a very angry face and an irresponsible manner, shouting to them saying SAYA TAK TAHU LAH! ITU SAYA TAK TAHU !!! What the hell is wrong with our leaders? How can an EC Chairman say he does not know anything on the seats won by the opposition when at that time the whole of Malaysia had already come to know about the victory of the opposition. Was he sleeping with his wife that night that made him not know anything about the results? I then asked you to sack him from his post and reform the election commission, for giving a reply which cannot be accepted in this world of democracy. It has brought great shame to Malaysians as many foreigners were watching his statement that night live in TV. 

You used this election results to prove that Malaysia is a democratic country and that there was no such thing as HANTU VOTERS or cheating. Let me tell you, with or without you knowledge, I don't know, but there were many cheating and fraud planned that day. Most of it was prevented by various organizations volunteering to help in the election process. Many ballot boxes were found unsealed. The serial number was also written by pencil in the ballot papers in some hot areas. This created fear in government staffs casting their vote for the opposition. A police personal even complained he could not vote for the opposition fearing that his vote could be traced by the serial no written in the postal votes. In another case, the Chief counting agent asked both the representative from BN and opposition to stand outside the classroom while he closed the door and was inside. But the candidate was informed about it and quickly responded to the situation. Another case reported was on nearly three hundred people registered in the one same address in Penang. >From where did this people come out about suddenly? 

Barisan representative were seen pulling votes in the voting area and begged voters to vote for Barisan. Barisan Booth were seen at all the voting centre, claiming to provide services such as checking the voters polling stream, and after that they would say PLEASE VOTE FOR BN. There is no need for barisan to provide such services as the EC is already providing it for them inside the voting centre. Why should you then miss use your powers and waste our money on setting up thousands of booth nation wide. Where are the accounts for all this expenditure? Has it not reach the limit allowed to spend in a campaign. All this had gave a clear picture on the unfairness in the election process and the cheating that was about to be done. I then again, urge you to sack the EC Chairman from his post if you say, you are clean and not involved in those matters, because the Election commission has failed in its duties and task from holding a fair and clean election. There were nearly three hundred police reports made that day on the election. 

                    

The time has now come for you to change the attitude of your Ministers and reinvent Barisan Nasional. Sack Ministers that does not perform well, and do not tolerate racial hatred in the Ministers. Malaysians today are not the Malaysians of 1969. They have grown to be more matured and they can now think for the future of the country. They can reject you regardless of your race and religion if you fail to perform your responsibilities. No more racial sentiments are tolerated in this community. We have change to become a BANGSA MALAYSIA. Corruption is no more accepted. Unequal treatment to the races has been strongly rejected by the Rakyat.   

On people pressuring you to resign, this is my advice. You have to stay on and answer for what mess you have brought upon to this country. There is no escape. Stay and change. The tigers and lions are now in the parliament. And soon the king of the jungle "Tarzan" will be in too, if his wife makes way for him. He is famous swinging in between the races. And he has achieved in bringing all the races together thus creating a new era of politics in Malaysia. So be prepared to face this happy family elected by the people of Malaysia. Don't ever think of giving Samy vellu a post or job in your government. Not even a toilet cleaner. I wish you the best in the future of your career. 

                                                                                               

May God bless you. 

K.Sudhagaran Stanley, 

Coordinator, 

Islanders Tamil Youth Network 

Stanley_sudha@yahoo.com

Weight in Bundles

I've finally been diagnosed with the dreaded disease. It doesn't choose its victims, none are spared due to their stature in society. No warning is issued before it strikes, but if it does, you lose everything. Yes I have it. I have Writers block.

Why you ask must someone with such raw talent, a wicked sense of humor, a chest that belongs in the annals of history rivalling that of Marilyn Monroe, be subject to this debilitating disease. It has created chaos among those who know the identity of Priya. Gays everywhere are in a state of shocked disbelief that their very own champion and superhero Ms Yayalicious will no longer be able to champion their cause. Slutty be it may. 

What brought it on they ask? Was it the substance in her blogpisodes? Should she have been more frivolous and not so austere? Some deign to imply that her writing was too heterosexual. "If only she had been more Gay" they said. Others whisper that the poisonous lair of corruption that is Malaysian politics finally sunk its decaying set of dentures into her mighty fine ass. 

The truth of the matter is far simpler dear friends, gays and country folk. Today marks 9 years in the passing of the dad, father figure, friend, authoritarian, disciplinarian and all round rather courageous man. It is also a reminder that there is more to life than that little Coach bag I've been eyeing. 

It's a tap on the shoulder and a blast from the past of a man who always reminded me that I CAN achieve anything I set my mind to. Learning is a never ending process. Wealth is not the benchmark I should set for myself, Happiness, respect and love is. 

Thanks to him, I've got that in bundles. 

Yasmin Ahmad...From Hero to Zero

Yasmin Ahmad is no stranger these days to the average urban Malaysian. As a matter of fact, she has managed to accomplish 'mucho mucho much' success and recognition abroad.

For all you art film virgins out there, she 'arrived' with a bang onto our screens, big, small, flat, round, with Sepet The Movie. The title was both insulting and discriminatory I thought. Growing up in Malaysia, I for one do NOT in any way find "sepet" and "keling" funny.

She also managed to aggravate my anger by pairing the female lead named after a flower with a Chinese pirate of sorts. Malaysians will be able to deduce swiftly that by pirate I mean 'illegal DVD representative' or more appropriately 'illegal DVD handler'. This again is discrimination cloaked in the veil of a pretty picture. The 'female' and her parents were English educated (shock shock, in the kampung some more) and hot hot Jason was a lowly DVD seller. With sepet eyes.

Well I'll say that if she intended to shock her audience, well done cos I sure was shocked that the world was proclaiming her a hero. I'm sure a lot of you are fans of her movies, but I find them boring. She never really pushes the boundaries of the unwritten Malaysian 'social code'. Sure it had an inter-racial plot, but what I perceived from the ending was that it was a lot easier to kill Jason off then to address the issue of inter-religious marriage.

*This anger was brought on by the above-mentioned film makers support of the BN candidate Shahrizat during the campaign period and also her proclamation that women in Malaysia are Free of Discrimination. My reply to Yasmin is "Spoken Like a True Man".

Chegubard's Balls!!! I'm Loving It.

A media conference is being held by Chegubard today to EXPOSE what the fool son in-law did to win in Rembau.

Date; Today, Tuesday 11/3/08
Time: 11.30 am
Venue: Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, KL

Pak La La La La La

Rambo IV

I finally conceded to watch the much anticipated (not by me) movie Rambo IV with the man partner the other day. To be honest, I was pretty darn sure I would NOT be enjoying the movie since I didn't really pay attention to the previous three installments of the film. So, I demanded that the man child ply me with a feast of junk. Yes. I eat junk. Moving on...

Somehow during the whole 10 minute drive to the cinema he managed to go on and on about the movie...how this one was shot in the Thai-Burma border, and it was going to be a clash of Rambo the Buff against a whole horde of Burmese Junta boys. Yada yada yada...*Grin* I tuned him out after the first minute or so. I'm special that way.

Well, wait for it, waaaaaaaait, SIGH, somehow somewhere in some parallel universe, where a 70 year old man who is probably twice the size of The Rock (heh heh Dwayne Johnson, who might I add is totally HOT!) managed to kill an entire platoon? Kakakakaka and one gay general I think. No offense to the gays. I love you...all of you. Heh Heh maybe one, more than the rest. 

I digress, back to the issue at hand, (hehe gays, control yourselves). I have to admit that the man boy has told me stories aplenty ever since we first met of the deplorable state his native country is in. But to actually witness the fear, pain, suffering and inhumanity gripping an entire nation in this day and age because the world chooses political and financial gain is shocking. I know some of you may say, it's just a movie, why is Yaya such a tragic tranny?

 

Well I'll tell you, even if just for the sake of making the movie "seem" more interesting they embellished, it totally blew me away. In a world so dedicated to saving the environment, eradicating poverty and yes, even saving the whales, we haven't fought loud and hard enough for these people. I won't be booking the next flight to Burma anytime soon with an AK-47 (I hope that's the pretty one in Lara Croft) to take on the Junta. I will however NOT be supporting the Olympics in China or buying their goods, I will try my best to tell as many people who will or will not listen that every voice counts, I will not support goods exported by the Junta and I will try my bestest to show every Burmese I meet kindness, love and hospitality. 

I know it's not enough. I know it won't change much. But it's all I can do. For now.