I vote Facebook as the social network web of the century !
Today i have a nice surprise in my facebook mailbox. My primary school friend found me ! She was my best buddy during the six years. We were 'sisters' then, the 6 of us solemnly swore as sisters. Haha.. those memories that I cherish came flooding back !!
Few weeks back, I went back for the very important event of the year -- voting !! The voting center was my primary school. My school looks pretty much the same as in my memory, except the lalangs were taller than I remembered.
The classsroom looks the same. The padang, where we had our sports and netball sessions were the same. I was always the goal keeper bcoz of my height; and it was not too fun. One year, after continuous rain for few hours, the padang flooded a few meters, cutting the school off from the main road. I remember excitedly watching the water level rose.
The room where the sister gave us bible study lessons was still there. Sister was an old nun from England. Her face is quite vague in my memory but I always remember that she is always calm, kind, full of love and taught me to draw a pigeon holding a leaf in her beak. My interest in Christianity started back then.
The hall where we do 'pendidikan jasmani' also still there. There was where one of my classmates did 'lompat tinggi' and broke her leg. She was the best in the class at that time, I was the 2nd (being lanky that I was). After that, I too, freak out and din do my best anymore. I purpose allow my feet to hit the pole so that I wont have to jump at the higher height.
The toilet was still located at the far-end of the west side, a separate building near the fence. Over the fence was the cemetary. It was no longer a cemetary, got some new structure over there. That toilet brings back much memories, especially the horror stories we heard about 'hantu' in those dark, smelly toilet. The horror did turned into a real event when a snake was found coiled up in the toilet bowl. In the end, the gardener was called in to 'tackle' the snake.
The school canteen looks smaller than I imagine. When we were young, things around us seems bigger. I remember my first experience of eating a green colour kuih, which is made of sago. Back then, I was told ( forgot who ), that the kuih is actually a stack of frog eggs ...!! Eeeeww.. u can imagine I stayed away from those kuih for many many years, until the truth is known .
I like my school. Time seemed to stopped there. Nothing changes much. Constant, can be a good thing. The next time I go back there, I will make sure to bring my camera along.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
An Interesting Conspiracy Theory
A very intriquing conspiracy theory at Jeff Ooi's blog .....posted by one of his readers.
Posted by: myop101 March 15, 2008 12:03 PM
First of all, thank you for offering yourself to serve Penang and our beloved country Malaysia. In actual fact, you have done that as a blogger even before you get elected. Now it's just added more responsibilities on your sholder. Please for the sake of the people, take sufficient rest and take good care of yourself.
I always hope that our Cabinet or state exco can be assigned to the right people with relevent capability. Instead of based on the party background. For example, could Penang exco assign a BN candidate who really capable and work for the people? Probably this is just a dream that I will not be able to see in my this life. And surely I am asking too much as we are just at the infancy of Democracy.
Btw, my wife has a conspiracy theory about the result of 12th GE. Please remove this conspiracy part from the post. Thanks.
The theory is Abdullah is the one that anonymously help and support the winning of DAP-PKR-PAS. In such doing, he could clean up the bad blood in BN and able to carry out changes in BN. Even though Abdullah was chosen as the successor to Dr M but actual power are still not available to Abdullah. He can get the real things (such as corruption, abolish unfair policies, kick out 'dead wood' etc) done. There are a few reasons for this: 1) The cronies resist to change because it means they cannot continue to get the wealth that they have already enough since the reign of Dr M. 2) He does not have strong tie to the supporters that support him. Most of the supporter might not support him from the bottom of their heart because supporting Pak Lah means no more money for the pocket in future. This is because Pak Lah tried (and failed most probably because of this reason) to fight corruption. Those people have some dirt on them. Supporting Pak Lah means they eventually might get to visit BPR office. 3) He can't kick the 'dead wood' out from the game directly as well. Because this will create too much unknown and consequently too much risk to the stability of the country. 4) As a person who has been as ambassodor for so many years, he knows what are the right things to say and not but he made so many mistakes during the period of campaign such as the TV show at the eve of poll and allowing his SIL to bark around which gather the anger of the general public. 5) Abdullah immediately admit BN accept the loses after the poll result. He had demonstrated the spirit of Democracy. Do you think Dr M will allow these to happen? There are lots more 'mistakes' (e.g. ISA on Hindraf leaders etc) that were shown by Abdullah which ultimately wakes the political awareness of the general public.
All in all, even Abdullah did not have the good intention, it is not deniable that he had demonstrated the good spirit of democracy by accepting the poor result of BN in 12th GE and he has moved the democracy of the country one step forward. It is amazing that to see my colleague taking leave to go back to home town in order to cast their vote and the general public were discussing the current situation of the politics.
Please stay focus and build a Malaysia for Malaysian, irregardless of party background and race. Like the Chinese saying 不集细流, 无以成江海. Absorb all the good from everyone, only then we can be strong.
One last comment, I felt that DAP sometimes can be too racist too e.g. LKS's initial statement about boycotting the swearing-in of Perak MB. We should get rid of the mentality of race. To me and a lot of Malaysian, who becomes the MB or CM does not really matter as long as he / she is capable and works for the people.
May everyone well and happy...
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Could this be really possible ? Then I would have to deeply salute Pak Lah as one of the best strategist and actor. He fooled the country, and he fooled the entire world. How about that...
Posted by: myop101 March 15, 2008 12:03 PM
First of all, thank you for offering yourself to serve Penang and our beloved country Malaysia. In actual fact, you have done that as a blogger even before you get elected. Now it's just added more responsibilities on your sholder. Please for the sake of the people, take sufficient rest and take good care of yourself.
I always hope that our Cabinet or state exco can be assigned to the right people with relevent capability. Instead of based on the party background. For example, could Penang exco assign a BN candidate who really capable and work for the people? Probably this is just a dream that I will not be able to see in my this life. And surely I am asking too much as we are just at the infancy of Democracy.
Btw, my wife has a conspiracy theory about the result of 12th GE. Please remove this conspiracy part from the post. Thanks.
The theory is Abdullah is the one that anonymously help and support the winning of DAP-PKR-PAS. In such doing, he could clean up the bad blood in BN and able to carry out changes in BN. Even though Abdullah was chosen as the successor to Dr M but actual power are still not available to Abdullah. He can get the real things (such as corruption, abolish unfair policies, kick out 'dead wood' etc) done. There are a few reasons for this: 1) The cronies resist to change because it means they cannot continue to get the wealth that they have already enough since the reign of Dr M. 2) He does not have strong tie to the supporters that support him. Most of the supporter might not support him from the bottom of their heart because supporting Pak Lah means no more money for the pocket in future. This is because Pak Lah tried (and failed most probably because of this reason) to fight corruption. Those people have some dirt on them. Supporting Pak Lah means they eventually might get to visit BPR office. 3) He can't kick the 'dead wood' out from the game directly as well. Because this will create too much unknown and consequently too much risk to the stability of the country. 4) As a person who has been as ambassodor for so many years, he knows what are the right things to say and not but he made so many mistakes during the period of campaign such as the TV show at the eve of poll and allowing his SIL to bark around which gather the anger of the general public. 5) Abdullah immediately admit BN accept the loses after the poll result. He had demonstrated the spirit of Democracy. Do you think Dr M will allow these to happen? There are lots more 'mistakes' (e.g. ISA on Hindraf leaders etc) that were shown by Abdullah which ultimately wakes the political awareness of the general public.
All in all, even Abdullah did not have the good intention, it is not deniable that he had demonstrated the good spirit of democracy by accepting the poor result of BN in 12th GE and he has moved the democracy of the country one step forward. It is amazing that to see my colleague taking leave to go back to home town in order to cast their vote and the general public were discussing the current situation of the politics.
Please stay focus and build a Malaysia for Malaysian, irregardless of party background and race. Like the Chinese saying 不集细流, 无以成江海. Absorb all the good from everyone, only then we can be strong.
One last comment, I felt that DAP sometimes can be too racist too e.g. LKS's initial statement about boycotting the swearing-in of Perak MB. We should get rid of the mentality of race. To me and a lot of Malaysian, who becomes the MB or CM does not really matter as long as he / she is capable and works for the people.
May everyone well and happy...
-end-
Could this be really possible ? Then I would have to deeply salute Pak Lah as one of the best strategist and actor. He fooled the country, and he fooled the entire world. How about that...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
What's ahead...
Bad news from US economy ....
Weakening US Dollar....
Unstable local politics.....
Flu outbreak in Hong Kong ....
Hmm... this is not good. This seems like a recipe for share market to weaken further ...
Weakening US Dollar....
Unstable local politics.....
Flu outbreak in Hong Kong ....
Hmm... this is not good. This seems like a recipe for share market to weaken further ...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Start Squabbling Already ?
DAP uncle Lim must be 'nyanyuk' a bit for releasing his statement about boycotting the Perak MB swearing in ceremony. Bit disappointed with this kind of childish behaviour.
You may not like your working partners, but still should be able to work well with them. DAP has everything to lose, and nothing to gain by giving this kind of attitude. Opposition have won 5 states, and before even starting to work, they fight over who is the boss. How can like that ? Compromise in this matter is necessary in the delicate situation that our country is in. Rakyat wants change. But too much change at too short a time could tip the balance.
Hope he changes his mind, coz lots of ppl protest on his blog too. He should listen to the voice of the people. Else we all know what can happen.
You may not like your working partners, but still should be able to work well with them. DAP has everything to lose, and nothing to gain by giving this kind of attitude. Opposition have won 5 states, and before even starting to work, they fight over who is the boss. How can like that ? Compromise in this matter is necessary in the delicate situation that our country is in. Rakyat wants change. But too much change at too short a time could tip the balance.
Hope he changes his mind, coz lots of ppl protest on his blog too. He should listen to the voice of the people. Else we all know what can happen.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Mourning for a friend...
While I am writing this, I have not managed to stop the weeping or the choked sensation at my throat . I just got sad news that one of my ex-classmate passed away. We studied MBA together some years back. He & his wife, a lovely couple, attended classes together. We still bumped into each other at shopping malls and cinemas off-and-on. He was a wonderful person - kind and helpful and jovial and friendly.
This is the second classmate that lost the battle to cancer. During my first semester, my team mate got ill and quickly within months he succumbed to cancer of the lungs, and bade goodbye to us.
HA, may you rest in peace.
To all of us, may we always appreciate life and our family and friends...
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Election news !!
I have been following election results on Malaysiakini since 8pm with my family. It is so exciting .... Forget about TV, TV news is so so slow, and we suspect that the information flow of certain states are planned to be announced later.
We shouted in joy when we saw that our beloved Samy Vellu lost !! He is a joker, but still didnt expect him to lose. This shows that people do use their vote to "send a message".
Another big clap when Sharizat lost to Anwar's daughter, Nurul Izzah...
Another 'woo-hoooo' when Koh Tsu Koon, and his 3 candidates for Penang Chief Ministers, did not even make it to the elected list. So all the hassle about who is the next Penang Chief Minister is all-for-nothing after all... How funny !
Really curious to know if Jeff Ooi will win the Jelutong seat. Our very first blogger-turn-politician.
So now, Kedah, Kelantan and Penang state confirmed lost to Opposition. The BN should really take some deep soul-searching to repent on their wrongs. No more throwing away tax-payers money, no more corruption and start doing some real work. The people have spoken !
We shouted in joy when we saw that our beloved Samy Vellu lost !! He is a joker, but still didnt expect him to lose. This shows that people do use their vote to "send a message".
Another big clap when Sharizat lost to Anwar's daughter, Nurul Izzah...
Another 'woo-hoooo' when Koh Tsu Koon, and his 3 candidates for Penang Chief Ministers, did not even make it to the elected list. So all the hassle about who is the next Penang Chief Minister is all-for-nothing after all... How funny !
Really curious to know if Jeff Ooi will win the Jelutong seat. Our very first blogger-turn-politician.
So now, Kedah, Kelantan and Penang state confirmed lost to Opposition. The BN should really take some deep soul-searching to repent on their wrongs. No more throwing away tax-payers money, no more corruption and start doing some real work. The people have spoken !
