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I like more women than men. When
I was young I always thought that women cannot think and are always stupid
than men. They are just objects for men to play with. I was totally wrong,
dead wrong. Women always did a better job than men in offices. They are more
shrewd and careful in doing businesses. Their work are always clean.
Their minds are very sharp. I notice it when I
have political discussions with them. Most my political talks were with
graduate women. What I have not known whether they have discussed with their
husbands about those subjects matter before talking to me.
Some people said that female could not think as
good as male. I don't think this is true too. I taught visual basic
programming with deep coding arguments and yet they could comprehend them
and finally able to write their own software within a short period.
When I was a school principal, I had a wonderful
female clerk who were trustworthy, quick to learn and very efficient in her
work. Unfortunately enough she is beautiful because people began to suspect
that I have had an affair with her. Finally she was transferred. Any new
clerk that came in, I have to tell them to emulate my former clerk. I would
relate the work procedure to the new comers. Again the female clerk did a
better, neat and excellent job.
When my wife was well and
healthy I depended on her on many things. She made my travel arrangement to
the United States, booked the car and hotel. Now that she is sick and on the
wheel chair she is almost helpless. That's the reason why I would take her
along when I went traveling local and overseas.
Not many women were chosen in
the last UMNO GE. It is just unfortunate for the party.
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HOBBIES I INVOLVED IN
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Once I chose chess as a hobby. I
played both the Chinese and English piece. Chinese was cheaper then. It
would costs me about 60 cents only whereas the cheapest English chess set at
that time was about RM7.00. It was considered expensive.
If we know English we will know
Chinese. I found that the phau is not found in English. You have to be
careful with the Chinese as you may be caught by the phau.
I did not play for my school.
But whenever our school traveled I was taken along. I was never even a
champion in school. There were two brothers by the name of Meng Soon and
Meng Khoon who always beat me. I think they are both doctors now. Since I
left school in 1965 I did not find them anymore.
In technical teachers college, I
was the champion. Not because I was smart but because nobody was better than
I was. When I went into the world of work I stopped playing chess.
Then I got involved in amateur
radio in 1970's. It was fun then. In 19802 I stopped transmitting because I
was in USA . It follows by the coming of computers and IRC chat. I went
chatting with MIRC until 2002. When I came back to amateur radio, I found it
was full of undespicable group of people. The world and Malaysia started
killing ham radio. The authority was the worse I ever found. Some radio
members were horrible, lazy and incompetent. Even criminals were members. Many old timers stopped. And I decided to quit too.
I decided to come back to
internet chat which I believe will be more fun and interesting. We can see
images of people we talk to wherever they are. We can choose the kind of
people we want. The audio and video quality is excellent.
Besides I also develop soft
wares. During the younger days I wrote many programs because my thinking and
vision was sharp. I could visualize abstract things better. Now my thinking
has deteriorated very greatly. I told myself that I need to pass my
knowledge as fast as I can. I have started several classes teaching some of
my former teachers and this will go on for some time. Of course they are for
free.
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CAN CHINESE BE BOUGHT
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UMNO and many people have the
perception that Chinese are easily bought and corrupted with money. The root
of the thinking is based on the nature of the Chinese community who have
been working hard for money. The Chinese would bow to get money.
The concept that everybody bows
for money at any cost is archaic. Today the Chinese like many Malays do not
only embrace money and promise of wealth, they also possess the value of
high morality. They do not respect an immoral wealthy person even though he
may rain them with money.
A good government does not show
double standard. People see thru the intent. The public scrutinize the court
issue on the legality of high court interference against the state
legislative. The Perakians are observing this closely. If the by-election at
Penanti shows Chinese vote goes to Pakatan then it is a clear proof that
Chinese are not easily bought.
If BN's strategy fails then it
speaks for GE13 outcome. If Penanti goes to BN then the future can be bright
for the party. If it fails then the bias judges, the EC, the AG and the
manner Perak was wrested has to be blamed. Of course Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy
trial will be the determinant factor. If people see evidences are
manufactured and the court proceedings are bias then the Malays will rebel
again.
BN has to be really honest and
sincere, not only using the money strategy to buy popularity. Remember the
Chinese had voted for Pak Lah in 2004 which was already a proof that they
are not chauvinist and anti Malay.
People go for peace and tranquility,
less or no crime, no corruption and leaders with high moral value. People
means Malaysians of all origin.
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WHY NAJIB TOOK THE
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A certain quarters criticizes
Najib for taking in losers to the Supreme Council. Some may be wondering
why. The reason is simple. Pak Lah's vote went down in 2008 because
Mahathir had made a road show calling the UMNO members to go against him.
In my village a mamak
played the role of campaigning against Pak Lah. All over I heard phrases
on Mahathir and condemnation on Pak Lah.
Observing the split in UMNO,
Najib can't afford to see the split continue until the next GE. Najib has
to award posts and satisfied every UMNO members to ensure the engagement
stopped. Any party would have done the same thing to regain the
strength.
I think Najib is confused.
Advices poured in one after another. He moved too fast, not able to think
any possible effect in detail. People are taking chances and strike at
every opportunity they can. It includes the greedy business community.
Najib by nature is responsive to requests. He took the losers in to comply
to a certain request or as a result of his own thinking.
Secondly it was believed that
UMNO members are not matured enough in making the choices. Votes were made
not base on rationalization but more so on emotional quest. Looking at the
behavior of the members during the last UMNO GE it is clear that the
members do not care to enhance the image of the party. Matured people
would behave well. Najib believed that some losers are capable
individuals.
Rounding all up it is expected
that there is no reason why UMNO cannot be strong in the next GE. As I
said in the above article Najib can test his deccission at Penanti. It may
well work at the latest by-election. If it fails a big head ache is
waiting.
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Being old gives us a new
experience. We begin to see how and what younger people think of us.
Everybody called me Uncle or Pak Chik. When I was on a bus a young girl
about 22 stood up from her seat to give way for me. She either was showing
her respect towards an elderly person or thinking an old man has no more
strength. I rejected and thanked her because I think I could beat her
anytime in jogging or long distant walking.
I would face another situation
in hospitals. Many nurses whom I think are old enough and looked like a
grandmother would raise their voices when dealing with people of my age.
They assume our hearings need loud voices. They would explain things as if
they are explaining to children like ,"Uncle, you cannot eat banana or
any other sweet fruits. You are a diabetic. " But the doctors are
different. They would ask me where I worked before, what I do now and
whether I refer to internet on disease and medication.
When I went to computer shop the
explanation would be simple just to make me understand the computer stuffs.
People are thinking old men's mind are rusty, forgetful and do not
understand modern technology.
In my old school people still
discuss heavy things with me from politics and computing. May be because I
was their boss once or they still see me as before.
Senility is a disease usually
suffered by elderly persons. Our kids tend to think we are senile. If they
are with us they treat us as if we are babies. But they can leave us and
work in some other places not fearing of our welfare. May be if we die life
would be easier for them.
Being old means we have seen
many things, many leaders, the change in social life, development,
technology, educational system, management system and many more. We compare
and contrast between leaders, systems, head of departments, management
systems and other culture. We weigh the change in value and thinking.
Because old is associated with senility then people do not heed our views
and ideas.
Old people have heir place in
Communist countries like Cuba and China. Castro is mostly respected as a
wise man and a leader. In China they have universities for people as old as
80 years of age. The Chinese tradition of respecting the Lao Tze is alive
until today.
Many people said to me, "Wow you look
strong, walk strong....." How do they expect me to move and walk ? I am
still puzzled. Don't play the fool with some old people because their
penis erection are still strong and they would go for sex with young girls.
When I asked my former lady teacher to go to tour with me and sleep together
she would shrugged her head ,"OOOoooooooo Ooooooo I don't trust old
man.."
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POWER
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A divine power entrust to the ancient ruler created
fear among the subjects. Mao Tze Tung , said that power comes from the
barrel of the gun. The more military might one has the more powerful one
becomes. The military ensures the written laws are secured, obeyed and
respected.
Ministers, head of departments are said to have
powers. Their actions could not be questioned unless it is specified by the
law. Today those powers are challenged. In the USA there is the right to
hire and fire law. It is a law that give power to the employer to act on his
subordinates.
Many a time the power one has is being misused.
The police, Minister and head of department deploy the power as they
interpret . At one time government employees were transferred to
remote areas by an UMNO leader. Some staff members were allocated with
licenses without having to pass a certain test or exams.
Misused of power is usually accompanied by the
disregard of the existing law. Hence these people are above law yet Rais
Yatim had been mentioning Malaysia is following the rule of law. But at
times the government is not aware of it's servants flouting with the power
invested in them. I am not going to point out the organizations but we hope
these people would exercise their power wisely.
Young officers are sharp in their thinking but
very few look ahead far beyond computing the effects of bad decisions.
Malaysia have been making many bad policy and decision which cannot be undo.
The later generations will suffer as a result of their sins.
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WE CAN'T THINK GOD
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A person blind at birth can't
imagine many things unless we provide visual experience thru tactile
experience, letting him touch a certain description. When we want him to
know ear we have to let him touch an ear. Assuming we do not expose him to
touching shape with description he will not be able to imagining
things.
So are the mankind. Our thought,
visions and knowledge is merely base on the experiences. We cannot think and
visualize anything we have not seen or experience. When people talk about
God we tend to imagine God in our way of thinking and imagining. To some who
cannot understand the concept of outside the boundary he will not believe in
the existing of God. He thinks God with human experience which has vast
limitations.
Our only human thinking at the highest level
says nothing can exist by itself. Beyond that our mind is blind, totally
blind. Hence there must be Creator. The Creator is common to all. And almost
all religion believe in pre-destination. Even that idea and concept is
beyond human thinking and discussion. But we can keep on thinking about
them.
If we believe in pre-destination then we can
accept many happenings in the world without asking much to the reason why.
We would accept to the lost of our beloved ones, poverty and all misfortunes
that befell upon us. We would always thank God. Some would see this as
passive and hindrance towards progress.
Likewise people cannot imagine life after death
. When a person dies he will be burned or eaten away by worms and snakes and
the body rots. So they may not believe in it.
The next thing human is able to think is 'Why
take risk at the unknown'. The risk is between going to heaven or hell.
Following the safe path is always better than taking risk.
Recently there are many books that blame
religion for war and hatred forgetting that the war between capitalists and
the communists were not a factor of religion. The cold war between North
Korea and Iran with the Western World is not a religious war either. War and
conflicts are between the oppress and the oppressor, between people who want
to be the master of the world and people who refused to be their slaves.
Lately I have several
misfortunes. Thinking about them made me sad and miserable. My religion
teaches me to accept them and stay strong. There might be something good
behind it that we don't know. Thinking over it I found I am more fortunate
than many other people. I have had almost what I have wanted. In fact even
above my imagination. God has given me more than I needed.
Alham Dulillah.
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MONEY IS DECISION MAKING
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The first day my fiscal
administration teacher said was 'Money is decision making'. Studying
organizations the world over, they all starts with bidding for money. The
building and maintenance, machines and papers, manpower and salaries. And it
follows by an annual budget to be requested. Some departments are competing
hard to survive. Business community lobby the politicians for policies to
favor them. Again the lobbying process involved money.
In the United States the parties
laid out which area money will flow to like between health care and military
spending.
An organization cannot have
everything it wants. The number of employees, the hardware and other things
deployed are decided by the amount of funding it gets. The head cannot
simply decide to employ another worker unless he pays from his own pocket.
Any formulated policy never
announced the money behind it. It always mentioned citizen's welfare and
using technology or environment to support the claims. When an army is
bidding for fund it has to draw the threat of the enemy, or even creates the
non-existence foreign hostility.
Usually new technology will put
many companies to bankruptcy. Chips replaces hard disk and cassette,
computer communication replaces radio, and i-phones will soon replace many
other hand phones. Thus those changes expose a deadly threat. For survival
they have to lobby for a certain policy. Radio companies had work hard to
ensure their survival. The decision to remove Morse code is the 'money
reason'.
Even domestic decisions must
depend on the household income. Domestic economic crisis sometimes led up to
family break up and divorce. I always asked people of different communities
'How much it cost for a funeral....' Even death need money. At the time you
were born until the time you depart with your breath money pays for
everything.
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When I was working I met with
numerous sort of people. Some I have written about them yet many others are
still kept secret. One interesting episode was about a lecturer from IAB
came to observe one of the teachers teaching BASIC programming and commented
the coding was wrong because the word END was not placed at the end of the
line. When the teacher seek my help I informed the lecturer that END is a
command to stop the the program from running. It can be placed anywhere
relevant. He insisted that it must be placed at the end of the algorithm. In
Malay we call it Bodoh Sombong.
Another was a sale girl who had
just graduated from ITM came to sell a software. At that time I was
developing a software. I told her that we did not need her software because
we developed our own. She looked at the computer and asked whether that was
our own program. She was then commented and taught me what and how to write
a better codes. This one was not a Bodoh Sombong but a new person who
thought the others did not know computing as much as she did.
Another case was about a teacher
who went to a computer course who told me that his lecturer was not capable
as he did not know how to use one brand software. This case is something
like a person who learned the ABC and found X somewhere else, but think he
was better than his lecturer who did not encounter with the X software yet.
I found many very new school
principals like to brag of their abilities. They did this and that. Some of
them were school inspectorates. I said nothing and argued nothing. I just
waited for the SPM result. Then I gathered their result to assess
their successes. They did not fare well at all. And I would wait for another
year. In the third year only I would hit back when I heard them bragging and
boasting. But usually even after the first year some would look morose and
said nothing when we meet.
One of the general happenings is
that non-university people like to condemn the university graduates, the
engineers, the doctors and all the highly academic qualified people.
"That graduate is so stupid...." "That engineer is so
stupid...".Everybody is stupid except him. He would raise his voice in
argument. The point is he cannot study in school and he cannot enter any
institution of higher learning.
True that some university
graduates are arrogant and think they are the smartest people. But a big
majority are humble and keep their smartness to themselves and do their work
extremely well. In school the graduate teachers perform extremely well. Some
of the non-graduates also perform very well. A few engineer teacher is
showing a bit of problem. I think teaching is not the right job for
engineers.
There was one education officer
of a high rank came to my house in the school compound. My radio and plastic
containers containing electronic components were in my shack. I showed him
those stuffs and answered his questions. Later on I was told that this
officer said "Dia nak menunjuk-nunjuk yang dia ada barang elektronik
dan radio...". Look at his mind. People never advertised their home to
show people what's in them. Neither do we invite them to the house. And he
had this kind of comments. The same person said the computer system in my
office was for a show off.
In this world there are people
who do not want other people to be better than they are. Some have very low
self esteem. Others committed degrading offences. You will see these
people's behavior by attacking and accusing others just to hide their
undesirable work and the low self -esteem. They would create unexisting
things. When they can't or incapable they would create things up. It is
something like sour grape.
I don't want to be a teacher. I
want to be a doctor, a philosopher, person with a strings of Phds. But I
can't because I am not smart enough. I cannot blame the government or the
environment. I cannot the blame on poverty or my parent. It is just because
I am not smart. In term of intelligence may be I don't have the mental
smartness.
Not being smart and intelligent
is not the end of our day. There are tycoons and very wealthy people who
were school dropouts. More important than our IQ is our attitude. Moral
values like hard work and persistence with positive attitude could shape our
future. People with positive attitude will never blame people for their
failures but instead will continue to strive till success.
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THANKS TO THOSE WHO ARE
CONCERNED
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There are many hams who are
concerned about my giving up amateur radio. I would like to thank them all.
A few called me up to come on the air.
My shack is empty with radio.
They are being replaced with computer stuffs. I have 2 laptops; one
connected to the internet and the other doesn't. I use the independent one
to develop soft wares. And I am gaining friends on the websites. Carefully I
chose people of my age to chat. I prefer typing to voice chat. We talk about
many things. Very interesting.
Are you concern about amateur
radio ? You want it to be a respected, high class and a divine hobby ? Then
think about it. Think hard and think deep. I just can say it is not a 'seronok-seronok'
hobby. It could be a national asset and an ambassador. It portrays the
image, mentality and culture of the country. The way we talk, what we convey
and our manners will show who we are. That is all I want to say. You can
read all others in my previous essays. Observe other topics too.
I just don't think ham radio today can be as it
was before. The coming can be worst. Just think how it can be worst. But I
won't stop you to continue with it. Eventually you see what I am seeing and
realize something has to be done. Right now you can always start
thinking how to make a ham radio as the king of the hobby. I have heard the
TNB people said "We have been talking thru the radio for 30 over
years..."The CBer said "We have talked throughout the world for
years....." The chatters said " We talk and see each other all
over the world.....What's so great about ham radio ?"
I feel sorry for the MCMC because the world sees
it red. May be it is happy with one particular 9W2 who declares he is a hero
and represent all the Malaysian hams. I just won't give a damn shit.
To those who are sitting for CW test, I wish
them luck. Don't care what other people say. Do not be frustrated if you
fail. Never give up. It's a challenge and unforgettable experience. At the
end of the day you will feel very fulfilling and satisfying. That makes ham
radio differs from others; the extra skill. RAE ? There are plenty of people
who can't even interpret resistor's color codes and can't even talk about
ohm's law.
Think also about the membership and the quality.
Think what is meant by positive attitude. Think about every other thing.
I pray for God's support and pray for those who
are concerned with amateur radio today.
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I myself do not have good habit.
I may be telling about my bad habit later. Right now I am going to tell the
story of a few interesting habits of a few friends.
a. Mr A is a little stingy.
Whenever we go out I like to order expensive items like a big prawn which
wold easily cost about RM10.00 a piece. He would just order cheaper stuffs
like nasi and ikan. Of course as a courtesy I invite him to taste the prawn.
He would say no. But while eating he would take the udang bit by bit until
he left nothing for me. Knowing that habit I would order two prawns at any
other time.
b. Mr B, when going to toilet
for pissing, he would go near where there are persons on his left and right.
His habit was to look at the penis of both of the persons. Then he would
tell us the size of the penises he had a look. This person is not too big
but he is endowed with a very latge penis.
c. Mr C, when going to buy kueh,
would touch most of them and put them back. His reason was to choose the
soft ones forgetting he might have left germs on the food. The kueh seller
must be very angry but said nothing. I wouldn't buy any kueh if I were
there, just observing his behavior.
d. Mr D, when taking to
restaurant for makan, would always order food for his mother or kids but he
did not pay for it. Finally I stopped asking him to go out for makan with
me.
I am sure you have experience or
come across people of interesting habits, but most of the time you would
keep it to yourself and say nothing about it.
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I did not do any research nor
made enough observations. What I concluded here may not be true at all.
Please make your own observation.
There is one rest area along the
Plus highway which I found to be dirty and not clean as before. I saw the
workers were all Malay. Previously the workers may be from Bangladesh. I
also had heard that the business community said that they had problems with
local workers in many aspects whereas the foreigners were better and more
diligent than the local.
Such situation could create a
big social problems. The large number of foreigners had taken away the jobs
for the local leaving the Malaysian jobless and lead to the increase in drug
addicts. Poverty among the local increase. The Ministers may not be aware of
the urban poverty of the local people.
The outcry has been brought to
the parliament but nothing changes. The government bowed to the business
people.
Why local workers are lazy ?
Does it only of the lower educated group ? Or the big majority of the locals
are of the same quality ? The marketability of a person depends much on his
hard work, willingness to listen, able to communicate well and in some jobs
ample knowledge and skill.
There are jobs that need
language skill like English and Mandarin. Persons who prepare themselves for
job market would not wait to go to Mandarin and English classes.
Unfortunately some people abhorred the two languages mentioned. The right I
would used for these people is stupid.
School kids here live
luxuriously. The parents provide them with motor cycles, hand phones and lap
tops. Certainly they would not want to choose the kind of work that demand
for muscles and sweats. They would reject manual labors.
I remember one graduate lady
teacher in my former school. Before teaching she worked in factory as Minah
Kelang. She enjoyed the work and felt proud of the job. I believe there are
many other right attitude people in this country who are patient and willing
to face difficulties.
We cannot let this to go on
forever; taking in foreigners, giving them citizenships while neglecting our
own people. We are all responsible too.
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CB RADIO
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 The
Citizens Band Radio Service is a public, non-commercial service that is
available to the general population in our country. CB radio station
operates in the 26.965 to 27.405 MHz band or 11 meters with a transmitter
power output of 4 watts AM or 12 Watts SSB. But illegally people use
higher power.
CB Radio is commonly used when
going mobile. When the band condition opens people talk to each other
throughout the world. You don't have to sit for any exam to go on CB. CB
like the Amateur Radio has the QSL cards and has regular international
meeting among members.
Shops that sell amateur radio
equipments usually sell the CB radio. But CB is very much cheaper. Buy
the name brand like Midland products. While waiting for the band to open you
can talk to your local friends provided they too buy the sets.
There are many thousands hand
held CB equipments are being deployed by shoppers for shop to shop
communication. It is almost free as compared to the hand phone when asking
one shop to send a certain supply. By laws people have to register the
equipments with the authority but I think no one does it.
Though the CB has it's own code
and style of communication yet procedures use by the ham radio operators are
being followed too. If you don't like Radio Amateur Examination and Morse
Codes then CB is a good choice for you. In USA CBers are also preparing
themselves for disaster and emergency communication.
You will get plenty of
information from the internet.
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Rulers are above politics.
Rulers are over and above. These statements have been echoed and heard by
all. But what is really in the Constitution about the position of the
Rulers ? I remember pretty well that Mahathir and UMNO had taken away the
total immunity of the Rulers and does not make them above laws. And Rais
Yatim has been babbling that Malaysia follows the rule of law.
I don't think there is any
amendment to the Constitution about the position of the Rulers yet. If it
has not been changed, those who took the street against the opposition and
Karpal Singh should protest against UMNO and Mahathir, and should push for
the immediate amendment to restore the immunity and put the ruler above
the law.
It is very sad for many of us
that Rulers have been dragged by politicians to side them. The Sultan is
the ruler for all. He gives Datukship to UMNO and PAS, MCA and DAP. There
is no question about the fairness of our royalty. No political party
should make our Sultans PAS,UMNO or ADIL. A King is a symbol of unity and
they represent many other institutions.
In Malaysian politics today
politicians want the palace to get involved when they have lost all other
means. Like a judge the Sultan could not take side though it is against
his will.
I see Mahathir as the person
who created the problem and it is not yet close unless Parliament does
something to give back the immunity.
Let me say something about a
Mantra or a Law. Human makes law and they worship it. Remember it does not
come from God or falls from the sky. Imagine just ONE man creates it to
keep him in power and people are worshipping the Mantra, in fact people
are worshipping that man. So most likely the people who make laws prefer
to create them so as to strengthen their power. Look at the model of some
of the repressive countries and some of the regulations chose for their
own benefit.
You must not be surprised if
judges can ignore any written command of law. They were saying those are
man made and man can ignore them. They just refused to worship like many
others. And that is the reason why you see the DAP is challenging those
judges for not following the written rules on the issue of Perak.
Of course there is a big
question; if the opposition party were to rule would they keep the present
set of law or they would just cast them far out in the sea of fire in
another galaxy. We can never tell.
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computer table shown here was used to be by transceivers but only a few
items were seen. The old radio is ICF5900W which is for monitoring the
local FM station to know the prayer time, national news and other
announcements. The lap top on the right is connected to the internet and
the one on the left is for my writing programs. I still write soft wares
at 62. But my brain is not as sharp as before. I cannot code complex
argument anymore.
I have problem with my male
cat which like to piss around the room. The smell is very pungent and I
have a very tough time to do the cleaning. I tried to talk to my cat
several time hoping it could understand me by the brain wave or God could
send my message to her. "Please piss outside the house."
Soon I will be ordering a
dozen units of DigitalPersona fingerprint reader for keeping purposes. May
be one day later I will need it. I know I can develop several applications
with it. I will be waiting for the urge to do it. When it comes, it will
take my time off.
In the mean time I just pass
my time a little here and there. Now my time on TV has increased. I start
to watch Oprah and Big Losses.
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When I was a kid going to the
Holy Land, Mecca (Mekah), would take months by ship. Parents would wait at
home for the letters which would come after a month or so. My mother was
happy to hear that she would fly for her pilgrimage. Now it only
takes 8 hours to fly to the Holy Land.
Yet in 1982 and 1983 when I
went 1 1/2 year schooling in the United State, I have to wait for weeks to
get letters from home. Each day I would open the letter box hoping to see
one letter. To read the local newspaper I had to go to the library. I was
able to read a one month old local paper. The fastest communication with
home was using the telephone.
Phoning from the United States
back home was very much cheaper then the vice versa. M wife would phone to
her relatives one after another on the eve of the Muslim New Year. Those
were the days.
Computer was already there. In
fact I thought myself BASIC programming from the Radio Shack. But there
was no internet yet. It was to come very soon then. But when the
networking started we get in touch with each other live using IRC, the
plain chat without sound or picture.
The quantum leap is when the
microchips was not made a secret weapon anymore. The progress of the
internal structure of the micro processor was so very rapid that we have
to purchase new computer before the old ones get burn up. Today we can
chat while seeing the other person. The audio and the video are of
excellent quality. Distant news could be read daily and at any moment.
Once upon a time one had to be
a ham radio operator to talk across the world. Today a normal laptop or
palm can do all what the ham radio can. Everybody can stretch their hand
and being able to be touched by other person all over the world.
I thank God that I have the
chance and the opportunity to travel far and wide. Travel will be becoming
more and more convenient and cheap. Only a few hours we can reach China or
Australia from Malaysia. In those old days people need to wait for the
monsoon and sailing took a very long time. Wealthy people shuttle from
Malaysia to USA like going from Alor Setar to Penang.
Imagine one day when the earth
is destroyed by a certain catastrophe and everything went burning and
destroyed. But a few of us somehow survived by the miracle. We will
have to start from zero again. Going 100 miles would take us days.
Calamities can be from the man
made materials like the atom bombs or the earth being hit by the foreign
objects coming from the outer space. Scientists are looking at the
behavior of the meteors. But here might be things beyond our mind other
than meteors.
While we are living in this
small world, we might as well enjoy it. Do not commit suicide when you are
in misery.
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At last kids in Primary
Schools are learning Mandarin. When I was a school principal, I had a very
tough time looking for fund to introduce Mandarin class but to no avail.
Even the MCA turned the deaf ear. At about 12 I looked for people to teach
me Hokien and later I asked m mother for a Mandarin class money. I went to
Kiet Hwa evening class on my own.
I had wanted to learn every
other language if I could but I was not able to organize myself. I was not
a smart kid neither did I realize the importance of study. But somehow I
just felt very keen to learn Mandarin. But the duration of the evening
class was short. And I only studied the language for one year.
In university I took mandarin
and Thai. Though many of us did not excel but we can manage ourselves in
many countries we went to.
I appreciate those who still
take up languages at the old age. Everybody says it is for fun. It gives
us pleasure.
Learning language at the
tender age will leave a deep impact. They learn fast and will not forget
what they learn. Every community should not politicized this. Look at it
as a chance and opportunity of free knowledge. In my previous essays I
have touched about this topic but at the time I was not aware that
Mandarin has become a subject in primary schools.
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THE BATIK THAT IS NOT
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The Indonesian claims that Batik is
of Indonesian origin. It is not right for the Malaysians to claim it is
Malaysian. The Indonesian Batik Is a real design of a style that can be
called by the name. The structure and the color scheme is distinct.
When the Malaysian civil servants are required
to put batik every last day of the week, we did not see they wear shirts
of Batik design. I don't know what to call them and it should be called
something else. Nobody says anything about it and designers just carry on
with their work and the shops sell them. The ones with beautiful color
schemes and design are sold at exorbitant price. The materials are not at
all cotton.
Funny, we were all born naked and now rushing
for something to cover ourselves. From plant we moved to cotton and from
cheap materials to the very expensive ones. And dress at a time can tell
people who you are ; a king or a pauper, a police or a lawyer. I say at
one time because today dress can cheat people. People use dress to con
others.
Let us call the Malaysian
designed Batik as Batik which to me is not a real Batik. Trengganu Batik
is the most beautiful and the pattern is very outstanding. I would say
each Trengganu Batik is the only one in the world. I am talking of the
hand made. If you were to go to London super market like Lefayet even a
lady's scarf could be very expensive if it is the only piece in the world.
I had the opportunity to visit
a Batik factory in Jogjakarta. It was a real Batik; the character, the
shape of flowers are real Batik, and they were very beautiful and
attractive. But the price was high too. However it would be worth the
money.
A good quality male shirt
costs about RM100 for short sleeve and a little bit more for the long
sleeve. The sweat smell won't stuck there and we can wear the shirt for 2
days. The cheaper material get pungent very fast. After an hour under the
hot sun our body odor would stuck there.
Indonesian designed Batik
belongs to Indonesia as Bhasmati rice for India and the Black of New
Zealand. They are somewhat copy right stuffs. I can't think and say
anything about this kind of copy right. Otherwise we have to declare the
Malaysian design Batik is our own. It is very different from the
Indonesian Batik. May be we need to look for other name to it.
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THE EFFECTIVE BARBARIC
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The law is intended to protect
the victims and the public. There is in no way that we should sympathize
or pity for persons who inflict pain or injury on others. Drug dealers and
pushers cause more injury to the public as compared to a murderer. But
they are all criminals who should be punished.
People broke all sort of laws
and you always find individuals or organizations supporting them using any
form of arguments they could. Several severe offenders went scot free for
the lack of evidence. Evidence went missing or the police station get
burnt.
Criminals who have been
remanded would continue their previous work committed the same thing
especially on the drug case and traffic offenders. They repeat to break
the law because the punishment did not cause them any pain. Once a person
got use to confinement he will not fear imprisonment.
I never believe that criminals
should be respected nor protected. It is the victim who should be
protected. A victim could be a person or a country.
Let me narrate a few examples
of barbaric punishment that could put away the crimes or the offenders.
1. One Bangladeshi was over
stayed in one neighboring country. He was fined and caned. He told every
friend of his to spread the word not to repeat the same mistake in that
particular country because the cane inflicted a very painful experience.
2. Fishermen intruding into
our neighbor's water would be confined to a solitary lock up where one
cannot stretch the leg or stand straight. That lock up is a hell. The
fishing boat was destroyed. My uncle was involved. When they came back to
Malaysia, they spread the news and warned everyone to be careful about
territorial intrusion.
3. Drug pushers went missing.
They were believe to be killed but nobody knows the killer. There were no
questions of going to court. Eventually we heard almost all pushers were
missing.
The barbaric law protected the
nation and the public. I remember when I was working. Our school toilet
was very clean and attractive. I would say it was better than the hotel.
Didn't the students vandalized an toilet ? Why not ? The first time they
did it. Then we sealed all the toilets. We told them we will only open the
toilet on the second day if there were volunteers to put things back in
order. After that one time everything went on fine. Everybody was looking
at their friends behavior.
Here many people wants to be a hero and get
publicity thru the media, championing the criminals forgetting the
victims. Drugs flow never stopped. Crimes do not halt. Pushers go scot
free. Evidence went missing. Police stations get burnt. Of course public
suspect corruptions among high officials and officers in charge of keeping
evidence.
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How long is the long wait ? To
different person the essence of time and duration are different. ONE hour
could be very long, long or too short depending on situation. If you think
about it and count the minutes and seconds then that hour can be very
long. If you wait but do not think about it then it will be very fast. TWO
hours can be very short if you are watching something interesting.
When your team is playing soccer final against another team and your team
is leading 1 - 0, You want the game to complete fast. The opponent want
more time so that hey can score goal. The last 5 minutes could be very
long for you and too fast for the opponent.
Most of us have been sleeping
1/3 of our lives. The remaining should be used wisely otherwise we would
be wasting our live time. For busy people time slip very quickly. I went
to a festival in Dayton Ohio about 5 years ago but I thought it was 2
years ago.
How long have you been living
? 30 years ? 40 years ? 60 years ? Taking our live span is 75 years, those
who are 60 only have 15 years more to enjoy life. And how long is 15 tears
? Doing the daily routine in no time 5 tears will pass by.
I remember the Arab-Israel war
when Anwar Sadat made peace peace with Israel and got back the lost land
without any further bloodshed. The agreement said Egypt would get back
it's territory with 5 years, and that period has long passed, over 35
years. Till today the Palestinians still do not come to agreement with
Israel.
Many of us will die but one
man. The man is Mahathir because God wants him to go 200 years or will
never die.
People who are doing many
things find time is too short. They have many things to do. Each day pass
fast and that they cannot catch up with the programs. To them time
shrinks.
People in agony like cancer
persons, HIV and those waiting to die time is too long. Some pray for
their time to go fast. Let them be in peace.
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What's left for the DAP to
fight for the Chinese ? Education ? The MCA has done it. Malay Reserve ?
Now there is no more Malay Reserve as the law has made that all land can
be acquired for development and thousands of acres has been turned into
free hold. All done by MCA. Equal right and job opportunity ? Government
has taken non-Malays as civil servants and provide scholarships to all
races. Also the work of MCA. What is left over for the DAP to fight ? What
may be left over is the Premiership.
The government is
cracking the DAP and whipped them hard as seen in Perak. I was thinking
Hee would just keep quiet and felt guilty about betraying the voters. I
was surprised that did not happen. Hee was very adamant and fought her way
thru and the police pint point finger at photographers. DAP MPs and
supporters were hauled to the police station. Will Najib continue to erase
DAP and PAS in any way possible ?
Probably MCA will show it's
prowress and what it had done to the Chinese. BN and UMNO may have
computed the possible result of GE13 and already running the plan right
now, like trying to get the Sarawakians to give BN more seats if it beaten
in Peninsular Malaysia.
In my view Chinese in
Peninsular Malaysia are waiting very patiently for GE13. Whether DAP is
dead or alive the Chinese and like the modern Malays think differently
from yester years. They go for the righteousness and honesty. Money may
not be the virtue but the moral value system.
Local suppression will be
challenged by foreign counter attack in various forms including the
economic retaliation. Internationally DAP might get more support than the
MCA. The Perak crack down will never kill the party. The members and
supporters may grow larger and spread to the other states. The Chinese
have stronger mental strength and stronger will power than other ethnic
Malaysians.
If the police fear Ipoh
becomes Bangkok, it make some sense but inside the assembly and the
behavior in the hall was very embarrassing and did not like a civilized
country. It was ashamed and disgraceful. Now everybody is waiting for GE13
to see what will be happening. They said 13 is the number. Since
independent BN has never been thrown. The 13 will be the day. The Chinese
had never gone out for any protest in Malaysia. But this time they already
did. It is a very dangerous sign. From what I read the hatred towards BN
began during the time of Mahathir.
The picture of Agung was torn
up in public. Only God knows what will happen with number 13.
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