Talk Talk Politik

When I joined this current company I am working now, little that I expect that I will meet a Singaporean who is very politically astute not only in Singapore history but also in Malaysia's political affairs. By now, this guy by the name of Mr Cheng would be at his new workplace.

When he was around here, we used to trade alot of opinions on current affairs especially on Malaysia's political developments. We will spar and trade exchanges on our point of views. His knowledge of Msian politics will put many Msians to shame as well.

So everytime when I dropped by at his office, he will ask me "so any latest updates?". Thats his standard catchphrase and then we'll start to trade opinions on the latest happenings or on the articles we read in Malaysia Today or MalaysiaKini. And both of us are great admirers of Raja Petra's writtings. And it helps as well that his Legal knowledge put many things in perspective.

Before he left, he did left me with an autobiography, Eating Salt. Must read ah, Cheng said. Very simple English and very interesting. Okay, I said. So I will make it a point to read this book, apart from the many books still in queqe in my list of read ups.

So all the best to my "political kopi talk" kaki in his new working environment.

P/S: Mr Cheng is standing beside me & we were having a sumptous Brazillian carnivore buffet.

Ezam's comeback

The return of the prodigal son. Touted as a political coup from Pak Lah and orchestrated by Dato Wan Farid, with Ezam rejoining UMNO after his hiatus starting from the days when he left the party together with Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI).

To liken Ezam as rakan seperjuangan rakan rakan Keadilan is definately an understatement. We are talking about this guy who used to be DSAI political secretary and Youth Chief of PKR. Not only that but he merengkok in penjara for his struggle too. And even Hishamuddin Rais in his blog Dari Jelebu did a write up on his cell partner of 2 years, about how courageous Ezam is.

So his rationale of joining UMNO? Pak Lah recent actions has prompted him to take this path and fight from within because he sees a commitment from UMNO to make a change.

Hmmm......isnt it too early to say anything at this juncture? Yes recent events has shown the government is trying its best to undo some of the legacy left behind by BN. Restoration of the judiciary and ex gratia payment to the judges involved in the judicial crisis, the Lingam commission, a commit to review the toll rates, to relook at some of the draconian acts we have, bringing Zaid Ibrahim into the PM Dept to take charge of legal affairs, to make ACA from a toohless tiger to ACA (the real deal of course), and just today proposals to amend the University Act.

Why all this populist moves? Its plain simple. BN was handed a knock out by the rakyat. Some component parties had fallen so deep that, they might not climb out of the hole for a long time to come. All these acts by BN are more of a damage control in play. With DSAI looming at the edge of the Parliment, Ezam is just another pawn in percaturan politik of the bigwigs.

Malaysian politics has just gone a notch higher. And I am still not talking about the side events happening in and outside of the Dewan Rakyat.

Handphone TV

Not too long back, I had a posting on Nokia bootlegs being sold in Thailand and China. The Chinese has come up with yet again another innovative mobile phone that looks to me is something back to basics. It seems simple but yet something that did not catch on until recently.

The Chinese always seems to be first to dash from the starting line when it comes to introducing new catchy gadgets in the market. The recent release of Diamond smart phone from the makers of HTC unveils a slew of cool features in their TouchFlo technology again pipping Apple 3G I Phone for market release.

So with the introduction of this cool tv mobile phone above, one can watch pratically any terresterial channels by MediaCorp, so is there any reasons why consumers would want to pay $6 for Mio Mobile services in which for every 10min use of GPRS, one needs to pay $0.50 for every block used.

Again yeah, the resolution might not be as crystal clear vs Mio, but then again I have seen people using this mobile phone around Singapore. And I was told that the resolution is not as bad as one will expect. Looks like this is going to be a hit among those potato couch who simply cant get enough of TV at home.

This is my SEAT

Move out of the way...Big Daddy is in the house. So this is exactly what happened when I took the train back from work yesterday. Obviously, this is another blatant display of a person without courtesy and manners.

So here he is, having his log like thigh invading the seat beside him. Dont think he gives a rat's ass for anyone beside him. Well, someone did squeeze into the seat beside him though later on. A very tiny man that tried his best to seat comfortably beside Mr I Dont Give A Rat's Ass.

So my guess was right. He stopped at the same MRT station I was alighting. Well, why am I not suprised at all?

Painting Galore

On Sat morning, it was paint, paint and more paint. Yes, Chien Jin and Esther will be moving to their new house. So I have lost basically a good housemate. So that morning, we headed to their new home, with 1 mission in mind. Paint, paint and paint.

It was tiring but fun as well. The aftermath, Kim had backaches all over her body and he throat felt funny smelling the various colours from the paint and the many brands we used such as Toa and Nippon. As for me, I think I came out pretty okay although I had a foolish dumb start when I made my 1st attempt to paint the ceiling of the room. I think I put too much paint onto the roller and as I was standing on the chair to reach the ceiling, one lump of white paint fell from the roller hit spot on into my right eye. Trust me, when I say I was momentarily blinded and my eyes felt sticky and hot. Didnt know that painting can be a hazard as well.

Below are some pictures from the Project Painting.

This is me a happy camper before the song Smoke Gets In Your Your Eyes became Paint Gets In Your Eyes if you get my drift.

Armpit Man Dom in action, noticed the hole in his armpit to give more fresh air circulation into his body. Nah.......thats just his working clothes when he is not working as an engineer but moonlighting doing some hard odd jobs for a living......nah thats not true as well. He just loves his torn worn out shirt he got from Oregon, USA.

Who says painting is not fun, its already 8pm plus and here we are still with our spirits held up high since morning.

But there was a point in time where we start to get a bit disoriented and someone attempts to take a wee into the cup and someone tried to paint a human rather than the walls

At the end of the day, those that worked their ass off, had the distinction to paint their names on the Wall Of Fame

Spirit

What a morning it was to the start of the Monday. Downstairs at my block's void deck, I heard screams and shouts. Saw a Malay lady maybe in her late 20s slumped on the ground, eyes rolling wide, gasping and speaking gibberish, and her body was shaking uncontrollably. For that instance, I knew she was possessed by some spirit or spirits. Her family members were surrounding her looking stunned and confused while an elderly man, presumably her grandfather, was seen reciting some verses to calm her down. As I walked further away from my block, I could hear here shouting and what seems to be some threats as well.

Well what a start to Monday...........the most dreaded day of all calendar days......

What more can I say about the place I stay as I have blogged about my place in many occasions.......not only undesirable elements like thugs or uncivic minded people are staying there.....now ghouls and spirits too.......what's next?

Idol Branca Witness

So last night's American Idol was a shocker. David Cook was crowned the American Idol Season 7 winner. Well I had been an ardent follower of this Season 7 competition given the fact that this season's show has an abundance of talents. Plus, this two Davids certainly are talented especially Archueleta with his crisp smooth trademark voice. However Cook will be more to my liking since he is more of a contemporary rock singer. But, I missed last night's final. For one reason only, I dozed off cause I was too sleepy....hahahaha

So next on the line now is the Pedra Branca verdict. So both countries, Malaysia and Singapore will be beaming the results live starting 4pm. Again who will win? With 16 judges giving their verdicts, anything goes. May the best "man" wins in ICJ, Hague today.

When I went back home, I managed to picked up a copy of Jeff Ooi's book, I Witness from my aunt. According to my aunt, when she was there to purchase the book, Jeff only had 1 last copy left and he couldnt let that copy go as he was about to have a press conference with some reporters. So need to promo lah the book. My aunt came back again later on, and he was nice enough to sign the book for my aunt. By the way, my name is not Christine.....hahaha.....

Just Change It.....indeed Penangnites heed his call and made a change. My salute to Penangnites courage and conviction of wanting to see a change. Indirectly this salute goes to me too since I voted in Penang as well.