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I wonder where is John?
This post is for my church folks. Thanks, Carmel and all the others for reading my blog. ( I hope I got your name right?)
And thanks to the special person who told me :
I enjoy reading your blog and it is interesting, passionate (about the
things you believe in), funny and real. you are good. i like the
diverse issues you talk about. and wouldn’t worry about the language
at all…you probably say it the way many would like to but may not
have the guts to do so. being ‘christiany’ ( a lilian c’s terminology)
is being real, being truthful…calling a spade a spade…styles may
vary…so what?? message more important!!
(Clay Aiken “Mary, Did you know?” with clips from The Passion of the Christ)
Back to my title, I wonder where is John? I asked our church’s clerk and she notices that he has not been around too. Anyway, I have three posts dated back to 2004/2005 which I hope to share with you and maybe you can share with others. (pardon some of the languages because back in 2004, no one reads my blog or know who I am so I have a freehand 
)
Who is John? (that’s my very old, original blog)
How some of us treat John. (back then, it was Monsignor Father S.L.)
I hope these very frank and very ‘raw’ thoughts from me when I was just a year-old converted Catholic, having the eyes of a child will give insight to others in our interactions with the differently-abled persons.
So, hello, welcome and please don’t ever talk to me about embarassing stuffs I wrote when you see me in church. *runs and hides*
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NS deaths: Are you parents dead too?
The above is not a question from me. But it is a letter by Prof Dr M Tajuddin M Rasdi (May 9, 08 4:54pm) quoted in Malaysiakini.
Prof Dr M Tajuddin asked :
So parents, please, wake up. I send this message to YOU. The NS director-general is not going to listen. The political leaders don’t seem to care. So it is up to US. What should we do? Never mind the trainees are Malays, Indians, Chinese, Kadazans, Dayak, Iban or what-have-you. They are all OUR children.
And I wish to reply to Prof Dr M Tajuddin.
Prof,
We are a nation that has no voice. As a blogger, and a very vocal and courageous one, I did ranted about it in September 2007. But what do you think I can do? When the NS started, I remember this Malay boy who skipped it. The police hunted him down, put him on the front page like he is a banduan, pengkhianat negara. The poor boy merely had to earn a living to feed his mother because he was making ends meet.
That was many years ago. All of us parents are cowed by such things. Over the decades, our balls have shrunken. We have been robbed off our voices. Left and right, we have the ISA and scary shits like those looming in the shadows.
Why? Because our irresponsible mainstream media editors have brainwashed us. Sometimes, I wonder if we are living in a communist country or do we have a voice like the Americans? I was involved with the bereaved parents group in the USA and they are very active. They have mothers against drunk driving, they have parents group for suicide children, they have every darn thing, including campaigns to prevent deaths at playgrounds. They sue their Government. They sue every backsides. They implement laws to protect children. They go out and do something. Why? Because they have all the mechanism in their favour.
Over here? Nurin Jazlin uncle started the Amber Alert type of missing children. We have our general election and Nurin Jazlin is now forgotten. Sharlinie will be forgotten too because our police are too busy merampas lilin.
Over here? If we are not UMNO/MCA cronies, we have no voice. If we seek help from our Opposition party, we are view as troublemakers.
My eldest son was not selected for NS this year. In another two years, it will be my second son’s at the Russian roulette. Then, four years later, my third son and so on until my fifth son.
Do you think I do not wish to tell them to STOP THE DEATHS AT NS CAMP? I want. But who am I? If I do it too actively, people will definitely say, “Aiyah, she is trying to pamper her sons to be pondans lah.” I know. Because our politicians usually use this tactic. So, I do not want my sons to be labelled pondans because I have the nobel desire to make a change. I am selfish. I wont’ do it. I am waiting for others to do it.
But I know others won’t. Not even if they are the ones who are directly affected by it. So, Prof, I am as angry as you.
So, let me tell Lee Lam Thye:
Mr. Lee, when you left DAP, you were in tears. I watched that on TV and I thought you are the greatest hero. I didn’t know DAP struggles then. I thought you made the right decision to strike out on your own to do good for humanity. You are still doing good. But, Sir, you cannot do it alone. Go back to DAP and claim your balls and greatest hero suit and help us. It is more effective then. Then, you aren’t pressured to continue the NS. You can tell someone’s wife who supplies the uniforms, “Sorry lah, you are out of bisnes. Maybe you can start making XXL female banduan uniforms?”
Niamah, sorry I ranted out of tangent. But I have every right to be angry, worried, furious because I have three more sons on that Russian roulette.
I may not have the ability to initiate anything. But if there is any protest, call me. I will buy a few dozen eggs and pelt at Lee Lam Thye. Egg protein is good for hair growth.
P/S : Fong Po Kuan is issuing a motion to stop NS. Now, I wonder how many of our Sinisters from the cabinet has children in there? Oh wait…the random, computer selection detects KKN too. (you don’t know what is KKN? Ask Lim Kit Siang)
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This question is for the ladies
Let’s say you have a fairygodfather with a magic wand in front of you.
He can make princes out of frogs.
He can also make ugly things disappear. E.g. your MIL, Sami Blue Bulu, that zit on your face and your hairs.
So, let’s say you can only choose one part of your body to get the hairs removed permanently. No, this is not brazillian wax job or eyebrows shaping.
Parts like your ketiak OR gorilla back OR upper lips OR legs.
Will you choose a part that is most prominent but small?
Or will you choose the biggest area? You know lah, like accountants, they will measure the surface area and find one with the biggest surface area.
So, which part will you choose?
Faster, faster tell me.
Tenkiu.
And if you are male, I don’t want you guys to feel left out too. Which part of hairs on a woman’s body is the most unattractive? NO 18SX description or I charge you for sexual harassment. Only visible parts of the body when a woman is wearing normal clothings, ok? A hairy leg, a hairy armpit, mustache (upper lips), sideburns, arms…..Where?
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Warkah untuk PM - Pak Lah pun sama dengan Karpal Singh saja?
Warkah untuk PM means letter to the Prime Minister.
There is also a website call Warkahuntukpm.com.my
but does anyone even get a reply from the PM? LOL
This is the current news from Malaysiakini and also in other media. Pak Lah asked Tengku Adnan to make a police report against Karpal Singh because Karpal Singh questioned the Sultan of Perak’s decision.
Umno buat laporan polis terhadap Karpal
Muda Mohd Noor & Siti Nurul Zahra Hamdan | May 8, 08 7:08pmPresiden Umno, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi telah mengarahkan setiausaha agung Umno, Datuk Tengku Adnan Mansor supaya membuat aduan polis terhadap pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh yang mempersoalkan kuasa Sultan Perak dalam pentadbiran negeri tersebut.
Ahli Parlimen Bukit Gelugor itu sebelum ini mempersoalkan kuasa Sultan Perak khususnya dalam kes pertukaran Pengarah Jabatan Agama Islam Perak (JAIP) Datuk Jamry Sury.
Bercakap kepada pemberita di ibunegara petang ini, Abdullah berkata, kenyataan Karpal itu mempunyai unsur-unsur hasutan
“Saya telah memberitahu Tengku Adnan supaya membuat aduan di balai polis supaya dibawa kepada Peguam Negara dan mahkamah mengenai Karpal Singh,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan “Mihas Showcase 2008″ di Tapak A, Pameran Mihas, Matrade di ibunegara hari ini.
Abdullah berkata, beliau juga diberitahu bahawa yang lain lagi - bukan sahaja orang Melayu, tetapi juga bukan Melayu - membuat laporan polis yang sama.
Katanya, mereka membuat laporan tersebut kerana merasa tersinggung dan marah terhadap kenyataan Karpal Singh yang telah menimbulkan kemarahan ramai orang.
Now, let’s see the same scenario that happened on March 24th, 2008. This is taken from The Star. To make it clearer, I took screenshots of The Star article.
Monday March 24, 2008
PM: Appointing anyone else is against ConstitutionSEPANG: The appointment of anyone but Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh as Terengganu Mentri Besar is unconstitutional, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
“Most of the state assemblymen support Datuk Seri Idris. This fact remains unchanged. They are in agreement,” he told reporters after attending the 10th Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday.
“Therefore, appointing anyone else is not right constitutionally,” he said.
Abdullah was commenting on the Mentri Besar saga in which Kijal assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Said received his letter of appointment as the new Mentri Besar from Regency Advisory Council (MPPR) chief Tengku Sri Panglima Raja Tengku Baderulzaman at a closed-door ceremony at Istana Tetamu in Kuala Terengganu at 8.20am yesterday.
Dear Pak Lah
I am only a mere rakyat. I make this decision based on my own opinions. I have never spoken to Karpal Singh and neither does Karpal Singh knows my existence. I have not even shaken hands with him. But I did take a photo because like every common citizens, we love to take pictures with VIPs and politicians. We can then show off to our neighbours that we were that close to a VIPs. Mere inches, close. If you are here and I have the chance to get near, I will take a photo with you as well. But I will make sure I stay several inches away for fear of being photoshopped like Michelle.
The above is to make it clear that I am not politically motivated. I am only asking you as a curious person.
PAK LAH, ISN’T THE ABOVE TWO SCENARIOS THE SAME?
The only difference is Karpal Singh is spelt with KS and your name is AAB. The royalties and the palaces command the same kind of respect.
So, Pak Lah, please explain to us, the rakyat of Malaysia…..Can I go to the police station and also make a report that on March 24th, 2008 you also made a seditious remarks yang berunsur hasutan dan mungkin menaikan kemarahan rakyat dan justeru itu, mengakibatkan kekacauan?
Lagi satu Pak Lah, mengapa Pak Lah begitu suka membangkitkan isu perkauman dalam komen Pak Lah?
Abdullah berkata, beliau juga diberitahu bahawa yang lain lagi - bukan sahaja orang Melayu, tetapi juga bukan Melayu - membuat laporan polis yang sama.
Tolong Pak Lah jelaskan? Saya kurang faham. Apa bezanya?
And sorry if you feel offended that I questioned you. My sons do that to me all the time. They expect me to treat all their brothers equally so I am used to practise equality in meting out punishments or giving rewards. And when I cannot do it equally, I will tell them, “Sorry, I give preference to your little brother because he is cuter.” They are satisfied because I am being frank and I have valid reasons. So, please be frank with us and we will be satisfied too.
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“How to get rid of your monster-in-law without committing murder?”
Note that this is a just a humour post. Please go far-far if you cannot take mother-in-laws jokes, ok?
JT left a comment in my previous housewife post.
I love my wife… BUT
WHAT SHOULD I DO?? i hav oredi hinted to my MIL abt cutting down the unnecessary calls.
pls pls… appreciate any ideas and advice fr any good ‘housewife’ out there.
p/s sorry.. murdering her is not an option.
I think Terence will be the best person to teach you, JT? ‘Cos I am not a man and hence, cannot empathise why men cannot love our mommies like we women do. But that is not to say I don’t have my share of pain-in-the-arse monsters-in-law. In fact, I got ship loads of them in the form of siblings. (God bless my MIL who has RIP)
Still, do you know that it is easier for men to tolerate their monster-in-law than we women have to tahan our MILs? It is a gender thing.
Usually, with men, it is mostly about money. She wants to know how much you earn. She wants to compare your salary with her own son. She wants to make sure that her son has something much better than yours etc etc. Then, there are those who helps to keep an eye that you do not cheat on your wife so she mark you like a spy.
But with women, our MILs are truly monster from hell because she wants to be sure that we wives are not better than her in anyway and yet, they demanded we serve their precious sons like kings. Actually, they do not know what they want. Whether they want wives who are so superly good until their precious sons are so smitten with the wife’s cooking, housekeeping, childcare, sex etc etc or they want a so-so daughter-in-law who is below par compared to her.
Having said that…my dear hubby is actually very ngam with my mother, more than I do. He could tolerate my mom more than I can. Maybe because my mom is the exact opposite of his mom. My mom was a cheerful person, talks non-stop, very, very cincai and smiles all the time. She was excellent with our kids. (poor me……. just use the opposite adverbs and go figure LOL)
So, like I said, I really have no idea how to dispose off your monster-in-law, short of…..
(video taken from Edelweiss Cafe, Penang)
So, married men, help JT lah!
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Klang Valley folks, got buy Malay Mail today? (me in there, wei)
The Malay Mail is back in publication a few days ago. A blogger friend asked me if she can interview me about blogging. I told her ok, provided I get to say what I want to say. And they did let me say what I said. That politicians’ blogs suck! Yay! I won’t be able to get hold of The Malay Mail but I will get a printed copy eventually. Otherwise, I will wait for the online version to be uploaded.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The Malay Mail, the Kuala Lumpur daily that has seen better days in its 112-year history, will turn into a political afternoon newspaper focused on Pakatan Rakyat-ruled states when relaunched May 5.
The Simpletech-Gabungan Kesturi consortium that bought The Malay Mail from NSTP Berhad has appointed industry veteran Tony Francis as editor with the tabloid’s old news editor Frankie D’Cruz as consultant.
The Malaysian Insider has also learnt that former The Star political correspondent K. Baradan is helming The Malay Mail’s political desk and is looking to hire reporters for states under the Pakatan governments.
(source)
So, go buy Malay Mail today lah! Terence said, “Cilaka, you say boycott the newspapers but now, you ask people to buy pulak.” I told him, “Different mah, Malay Mail is a new paper and they are probably not as biased as the UMNO/MCA funded newspapers leh?”
Now, on to The Sun, the free paper.
WEB EDITION :: Local News
Toh raps Penang education dept’s attitudeGEORGE TOWN (May 7, 2008): Former Barisan Nasional (BN) state executive councillor Datuk Dr Toh Kin Woon expressed disappointment at the attitude of the the Penang education department for refusing to allow the current state government from distributing prescription spectacles to children of Tamil schools during school hours.
“Why is it that it was okay for me to go to the schools when I was executive councillor but not for the executive councillor of a different party?” asked the former state education committee chairman.
“It is also not fair that the education minister at the federal level can go to schools, but not the state executive councillor for education.”
Deputy Chief Minister II Prof Dr P.Ramasamy, who also succeeded Toh’s portfolio after the May 8 elections, had told the press on Monday (May 5) of the current education committee’s plan to distribute spectacles to 223 pupils from 11 Tamil schools in Seberang Perai Utara on May 12.
(The Sun)
Few nights ago, I knew about this issue and I was terribly pissed. So pissed that I took the courage and posted my thoughts on Lim Kit Siang’s blog. (scared wei, there all die-hard fans of the Red Rocket, silap cakap, they bamboo me, mati leh)
And I am going to say to the Education Director again - Ini adalah perkara yang berperangai kebudak-budakan. Tuan telah silap langkah. Kanak-kanak sekolah sekarang sudah pintar IT, mereka faham perkembangan politik di negeri ini. Mereka boleh menggangap perbuatan ini sebagai reaksi rasa iri-hati, penindasan kerajaan terhadap kerajaan negeri dan keputusan biadap kerana YB Timbalan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang patut dihormati kerana beliau adalah DCM.
Permintaan tuan untuk mengadakan upacara itu di luar masa sekolah tidak munasabah kerana ini bermakna kanak-kanak semua kena pergi ke sekolah sekali lagi. Dan ini juga bermakna guru-guru semua juga kena kerja lebih masa.
In one sentence in English - You sucks.
And I have every right to rant over this stupid decision of wrangling for power that involves my children and all the school children in the Pakatan Rakyat-led states. It is immature, childish, vindictive, showing bad example to our children and under-estimating the wisdoms our youths. Cakap tak serupa bikin. If the Education Minister wants to get ALL politicians out of the schools, then, why are UMNO/MCA ministers allowed and even published in the papers? Why so petty? If the Education Department wants to nurture a righteous, moral upright group of young people, they have to start from themselves. Stick to your principles. No double-standard.
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Heeding Mrs. RPK aka Marina Lee’s call
Updated :
If you couldn’t make it to the Sungai Buloh prison last night to light a candle for RPK, friends will be holding another candle light vigil later tonight.
Date : 8th May
Venue : Dataran Merdeka
Time : 8pm
(source : Haris Ibrahim’s People’s Parliament)
I have nothing more to say, as I am thoroughly exhausted by the turn of events and can only hope and pray that my fellow citizens, especially wives and mothers out there, that you would all come together to protest and to demand for my beloved husband’s freedom and that you will call upon your member of parliament to boycott parliament as a gesture of support for my husband’s struggle. (Mrs RPK aka Marina Lee)
These sentences touched a chord in my heart as a wife and mother. I would not want to get involve in the political side of things because it is so sensitive. But when a woman is calling out for mothers and wives out there, I must heed the call and tell her I hear her.
These nine days, I am attending a Novena. It is like a 9-day special mass leading to Pentecost. I lifted up my prayers to God Almighty that He will watch over me and keep me safe because when we put our lives out there on the internet, we are vulnerable to the risks of a whole new world.
I also prayed earnestly that justice will prevail. I am a nobody. I am only a reader of Malaysia-Today and I wouldn’t dare to say I am 100% behind RPK because I admit that I do not totally eat up everything he said. Most times, I take it with a grain of salt. But, I know that he was instrumental in the huge political tsunami and for that, I must thank him. He was the binding force, bringing PAS and its previous nemesis DAP together. He plot and chart many things, with his unseen action.
But these two nights, I prayed hard for him to see justice. Because if RPK can get into trouble, all of us can. If there is no leniency for him, who is from the royal lineage, who else will have the immunity? I see it as the silence of the bloggers or the questioning voices. Whatever outcome from this case is a huge milestone for every single Malaysians. Therefore, pray to your heavens that whatever it is, it has to be something that protects us. Yes, I am being selfish here. I want RPK to be safe so that I can feel safe as well. (not that I have said anything detrimental but I have a lot of questions)
Right after I read this posting by Marina Lee aka Mrs. RPK, I stumbled on Lim Kit Siang’s blog. If you recollected, RPK was very critical of Lim Kit Siang at one stage (when LKS asked his Perak state ADun to boycott the ceremony at the palace). Yet, today….Lim Kit Siang on on trial on RPK’s behalf at the Parliament.
I tell you, I have never respected Lim Kit Siang this much until now. He was there, quoting facts after facts, with the Bung Mokthar shouting at the back, other MPs from Barisan questioning him and so on. Yet, Yang Berhormat Lim Kit Siang kept on stating the facts that RPK should not be treated like he is. Lim Kit Siang did not defended RPK but defended the issue. Lim Kit Siang said if RPK is wrong and has accused the other parties wrongly, the other parties have the right to defend themselves. But RPK cannot be given the treatment he is getting now.
There are four video segments but let me share video number two. It is funny, it is factual and it speaks so much of Lim Kit Siang’s support for RPK’s case. I am so glad that we have Members of Parliament like Yang Berhormat Lim Kit Siang. I accord you my highest respect, YB Lim.
And everyone, please read Marina Lee’s posting in Malaysia-Today. Do what you feel is right. I don’t know, maybe just share the link with your readers or something. Whatever lah.
And who is my Member of Parliament? Saudara Liew Chin Tong (DAP/where I am staying) or is it Datuk Zahrain (PKR/where I vote) I have faith in them. I know they will stand up for justice, human rights and freedom.
May the Almighty watch over RPK and get him out of Sungai Buloh Prison soon. I need that blog mentor to spice up my daily readings and writings. I hope the hunger strike will help him lose some of his belly. God bless RPK and gives strength to Puan Marina and RPK’s daughter.
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May 5th, 2008 (3 days ago) at 23: 39.12 My prayers that we shall see justice with regards to RPK’s case.
But I am very furious with this :
I had blogged about this because I am a mother with four school going children. I know little kids love the ‘celebrity factor’ of having VIPs to grace their school events.
First on NUTP ridiculous instructions, then, Ong Kah Chuan attending PTA, and the Minister of Higher Education distributing school building funds.
(pardon my language on my blog, that’s my firebrand LOL)
I am furious because the ruling Federal Government is not sticking to their own words. They allowed all the UMNO/MCA ministers to go to schools and participate and yet, create petty things with our Penang State Government.
P/S : YB Lim, I am from KADun Air Putih. Was there at the launching of the service center.