[Msia] News To Depress 20-21Aug08
Depressing News: 20~21Aug08.
Parliament is leaking .... again. I have lost count as to how many times it has happened over the past few years.
Unfortunately, Uncle Samy has gone into stealth mode, and I guess he won't be climbing up ladders to fix buildings any more. Sigh! A great era is over!! Whoever shall we get to announce the next toll hikes BUT they surely will not be able to match the flair of Uncle Samy :(
Najip making some 'equal treatment' statement (From Malaysiakini):
"If you go to other places in the region, the Chinese had to change their names and couldn’t go to Chinese schools. But here, we let everyone practise their culture. The name Lee Chong Wei is still Lee Chong Wei. This is BN’s policy until today," he said at the ceremony to hand over a cheque for RM300,000 to the Beijing Olympics silver medalist.
Wow, makes me well proud to be Malaysian that a basic right such as defining one's own naming standards could be tossed into the political fray. Plus, poor Lee Chong Wei probably could not say anything against that racial-divisive-remark else he could kiss that RM 300,000 payout adios.
But thanks a lot Najip for the reminder - I shall never, never, never ever take the name "Chan Keen Soon" for granted ever again!
Dr. Koh vs Guan Eng
Interesting to see the 2nd debate. Dr. Koh was definitely the chap who had more finesse and was also obviously more prepared than Guan Eng. Guan Eng was still stuck in an opposition mentality if he and the rest cannot get out of that psychological state - they may as well hand over the reins of government to the BN next election.
I wonder why Guan Eng was not well prepared - perhaps a bit of cockiness and overconfidence? But I have a bit of newfound respect for Dr. Koh, he apparently isn't the absolute pushover I thought he was. Dr. Koh if you pronounce is slowly and delibrately, does have a twang that sounds menacing (think Dr. Eeeeeee-whellll).
Whatever it is all the best to Penang - long live Ghee Hiang "Tau Sar Pneagh"!
PUTRA LRT
Damn KJ Station didn't function at all on 20Aug08 around 0820hrs. Stood around like an idiot with the rest of the swelling crowd, and by 0840 nothing had changed. Don't know when it got 'fixed' decided to opt out for the day.
Heard it was the 2nd time in 1 month. For an automated mass transportation system where the tolerance of failure is usually ZERO, this is a national disgrace. There should be a class action suit launched against the idiots running Putra LRT.
Summary: Well hope you read it, know how teruk life can get, and you can smile a bit knowing you aren't that worse off than you originally thought. Now gimme a smile .... :)
Parliament is leaking .... again. I have lost count as to how many times it has happened over the past few years.
Unfortunately, Uncle Samy has gone into stealth mode, and I guess he won't be climbing up ladders to fix buildings any more. Sigh! A great era is over!! Whoever shall we get to announce the next toll hikes BUT they surely will not be able to match the flair of Uncle Samy :(
Najip making some 'equal treatment' statement (From Malaysiakini):
"If you go to other places in the region, the Chinese had to change their names and couldn’t go to Chinese schools. But here, we let everyone practise their culture. The name Lee Chong Wei is still Lee Chong Wei. This is BN’s policy until today," he said at the ceremony to hand over a cheque for RM300,000 to the Beijing Olympics silver medalist.
Wow, makes me well proud to be Malaysian that a basic right such as defining one's own naming standards could be tossed into the political fray. Plus, poor Lee Chong Wei probably could not say anything against that racial-divisive-remark else he could kiss that RM 300,000 payout adios.
But thanks a lot Najip for the reminder - I shall never, never, never ever take the name "Chan Keen Soon" for granted ever again!
Dr. Koh vs Guan Eng
Interesting to see the 2nd debate. Dr. Koh was definitely the chap who had more finesse and was also obviously more prepared than Guan Eng. Guan Eng was still stuck in an opposition mentality if he and the rest cannot get out of that psychological state - they may as well hand over the reins of government to the BN next election.
I wonder why Guan Eng was not well prepared - perhaps a bit of cockiness and overconfidence? But I have a bit of newfound respect for Dr. Koh, he apparently isn't the absolute pushover I thought he was. Dr. Koh if you pronounce is slowly and delibrately, does have a twang that sounds menacing (think Dr. Eeeeeee-whellll).
Whatever it is all the best to Penang - long live Ghee Hiang "Tau Sar Pneagh"!
PUTRA LRT
Damn KJ Station didn't function at all on 20Aug08 around 0820hrs. Stood around like an idiot with the rest of the swelling crowd, and by 0840 nothing had changed. Don't know when it got 'fixed' decided to opt out for the day.
Heard it was the 2nd time in 1 month. For an automated mass transportation system where the tolerance of failure is usually ZERO, this is a national disgrace. There should be a class action suit launched against the idiots running Putra LRT.
Summary: Well hope you read it, know how teruk life can get, and you can smile a bit knowing you aren't that worse off than you originally thought. Now gimme a smile .... :)
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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