A truly workable team

I can't fall asleep, so I roam about the Net until I come across a news, Zaid Ibrahim caused a stir by appearing at PKR congress and DAP victory dinner. I have to admit that I take my hat off to him in spite of many peoples threw accusations that he is a traitor of his own race.

I believe that he did nothing wrong. Abraham Lincoln had brought the foes into his fold during his tenure and proved that a consensus reached by a mixture of 'yes and no' men had produced a workable team. Lincoln (belonged to Republican) did so by appointing someone from Democrat to be his second war secretary.

The consensus reached by a different perspective views, which comprised of the 'yes-men' and formidable rivals could produce a variety of choices, so that a leader could put himself in other's shoes to speak on different sides of each issues.

Richard Nixon, the 37th US President had proven the bad record with his attitude to consider an adversary as an enemy when he fired his secretary who did not share the same thoughts with him. Nixon is listed among the lowest rank in the poll of unfavorable viewed president.

Recently Obama had convinced the whole world with his approval of Lincoln's ideology. He is considering his front-runner during the Democrat nomination, Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State and EVEN MC CAIN to help him in the senate.

A team of friends and rivals can do much better than the sycophants and yes-men.

Devil in disguise

I woke up this morning, with a mixture of bitter and infuriated feelings. I gasped, knowing it was just a bad dream of my guy having a secret affair with a short-haired damsel, wearing black collar shirt (the moment I confronted her).

I would not be hesitate to slap the girl if it happened in reality. Thank God it was not more than a nightmare.

Somehow, I could not understand why certain person can fall in love and steal someone's darling. I had once asked my mother "macam mana orang perempuan rasa bila dia rampas husband orang lain?" when I heard she's talking about someone seducing other people's husband.

Someone who steal other's happiness must be awfully ruthless, and their happiness which they build up from ruining other's life would not be long.

"Manusia saya paling benci dalam dunia ialah manusia PERAMPAS"

fuck you bitch!

Some people are born to look like PIG!(swear this is true)
brain like a PIG!
behave like a PIG!
asked from others and save theirs like a PIG!
talk cocks and lift themselves up like a PIG!
bad-mouth like a PIG!


OINK!OINK!

YOUNG FOLKS

PETER BJORN AND JOHN: YOUNG FOLKS

I listened to this song over and over again these past few days, which had highly likely cast a magic spell on me. I was hypnotized by the funky animation video, the whistling sound, its tune, and victoria's sweet voice!

There are parts of the lyrics which are so endearing & keep on rewinding in my mind:

Peter: If you knew my story word of word, had all my history, would you go along with someone like me?

and Victoria replied : I did before and had my share, it didn't lead nowhere.I would go along with someone like you..

It reminds me to the utterance of my elder sister:
.. If you like someone, put away all his/her past and history. History can't never be changed.
The exception: Unless that person has an AIDS.

new semester started & my bad hair day

Picture taken before leaving, I was deeply in sorrow. It's sooo sickening to think about the Evidence Paper which I have to sit on this coming Friday (masalah sembelit telah menafikan hak saya untuk menduduki peperiksaan pada hari yang sepatutnya.)
My younger sister seemed sooooo delighted with new fragrance prezzie from Abah, before we leaved.

But this guy had cured my tense and sorrows. He never fails to make my day. I heart my gewe to pieces.=) We had our lunch at Johnny's (his favorite place to date, saya tak tau apa Uncle Johhnys letak dalam sup dia sampai gewe saya jd addicted, mungkin resipi celup seluar dalam kot), before we watched Budak Kelantan.

My bad hair day started when I forgot to shampoo my hair and it's so oily and sticky. Hehehe. Then I went to JJ for lunch and only after we reached home I forgot that I haven't go to Maybank to pay the rental.*sigh*. This poor miss scatterbrain had to turn back to the bank. And the most unfortunate incident which turned herself as mad as march hare was when she noticed that she lost her student ID Card, meaning that she cannot entered the library and the most fatal consequence, she will have to 'donate' RM50 to the security, paying off her clumsiness. She went broke this week.

What do I think about that RM50, I can eat Kenny Rogers, or big feast@William Kelana Jaya, or bodoh bodoh bodoh.

The revelation of the skeleton in the closet

Something that I will unveil..hehehe.

When I was 7, I watched P Ramlee movie with my father (Nujum Pak Belalang). At one scene, I was curious when I saw P Ramlee made a cup of coffee using that benda alah color hitam at the back of cooking pan. I asked my father:

Me: Abah,sedak ko wak kopi guno patak kuali gitu? (Does that way of making coffee really have a fine taste?)
My father: Sedaaaaaakkkkk (in a provocative, but sarcastic tone). Try laaa..

I went to the kitchen without anyone noticing and I started to 'collect' the benda alah color hitam tu using a knife. I pour the powder and made my own coffee, put some sugar in it. I sipped a bit..

Pahittttnyoooooooooooo!*I shrieked and followed by a choke.

Yaaa saya memang bodoh tahap bangang masa saya kecik-kecik dulu.

The muted cry

I was somewhat distracted by the statement of MCA Vice President a week ago pertaining to his suggestion to abolish the mandatory 30% bumiputra equity in local main board companies, to ensure that they stay competitive with the current economic upside down. Such statement had blown my top as much as the resentment caused by the racial sentiment uttered by Ahmad of Bukit Bendera. Playing racial card is a prevalent political gimmick to shatter the building of the nations.

Before I proceed upon to articulate my superficial thoughts concerning the matters, I had made a 'little effort' to dissect the reasonings of his suggestion. Please take note on the words 'superficial thoughts'. To a certain extent, I am somewhat agree upon his statement, but this has to be considered within the ambit of National Economic Policy (NEP) goals and the term of 'racial equality'. Apparently, the objectives of NEP are noble, but one may view that the RACE- BASED advantages would be discriminatory. I am in line with such view. Honestly, I think that in order to eradicate poverty and to ensure the socioeconomic balance, what we have to focus is the real impoverished groups, not on certain racial groups.

Among the goals of NEP is to eradicate poverty and to reduce the socioeconomic disparity between the races throughout the nation. The initial ratio back in 1970 is 2.4(Bumiputra: 33(Non Bumi):63(Foreign Ownership). By the setting of the NEP, the government targetted to move the ratio to 30(Bumi):40(non Bumi):30(foreign ownership). Explicitly, the target has yet to be achieved, but had shown a better improvement. In 2004, the ratio had shown a significant changed. The precise ratio in that year is: 18.7 (Bumiputra): 40.9(Chinese): 1.5(Indian):28.8(Foreign companies):10% etc.

Why the government focused for the betterment of the Bumiputra in NEP?The bumiputras make up the majority, 65% of the population. 27.6 are Chinese, whereas Indian descent comprised 8% of the population. According to a statistic in 2004, the poverty among the Bumi formed the highest percentage amounting to 8.3%, the Indian 2.9%, and the Chinese 0.9%.

From these figures, we can infer that the objectives hits the right line to enrich the Bumi in term of the mandatory policy in order to ensure racial equality, socially and economically. Racial equality should not only been perceived in light of legal aspect, but also social and economic aspect. It is crystal clear that the Bumiputras formed the largest poverty group, thus the motive behind the preferential treatment is justified. It is not to put the Malays in a superior position, but to bring them up to the level of the non-Malays. Repealing the laws will not only fail to create racial equality, but will in fact deepen the cleavage between races. As proposed by Tun Dr M, the 30% equity should be retained as the objectives of the NEP had not been achieved yet.

However, the fate of the poverty groups among the Chinese and Indian should not be neglected. In The Malay Dilemma, Tun Dr M conceded that:

"It goes without saying that if the small number of the non-Malays who are financially handicapped are assisted towards achieving what their richer countrymen had achieved, then the disparity between the Malays and the non-Malays would increase even more".

I do not agree with Tun pertaining to this excerpt. Poverty should be cured without any biasness. That is why the certain leaders reiterated that NEP should be re-structured to provide the betterment for all impoverished communities regardless of their races. NEP objectives should be stayed, but the programme needs minor changes. The current policies of the NEP are known to benefit certain Malay groups crystallized by the practice of nepotism. The rich should not become richer at the advantage of the poor. Hence, NEP should be reviewed to provide a better cure for the economic disease and racial pandemic.

Camwhoring with the thrifted items again

Thrifting is part of my 'must-do' activities during every trimester break. Here at Kota Bharu there's a lot of thrift shops which offer vintage items at an amazing bargain. I went to the thrift shop again this morning and ended up buying this RM5 polka-dotty shirt. Pretty cheap isn't it?At first, I was clueless on how to wear it. After pondering for few minutes, I decided to tie up the 'Atmosphere' butterfly-printed sash (a gift from my sister 2 years ago) coupled with the belt (thrifted from ss 13 Shah Alam). The pinky 'Liz Clairborne' bag complemented my clothes, which is a gift from my aunty in US a few months ago (I jumped to excitement once I received the parcel loaded with plenty of bags and jeans..hehe).

The hunt of thrifting never fails to make my day.=)
Err...but now I can sensed the butterflies in my stomach as the final results will be released on Wednesday. One sure thing, I have to sit the supplementary paper for Evidence as I had missed the exam (constipation screwed my state of health on that day).*sigh*