Ratings on My Career Achivements

I have a habit of reviewing my performances before the new year. and well again its almost end of the year!

Last year despite the fact that I obtained my Law degree, i only rate my achievement at around 6 out of 10. Education achievement is something that everyone has, so no big deal.

This year? judging by the fact that it took me longer to get my Certificate in Legal Practise, (which i dearly hope that the results will be out next week) i would probably again only give it a 5 out of 10.

 Pic with Tony Pua, an extremely hunble politician. Prefers people to address him by his name rather than "Sir" or "YB"

meet friendly Faisal Mustaffa.

I still have one research work due for Nie Cheing, and another article due for Tony. lets hope i can finish the research before New year so that i can start my 2011 afresh! Will commence my chambering next month at Messrs Shook Lin & Bok so i'm gonna focus all my time into my new career!

here's some entertainment for you ;) an appetite spoiler! watch our "First Lady" 's love song for PM before its taken down!

If Tomorrow Never Comes

In a nutshell...

Funny joke by Art Harun!

A son asks his father, "What can you tell me about politics? I have to learn about it for school tomorrow." The father thought some and said, "OK, son, the best way I can describe politics is to use an analogy. Let's say that I'm a capitalist because I'm the breadwinner.

Your mother will be the government because she controls everything, our maid will be the working class because she works for us, you will be the people because you answer to us, and your baby brother will be the future. Does that help any?" The little boy said, "Well, Dad, I don't know, but I'll think about what you said."

Later that night, after everyone had gone to bed, the little boy was awaken by his baby brother's crying. Upon further investigation, he found a dirty diaper. So, he went down the hall to his parent's bedroom and found his father's side of the bed empty and his mother wouldn't wake up. Then he saw a light on in the guest room down the hall, and when he reached the door, he saw through the crack that his father was in bed with the maid. The son then turned and went back to bed.

The next morning, he said to his father at the breakfast table, "Dad, I think I understand politics much better now." "Excellent, my boy," he answered, "What have you learned?"

The little boy thought for a minute and said, "I learned that capitalism is screwing the working class, government is sound asleep ignoring the people, and the future's full of crap."

Irrelevant news made relevant

Now now i really do not understand the big hu-ha on the recent "astronaut" who got married

instead of highlighting more important matters or concerns such as this, the news of our first astronaut getting married became national headlines!

what is his contribution to our nation anyway? other than becoming the first Malaysian "space tourist" proudly sponsored by the Malaysian Government? in fact, we should not forget that it was an incentive included by the Russian Government back in 2003, in their effort to lobby and persuade us to buy 18 Su-30MKM fighters. (Which we did. For a whopping US$900 million) 

if i remember correctly, this part time model was also sent to space for some research in which he was assigned to do. where is the result anyway? 

i dont doubt his efforts or bravery to go through so much just to get selected as the first Malaysian astronaut, but certainly highlighting his marriage has no contribution or whatsoever to our nation.

if the media are so keen to give him so much coverage, they should also perhaps publicise the recent marriage of YB Er Teck Hwa, who burst into tears thanking his parents during his marriage! i think that this news is equally as good as the space tourist one, and should be highlighted as well. at least it showed that he's a filial politician, which will aid his constituent in evaluating him

By the way, i got curious and did some checks and found out that India and Vietnam purchased the same fighter jets as well. India bought 40 same fighter jets with $1.6 Billion in 2007, while Vietnam purchased four jets with $100 million in 2003.

Now, if we do some simple calculations, dividing the total purchase amount with the total number of jets, India bought one jet for $40 000 000 while Vietnam 25 000 000/jet. However for us, Malaysia we bought one jet for &50 000 000! and thats an additional $ 10 000 000 compared to India!

so really, this is one of the reason why i disregard any news that comes out of this space tourist. Coz sponsoring his trip to space just costs too much of our taxpayers monies!

How to scare away investors – the Perkasa Way

I like this article.

"Finally, it is the height of political stupidity to call for a Chinese Perkasa to meet the irrational and racist challenge of the Malay Perkasa. Whoever made that demand or issued a statement to that effect clearly needs to go back to study Political Ethics 101 which is that you do not fight darkness with equal darkness but with light and reason."

Top notch answer from Americk Sidhu

read the reply here

"Let me tell you what an honourable man would have done. An honourable man would have vacated his seat and requested the electorate in his constituency to decide whether they would still support him even though he had betrayed them.

This you did not do, so in my book you are a dishonourable man. You are now a Member of Parliament under false pretences. You shouldn’t really be there because a Member of Parliament should be someone with integrity and honour, besides being legitimately elected by a majority of voters in that constituency.

As a dishonourable member of Parliament under false pretences who has betrayed the electorate he represents, I do not feel you are in a position moral or otherwise, to sanctimoniously criticize the actions of your past fellow ‘brothers-in-arms’ at the same time hiding behind the unholy alliance you have created for yourself with, what most right thinking members of Malaysian society consider to be, the devil incarnate."

Bulls-eye, and he hit it with such fluency with his words

MACC a tied cow

Megat Najmuddin recently made a statement stating that the MACC was right not to go London.

and the reason?

"It is ridiculous to go over there. The process will involve a lot of cost and a waste of taxpayers' money"

Such ridiculous statement.

I would daresay that if there is any allegation at all by anyone on the Prime Minister (or any close associates to him), Malaysians would gladly support the use of public funds to investigate this matter.

In fact as an "independant" statutory body which was modeled after top corruption agencies such as the ICAC, and well scrutinized by 5 other independent bodies for the benefit of the public (namely the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board, the Special Committee on Corruption, the Complaints Committee, the Operations Review Panel, and the Corruption Consultation and Prevention Panel), shouldn't MACC kick its gear immediately and investigate a huge allegation that links our beloved Prime Minister and the First Lady to an extremely dramatic conspiracy?

YAB Datuk Seri Najib is the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and if there is an allegation against him which smears his name, the public would demand that his name be cleared first and that this case be placed as a top priority of the MACC.

Politicians, especially those who hold public office should be clean from top to bottom. It is the role of an anti corruption agency to not hold back in carrying out its duties. Simply falling back on lame excuses such as these will only (again) confirm the public's opinion that MACC simply only serve the interest of one master.

I wrote a letter to Mr Uthayakumar last year, which was published in Malaysia-Today. so for archive sake here it is ;)

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Mr Uthayakumar,

This is with regard to your possible plan of forming a new political party.

Dear Sir,

Personally, I do not think that it's so simple, forming a political party and fighting for a just cause just like that. It would be more realistic to do what is most practical first to achieve that goal.

If Sir thinks that by forming a new party (which will take at least 10 years to make a strong positive impact, just like PKR) will solve the Indian issues, then Sir you are surely mistaken. To solve the Indian's problems, you need to be in power first. And to be in power, you will have to fight for a cause which favours the political landscape right now in order to convince the voters to vote you in. And currently, fighting for equality and freedom of expression is a much more popular cause.

Plus, PR's chances of taking over as Federal government is slim at the moment, or at least until the next GE; so if DAP, PKR and PAS combined altogether now are still struggling, what chances do Hindraf or your new political party alone possibly have?

I do understand your frustration on the PR government for not doing enough at the moment, but would forming a new political party help them as well? I don't think so, certainly not until that new political party has a substantial number of MPs in the Parliament, which will take loads of time and effort.

Additionally, would the Electoral commission even allow you to register a new political party? Taking into account of the thorn you are to the current regime and the influences you have on Malaysians, they surely would not. Even if they do, it would probably be 10 years later after a series of court cases between you and them!

So with all due respect sir Mr Uthayakumar, it is really unrealistic to think that you can help the Indian community by forming a political party. No disrespect sir, but the most you could do right now (if you really do not want to join PR) is to form a pressure group and keep pressuring PR and BN to focus on helping the Indians. And that is all.

My advice Sir, and I'm sure so do the rest of the Malaysians who sincerely care for the Indians as well, is to join forces with PR and aim to take over the federal government by next GE. Only after taking over as Federal Government may you negotiate your deal with the new Federal Government and realistically fulfill your lifetime wishes of helping the Indians.

And i think PR will definitely be able to topple the current regime and take over by next GE, judging by the current sentiments of the public and the mistakes that BN made. Only by joining PR and fighting together, will it give you the best shot to help the Indians. And it is not really a long time more, just less than 4 years away.

Your struggle against a tough regime is certainly truly inspiring. But it would certainly not be wise if you were to fight alone with your supporters. Join PR, if not individually then as a party collectively with your supporters as the 4th alliance. Only then will you be stronger and achieve your goal faster. As John Dickinson famously sang, united we stand, devided we fall. And fellow Malaysians certainly do not hope that you will fall or fail in your just cause (although I do hope that a brave politician like you will fight for all races instead).

With warm regards, all the way from Reading, UK.

xxx
Low Teck Kuan, David