tak tau kah?

how can the learned judge not know of this:

"THE 1988 non-Muslim Enactment already prohibits non-Muslims from using the word “Allah” and there should be no dispute now, Utusan Malaysia reported."

read on here.

brain drain

dah lah epitome of brain drain, so proud to make claims like this summore ah?

Source: theStar online

Malaysian girl tops in S’pore O-Level exam

SINGAPORE: A Malaysian who studied in a Singapore school emerged tops when she scored 10 A1s in the 2009 Singapore Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) examination.

Lai Kai Rou, 16, who hails from Selangor, studied at the CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School (SNGS) which was also the best school as 14 of the 42 top scorers who scored nine A1s in the country were its students.

The Singapore Cambridge GCE O-Level Examination was conducted jointly by the Uni-versity of Cambridge Inter-national Examinations, the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board and the ministry.

A total of 37,424 school candidates sat for the 2009 O-Level Examination and 37,380 or 99.9% had been awarded certificates, the ministry said.

Lai entered the Singapore school four years ago after completing her primary school in a Chinese school. – Bernama

double standards - can't get any more apparent than this

Police warn against holding demonstrations

KUALA LUMPUR: Police today issued a warning against any demonstrations planned at places of worship, especially one rumoured to be held at the Assumption Church in Petaling Jaya, on Jan 13.

Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said any illegal demonstration would not help ease the situation. Instead it would only make it worse.

"I have been informed that an SMS was being circulated, inviting people to assemble in front of the church next week, so I urge the public to discard any such plans.

"Let us carry out the investigations... let us handle it... do not take any action that may raise tension and aggravate the situation," he told reporters after visiting the church.

He added that police would not hesitate to take stern action against anyone who broke the law, including participating in illegal gatherings.

On claims that a mosque in Klang Jaya was attacked, Khalid said: "No such thing happened. Please do not listen to rumours, and please do not speculate."

He, however, confirmed that stones were thrown at a surau in Klang.

Khalid said apart from the three attacks on churches in Selangor, no new cases were reported.

"No new cases were reported except for one case where a church was robbed," he said without giving the name of the church.

"We are still carrying out investigations to identify those who attempted to burn down the three churches," he added.

Last Friday night and Saturday morning, firebombs were thrown at the Assumption Church and Life Chapel Church in Petaling Jaya while the Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati, Kuala Lumpur was set on fire by unknown assailants. — Bernama

cakap kosong

“We must not fan the fire. We must put the fire out. We do what’s best for all.”

“I would like to deny the statement blaming Umno and the Government because it is such an irresponsible statement when we have a track record of administrating the multi-racial country.”

- Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein

damn straight

I saw this interesting article written by Saudara Hafidz Baharom in the Malaysian Insider website and thought it'd be a great read to share with you.

Bad habit of not speaking up

JAN 6 — I have a problem with people spewing health advice at me, particularly about this bad habit I have.

I’m a chain smoker. I smoke a pack of Marlboro’s for a period of 24 hours. And, of course, some friends are against me doing this for health reasons.

Recently, a close friend basically decided to comment on my smoking by stating that a person’s body is a temple, and it should be well taken care of.

This, of course, coming from a gym bunny who wants me to help him get laid, drinks a bottle of wine by himself and expects me to drive his drunken ass home from time to time.

And sadly, he’s straight.

So when I lit up the next cigarette in front of him, I basically gave the excuse that my “temple” needed “joss sticks”.

And honestly, when you see a gym bunny snorting out whipped cream from his nose, you know a joke was worth it.

There are many things in life that we may not agree with. Bad habits are one of them. Smoking’s a bad habit, perhaps even an unacceptable habit based on location, such as a maternity ward, a cancer ward or perhaps a playground.

But certainly there’s a time and a place where smoking is considered not a threat to others other than the individual himself. Like in a bar, or a designated smoking area, or even in his car when he’s driving himself.

This goes for alcohol too. There’s a time and a place, unless you’re in Selangor because they’re lagging on the designation for locations that are allowed to sell alcohol. Honestly, if Ronnie Liu could get Section 8 as a designated area as well, I’d toast to him myself.

And if you’re in Shah Alam, chances are you’d probably have to drive to Subang Jaya to get a drink.

Sure, these are acceptable bad habits that people can find leeway with and probably the less religiously anal retentive people and leaders of this nation wouldn’t even give a damn about.

Then, of course, there are the bad habits that which I personally consider to be the cause of stress and blood pressure issues among Malaysians.

One of the major bad habits Malaysian’s have is queuing. It’s bad enough that these people won’t queue at a restaurant, but to cut queue in their cars right in front of a toll gate or during a traffic jam? Seriously, suspend their licences.

And, of course, there’s speeding. Now, personally I don’t have an issue with people who drive their personal cars over the speed limit. They can deal with their own summonses, and I’m sure they can pay it on the spot if they wanted to with their “letters from the governor”.

However, for an express bus carrying 40 paying customers, perhaps with no insurance whatsoever?

Perhaps the driver would like to supply body bags below each seat to make his point clear that safety’s not his priority.

However, there is one bad habit that we, as a nation of 27 million and counting, are guilty of as a majority. This bad habit is what has allowed this nation of ours to regress into one that is so racially and religiously divided that we don’t entirely see unity as a must, but merely allow politicians to use it as a propaganda piece to win votes.

Most of us, dearest readers, are guilty of not speaking up.

In fact, we’re guilty of being the ones who “closed one eye” when we hear politicians making racist statements, making religious and racially-biased decisions and making derogatory and discriminatory quotes in Parliament, in ceramahs, and even in protests.

We have failed to apply pressure to those who we voted for to carry out what we want done, instead of now having them follow what their party wants them to do.

We have failed to highlight our own thoughts on the matter, and instead focused more on what our leaders think. Truth be told, I think the rakyat has more EQ nowadays when talking about issues on religion and race than our politicians give them credit for.

So please, speak up, people!

Don’t wait for a camera and microphone to be shoved in your face!

Go blog (not goblok), attend talks, attend ceramahs, and write out what you heard and your thoughts on the matter. Everybody’s opinion, while may not be agreeable to others, still matters.

You see, the advantage to write and speak up for us as Malaysians is not only a right. It’s a privilege.

While smoking perhaps darkens my lungs with tar, by not speaking up we’re basically allowing the spread of something more severe.

We’re allowing the ability of inconsiderate people, regardless from which political side, to abuse this nation altogether.