It seems that these days, everyone seems to have secretly recorded conversations, etc…

I think the next time I go to a gathering or speak to anyone, I need to make them sign a document that says they cannot record the conversation and if some how a recording is made available to the public, they will have to pay me XXX amount… I’m thinking of rm5 million.

What do you think?

Aminah claims she was offered top posts, RM80,000 (Update 3)
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/25/nation/20090525114057&sec=nation

…..She said her family members were witnesses to the meeting between her and the two PKR leaders, and they had recorded the full meeting which had lasted about three hours……

VK Lingam Video Clip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.K._Lingam

…..Dato’ Kanalingam Vellupillai better known as V. K. Lingam is a prominent and controversial Malaysian lawyer best known from his exposure in the The Royal Commission of Inquiry Into the V. K. Lingam Video Clip which was formed in late 2007 to investigate an allegation of illegal intervention into the judicial appointment process of Malaysian judges purportedly occurred in 2002…..

Then there’s the Squatgate, health minister ‘home-made’ video, Elizabeth Wong, etc…

RPK is free! The Shah Alam High Court has found his arrest under ISA to be unlawful.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. I guess this is Malaysia’s first step towards a more more transparent and equal Malaysia…

I got myself the “FREE RPK” t-shirts. That’s the least I could do besides signing the online petition. Hopefully by wearing this t-shirt around, I can help raise awareness about the Internal Security Act (ISA).

If the government’s intention is to scare people into submission with the ISA, I think it is working. I was wearing this t-shirt and getting ready to go out when my mum suggested that I go change to a ‘regular’ t-shirt. She was worried that the police might just detain me and give me a few punches just for the fun of it.

For me, I find the reasons for using the ISA on RPK is quite ridiculous. I think RPK has done a lot to raise our awareness as citizens of Malaysia through the website – Malaysia Today. I just can’t see how he can be a threat to national security. If you ask me, I think the Mat Rempits are more of a threat to national security than RPK. Even MY FM DJ Jack Lim was ‘almost’ a victim of these hooligans…

If everyone is busy trying to safeguard their position (with all the murder, exorbitant car maintenance, corruption and sodomy accusations), who has actually got the time to run the country?

Malaysia’s gone to the dogs…

*sigh*

Anwar Ibrahim has been arrested. Not that I’m a supporter or anything.

Of late, I find our local politics to be very ‘entertaining’.

I just hope he does not fall down the stairs or something and get a black eye…

I arrived 30 minutes late to office today… Not because I left my house late but because of the stupid road block by the police. I think it is becoming very annoying. Of late, every time there is a rumour of a protest, the police will start to block every road to the Kuala Lumpur. What the heck?!?

It stretches ahead and starts way, way back…

The cause of the long jam – police decided to have roadside picnic

I thought this is a scene of a war-torn country that I would only see on TV… You know, the scene where the soldiers carrying machine guns would block the roads… I guess Malaysia is reaching for new levels everyday. For the past few weeks, newspaper headlines have been explosive amazing! Accusations of bribery, conspiracy, murder, sodomy… I think X-Files can learn from us!

The thing is, I think the road block is actually meant to delay or prevent cars (especially the protesters) from entering the city. In that sense, the police are doing a good job! They almost managed to stop everyone from entering the city. I was supposed to have two meetings this morning and it ended up with one meeting postponed to the evening and the other one got canceled. Are the police trying to drive away investors as well? If they are, good job! Keep it up. Very soon, every investor will probably be looking at Thailand and Vietnam instead.

I have to also add… Those managing the ITIS (Integrated Traffic Information System) should really get a good grip of what’s happening…

1km? I am sure it’s longer…

The radio mentioned that the jam stretches all the way back to Klang… That’s definitely more than 1km! In fact, it’s more like 10km!

Yes, that’s how far Klang is (far left). I was on the other end (top right).

I kid you not… Even the people who used to call bloggers names like ‘monkeys‘ are now bloggers.

What? Suddenly they (actually, I’m referring to the politicians) all became so free (like what some of our politicians used to say about bloggers — too much free time on hand)… Or maybe some of them lost their job after the recent election…

Anyway, here are some of their blogs (no, I won’t be adding them to the links at the sidebar — waste of space):
http://drchua9.blogspot.com/
http://drkhir.blogspot.com/
http://mohdalirustam.blogspot.com/
http://www.rembau.net.my/

Feel free to add to the list (in the comments section). You can also check this site for a more comprehensive listing…

(actually, I’m not sure if the blogs mentioned above actually belong to the real person or its just someone trying to pull a fast one)

You can get the final results here:
http://thestar.com.my/election/results/results.html
http://thestar.com.my/election/maps/

This time around, Barisan Nasional (BN) wins the election with only a simple majority. This is supposed to be BN’s worst performance since 1969. They did not get 2/3 majority which would have allowed them to approve or amend the new law without needing to consult the oppositions.

What I find puzzling is the fact that BN leaders seems to have been caught off-guard with this result. Mainstream media, as usual, chose not to report (or some may claim were ‘discouraged’ from reporting) many events that showed how much support the oppositions were getting during the campaigning period. I mean nowhere on TV and local newspapers could you find these:
http://www.mycen.com.my/sightings/sightings060308_ceramah.html
http://themalaysianinsider.com/mni/penang-rally-draws-30000.html

So much for intelligence reports if BN could not even detect and anticipate this results. For those who frequent the internet for a more comprehensive news, the results of the 12th General Election was no surprise.

I would like to end this post by quoting Raja Petra Kamarudin of Malaysia Today:

Thank you Malaysians, for having the confidence to opt for change.
Thank you Malaysians, for grabbing back power and handing it back to the people.
Thank you Malaysians, for giving back Malaysia its future.
Thank you Malaysians, for believing that your one vote can make a difference.
Thank you Malaysians, for ensuring that my grandchildren will have something to look forward to.

Vote counting process on going in many areas. News from everywhere seems to indicate a wind of change.

Want to know the latest results for Malaysia’s 12th General Election? Then check out these few sites:
http://www.malaysiakini.com/index.php <– Updated quite regularly
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/malaysia2008/seats.htm
http://www.dap-elections.com/
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/election08/results.html

I noticed mainstream media (like TV and newspaper websites) are very slow to provide updates and results.

Today is the day where Malaysians go out and have their voices heard! This is the day where if you are not happy with how things have been, you make a change.

I have cast my vote. The process was relatively fast. Took me less than 10mins from the time I arrived at the polling station to the time I left the place. I was lucky my booth (more like classroom) was empty. I saw some booths that had quite a number of people queuing up outside.

I had wanted to write more about the 2008 General Election sometime earlier this week but I just couldn’t find the time, But here’s what I have to say about the 2008 General Elections.

Candidates
I won’t go into details about candidates all over the country but will just focus on mine – Kelana Jaya for Parliament Seat and Seri Setia for State Seat. Heck, I don’t think I want to even talk about the state seats. I have not really seen those two candidates in action. They don’t come off as impressive at all. As for Kelana Jaya, I was ‘lucky’ to have three candidates – Lee Hwa Beng for Barisan National, Loh Gwo Burne for Keadilan and Billi Lim running as an independant candidate.

Lim Hwa Beng was previously running in Subang Jaya. No introduction or explanation required. He’s been in newspapers, etc quite often. Loh Gwo Burne has also been in the news lately. You don’t know him?!? He’s the guy who taped Lingam la… Oh wait, Lingam said it looks like him, sounds like him, but might not be him (or something like that). Other than this Lingam thingy, I don’t think Gwo Burne’s being doing anything else (politically). He’s been so busy with his business that he’s got no time to even register himself as a voter. If he has no interest in politics, then what they heck is he doing running for Parliament seat? If he gets elected, will he actually be able to serve the people of Kelana Jaya? Or will it be business first, politics/ community second? I have once encountered a doctor who was also a politician (thank goodness he’s not running this year – what I heard is that there is in-fighting among the people in that party) who actually put politics first instead of his medical practice. I wonder if Gwo Burne’s even stayed in Kelana Jaya before.

Billi Lim (don’t you think he looks like Old Master Q? This is interesting (and that’s why he’s getting his own paragraph). I like his haircut. Oh good, he finally got his website updated. Yesterday it was still very crappy. From what I understand, he is a motivational speaker and the author of the book Dare To Fail. I guess Parliament can definitely do with some extra motivation and people like Bung can learn to speak better properly.

News flash: I just got an text message on my phone from +4540590097 saying “UNDILAH BARISAN NASIONAL UNTUK KITA SEMUA. SEMOGA SELAMAT AMAN DAN MAKMUR.” Does it mean if I don’t vote them, the country’s not going to be peaceful?!?

I wonder how many of the candidates have done community service? Or are the expecting a windfall when they become part of the government?

OPPOSITIONS
We do not have real oppositions. DAP? PAS? Keadilan? They only work together during election time. Plus, Khairy did raise an interesting question – If the oppositions win, who is their candidate for Prime Minister? I don’t really see anyone from the three parties that I would like to see as Malaysia’s future leader. If they are serious about being strong, form a new party.

CORRIDORS
I wonder why are all the corridors suddenly announced just before election? There have been many that says its too ambitious to have so many MEGA projects running almost simultaneously. If so, could it be that if Barisan Nasional do not get 2/3 majority, they can then say the projects can’t take off because oppositions are causing problems?

MY WISHES
I would like to see a party that is not based on race. I would like to see a party that fights for everyone – regardless of race or religion. I would like to see a party that is committed to developing our country and at the same time, care for the environment. Poverty does not only affect one race. Every Malaysian should have equal opportunity for health care, education, etc… Improve public transportation and reduce the number of cars on the road. It helps save reduce pollution and more importantly, our reliance on petrol. After all, only the rich can afford petrol guzzling cars, so why is the petrol subsidy used to benefit the rich who can afford such petrol guzzlers? I read somewhere that Malaysia will become a nett importer of petroleum in the next 5-10 years. When that time comes, what will be our country’s source of income? Proton?!? Don’t kid me…

Oh ya, would be nice to see more forward looking politicians. Most of our national plans, including election, seems so last minute. Speaking of last minute, how come the jokers who thought up the use of indelible inks never thought of the legal implications? Isn’t these the same people who should at least know some legal stuffs, especially when it comes to election-related legal issues?