How can it be?
Today the Sun paper August 19,2010 front page.
It's NOT suicide
I have come across a lot of people who attempted suicide or commited suicide-- they are never in a situation like our late Teoh Beng Hock.
TBH was brought in for questioning not for his own problem, but his boss. He was about to get married and has an unborned son. Suicide is out of the question even if he is guilty of whatever wrong doing.
Suicide is only carried out by people who is suffering from depression. And this take a long time to plan and carry out to kill oneself. A person need to have at least 2 weeks of depession symptoms before he can be diagnosed having depression.
What a joke to say that TBH death was suicide-- is like telling the public to believe that Altantuya was murdered by the two policeman! What a joke!
The other thing is the suicide note. It is only written by some one who has a lot of time to plan, not in an acute situation of sudden onset in TBH's case. That is another joke!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Some BN leaders are living in their own world
Now the MCA president is talking about merit-based and need-based system to contribute to Malaysia being globally competitive. The more urgent need is to get down to doing it. I think BN needs to speed up the reform, if not I am afraid it will be too late. What Dr Chua said about some BN leaders are still living in their own world and will push MCA to its doom will turn up to be true. Hopefully not!
Please read the report below by Clara.
By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 – An all-out war appears to have broken out between Barisan Nasional allies MCA and Umno, with Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek accusing “some BN leaders” of failing to recognise past failures and claiming that they would eventually cause the MCA’s demise.
The MCA president said that the party was not afraid to side with its opposition foe DAP in issues that benefited the community and would not run away from making its stand known.
Dr Chua also indirectly named Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein as one of the BN leaders he was referring to, claiming that this was shown in the Umno vice-president’s blunt reminder to the MCA yesterday to stick with BN’s struggles.
“Hishammuddin’s statement yesterday that the MCA should not forget the struggle of the BN when fighting for Chinese demands shows that some BN leaders have yet to learn from the 2008 general election and do not understand the urge of the people to reform,” he said in a statement here today.
It was reported today that the Umno vice-president had “reminded MCA to stick with the struggles” of BN when championing the rights of the Chinese community.
Dr Chua said that based on the results of Elections 2008, the new MCA leadership understood the need for it to change to regain the people’s trust and support.
“If some BN leaders continue to live in their own world, they will certainly push MCA to its doom and will not bring the ruling coalition any good,” he claimed.
Dr Chua said that while the party respected Hishammuddin’s views, the latter should not blame MCA for deviating from the objectives and struggles of the BN.
“He cannot blame us for deviating from the objectives and struggles of the BN simply because MCA has a different voice from him or other component party leaders,” he said.
Dr Chua defended the new, stronger stance of the present MCA leadership under his presidency, claiming that the party’s political struggle was “totally reasonable and legal”.
“MCA will push hard for the implementation of the 13 resolutions passed during the Chinese Economic Congress held on Saturday because the resolutions are not only related to the Chinese community but also the future of the country’s economic development.
“MCA reckons that it has the responsibility to reflect the wishes of the Chinese community due to globalisation. Otherwise, not only MCA will lose the community’s support, it will not be able to also justify its political existence,” he said.
On Saturday, the MCA’s Chinese Economic Congress called for economic liberalisation and that a merit-based and needs-based system would contribute to the path for Malaysia to be globally competitive.
Dr Chua’s strong words of rebuke against Hishammuddin today continues to fan the fires already brewing between the Umno and MCA.
Dr Chua is speaking up to get Chinese support
Dr Chua is speaking up publicly to get Chinese support. MCA used to negotiate behind closed door with UMNO.
Please read the below article by Syed.
MCA-Umno tension worsens with Chua joining the fray
By Syed Jaymal Zahii
KUALA LUMPUR: The wedge between Umno and its Chinese allies appears to be deepening with MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek lashing out against leaders from the Malay party for its failure to acknowledge its weaknesses which he said would cause MCA's "doom".
Chua also made an unprecedented statement certain to hit raw Umno nerves when he said that MCA wouldn't mind sharing similar views with rivals DAP for the benefit of the community and choose to run away from making a stand.
The statement was apparently made against Umno leaders and particularly vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein who warned MCA yesterday against deviating from Barisan Nasional's struggle.
"Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein's statement yesterday that MCA should not forget the struggle of Barisan Nasional when fighting for the Chinese's demands, shows that some Barisan Nasional leaders have yet to learn from the (last) general election and do not understand the urge of the people to reform," he said in a statement issued today.
Chua said the outcome of last general election which saw BN performed dismally signalled a need for change and that MCA must follow suit to remain relevant among the voters.
If this requires MCA to stick it out against Umno in terms of championing the interest of the Chinese community, so be it said Chua.
"MCA will not run away from speaking up for the Chinese community... if some Barisan Nasional leaders continue to live in their own world, they will certainly push MCA to its doom and it will not bring the ruling coalition any good.
"The new MCA leadership strongly believe that its political struggle is totally reasonable and legal," he said, adding that his party will push hard for the implementation of the 13 resolutions passed during the Chinese Economic Congress held on Saturday.
The bold resolutions call on the Najib administration to liberalise the economy further, with some calling for the gradual removal of the 30 percent Bumiputera corporate equity and the increase participation of non-Malays in government linked companies.
The calls made were a break from tradition where MCA would often prefer to discuss on such sensitive matter behind closed doors.
Having a different voice
This suggests a shift in MCA's stance and the Chinese party, which is drastically losing support, is doing whatever it takes to regain the trust and votes of the nation's second biggest ethnic electorate even if it has to defy Umno's ways of doing things.
But Chua maintained that the difference in opinion does not necessitate a rift between the country's two major parties.
"MCA respects the view of Hishammuddin but he cannot blame MCA for deviating from the objectives and struggles of Barisan Nasional simply because MCA has a different voice from him or other component party leaders," he said.
"MCA reckons that it has the responsibility to reflect the wishes of the Chinese community due to globalisation. Otherwise, not only MCA will lose the community's support, it will not be able to also justify its political existence," added the former health minister.
The tension between Umno and MCA seemingly started when the latter called for Hishammuddin, the home minister, to rescind the ban on non-Muslim usage of "Allah" after he admitted the ban was a regrettable decision.
This prompted a rebuke from Deputy Prime Minister and Umno No 2 Muhyiddin Yassin who questioned MCA's intentions in sharing the same stance as the DAP on the matter. He eventually issued a gag order on the issue.
Chua, however, sparked more controversy just as the tension was dying down when he blasted PAS and Umno indirectly for using the religious and race card to win support and this has led to "non-progressive policies" which has deeply affected non-Malays and also the nation's economy.
He denied attacking Umno when asked for clarification later but his blunt statements on the need to protect Chinese interest amid Umno's alleged hegemony signals a party that is ready to part with the traditional relation it has so far shared with its Malay counterpart.
NEP
Most of us if not all know of the Ali-Babas who benifited from NEP.
Zaid has written the below article which is very enlightening...please go ahead and read it!
The question is how much money had been plundered off by the Umno-putras and Connected-putras( Chinese-putras, Indian-putras and etc) since the establishment of NEP some 40 years ago. No wonder our country is so incompetative and so much brain-drain! Are we going to allow this to continue? What can we do?
Aug 15, 2010
NEP and the Chinese
By Zaid
The success stories of the Chinese under NEP are plentiful and are well known. NEP for this purpose means hugely lucrative patronage preference system. As the Prime Minister’s brother Nazir Razak himself says, the NEP has become bastardised. What he doesn't say explicitly is that the NEP, which was set up with noble aims of eradicating poverty irrespective of race, has become a system that is opaque, corrupt, non-accountable and highly secretive.
Through this system which was corrupted by UMNO leaders, there are quite a few Chinese who have made it very big because of the NEP. These include Vincent Tan, Francis Yeoh, the young 28-year-old Jho Low (Low Taek Jho) and Liew Kee Sin of SP Setia fame. How did they do it? We should know so that we can learn and so that other Chinese can emulate them.
Mr Liew who is so happy with the NEP and admits he is one of the NEP’s success stories. He was an officer at a small merchant bank. But he knew how to move in the right circles. He befriended two lawyers - Rashid Manaf and Zaki Azmi (now the Chief Justice). Both Rashid and Zaki did not have any business history, but they were nice people and friendly. They didn’t make much from the law practice either. Neither did I. But somehow, as businessmen, they were successful when they became lawyers to UMNO. Their friendship with Mahathir, Daim, Samy Vellu benefitted their business. Wasn’t SP Setia previously owned by SPK which was controlled by Mahathir’s friends Abdullah Ahmad (Kok Lanas) and Ramli Khushairi? And Liew became a shareholder with Rashid and Zaki? Didn’t they say that SPK used to belong to UMNO leaders and civil servants? Yes, Liew is an NEP success story.
Vincent Tan made it big because he was able to convince then PM Mahathir Mohamad in the 1980s that gambling was bad for Muslims and the Islamic Government Mahathir was touting then should not be involved in it. It was a simplistic argument which was acceptable to Mahathir because Mahathir wanted his friend Vincent Tan to make money.
So he privatised Sports Toto and other “haram” activities, such as slot machine licences and sports betting to Vincent. But to be successful, Vincent had to have a Mahathir relative as his “partner”. Vincent asked a nice gentleman, Mahathir’s nephew, who headed the national news agency Bernama then, to be his partner, with Mahathir’s blessings. But I doubt this nice guy got much in the end as Malay partners dont last very long in this high stakes game. The rest is history. Vincent built his fortunes on these “haram” activities. An NEP success story, certainly.
Francis Yeoh’s father Yeoh Tiong Lay started a construction company which for 30 years could not make the top grade. Until Francis convinced Mahathir in the 1980s to give him the construction of hospitals in the peninsula. Then came the lucrative Independent Power Plant (IPP) where, till today, YTL is given the highest payments for the Power Purchase Agreement where Tenaga buys all power from YTL, whether they need it or not. Then Tenaga chairman Ani Arope objected and Mahathir forced his resignation. Today, YTL has cash reserves of more than RM9 billion and where is it going – buying expensive power plants in Singapore, paying the highest price for land in Orchard Road, and owning probably half of Sentosa Island... Another NEP success story. Oh, yes, the Bumiputra partners for Francis? Maybe people should ask Mokhzani and Mukhriz Mahathir...
They say young Jho Low is close to the PM; or more importantly his wife. And perhaps, Rosmah Mansor’s eldest son. He is here, there and everywhere. I must congratulate The Star on its “worldwide exclusive” with Jho Low. Wonder who made the call for Jho to be interviewed?
Jho was there when IMalaysia Development Fund was launched by Najib; he was on holiday with the PM in Monte Carlo last year and also just two weeks ago in St Tropez. Foreign news reports say young Jho (friend of Paris Hilton) had a hand in getting the Government to guarantee the IMalaysia Development fund raising RM5 billion on a 30-year Islamic notes at coupon rate rate of 5.75% when the normal debt sovereign risk of a country like Malaysia can easily be issued at 4.1 to 4.2% interest. Why pay the extra 1.6 to 1.7% on a RM5 billion loan over 30 years which means an extra interest payment of about RM2.4 billion? (How the lenders must be happy with that extra income! And I am sure they were generous to those who helped approve this).
And now rumours are swirling in banking circles about 1MDB’s annual accounts that show only RM4.3 billion of that RM5 billion remaining on its books. Wonder how that RM700 million was spent? There we are – Jho Low, suatu lagi kejayaan Dasar Ekonomi Baru (NEP).
So the Chinese knew all along what to do and they did not need Liew Kee Sin to tell them the benefits of the patronage under the so called NEP. But how many “Chinese-putras” get to know the well-connected “UMNO-putras”? That is the question.
So a more enlightened and equitable economic system is needed; where everyone has a fair chance to strike gold without having to be well connected.... without having to have someone as your lackey or point man in Putrajaya. Is that too much to ask?
Zaid has written the below article which is very enlightening...please go ahead and read it!
The question is how much money had been plundered off by the Umno-putras and Connected-putras( Chinese-putras, Indian-putras and etc) since the establishment of NEP some 40 years ago. No wonder our country is so incompetative and so much brain-drain! Are we going to allow this to continue? What can we do?
Aug 15, 2010
NEP and the Chinese
By Zaid
The success stories of the Chinese under NEP are plentiful and are well known. NEP for this purpose means hugely lucrative patronage preference system. As the Prime Minister’s brother Nazir Razak himself says, the NEP has become bastardised. What he doesn't say explicitly is that the NEP, which was set up with noble aims of eradicating poverty irrespective of race, has become a system that is opaque, corrupt, non-accountable and highly secretive.
Through this system which was corrupted by UMNO leaders, there are quite a few Chinese who have made it very big because of the NEP. These include Vincent Tan, Francis Yeoh, the young 28-year-old Jho Low (Low Taek Jho) and Liew Kee Sin of SP Setia fame. How did they do it? We should know so that we can learn and so that other Chinese can emulate them.
Mr Liew who is so happy with the NEP and admits he is one of the NEP’s success stories. He was an officer at a small merchant bank. But he knew how to move in the right circles. He befriended two lawyers - Rashid Manaf and Zaki Azmi (now the Chief Justice). Both Rashid and Zaki did not have any business history, but they were nice people and friendly. They didn’t make much from the law practice either. Neither did I. But somehow, as businessmen, they were successful when they became lawyers to UMNO. Their friendship with Mahathir, Daim, Samy Vellu benefitted their business. Wasn’t SP Setia previously owned by SPK which was controlled by Mahathir’s friends Abdullah Ahmad (Kok Lanas) and Ramli Khushairi? And Liew became a shareholder with Rashid and Zaki? Didn’t they say that SPK used to belong to UMNO leaders and civil servants? Yes, Liew is an NEP success story.
Vincent Tan made it big because he was able to convince then PM Mahathir Mohamad in the 1980s that gambling was bad for Muslims and the Islamic Government Mahathir was touting then should not be involved in it. It was a simplistic argument which was acceptable to Mahathir because Mahathir wanted his friend Vincent Tan to make money.
So he privatised Sports Toto and other “haram” activities, such as slot machine licences and sports betting to Vincent. But to be successful, Vincent had to have a Mahathir relative as his “partner”. Vincent asked a nice gentleman, Mahathir’s nephew, who headed the national news agency Bernama then, to be his partner, with Mahathir’s blessings. But I doubt this nice guy got much in the end as Malay partners dont last very long in this high stakes game. The rest is history. Vincent built his fortunes on these “haram” activities. An NEP success story, certainly.
Francis Yeoh’s father Yeoh Tiong Lay started a construction company which for 30 years could not make the top grade. Until Francis convinced Mahathir in the 1980s to give him the construction of hospitals in the peninsula. Then came the lucrative Independent Power Plant (IPP) where, till today, YTL is given the highest payments for the Power Purchase Agreement where Tenaga buys all power from YTL, whether they need it or not. Then Tenaga chairman Ani Arope objected and Mahathir forced his resignation. Today, YTL has cash reserves of more than RM9 billion and where is it going – buying expensive power plants in Singapore, paying the highest price for land in Orchard Road, and owning probably half of Sentosa Island... Another NEP success story. Oh, yes, the Bumiputra partners for Francis? Maybe people should ask Mokhzani and Mukhriz Mahathir...
They say young Jho Low is close to the PM; or more importantly his wife. And perhaps, Rosmah Mansor’s eldest son. He is here, there and everywhere. I must congratulate The Star on its “worldwide exclusive” with Jho Low. Wonder who made the call for Jho to be interviewed?
Jho was there when IMalaysia Development Fund was launched by Najib; he was on holiday with the PM in Monte Carlo last year and also just two weeks ago in St Tropez. Foreign news reports say young Jho (friend of Paris Hilton) had a hand in getting the Government to guarantee the IMalaysia Development fund raising RM5 billion on a 30-year Islamic notes at coupon rate rate of 5.75% when the normal debt sovereign risk of a country like Malaysia can easily be issued at 4.1 to 4.2% interest. Why pay the extra 1.6 to 1.7% on a RM5 billion loan over 30 years which means an extra interest payment of about RM2.4 billion? (How the lenders must be happy with that extra income! And I am sure they were generous to those who helped approve this).
And now rumours are swirling in banking circles about 1MDB’s annual accounts that show only RM4.3 billion of that RM5 billion remaining on its books. Wonder how that RM700 million was spent? There we are – Jho Low, suatu lagi kejayaan Dasar Ekonomi Baru (NEP).
So the Chinese knew all along what to do and they did not need Liew Kee Sin to tell them the benefits of the patronage under the so called NEP. But how many “Chinese-putras” get to know the well-connected “UMNO-putras”? That is the question.
So a more enlightened and equitable economic system is needed; where everyone has a fair chance to strike gold without having to be well connected.... without having to have someone as your lackey or point man in Putrajaya. Is that too much to ask?
Friday, August 13, 2010
Help the poors, yes. Stifling the brilliant, NO!
I read the below letter sent by a friend...I felt angry, disappointed and at the same time felt strengtened in my resolve to work harder in what I can do for a better Malaysia.
Many of us have our own story to tell...I told a group of friends my part of the story how I could not find a place in Malaysia. After that to my horror a doctor told me he almost committed suicide because he was discriminated against like the brilliant doctor below...from this I can deduce that there is a whole generation or more brilliant people who had been deprived. How is our nation going to be competitive when the brilliant ones are migrating?
Don't get confuse with restructuring society by helping the poors. I do not think anyone will be against it. What need to be stopped is the discrimination and stifling of the bright and brilliant.
You can read the letter below...hope that we can gather more people to help our nation and simply refuse to let the politicians to continue manipulating the masses to perpetuate their rule.
A Letter to Lim Kit Siang
National Express: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Dear Mr. Lim Kit Siang,
I have utmost respect and admiration for your tenacity in remaining in Malaysia to champion the cause of justice and equality and fight for a Bangsa Malaysia.
My heart broke when I read about your article regarding the honest cyber cafe operator especially when he wondered if he ‘had chosen the wrong country’ to start and operate his business.
I see my situation summed up in that phrase. You have said before that the best and brightest are leaving this country. Well, I am making every preparation to leave. I have consistently scored straight A’s in every public exam and placed among the top 3 of my form. In university, I studied medicine and am among the top scorers. I have just graduated and scored near perfect results in a medical licensing examination that will enable me to work abroad and further my studies.
I was born a Malaysian yet I cannot see myself as a Malaysian. As a Chinese, I feel that I am being discriminated against. I feel that the government is trying its hardest to sideline me just because of my race. I look around and see this discrimination manifested in various forms. From the issue regarding religious conversion to the allocation of places in local universities, the stench of discrimination is sickening.
It was horrifying to note in my batch of medical students, there were a substantial number of malay students who actually did not apply for medicine but were sent to study it. It is disgusting to think that many STPM straight A scorers are deprived of a chance to study medicine while the government gives the places to people who are not even sure that they want to study medicine.
I have seen how racial politics sully the environment in the university and how unqualified people are in high posts at the expense of far more intelligent and qualified individuals just because they are Malay. I have heard the terrible statements made by delegates at the recent UMNO General Assembly about revoking my citizenship rights should I question their special rights.
I have seen the videos on YouTube where UMNO MPs have the audacity to ask us to ‘keluar’ of the country if we don’t like what they are doing to it. And I see the pathetic attempt by the PM to ‘discipline’ these racists. I hate the fact that Gerakan and MCA have done NOTHING to fight for my rights instead of just kow-towing to UMNO for their own gains.
Patriotism isn’t about singing the national anthem or raising the flag. It isn’t about accepting at face value everything the government says. It isn’t about attending merdeka celebrations. It is about feeling accepted as part of your nation. It is about knowing that your nation accepts you as a son or daughter. It is about realizing that being a part of a nation entails certain responsibilities. That is my definition of patriotism.
And right now, as a Malaysian, I am feeling anything BUT patriotic. 50 years of independence? So what? What has it done for me? Whoopee. I have a chance to change my life. I will change my destiny. I could not choose the country where I was born but I can very well choose the country that I will swear my allegiance to. I want a country that will recognize me as a citizen and grant me rights equal to that of all other citizens. I want a country that has the wisdom to recognize my potential and talents and reward me accordingly. I want a country where the government fears its people and conducts itself in a manner worthy of respect and honor.
This is not my nation. I am leaving. Mr. Lim, I salute you and all those like you who can find the strength and energy to fight for an ungrateful bunch of people. How many actually held mass protests, hunger strikes or rose up to defend you and your family when you or your son was imprisoned for fighting for us? How many did more than just shake their heads and move on with their petty little lives? None that I know of. Yet you continue to defend their rights.
You are an amazing man, Mr. Lim and I truly admire you for that. Unfortunately, I have a bright future ahead and I will not waste it in this country. It is not my nation.
Thank you for fighting the good fight.
(Author’s name withheld for privacy)
More than 300,000 people had emigrated during the past 18 months.
Here is another one (qualified) on the way out......
Many of us have our own story to tell...I told a group of friends my part of the story how I could not find a place in Malaysia. After that to my horror a doctor told me he almost committed suicide because he was discriminated against like the brilliant doctor below...from this I can deduce that there is a whole generation or more brilliant people who had been deprived. How is our nation going to be competitive when the brilliant ones are migrating?
Don't get confuse with restructuring society by helping the poors. I do not think anyone will be against it. What need to be stopped is the discrimination and stifling of the bright and brilliant.
You can read the letter below...hope that we can gather more people to help our nation and simply refuse to let the politicians to continue manipulating the masses to perpetuate their rule.
A Letter to Lim Kit Siang
National Express: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Dear Mr. Lim Kit Siang,
I have utmost respect and admiration for your tenacity in remaining in Malaysia to champion the cause of justice and equality and fight for a Bangsa Malaysia.
My heart broke when I read about your article regarding the honest cyber cafe operator especially when he wondered if he ‘had chosen the wrong country’ to start and operate his business.
I see my situation summed up in that phrase. You have said before that the best and brightest are leaving this country. Well, I am making every preparation to leave. I have consistently scored straight A’s in every public exam and placed among the top 3 of my form. In university, I studied medicine and am among the top scorers. I have just graduated and scored near perfect results in a medical licensing examination that will enable me to work abroad and further my studies.
I was born a Malaysian yet I cannot see myself as a Malaysian. As a Chinese, I feel that I am being discriminated against. I feel that the government is trying its hardest to sideline me just because of my race. I look around and see this discrimination manifested in various forms. From the issue regarding religious conversion to the allocation of places in local universities, the stench of discrimination is sickening.
It was horrifying to note in my batch of medical students, there were a substantial number of malay students who actually did not apply for medicine but were sent to study it. It is disgusting to think that many STPM straight A scorers are deprived of a chance to study medicine while the government gives the places to people who are not even sure that they want to study medicine.
I have seen how racial politics sully the environment in the university and how unqualified people are in high posts at the expense of far more intelligent and qualified individuals just because they are Malay. I have heard the terrible statements made by delegates at the recent UMNO General Assembly about revoking my citizenship rights should I question their special rights.
I have seen the videos on YouTube where UMNO MPs have the audacity to ask us to ‘keluar’ of the country if we don’t like what they are doing to it. And I see the pathetic attempt by the PM to ‘discipline’ these racists. I hate the fact that Gerakan and MCA have done NOTHING to fight for my rights instead of just kow-towing to UMNO for their own gains.
Patriotism isn’t about singing the national anthem or raising the flag. It isn’t about accepting at face value everything the government says. It isn’t about attending merdeka celebrations. It is about feeling accepted as part of your nation. It is about knowing that your nation accepts you as a son or daughter. It is about realizing that being a part of a nation entails certain responsibilities. That is my definition of patriotism.
And right now, as a Malaysian, I am feeling anything BUT patriotic. 50 years of independence? So what? What has it done for me? Whoopee. I have a chance to change my life. I will change my destiny. I could not choose the country where I was born but I can very well choose the country that I will swear my allegiance to. I want a country that will recognize me as a citizen and grant me rights equal to that of all other citizens. I want a country that has the wisdom to recognize my potential and talents and reward me accordingly. I want a country where the government fears its people and conducts itself in a manner worthy of respect and honor.
This is not my nation. I am leaving. Mr. Lim, I salute you and all those like you who can find the strength and energy to fight for an ungrateful bunch of people. How many actually held mass protests, hunger strikes or rose up to defend you and your family when you or your son was imprisoned for fighting for us? How many did more than just shake their heads and move on with their petty little lives? None that I know of. Yet you continue to defend their rights.
You are an amazing man, Mr. Lim and I truly admire you for that. Unfortunately, I have a bright future ahead and I will not waste it in this country. It is not my nation.
Thank you for fighting the good fight.
(Author’s name withheld for privacy)
More than 300,000 people had emigrated during the past 18 months.
Here is another one (qualified) on the way out......
Monday, August 9, 2010
Whatever you sow, you shall reap
Dirty double lives
By Silent suffering wife
Starmag Sunday 8 August 2010d
I read the below letter from The Star and wonder how many men in our society are living double lives.
Dirty double lives
ON July 11, Thelma had this advice for Confused Cameron Highlands (“Dirty old man”, Dear Thelma, Heart & Soul, StarMag): “At this point in your lives, do you still feel the need to watch over a man who is less virile and sexually subdued? If visiting erotic websites is the only way for him to keep his pride and ego up while his libido and prowess wilt, what is your worry?”
When a man’s libido wilts, that is precisely the time to worry! Don’t forget there’s a wide range of drugs to get him up and going.
I was secretly pleased when my 60-year-old husband couldn’t “get it up”. He seemed to have lost his libido, too, and I believed his flabby physique would prevent him from straying.
Imagine my shock when I discovered that he had shamelessly gone on merry jaunts, visiting prostitutes both locally and abroad, after having his virility restored by consuming pills and herbal concoctions recommended by his buddies!
He became so “addicted” that he even embarked on a torrid affair with a bar girl in Manila, promising to father a “football team” of children with her.
“I miss you and I love you, sweetheart. Put that in your head,” he crooned into his mobile while sitting on the toilet seat, unaware that I was standing by the door. “If you need money, text me and I will send you some.”
Since that day, his words have stayed in my head like a stuck tape recorder. My 35 years of love for him, and loyalty and devotion lay shattered at my feet.
I confronted him and despite our subsequent row, he blatantly keeps a stock of those pills and condoms in his briefcase. He never leaves home without them.
I believe many “old” men are living dirty double lives. They act like pitiful, woe-is-me-l-can’t-get-it-up husbands.
But once they’re safely out of the sight of their gullible wives, they consume sex-enhancing drugs and become roaring tigers. Their fat wallets make them instant sugar daddies to sweet young things, most of whom are much younger than their own daughters.
Silent suffering wife,
Selangor
tarmag@thestaar.com .my
It is very strange that the Bible has a lot of passages warning men about women and not the other way round.
Proverbs 6:20-35 (New International Version)
Warning Against Adultery
20 My son, keep your father's commands
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21 Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life,
24 keeping you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes,
26 for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away;
34 for jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.
My comment: I have a story of a man, let us call him Keong. He is around 55 year-old, married with a very good responsible wife, has a few grown up children doing well and settling in a nearby country.
Keong sold off some of his properties and took an adventure to a nearby country, brought back a foreign wife who is younger than his own children. Saw once the wife took good care of him by wiping his mouth.
To cut the story short, when Keong finished using the money, I guessed, she went back to her home country, no more to be found.
The last thing I knew Keong had been diagnosed to have HIV positive.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
'Who Am I? What have I done...?"
I am greatly touched my a Malay who wrote the letter below concern Guan Eng imprisonment. He asked "Who Am I? What have I done...?" This had caused me to ponder of my own journey as a Malaysian...many times, we just take care of what is "OURS"...hardly care for others...Hope that God will have mercy on us...He put us here on earth for temporary assignment, temporary trial and temporary test...Let's us encourage each other to be faithful...I think what Narmi had written has encouraged me to do my part...hopefully you can do your part for a better Malaysia, our beloved country...
A heartfelt letter to Lim Guan Eng when he was IMPRISONED BY Mahathir
If U have not read this letter yet ....Please read and pass on:
An old letter re-emerged.
A heartfelt letter to Lim Guan Eng when he was in prison- written by a Malay and published in December 1998
HEART TO HEART:
“What comes from the lips reaches the ear, what comes from the heart reaches the heart ..”
Arab Proverb
AN OPEN LETTER TO LIM GUAN ENG WHEN HE WAS IMPRISONED BY DR.M:
GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAY
Dear Guan Eng,
As you languish in prison, I have had plenty of time to reflect on you and your idealism.
Rightly or wrongly, the Democratic Action Party has long tried to have a ‘Malaysian’ character when the vast majority in the country still perceive it to be essentially a political party for the ethnic Chinese.
I realize that recently people like you have tried hard to attract Malaysians, especially Malays, to make the DAP truly Malaysian, but not too successfully, in my view. Then came an explosive event- the Rahim Thamby Chik case- which made a lot of Malays sit up and change their perceptions of the DAP. That case rocked Malay society to its very foundation.
Your conduct and role in pursuit of truth in that scandal earned my deepest admiration. The series of events following that scandal, culminating in the judicial proceedings against you, have turned out to be a classic example of how a verdict in a ‘court of law’ has become subordinate to the ‘ court of public opinion’.
Ask any Malay mother anywhere. Few would agree that the famous grandmother in that scandal should have been abandoned by UMNO, and the under-aged girl should have been so blatantly violated , abused and her family silenced and does not know her rights.
By your words and deeds, you challenged the government, police, media, and the judiciary, and exposed yourself to certain incarceration and vindictive punishment by Dr. Mahathir and the political elite.
I have always believed that God works in mysterious ways.
Inexplicably, He chose you to put the DAP into sharp focus. He chose you to force Malaysians to look at themselves and reflect on the abuse of basic values in our society.
To that extent, God in His wisdom made the DAP no longer just a Chinese political party, but, overnight, into a truly Malaysian one which fights for the deprived.
I am a Malay with a family of my own. I shall remember you as a Chinese father who fought for the rights of an ignorant poor Malay grand-mother and her sexually abused grand-daughter.
I know that when you decided to take on the case, you knew the price for your action would be heavy for you and your family, personally and politically.
Today, you are still paying the price. You languish alone in prison.
Ironically, as in Nelson Mandela’s case, the longer they lock you up,the greater will be your stature, the more powerful the focus on the issues you fought for.
I also know that, all through this, you can look into the eyes of your wife, children and parents,and say, with deserved pride and honour, that ‘Guan Eng has not prostituted his dignity, decency and self-respect in the face of oppression and tyranny’.
You have truly given new meaning to the maxim, ‘Politics With Honour’.
More importantly, you have made me look in the mirror and ask, ‘Who Am I? What have I done to speak out against the evil forces which confronted two Malay kampong women? Why have I remained silent? Have I lost my decency and self-respect?’
In all honesty, I cannot say I have the guts to look into the eyes of my family members and say I have done them proud. I have kept silent.
I owe it to you, Guan Eng, for opening my eyes and stirring my conscience.
Our inaction and apathy have allowed oppression, tyranny and injustice to continue. We have to search our hearts and souls to find ways to make up for our negligence and ineptitude.
To you, Guan Eng, I offer prayers from my family. May the blessings of the Almighty continue to give you strength, courage and tenacity to do what is right and just for all Malaysians.
Yours Sincerely,
Narmi Saila
Petaling Jaya,
Selangor
(This letter was published in the December 1998 issue of ALIRAN MONTHLY.)
Today, God has chosen to empower Lim Guan Eng to rule
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