<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173</id><updated>2009-12-15T12:50:57.222+08:00</updated><title type='text'>shanghai fish</title><subtitle type='html'>wtf</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>471</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-7516444673875544046</id><published>2009-12-14T18:41:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T18:54:05.911+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blast from the past !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYH51KDGI/AAAAAAAADj4/_91luhlOu0o/s1600-h/PC140235.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYH51KDGI/AAAAAAAADj4/_91luhlOu0o/s400/PC140235.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415042126021528674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYHmZNRxI/AAAAAAAADjw/YazbvaoVIhs/s1600-h/PC140236.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYHmZNRxI/AAAAAAAADjw/YazbvaoVIhs/s400/PC140236.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415042120804026130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYHP8cr6I/AAAAAAAADjo/v1igLsA6AmA/s1600-h/PC140237.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYHP8cr6I/AAAAAAAADjo/v1igLsA6AmA/s400/PC140237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415042114777821090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYGkTq3LI/AAAAAAAADjg/YlW-DGSIgQ0/s1600-h/PC140238.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYGkTq3LI/AAAAAAAADjg/YlW-DGSIgQ0/s400/PC140238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415042103064059058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Just re-discovered this paper from my "time capsule" dated Wednesday 28th. October 1987 ! Very interesting read ! Hmmmmm....! Wonder how many of you remember ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;(click on picture for larger view )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-7516444673875544046?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/7516444673875544046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=7516444673875544046&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/7516444673875544046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/7516444673875544046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/12/blast-from-past.html' title='Blast from the past !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SyYYH51KDGI/AAAAAAAADj4/_91luhlOu0o/s72-c/PC140235.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-4523502237734212462</id><published>2009-12-08T12:48:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T18:00:18.313+08:00</updated><title type='text'>is racism second nature to us ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sx4IBjj4LKI/AAAAAAAADjQ/fOMudzXzBUQ/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 77px; height: 112px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sx4IBjj4LKI/AAAAAAAADjQ/fOMudzXzBUQ/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412772624964529314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Even if  it is a weak attempt for damage control coming from one who himself was in the middle of  a controversies ..... I think it is  good and I must agree with &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Nazri&lt;/span&gt; just this one time ! (read &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/7/nation/20091207202535&amp;amp;sec=nation"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/45724-nazri-calls-dr-m-a-racist-for-defending-btn"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Hey...for the great Tun who was instrumental in creating  this monster &lt;i&gt;"racist"&lt;/i&gt; module called &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;BTN&lt;/span&gt; and to talk about history now is so &lt;i&gt;"1989"&lt;/i&gt;, man. He fashioned this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;BTN&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;curriculum&lt;/span&gt;  in the guise of  patriotism of only Malays and not all Malaysians who were born here and to still hang on to the  &lt;i&gt;"&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Tanah&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Melayu&lt;/span&gt;" &lt;/i&gt;and the &lt;i&gt;"&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;ketuanan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Melayu&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/i&gt; is so totally passe' ! He  said that when the history of Malaysia was discussed  during the  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;BTN&lt;/span&gt; courses , it would be mentioned that the country was once called &lt;i&gt;"&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Tanah&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Melayu&lt;/span&gt;" &lt;/i&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Now what about the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Orang&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Asli&lt;/span&gt;  and the natives of  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Sabah&lt;/span&gt; and Sarawak ? Will they be rejected as Malaysians if they demanded  otherwise ? Why stop at &lt;i&gt;"&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Tanah&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Melayu&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/i&gt; ....why not go back ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Indian"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; ) in history up to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Langkasuka&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Chola&lt;/span&gt; and Srivijaya eras ?? Are these ethnic natives not the original sons of the soil ? Is it not &lt;i&gt;"&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;tanah&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;asli&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/i&gt; ? It is easy now for  the  retired  Tun who in his time did his fair share of  damage for 22 years in pitting each race with the &lt;i&gt;"us"&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;"them" &lt;/i&gt;split  and successfully kept  this country  on the brink of civil strife  where unity was concerned, yes ? Reminders of May 13 is still vivid in everyone minds....thanks to the propaganda churned out before every general election ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Why do these participants need a lesson in &lt;i&gt;"history"&lt;/i&gt; in these camps, anyways ? Are they such fools who have been taught wrong in schools ? Of course &lt;i&gt;"history"&lt;/i&gt; as we know  is always in the clutches of the ruling party....and in theirs alone to manipulate and distort as they please, right ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;So &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Nazri&lt;/span&gt;, for once you are right to tell all &lt;i&gt;"racists"&lt;/i&gt; to back-off....and if there's a glimmer of hope yet  left for you !        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-4523502237734212462?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/4523502237734212462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=4523502237734212462&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4523502237734212462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4523502237734212462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/12/is-racism-second-nature-to-us.html' title='is racism second nature to us ?'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sx4IBjj4LKI/AAAAAAAADjQ/fOMudzXzBUQ/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-570096002135954706</id><published>2009-12-04T18:29:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T20:48:30.656+08:00</updated><title type='text'>What's wrong with this picture ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sxjk6AG7ODI/AAAAAAAADjI/8CSdAjaTA4E/s1600-h/lima_2009_07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sxjk6AG7ODI/AAAAAAAADjI/8CSdAjaTA4E/s400/lima_2009_07.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411326637398243378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Picture with permission and courtesy of t.v. smith. (click &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mycen.com.my/sightings/sightings011209_lima_2009.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; for better viewing of &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;picture No. 7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  and more)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-570096002135954706?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/570096002135954706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=570096002135954706&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/570096002135954706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/570096002135954706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/12/whats-wrong-with-this-picture.html' title='What&apos;s wrong with this picture ?'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sxjk6AG7ODI/AAAAAAAADjI/8CSdAjaTA4E/s72-c/lima_2009_07.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-1128158866316229934</id><published>2009-12-03T16:06:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T16:26:51.612+08:00</updated><title type='text'>BT Express-Revisited.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  line-height: 14px; font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"&gt;&lt;div id="ja-botsl" style="padding-left: 8px; "&gt;&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; text-transform: capitalize; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" text-transform: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px; font-family:Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/44775-btn-taught-me-the-chinese-are-the-jews-of-asia" class="contentpagetitle" style="color: rgb(27, 87, 177); text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;‘BTN taught me the Chinese are the Jews of Asia’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="ja-current-content"&gt;&lt;div class="article-content"&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;div class="img_caption right" style="text-align: left !important; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(0, 109, 163); float: right; margin-left: 1em; width: 350px; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.themalaysianinsider.com/images/stories/2009nov10/dpm-nov27.jpg" title="Muhyiddin has defended the BTN courses. — File pic" class="caption" width="350" height="238" style="margin-top: 5px; float: right; " /&gt;&lt;p class="img_caption" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 10px; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 109, 163); clear: right; "&gt;Muhyiddin has defended the BTN courses. — File pic&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/address&gt;By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25;  font-size:1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt; — &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;I am one of the privileged few to have attended a local public university and learned the meaning of hate, thanks to the ever popular Biro Tata Negara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;All undergraduates were forced to attend this programme or else they would not be eligible for graduation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;The BTN under the Prime Minister’s Department brought in “intellectual” speakers who were supposed to enlighten the students about the meaning of being a Malaysian but instead it felt more like a communist propaganda camp brainwashing those attending about the importance of “Ketuanan Melayu”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;The camp would usually take place during the weekends. Students would have to register early in the morning and the programme would last the whole day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;The organisers were always on their guard, asking participants to show their student identification cards each time they entered the hall, fearing the presence of outsiders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;In the hall, students were asked to turn off their mobile phones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;During the lectures, questions were planted among the audience and the students were advised not to ask any other questions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;One speaker began with the history of Malaysia and how much the country had gone through, always emphasising the May 13 riots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;He stressed the point of how much the Malays had sacrificed and how the community should be united especially from outside threat — the Chinese community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;He said that the Chinese community were “the Jews of Asia” and were just itching to take over when Malays were disunited and broken.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;The speaker also revealed a greater Chinese conspiracy where the Chinese Malaysians were working together with Singapore to topple the Malay government.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;“Do you want to become like the Malays in Singapore?” he asked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;He also went so far as to criticise Malay girls for dating boys from other races.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;He added that they should not be cheap and embarrass their families.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;Once, a student told the speaker that as Muslims, we should also respect other races who are also Muslims.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;“All Muslims are Malays so it does not matter if they are Chinese or Indians. If they are Muslims then they are Malays,” the speaker replied.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;This is why I was relieved when I learned that the Selangor government had moved to ban its civil servants, employees of state subsidiaries and students at state-owned education institutions from attending any BTN courses with immediate effect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;However I believe racism in varsities does not end at BTN because classrooms have also become victims of ignorant scholars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;My friend was verbally abused during his sociology class when he did not agree with the points made by his lecturer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;“You must be DKK,” the lecturer told him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;“What is DKK?” he asked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;“You must be darah keturunan keling (descendents of Indians),” the lecturer said, pointing to his dark skin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;My Saudi friend was also shocked by the comments made by his lecturer in his Islamic civilisation class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;“We should save our Orang Asli from the Chinese people. They are like the Palestinians and the Chinese are Israel. We must fight the Jews,” the lecturer told his students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;The lecturer even failed one of his students in his oral exam when he quoted a Western scholar in his presentation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;“You should be ashamed of yourselves. You are a Muslim and should only use Islamic scholars,” he scolded the student.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;I was personally saddened when my Islamic law lecturer compared Christianity to Head &amp;amp; Shoulder’s 3 in 1 shampoo in referring to the religion’s Holy Trinity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;I feel that racism has been institutionalised in our country and that BTN is only the tip of the iceberg.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin defended BTN yesterday and claimed that it was not racist but is line with the 1 Malaysia concept.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;I have to humbly disagree and would like to suggest maybe the ministers should bring their overseas children home and let them have a taste of what BTN is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 1em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.25; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;What more can I say about BTN and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"designers"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; behind it ? The above article appeared in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF6600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Malaysian Insider.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;( for the comments section  click &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/44775-btn-taught-me-the-chinese-are-the-jews-of-asia"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; height: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="commentBlogView commentTools" id="commentTools" style="display: block; text-align: right; padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; clear: both; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(188, 188, 188); height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-1128158866316229934?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/1128158866316229934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=1128158866316229934&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/1128158866316229934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/1128158866316229934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/12/bt-express-revisited.html' title='BT Express-Revisited.'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-2992484826143523903</id><published>2009-11-29T13:43:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T14:54:04.825+08:00</updated><title type='text'>BT Express !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SxITHR7qaiI/AAAAAAAADi4/O7y1NLds54A/s1600/NotreShame+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 361px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SxITHR7qaiI/AAAAAAAADi4/O7y1NLds54A/s400/NotreShame+(1).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409407118219045410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Boy.... oh boy....my head is spinning !!!  With all this crappy scandles  popping-up  all of a sudden, from all sides....from "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/118519"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;how the government looted up to USD100million&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;" to the Negeri MB's RM10 million transfer to London to the plunderings of millions of ringgits in Sarawak and on to the BTN issue to the PI Bala tapes to the  already known PKFZ's RM12 billion rip-off issue !!! We sure have our plates full of shit !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;The way I see it , we as a nation  are not headed to any Zimbabwean way. We have arrived ! We are the new champions.....and for all the wrong reasons ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Going back to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/118475"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;BTN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; issue.....and after reading the numerous postings  written all over the blogs, I must say this is a crying shame to those who initiated this program from an era by-gone ! Imagine the trust the tax-paying  peoples of Malaysia had and still have on the current  PM's call for 1Malaysia ! Is this the work of someone out to undermine the unity we so fondly speak off ? Suddenly everything we strived  for seems like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"misplaced-trust"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; and  put in the hands of  cannibals ! There are many past participants who now come out openly speaking of the goings-on in these national &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"hate" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;camps !  Why do we need this sort of indoctrination ? Where did our founding fathers go wrong ? We have always enjoyed and respected each others company and  now this shit ! Is this an UMNO issue or a BN issue ? Who's head should roll now ? Nobody in the government wants to come out to address these issues, allegations and accusations head-on and  objectively. I too am anxiously waiting ! We only have mansion-owners or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"has-beens"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; and  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"irrelevants"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; going on defensive mode to justify past mischievous actions. And the &lt;i&gt;"elegant silence"&lt;/i&gt;  from the top  is unbearable !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Was this the way our  colonial master( after raping us blind first ! ) envisaged the future of this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"free"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; country ?  Maybe we should still be under our colonial masters' rule....at least that way we'll surely  know we are being &lt;i&gt;"buggered"&lt;/i&gt; left, right and centre and perhaps in time even learn to enjoy it, yes ????&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;This is all so shameful ! Sheeeeeesh !&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-2992484826143523903?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/2992484826143523903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=2992484826143523903&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2992484826143523903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2992484826143523903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/bt-express.html' title='BT Express !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SxITHR7qaiI/AAAAAAAADi4/O7y1NLds54A/s72-c/NotreShame+(1).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-4438512564440365329</id><published>2009-11-27T18:15:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T19:15:56.657+08:00</updated><title type='text'>of statistics and  1shy cop !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sw-y__e4kSI/AAAAAAAADio/6orqLnSugcI/s1600/saya%2Banti%2Brasuah.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 308px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sw-y__e4kSI/AAAAAAAADio/6orqLnSugcI/s400/saya%2Banti%2Brasuah.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408738489937727778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;So now it is declared that the crime rate in the city's &lt;i&gt;"hot-spots"&lt;/i&gt; has dropped by 13% following crime prevention operations held between  Aug 5 to Nov 15 this year.......hmmmm ! (read&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=40708"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;So we are all happy and dandy  and sure, the police deserve a pat on their back  for the good job done in reducing crime in our neighbourhood. Kudos ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;One question though begs an answer. How did they come-up with this statistic ? Of records of the reported crimes  only or did they also take into account of the hundreds of other cases that go unreported ? Did you know, in my personal  opinion only about 40% of victims' of  crimes committed on the streets of the city actually go reported ? For mandatory reasons like re-applying lost government documents. ( identity cards, atm and driving licence's,  yes ?) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;And more often then not, if the victim was a foreigner.... he would rarely report  to the police for fear of being  further investigated/harassed and even arrested, as the number of foreigners living illegally  here is in an alarming statistic by itself. As for genuine tourist and visitors.....most of them wouldn't even bother to report.....( trust me on this....I have encountered and spoken to a few of such snatch-theft  victims ! Their story is etched deeply and on the ill-advice and warnings  of  former visitors/tourists who were once victims of such &lt;i&gt;"mat rempits"&lt;/i&gt;  themselves too in our fair country and they can narrate in detail the frustration they went through in the police stations when reporting such cases......and  is deemed  a complete waste of their time !)  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;So there you go....the accuracy of this statistics and I want to honestly think we can foresee an absolutely and totally &lt;i&gt;"safe environment"&lt;/i&gt; in the near future  for my near and dear ones and yours too ! Don't stop the good work and slide back to the messy reputation we have been bestowed with ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I sincerely want to single out to say a special &lt;i&gt;"thank you"&lt;/i&gt; to this  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mmail.com.my/content/20198-hero-cop-stays-modest"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;one shy cop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; ! Syabas ! We need more dedicated  cops like you ! Hopefully someday, my faith in our police force will be redeemed and renewed ! Until then we hope for "&lt;i&gt;little miracles" &lt;/i&gt;like&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt; this  1shy cop !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-4438512564440365329?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/4438512564440365329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=4438512564440365329&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4438512564440365329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4438512564440365329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/of-statistics-and-1shy-cop.html' title='of statistics and  1shy cop !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sw-y__e4kSI/AAAAAAAADio/6orqLnSugcI/s72-c/saya%2Banti%2Brasuah.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-748355717852207961</id><published>2009-11-26T22:08:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T22:10:07.040+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wishing all Muslim brethen a....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sw6L8F8ginI/AAAAAAAADig/NNteG_fu1MM/s1600/idul-adha-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sw6L8F8ginI/AAAAAAAADig/NNteG_fu1MM/s400/idul-adha-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408414067022924402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-748355717852207961?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/748355717852207961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=748355717852207961&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/748355717852207961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/748355717852207961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/wishing-all-muslim-brethen.html' title='Wishing all Muslim brethen a....'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sw6L8F8ginI/AAAAAAAADig/NNteG_fu1MM/s72-c/idul-adha-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-8957971421434790692</id><published>2009-11-23T18:04:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T18:14:46.549+08:00</updated><title type='text'>PAS'  Nasharuddin rushed to IJN !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SwpeWthwAKI/AAAAAAAADiY/IyjJqyAcToM/s1600/nasruddintantawi"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 290px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SwpeWthwAKI/AAAAAAAADiY/IyjJqyAcToM/s400/nasruddintantawi" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407238046882988194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;OMG....hope &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/23/nation/20091123121819&amp;amp;sec=nation"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; has nothing to to with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/moral-squads-and-vestal-virgins.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-8957971421434790692?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/8957971421434790692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=8957971421434790692&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/8957971421434790692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/8957971421434790692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/pas-nasharuddin-rushed-to-ijn.html' title='PAS&apos;  Nasharuddin rushed to IJN !!'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SwpeWthwAKI/AAAAAAAADiY/IyjJqyAcToM/s72-c/nasruddintantawi' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-2995400205670362010</id><published>2009-11-18T00:17:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T01:09:28.810+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Corruption Index 2009 konon !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SwLM1e3S8NI/AAAAAAAADiI/4BH4k-gSjEE/s1600/Corruption.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SwLM1e3S8NI/AAAAAAAADiI/4BH4k-gSjEE/s400/Corruption.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405107721988141266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;To view full ranking table click  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; And story click &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=40334"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Interesting too,  to  note that we are on a holding pattern at  No. 56  and sharing slots with the likes of  Latvia, Slovakia, Namibia and Samoa ! How about that ? Care to compare notes ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;So going by this survey conducted by Transparency International  there is no such thing as the &lt;i&gt;"best"&lt;/i&gt; or  &lt;i&gt;"worst"&lt;/i&gt; country as no country  got a &lt;i&gt;"ten"&lt;/i&gt; or  "&lt;i&gt;zer&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt;", yes ? How accurate are these surveys anyways, huh ? Can these surveys be manipulated ? Hey... if there IS  such a really corrupt country....then they'd even easily  rig this survey, right ? So how now brown cow ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Sad to know we've always worked so hard to be &lt;i&gt;"numero uno"&lt;/i&gt; or "&lt;i&gt;numbar wan"&lt;/i&gt; .....1Malaysia,  tallest flag-pole, most number of people on a field doing the line-dancing, longest ketupat, tallest twin-towers, biggest satay,  1 this and 1 that ...ahhh....sighhh !!! And we are stuck in nombor 56 ! How can ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Hmmm....so as far as I'm  concerned....&lt;i&gt;"semuanya okay !!!" &lt;/i&gt;here in my Malaysia !&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;I can live and let live with that, okay  !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Cheers !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-2995400205670362010?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/2995400205670362010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=2995400205670362010&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2995400205670362010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2995400205670362010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/corruption-index-2009-konon.html' title='Corruption Index 2009 konon !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SwLM1e3S8NI/AAAAAAAADiI/4BH4k-gSjEE/s72-c/Corruption.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-4870120877363585719</id><published>2009-11-12T10:54:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T12:31:24.894+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Moral squads and vestal virgins !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvuHcYf5kRI/AAAAAAAADho/uG_U7lr43Gg/s1600-h/Nasrudin+Hassan"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 91px; height: 124px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvuHcYf5kRI/AAAAAAAADho/uG_U7lr43Gg/s400/Nasrudin+Hassan" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403061099643375890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"&gt;&lt;p   style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 36px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/Youth%20chief%20Nasrudin%20Hassan%20Tantawi"&gt;PAS moral squad to go undercover in red-light areas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 id="story_byline" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; "&gt;By SIRA HABIBU&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;The Star Today:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;PETALING JAYA: PAS Youth members will discard their turbans and robes for casual attire when they enter “sleazy joints” to advise Muslim and non-Muslim youths who patronise such places.&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;who decides what's &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;sleazy ? Did not the authorities in the local council  approve the licenses to these premises ? So your "youths" can identify sacred and sleazy places apart, huh ?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi said they were embarking on an aggressive anti-free sex campaign to save the “lost souls” and were prepared to go to such places and red-light areas to reach out to youths living in a world of sin.-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;there's no such thing as free sex, you moron...you gotta pay boy ! Go save your own soul first before you embark on this  "inquisition" ! The dark ages is here and now ! This will only open more reasons  for abuse of power.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;“We will advise the Muslims on the premise of religion and moral conduct,” he said.-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;go talk to the mat rempits in your midst....or talk to the hand ! Isn't anything taught in your schools and religious classes  ?  What about your parents ? The more you suppress...the more the youths will retaliate.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;He added that the non-Muslims would be advised on the premise of morality, culture and Eastern values.- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;don't worry about the "rest of us", you  crap-head ! We are all okay and have our own moral values. Eastern or Western,values remain the same...as values. See the one who has never sinned may cast the first stone ! Stop taking such a  judgemental stance.And btw...what's with the "western"  garb  you are wearing in the picture above, huh ?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Nasrudin said moral squads would be mobilised in every state to carry out the anti-adultery and anti-vice campaigns.-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;start with your "pet" state Kelantan first. Review the numerous incest cases first ! then the drug scene, then the snatch cases, then the.....! That alone will keep you busy till  your term in office ends.....and I hear that is coming very  soon  !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;He said the squad members would not wear turbans and robes when visiting sleazy sites as they did not want to scare the target groups.-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;hey dick-head, the whole stupid idea of yours  IS to scare the  living shit out of your targets, yes ? And yes...wear really tight under-wears please....lest you hard-on "shines" through on these sexual raids !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;“It would definitely defeat the purpose if we give them the impression that we are part of the anti-vice raiding team.-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;then you got no fcuking  business to go to any of these "sleazy" joints in the first place, getit ? Leave it to the proper authorities ! You're apeing  KayJay's  rempits now ! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;“We want to meet the target group in person and advise them on the importance of embracing good moral values for the sake of their future, family and the country,” he said.- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;what a load of crap ! Your "youths" want to make some movies to upload on you-tube !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Nasrudin said the movement would give feedback to the relevant authorities, such as the Information, Communication and Culture Ministry, that dealt with social climates.-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;again in the pretext of the better good of the nation crap ! There seem to be a moron for a "head" in charge of "youths" in every party, I guess !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;“Our aim is to save the younger generation from unhealthy influences and cultures,” he said.-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;yo  Nash...you  have no aim ! Scoring brownie points in "sleazy joints  won't get you to heaven or  the 57 vestal  virgins....try suicide bombing in Afganistan or  some other country name  ending in a "stan" !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Nasrudin was speaking to reporters after meeting with International Islamic University lecturer Dr Abdul Aziz Bari, who recently wrote controversial articles about the party in a Malay tabloid.-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;proving this man wrong or ashamed of the truth ?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Dr Abdul Aziz was invited to brief the Youth management committee on issues raised in the articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;“We agree with some of the points, but we also do not agree with certain points raised by the lecturer.-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;yeah bozo...you are the champion in everything "moral" now, yes ? &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px;  line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;“But we respect his views,” said Nasrudin, who declined to elaborate on the differences.- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Go get a life !&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-4870120877363585719?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/4870120877363585719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=4870120877363585719&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4870120877363585719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4870120877363585719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/moral-squads-and-vestal-virgins.html' title='Moral squads and vestal virgins !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvuHcYf5kRI/AAAAAAAADho/uG_U7lr43Gg/s72-c/Nasrudin+Hassan' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-2955344636578160785</id><published>2009-11-10T14:47:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T15:19:30.427+08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's been 2 years  since....sigh !</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Today marks the 2nd. anniversary of the "Bersih Walk" and  the trial of the 23 "armed and dangerous" people who part-took in holding candles whilst singing the "Negaraku" commemorating  the first anniversary of the "Bersih" walk in the  ""No to ISA" candle-light vigil near the Dewan Sivik in PJ exactly one year ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkM9H2vEvI/AAAAAAAADhg/QJENTRsqoaw/s1600-h/h.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkM9H2vEvI/AAAAAAAADhg/QJENTRsqoaw/s400/h.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363472227799794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...someone even brought a cake commemorating the dual events coinciding with the trial  of the 23 vigilliers arrested last year  for holding candles and singing the "Negaraku"....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkM873w2PI/AAAAAAAADhY/atpxX2gpKA8/s1600-h/a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkM873w2PI/AAAAAAAADhY/atpxX2gpKA8/s400/a.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363469010884850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;... and the hearing was postponed to the 2nd. December 2009... &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkM8jlvqxI/AAAAAAAADhQ/-oUcGhh3KsY/s1600-h/b.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkM8jlvqxI/AAAAAAAADhQ/-oUcGhh3KsY/s400/b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363462492859154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;....all "criminals"...were shaking their heads  in disbelief....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMwND_PxI/AAAAAAAADhI/2jOjViCKBp8/s1600-h/c.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMwND_PxI/AAAAAAAADhI/2jOjViCKBp8/s400/c.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363250287263506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...and supporters too ...of the waste of these arrests....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMv14yeQI/AAAAAAAADhA/PTo2fdJPntM/s1600-h/d.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMv14yeQI/AAAAAAAADhA/PTo2fdJPntM/s400/d.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363244066273538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...and the "man-of-the-cloth" Fr. Paulino Miranda.... sure looked very dangerous indeed !&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMvsOx-_I/AAAAAAAADg4/auOCLTJzekA/s1600-h/e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMvsOx-_I/AAAAAAAADg4/auOCLTJzekA/s400/e.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363241474161650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;so at the lobby the cake was brought out by the "convicts" and their lawyers...and omg !!.... they lit-up candles again, right here in the court-house  ! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMvCBSomI/AAAAAAAADgw/wfxpt3XOhxY/s1600-h/f.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMvCBSomI/AAAAAAAADgw/wfxpt3XOhxY/s400/f.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363230143292002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...lawyer Gobind Deo giving a press statement to the reporters gathered  at the lobby ....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMu_4k7zI/AAAAAAAADgo/O4YhMPRLpPY/s1600-h/g.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkMu_4k7zI/AAAAAAAADgo/O4YhMPRLpPY/s400/g.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402363229569871666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;and of course a group photo of "felons" and their solicitors.....before they went "still on bail" their separate ways and to meet again on 2nd. December &lt;/i&gt; 2009 ! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-2955344636578160785?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/2955344636578160785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=2955344636578160785&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2955344636578160785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2955344636578160785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-been-2-years-sincesigh.html' title='It&apos;s been 2 years  since....sigh !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvkM9H2vEvI/AAAAAAAADhg/QJENTRsqoaw/s72-c/h.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-8827463490356432209</id><published>2009-11-07T15:30:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T16:50:04.276+08:00</updated><title type='text'>"hot hot chicken shit !"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvUzfByAm7I/AAAAAAAADgg/_CHPxA8Kl8c/s1600-h/m_02snatch.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 242px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvUzfByAm7I/AAAAAAAADgg/_CHPxA8Kl8c/s400/m_02snatch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401279936247929778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;ow many of you  out there have been  victims of mugging at knife-point or  have had your  bags snatched by motor-bike riding &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"rempits"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; ? Next question....have you had your stolen items  or snatched bags returned by any so called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"cekap,  amanah &amp;amp; bersih"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;( steadfast, fair &amp;amp; clean ) investigating officer of your report of the same ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Well except for this young and plucky vigilante  things have been different. She not only got back her stolen items from the snatch thief and at the same time  also metted out punishment on the perpetrator ! I call it "Justice Served" and she did right !!  ( read &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mmail.com.my/content/18143-fatal-end-snatch-thief"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; ) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;These scum-bag snatch thieves have become bolder and more ruthless attacking almost anyone regardless of gender, age or race ! They seem to be having  a "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;party- time"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; in the streets of all big cities for far too long and the crime rate in our country is only keeping on par with our rising costs of all essential items, well..... I'd guess maybe more, yes ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;But what has been done to curb this menace by our boys-in-blue, huh? For a few happy days about 2 months ago, I saw policemen and women patrolling on foot and waiting at strategic junctions in  my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"taman" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; and I was delighted, honestly delighted......but alas....it was over just as soon as it started. Everything is as  like one commenter said &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"hangat hangat tahi ayam"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"hot hot chicken shit "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;  !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;What happened to the foot-patrol, Mr. IGP ? Not enough man-power suddenly ? Just pleasing and biding your &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"masters"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; will  to the over-rated and pathetic  1Malaysia call ? Why start something and then let it fizzle-out when the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"heat"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; from public ( meaning tax-payers) anger  is cooled-off ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Roadblocks are aplenty these days and are placed always at "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;blind"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; corners....almost every night after 1am. ....but they are  not there  to weed-out these thieving wolves on wheelies  but to dampen the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"headiness"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; of celebrating tax-payers spirits in cars ! They don't check for any bad-hats....cos first thing they do is poke their heads into your car to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"smell"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; alcohol, then shove the breathalyser into your mouth ! Then, correct me if I am wrong.......the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"negotiations"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; begin ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I have seen motor-cyclists making abrupt u-turns on main carriage-ways and riding head-long of on-coming cars just to escape these road-blocks. Shouldn't a few policemen on bikes be discreetly posted a few hundred meters before the road-blocks to nab these offending fiends. Surely anyone who does a u-turn before a road-block is an offender of some law, am I right ???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I could go on and on....but I have to save them for another day.....but in the meantime, I say &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"thank you"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; to this gutsy woman who put her own  life in danger to save this bastard snatch thief from causing much  pain and trauma to scores of other victims in the future, had  he escaped  from colliding into her MyVi  ! Perhaps she should get a medal for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"gallantry"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; or the PDRM should reward her with cash or at least pay for her damaged car &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Kudos to you  girl, whoever you are !    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-8827463490356432209?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/8827463490356432209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=8827463490356432209&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/8827463490356432209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/8827463490356432209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/hot-hot-chicken-shit.html' title='&quot;hot hot chicken shit !&quot;'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvUzfByAm7I/AAAAAAAADgg/_CHPxA8Kl8c/s72-c/m_02snatch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-828075291286397896</id><published>2009-11-04T13:12:00.010+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T18:58:24.446+08:00</updated><title type='text'>another "crack"-down on vocal citizens ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUnosC47I/AAAAAAAADgY/RVH3gzW8Fk8/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;UPDATES: (6:18pm.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Bernard arrived at the CCID at 2:45pm and the "questioning" lasted till 4:45pm. Below are the photos in sequence. Will do captions later.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUnRAOrBI/AAAAAAAADgQ/18IroXLHVX4/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUnRAOrBI/AAAAAAAADgQ/18IroXLHVX4/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190461749931026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;at 2:45...I swear it was a "thumbs-up"....see his middle finger is folded..&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUnDw7YhI/AAAAAAAADgI/kcHf4T0GI3Y/s1600-h/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUnDw7YhI/AAAAAAAADgI/kcHf4T0GI3Y/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190458196091410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;....mingling with his "fishing" friends...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUmvpU04I/AAAAAAAADgA/S84tGFJCW4s/s1600-h/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUmvpU04I/AAAAAAAADgA/S84tGFJCW4s/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190452795495298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ladies man...always obliging the ladies OR are the ladies always obliging a pose with him ?....hmmm....age matters I guess, yes ?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUcQ8cwVI/AAAAAAAADf4/Ipib7ibEjBQ/s1600-h/4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUcQ8cwVI/AAAAAAAADf4/Ipib7ibEjBQ/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190272755515730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...checking-in...into Hotel California ?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUccFGg-I/AAAAAAAADfw/DcGz2ZmK8IA/s1600-h/5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUccFGg-I/AAAAAAAADfw/DcGz2ZmK8IA/s400/5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190275744596962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;and in they go at sharp 3pm....with lawyer/friend Ashok...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUcPpwV6I/AAAAAAAADfo/7tldS-JT0G0/s1600-h/6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUcPpwV6I/AAAAAAAADfo/7tldS-JT0G0/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190272408672162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;in the meantime, elsewhere out-side the FCCID, at a bus-stop across the road...friends gather and wait...even Alan came from far-away PD...."armed and dangerous" with his brolly....erhhh...notice anyone "sinister" in the shadows ?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUbyy4c2I/AAAAAAAADfg/Tz61e8CYbiQ/s1600-h/7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUbyy4c2I/AAAAAAAADfg/Tz61e8CYbiQ/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190264662324066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;ahhh...strategise !...Boom confers with Azmi on the next course of action..."initiate storming the building ? activate Plan B ? mobilise cyber-troopers ?...think ! ...think !".....btw is this bus-stop rigged with "hearing/seeing" devices?...now don't laugh...anything's possible, right ? That's why the soft and low whisperings....exchanged.... &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUbZxl9FI/AAAAAAAADfY/lOPRhVyWiQs/s1600-h/8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUbZxl9FI/AAAAAAAADfY/lOPRhVyWiQs/s400/8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400190257946031186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...what's this Haris, nice strut...parading for Armani ?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUMChOcSI/AAAAAAAADfQ/pBnBJ_EY2Kw/s1600-h/9.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUMChOcSI/AAAAAAAADfQ/pBnBJ_EY2Kw/s400/9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400189994005328162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;and at 4:45pm. they came out...to the waiting  papazzaries and journos....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFULl7rfQI/AAAAAAAADfA/KHf0FME3RC8/s1600-h/11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFULl7rfQI/AAAAAAAADfA/KHf0FME3RC8/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400189986331655426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...and more questions and "guarded" answers....erhmm..well...you know... !&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFULaQh2wI/AAAAAAAADe4/3C1huBxGKnM/s1600-h/12.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFULaQh2wI/AAAAAAAADe4/3C1huBxGKnM/s400/12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400189983197879042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...okay...one last question, please...time to wrap-up, now to "light-up" and down a few "amber's".....it's been a long day for all...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFULErsxxI/AAAAAAAADew/W-ZAWKF8Cyc/s1600-h/13.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFULErsxxI/AAAAAAAADew/W-ZAWKF8Cyc/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400189977406261010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...but not before Bernard was photographed  against the infamous entrance wall of the Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department in Bukit Perdana, KL. Hopefully for the last time ! Somebody should permanently draw/mark lines on this wall to measure height like in rooms in police stations, where "suspects" stand in line during identification para&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;des, yes ? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvENTjzMF9I/AAAAAAAADeo/rsfLQ1b2VTk/s1600-h/Copy+of+P4300227.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvENTjzMF9I/AAAAAAAADeo/rsfLQ1b2VTk/s400/Copy+of+P4300227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400112057872553938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;In awhile  at 3pm blogger Bernard Khoo aka &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"zorro-unmasked"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; will be having an intimate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"audience"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; with the good and friendly  people of the PDRM at the CCID head-quarters. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Other vocal and prominent bloggers like rpk, rockybru, kickdafellow, nataniel tan, bakap have all had their fair share of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"brushes" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;with our infamous boys-in-blue.... some more than once  !  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Today it looks like nobody is spared...... even if it is  a very senior and  greying  citizen pushing  70, blogging  with his &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"graphic"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; conscience ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-spa&lt;span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Hmmmm......subtle and friendly intimidation and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"scare"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; tactic persuasion of  vocal free-agents  seem to take priority over the over-whelmingly messy voilent crime activities daily on the streets of our fair city  by  our tax-payer's  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;"paid guardians"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; of the law  !! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-spa&lt;span class=" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Sheeesh &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-828075291286397896?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/828075291286397896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=828075291286397896&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/828075291286397896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/828075291286397896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/11/another-crack-down-on-vocal-citizens.html' title='another &quot;crack&quot;-down on vocal citizens ?'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SvFUnRAOrBI/AAAAAAAADgQ/18IroXLHVX4/s72-c/1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-165935867876148047</id><published>2009-10-30T16:03:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T14:04:46.859+08:00</updated><title type='text'>smoker's nightmare...SM Mohamed Idris !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuqejUjNeJI/AAAAAAAADeg/grkrqTmsq74/s1600-h/SM+Mohamed+Idris"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 71px; height: 108px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuqejUjNeJI/AAAAAAAADeg/grkrqTmsq74/s400/SM+Mohamed+Idris" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398301433005963410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;And we have morons and then we have IDIOTS ! Today we have S.M. Mohamed Idris. (pic.) And I want to come to the defense of smokers !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Yes the call for fixing the price of cigarette packets at RM 30.00 per packet by  a stupid man who claims to head the consumer's association of Penang thinks smoking is a social problem! He has not heard of "mat &amp;amp; minah-rempits" and drug addicts who snatch bags I'd guess ! ( read &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/30/nation/20091030153241&amp;amp;sec=nation"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Does he know the millions of ringgit as loans awarded by the government to tobacco farmers both here in the peninsular and in the East Malaysia ? If smoking is sooooo so bad then why does the government of the day  grant the loans in the first place ? How many of the farmers depend on  smokers to put food on the table and send their children to school huh ? How about repayments of that loan ? How many of our parliamentarians smoke ? Opps...sorry....our parliamentarians chomp on expansive, branded  and  imported cigars that are hand-rolled on the thighs of  and by 80 year old virgins in Cuba !  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Excise tax duties from cigarettes alone  help  maintain so many government ministries stay afloat and this president of CAP  is supposed to  protect the rights, rising costs and choices of the citizenry  and  what does he do but put more hardship on the lower and average "cigarette dependent" and  tax-paying citizens who have a habit to  smoke ! Next he'll go for the price of beers, yes ?Alternatively the ganga trade will flourish !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;There is just so much hypocrisy and double standards in the government. One ministry  offers loans to tobacco farmers, then another ministry spends millions campaigning "anti-smoking" efforts, another ministry collects millions as  revenues from taxes of  the consumers who smoke and yet another ministry welcomes foreign cigarette companies to set-up businesses here. And another ministry to collect millions by putting  traumatic and gory photographs on cigarette packets and make a "killing" by monopolising the market producing these packets. Typical crony action at it's best and at work here !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Now tell me why would millions of ringgits be  spent both by the government and  foreign cigarette companies  as investments in this country, not to mention advertising revenue  for healthy sports  for this "preacher" to prophesies  the dangers of smoking ? It is a fundamental and constitutional right  of an adult  individual to choose as he pleases ! And we don't need any from you, Mr. SM Mohamed Idris ! Get it ? Go for the retailers who sell cigarettes  to the kids, okay ? You want to stop anyone from smoking go find out how many in your family are smokers first be it cigarettes or marijuana !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Sheeesh....the gall of  this moron just to get some cheap attention for his waning popularity ! There's one born every day in Malaysia ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;.......now excuse me while I light-up !&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-165935867876148047?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/165935867876148047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=165935867876148047&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/165935867876148047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/165935867876148047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/smokers-nightmaresm-mohamed-idris.html' title='smoker&apos;s nightmare...SM Mohamed Idris !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuqejUjNeJI/AAAAAAAADeg/grkrqTmsq74/s72-c/SM+Mohamed+Idris' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-7939265781634007663</id><published>2009-10-27T15:16:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T16:32:00.123+08:00</updated><title type='text'>when oh when...do we ever learn !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuahNzC85oI/AAAAAAAADeY/foltv9aY53U/s1600-h/bridge"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuahNzC85oI/AAAAAAAADeY/foltv9aY53U/s400/bridge" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397178461863077506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;ere we go again...another &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"quick-fix"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; project awarded by the state education department  to some crony company  to a build suspension bridge that collapsed with the weight of about 30 playful  children !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Now don't go blaming the kids for playing on a suspension bridge &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ok&lt;/span&gt; ? Kids being kids are by nature boisterous and playful....otherwise &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;something's&lt;/span&gt; not right with that kid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;But why should this happen ? What kind of contractor was given the project ? How many more kids must die before we STOP playing with their  innocent lives ? How many deaths has the NS program claimed ? And that too with 18 year old kids. Do we ever learn ? &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Noooooo&lt;/span&gt;....! The whole NS and all other &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"projects"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; is only  created to  satisfy some crony's thirst for money. Shoddy and hurried workmanship is the result of these ever on-going tragedies, always !  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;But these are 12 year &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;olds&lt;/span&gt;, for God's sake ! Why do they have to attend these camps in the first place ? Fostering unity must come naturally in house-holds by parents, teachers in schools and the media, from the time the kids attain schooling age. I say NO ! to this stupid 1Malaysia and NS  unity-camps ! It's a total waste of young lives and not to mention tax-payers money !!! No way is this  government taking my kid for any &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"unity"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; camp......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;comprendo&lt;/span&gt; ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I'd gladly  see them in court !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Somebody's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"hare-brain"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; idea to make more money ? Surely somebody must have whispered of this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"great money-making"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;  idea into  the minister's ears, for him to have initiated this program, yes ?  Now who's hands are tainted bloody with this death of yet another child  ? Who's going to tell the parents of that child that RM 10,000.00 is the price of her  life and that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;everything's&lt;/span&gt;  going to be okay soon  and that  their lives will return to normal soon, huh ? The Education Minister, the Chief Minister or the Prime Minister  ???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Just looking  at the above picture of that suspension bridge and I, as a layman, can tell you how shallow the foundations are. Is the contractor, the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;contractee&lt;/span&gt; and all involved in awarding the bridge contract arrested yet ? And the finger pointing begins....of course so....just point a finger sky-ward and say &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"act of God"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; yes ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I stop here cos I'm  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"pissed-off"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;..... in the meantime you listen very carefully to the lyrics with Katie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Melua&lt;/span&gt; singing the Dylan classic.....again ! &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Sheeeeesh&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" white-space: pre;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z7-Tb_FsWRw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z7-Tb_FsWRw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-7939265781634007663?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/7939265781634007663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=7939265781634007663&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/7939265781634007663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/7939265781634007663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/when-oh-whendo-we-ever-learn.html' title='when oh when...do we ever learn !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuahNzC85oI/AAAAAAAADeY/foltv9aY53U/s72-c/bridge' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-8149507704273007026</id><published>2009-10-25T17:33:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T13:09:48.102+08:00</updated><title type='text'>only 20% chance of suicide, huh ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuQfroNeIII/AAAAAAAADeQ/MsA6o2GwLaI/s1600-h/Dr.+Pornthip"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 107px; height: 89px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuQfroNeIII/AAAAAAAADeQ/MsA6o2GwLaI/s400/Dr.+Pornthip" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396473087885451394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Now this is interesting ! Teoh Beng Hock's family will request for his body to be exhumed, enabling a second autopsy to be carried out by Thai pathologist Dr. Pornthip Rojanasunand.( &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/25/nation/20091025135146&amp;amp;sec=nation"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Stranger  things have happened  with the good doctor now declaring of a 80% homicidal death of Teoh Beng Hock  and my worry is,  what if they can't  find the body ?  We have known of disappearing private investigators  and non-existent entry records of Mongolian models in Malaysia, yes ? So brace yourselves if they don't find the body of  Teoh Beng Hock there upon digging into his grave.  Can we then  exclaim  &lt;i&gt;"Alleluia....he has risen  ?"  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Now this doctor is &lt;i&gt;"notoriously"&lt;/i&gt; popular in Thailand. She has single-handedly brought the police there to their knees in some very revealing autopsies of mysterious deaths in police custody. She has &lt;i&gt;"scientifically" &lt;/i&gt; managed to put the missing pieces of evidence in an otherwise "open-and-shut" case of deaths in police detention. And she has certainly  &lt;i&gt;"ruffled  alot of feathers"&lt;/i&gt;  and got some very high level police officers shaking  in deep shit ! But of course she's a darling to the families of victims, with her bizarre punk-rockish image !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;But not to worry, here in Malaysia she won't be able to do any of  that ! We  have our courts and police aligned and might  even give her a &lt;i&gt;"friendly"&lt;/i&gt; caution if she was digging too deep to embarrass the powers that be, right ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;I can't  wait to  see what theories, evidence and revelations  this doctor  unearths from her autopsy  and to once and for all put  Teoh Beng Hock's body  to finally  rest in peace !   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Amen !      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-8149507704273007026?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/8149507704273007026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=8149507704273007026&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/8149507704273007026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/8149507704273007026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/only-20-chance-of-suicide-huh.html' title='only 20% chance of suicide, huh ?'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SuQfroNeIII/AAAAAAAADeQ/MsA6o2GwLaI/s72-c/Dr.+Pornthip' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-4495631294687183955</id><published>2009-10-21T16:18:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T18:11:17.438+08:00</updated><title type='text'>of morons and prince-asses !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/St7TOqFgleI/AAAAAAAADeI/YMUvd46Zj20/s1600-h/Beyonce+Knowles+(2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/St7TOqFgleI/AAAAAAAADeI/YMUvd46Zj20/s400/Beyonce+Knowles+(2).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394981652405458402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;There is an estimated instant  30,000 or even maybe 3,000,000 people  who WILL  vote against PAS in the next GE !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Yes, these estimated 30,000 could multiply by the hundred-fold in time to come if the head-honchos in PR sit on their arse and do nothing ! Trust me, word gets around fast and every time someone asks any of these 30,000  if they watched the Beyonce  Live show in KL , their  immediately and frustrated reply would  be ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;"ahh fcuks....these bloody PAS kopiah  buggers with instant  hard-ons at the slightest show of flesh,  have screwed us up big-time by protesting and calling for a banning of  the show here and pretty soon they'd be banning more  of  this and more of that"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;, yes ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I'm saying this because that's the about the 30,000 number of educated urbanites  who had paid an average of RM300.00 each for the tickets  and are now waiting for their refund from the organisers. How very disappointing for  the rest of us free-thinking citizens.  Just what do they think they are doing, these PAS fellows huh ? Stupid is the word ! And they still want to  &lt;i&gt;"control"&lt;/i&gt; the independent wishes  of us all, whether  muslims or  non-muslims ? Playing the &lt;i&gt;"high moral police"&lt;/i&gt; shit  again ? These ass-holes are giving a bad name to the rest of the coalition and trust me.... they'll be the main  reason for the down-fall of PR, come the next GE ! In fact it may even be a &lt;i&gt;"tsunami"&lt;/i&gt; of votes  for BN !   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Do they know every selfish action and screwed-up remark  they utter from their vacuumed head is converted to a loss of  the all-important votes ? Do they even care if they are supposed to fight for the rights of ALL the peoples, as  in the &lt;i&gt;"PAS FOR ALL"&lt;/i&gt; tag ?  Wake-up stupid !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Only consolation is elsewhere in BN  there  is another bunch of morons, apart from MIC,  PPP and MCA....the Puteri UMNO's  call for the  ban on  &lt;i&gt;"horror"&lt;/i&gt; movies is taking top-billing this week ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Puteri UMNO themselves are a &lt;i&gt;"cringing horror"&lt;/i&gt; show  and if  these Puteris' even stopped to think of the huge revenue grossed from such movies ? Yes, "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sinemamalaysia.com.my/film/info/?id=Jangan_Pandang_Belakang_125"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Jangan Pandang Belakang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;", a horror flick was the highest ever grossing local movie in this here Malaysia and these &lt;i&gt;"princesses"&lt;/i&gt; have no idea whatsoever of the impact these types of  movies have with the local audience. Think of all those who's very livelihood depends on this industry !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;We all grew-up watching horror movies, didn't we ? Do we have to have these half-baked political wannabes spewing more shit when more pressing &lt;i&gt;"bread-and-butter"&lt;/i&gt; issues begs  their attention ?  If you Puteris' got nothing constructive to say , just shut-up ! Okay ? Take entertainment as entertainment and leave it at that !  Period&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-4495631294687183955?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/4495631294687183955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=4495631294687183955&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4495631294687183955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4495631294687183955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/of-morons-and-prince-asses.html' title='of morons and prince-asses !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/St7TOqFgleI/AAAAAAAADeI/YMUvd46Zj20/s72-c/Beyonce+Knowles+(2).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-4975940034294705444</id><published>2009-10-19T15:14:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T16:46:49.614+08:00</updated><title type='text'>we were 1Malaya....once !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Stwk1sGAdoI/AAAAAAAADeA/Ee7pkECg9DQ/s1600-h/1948300-Taiping_Lake_Garden_Bukit_Larut-Taiping.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Stwk1sGAdoI/AAAAAAAADeA/Ee7pkECg9DQ/s400/1948300-Taiping_Lake_Garden_Bukit_Larut-Taiping.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394226958471034498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;The most over-used word today here in Malaysia is "1Malaysia" ! Everyone's cashing-in on the 1 factor. Why must it be so ? Have we  never been so ONE-kind one before Najib came up with the brilliant 1Malaysia concept ? Why not....?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;If you were born after 1969, you  might get all  excited and embrace  this 1Malaysia phenomena as the "eureka" of all things good and only hope for the ONEness of being Malaysians, yes ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;But not the rest of us ! See we were "ONE"  long before politicians decided we were too happy living in almost perfect harmony totally being conscience of our unique racial and religious back-grounds and  I site below of just  one such significant example.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Remember the times in the old days (meaning 60's ), during festivals of the various religions, how the little kids in any given neighbour-hood dressed in their festive best, carried trays of cookies ( every cookie on that tray, subscribing to their ethnic and religious back-grounds was home-made by the female members of each house-hold ) first thing in the morning of the auspicious day to all the neighbouring  houses and the neighbour in return accepted the tray of goodies and in return would pour a cup of sugar ( which in later years  turned to small "ang-pow" packet for the bearer of such trays)  as a returning gift on the same tray as a gesture of the sweet  acceptance  of such neighbourliness ? Do you ? Now that was the time we were all  1Malaysia or even 1Malaya ! ( from tales of  my early days in Taiping &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2007/01/815-maxwell-road-assam-kumbang-taiping.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;What can I say now  but sigh... with regret and long for the good old days and am dumb-founded  and cannot understand the current concept of 1Malaysia, 1Toilet , 2 National days (this is the latest.....Najib declares 2 National days for 1Malaysia ) .....hmmm...still baffles me as to why you had to &lt;i&gt;pay&lt;/i&gt; people to come together as 1Malaysia  ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/40787-some-spectators-claim-they-were-paid-to-attend-1-malaysia-launch"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;) !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Siiigggh &lt;/span&gt;!         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-4975940034294705444?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/4975940034294705444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=4975940034294705444&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4975940034294705444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4975940034294705444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/we-were-1malayaonce.html' title='we were 1Malaya....once !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Stwk1sGAdoI/AAAAAAAADeA/Ee7pkECg9DQ/s72-c/1948300-Taiping_Lake_Garden_Bukit_Larut-Taiping.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-2870746842607482606</id><published>2009-10-16T22:02:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T22:10:35.898+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Deepavali Greetings !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sth87pB7doI/AAAAAAAADdw/yPuoihCVIR8/s1600-h/diwali-festival.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sth87pB7doI/AAAAAAAADdw/yPuoihCVIR8/s400/diwali-festival.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393197917844240002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Here's wishing all Malaysians  a&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;Joyous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt; and de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;LIGHT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;ful                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;Deepavali &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:x-large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Godbless &lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;From shanghaifish and fly !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-2870746842607482606?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/2870746842607482606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=2870746842607482606&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2870746842607482606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2870746842607482606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/deepavali-greetings.html' title='Deepavali Greetings !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sth87pB7doI/AAAAAAAADdw/yPuoihCVIR8/s72-c/diwali-festival.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-5870564366671470111</id><published>2009-10-15T12:10:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T14:08:30.278+08:00</updated><title type='text'>PR-damage control or on auto-cruise ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sta4NC6gulI/AAAAAAAADdo/f1SODqdFisM/s1600-h/poverty_publication_cover_page.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 169px; height: 187px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sta4NC6gulI/AAAAAAAADdo/f1SODqdFisM/s400/poverty_publication_cover_page.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392700138082843218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Where do you  think the PR went wrong recently ? If you asked  me I'd say  almost  EVERY WHERE !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Things are beginning to crack in the PR, at least that's how I see it . Renegade's are opening their big and silly mouths and saying all the wrong things and "&lt;i&gt;run-away&lt;/i&gt;" half-baked religious bigots are allowed to impose and get away with their personal "&lt;i&gt;fatwahs&lt;/i&gt;" when their tag-line says other-wise. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;The recent Bagan Pinang by-election is one example. The "&lt;i&gt;beer&lt;/i&gt;"  issue of that idiot Hassan Ali was played-up to the hilt by the BN to their advantage in this holiday resort town where tourist from all over come to spend their holidays. PAS and entertainment don't gel, huh ? Even the "&lt;i&gt;cow-head&lt;/i&gt;" issue became a PAS thinggy ! Can PAS actually deliver to the people ( here I mean ALL cultures and races !)   with their "&lt;i&gt;PAS for ALL&lt;/i&gt;" tag-line, when someone whispered casually that at  every ceramah where there was a substantial mix of races, the speaker  begins with a good 2 maybe 3 minutes  reciting verses from the  Quran ?  Don't get worked-up  now or get me wrong....we're talking about politicians here, okay !! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Lets be real and honest here and  with all due respect and no offence to any particular religion, okay? Can  PAS tolerate say, at a DAP ceramah  a speaker  shoots-off with a recital of the Buddist or Hindu or even a Christian prayer ? Can they honestly stomach it ? Maybe a simple "&lt;i&gt;assalumualikum&lt;/i&gt;" a "&lt;i&gt;vanakam&lt;/i&gt;" and a "&lt;i&gt;nee how mah&lt;/i&gt;" or "&lt;i&gt;sieh-sieh&lt;/i&gt;" would suffice if you are speaking to the rakyat at ceramahs and then ramble on with the "&lt;i&gt;dirty&lt;/i&gt;"  business of  dragging the opponent's character through shit ! See the prayers recited earlier sounds so hypocritical, yes ? Do we really  want that ? Yes or No ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Again I heard from a "&lt;i&gt;friendly&lt;/i&gt;" politician  of the PR regarding Hassan Ali's fate and future within the party. Seems he (Hassan aka moron) is to be put in "&lt;i&gt;cold storage&lt;/i&gt;" and that  he would die a natural political death !  What ?...what I don't understand is, if he was to be avoided like a plague, how is he going to be pro-active with his constituents and how well is he going to represent in the "&lt;i&gt;show and tell&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;i&gt;of achievements&lt;/i&gt;"  segment in the next GE ? When the next GE comes, that same constituents are going to swing their votes to the other side, because this moron could not get anything done because all this moron's  request for his  constituents to the  PR were ignored or side-lined. Think ! That seat will also see the BN having the edge in the next GE, right ?  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;The thing about elections and by-elections is the wanna-be candidate only "&lt;i&gt;turun padang&lt;/i&gt;" at the 11th. hour. How much can he achieve in a few days ? Reports of PAS's "&lt;i&gt;no go&lt;/i&gt;" to the estates or touching base with the local  Malaysians of remote Indian origins are aplenty.....to a point some admitted  they never actually went into the interior of estates to meet the voters. These people who are just as important in deciding the candidate's fate in a by-election are really left behind....and can you imagine these estate workers have not ever heard of KUGAN ? The same is happening right now  in East Malaysia too, yes ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;That's how isolated they are. Low pay, hard work and long hours  and detached from current news and with only "&lt;i&gt;tamil movies&lt;/i&gt;", alcohol or an occasional illicit sexual tryst is a welcome escape from their miserable lives...don't  you think they need  your expertise, sincere presence and willingness  to educate them...all the time and not during the crucial election time only !  Think out of that "&lt;i&gt;political&lt;/i&gt;" box once in awhile, please !  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Just because the vacant seat is a certain party's strong-hold and a certain majority rules does not mean someone from another fraction cannot be tried or be tested. It takes a truly sincere and dedicated man to really rule ALL the people. Not tag-lines !  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Anwar has to make some hard choices and changes and make them he must.... or other-wise loose the plot &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-5870564366671470111?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/5870564366671470111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=5870564366671470111&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/5870564366671470111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/5870564366671470111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/pr-damage-control-or-on-auto-cruise.html' title='PR-damage control or on auto-cruise ?'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Sta4NC6gulI/AAAAAAAADdo/f1SODqdFisM/s72-c/poverty_publication_cover_page.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-4059238282150353788</id><published>2009-10-11T15:07:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T12:49:50.344+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bagan Pinang-11-10-2009-(random photoplay...)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;UPDATES: 13-1-2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQCHAsRlcI/AAAAAAAADdQ/027dGz_qOYU/s1600-h/l.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQCHAsRlcI/AAAAAAAADdQ/027dGz_qOYU/s400/l.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936973337368002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;.&lt;i&gt;..umbrella girls from both divides...?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQCGpfhZTI/AAAAAAAADdI/9tgRIz-tD_k/s1600-h/k.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQCGpfhZTI/AAAAAAAADdI/9tgRIz-tD_k/s400/k.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936967109862706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;...a smiling doctor with a very good reason, perhaps ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQCGUTFjNI/AAAAAAAADdA/HOpyupGDtUM/s1600-h/j.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQCGUTFjNI/AAAAAAAADdA/HOpyupGDtUM/s400/j.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936961420561618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;...and the foot-soldiers hurling abuses across the road.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB6a0h6OI/AAAAAAAADc4/kkPhKPS1CL0/s1600-h/i.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB6a0h6OI/AAAAAAAADc4/kkPhKPS1CL0/s400/i.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936757013014754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;..and with equally  matching verbal retorts from the other side....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB5-k35rI/AAAAAAAADcw/KBOci24wmLI/s1600-h/h.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB5-k35rI/AAAAAAAADcw/KBOci24wmLI/s400/h.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936749431154354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;...time out...take a smoke-break, SPR boys... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB5be0PVI/AAAAAAAADco/zZbChrY8ClM/s1600-h/g.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB5be0PVI/AAAAAAAADco/zZbChrY8ClM/s400/g.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936740010507602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;...FRU in action....push...push...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB4srrwcI/AAAAAAAADcY/_PeTLdey9Aw/s1600-h/f.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQB4srrwcI/AAAAAAAADcY/_PeTLdey9Aw/s400/f.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936727448011202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;..."I kenal you dari that kampung bukan, ka?".... "takdelah"..seems to the exchange between the cop and the fat-boy..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBf9TEK0I/AAAAAAAADcQ/nhdKDbQHZLw/s1600-h/e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBf9TEK0I/AAAAAAAADcQ/nhdKDbQHZLw/s400/e.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936302411426626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;...more protest from the PR over some BN big-wig driving straight into the compound of the polling station...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBfeROcmI/AAAAAAAADcI/F1JknBxxnuQ/s1600-h/d.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBfeROcmI/AAAAAAAADcI/F1JknBxxnuQ/s400/d.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936294082212450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"dei thamby...last warning tau.....jangan main-main sama saya,  saya polis tau...nanti I tangkap you tau, wokay ?"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBfF_vePI/AAAAAAAADcA/SW7mvHUcUUg/s1600-h/c.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBfF_vePI/AAAAAAAADcA/SW7mvHUcUUg/s400/c.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936287566428402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;......ahhhh... the arm-over-shoulder  conspiracy between BN and DAP ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBeXIbSzI/AAAAAAAADb4/wALFrN2tbRg/s1600-h/b.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQBeXIbSzI/AAAAAAAADb4/wALFrN2tbRg/s400/b.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391936274986388274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;these are the KKBN supporters. They refuse to admit to belong to MIC nor Makkal Sakthi....and they claim to be only from 1Malaysia, how.....got meh ???&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHvbjum-uI/AAAAAAAADbo/hyPcXNrHLJM/s1600-h/PA110365.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHvbjum-uI/AAAAAAAADbo/hyPcXNrHLJM/s400/PA110365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391353485665434338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;....FRU in action....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHtTDwKkQI/AAAAAAAADbY/3JZyaniINzI/s1600-h/PA110273.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHtTDwKkQI/AAAAAAAADbY/3JZyaniINzI/s400/PA110273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391351140619817218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;...the police pacifying the sides from going for each other's neck....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHtSu7GHCI/AAAAAAAADbQ/ca25EQWSXyM/s1600-h/PA110408.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHtSu7GHCI/AAAAAAAADbQ/ca25EQWSXyM/s400/PA110408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391351135028517922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;and followed by a thumb's down....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHM2ANksNI/AAAAAAAADbI/HWpisPZZTw0/s1600-h/11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHM2ANksNI/AAAAAAAADbI/HWpisPZZTw0/s400/11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391315457081127122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ordinary people of Sailiua&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bagan Pinang..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHM1m6TtlI/AAAAAAAADbA/EdyWknn0Ymg/s1600-h/13.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHM1m6TtlI/AAAAAAAADbA/EdyWknn0Ymg/s400/13.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391315450289436242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;an officer running to stop the LSF personal from charging.....at the crowd.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHL2hu67yI/AAAAAAAADa4/n6F5Apa3GLE/s1600-h/10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHL2hu67yI/AAAAAAAADa4/n6F5Apa3GLE/s400/10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391314366567739170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;....a wee bit young, ain't he, to be in a big man's world, yes ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHLe0NbFEI/AAAAAAAADaw/hMnIHWZnB9s/s1600-h/16.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StHLe0NbFEI/AAAAAAAADaw/hMnIHWZnB9s/s400/16.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391313959210652738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ahhh....the old "show me the money" trick to lure the other side....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGZVjB23NI/AAAAAAAADZ0/jk51Y7cHGN4/s1600-h/14+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGZVjB23NI/AAAAAAAADZ0/jk51Y7cHGN4/s400/14+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391258824398527698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;more money  to flash.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGSyCrCE1I/AAAAAAAADZs/Nryy7P1uBeI/s1600-h/6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGSyCrCE1I/AAAAAAAADZs/Nryy7P1uBeI/s400/6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391251617347670866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;this is Officer Selva.....who demanded this YB and her entourage to get back behind the police line......and get back  she did sheepishly.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGSxpjbVhI/AAAAAAAADZk/WevKruJ8gvg/s1600-h/7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGSxpjbVhI/AAAAAAAADZk/WevKruJ8gvg/s400/7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391251610604885522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hmmmm.....ghost from the past, perhaps.....?? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGSxL4AAPI/AAAAAAAADZc/4DIUlIR9rDs/s1600-h/17+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGSxL4AAPI/AAAAAAAADZc/4DIUlIR9rDs/s400/17+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391251602638110962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;....and UMNO's Isa Mohd....the "giant" contender.... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGPNJwYN0I/AAAAAAAADZE/Cv2R3PXJOJo/s1600-h/3+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGPNJwYN0I/AAAAAAAADZE/Cv2R3PXJOJo/s400/3+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391247685059098434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;see that pole at the back......with ringgit notes in the now familiar "line &amp;amp; bait" waved before the other side.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGPMcJyfzI/AAAAAAAADY8/kyF51kFLQT4/s1600-h/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGPMcJyfzI/AAAAAAAADY8/kyF51kFLQT4/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391247672817647410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;...this is Pas' Zuklifly........the under-dog..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGPL94JDxI/AAAAAAAADY0/2T7qpBljnOY/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StGPL94JDxI/AAAAAAAADY0/2T7qpBljnOY/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391247664690564882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;and in Ladang Bradwall......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;There you go folks, by now you would have known the results and Isa won . Good for him. But this was a foregone and expected win in his favour from the on-set.... another battle fought and won for BN and another battle lost for PR. So let's move on. And as Bernard says in his post &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;"let PR bend it's  knees in humility and arise with dignity to fight another day"! &lt;/span&gt;The war isn't over yet......so the key words to remember and remember well is &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"think"&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"learn"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-4059238282150353788?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/4059238282150353788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=4059238282150353788&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4059238282150353788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/4059238282150353788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/bagan-pinang-11-10-2009-photoplay.html' title='Bagan Pinang-11-10-2009-(random photoplay...)'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/StQCHAsRlcI/AAAAAAAADdQ/027dGz_qOYU/s72-c/l.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-2952231590168767824</id><published>2009-10-09T15:23:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T16:24:00.114+08:00</updated><title type='text'>1Malaysia....crap !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss7ldu1PK3I/AAAAAAAADYk/p0KdPMrUfMs/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss7ldu1PK3I/AAAAAAAADYk/p0KdPMrUfMs/s400/1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390498102959352690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss7lbov7nrI/AAAAAAAADYc/ZOizlHpfZSw/s1600-h/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss7lbov7nrI/AAAAAAAADYc/ZOizlHpfZSw/s400/2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390498066966748850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss7lHSxgL1I/AAAAAAAADYU/lJQc9MbMwLk/s1600-h/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss7lHSxgL1I/AAAAAAAADYU/lJQc9MbMwLk/s400/3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390497717470375762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;My 12 year old brought this form home from school last night and told me to fill-up the form  and return to the school ! I was shocked and pissed-off  beyond words at the questions/contents of the form . What is going on ?? On one hand we have a PM claiming we were 1Malaysia and integration should start at &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;"an early age in schools  so that our kids would be able to grasp the true meaning of 1Malaysia"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  and on the other, the Education Ministry sends out these &lt;i&gt;"borong"&lt;/i&gt; which smacks and stinks  with  race and religion ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Is there any chance for school kids  to be united  as ONE if they are subject to such blatant classifications ? Our  popular  PM is stressing on &lt;i&gt;"UNITY"&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;"ONE"&lt;/i&gt; while the Education Ministry is hijacking the PM's clarion call and continues to tag students at this tender age.  So what gives Mr. Education Minister ? You not paying heed to your boss's directive ? Or you are not aware of such practice ? Then even your ministry is sabotaging  you, yes ? Or  you too think integration of  the various races  can be achieved  in the 3 months of NS stint and all will be dandy,  issit ?? Sheeech !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;There's a column for &lt;i&gt;"Kaum" "Agama" &lt;/i&gt;and&lt;i&gt; "Warganegara"&lt;/i&gt; for both child and for the parents ! Even intimate questions of the parents marital status and income details and contact nos. have to be submitted ! For God's sake stop this damn  practice Mr. Education Minister ! This is a shameful 3rd. world practice of labelling the kids. Even orphans in orphanages and adopted kids are not spared. Have they not enough heart-ache being who they are but you Mr. Education Minister,  have to get them to declare their sad status to the world ? Where is the apathy ? If this is your idea of 1Malaysia....then  we are doomed and millions of  tax-payers money has gone down the drain in all those fancy 1Malaysia bill-boards and campaigns to-date !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;I confronted the teacher this morning and she too was disgusted with the ministry's directive of this crap questionnaire BUT she replied her &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;"hands were tied"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; ( you'll notice this line  is the usual SOP for all government servants ) BUT if she had her way, she'll quit from teaching altogether  and get out....but I reassured her not all is lost as yet  ! The next   GE is around the corner and told her to vote wisely with her heart and then maybe she can continue doing the  noble job of "&lt;i&gt;teaching"&lt;/i&gt; for the sake of the children's future as &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#990000;"&gt;ONE ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA&lt;/span&gt; !!!        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Sheeeesh !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#006600;"&gt;*click on form for larger viewing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-2952231590168767824?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/2952231590168767824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=2952231590168767824&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2952231590168767824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/2952231590168767824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/1malaysiacrap.html' title='1Malaysia....crap !'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss7ldu1PK3I/AAAAAAAADYk/p0KdPMrUfMs/s72-c/1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-5522582804818341930</id><published>2009-10-08T12:34:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T14:25:19.109+08:00</updated><title type='text'>"pog mo thoin......"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss12WzgGCpI/AAAAAAAADYM/AFyilxbwYcE/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 129px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss12WzgGCpI/AAAAAAAADYM/AFyilxbwYcE/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390094463186373266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Yes that's the word ! This post is directed to the many Malaysians of remote Indian origins in the Bagan Pinang by-election electrol, who have decided to &lt;i&gt;"jump"&lt;/i&gt; the BN way, thanks to a moron called R.S.Thanenthiran ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/09/show-me-money.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; )  and another &lt;i&gt;"partyless"&lt;/i&gt;  idiot T. Murugiah ( &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/09/mar-de-tahleh-madayan.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt; ) ousted from a party that was not even recognised by the BN in the first place, and thus further dividing  the so-called &lt;i&gt;"minority"&lt;/i&gt; Malaysians  of remote Indian origins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;But these &lt;i&gt;"marginalised"&lt;/i&gt; Malaysians of remote Indian origins in Bagan Pinang who  are in  limbo as to their leader's political  allegiance and blind faith HAVE an avenue.....if they dare  give up on race-based politics ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Yes I'm talking of  change ! Changing mind-sets of simpletons that have long been drummed and drilled with so called race issues and caste issues by  the  likes  of the now irrelevant  Swami  Velu  and Kaveas is indeed a monumental and up-hill task ! The idea was to keep these  &lt;i&gt;"foot-soldiers"&lt;/i&gt;.....as foot-soldiers ! Nothing more, nothing less  and too much &lt;i&gt;"insider knowledge"&lt;/i&gt; lead  to the birth of the 2 racist morons mentioned in the first paragraph above. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;These 2 &lt;i&gt;"monkeys-kings"&lt;/i&gt;  have observed and  learnt well from their now  irrelevant  &lt;i&gt;"sifus"&lt;/i&gt;  mentioned in the second paragraph and have bloated into ego-maniacs just like their &lt;i&gt;"sifus"&lt;/i&gt;.....helping themselves first ( by conspiring  and &lt;i&gt;"selling-out"&lt;/i&gt;)  and spewing rubbish( of boasts and threats)  just for the sake of attracting attention to their irrelevant selves. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Where does that leave the simple &lt;i&gt;"foot-soldiers"&lt;/i&gt;...... do you really need these kind of leaders ? Ones who'll sell you out and compromise with the very people whom you marched against  in protest for that very basic rights denied to you and  challenged their mighty chemical-lased water cannons and tear-gas strikes ? Forgotten already ??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Principles you promised you will not compromise and  taught  your kids  to up-hold and cling to, to be recognised as an equal in this great land your fore-fathers struggled to build but now to only enrich a select few ? Think....people of Bagan Pinang, think......cast your race based inhibitions and vote  a party that respects your views and rights and accepts you as an equal partner. It is indeed  a tragedy being an &lt;i&gt;"Indian first" &lt;/i&gt;then being a Malaysian first ! Sigh !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;And as for the title of this post, pronounced &lt;i&gt;"poc mo hon"&lt;/i&gt;.....it's old Gaelic and an invite to the persons mentioned in para 1 and 2 and all who think like them !   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Vote wisely or forever  be damned !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Cheers !&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-5522582804818341930?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/5522582804818341930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=5522582804818341930&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/5522582804818341930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/5522582804818341930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/pog-mo-thoin.html' title='&quot;pog mo thoin......&quot;'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/Ss12WzgGCpI/AAAAAAAADYM/AFyilxbwYcE/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-1907713730636600479</id><published>2009-10-03T16:23:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T17:10:53.359+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dare to change ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A4nPJ-YYHBc&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A4nPJ-YYHBc&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;This is perhaps the most appropriate  song for today...the nomination day for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Bagan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Pinang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; by-election ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;So now begins the hazy crazy  days of  campaigning  and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;ceremah's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; and the sudden convergence of many &lt;i&gt;"big-wigs"&lt;/i&gt; in fancy batiks and suits and  with a large entourage to boot, like leeches, parading around in  this sleepy sea-fronting  town called Port Dickson, with their  fake  smiles, hand-shakes, bear-hugs and promises  of  the stars, sun and moon ! We have seen it all before ! The familiar shallow theatrics  by some that makes your  head spin and  and work you up in a political frenzy. The media helps to register  these dramatic moments too !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Yes...you have seen it all before, yes ? 52 years is a damn long time....right ? What would they know what's good for you until this week, huh ? Do they really care ?  Of course....for this week only...these &lt;i&gt;"prophets" &lt;/i&gt;with their false promises will  convince you they really DO care . But what about the rest of your miserable days thereafter after they've won and gone ? You have been screwed before because you thought you were wise in your choice of candidate to represent you and take you out of the depressing  abyss you have sunk into but now are you going to continued being screwed by these people again and again ? Perhaps you enjoy being screwed, yes ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Think hard....change is good ! Change is always good. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;So  you have to get off that &lt;i&gt;"fear factor"&lt;/i&gt; zone to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;exercise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; your right to vote and vote wisely you must this time, not for yourself but for your kids sake ! Or forever be damned.    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;In the meantime  enjoy this &lt;i&gt;"prophet's"&lt;/i&gt; clip  but more importantly  pay extra attention and deep meaning  to the lyrics of this timeless classic ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Cheers !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28598173-1907713730636600479?l=shanghaistephen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/feeds/1907713730636600479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28598173&amp;postID=1907713730636600479&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/1907713730636600479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28598173/posts/default/1907713730636600479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shanghaistephen.blogspot.com/2009/10/dare-to-change.html' title='Dare to change ?'/><author><name>shanghaistephen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13128603875616796471</uri><email>stephenfrancis27@gmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10013482576157640571'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28598173.post-5747831655099650174</id><published>2009-10-01T12:31:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T17:44:01.867+08:00</updated><title type='text'>So how now, brown cow ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SsRxH2vUpoI/AAAAAAAADX8/rezeF5Q2kdU/s1600-h/Zul.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1o8J8yXCruM/SsRxH2vUpoI/AAAAAAAADX8/rezeF5Q2kdU/s400/Zul.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387555434008979074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Now let's take a look at the PAS candidate for the N.31 Bagan Pinang state seat. A virtually unknown man ( as far as I'm concerned !) Zulkefly  Mohamad Omar is taking  on the might and power of the BN  and also the PM's choice , the tainted and  former MB of Negeri Sembilan  Tan Sri  Mohd.  Isa Samad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Looking at this Zul guy's impressive credentials and past records, what chance does he have against Isa ? Although this state commissioner for PAS  holds a Masters degree in Science and an unblemished &lt;i&gt;"corruption"&lt;/i&gt; record, this fellow had contested and  lost in the Lenggeng  seat to UMNO's  Mustapha Salim in the last election. And this time he has to be absolutely convincing to the voters there against  the BN's cash filled war-chest ( add  the head-spinning &lt;i&gt;"lucky draws"&lt;/i&gt; every week to it too !)  coupled with the already  5,000 odd &lt;i&gt;"in-hand"&lt;/i&gt; postal or better known as "&lt;i&gt;army"&lt;/i&gt; votes as a &lt;i&gt;"given"&lt;/i&gt; advantage to Isa, yes ?  Then there is even a proposed promise of a  name-change to one of the last colonial town-name from Port Dickson to &lt;i&gt;"Bandar Askar"&lt;/i&gt;, perhaps, if  BN won ?  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Yes, for now this Zul bloke comes-up squeaky clean.....but what IF  he won and then start to do a shit-stirring ala  &lt;i&gt;"Hassan Ali"&lt;/i&gt; or a &lt;i&gt;"Zulkifly Nordin"&lt;/i&gt; ? Many  may jump to his defence but PAS and PKR  has a lot of house-cleaning to do as yet !  I'm  still dissappointed of the inaction of both  and  am watching their every move !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;His  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://zulkeflyomar.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#CC0000;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;blogspot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;  has not been up-dated since 8-8-2009 save to say he's running for the state seat on the side-bar recently....hmmm !!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://zulkeflyomar.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;But people of civil society demand representatives who are accountable, intelligent,  fair ( not the color of the skin !) trust-worthy and with morals, yes ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Here we're dealing with a good fraction of  enlisted men who I'm afraid have no access or power  to think/decide for themselves as has been pointed out in comment boxes in other blogs by some very  high ranking ex-servicemen who have themselves watched from the side-lines unable to do a thing themselves before ! And yet another percentage  of the non-Malay voters ( Makkal Sakthi )  whose leaders have suddenly  pledged allegiance/bartered/traded/sold themselves  to the powers-that-be ! Now taking the above into consideration, what percentage is left of the 14,000 odd eligible voters to eat out of this Zulkefly's hands ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;A &lt;i&gt;"tough"&lt;/i&gt; decision indeed awaits the simple and ordinary but crucial voting citizens of Bagan Pinang between an intelligent and  clean &lt;i&gt;"green-horn"&lt;/i&gt; against a rich,  powerful and  seasoned  rogue ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; So how now, brown cow ! 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