What are Malaysians saying?...

The results were shocking and unprecedented. As the results were unfolding I just couldn't believe my eyes....

MSG TO THE GOVERMENT:

- NO to commissions paid for the submarine
- NO to Airbus corporate jet for private use
- NO to monorail project to SCOMI
- NO to imprisonment without trail
- NO to farcical judicial system
- NO to mishandling of Port Klang Free Trade Zone
- NO to the "Klang Palace"
- NO to islamic extremism
- NO to nonsensical spending on election advertisement in printed media
- NO to countless bombardment of self praise on TV and radio
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you can add your own here

Election Fever 2

This is quite an entertaining speech by Anwar Ibrahim. Check it out:

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8665011592312376468&hl=en

As a special edition to those who are going to vote today, a repost of a previous image:

Disclaimers:
*This link was obtained through the blog site www.malaysiafinance.blogspot.com. And yes, I've always been interested in finance, equities and economics... and sometimes 4D, Get-Rich-Quick Schemes, Poker and Mahjong... hahaha.

*This link does not represent my views or indication of my support for the opposition or the ruling party. I believe many have made up their minds on who to vote and u guyz are smart enough to make an informed decision. ;). The video link was provided purely as an entertainment piece =).

Election Fever...

After I posted my comments it's interesting to note 3 articles, 1 by Reuters, 1 by AP and the other by a commentator in The Malaysian Insider, wrote regarding Malaysian Christians and the General Elections '08. You can access the articles over here:

1. The Malaysian Insider: Malaysian Churches enter untested waters...

2. Reuters: Malaysian Churches Break taboo...

3. AP: Malaysian Churches Wade Into Politics (Article appears in The Malaysian Insider)

I know that there's a lot of hue and cry over the media coverage which is lopsided but I find the article written by Wong Chun Wai today in The Star as pretty balanced:

The Star: Don't Let Anger Cloud Judgment

Christians in Malaysia number slightly more than 10% of the total population in Malaysia. About 270,000. Can our decision/actions influence and change a nation?

Side note:

I've been following the Mike Huckabee campaign trail in the US Presidential Nominations after catching the article on Charisma. A Baptist Minister, he faced an uphill battle from the start, but gave a good account from start to end and finally pull out of the nomination race yesterday. Although he has pulled out, but what I believe during his campaign trail that there was a sense of awakening in the US that it is not a purely materialistic nation but there's a number in the US who are clamouring for God fearing candidates with God fearing values to be installed in office.

May one arise here in Malaysia.

X

Signs of election around the corner:

• They resurfaced the road in front of my house.


• There's a new signboard to the lorong of my house.


• The neighbor organized a ceramah, block up 1/2 the road and they don't need permit... (I think you can guess which party it belongs to already...)

Let the mud slinging begin!!...

Yea a bit morbid... copyright by me... muahahaha

There are lots of emails, sms's and stuff circulating around. Even groupings in facebook appear to the line of "deny barisan 2/3 bla bla bla...

If you manage to catch any of the "ceramah" and also what's printed on the media... there is so much emphasis on the economic pie and it's distribution... it hits a note with many voters and with the escalating prices right now... it can get the crowd going... one would highlight how they are helping ppl, the other would highlight how we're getting conned by sheer wastage and corruption...

Yes these issues are important, would remain important and should continually be highlighted. But I really hope that the voters sentiment would not be restricted to only such issues. There are other fundamental issues at large that we have to grapple with. From both sides of the divide, very few candidates seem to address the safeguarding of the federal constitution from further erosion... or interpretation of it by individuals...

There's a lot of emphasis on the ECONOMY. But many other important issues are being ignored in the media and the ceramahs, such as

• How are we dealing with matters that arised from Article 11... has it been solved??
• How about the relevance of a dual court system in a multi cultural society...
• How about lawful recognition of religious bodies and not just as a society...

Can both side of the parties not just hide/highlight these issues but also provide a means of solution?... I wish that we can have a "debating" session among the candidates (as in the US), where questions can be raised and candidates put on the spot... I would really love to see our ex-PM (we're supposed to be under a caretaker goverment by the way...) in the spotlight, fielding questions from the general public and put it on National TV!... fat hopes I guess...

Anyway... enough ramblings... by the way... I'll vote for anyone that would promise me that he/she can bring the prices down on musical instruments in Malaysia. Anyone out there?

This is part of me...

Got this pic over in my facebook... was pretty funny and I think it describes part of me...

Was talking over some stuff with Michelle the other day and she says I always kamikaze... I told her I'm a "calculated kamikaze"... she said I'm coming out with my own terms again...

Funny thing is I think as I get older, the more I take on this risks (calculated risks in my mind!)... whether it's in a relationship, work, music, financial matters, etc. etc. once I've decided to take the risk, there's no looking back, hit it head on and face whatever music that comes next... sometimes it ends up in tears, sometimes in joy, many times in utter embarassment... but I guess that is how I learn and grow... or it's juz an insanity streak... and that's how I irritate my bosses, colleagues, friends, parents... dogs... cats... mosquitoes... ants... whatever... u get the drift...

Cheers...

p/s: for those who are above 21... pls register yourselves as voters... goshhh pls grow up!