Akademi Nasyid - yea, it’s sing song competition. As I recalled, there was no mention in the Quran that “bless” this kind of entertainment. Yes, their lyrics preached the faith. But have you forgotten the principle of such act? It’s still entertainment. It still makes people want to dance & shake to the rhythm. The judging process. The whole judging process is by SMS, which some say is a form of gambling. So in a way, you’re using religion as a basis to attract more people to send in their SMS votes (a.k.a flushing away their money & more money for the corporations) for the sake of determining which nasyid group is the best. And you do this year after year. That’s gambling in it’s fullest essence, but in a different form. Furthermore, you’re exploiting religion for profit. What do you have to say now?
Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Tommy Hilfiger - These products & brands uses sex as a main symbol for their advertising campaigns. They intend to show people that when people use their products, your sex appeal increases, thus allowing him/her to have more relationships with people, be it sexually or non-sexually. The fact of the matter is, it encourages sex appeal. Hah, SEX. Bad bad word. You should ban this word too. And not too forget, Tommy Hilfiger is a proven racist. You should have not allowed his brand in.
ASTRO, MiTV, TV3 - You should revoke all of their broadcasting licenses. They have cross the border in delivering the most unsuitable kind of entertainment to us Malaysians. Sex, violence, drugs - we Malaysians learn most of these stuff from TV. The government should ban TV. It’s more dangerous than being sexy.
Tarian Mak Yong, etc - These dances must also be ban. The costume they used are too sexy, too tight, even for the comfort of the dancers. They make the dancers look too sexy. Even the dance itself is hypnotising. You should ban this too.
Pesta Flora - you’re basically wasting money with this kind of events. Waste is forbidden in Islam. BAN! BAN! BAN! BAN!
Akademi Fantasia, Mawi, Muzik Muzik, Anugerah ERA, etc - All kinds of entertainment should be ban. The Internet should be ban too!
This is the plea of the rakyat.
Come on you fucking idiots. How do you expect people to understand Islam when every single thing has to banned? Can’t you show guidance, like what has always been repeated over & over again in the Quran? Oh, wait, let me spell it for you:
G - U - I - D - A - N - C - E
I’ve forgotten that you are an educated individual. Too smart for me. Oops. There’s DANCE in that word. BAN!!!
I can assure you that PAS itself is fucked up. Just go to Kelantan for instance. Yes, they preach about having a full Islamic ruling. Yes, I am thankful to God that there exist a state that implement & practice the ways of Islam. They wanted to set an example & it is a good example. But remember there was a time when they were talking about separating checkout counters at supermarkets, separate counters for men & women? That was a fucking joke. I went to Kota Bharu myself to check on this claim, and to my disappointment, they still serve male customers in the female counters and so forth. I even have pictures to prove my claims. Do you see how hypocrite you really are?
Pathetic.
My point is this: if you want to judge & condemn everything by principle, then everything has been wrong, from the past, future & present. Islam, as I understand & practice in my everyday life & forever, has always been a religion based on faith. And faith itself cannot be forced into anyone. I believe that I will be judged, someday by Him. And I believe the rules that He has set for me.
But what I don’t believe is that Islam has to be forced into anyone. It was based on free will, as He has stated & repeated in the Quran many, many times. If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be. Kun-faya-kun.
Brilliant video from the winner of McDonald’s Mac Chant contest. Ryan Lee (who is also One Buck Short’s drum tech) won 10,000 bucks & a lifetime achievement! Congrats to him!
BarCamp was definitely a success today. Although I, *cough*, hardly was in any of the sessions (except for mine), it was really good to see a place full of testosterone, sprinkled with a lil bit of pheromones on top, exchanging ideas & most importantly, socialising with each other. And it’s all geeks! Basically…
I’d like to thank the audience, who came for my session & manage to survive listening to me talking & talking & talking about how we can bend the rules of the game in the music industry. It was really super fun & relief being able to share some of my personal experiences in music & the conclusions that I make from my observations. Music is my passion, although I’m unable to play any kind of instrument. But I can sing ;)
I hope that I got my point through. We, can really make a difference.
At about 5pm everyday, we, the Kuli Gang, will have our daily news on Malaysian politics. We visit websites like MalaysiaKini, Bernama & others to feed our “addiction”. However, we were greeted differently on Malaysia Today…
Malaysia Today "hacked" homepage
Was Malaysia Today hacked???
Here’s a different screenshot when I accessed the site without “www” prefix. Why? Because the web works both ways :)
Malaysian Today alternate homepage
Maybe they were upgrading something. But something happened.
Anwar Ibrahim is a great critic. The way he phrases his criticism to the government, if heard properly, is direct & honest. He brings forward the “rakyat” problem, and I must say, he is the best to represent the rakyat because of his ability to speak. The things he says is somehow things that are close to people’s heart. But being a great critic doesn’t make him a great leader.
The last I heard Anwar Ibrahim spoke was about 10 years ago, during the Reformasi era at Masjid Jamek, Chow Kit & Sogo. I can’t compare what I’ve heard & watched today on TV is the same person 10 years ago.
But one thing I can say, there’s something missing from tonight’s debate. What is it?
Hmm… I know what…
FACTS
There was no facts that can help people understand why the problem, is a problem. The debate fails to give a reason for the “rakyat” to do something for themselves, to ease their own burden. The debate fails to paint a picture to make the people understand the underlying reason behind a question, “Why is it like that??”. It’s like watching the Parliment on the news, again.
It’s like watching my 2 nephews (sigh, i miss them…) arguing with each other on which Ultraman is the best-est Ultraman.
And from tonight’s debate, I didn’t see any intelligence in it. They did not bring any facts to support their convictions. I only saw politicians blowing off pollens.
It’s like watching both of them making fun of us on national TV!
Karim Raslan, “Ceritalah” column, The Star, 15th July 2008.
… I asked about his contrarian oil price scheme but his answers delivered with his signature charm didn’t quite persuade me and we moved on…
Straight but unnoticeably stinging. Let’s see how intelligent Anwar Ibrahim really is tonight. Why? Because so far he’s been spreading “sweet pollens” around Malaysia, and to me, nothing that he has said publicly, so far brings any weight or factual arguments. To me, he’s THE DE FACTO “tok guru” of all “Sweet Talk” gurus. Ask Ezam, he might know what I mean. And if you start saying “well, he was a former Minister of Finance before…”, well my friend, in 1998, it was the hard work of professional government staff & executives that saved Malaysia from an economic disaster, not the minister. A minister is just toooo busy being a minister.
Let the fight begin. I have so been waiting for a public debate.
Tenaga Nasional Berhad CEO annual salary = RM1,107,280.00
Apple Inc. CEO annual salary = RM3.62
And they gave a mere 3% increment in wages of their fully dedicated engineers & employees. If this is the best practices of a Malaysian GLC, I really do think that you, the TNB employees, should leave Tenaga Nasional & start looking for other work in other sectors with your specialty. I mean, what is the point of working for someone who doesn’t appreciate your hard efforts? You sweat, you teared, you bleed for them. You sacrificed your whole life for them. But in the end, they ignored you. They think that you are not worth their time & not willing to contribute just a little bit of their newly replenished cash flow. Such fuckers.
If you start to think “did Petronas increased their employee wages”… no, they didn’t. But, the perks that comes with the job is definitely better than what Tenaga Nasional Berhad is giving. Period.
I support the boycott. It’s time for these people to know & should know that without people like you, they have nothing. No company to run. No business to make. Period.
Since you people are so smart in economics & business, I dare you to compare. (emotional, unattended, dumb remark made in an instant, but the anger & frustration is the same)
But it doesn’t mean that working for an IPP company things would be different. I have no idea. Hah!
