Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice..... Freestyle - Ali G featuring Mohd Al-Fayed.. Mahathir Quits UMNO.. An Advise for those single men..
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Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... I remembered very well that during my primary school days, my teacher will read at least one story to us during class time and then she ll tell us the moral of the story. I have heard stories about the shepherd boy who cried wolves, Pinocchio, George Washington cutting down his dad's cherry tree (or was it apple tree?) and so on. The moral of the study was simple. Don't lie!
Heck, some stories were even included in our Moral study text book.
I once heard the phrase "Men of Excellence Lead by Example". Certainly, George Washington was a great man as he showed that he was a man of integrity. So what about Malaysia? Is our Prime Minister leading by example? Is our prime minister a great man? let's see...
Case #1
Case # 2
Case #3
Hmm.... I once heard the phrase "Fool me once, shame on you... fool me THREE TIMES...???" Hear it from another GREAT AMERICAN PRESIDENT
He's one of Britain's most richest men and Ali G turned him into a gangster rapper for a day on the Ali G Show. Its really cool and funny at the same time. Al-Fayed showed that age really doesn't matter when it comes to having a laugh and fun. Booyaka! Booyaka!
Mahathir Quits UMNO
This comes as a big news to me. As someone in my 20s, Mahathir although is not someone where I agree with most of his policies, he is someone that I have deep respect for. I spent 6 years in Jakarta and whenever I mentioned to people that I am from Malaysia, most of them will mention "Ah, Malaysia? You hava a good leader - Mahathir".
Anyway, will this cause a second wave of change after the election? For me, I just hope for a Malaysia where everyone are treated as equal, and we have a Malaysians' Malaysia. Maybe we need a leader who is capable of leading Malaysia to this.
An Advise for those single men
As a married person, I would definately share an important lesson in life with all of you.
Moral of the story? Always carry a condom in your car.
Kobe Bryant jumping over Aston Martin..
It is the NBA playoff! Now that my favourite team is OUT of the playoff once again (Phoenix Suns), I hope Lakers or Detroit will win the NBA final. Anyway, I saw this raelly cool stunt/advert by kobe Bryant where he jumped over an Aston Martin. Check it out.
HOLD ON A MINUTE. YOU THINK BRYANT IS GOOD? WAIT 'TILL YOU SEE KENNY SMITH (Ex NBA Player) TRYING THE SAME MOVE
LOL!!!
Happy Feet???
Once again, American Idol is approaching its season ending finale.. THANK GOD FOR THAT... Although I like listening to music, the show is really losing its appeal to me. We should have shows like Britain's Got Talent where they show case various types of entertainment. Check this out:
For years TM has been fooling us by providing us with crap quality Internet access through their “pride and joy”: Streamyx. If you’re not in the IT line, most probably you won’t know that the 1Mbps (1Mbps = 1000Kbps) bandwidth that TM was supposedly providing us only reaches about 300Kbps maximum (only if you’re lucky), that’s a fraction of what you’re suppose to get (1Mbps). If you call TM to ask them about this, they will say: “Best effort only. 1Mb is not guaranteed.” Check the contract that you signed with them when you bought your package, the fine print says “Best effort only”. Do you know that the bandwidth is crap mainly because:
Replace copper wires! We use the public telephone infrastructure (PSTN) which runs on over-head copper wires. These copper wires are prone to outside interference (noise and high temperature) and this affects the transmission of data through these wires. It’s ok for telephone conversation traffic but bad for Internet bandwidth. They need to be replaced with fiber optic cables.
Not enough switch ports! I had a bad experience with TM once, they pulled out my port just to fit someone else’s port because there were not enough ports. The best thing was that the switch box was right outside my apartment room, so I went outside to shout at the TM technicians. They apologized and said that they had to do that because there were not enough ports in the area for new subscribers. I was not the only one that experienced this in my area, a few of my friends get the same problem regularly and since they don’t see the technicians on the spot, they have to call and request customer service to arrange for a technician to come by to fix the problem. TM generates millions in profit but they don’t even want to buy network equipment (routers and switches).
Poor maintenance! If you conduct proper maintenance of the local network infrastructure, there should not be any problems with it. Their technicians should be qualified personnel that know how to handle switches and router and must be good at troubleshooting problems on the spot. I’ve met many TM technicians and most of them don’t know what they are doing, they just refer to manuals or call their helpdesk when they encounter problems. They don’t have network knowledge!
No QC standards! We need quality control. When TM says 1Mbps, they must deliver 1Mbps, not “Best Effort”. The government should take control of the situation and impose a penalty on TM if they don’t achieve the required standard. What is the consumer affairs board doing about this? Why are they keeping quiet?
Today TM told the press that they are planning a RM15.6 billion ringgit bid to improve the country’s broadband penetration rate and infrastructure “to ensure that the country will have a top-notch, competitive high-speed broadband infrastructure in the next decade” (source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/16/nation/21272341&sec=nation).
I believe that its crap, why do they have to implement it within a decade? Why not 4 to 5 years? I believe it is possible if they put some effort into it.
Broadband speed in South Korea is now 1,000 Mbps (that’s more than a 1000 times our current bandwidth here) and it is the same for Hong Kong, with Singapore expected to reach that target by 2015. If Singapore can do it, why can’t we? We have more resources than them but yet we can’t even compete with them? That’s because Singapore cares about their standards. They impose high standards and never lower them no matter what. We should learn from them, especially TM!
Malaysian Football Today... a Humiliation... a Disaster
The Malaysian football team was once respected and highly regarded in the International arena, acknowledged among the best in Asia. But those days are long gone now. You won't see any players like Dollah Salleh, Santokh Singh, Mokhtar Dahari or Soh Chin Aun anymore in the current Malaysian League. Players of their caliber no longer exist in Malaysian football. During their time, Malaysia was ranked among the top 5 teams in Asia and top 50 in the world.
Quote from Wikipedia: "Malaysia's first Olympic appearance was in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Although beaten by hosts West Germany 0-3 and Morocco 0-6, Malaysia did beat the USA 3-0. The best years of Malaysian football were from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, during which time Malaysia and South Korea were the two main rivals in East Asia."
Look at where we are now (FIFA Rankings)... latest ranking seed us at 169 out of 200. St. Kitts and Nevis??? Who are they? But they're higher than us. They're at 156. This is nonsense. Most African countries do not have proper training facilities and coaches but look at them, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Togo and Senegal proved to be forces to be reckoned with in the past World Cups. Segenal beat France! Malaysia can't even compete with a small island called Singapore! Some of these African nations do not even buy proper equipment like football boots for their players (talking about poor countries like Zimbabwe and Niger) and they still play amazing football. Our Malaysian player only get the best of everything but they produce nothing... why?
Another sad fact about Malaysian football... would you believe that our M-League Football teams who claim to be cash-strapped pay foreign player tonnes of money to play for them. I was reported 2 or 3 years ago that the highest salary for a foreign player in the M-League at that time was RM16,000 per month. The highest paid Malaysian footballer at that time was Indra Putra and he was getting only RM12,000. My point is that if we can't afford such insane salaries, why can't we just use our local players. The most match experience our local players get, the better they get. That's a good way to improve the quality of Malaysian football.
Another amazing fact: The Malaysian national team changes it coach so often that even most of the Malaysian public doesn't know who the current coach is. What I don't get is why doesn't the FA let the coach have at least 2 or 3 years to implement changes to the team, instead of expecting results overnight. When the Malaysia hockey team did so badly last year (i think, can't remember it that well), they disbanded the team, saying that the team didn't deserve to be sponsored by the Government because they did so badly. From what I've seen, the football team did even worse than them but why didn't the government take the same action against them? Because its backed by royalty (head of the FA at that time was the Sultan of Pahang) and politicians (Khairi Jamaluddin is the Vice-President of the FA now)? I believe that sports and politics should not mix at all.
The government says that it will take Malaysia another 20 to 30 years to be good at football and able to compete in the World Cup. I would say that I would never happen as long as the government keeps interfering and players keep getting pampered.
Mokhtar Dahari, the greatest Malaysian footballer ever...
'Spiderman' Arumugam, one of the best goalkeepers in Asia at that time...
Soh Chin Aun, a living legend, still contributing his experience to today's Malaysian football...
I know when people think of France, they think of it as a romantic place, they think of Eiffel Tower, of course, they will also think of Sophie Marceau.
However, I think my view on beautiful France is changed after watching this video:
I am a pro Beijing Olympic supporter. After so many years, the game is finally being hosted by China. Although I am not from China, but being a Chinese, I am proud of it. However, what do all these western countries do? They try to ruin the Olympic game by trying to call for a boycott. They claimed that there is no human rights in Tibet. Firstly, what does the game has to do with Olympic? And secondly, to get protests from the Americans and French are an INSULT. Yes, damn insult.
So now you damn French want to talk about Human Rights in Tibet? You should be ashamed of yourselves, bullying a disable young lady who is doing her country proud by carrying the Olympic torch. Besides, why do you care about the people in Tibet when you can’t even solve your own simple problem with unemployed youth. I don’t think the west really care about Tibet anyway. Check out this article by Dr. Farish A. Noor ( http://www.othermalaysia.org/content/view/178/55/ )
By the way, you would not have won the World Cup on your own. You needed Algerians to help you win it. And I know you did not invent French Fries, the Belgium did.
After having one of the tallest buildings in the world, having a smart tunnel that was showcased in National Geography, sending a Dr./Model who went to space and thinks he will find a cure for cancer, WHAT ELSE CAN’T WE ACHIEVE?
Yes, you heard it right. This is our country’s next big plan. Apparently, given that Mat Rempit’s “mothers and wives” will be worried by their driving, Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat is planning to build a special track whereby these Mat Rempit can “Show off” their skills.
I really would like to congratulate the Kelantan government for being so considerate to the Malaysian citizens. So what’s next? Given that Chow Kit has so many prostitutes and wives and mother of the “regular customers” will be worried of their health and safety, maybe the government should build the biggest free brothel in Malaysia so that these people can show off their skills as well. How about building a club that provide free drugs so that drug addicts can show off how many pills they can pop at one shot? As long as we legalize all the illegal activities, I am sure Malaysia will have one of the lowest crime rate in the world. Who knows, we can be showcased in Discovery???
Youngest Professor at Age 18
I was watching the news the other day and it was reported that Dr. Alia Sabur will become the youngest professor Konkuk University in Korea (her website: http://www.aliasabur.com/ ) at age 18. Man, can you imagine when you were 18? Hmm, 18 was the age I was worried about who should I bring to prom, what cars should I get, which CDs should I get... but this lady is already working as a professor?? So will she date seniors at the uni who is older than her? Hmmm.. tricky question. If she is like any normal gal, she will have crush on those hot guys in her class. She will have no choice but to give that guy an "A" in her subject. Well, maybe that's why she chose to go to Korea where the guys are not that good looking..well except the one you see on Korean drama but most are not that good looking. I mean when you have famous actors who look like this, what do you think the avg koreans will look like?
