Archive for April, 2008

CHINA WINE anybody??

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Well some of us may have already watched the music video of Sun Ho, a wife of a very famous pastor from Singapore. Call me old fashioned but i kinda felt a lil disturbed after watching it. Yep, there are plenty of videos out there, and plenty more raunchier ones but the fact that i see a pastor’s wife in it makes all the difference.

here, ive put up a link so u can watch it too.

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im just going to present my opinion on things, and im sure there are many opinions on this subject matter and im just sharing my own. There’s always 2 sides to a coin right? ( unless your coin is a sphere of course! )

Anyway, this video wont post much of a problem to non christians asi believe it directly affects christians more. ( why? because the main star in it is a pastor’s wife silly!, a muslim equavailant would mean to see an uztaz’s or imam’s wife doing the same , in which case will aso cause some confusion in the muslim ranks.)

I do not know about the viewpoints of others, but for me i subscribe that a Spiritual leader’s wife should be of appropriate conduct as they set an example for others to follow. And like it or not, people look up to these leaders, turn to them for advise and many will even follow them to the ends of the world in believe that they are their shepperds to god. If the shepperd is bad, sheep go missing, fall off cliffs and become prey to wolves.

It stumbles me as to how she is dressed and as to how she is dancing. Will you want your child to learn to call people "bitch"? Sure theyll learn it from a zilion other places as well, but the last person i want my kid to learn such language is from my spiritual leaders. Yeah, call me old fashioned but i wont allow my kid to dress like tha either, same thing, theyd probably learn a billion other things from all over, but that would be the last thing i want my kid to learn from my pastor or his wife. Let alone what people think, do you think jesus will accept this?. Will you speak like that and dance like that in front of our Jesus?. Do you think Jesus will approove of such behaviour and give you a pat on the back saying, "good job my faithful servant". No i do not know what Jesus thinks, but i do know that we are taught not to be stumbling blocks to others. For certain issues you can debate on the fact that it is arguable to what is "stumbling" and what isnt. But in this case, it is so controversial, it has sparked alot of mixed feelings that i guess calling this video a stumbling block is acceptable. Yes the motives can be positive, but a stumbling block it still is. Example, i curse a some gangsters because they are bothering my friends, bystanders who knwo i am christian will begin to question my actions. Get it now?. The video just causes people to question. This creates alt of uncertainty to what is permissable. Believe me, many church leaders also disagree with what is going on.

here are sme comments posted by viewers of the video on you tube-

Whats this whole thing about Sun and the church stuff? You guys seriously need to chill man.

This IS the mass media, rising up in this area is not easy. And please, EVERYTHING in the mass media is pure entertainment, not real life for goodness sake.

I dont care if she’s christian, buddhist, hindu, atheist or whatever, if anyone makes it into the US market you gotta give e person credit.

I particularly like the song and the dance. I think you guys had too much wine. - pootie

Please dont associate anti-lasciviousness, lewdness with pharisism, it is 2 different thing. Pharisism is the gospel of work and self effort. While I am pleased that she is going places, this MTV is indeed very sensual. You cannot deny that. Maybe u see n experience more as a dancer n it does not stumble u, it doesn’t mean that all should accept it just becos you do and it won’t stumble others. Not that I m stumbled anyway. -red tide

the entire video is about her wanting this, wanting that. We’re looking at a woman who has had her entire life’s focus changed, but is unwilling to admit it. Someone who wants fame in the States so badly that she is willing to constantly change her moral standards just to fit into the culture.

I dont think any of what she’s doing is outright wrong, since Im a liberal person. But having known what she used to stand for before she got into all this, it just makes her a complete hypocrite. -summerson84yang

And finally there’s this other guy who said that we cannot compare real life to showbiz, as a christian acting in a show as a thief does not make him a thief. yeah good arguement. But if you dont want to be called stupid, then dont act stupid. A christian porn star is still a pornstar. Yes there is a huge diffrence in acting as  a thief and being a pornstar, the latter being that you sell your body and the product is highly sensual. The video has nothing of the sort that is "pornish", however in my opinion it is sensual, just like the pussycat dolls, it makes men think about sex ( forgive our drive, and im sure to ask my maker when i die on why he made us this way :) ).

This is my honest view, i do not intend to offend anyone. But this subject matter is extremely subjective and i fully undertsand that views can largely vary.

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Racial Malaysia?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

  we all know that the rakyat has spoken. and it is because that the rakyat has spoken that we are all experiencing a very different political climate. this gives us some hope , a hope to create a living environment where race is never the issue.

how sad as reality sets in. even up till today you still hear people ranting about the rights of chinese, malays etc. the close mindedness of these people reflects on their insecurities as well as their idea of a country, a country where only a certain race will or should prevail. how shallow.

all these feelings will inavertantly lead to selfishness and individuals just weeding out self gain as well as a "untuk bangsa sendiri" attitude.

i also understand that many such people have been fed with racial thoughts since young and it can be hard to break free, but thats not an excuse. even more we should proove that our generation will make the difference and blow the winds of change.

we have to discard the fear of competition. the fear that other races will benefit more, the fear of marginalisation as well as the fear of violence caused by racial tensions. those are things of yesteryears. in order to be fully competitive with the rest of the world we have to think "malaysian".

is really race, religion so important?. why should we be divided?. why do we still practice racial sagregation, division, marginalisation,and all the other "tions"?, rather in more importance and accuracy, why does our government still do this?. what is wrong with a meritocracy system?. will it cause people to become poor? or will it prevent others from getting rich?. poverty in our country is equally shared by all the races, there fore help should be extended to all as well. and because there wasnt any fairplay for the past donkey years in the distribution of oportunities, that is why many people has festered feelings of disatisfaction, causing racial hatred etc.

we have to look forward. things have to change and it has to begin with us. stop refering to ourselves as chinese, indian, malay… but be proud to be called a malaysian. to be honest, i really totally disagree with the whole race,religion , bumi, non bumi thing that we have to fill in documents. is taht really so important?, where is the perpaduan taught to us in pendidikan moral?, do the umno rulers learn that in pendidikan islam as well?. you see, even during school time they have already divided us by sending the malays to islam classes when we had moral…

then there the ugly ones. the ones who feel strongly about their own races be it chinese, malay or indian. the ones that feel that their race deserves more than others because of some stupid reason. do we all not bleed when we are cut? are we all not subject to death and eat with our mouths?. until one can start eating with their anus then i believe they reserve the right to speak so highly of themselves.

i have friends, many still dont see it the way i do. many still think as a chinese, malay, indian. its really dissapointing. these people are very ill informed about the current state of affairs, but yet overly stubborn. they do not realise of a far greater importance of unity, and with their selfish attititudes they grind and work only for themselves and tehir own benefits. their actions and words are careless and they do not care about how others would feel…

then there are the politicians who belong to race based parties, and also those who always quote the importance of representing their race over representing the people. many got into office with the colective vote of all races. people want to be served , and not only a certain race.

our country is wonderful, special and highly unique since it is a blend ofcultures. and every single race contributed to the growth and prosperity of this land. this is malaysia and it belongs to us.

we mustnt look at it as MALAYsia or CHINEsia or INDIANsia. this will not solve anything and we must always think far into the future.

malaysia, it is ours and we should love it and all its people.

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A satirical excerpt from a forwarded mail

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

here’s a lil funny something i received through the mail. funny hahah

Posted by labisman    

Friday, 28 March 2008 

THANK YOU BN. For giving us the World’s Healthiest Country. Even as the Elections Commission, your own agents, ooops … I mean er… civil servants, admitted one week before the elections, Malaysia has more than 8,500 voters aged over 100! Dear BN, what’s your secret? Do these super-old voters drink ginseng? Tongkat Ali? Or indelible ink?

THANK YOU BN. For giving us the World’s Most Expensive Car Jack. As the Auditor General’s Report released last year showed, you used our money to buy car jacks at RM5,741 each when it costs only RM50 per piece in the hardware store. I understand that these fantastic tools can "jack up" not only cars but even Datuks all the way up to the Fourth Floor of Pak Lah’s Minister Mentor.

THANK YOU Umno. For the World’s Greatest U-Turn. Last November, when HINDRAF (HINDu Rights Action Force) Indians demonstrated in KL to protest their "marginalisation" by the Umno-controlled government, you condemned them as "ruffians" who would jeopardise social stability, tourism and foreign direct investment (FDI).

But one week after elections, Umno itself demonstrated in Penang, Ipoh and Shah Alam claiming that the new State Governments there will "marginalise" the Malays. And no doubt, they want to "promote" inter-racial harmony, social stability, tourism and FDI with slogans like: "Don’t play fire with Malay rights!"  So dear Umno, why don’t you call yourselves MALRAF - MALay Rights Action Force!

THANK YOU Gerakan. For the World’s Smartest Economic Policy. As revealed by blogger (and now MP) Jeff Ooi, former Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon used taxpayers’ money to give Motorola a RM1 billion (that’s RM1,000 million) contract, so that the American electronics company would announce (just before the elections) a RM350 million investment in Penang to "prove" that the state was still economically "competitive". Wow, what a vote of "confidence" in Penang’s economy!

THANK YOU Umno for the World’s Greatest Irony. Last November, you accused HINDRAF of causing losses to businesses and traffic jams (when it was actually the massive police roadblocks/crackdown that caused the jams/chaos). You said such protests were "not our culture" and a "threat to national security" worthy of ISA detentions.

But now Umno’s MALRAF has shown that such protests are indeed part of Malaysian, or at least, Malay culture. And the best part was that they proved we could have peaceful demonstrations – as long as the police behave professionally. In other words, Umno’s demonstrations have truly "demonstrated" that 50 year old Malaysia is mature enough to allow people to "let off steam" by shouting and holding banners for an hour or two without incurring National Apocalypse.

And then after all that shouting and sweating, habis cerita! We Malaysians (who are so bored that we stop our cars to look at road accidents) finally get some street entertainment and after that all the crowds go for their teh tarik and roti canai. Hey, that’s good business for the mamak shops you know!

But if you ask me, the true MALRAF are the many Malays who protested against BN policies through their votes, especially in Kedah, Kelantan, Penang, Perak, Selangor and KL. Just as the majority of Chinese did an electoral CHINRAF.

So what shall we call those Umno demonstrators? How about MONEYRAF? A MONEY Rights Action Force to demand their "Malay rights" privileges to "buta gaji" contracts, projects, AP’s and share allocations so that they (and their Mak Datin wives) can continue to buy their BMW’s (and "ori-punya" Gucci handbags) while the real makciks struggle to make a living selling mee goreng at the roadside. 

THANK YOU Selangor BN, for being the World’s Most Environment-Friendly Government. DAP Kampung Tunku State Assemblyman, Lau Weng San, has lodged a police report over alleged destruction of documents by the previous Selangor State Government. Pictures have appeared on the internet of files strewn all over office floors.

Perhaps they were shredding all that paper to recycle into tissue paper? To wipe away the s**t before it hits the fan when the new Menteri Besar takes over? Ah, what fragrant records they shall leave behind… how eco-friendly of them!

THANK YOU MCA. For giving us the World’s Best "Buy One Free One!" Special Offer. This means the voters can Buy Opposition and Still Get Free BN Service!

Despite Pak Lah threatening the Chinese that they would "lose representation" in the government if they voted for the Opposition, the MCA still got their four Minister’s posts in Pak Lah’s new Cabinet. Of course, these Minister-ships have little real power anyway.

For example, even though the MCA got a massive "mandate" in the 2004 elections, the MCA "Minister of Housing and Local Government" (H&LG) never had power over housing and local government. Why? Because these matters are actually (in the Constitution, no less) under the jurisdiction of State Governments! The Minister of H&LG could not appoint Majlis Perbandaran Councillors or give approvals for housing projects. In fact, he himself once complained that Local Councils were not implementing his proposals for more CCTV’s, street barriers and well-lighted pavements under the "Safe City Concept".

As MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said himself on March 9, the party "accepted and respected the people’s decision" and would "continue to fight" for the rights of the community and country. As The Star reported, he also urged MCA candidates with good track records "not to be affected" by their defeat and to "carry on serving" the community. One example is the hardworking MP Lee Hwa Beng, who despite being defeated by the young man who filmed the VK Lingam video, has sportingly agreed: "I will keep my service centre open." Well done sir.

In other words, the people get the BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. We get more of an Opposition voice in Parliament and we still get the BN reps to help us with complaints of blocked longkangs, blinking street-lights and bloody road potholes. Well, how else can they hope to win back our votes in 2013?

BUT what if the new State Governments transform the Majlis Perbandaran’s to become more efficient? To do the bloody blinking jobs they were paid to do in the first place? What will happen to the MCA’s Majlis Perbandaran Liaison Officer and Petition Writer roles? Oh oh… looks like the MCA reps have to urgently reinvent and rebrand themselves.

THANK YOU Elections Commission (EC). For giving Malaysia the World’s Most Advanced Technology. Before this, we’ve only seen "tele-portation" on Star Trek – you know, like when Captain Kirk or Dr. Spock says "beam me up" and they are instantly "tele-transported" in a sort of large laser beam from some strange planet back to the mother spaceship.

But BERSIH, the elections reform group, says that you, the EC, have managed to transfer voters (possibly thousands) from Selangor to places like Kelantan and Terengganu without even their knowledge. How many of these people could actually drive five to eight hours all the way there to vote? PAS claims that at least 200 buses of "phantom voters" were brought into Terengganu and its President, Hadi Awang says police "escorted them like VIP’s".

No wonder the cartoonist Zunar calls you, the EC, a "component party" of the Barisan Nasional. Come on… don’t so like dat-lah. I mean, congratulations on such marvellous technology and all that. But dear EC, at least you should have the basic courtesy to "tele-transport" voters only after they say "beam me up". Not before, OK?

What’s next EC? Al Jazeera TV reported on March 9 that you could stuff 560 "registered voters" into one street of small terrace houses in Cheras, Selangor. You even had the sense of humour to stuff 26 of them into the same 1,400 sq ft house (perhaps to share the bathroom?) as the brother of Jenice Lee (now elected as DAP State Assemblywoman for Teratai, Selangor).

Now, we all know that great progress is being made in "data compression" technology. For example, we used to need two or three pieces of VCD’s for one movie whereas nowadays, you can stuff five or even more movies into just one piece of DVD. So… for 2013, I am looking forward to the EC’s "best-punya" world-class technology – to stuff 30 "registered voters" into the dog kennel behind my house!

THANK YOU MIC. For the World’s Best SMS jokes! Allow me to jazz them up.

"Hi. My friend is looking for a job. Construction background. His education not that strong. But can "kau tim" things. Any buildings collapse, he will say Act of God. He was with Malaysian Govt past 30 years. Last job: Works Minister. His name is Samy Vellu. Please help him to get at least toll gate collector job. Thanks."

And you probably also heard the "latest news" that Samy Vellu is now a film producer in Bolehwood? His first movie will be Kuch Kuch Kalah Hai starring Mydin Khan, Sharizat Rai, Kayveas Kapoor, Koh Tsu Khan and Khir Tempe Blachan. Special guest appearances by Khairy Kumar and Bobby Badawi. 

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