Merry Christmas everyone

Wishing everyone a blessed and happy merry christmas from The People's Power.

Recession is coming to town

As 2008 pulls down the curtain, we are going into 2009 with much greater cautions since recession has now spread over Asia after Europe and US and for sure it’s going to hit our shore soon. If you think Santa Claus is going to deliver the presents to your doorsteps this year, you might be wrong. Due to recession, his Santa Rinas and reindeers might be on strike now. The following song lyric was forwarded from a friend; an opposite version of the Santa Claus is coming to Town which we are familiar with.

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:

Recession is coming to town.
It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice
It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town

It's worthless if you've got shares
It's worthless if you've got bonds
It's safe when you've got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake,

HEY You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake,

OH You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

The different 2008

It’s been a while I didn’t blog since the last post 2 months ago. Time blinks so fast that it’s already end of 2008. In a few days we are going to welcome 2009.

Currently, juggling my time between work and personal stuffs has been really hard. Working at the new place with new portfolio has been more challenging ever. And the preparation for the training overseas has laden my brains with more things to settle in advance.

Back to local political scene, this time of the year is the best to recap what has happened for the past one year. We have seen the biggest political tsunami in history that swept across the Peninsular Malaysia which changes the political geography. We have seen how BN stronghold was demolished by the alternative alliance of PKR, DAP and PAS. Although all of them have different ideology, still they formed an alliance for the first time in Malaysian history to reduce the menacing power of BN.

We have seen after 308 how other BN componential parties start questioning UMNO on their rights, benefits and races related issues. We witnessed how a few tribal leaders seek for premature de-coronation from their top post, taking full responsibility of their parties’ huge loss in the election.

We have also seen in UMNO, how Pak Lah has been pursued to make way for his successor through rounds of UMNO negotiations. Then, some faces emerged to become race champions by making racist remarks on other races. We have seen some new faces making their debut, replacing the fallen villains in 308. The son of ex-PM rises will soon destined to replace the soon faded son-in-law of current PM. We have also witnessed Mat Tyson making a comeback to the ring after years of retreat away.

Not forgetting the MCA hardcore AV star, who was out earlier this year after his famous AV, making a strong comeback to stardom powered by viagra. He is such a lucky opportunist.

Anyway, we have also witnessed the biggest electoral comeback in the history located in Permatang Pauh in which DSAI easily won defeating the other candidate with huge victory. Now, He might have failed to achieve his dream of taking over the parliament but the uproar from the people for change has never died down.

Not forgetting, those who are caught by the guard dogs of BN and put inside the various jails and Kamunting for some decisions ridiculed by BN. Standing ovation to RPK for his enduring state of mind against the misjustice done on him.

Not forgetting fellow bloggers out there who add the sugar and salt to the political scene of the country. Malaysia definitely will be different next year, as 2008 pulls its curtain down.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Selamat Hari Raya

To all our Muslim friends who are going to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri, I would like to wish you all Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir dan batin. To the rest, I wish everyone a pleasant holiday no matter where you are.

Free RPK from ISA detention

I already do my part by signing the online petition. My signature is at number 19318 in the list. Why not click on the link below to show your support. Thanks.

Free RPK online petition

Teresa's RM5.80 food worse than cat & dog food

"...There's one day they gave me two boiled eggs for lunch,

two boiled eggs for dinner, some kuah & cucumber, that is my

lunch & my dinner..." Teresa Kok

Teresa Kok claimed that she was served with “dog food” while under ISA detention.

Wait a minute, her description of dog food was way off of my version of dog food. In civilized city such as KL where dog owners are more educated, they don’t serve their lovely dogs with 2 boiled eggs, some gravy with cucumbers! Their pet food is much better enriched with various types of vitamins, minerals and proteins. Lookup in shopping centers, pet shops, veterinary clinics or grocery shops for various types of brands, prices are not cheap too compare to a RM5.80 jail food. This food has been researched and tested in labs by veterinarians and nutritionists for the healthy growth of dogs in various aspects. The formulated diet is safe that even if we accidentally try or take it, it will not cause side effects. This type of food is formulated for cats’ diet as well. I believe if Pak Lah or Syed Hamid got cats, their pets will be royally pampered with diet from recognized brands instead of telur rebus.

Even for mongrels or pariah cats and dogs in the outskirts or villages, owners don’t treat their pets with the type of diet as described by Teresa. The owners normally feed their pets with leftover rice, meat and vegetables. In short, their pets eat what their owners take, in a very humanized way. Not too bad since it contains balance diet.

In other words, cats and dogs are enjoying much better food then Teresa’s diet in lockup. For serving unhealthy diet on pets, reports can be lodged at SPCA and pet owners can be charged on such irresponsible acts.

That's how our pets been treated nowadays. As for Teresa, we people feel pity on your ordeal. A budgeted meal of RM5.80 for a lockup detainee (should the claim is true), is just not enough to sustain the body's requirement of balance diet. By right the government should have raised the budget since inflation has already risen. For a cell equipped with cold bed next to a smelly sanitary hole, the remanded detainees and criminals should at least deserve a better basic necessity such as food for their survival.

Hold on, Ahmad Ismail and his fanatic supporters suppose to be under ISA detention right now for stirring the racism chaos and tearing down someone’s photo. Instead of Penang nasi kandar, they should be in detention now to experience the taste of RM5.80 food and make some complaints back to government to improve the situation of detainees.

For the meals that we have daily, let us be grateful, thankful and don’t make it a habit to waste food. Don't forget the unfortunate ones who are still eating similar or worse than the “dog food” described by Teresa, those who can’t even afford RM5.80 food per day, those who have to scavenge the dustbins for food, those who have to match the stray animals for leftover food. These are the struggling people whom we often forget about their existence in society.

Pak Lah and Najib practice "tai-chi" to overcome worst fear

So, now Pak Lah swapped his current ministry portfolio with Najib. The master of dreamland is “tai-chi”ing his aura while at the same time receiving the C4 “chi” from Najib. Is there any hidden sign behind this?

By putting DSAI into their picture, the swapping of “chi” between these two men is the best strategy Pak Lah can afford for now to oppose the onslaught “chi” from DSAI.

While Najib will have a taste of seeing the remains of the endangered nation’s coffer, Pak Lah on the other hand will get a chance to unleash his skill by playing the art of war with DSAI. Why am I saying this? Well, with his butt now in jeopardized, one of the options is to control the military power.

My speculation is this, when Pak Lah said he doesn’t want to negotiate with DSAI on the power transfer issue, DSAI on the other hand will meet up with The Royal Highness to seek his approval to oust Pak Lah since Agong has the power to dethrone Pak Lah using armed forces at His will. Assuming that Your Highness believes DSAI and his claims, then the military rules might be imposed to rule the country at temporary basis until democracy is restored. In Thailand, this was how the King ousted Thaksin during his tenure as the PM.

From what I heard in public, many don’t feel optimistic over Pak Lah’s will to take over Ministry of Defense as simple as to delegate his responsibilities to Najib. Majority believes that its a drastic move by taking over the rights of military force should Your Highness declare the state of Emergency in Malaysia. He will indirectly influence the generals on his military strategies as an early precautious measure before Your Highness makes His move. He might have already started his “motivational” talks in the military forces.

So people, beware of this prediction. We shouldn’t put aside the possibility of entering another darurat state for the 2nd time since Communist era. Before the “chi” turns turbulent, we should be prepared for the worst. We should always be aware that from past records, whenever PM denied something, eventually what he denied were actually realities in the end.

(PS: The sassy MP, Teresa Kok has been released from ISA. When will freedom be restored on RPK, Kickdefella, HINDRAF knights and the rest?)