HIMYM: How About A Bet On the Series Finale?

I was watching How I Met Your Mother, my favorite TV show of all time (next to F.R.I.E.N.D.S. of course), and in today's episode, the show was back on Ted and Robin's on-again-off-again relationship. I was like... 'Againnn???'. The show is supposed to be about Ted telling the story of how he met his children's Mother yet the storyline seems to focus too much on Ted and Robin. I'm not a woman, but if I'm the Mother, I would be pretty pissed at Ted for telling my children again and again about how he was crazy for another woman. Wouldn’t you?

I wonder how the writers would write the final season and finally the season finale. I think it will be pretty tough since it is now already season 6 but the Mother has yet to make any significant appearances in the storyline. As of now we have no idea how long the show will last; whether we have to wait another season or another 4 seasons to discover who the Mother really is. But if I own the show, I would spend at least one entire season just to focus on the storyline of Ted and the Mother just to be fair to the poor woman.

With the way the show ran for the past six seasons, then putting myself in the shoes of the writer of the season finale, I can only come up with two scenarios. First scenario is obviously the expected finale: Ted married Mother and Robin either ended up with Barney or nobody at all to be the ultimate career woman, or died.

Second scenario is crazier but is my twisted choice… IF I own the show: Ted married Mother, had their two children… but then tragedy struck when the Mother died for whatever reasons; OR, they could be divorced but however, in the end Ted ended up with Robin.

This may or may not make sense looking back to two previous episodes from previous seasons. In one of the earlier episodes, there was a crayon painting of Robin holding hands with the children with something like ‘We Love Aunt Robin’ with a heart-shape in it. There was also one episode where Ted, Lily and Marshal were enjoying… ‘sandwich’, and Ted remarked: “Where’s my wife?”, and it made me think that it’s possible that Wife and Mother are two separate people. Whatever it is, it's already too obvious that Ted and Robin are in love with each other.

You see, the identity of the Mother is as good as anybody’s guess. But if you care to scour the internet, you will see that I’m not the only one who thinks that Robin somehow will ultimately end up with Ted even if she’s not the Mother. One of them was cheeky enough to paint the scenario of Ted narrating to the children "... and that is when Aunt Robin became your Mom". Hilarious.

I love the show. How about a bet? :)

Memories: Remembering, Finding and Ultimately Losing

In my last post I mentioned how I recently got in touch with old friends from 18 years ago on Facebook. Today I uploaded a photo of myself and a boy. His name was Azwanisham. It is one of only 3 photos I still have in my possession from those times. A few hours later one of those who knew him posted a comment; Azwanisham passed away last year, apparently due to high fever.

I don't particularly remember any memories with him. I don't remember if we were close; I don't think so, but I'm quite sure we were at least on civil terms. I vaguely remember him as being active in football, his mannerisms and he gives me the impression of being one of the more... 'adventurous' type.

However, I do remember the day we took that photo. I believe it was one of the final days of school. Evening session was for Sekolah Agama. I wasn't even wearing my proper baju melayu and kain samping in the photo; perhaps because nobody cared since school was almost over, or perhaps I was already 'King' of the school and rules didn't apply (darjah 6 kira King la :) ). He wasn't even wearing baju melayu; perhaps he never enrolled, or perhaps he skipped school, who knows.

I remember him carrying a camera when he approached me outside class. Of course I don't remember the conversation, but he insisted that I take off my songkok and put on the red cap. I don't remember who took the photo or if the camera was on auto; but he picked the nearest mural on that wall as the background, put one arm around me, and then snap.

I don't know why the news of his passing affected me the way it did. Perhaps because the news is a black mark against my recent joy of re-discovering the links to my childhood life; perhaps because every time I found the photo stashed in my old box of collections over the years it always felt like I will somehow somewhere be seeing him again some time; or perhaps because his passing is another entry in my list after arwahs Orneck, Ayah Ngah, Atuk, Pak Mat, and Masdar; all those I personally knew who left the world during my adulthood. There's a sense of dread and helplessness towards the inevitable and for Azwanisham, somewhere deep inside me a child grieves.

All year this year among ourselves we discussed childhood memories; of games we played, of places we used to hang out at, of teachers, friends and people we remembered and forgotten. I remember Azwanisham in some of the conversations. Perhaps that's why it felt like we actually knew him more than we gave ourselves credit for.

Memories. You don't what you are missing until it is lost to you. Al-Fatihah.

2010: The Year of Social Networking Mania

It is year end again. I started this blog on Oct 2, 2006 and now it's already end of 2010. Time flies.

I turned 30 a few days ago. Naturally quarter-life crisis kicked in. One can yap and crap all about syukur (being grateful) and rezeki, but really, in reality who will not at least be a tiny wee bit curious, wondering if that Joe (bukan nama sebenar) from Facebook is actually making more money living a better life? He doesn't seem to have an actual job; he travels the world, has the latest smartphone, and owns a dream house and a dream car... Even his wife doesn't seem to mind him not being around all the time. We envy Joe, and we wonder, how the hell is Joe doing it?

And for that I curse Facebook.

2010 has been good for Facebook. Facebook brings up the best and the worst in people. Nowadays we don't really know someone until we see his/her activities on Facebook. People say all sort of damning things behind the comfort of a computer that they will not dare say out loud to your face. There are all sorts of annoying people on Facebook... the closets, the snobs, the whiners, the braggarts, the assholes, the pious (ustaz instant) etc etc... you name it. Though for me three specific types bag the top prize: the predators (MLM), the fans (hardcore-die-hard-football-team-fans) and the preachers (politic junkies). 

Dear predators. No, I'm not interested. No, MLM is NOT syariah-compliant. Please stop tagging me on pictures of money piles and go find yourselves another gullible prey.

Dear fans. Football for me stops the moment we lose Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane (to retirement) and David Beckham (to soccer xD). Sometimes your team wins sometimes they lose but statistically, the most successful team in Premier League history is undoubtedly Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson's side have won a remarkable 11 titles and have never finished below third since the Premier League was launched in 1992. GET OVER IT!! (lolxD)

Dear preachers. I'm a proponent of Ketuanan Naga. Sekian terima kasih.

Seriously, 2010 has got to be the lowest point in Malaysian politics. People conveniently forget that politicians are human beings; somebody's mother and father. Blogs get dirtier, more vulgar each day and it is so frustrating and disappointing to discover that people actually like reading venomous writings. It doesn't matter if the writer doesn't articulate facts and arguments in a civil manner, citing half truths and outright lies as long as the content is sensational and flame-baiting. And people actually cheer on! Two sides of a coin and grains of salt don't apply.

On one side is a senile dinosaur resistant to change, on the other is a volatile volcano waiting to erupt anytime. Either way, the middle class rakyat loses. My advice: just shut up, make up your minds and hope for the best. Do not try to argue if you can't keep emotions in check. If you happen to argue, know when to stop.

Throughout the year I have found about 40 old friends and classmates from primary school on Facebook. Crazy bunch of people, I must say (lolxD). It is amazing that despite 18 years off each other's radar, we get along quite well so far, at least online. I imagine offline meetings would be more... 'controlled'.

At work, a colleague passed away due to complications after a stomach ulcer surgery. Masdar, you are still fondly remembered. Al-Fatihah.

Financially, money flowed like water; not INTO the tank but OUT the drain. Things broke down that needed repairing/replacing, some electronic upgrades (except a new smartphone!! I ran out of budget for a new smartphone!! Grrr...), went to Singapore for a short vacation, kid started kindergarten, bought some books (I actually bought and read the entire Harry Potter series), more frequent travels back to hometown now that I no longer have classes, etc etc... 

Year-end is closing in and I found out that there's almost nothing in the tank anymore. I should care but strangely I do not. And we'll be having a third baby come January. I should panic but strangely I do not.

Last year I had hoped. This year I despaired. Ah, well, I'm alive and that's a good thing. :)

Budget 2011: Yeah, Like I Understand Economics That Well

Today 2011 national budget was tabled (is 'tabled' even the correct word?). I will not waste time going into the details. As expected, and as it has been for the past 7 years of my working life, the only group of people who would be elated over national budget are:

1) Government servants, especially female, married AND pregnant (or soon-to-be).
2) Those earning less than RM3000 (and thus will not pay a single cent of income tax).
3) Those on the receiving end of the multi-billion projects.
4) UMNO-BN 'patriots' to whom the ruling regime can do no wrong; they still think we need a bigger dick to prove our manhood to the world (seriously, have we even filled up KLCC's 88 floors yet?).

This is becoming a recurring pattern. Monetarily, those who benefit from national budget are always those who are in absolute lower income bracket AND absolute higher income bracket. Middle income wage-earners pay taxes, and in return get peanuts, cheaper handphones and underwear. Ironic.

Hey, I'm no economist. I hardly understand finance and I barely get half of what Personal Money blabbers about (though I still buy it every month for tax exemption, get it?). Yet, is it so hard give middle-income people a small piece of the pie?

Consider a regular fictional Shah (bukan nama sebenar) who make RM50k per-annum. A 1% tax rebate/return/discount (to-may-to, to-mah-to) from his total income would make him an extra RM500 per-annum, equivalent to 2 months of his eldest son's kindergarten fee; or 20 1kg packs of Dutch Lady baby formula for his youngest daughter which can last 5 months; or 2 months' worth of petrol for his hungry second-hand car. Does it cost RM10 billion for this to happen? Nope. But of course, Shah is no Vincent Tan or Ananda Krishnan, and all his cables are electrical.

And don't even get me started about the patriots, zealots and parrots. The PM had barely finished his last salvo and Facebook was already on fire with praises and feel-good status updates! Ah, but who am I, an ungrateful Melayu, a 'saudagar mimpi', to challenge the wisdom of the establishment who have stood the test of time for 53 years? :-)

In the end life goes on. Tomorrow is just another day. Nothing changes. All is well... until the next GE looms, that is... xD

Nick: What's In A Name?

I am the eldest in my family. My wife too. When our children were born siblings from both sides were ecstatic.

In the olden times family members were given nicknames equivalent to their 'rank'; the firstborn by convention is Long, followed by Ngah, then Lang, Anjang, Uteh, Uda, Adik, Usu, something of this order. Apparently this is no longer 'cool' and thus my children uncles, aunts and grands came up will all sort of 'cooler', in-trend nicknames. Among interesting ones sounds like Auntie Long, Uncle B, Mak Na, Tok Burn, Ayah Sham, Tok An... you get the idea.

I never really cared for what the hordes of second cousins call me. Mostly, to them I'm Uncle Jie. That's it, until my very first nephew was born last Thursday. Suddenly I felt some kind of weird pressure of coming up with a decent 'unclish' nickname, but what would it be?

It could not be Uncle Jie. 'Keji', in Malay, means 'despicable'... can't have that for a nickname. Or Uncle D (for Dragon, of course :p ) but 'Kedi' in Malay means transvestite... er... Maybe Uncle Long, but 'Angklung' is a traditional Malayan musical instrument... reject! Or simply Pak Long, but say that too many times it would sound like 'Polong', an infamous Malayan monster/specter/ghost... ish! Certainly not Pak Ajie, that is the very image of an old man in kopiah who has been on Hajj to Makkah... nope, anything with 'Pak' would not do.

So what? I honestly don't know... yet.

Congratulations to my brother Bob (the small bird LOLxD) and wife in hitting this joyous milestone in life. It will be tough, but you will be loving it nevertheless. To newborn little bird Aqid who doesn't even have a full name yet, I welcome you to the world. In the end it doesn't matter what you call me, you are already in my 'duit raya' roster.

Majority: Is NOT Always Right

People say that democracy is the voice of the people, since the majority speaks, right? Yeah... 'right'. Believe me when I say that the voice of the majority actually doesn't even know what's good for them. It happened to me.

I recently volunteered to be in a committee to organize a team-building event for the great blue giant potato chip company I work in. There were about 13 of us committee members.

Well, the way it worked, was that we, the committee suggested 4 options for the population to vote. The first round, one of the destination was actually in a neighboring country so naturally, this option won overwhelmingly. Alas, the top management vetoed this decision due to safety and security concern as the country was in a civil unrest. 

Fine. 

Second round of voting, the winner was a famous theme-park-cum-gambling destination and the close second by about 5% less votes was local treasure hunt.

Now, do note that the difference in votes were very small. The journey to the theme park destination will take about 6 hours from here, theme park entrance fee not included, event will have to be 2 days 1 night over a weekend, participation was highly likely to be low (family concerns, wasted weekend, other plans etc etc), and it is highly likely that everyone will be doing their own thing there (there was precedent; it happened before). Free vacation for some, that's all.

On the contrary, a local treasure hunt will be a day event, on a working day where everyone can participate, highly likely 80-90% of the population will turn up (well, how do you exactly say 'I don't go to work today'?), big budget can be allocated for super cool prizes instead of paying for buses and hotel rooms, there can be t-shirts/souvenirs for everyone, and most importantly it will be a very TEAM-ORIENTED-EVENT.

Of course, the committee can always choose to do the right thing over the majority-is-always-right thing. In fact many on the committee felt that way. However, the world is not a perfect place (and I found it too ridiculous to argue against people who would not change their minds).

Today, the decision was to go to the theme-park-cum-gambling destination, and participation rate was about 55%. And we call this TEAM BUILDING?

On the grander scale, you wonder how the 'majority' (by gerrymandering, of course :p ) Government can survive all these years? Well, don't (sorry, can't resist! LOLxD ).

Conversation: Exposing the Minds of A PR-Leaning Non-Partisan Vs Puteri UMNO Hardcores Without Fail

Below is a cut-and-paste of a Facebook conversation that I had between myself and two sisters who are hardcore Puteri UMNO members. D, is myself (no, not Diana Danielle), while H and N are the sisters. What's below is almost 100% verbatim, except for some irrelevant jests and jokes that I removed for the sake of privacy, so please don't mind typos and grammatical errors in the England (yes, England, if you don't get the joke, you PHAIL (yes, PHAIL, if you don't get the joke... oh well...)).

I'm posting this to show the stark difference in perspective. It's not our place to judge people by political beliefs alone, so please don't. In the context of this conversation, my own opinion is that if the majority of UMNO members and supporters are thinking along the same line as these Puteris, then I don't see how their cause can appeal to fence-sitters, middle-grounders, Malays and Non-Malays alike, except maybe for the very young idealists and very old loyalists. And I'm interested in what my Putera/Pemuda brothers have to say about it, if they will say anything at all.

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D: salam sis. just want to have a civil discussion with you since you are a hardcore BN supporter without fail. :)

what's your opinion on our current economic situation? our current 'management' doesn't seem to be handling it well enough. do you really believe that the current team can lead us out of this mess, or do you think this team needs replacement, not necessarily from PR but from within BN itself?

H: What can your uncle anwar do if he rules?xcukup ke memecahbelahkan perpaduan rakyat?what i dared u,u haven't agreed..masuk umno,pg tgk ceramah,u argue there..maybe u can be that person to correct BN from within..xkan kugadaikan islam mcmana KHALID SAMAD telah buat pd Negeri selangorku yg tercinta ini..kenapa ek org melayu,cina n india lebih nampak ... yg xelok dpd yg elok..nanti ek..aku akan smpan tape ceramah org tu,n send to u..u just wait.n i will answer ur question..cubala u fikir kenapa ANWAR buat all this

D: see sis, you are arguing on the basis of emotion. i asked one question, and anwar was not even in the sentence. i wasn't even trying to argue with you. the question was, do you support the current team, or do you not?

H: addition-at least more investors will come if malaysia aman like it used to..kalau pkr,pas n dap punya agenda berbeza beza,boleh ke aman?skrg guna kalimah allah pun pemimpin pas duduk diam..apa ronnie liew sebut bastard2 pasal islam tu betul ke..n excuse me,economy is not bad in malaysia only..if u didn't notice..

N: The current economic problems does not come from Malaysia within but Malaysia and other countries are facing problems just like any other countries because of the global economic recession, is that right mr shahrazie?

H: i always will..whatever will be..but think of what i wrote..do u agree with khalid samad?or u just want to be like him?

 

jawab mr shahrazie..n one more question..what do u look for in a country u live in?

D: correct, ladies. economic crisis is a global event, but we are not addressing it as effectively as Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, India, Singapore. FDI is not coming in not because of political turmoil, for example, Thailand was in a deep crisis when Thaksin was in power, yet their FDI increased. Toyota, Chevrolet, opened up manufacturing plants regardless of the political situation. our problem in Malaysia is that we lack accountability.

what i want from my country (taken from Hannah Yeoh):
* free of corruption;
* lower costs of living ie. I don't have to pay so much for monthly car and house installments;
* efficient public transportation, having a car will then be an option and not a necessity;
* my children-to-be will be known as Malaysians only and not be identified by their race;
* quality public education for them when they're young and the opportunity to study whatever course they so desire at a local university, one that adequately prepares them to compete globally;
* affordable health care and quality public hospitals;
* true freedom of worship;
* able to trust what I read in the newspapers daily;
* have confidence in the democratic system, the judiciary, the police, the MACC and other agencies;
* safe environment : no fear of being robbed or houses being broken into and able to walk on the streets freely without grabbing my handbag tightly.
 

on issue Allah, does it occur to you that both arguments are not necessarily right or wrong? one side argues from the perspective of Aqidah, while another have taken a perspective of Dakwah (and the bigger domain of Siyasah Syar’iah – Politics from the prism of Syariah), notwithstanding the importance of the earlier. (quoted from Dzul Ahmad's blog)

anyway i'm not interested in the Allah issue. we do not have enough ilmu to debate theologies, so better leave it to the ulamas. politicians should never have meddled in.

addendum. kenapa nak benci sangat PR based on what you listen to ceramah dari org org yang anti-PR? aku tak support BN bukan sebab aku benci pun kat BN tu, and rata rata my peers also is the same. we read, and we do not shy away from listening to UMNO's arguments and blogs. tell me, how many PR-supporter blogs do you follow, or do you just base your hate on what people tells you? rilek le. anwar tu dalam 10 tahun lagi mati le. but the question is, who after Anwar? who after Mahathir and Nik Aziz? kita pun ntah dalam 10 tahun pun jadi makanan cacing, so is it worth it to hate something/someone so much?

 

N: Politicians are arguing in terms of the stability of the country. In terms of safety for us and our family and children. Look what happened when the Herald Tribune used the word Allah in its article. People show all sorts of reaction. All this while be no use. The transportations, developement and etc if the country is not at peace.

i beg to differ. not taken from anywhere. just my 2 cents

 

D: and how many actually knows about the Herald Tribune before the mass media made such a big fuss about it? now, since its blown out of proportions, ramai org nak baca Herald Tribune tu. it is unnecessary free publicity.

N: It is not ur concern that the word Allah is used as people pleases? I believe the press did not 'blow it out of proportion" as a 'press'. but as a muslim .

 

D: again, i'm not going to argue about isu Allah. kita ni bukan jurusan agama, so we listen to ulamas, and kita ikut yang mana yang kita setuju provided it's backed by Quran and Hadith. let's keep Allah out of this discussion shall we? :)

 

N: I do agree though that we need to revamp our team of economic experts. but in order to bring more people in to invest, we need stability.

I go for what Quran teaches us. Menuntut ilmu sampai ke negeri China. THEN only , with knowledge we can have a head start.

oh, congratulations on ur masters degree :D. 

 

D: menuntut ilmu sampai ke negeri China tu hadis kategori dhaif. you can look for it on the internet. the point of the hadith is good, but the originality of the exact saying is questionable.

ok, no more theological talk please. thanks for the well wishes.

 

H: oops..terlewat coz i nd to do the dishes..thx nwl my secretary..bro-i don't hate anyone..but i just want to make things clear and tell people where i stand..did i say i hate anwar?do u want to wait till anwar dies,then u want to act?umno-melayu-islam..still can't see..cheap publicity u say?hmmm,so when we keep quiet,people say that we're ignorant,but when we voice out opinion n standing,some people would say we want cheap publicity..so what would u do.ignore until many n many muslims mislead?

 

D: please, no more arguments on Allah issue.

its plain from your writings that you do hate Anwar Ibrahim. you see him as pemecah belah orang Melayu, but his supporters see him as penyatu bangsa Malaysia. so its a matter of perspective. that is why i stress again and again, internet ni free, so baca la pandangan dari semua side, sebanyak yang mungkin. jangan la sebab kau supporter BN, maka apa apa yang PR buat semua salah and apa apa yang BN buat semua betul walaupun enjin jet hilang etc. currently i keep about 100 blogs and news site, most on politics just because i do not want to let my bias rule my judgment. can you afford to do the same? among BN blogs that i follow are hardcores like A Voice, Syed Akbar Ali, Khir Toyo, Khairy Jamaluddin among few... can you at least follow blogs from Hannah Yeoh, Nik Nazmi, or Nurul Izzah for a change? takyah masuk parti politik mana mana pun.

H: i will stress once again..kalau xmasuk,xda siapala nk perjuangkan UMNO..umnola juara rakyat..hidup UMNO..pstt,jet hlang kita rugi duit..tp tanah melayu hilang nak duduk mana cik abg oi..i xnak jd mcm palestin.. I don't hate anwar,but i dislike him coz he's selfish..using non malays to his advantage..i knew a few blogs.just don't spend much time since i have more important things to do..but demi umno,i will start blog surfing again..tp dlm blog azmin ali,knp dia sndiri condemn dap ek?

 

D: see, that statement from you is exactly why UMNO is losing support from fence-sitters, Malays and non-Malays. hardcore UBN like you sees non-Malays as the enemy with some sort of hidden agenda to wrestle the country out from Malay hands. tell me, if there is such a grand scheme by the non-Malays, why hasn't proof of it spread through the internet like wildfire? instead we have leaked BTN curriculum which confirms to the non-Malays that the Malays are plotting against them.

tell me, how many non-Malay friends do you really have? do you go to meals with them, discuss politics with them? can you argue politics with them the way you argue with me now or do you have to skirt around the issue? i talk politics with the non-malays all the time, and when we do we talk about good governance, about rising cost of living, about how we can make enough money to save for children education... we don't talk about how we can get Anwar to be PM, or how my race is superior than yours. hardcore UBN like you refuses to acknowledge that the non-Malays do contribute to the growth of this country, and the Malays can never do it on our own. to you, let the country go bankrupt as long as Malays retain their elusive power over the non-Malays.

please do not equate Malays to Islam, because Malay is just one of many races in this world, while Islam is all but one. if UMNO is so protective of the Malays, then why marginalize opposition states in Federal funds? who killed Ustaz Ibrahim and his non-armed followers in Memali, was it the non-Malays? who sits in the board of directors of Carlsberg, Anchor beer factory in selangor, do you need me to name them? who is the Director of San Migel brewery, is he not a Malay? look at nightclubs in KL, is everyone there non-Malay?...

the political landscape in Malaysia has changed. shoving Malay-ness and Islamic holiness down our throats will no longer win you that many supporters.

on Azmin Ali condemning DAP, well, they do it all the time. the difference is PR leaders are ok with difference of opinions. where you see disunity, we see freedom of expression, and they are not afraid of showing it in the open. as long as they are able to work towards the same framework, and that's what matters.

 

H: mr ajie.. Did i say i hate the non-malays?i go to gym with my pk who is a non malay ok..i think ure the one accusing us anti non malays..there are things that we don't talk about in the open.. cuba fikir siapa yg started all the tension btwn the races?

 

D: who? anwar ibrahim? its convenient, isnt it, everything something happens that 'threatens' racial harmony, blame it on Anwar. but at the end of the day, the core issues of marginalization of the minority stays unsolved. to me, anwar is just a figurehead. in 10 years time he will die.

why cant you talk about your politics in the open? if you feel so strongly about it, and feels that it is right, then why cant you boldly pronounce it to your non-Malay friends? dont you think that it is fundamentally flawed to force superiority of one race over another?

 

H: melayu telah lama bersabar... dan melayu sentiasa tolerate ... but to some extent melayu need to act .. this is not about hating anyone ... this is about our right ... our dignity .. my non-malay colleagues are government servant .. they would not talk so much coz they're not the type to talk about things that can decrease the unity we already have...what everyone needs now is respect for each other ... yang salah tetap salah ...

regarding anwar : politic is dirty .. mereka yang bercakap lebih mengenali anwar daripada kita .. anwar dah lama dgn umno ... dan org2 umno yg terdahulu lebih mengenali anwar... darah yang mengalir dalam badan hang jebat tak sama dengan darah yang mengalir dlm badan hang tuah ... compare ibrahim ali dgn anwar .. what's the difference ??

addendum : pembinaan kuil di selangor menggunakan wang yang tidak diperuntukkan kepada mereka .. dah cukup baik kan ? so apa lagi ... jgnla mengeruhkan keadaan .. kalau nak bergaduh , xkan kita ada satu malaysia ... fikirlah wahai en shahrazie zainal .. jangan kerana nyamuk ,kelambu dibakar ...

 

p/s ajie ... do u know the poilitical preferences of people who go to nightclubs? do u think they're umno people? i knew a few who aren't .. haha

 

D: adoi... kena argue pasal Anwar lagi ke? what if Anwar is not the factor? take Anwar out of the equation. let's say Anwar is dead. will that solve our problems? when you say that Melayu dah lama tolerate, dah lama bersabar... on what issue? hak hak melayu dah ada dalam constitution, nobody can deny that. Agama Islam agama rasmi, perdana mentri mesti melayu, bahasa melayu bahasa kebangsaan. nobody in PR is trying to change this. kalau ada, show me kat mana kau jumpa.

the way i see it, UBN politics focuses on how different we are from each other, while PR politics try to achieve the same goal despite having differences.

anyway, i'm not trying to get you to change your political party ke or anything like that. i'm merely stating that you don't have to restrict your perspective only towards your own bias. open up, it doesn't cost you a thing to know the other side of the story. then maybe you will be more thoughtful when you criticize every single thing that PR-side is doing.

 

H: Hmmm,if u read my status,in the first place,i didn't say that i wanted to be bias or say who's right or wrong..whoever wants to agree,can agree..like my chinese friend said today..u can't change a person's political beleif if the strongly beleif..but my intention is good..to achieve unity..maybe pr too..but we have different approaches,n we have different other aims as well..apapun,i don't think u can find a common ground if ur ideologies are bagai langit dgn bumi..even my chinese colleague says so.

 

D: i guess this is the end of this episode. thanks for being civil enough, and i hope you wouldn't mind this conversation being on my blog. don't worry. no names.

 

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My conclusion: UMNO is the protector of Islam, Anwar Ibrahim is the devil incarnate who is responsible for every ills in the country, the non-Malays seems to have a hidden agenda to takeover 'Tanah Melayu' from the Malays, and the Malays have tolerated the non-Malays for so long (on what, I'm not sure... ), so the economy can go bankrupt as long as Malay rights are protected (Malay rights are not protected enough?). Sighs... really, 1Malaysia at its best?