Another reason why you should register as a voter

Right. Nuff said. Have you seen The People's Parliament initiative? No?
Please go there now. Why? you might ask. You see, this side show which has been showing for a week or so now, has really got into me.
I never used to bother, as I seriously thought we have a reliable and credible election commission. Screenshots has given me the heads up.
Apparently no! (as to the reliable and credible thingy). Check out this screenshot.
040905745370 / 3679578 is the problem. You see, this IC was used to register one, LIM GHO, purportedly a woman. If you are familiar with Malaysian Identity Card numbers, the first 6 digits denotes the birthday, 04 year 09 month and 05 date, 74 is for state codes, and the last four , 5370 is some numbers assigned to you for god knows why. Oh...ending number, even, as is this case 0 means she is female.
But check this out, was she born in 1904 or 2004? 2004 would mean she is ineligible to vote, but 1904, given all the ginseng and birdnest, possibly she may be eligible! Hah...heres the trick question. Notice her old IC number? 3679578? My mum is in her mid 70's, and her old IC was 3306788! which makes 3679578 even younger than my mum!
So 1904? I DON'T THINK SO!
WTF, so to make sure that these supposedly eligible voters are not counted, please, I urge you to give yourself a chance, by registering, and then, seriously consider who you will like to vote for, by judging the potential candidate and his values, and ultimately, one that you would like to support!

Champions! Sure or not?

As defined by dic.die.net

Champions: adj: clearly superior or having the attributes of a winner.
(As in 2005, one particular football team came back from being 3-0 down to win the European Champions League!)

So are they? What do you think? It seems to me that every day, we are being told that we do
have pedigrees in our stable. Rocky's take on it here.
Nicol David - now she is a true world champion. If you recall, she went through a change of coaching staff and technique when she was a junior champ. She took a little dip at first before boucing back, and now there seems to be no stopping her.

All I know is that champions don't lose RM2 billion. Not if you were monopolising the business some years ago. Champions don't go round terminating their employees, or giving Volunteer Separation schemes to their most valuable assets! Champions don't choose to flout the Labour law!(by virtue of having a bad record with the Industrial Relations Department!)

Hey, but I am not the judge. So why don't you be the judge. Champions indeed. . .

Does this blog seriously make you think?

it originated here.

Its nice, really. When someone tells you that what you have just did made them think. Some people need prizes and cash for them to feel good that they have been awarded something.
Me? I am honoured ,that someone with such experience in the field of journalism, and (though not complimentary) one of the two bloggers that are the first to be sued in Malaysia, seems to think that this blog make him think. Thanks Rocky.

I have been thinking too, since that day, I was given a court order to NOT blog. It took me w hile to make the decision to change my blog name, and to rely on the Industrial Court for justice in Audra's dismissal case. Zorro, wrote that letter. There were so many people who emailed and gave their support. That to me is the best thing that anyone who might be in the same predicament, can ask for. Rocky, summed it best when he inaugurated the the first All-Blogs meeting.

But probably the more difficult task is to find 5 bloggers that would like to accept this award.
Yup. Those 5 better not have received this before! So I will try, and find these 5 others.
1.Frostee . You make me think why there are others like us who rather not fly!
2.Life is beautiful. You make me think that life is indeed beautiful despite our challenges.
3.Bitter Sweet. You make me think that there is hope for mankind that people who have been through the mill can yet bring hope to others.
4.MIS. You make me think that there might never be a day when we can really truly be Malaysians in a secular Malaysia
5.boleh. You make me think that there are many others who share the same goal.

There are rules to this award to. So to the 5 please do not forget them.

And to those of your reading my blog for the first time, please if you can, try to do your part in the people's parliament. Harris made me think really hard.

And what do you think of this? Especially if you are from Bangsar

The flavour of the day...not so long ago, it was Bangsar on weekends. Its the 'In' thing to do, sit around in one of those swanky places along Telawi, sipping coffee, or other fancy drinks.
Off course the view is complimentary. Fancy cars, long slender legs, you do know what I mean.

The development of the Seafood Restaurant, and those other fancy diners? You will recall that there were vehement protest by the resident associations from Bangsar and Lucky Gardens.
And the response from the MP? OK, the residents have spoken, she will sent the protest letters to City Hall. And, wallah! The building was approved!

Right, now look at this and tell me if this is the view you will want to see if you stay in Bangsar.



These pictures were taken while driving along Jln Ara. If you could click and enlarge these photos, you will notice that those black spots are actually Crows (Raven, to some)
Generally referred to as common pest, it is not a bird of choice for bird lovers!
I counted 113 crows in the photo below! Ain't that nice.
So if you are a constituent in this Parliamentary seat, won't you want to bring this up to your MP? Yes? No?
Or just maybe, I have missed the big picture, and that the MP was doing all these in her quest to have Hollywood shoot the next Stephen King movie here!

So whose Monkey is this?

IJOK - so it was not so long ago (probably 2 weeks ago?) that Machap was retained by the ruling coalition , Barisan Nasional. Reduced majority, which means that the opposition is gaining support.
Now its Ijok, situated in the most developed state of Selangor, the seat will be contested by Barisan Nasional, which fielded an MIC candidate, and Parti KeAdilan Rakyat, fielding a former corporate big wig. It was drizzling when both the candidates and supporters made their way to the nomination centre. I was not there, but on watching the news last night on TV3, I almost puked when I saw the footage, and BN Officials, one of them known for his racist remarks, and Kris waving antics, stood by accusing the opposition supporters of having street mentality looking for trouble. Right! And I should believe him, when he made statements that blood will spill while waving the kris!
My eyes did not play tricks on me that there were bottles thrown by both sides....fortunately we do not sell soft drinks in glass bottles anymore. It did not help either side that both parties did not restraint their supporters.

Again, I was not there, and therefor, cannot give eyewitness accounts. But I got this pix from this link (photos of IJOK) . So who's the monkey?

May I suggest you contest for Parliament?

Well something like that, it seems that somewhere between the last General Election and now in Malaysia, our Members of Parliament has lost their plot.
It no longer matters that Malaysia has slided down the Transparency list as far as corruption is concerned. It no longer matters that our standard of higher education is in the rut, It matters no more that crime is rising, and it certainly does not matter, as far as these Noblemen and women are concerned, that their fellow Malaysians of the Female gender are openly discriminated against. CEDAW? Whats that?

In steps Harris Ibrahim, 'truth of the matter - http://www.accin-badailies.org/' has now upped the ante. How and where? The People's Parliament.
Don't you think its time you did your part too?
Do drop in and see if this is the road you wish our parliament to take.
For that matter, all of us. The road to Perdition is nigh!
Time to take a U Turn!

Who will see this?

So, who will see this? Passing the section 16 roundabout in Shah Alam, I noticed a group of people with safety vest by the road side holding placards. I did a double take, and stopped so that I could get more information about this picket. I was told by the man in the foreground that he was a prt of a group of people, representing the Union of JTI employees (JT International).
Who are they? They , JTI, are the third largest tobacco manufacturers in the world, responsible for brands like Salem, Winston, Camel and Mild Seven.
It seems that the management of this company has been dragging their feet somewhat on the collective agreement with the union. It was some 16 months overdue. Some companies choose to stop their Female employees from having more than 2 children, this company chooses to take their time in renewing their CA.
So what can the union do? Resort to picketing during their time off work! This pictures were taken after 5.30pm on a weekday. The point is, we can be regally screwed by our employers, and all we can do is this. We are not allowed to blog about it. We are not allowed to even hold placards. And my reason for saying so? Check out the next picture
The same location a few days later, this time during lunch. Sorry about the quality of this picture. I had to use my mobile phone, as the camera was in the boot of the car, and no way, was I going to get it out of the trunk without stopping in front of the cops!
I am not totally sure why this time round the cops were there, but I can safely say, it is not because the Union members needed protection from their employers...

Act of God? Have you seen this?

Poor design and shoddy work blamed

PUTRAJAYA: Poor design, shoddy workmanship, and bad supervision and maintenance are to blame for the burst pipe incident at the Immigration headquarters, said Putrajaya Public Works Department director Abdul Rahim Ahmad. It was real quick to determine that it was poor design and shoddy work that caused this mishap. Lets see, it took no more than 12 hours to make this statement, which means they already know of the problems, which leads one to ask, were they waiting for the second chance to cough out more money?Hmmmm go figure.

Damage assessment: Wahid (left) and Abdul Rahim (right) inspecting the damage to the ceiling on the fifth floor of the Immigration Department in Putra Jaya on Wednesday.

An upset Abdul Rahim said the main pipes on the seventh floor were not joined properly and the water pressure caused them to dislodge. Due to poor waterproofing, the water seeped through to the floors below. He said it, "not joined properly...."

“The joint between the pipes was not good. This is an embarrassment to the Government. This was a problem waiting to happen.

“The contractor has to repair this mess. As far as the effect on the public is concerned, this is the worst incident,” he said after inspecting the burst pipe with Immigration director-general Datuk Wahid Don yesterday.

Abdul Rahim added that the two-year warranty period for the building by the developer Putrajaya Holdings would end on May 2.

“I have seen similar shoddy workmanship at several other buildings in Putrajaya,” he said.

PJH senior manager Najmuddin Mat Daud said the developer was carrying out a probe and would have a report ready in 24 hours.

“Preliminary investigations, however, show that the pipes did not burst at the joint. It could have been manufacturing defect,” he said. Hear ye, hear ye, coming from the Property Managers, the pipes did not burst at the joint. So who is right? To make presumptions in these matters simply speaks volumes about those responsible. Manufacturing defect, is quickly added to this statement. Now I am keen to know who are the suppliers, having little exposure to these kind of pipes, I do know for a fact that they are graded, so to have a 'manufacturing defect' just at one site alone, is simply not logical. We should now be seing similar problems if it is the pipe that is to blame. So lets hold our breath for now and wait for the next statement. Act of god?

Najmuddin added that if the water supply had been closed after the incident, the damage would not have been as extensive. Perhaps this is a reason why we have been told to collect rainwater?

*Above article taken from the Star.com.my 12th April 2007.

Embedded in red, are Authors comment.

Can You see this too?

Machap.
No, not Matcha.....Machap. So if you know what happened to the Late Dr Poh Ah Thiam (God Rest his soul) then you would also know about tomorrow's poll.

" The voter demography – 39.3% Malays, 45.9% Chinese and 14% Indians – resembles an urban area where the Chinese population is slightly more than the number of other races. "

So, which brings me to this.

"Chinese families given Felda land"

MALACCA: Fifty Chinese families were given land titles in Felda Tun Ghafar Machap and with the Malay settlers they would form a “Barisan Nasional kampung.”

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Monday that the size of the land given were similar to those given to 102 Malay settlers a few days ago. Each recipient was allotted a land size of 700sq metres with a premium of RM12,500 and a leasehold of 99 years.

Najib said the Federal Government had approved RM3.7mil for Felda Tun Ghafar Hutan Percha in Machap to upgrade water pipes and build a multipurpose hall.

(If you are reading this, click on the hyperlinked FELDA (for those who are still not sure, in blue!) and you will get the 'latar belakang' or background of the Felda scheme.
Which brings me to the next argument. 700 Sq Metres, sure sounds a lot. Which equates to 7535 sq ft, and this is going to help those 50 chinese families do squat! Seriously, what can you plant on 7535 sq ft of land? Anyone? I know you can plant Marijuana, and it sure gives you a lot of returns but it is illegal, so what other crops on 7535 sq ft land can help one family?
Can you see this?

All prints in italic are from the Star, 11th April 2007. www.thestar.com.my

CAN YOU SEE THIS?

VW chief yet to turn up for Proton partnership talks

By JANE RITIKOS

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he could not be “waiting forever” for the Volkswagen chairman to meet him to discuss the possible partnership with Proton.

He said he was informed that the Volkswagen chairman had wanted to meet him here, so he waited for a while to meet him.

“I have not seen him yet,” he said. “I don’t think I can wait too long.”

The Prime Minister, however, declined to say how long he was willing to wait for the Volkswagen chief. “I will not tell you when, you just wait.”

OK , its like this. I am trying to sell you, my perspective buyer, a company, one which forms part of my National Car Maker Policy, and you while assessing the potential of it, decided to take more time. Me, what do I do? Well if you cannot make up your mind soon enough, and said that you want to see me, and have not seen me yet (it was a week since you said you wanted to see me...), then I am not waiting for you anymore! .....did I sum this up right?

Abdullah recently said the Government was considering allowing the German carmaker gain a controlling stake in the national carmaker.

A March 31 deadline by the Government to decide on a strategic partner for Proton was not met.

On the proposal to get bloggers in the country to register with the authorities, Abdullah said this needed careful study to ensure such a ruling could be implemented.

He said the registration of bloggers was not a policy at the moment.

Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor recently said in Parliament that bloggers using locally hosted websites might be asked to register as one way to prevent the spread of negative or malicious content on the Internet.

Abdullah also said that he was aware that many people were unhappy with the activities of bloggers who spread “fairy tales”. Fairy tales...la la la laaaaaaaa la....was it a fairy tale when a certain Minister said that 8000 out of 10000 bloggers are liars, and jobless? Was it a fairy tale that some people are out of a job? (for different reasons??) Was it a fairy tale that a certain government leased, and not 'buy' any aircraft? Hmmmm, maybe someones been sleeping too much.....

On whether there would be a new law to govern bloggers, he said that there were already laws in existence to deal with the spread of false information.

On another matter, Abdullah said the Government was waiting for feedback from Saudi Arabia on the difficulties faced by Malaysians in obtaining visas to perform their umrah. OK, its more important that some are not getting their visas for umrah, rather than some not getting their passports renewed overseas! IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE NOT GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF URGENT RESPONSES FROM THEIR OWN EMBASSIES ABROAD!!! GET IT?? VISAS OR PASSPORT = SAMA SAHAJA!

A daily had reported that the Saudi move to tighten visa requirements had affected more than 1,000 Malaysians.

On the Japan Times report that implicated Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud in a scandal allegedly involving RM32mil in kickbacks paid by Japanese shipping companies for timber from Sarawak, Abdullah said he was not aware of such a matter.

Wah...tak dapat brief dari Press Sec ke? I read it....you may have read it too...but he hasn't. Did he read about the.........btcha he did not!

*The above is an article by Jane Ritikos published in the Star, 10th April 2007.

embedded in Red is the Authors comment.

B.U.M 2007

B.U.M 2007....19th May 2007....RSVP by 1st May 2007.
An event to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.

Note these dates, if you are a blogger.
Jobless or liars most welcomed.

Open Discrimination By MAS.........RIP

Well. Its finally here. Some weeks ago after being summoned to the Kuala Lumpur Industrial Court no 19 by Malaysia Airlines, and being accused of Subjudice, this weblog shall cease to exist as the title suggest.
Beginning today, 'Can You See It?' begins a new chapter. National Alliance of Bloggers was formed last week, and along with that, a pro-tem committee was set up, to which this writer was appointed as treasurer.
As instructed by the KLIC, the writer shall remove all contents posted in this blog, which is deemed subjudice to the case in question.
This is by no means that I agree with the action, but simply, to not do it, will mean that I will be spending time in a 3 x 3 cell, to which, though I am prepared to do so, but it shall be too much of a risk, now that I am fighting to feed, yes, FEED the mouths that I am responsible for.

But do drop me a line, a personal one, to muststopthis@gmail.com or alliedmartster@gmail.com, and I will gladly give you the chronology of events. Excuse me, Mr Legal Advisor, is this subjudice too?

NAB, MAL in NPC, KL, BU Unite!

Rocky chairing the meeting of Bloggers in NPC
Jobless Liars? Susan with her band of sista bloggers

It started out earlier in the week when I received an SMS from Rocky informing me of a planned meeting on the 5th@5.30pm in the National Press Club. I had long wondered when we will put this into action seeing that the bond of bloggers were so evident, and growing ever so fast, thanks to the party of 3 and one big company!
Arriving at 6 was probably not a smart thing to do, cos, parking was ever so limited, and the traffic was as crazy as ever!
Rocky provided the basis of the meeting (probably best summed up by 3540 Jln Sudin)
and a host of who's who in the Malaysian Blogosphere provided their view points.
One thing for sure is NAB (National Alliance of Bloggers is here to stay!)

The setting up of the protem committee was then the order of the day, with the nominations and appointments.

So to you bloggers who feel the urge to blog, or "Strictly comment only" blog visitors, you may now take notice that a very real, and present body exists, to give us bloggers a better united voice! and hopefully a place too, .....soon!

I will strive to provide NAB with my strengths and hopefully meet all you bloggers out there!
(FYI, for the record, I have made it known to those present in the meeting of my Financial status!! he he). It spurs me on even more to know that a number of those present last night came in from afar, yes, by road from Malacca, by air from Miri and Bangkok (hopefully they flew Air Asia), and of course those who took some time off work before returning abroad! (Balik Papan included!)

p.s Those keen to get more info on NAB may send an email to nationalallianceofbloggers@gmail.com. I will keep you in the loop for any details after our first
protem meeting.
sorry for being ill equipped. Yours truly misplaced his camera...but thanks to Mat Salo, who captured some great shots (here). See ya soon!