Budaya Buat Dulu Maaf Kemudian

I remember preparing a slide on attitude and how it is relevant with one’s mindset. The attitude will determine how exactly you approach your life i.e. the way we think will determine the way we do things. What you portray physically comes from how and what you fill in to your head. For example, if someone has written something bad about you, you can assume that he must have an ill feeling towards you. If someone is always late, you can assume that he is always late for most of the things in his life. Attitude is usually shaped by the culture surrounding them. So this triangle thing is very much related to one another – mindset, culture and attitude.

The slide that I’ve prepared shows these correlations. Further, a superior performance culture comes from the way we think, the way we view things, habit of thinking and feeling towards certain issues, moment of truth and people surrounding us. What you see as the behavior is what you are made of in term of your mindset i.e. beliefs and attitude as well as your philosophy i.e. values and principle.

P/s – I wonder whether the guru tuisyen’s mindset is a manifestation of culture that is surrounding him? Too bad then....

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Isu karikatur: Guru tuisyen mohon maaf

Sinar Harian, 1 Ogos 2012

JOHOR BAHRU  – Pusat tuisyen di daerah Ledang yang mencetuskan kontroversi kerana menggunakan karikatur dalam nota ringkas subjek Sejarah tingkatan empat menghina sahabat-sahabat Nabi Muhammad SAW tampil membuat permohonan maaf, semalam. Pengusaha pusat tuisyen, Lim Lee Yee, 26, hadir di Jabatan Pelajaran Johor di sini bersama guru terbabit, Ku Chong Yoong, 22, dan membuat permohonan maaf secara terbuka sambil disaksikan oleh Pengarah Pelajaran Negeri, Mohd Nor A Ghani. Lee Yee berkata, segala alat bantu belajar serta proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran (P&P) yang dilakukan oleh setiap tenaga pengajar di pusat tuisyen itu akan dipantau dengan lebih teliti bagi mengelak berulang kejadian sama.

“Guru berkenaan (Chong Yoong) mengajar subjek Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa Inggeris. Subjek Sejarah hanya subjek tambahan yang diajar kepada pelajar tanpa mengambil yuran,” katanya. Bagi Chong Yoong, dia sudah meminta semua pelajar memulangkan kembali nota ringkas yang diberikan bagi mengelakkan keadaan bertambah keruh. “Saya meminta maaf kepada umat Islam terhadap tindakan saya yang tidak matang. “Saya benar-benar ikhlas memohon maaf kepada semua umat Islam di Johor, Malaysia dan seluruh dunia,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Mohd Nor berkata, Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri akan memberi surat peringatan dan amaran kepada pusat tuisyen serta guru terbabit. Terdahulu, Sinar Harian melaporkan sebuah pusat tuisyen di sini mencetuskan kontroversi apabila menggunakan karikatur dalam nota ringkas subjek Sejarah tingkatan empat, yang didakwa telah menghina sahabat-sahabat Nabi Muhammad SAW.

Which One‘s Which??

Not long ago, I wrote something about Namewee’s Nasi Lemak 2.0. I wrote about his easy access to see Pak Menteri Nazriwee and how he can get away in promoting his 1Malaysia, better Malaysian for future generation so-called movie. It was a so ‘patriotic’ movie that most ‘Australian born Malaysian and somehow most migrating Malaysian in other countries’ had a long queue waiting and wanting to buy the cinema tickets. Read here. The controversial movie was eventually released in Malaysia and nothing dreadful things happen. Namewee cool, Nazriwee pleased and other Malaysian also happy. 

Recently, there was this yet-to-be-released movie entitled ‘Tanda Putera’ that sparked an issue which is quite similar with the Nasi Lemak. But this time, it was a Malaysian history movie spinning around on the tragedy of 13^th May 1969 and is directed by a Malay (a talented Shumi Baba – remember Maya’s Pontianak?). Again, the local and the ‘Australian born Malaysian and somehow most migrating Malaysian in other countries’ made fuss on the illicit and explicit contents of the movie with intention to make it fail, big time. Words were going around and mStar reported on July 19 that the movie’s release would be delayed to an unspecified date. The genuine story of the tragedy was not truly reflected, they said?? Mmm.... reflected my ass!! It will only be reflected if the story of any story is directed and casted by the ‘Australian born Malaysian and somehow most migrating Malaysian in other countries’. After all, the movie has been 30% ‘discounted’ by Dato’ Rais sampai logo 55 tahun Merdeka pun dah tersilap tampal. You won’t see the whole story pun, jangan la risau. Takkan ada pekikan-pekikan ‘Malay Si, ‘lancau’ dsbgnya cos’ most of it has been censored. Then, why want to delay the release of this movie? Kenapa la nak jaga hati sangat the ‘Australian born Malaysian and somehow most migrating Malaysian in other countries’ tu? Bak kata Leman Raja Lawak... “tak paham aku??”

Release, release, release in full as what the majority wants it (rather than concentrating in Bishop Ng Moon Hin or Dong Zong minority’s demands). No more carrot and time to ply the stick.

P/s – Dunno which one is genuine now, but yang Hana Tajima's look-a-like tu so damn cute..

 

 

Mascot Man & MADID

Aku dan Amin ke Mydin Meru semalam. Tempat baru warga Ipoh untuk ber’shopping’ dan menambahkan seri pada Ipoh yang ekonominya semakin menunjukkan tanda2 positif di bawah pemerintahan si ‘metalik’ – mengambil ayat kononnya sinikal, yang agak bodoh bagi aku, oleh Ngeh Koo Ham. Banyak barang2 kemudahan di situ dan harganya memang murah. Turun escalator di tingkat bawah, ada promosi Astro, agak meriah dengan cabutan bertuah dan mascot man. Hari minggu dan cuti umum memang beginilah aktiviti yang disukai warga Ipoh bersama keluarga masing-masing. 

Aku teringat sekitar tahun 1992, MPOC (Malaysian Palm Oil Council) mengadakan satu promosi minyak sawit di The Store, Ipoh. Entah macam mana punya arrangement, aku dapat salah satu watak jadi mascot man untuk promosi MPOC tu. Panasnya costume tu ya amat tapi disebabkan elaun RM40 ¼ hari punya kerja.. beress!! RM40 zaman-zaman tu kira kaya woo!! Siap dapat ambik barang-barang promosi lagi, susu, sabun mandi, segala bagai... Kalau Tan Sri Yusof tahu aku pernah jadi antara mascot man untuk MPOC, mahu digelakkannya aku masa meeting AAC baru-baru ni. Tan Sri Yusof adalah CEO MPOC dan merupakan ahli Academic Advisory Council kami. Beliau merupakan seorang ‘fighter’ untuk Malaysian Palm Oil industry especially when dealing with market discrimination (shielding US domestic biodiesel industry from foreign competition) by the US. Dia juga ada blog sendiri... so cool!!

Esok Amin akan ke tempat baru untuk menyambung pengajiannya. Kali ini dia akan ke Madrasah Idrisiah yang bersebelahan dengan Masjid Ubudiah di Kuala Kangsar. Mulanya kami tak berapa pasti dengan sekolah ini tetapi setelah membuat sedikit homework, fahamlah kami yang sekolah tersebut merupakan antara sekolah ugama terulung di negeri ini. Ianya diasaskan semenjak 1922 oleh almarhum Sultan Idris I Mursyidul `Adzam Shah dan Tuan Guru Sheikh Haji Nawawi bin Haji Tahir. Madrasah ini telah mengalumnikan ramai tokoh antaranya mufti Perak sendiri, Dato’ Seri Harussani. 

Aerial view MADID

P/s - semoga Amin berjaya..

 

AAC, SMART & Lynas

This year 10^th Academic Advisory Council was held on 3 July 2012 at the ‘Kayangan’ meeting room, level 86 in PETT Twin Tower. As usual it was another heck of a job starting from preparing logistic matters; drafting the presentation materials, coordinating and collecting appropriate data and finally preparing the Minutes of meeting. Nevertheless, the meeting with Tun was something that I looking forward to each and every year. If my calculation is right, this is my fourth time having a meeting with the AAC members.

The Council amongst others discussed matters related to direction, strategy and proper planning for a ‘global university’ status. It’s an avenue for exchanging ideas between academicians and industry leaders, I must say. All members turned up for the meeting except for Prof Dieter Jahn (CEO BASF).


After the meeting, we were taken to MMC-Gamuda’s SMART tunnel control room for a visit. Datuk Zaidee himself briefed us on the history, operation and processes of the smart tunnel. SMART is an acronym of storm-water management and road tunnel, is the first and ‘smartest’ flood management and at the same time efficient road tunnel in the world. It started off with Tun Mahathir bold decision and aspiration to have smart roadways that will connect KL to Putrajaya in not more than 20 minutes driving. After sometimes, I do understand why Datuk Zaidee delivers the briefing with proud.

Prior to the trip to the SMART control room, I had a small chat with Datuk Zaidee.  We talked about Lynas and how rare earth, if it is developed and industrialized in Malaysia, could reduce at least 10% of total China domination of world’s rare earth. That 10% is huge in terms of dollars and cents. I guess that’s why some people ‘politically’ do not want the industry to take off citing environmental and safety as an issue.

As usual there are few good phrases of words from the meeting that I wish to highlight: -

a) Any long term investments especially in research and development, will always have a significant impact to the people and nation although it does not contribute to an immediate Return on Investment (ROI).

b) Aspiration has got to be realistic but at the same time should also be ambitious. The dilemma in balancing both aspects is of paramount important in order to have a clearer direction in achieving desired vision.

c) Students who are globally aware are those who are encouraged to develop their own critical thinking, have a broad basis in liberal art as well as being very competent in particular areas.

d) While we continue to learn from others, we must always take matters with 'a grain of salt' i.e. to accept the fact of other’s success but always maintain a degree of skepticism about its whole truth.

e) It is expected that in five-year time, a successful institution is the one that is better able to address the so-called 3Ps (people, planet & prosperity).

P/s – Convo event will be another hectic activities right after this... 

Festival of Lights - KBP Style

Amazingly, I did not write anything for more than 1 month. Not that I’m running out of idea or simply nothing much to write, in fact there were lots of things happen during that one-month period. We had our 11th Convocation; Raischa visited Hospital again, twice in a gap of 2 months etc, etc. But then, I just don’t feel in putting up my pen to the draft pad (or in this case to the keyboard).

Anyway, this week we gonna have a mid-week cuti of Deepawali. So to my entire Hindu friend out there, happy celebrating the ‘festival of lights’. To all the happy lot of Kampung Buah Pala as well. I heard the ‘High Chapparalian’ consists of 17 Indians and 7 Malays families have returned to the site of their old village to accept keys to their new double-storey houses. Lampu kalimantang lights finally emerged from the end of the tunnel, huh? A unit of double storey house in that area might be valued in the range of 300 - 350K, thus will cost the private developer Nusmetro Ven¬tures (P) Sdn Bhd RM8 – 9 mill altogether. Guan Eng and the rest of developer can now happily develop the whole land that has a commercial value of billions. It’s a huge spot-lights coming out from the end of the tunnel for Guan Eng and co.

For the remaining 9 families that did not accept the RM125K offered by the developer, they might have lost everything.

P/s - The Chinese Opera in a thick make up with esoteric and mysterious yet hardly understandable characters…

Nasik Lomak 2.0 (aka Hadiah Hari Malaysia)

Bila anak BABI buat filem Nasik Lomak 2.0, dengan bangganya ’babi-babi gemuk’ semua ikut serta jadi pelakon tambahan…

Seronok jadi anak bukan Melayu di Tanah Melayu ni. Kutuk sini wa kutuk sana, lanciau sini dan lanciau sana, kontroversi NEGARAKUKU, kutuk wanita Islam bertudung, kutuk bunyi Azan, kutuk TNB, last-last dapat masuk Parlimen, bergelak sakan dengan Menteri Amaran, pastu boleh pulak bikin filim sendiri tayangan satu Malaysia. Cuba kalau aku yang kutuk Najib meng’mampus’kan ISA, mau aku masuk jel bawah ordinan lalu lintas ke, kalau tak pun ordinan mesin cetak ke, tak kira la asalkan aku boleh ditutupkan mulut.

Takpelah, orang Melayu memang begitu sifatnya. Layu dari batang sampailah ke hujung daun..

Was the movie “embraces and celebrates what makes us Malaysian?” What makes us Malaysian hanyalah kalau kita bercakap dengan satu bahasa, bersekolah di satu aliran yang sama, dan mula menghormati antara satu sama lain. Kalau masih seperti sekarang ini, just porgedit…

Tu sebab la aku tak pernah appreciate karya-karya filem Yasmin Ahmad (selain dari Iklan Raya PETRONAS) yang suka menonjolkan tabiat dan budaya buruk Melayu. Aku refer filem Yasmin adegan minah Melayu ikut mamat Cina main snooker, dengan sinis menolak pemuda Melayu sebab tak pandai dressing, x macho & tak pandai main snooker agaknya. Minah Melayu yang ikut masuk kelab snooker tu agak2nya bagus ke?

Huh! Buat digelak bangsa lain je..

P/s – Kalau kome tanya kenapa Alternative Views! lantang menulis dalam posting ni? Jawapnya inilah style gen i-y, belasah dulu pastu mintak maaf (itu pun kalau dah nak kena saman..)

Selamat Menyambut Hari Malaysia yang ke 48.

1+1=3

 Adakah anda sebagai ibubapa membenarkan anak anda pergi ke sekolah yang anda telah sedia maklum guru matematiknya bertegas menyatakan 1+1=3 sedangkan setelah sekian lama anda mempelajari dan secara prinsipnya anda amat yakin 1+1=2?

Kalau jawapannya ’ya’, samada tidak kedapatan lagi sekolah-sekolah lain di kawasan itu atau anda juga sudah mempercayai 1+1=3. Selain daripada dua jawapan itu saya boleh katakan yang anda BODOH!

Persoalannya apabila penganut agama Islam yang ditangkap pada serbuan yang dilakukan di Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama mengatakan beliau amat miskin dan hanya mengharapkan ehsan Gereja Katholik untuk sesuap nasi, anda masih percaya pada jawapan yang sebegitu? Atau anda rasa dia pun dan sebelas lagi penganut agama Islam yang ditangkap itu sudah percaya 1+1=3? Sudah tidak adakah lagi institusi-institusi Islam yang lain, Baitul Mal misalnya untuk menyalurkan bantuan sekiranya benar mereka miskin dan daif serta tergolong antara satu dari tujuh asnaf?

Jika dilihat daripada umur kedua-dua belas orang Islam yang ditangkap dalam serbuan itu, rata-ratanya masih berumur lingkungan 30an. Mana mungkin pekerja asing tanpa izin boleh hidup senang lenang sekiranya masih ada penduduk Malaysia berumur 30an yang masih tidak bekerja dan mengharapkan sesuap nasi dari Gereja?

Dan seperti yang saya katakan tadi, selain daripada jawapan-jawapan di atas, yang paling BODOH adalah bilamana ada segelintir umat Islam sendiri yang menjual agamanya dengan nilai yang murah. Menjual maruah kerana takut hilang vote...

P/s – Kata P Ramlee ”inilah sandiwara dunia” (di bulan Ramadhan pulak tu..)


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‘Buka puasa’ di gereja: MCA selar Jais
Berita Bernama

Presiden MCA Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek menyifatkan tindakan para pegawai penguatkuasa Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) menyerbu Pusat Methodist Damansara Utama di sini ketika satu majlis makan malam pelbagai kaum diadakan di situ, adalah tidak wajar dan memalukan. Kata beliau walaupun terdapat aduan atau wujud keadaan yang meragukan, para pegawai berkenaan sepatutnya tunggu hingga majlis pada Rabu malam itu selesai sebelum membuat pemeriksaan.

Dr Chua berkata Jais, yang terletak di bawah bidang kuasa anggota exco daripada PAS Datuk Dr Hassan Ali, perlu memberi penjelasan tentang isu itu dan memohon maaf kerana menceroboh premis gereja berkenaan serta kelemahan pihaknya mengendalikan perkara itu. “Kejadian ini menunjukkan bahawa PAS tidak liberal seperti yang didakwanya,” kata Dr Chua dalam kenyataan hari ini.

Naib presiden MCA Gan Ping Sieu pula berkata tindakan para pegawai Jais itu mencerminkan sikap pakatan pembangkang yang berfikiran sempit serta tebal dengan semangat kedaerahan.

Man With Integrity

(Bernama 02 Ogos, 2011) - Datuk Dr Rosti Saruwono mengambil keputusan meletakkan jawatan selaku Naib Canselor Uni-versiti Selangor (Unisel) dengan notis 24 jam berkuatkuasa esok. Beliau mengesahkan peletakan jawatannya menerusi khidmat pesanan ringkas sebagai membalas SMS yang dihantar oleh Bernama bagi mendapatkan pengesahan berita tindakannya itu.

"Ada keputusan yang saya tak sanggup laksanakan iaitu untuk melucutkan jawatan tiga pegawai Unisel tanpa proses sewajarnya," katanya ketika menjelaskan antara punca beliau meletakkan jawatan.

Berasal dari Klang, Selangor Rosti pernah berkhidmat sebagai Timbalan Presiden Bahagian Pendidikan Petronas dan rektor pertama Uni-versiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) sebelum dilantik sebagai Naib Canselor Unisel pada 2 Mac, 2009. Beliau menggantikan Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Razali Agus yang mengosongkan jawatan itu pada Julai 2008. Semasa baru dilantik, Rosti berkata beliau tidak akan menjadi "Pak Turut" kepada mana-mana pihak dan ingin memastikan institusi pengajian tinggi swasta milik kerajaan negeri itu tidak dijadikan medan berpolitik. Menurut sumber, Rosti telah diarahkan oleh kepimpinan Unisel untuk melucutkan jawatan tiga pegawai -- Pendaftar Rokmaa Mat, Dekan Fakulti Perniagaan Prof Dr Khalifah Othman dan Pengarah Pemasaran dan Komunikasi Korporat Halid Hasbullah.

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Kudos to Datuk Dr Rosti. Being a righteous man with full of integrity I could not agree more with his decision to quit the post with immediate effect. After all, things must be too hard for him to handle when what matter most is politics. It was sad to hear an integrity and good governance (as in the case of the Unisel management) were buried down under just to ensure political sustainability of some. I might be wrong to pre-judge the situation; there might be something amiss, but professionally you don’t act on hearsay i.e. action taken until proven guilty.

Patutla 2 - 3 hari ni cuaca panas sangat.

When I joined the institution, Datuk Rosti was no longer the Rector. He instead was made the Vice President of Education since 2005 before being appointed the Unisel's Vice-Chancellor on March 2, 2009. I never had any chance to serve him until in 2009 when he chaired the Transformation’s Steering Committee. That was also not very long due to his official retirement from PETRONAS. Nevertheless, I had once accompanied him to South Africa for a mini convocation in Cape Town. I would view him as an easy going person, chilled and easy to communicate with but at the same time very committed and meticulous in whatever he does. He love to read and always stressed that life-long education is the factor for the strength of the nation (and the company) of which I found very interesting to a man of his credible.

All I could say is Unisel might have lost a man with the utmost credibility. Innalillah..

Happy 2nd retirement Datuk, we UTPian are so proud of you!

P/s – rupanya panas lagi di Unisel..

BERSIH 2.0 aka Kotor 200.0

Aku pernah ke Metro Manila beberapa tahun lalu atas urusan pejabat. Hari pertama di sana kami diberitahu kotaraya Manila dianggap sebagai sebuah kota demonstrasi. Jangan silap sikit maka berdemolah warga-warga Manila ini. Daripada ketidakpuasan hati kepada kerajaan, demo kerana perasaan empathy kepada negara lain, demo bogel pelajar kerana kenaikan yuran pengajian dan sbgnya.

Masuk hari kedua demo betul-betul berlaku. Kali ini demo diadakan oleh pengusaha-pengusaha Jeepney sekitar Manila yang tidak berpuashati dengan peraturan baru kerajaan. Kami pada mulanya tidak dibenarkan untuk ke Univ of Santo Tomas tetapi driver MPV Royal Starex (huhu..hanya sebuah teksi di Manila) yang tersangat mahir dengan Metro Manila dan kawasan sekitarnya, kami berjaya sampai ke destinasi tanpa melalui kawasan demonstrasi.

Akibat kejadian demo yang sering terjadi di Metro Manila, kerajaan dan pendemo-pendemo khususnya pembangkang telah bersetuju setiap aktiviti demo ini dilakukan di sebuah tempat khusus, yang tidak menganggu urusan ekonomi sekitar Metro Manila. Namun begitu sambutannya tidaklah semeriah bilamana demo diadakan di kotaraya. Selepas beberapa demonstrasi, pendemo kembali semula ‘berpesta’ di kota-kota besar seperti ibunegara Manila dan pusat komersil Makati.

BERSIH 2.0

9 Julai satu lagi demo mahu diadakan di ibu kota Kuala Lumpur. Kalau BERSIH 1.0 berjaya membawa kekalahan kepada 5 negeri di Semenanjung, BERSIH 2.0 diharap dapat membawa pakatan pembangkang terus ke Putrajaya. Alasan BERSIH untuk membawa keadilan kepada sistem Pilihanraya di Malaysia jelas satu omongan kosong kerana niat sebenarnya hanyalah berasaskan politik. Itu semua orang tahu, hatta bebudak sekolah rendah pun boleh mengerti.

Impaknya terkesan. Industri pelancongan negara akan terjejas. Setahun dari sekarang akan ada yang berkata, lihat..Menteri Pelancongan Malaysia tidak reti buat kerja. Ranking Malaysia dari segi Human Rights akan merudum. Setahun lagi dari sekarang ada yang akan kata, lihat..Malaysia sama taraf dengan Libya, Syria yang mengamalkan kuku besi dan tidak pernah mengiktiraf hak-hak rakyatnya. Bila keseluruhan ekonomi merudum dan FDI tidak lagi mengalir ke Malaysia, setahun dari sekarang ada orang Manjoi yang akan kata Husni Hanadzlah patut undur dari menjadi Menteri Kewangan.

Bila Ambiga bersuara mengenai IFC (Suruhanjaya Antara Agama) semua menentang. Ambiga diam. Bila Ambiga bersuara tentang Lina Joy dan mempertikaikan hukum Syariah, semua angkat lengan. Ambiga juga terdiam. Tapi bila Ambiga twist and turn kata semua ini kononnya keadilan untuk rakyat, semua menyokong memAm-babibuta-ga. Ambiga akan hanya menjadi Ambiga kalau tidak ada orang-orang Melayu menyokong di belakang beliau. Untuk kali ini aku bersetuju dengan ulasan Ust Khazim Elias (al-hafiz) berkenaan konsep Ketuanan Melayu...

P/s – Bagi aku BERSIH 2.0 hanyalah kotor 200%

Parrot

Papa parrot, few years back said JPA’s medical oversea bound scholars are frustrated with the JPA enforcing them to immediately return to the country upon graduation, barring us from continuing training as interns (equivalent of houseman) and stops them from obtaining sufficient exposure in getting more experience.

[Scholarship is taxpayer’s money, so get your ass back and honor the agreement you signed before (with grin to ears)]

Black feathered Papa parrot’s friend says public complaints of unfairness against JPA have become an annual phenomenon. It is unsatisfactory for the government to merely cite keen competition for limited places or performance in interviews as reasons why qualified students are unsuccessful in obtaining JPA scholarships.

[The correct way to award scholarship i.e. by looking into more criteria other than Academic. You do not want geek, with saliva flowing down from end of lips left and right, to be your medical doctors]

Another black feathered Drama King parrot added “Wee was citing an example... (what if) the PSD scholarships were the only opportunities for the non-Bumiputera students to obtain government scholarships”.

[In 1995, Western Michigan has about 100 Bumis studied in that univ compared to 300 non-Bumis which most of them are self sponsored. Now with the decrease in MARA’s overseas sponsorship, the statistic will be even worst. So, what if what, Wee?]

Big time taiko parrot added the 300 top students to be granted the JPA overseas scholarships should be selected solely based on their academic results.

[Solely means all the bookworm in the world who play soccer like playing chess] 

So you tell me, after getting all the backing from so many parrots in the world, another brother parrot could not do parroting? Koo kuu koo kuu...

Nazri Aziz previously revealed  that the distribution of scholarships by the Public Service Department (JPA) for degrees overseas to non-bumiputeras students has risen to 45 percent from 10 percent beginning this year. This was stated by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz. "This breakdown means 50 percent for bumiputeras and 45 percent to non-umiputeras in comparison to only 10 percent in the past to non-bumiputeras," he said, when winding up discussions concerning Additional Supplementary Provisional Laws 2008 (2007) involving RM60 million to JPA in the Dewan Rakyat, today. Datuk Seri Nazri said, “The criterion of selection is 70 percent for academics, 10 percent for co-curriculum activities, 10 percent for family background and 10 percent for interviews."

[Ooo..gitu kesahnye ye?]

P/s - Penat melayan kerenah deme singgah sebentar di sebeneleben dengar lagu Soley Soley ditujukan khas buat "Solely" Soi Lek. English Edukesyen very de' important...Ooo' Soley..soley, soleyyyy... 

Dey Pandy?..

Yingge Porengge Pandy Kuttey? (Read “How Are You Piglet?”). I guess that why everyone, especially Mr Sec Ku Nan, feeling the heat today, as hot as the current weather climate (here). Anuvaji The Boss pun tak patut la cakap camtu kat Bos Ku Nan tu kan? Kalam yang keluar dari pemimpin dianggap sebagai hala tuju, aspirasi kepada perjuangan lebih2 lagi kalau ianya melibatkan ahli politik yang disegani. Lainlah kalau ianya datang dari pemimpin kelas kedua cam KJ. Ketua Pemuda Congostan, KJ (gambar) berkata, cercaan tersebut sangat kurang ajar dan tidak sepatutnya keluar dari mulut seorang pemimpin yang bercita-cita besar seperti Anuvaji. Hahahaha..

P/s – Gambar di atas cuma rekaan dari daya imaginasi penulis yg sonsang semata dan xde kena mengena ngan KJ (who ever he might be?)..

Bayangan..

Kabinet Sarawak, Kabinet Tanpa Orang Muda

Kenyataan Ketua Pemuda PAS Negeri Sarawak

Dewan Pemuda PAS Negeri Sarawak melalui Ketua Pemudanya Saudara Mohammad Arifiriazul mengucapkan tahniah kepada barisan kabinet Kerajaan Sarawak yang baru sahaja diisytiharkan oleh Ketua Menteri (KM), Pehin Sri Hj. Abdul Taib Mahmud pada 3hb Mei 2011 yang lepas. Kecekapan KM dalam melantik barisan menteri beliau dalam masa kurang sebulan adalah sesuatu yang amat dialu-alukan bagi memastikan kelancaran pentadbiran negeri. Pemuda PAS Sarawak juga mendoakan agar barisan kabinet negeri ini akan menjalankan tugas mereka sebagai pemimpin dengan penuh amanah dan berintegriti.

Dalam masa yang sama, Pemuda PAS Sarawak juga berpandangan bahawa pemilihan barisan kabinet baru Sarawak jelas menampakkan kelemahan BN Sarawak yang amat ketandusan pemimpin pelapis dari kalangan generasi muda Sarawak. Dalam kerancakan pembangunan negeri yang diwar-warkan sebelum ini, tentu sekali pandangan dan pendekatan golongan muda amat diperlukan dalam memastikan kejayaan semua projek pembangunan yang cuba dilaksanakan. Kerajaan negeri di bawah pimpinan KM dan BN Sarawak jelas tidak menghargai suara dan peranan penting golongan muda Sarawak dalam membangunkan negeri bertuah ini, malahan, mereka lebih selesa untuk menggunakan kemenangan ‘hebat’ mereka kali ini untuk meneruskan dominasi golongan berkepentingan agar segala penyelewengan hasil negeri dalam mandat yang lepas akan terus didiamkan dan disembunyikan. Malah, adalah tidak keterlaluan untuk kita nyatakan di sini bahawa kabinet baru Sarawak ini tidak ubah seperti kabinet boneka KM yang dianggotai oleh para menteri yang ‘loyalists’ dan ‘yes men’ kepada beliau. Ini sememangnya satu kerugian besar kepada negeri dan rakyat Sarawak seluruhnya.

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Kabinet Sarawak tanpa orang muda ye? Bagaimana rasanya bila melihat kabinet bayangan Pakatan Rakyat Sarawak dari cetusan idea DAP ini? So PAS ‘hebat’ untuk jaga portfolio Hal Ehwal Ugama saja ke? Berkongsi pulak tu dengan Ali Biju..

Chief Minister, Natural Resources and Good Governance - Wong Ho Leng

Land Development and NCR Affairs - Baru Bian

Finance - Chong Chieng Jen

Local Government - Ling Sie Kiong

Tourism, Heritage and Environment - See Chee How

Rural Development - Chiew Chiu Sing

Industrial Development - Yap Hoi Liong

Public Health - Dr Wong Hua Seh

Social Development and Woman Affairs - Violet Yong Wui Wui

Public Utilities - Wong King Wei

Infrastructure Development and Communications - Chiew Wang See

Agriculture - Ting Tze Fui

Housing and Urban Development - Fong Pau Teck

Consumer Affairs - David Wong Kee Woan

Religious Affairs and National Unity - Ali Biju and Haji Adam

Begitu juga dengan portfolio utama di negeri2 yang dikuasai oleh Pakatan Pembangkang terutamanya bila DAP mempunyai calon yang agak ramai. Teresa Kok, Ronnie Liu, Ean Yong Hian Wah contohnya memegang portfolio pelaburan, industri, kerajaan tempatan dan kilang2 (factories) sedangkan Datuk Dr Hassan hanya ditugaskan menjaga budaya Melayu dan Hal Ehwal Islam dalam negeri Selangor. Yaakop Sapari pula ditugaskan dengan portfolio pertanian manakala Iskandar Abdul Samad pulak cuma jaga setinggan (squatters).

Di Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng yang juga Ketua Menteri memegang portfolio tanah, pembangunan tanah dan keusahawanan. Prof Ramasamy dengan State Economic Planning, Education and Human Resources, Science, Technology and Innovation. YB Chow Kon Yeow Local Government and Traffic Management. Lim Hock Seng pula mewakili Public Works, Utilities and Transport, Phee Boon Poh menjaga Health and Welfare, Caring Society and Environment, Wong Hon Fai ditugaskan dengan Town and Countryside Planning, Housing. Abdul Malik Abdul Kassim hanya dapat memegang portfolio Hal Ehwal Agama, Domestic Trade dan Consumer Affairs.

Di Perak setelah tamatnya PRU-12, Dato' Ngeh dilantik menjadi Exco Kanan Negeri. Beliau juga menjaga kewangan, infra, public utilities, energy and water, dan non-Islamic affairs. Kor Ming saudaranya bertanggungjawab dengan Education, Local Government, Housing and Public Transport. YB Sungkai A. Sivanesan menjaga kesihatan, environment dan HR manakala YB Thomas Su Keong Siong dengan Higher Education, Science, Technology and Communications. Katak2 PKR Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi pula hanya ditugaskan menjaga entrepreneur development and cooperative, agriculture and trade. Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu sebagai exco pelancongan, pembangunan manusia dan NGO. YB Lubok Merbau Mohd Zainuddin Mohd Yusof pula hanya menjaga kepentingan berugama, wanita dan kebajikan.

Kabinet Bayangan PKR Sarawak pun 2X5 gak la..
 

P/s - Cuma jaga Hal Ehwal ugama saje pun YB Abdul Malik tak reti2 nak control Jeff Ooi..here

Why Sultan & King Required?

May 1st Hari Pekerja, I was in Tg Malim. At half past noon, rain poured down heavily that we’ve decided to cancel an outdoor outing that evening. Thus, this posting...

I was kinda called to answer a question in fb few days back with regards to the importance of having Sultan & King in Malaysia. The question is a bit provocative, less aggressive in a sense but since it was posted as a wall in fb, which requires argument, I replied. Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara is one of Rukun Negara or National Decree which was created by MAGERAN right after the 13th May tragedy. It shaped the ideology of being loyal to the Sultan; a leader who is believed will lead to peace and harmony to the country. Rukun Negara was taught from the very beginning, as far as I remember, since my early kindergarten days. So when my fb friend claimed that he was never been taught of all these, well I guess macam crite Seniman Bujang Lapok, his teacher died after only teaches the words alif, be, te and se…

I reminded my fb friend of the book that we’ve read in the State “Government by the People – basic version”, might be irrelevant in the context of Malaysian political climate, simply because the foundation in establishing this country is so much different from the US. I jokingly added that our English teacher Dr Alice Frantz not even knows what Rukun Negara is all about. This also reminded me of the benchmarking exercise that we’ve conducted during the Transformation Studies back in 2009. A Professor in Stanford once says, ideally lots of institutions wish to be like Stanford due to its standard not only in teaching and learning, but also their achievements in research and commercialization. But Stanford took more than 100 years to reach the place that they are enjoying now. It was not a sudden, magical flip - over the night development and attainment. There were steps need to be taken, hill need to be climbed before one could reach the top. The Professor added, in stepping, climbing or even running, institution must ensure people are moving together, simply because all initiative are based on teamwork and solidarity. We understand from the benchmarking exercise that the methodology in doing things right is more importance than just follow what you see or what you hear.

The post did not stop there. Another friend of friend cynically added up saying the Sultan and King is required because they need to utilize people tax money. Well, I know one place in Congo that does not need Sultan and their people need not paying any tax. The shaman, who led the tribe, only wears selampit or cawat besi. Thus, no money required except for daun-daun kering and besi2 buruk. Ha ha ha… And I happen to have their contact no. should somebody need to migrate to that ‘no tax paying’ country.

In view of the above, I would also like to quote two hadiths via an article written by Tuan Guru Haji Hadi in Haraqah issue May 2011: -

Allah berfirman yang antara lain bermaksud “Kerana tanggungan engkau (Muhammad SAW) hanyalah menyampaikan hokum-hukum yang Kami turunkan kepadamu; dan urusan Kami menghitungkan dan membalaskan amal mereka” (Surah al-Ra’d: 40);

Dan seterusnya Allah berfirman dengan maksud “Janganlah engkau (Muhammad SAW) mencerca benda-benda yang mereka sembah selain Allah, kerana mereka kelak akan mencerca Allah secara melampaui batas dengan ketiadaan ilmu pengetahuan” (Surah Al-An’am: 108)

P/s – Kesopanan & Kesusilaan should also be instilled especially when expressing your message to others. People say illness came from whatever you put in your mouth, but stupidity always comes from mouth that does not have any insurance ;-) ….

Raja Pusing Keliling

This is the case of people using Statutory Declaration (SD) as if it has no implicate value to the law. People like Raja Petra (RPK) should clearly should not be given a space, what more a platform to talk. I wonder whether this will be a comeback for RPK i.e. coming back home after no longer being financed by the Opposition. Its either he is too stupid to declare Rosmah’s existence during the crime scene (read "I no longer accept the story. I think it's quite impossible. It can't be that the prime minister's wife would want to go to such place; it's a jungle. I'm imagining, climbing up the hill, going into the jungle at night, at 12 midnight, I think it's quite impossible,") or there were so many stupid cow head Malaysian out there that follows his No Hold Barred factory of liar. Can’t he figure out in the first place before putting up a SD? So now when you hear people gossiping about Haji Hadi and Najib berpelukan-pelukan, you can put up SD saying they are gay?

When a gasing being smacked by another gasing it will keep spinning but to the other direction. Ladies and gentlemen, that is RPK showing his true colors. Full of bullshit. You RPK are so irrelevant, no more than a pighead liar. Pigi mati daa…

 

Or, is this RPK's pension scheme altogether? mmm...?

P/s - I however, feels that all the above should not stop us from investigating the motives of Altantuya's murder. Wonder why it is still ignored?

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Raja Petra Revealed his SD

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 14 - Malaysia Today founder and editor, Raja Petra Kamaruddin, has revealed that his statutory declaration (SD) linking Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak with the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu was made based on the information and demands by several individuals aimed at preventing Najib from becoming Prime Minister. He said he had never accused the prime minister or his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor of being involved in the murder of the Mongolian woman and that he no longer believed the story of these individuals. 

He added that these individuals were connected to several politicians including Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and that they had put pressure on him to do what he did to prevent Najib from taking over from Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who was relinquishing the post.

"I no longer accept the story. I think it's quite impossible. It can't be that the prime minister's wife would want to go to such place; it's a jungle. I'm imagining, climbing up the hill, going into the jungle at night, at 12 midnight, I think it's quite impossible," he said in an exclusive interview with TV3 Group Editor Datuk Ashraf Abdullah in Perth, Australia, recently. The interview was aired through TV3's primetime news, Buletin Utama, Wednesday night. Raja Petra said in the SD he made on June 18, 2008, he had stated that he received information from several individuals claiming that Rosmah was at the scene where Altantuya was murdered.

"In my SD, I said that these people had told (me) and for these people to come forward and tell their stories, and for the authority to investigate and call these people. "That is what I've written in the SD. I've never raised any accusation. I didn't say I knew that the prime minister's wife was at the scene at that time," he said. He said: "I did not say. I did not make such accusation. All I said was that there were people telling stories but it's up to the authorities to investigate the matter further, and for these people to come forward. "And I've mentioned the names of these people. I mentioned their names during the police investigation," he said, identifying the individuals as Nik Azmi Nik Daud, John Pang and blogger Din Merican. He said a military intelligence officer known as Colonel Azmi Zainal Abidin had also given similar information.

Tulen Bang...

Ada dua perkara yang boleh membuatkan tahap ketinggian BP (atau radiasi Fukushima) aku menurun. Pertamanya bilamana aku mengadap benda2 yang menyejukkan hati, quran, muka anak-anak aku, gambar arwah mak dsbgnya, atau yang keduanya teringatkan kisah2 lama. After a while baru aku faham, yang ada pada aku hanyalah cerita2 lama untuk membuatkan aku senyum semula menghadapi hari esok.

Ayat-ayat di atas takde kene mengena dengan tajuk..huhu.

Ada beberapa isu berkenaan tulen berlaku 2-3 hari ni. Pertamanya kisah telur plasu (fake egg) yang dijumpai di Pulau Pinang. Walaupun Menteri Kesihatan baru-baru ini mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa telur yang disangka palsu itu mempunyai tahap protein yang sama dengan telur yang keluar dari ayam, wife aku dah tak berani lagi beli telur daripada groceries store. Kalau yang dari Jusco, Tesco buleh katanya. Telur palsu itu diperbuat daripada pelbagai bahan termasuk kalsium karbonat, kalsium klorida, gelatin dan beberapa campuran bahan kimia. Asalnya daripada China (teringat kes susu Melamine yang mengakibatkan lebih 53 ribu kanak-kanak China merana) dan telur palsu ini pembikinannya hanya memerlukan 0.55 Yuan sekilogram berbanding 5.6 Yuan/kg bagi telur asli.

Aku rasa yang berani buat benda bukan2 ni semuanya takde telor…

Ada satu lagi kes palsu dan tulen ni. Yang ini pulak memerlukan imaginasi dan ’kesungguhan’ yang tinggi untuk kita menilai ketulenannya. Dah lama tak tengok cite berwarna ni tapi untuk yang ini aku usahakan jugak. Dapatlah yang 1.47 saat punya tapi takpelah sebab bukan itu tujuan aku sebenarnya pun. Aku cuma nak memastikan keauthentication pelakunya. Setelah belek punya belek, in summary, kalau pun ada pelakon yang serupa, pelakon tu memanglah hebat sebab gaya, rupa cara senyum memang macam yang empunya diri. Tapi aku percaya innocent only until proven guilty. Lagipun memang banyak yang palsu di Malaysia ni.

P/s- Aku teringat cerita komedi 80an lakonan Salih Yaakob, Mr Os sama Ziela Jalil dengan tagline popularnya ”...Tulen bang....” huhu