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I’ll be off to my Spring break today. I’ll be spending 6 days in Luxembourg , Brussels and Amsterdam . I’ll see you again hopefully on Sunday! Adios.

Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir on the 12 th of March sent a letter to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pleading him to resign as the President of UMNO and consequently the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The same letter was also carbon copied to the UMNO Deputy President, UMNO Secretary General and UMNO Vice Presidents. The content of the letter can be looked up here . Finally, there is someone inside UMNO who is willing to voice out their opinion. I am not supporting nor not supporting Mukhriz but I am keen to see more freedom of speech within UMNO. Whatever Pak Lah’s decision is, with regards to the letter, I think, the reason Mukhriz is so bold (I don’t want to use the word brave) is because he obviously thinks that he has nothing to lose. First of all, the worst thing that could happen to him is he will lose his UMNO Youth EXCO position. UMNO leadership will not sack him from the party because that would ultimately expel him from Barisan Nasional. If that happens, BN would lose one se...

Kuala Lumpur Composite Index fell 123 points to 1173 points yesterday after the humiliating defeat of the ruling coalition. To be honest, anyone should have expected this after such election results. Investors are concerned about the investing climate in Malaysia , particularly in the opposition-led state. They are also concern about the future of the planned economic corridor after the ruling coalition lost two-third of its majority in the parliament. While the drop in the market is pretty normal given the circumstances, I hope that the federal and state governments (especially the opposition-led ones) should issue a statement saying that investment climate will not change too much. The federal governments should also say that they will continue to work with the opposition-led governments for the betterment of the country and vice versa. And as far as I know only the designated Menteri Besar of Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim had issued such statement. To all politician...

I have never seen so many ass kissers shown on national television during prime time. But I guess there is always first time for everything. No, I am not talking about people from certain organizations, I am talking about actual ass kissers – people who kiss other one person’s ass to make a living. It is terrible, how could they show such act during prime time where kids are supposedly watching? I thought during prime time, only decent shows are allowed to be shown on television. Maybe I was wrong. I really cannot blame those ass kissers, because like I said earlier, they are just trying to survive in this world. I mean, they themselves get their asses kissed by other people. So it is really like I-kiss-your-ass-you-kiss-mine world, which usually can only be seen in fetish porn movies. But time change and so do people, and maybe because of that, these scenes are now allowed to be shown on national television. Anyway, I had to walk through hailstorm today and I can tell you that...

I don’t know whether I am surprised or not following the 12th General Election results yesterday. I expected that the ruling coalition would lose a lot more than they did in the last election. But to lose three states altogether is something that I never thought would happen. I also did not expect that Barisan Nasional would lose its two-third majority in the parliament (at the time of writing Barisan have won only 134 seats). Whatever the results are, I think it is quite clear as to what the Rakyat wants from their leaders. And I think any decent leader would simply resign after such humiliating defeat. To the Barisan Nasional, now would be a good time to ponder upon the messages that the Rakyat was trying to deliver when they voted on Sunday morning. To the opposition, now would be a good time for them to prove to Rakyat that they can be a better government than Barisan Nasional was. Actually, I am beginning to see a better future, in terms of the voters are no longer afr...

In just less than 48 hours, Malaysians will go out of their houses to vote for their favourite candidates. And by midnight on the 8 th of March, the country would have a brand new government to carry out the economic development for the next five years. There is nothing I can do but to stay in front of my laptop on the 8 th to watch the election results online at TV3 website. Today, I came across one news report about the oldest candidate in this 12 th General Election – Ms. Maimun Yusuf. Apparently, now she has her own blog maimunbintiyusuf.blogspot.com and her own Facebook profile. I am very impressed that at 89 years old, she can still have all that. Of course, she did not do it by herself, there are two young businessmen behind her in making all these reality. I have not added her as my friend, and I don’t think I will but if you want to do so, go ahead. I wish her all the best – she would have a tough time considering she is facing two politicians that are obviously very ...

Beginning yesterday until the 10 th of March, Malaysiakini.com is making all the contents of the website freely available to the public. It is to allow Malaysian voters to have more access to alternative sources of news during this election period. I personally applaud this move as it will indeed give people more choices as to what they want to see, hear and read. Lately, I always watch Buletin Utama every night and I could not help but notice that there are a lot of people who are complaining about TV3 being biased towards the ruling party in their news report. To be fair, the people do not have to watch TV3 if they do not like it. There is no point of calling names and insulting the management of the TV station for running their business. I might have a weird believe but I actually believe that TV3 is just like any business will run their business in a way that will ensure profitability of the company. And if they think that by being biased, they will remain profitable, they hav...

In about 5 days, 10.9 million Malaysians will cast their votes on the next government. And there are sayings like, if we could just give the opposition the chance to become government, maybe we could finally see whether they can be a good government or not. I honestly don’t think so. I mean, choosing a government is not like buying a new shirt where if you don’t like them, you could just throw it away of return it to the store. Choosing a government is much like buying a car or buying a house to live in. I personally don’t mind voting for the opposition but only after they have proven that when and if they become government, they would be an effective government. For example, take one of the opposition party’s manifestos regarding bringing welfare state if they manage to become government. I am all for welfare state because I personally believe that education and healthcare should be free. I believe that there should be an income support scheme for poor people. But, to execute all ...