2012

Maybe this is a bit premature, but I’m calling it a year already. Eventhough we have a few hours left of the year, but I think it’s done for me. 2012 meant a lot to me (as with almost every other year for that matter). It taught me a lot about growing up, becoming a man. Being myself, my true self. Teaching me to become more independent with myself, something that was, well, a bit missing from my life all these while. Frankly speaking, I learned a lot from this year, but I don’t really know how to put it all in the written language. If you ask me this question personally, maybe I can answer it, somehow, but, really, I learned a lot this year, especially on being a better family man. Especially because I live a few hundred kilometres from my family these days. It made me cherish my family more than when I was back home. It made me more in love with my better half. I don’t know about her, but this distance, really makes me love her more than before I entered university. It’s been a thrill ride, to be honest. I’ve experienced plenty of things this year. Some of them, memorable, while others, a bit harder to swallow. Overall, it was a positive year for me (I hope it was for all of you too). Another great year, another blogpost to end it all. To end this year, I would like to wish everyone, a happy ending to your year, hope it was great for everyone, hope it brought you plenty to cheer about, and less to forget about. Happy new year everyone. May the coming year be as or better than the year that is passing us by. Cheers !

Ong Kim Swee Anyone ?

Football is currently on the rise in Malaysia. Everyone is into Malaysian football nowadays. Compare today to the days when Malaysian football was at its lowest. Nobody supported them. At the Asian Nations Cup in 2007, where Malaysia co-hosted with Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, that was, arguably, the point where Malaysian football was at its lowest ebb. A 5-0 drubbing by China, was followed by a 5-1 master class by Uzbekistan, before the campaign ended with a 2-0 loss at the hands of a weakened Iran  team. At that time, to wear a Malaysian jersey anywhere was considered stupid and crazy. I know I was called one, back then. Nowadays everyone wears them everywhere. Everyone is an expert in Malaysian football, regardless if they don’t even know the players name, or where they ply their trade. Anyone who criticises the team is considered as ungrateful, shameful and unpatriotic.

I don’t consider myself a football commentator or a pundit. I’m just an enthusiast. I just love football for what it is. The unifying power that it has upon its players and audience. the beauty of the game itself, and how it captures the imagination of, literally billions of people worldwide. There’s almost nothing that’s quite like it.

Hence, in my role as a football enthusiast, I always makes time to watch any type of football, whenever I have the time. Don’t be surprised if I tell you that I’ve watch a few English lower leagues football. Currently I have a particular fondness towards Accrington and Fleetwood. In this capacity also, I always try to make time to watch some Malaysia Super League (MSL) fixtures or even some Premier League (MPL) games. So, I am familiar with a lot of the faces in the national team. I don’t want to brag about this but,  in doing so, I am at least around 80% more familiar with the national team than almost every other people.

The thing is, everytime I criticise the national team, it’s blasphemy. It’s stupid. It’s unpatriotic. For me, this is stupid. Everyone’s opinion, is, well, their opinion, and we have to respect that. If we don’t agree with a statement, fight it using facts, don’t just judge people like how you judge a book by its cover. That’s nonsense. And for the last year, or so, I think my critique has been somewhat proven to be true in some sense.

Firstly, I think it’s time that we part ways with Rajagopal. We can see clearly through a lot of his past selections, he tends to choose the same players, that, frankly speaking is not good enough for the international stage. Sincerely speaking, the guy has lost it. He has lost the prowess that won us the Suzuki Cup a few years back. Evertime we get any unfavourable results, he would always blame it on something, and always asking for time. Time and time again. It’s always the referees fault, or maybe it’s the linesman fault, or maybe it’s the fans that are too quite. Or even because the fact that he just needs another three years. What Rajagopal ? What more do you need ? Four years ago, you said you needed three years to mould the country into genuine Asian contenders. Well, lets assess the situation since that four year period. We’ve knocked out (not to mention humiliatingly against Singapore) in the World Cup qualifying second round. We are nowhere near in reaching the Asian Cup in 2015. And we are currently struggling in the Suzuki Cup. We drew against small footballing nations, the most humiliating of which was against Bangladesh. Bangla-fucking-desh! If that draw came against Vietnam or Lesotho or for fuck sakes Taiwan, it would’ve not sounded too bad, but Bangla-fucking fuck-desh ?!?! Come on! For me, it’s time that we fire him, and appoint someone better to replace the  poor fucker.

A few names comes to mind. There’s the option of hiring a foreigner with a high level of technical understanding. There’s Batistuta if you want a big name. Maradona would spice the team a bit. Ivica Osim may have a bit in him still left if he is tempted. Guardiola could do wonders to our system if the offer is right and IF he is tempted. Or we could always hire a Dutch coach, because a lot of them are really good technically, which we, as a small footballing nation really needs. Then there’s also a few Malaysian that can be placed in the list. There’s B. Sathiananthan if he is tempted to regain back the respect that he yearns. There’s Irfan Bakti, who does wonders with almost every team that he coaches. Then there’s my favourite, which Ong Kim Swee. He’s simple, talks using his heart, picks a good team, nine out of ten, everytime. Just look back at the Malaysia vs Chelsea game last year where he picked an almost uncapped team to face the mighty Chelsea, which Chelsea won 1-0 through a Didier Drogba “goal” which was judged to have entered the goal, eventhough that wasn’t the case. To the FAM, just fire the poor bastard,  hire Ong Kim Swee. OKS is the future. Thank you.

What Gaza ?

So, Gaza has been attacked. Again. And people are sympathizing. Again. And they forgot about it the next day. Again. I guess there’s a recurring theme, year-in year-out, where there’s one or two days in a year, where everyone, especially In a Muslim-“conscious” country like ours, that we would be trending #PrayForGaza of #SaveGaza for a few hours, and then forget everything about that little crusade just the next day, or in some cases a few hours later. Which for me, is well, very sad really.

This syndrome is what I like to call as, “chosen ignorance”, where most of us just give a bit of sympathy towards the Gazans or Palestinian every once in a while, and forget everything about them, as soon as we see something shiny, such as the television. Though a lot of us have connection to the internet or international television, a lot of us don’t use it for information purposes or educational purposes, which is stupid.

What is the use of having state-of-the-art television technology and using it only for movies and reality shows ? what is the use of having one of the fastest internet connection in South East Asia, but only using it for Facebook or Twitter ? isn’t it a bit of a waste ? the Gazans are incarcerated every day, not just a few days of the year. Try defending the Gazans on a daily basis. Try that sometimes and stop becoming just some stupid hipster.

Become more active in your life, not just physically, but mentally, too. Read around. Watch more international news. Don’t just get stuck with TV3 and whatnot, the poison of the media industry. Get your sources right. Reject rumours, spread the truth. Reject ignorance, follow intelligence. Then only you shall live a truthful life.

The Question Of Monarchy in Malaysia.

Been a while right. I’ve already forgotten the fact that I even had a blog. So, I’m not going to drool on it, but let’s get straight to the point shall we. Alright, the question of, can we thrive without sultans and rajas, have been going on for quite some times. Oddly enough, this question was posed by our so called “Malay Defender” dictator-cum-prime minister, Dr. Mahathir. He questioned the authority of the sultans in a scathing 95 points speech to parliament on January 18^th 1993, in which he pointed out the flaws of the immunity of kings in the Malaysian constitution. He also compared the immunity laws to that of other constitutional monarchs across the world, even reaching as far back as the Governor General of India.

He criticised our constitution and was backed by the papers, even praised by some, eventhough that meant the end of any virtual role the king had in governing the nation. In it, he also proposed that kings shall only receive immunity while on official duties, making it on-par with almost every other monarch in the world. He even went to as questioned the sultans integrity especially during the forming of the Malayan Union when the sultans simply signed a paper, effectively handing us all to the British, while they got hefty monthly paycheques, and the people were the ones fighting against it, though he did say that he did not want to abolish the monarchs.

He even had time to comment on the hot topic of the day, which was the implementation of the Hudud Law, which he argues that Malaysia still cannot implement it because there are only 56% muslims in this nation, and we have to consider the environment and everything to implement it. Which basically means, he did not see Hudud as relevant at the time, eventhough this statement is considered blasphemy in many circles of Islam, he has not yet retracted it, as of time of publishing.

Overall, he stressed the importance of law, the implementation of it on every walks of life including the sultans, which at that time were quite renegade in their actions. For me this was really good, keeping check on the sultans, who are, at times quite rude and inconsiderate towards their subjects, eventhough their paycheques came from us, the taxpayers. So, the amendments was, for me, timely, well composed, and a big stepping point towards a Malaysia, free of the shackles of monarchy, which for me, is very burdening to us, normal Malaysians. Though I can’t really agree with his point about the implementation of Hudud, but, anyhow, it’s still good. Till this day, this single bit, is the only thing I thank that old man for, only this. Nothing else that he did is worthy of any amount of gratitude. Thank you.

Links :

The 95 point speech delivered to parliament on 18-01-1993 (In Malay though)

Aermmm

Once more, here i am. Back in Selayang. It is the start of my first ever semester break. I just finished my first semester, on of about 15 i believe. Still a long way to go, but satisfied nonetheless. Looking back at how things have unfolded in the last few months, it's been quite a ride. More like a roller coaster ride. There were highs, and of course there were lows. Now, i'm here, all bruised and battered, but unafazed. can't wait to hopefully get my license problem done by this month, since my holiday ends by this month. So, nothing more, i think, so, bye.

Journey So Far.

alright, i don't know if you lot, know or not, my whereabouts, since the last few months, well, let me update your thinking caps. right, first things, first. right now, i'm currently furthering my studies at a certain university called, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, or more commonly known as Uniten. it's at Muadzam Shah, Pahang, for the wondering souls out there. it's about 240 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur, not quite far, but the bus ride's quite tiresome. about 4-5 hours, depending on the traffic. currently i'm studying accountancy. i'm taking foundation for a year, then four years degree here, or maybe somewhere else, i don't care much really, still have to study hard, aight ? anyone who's ever been close to me for the last few years, must, right now, be scratching their heads, because a lot of them know, how i really despised numbers, except mathematics. but i don't know why, since the turn of the year, i began a passion for accounts. maybe it's because of the money or something else, but i really grew very fond of it. currently in my first trimester here, and will be finishing the semester in about 6-7 weeks time. overall, i think, i really like studying in university, because it's not as tiresome as in school, and you only take a few subjects every semester, rather than taking 10 subjects, and studying like a pig in school, killing your brain. here it's more condusive, the lecturers really help you, like, REALLY help you, which is very helpful, since accountings is very hard. overall, life is good right now, but there's one thing that i really miss, which is my school. really miss seeing my friends, really miss hanif, amri, yusuf, mukhlis, liyana and a hell lot more that, if i mentioned here, would fill a whole book. really miss my juniors, especially in BSMM, like amin, apan, ameera, and a hell lot more that i don't really remember their names, but will say hi to them if we were to ever meet at NSK or anywhere for that matter. so, overall, really miss my former life, really miss everything. but then again, life's good here. cheers.

new life.

hi, not much to write about tonight, just that, starting from tomorrow, i will begin life as a university student, something very much different than what i'm familiar with. tomorrow is like a journey to the unknown for me, like a last frontier, something very new to me. for your information, tomorrow i'll be reporting at UNITEN, Muadzam Shah, which is about 3-4 hours drive from Selayang. quite a trip, eh ? but i don't care about it much though, what i'm looking forward to is, to study as hard as i can, get that piece of paper, and conquer the world. hopefully, five years from now, i'll be smiling to my ears, with that piece of paper called a degree, driving confidently past my old school, still smiling, entering my humble house, like a boxer, after a 18 rounds of intense fighting, holding my hands up high, and shouting a vague, yes. after university, here comes, the world. but until then, STUDY. wish me luck for the years ahead, and hopefully, we all can reach our dreams, no matter how outrageous it may seem to be. to my boo, hope you can cope with me being away for some time, but don't worry, we'll still be like normal, just that, i will not be staying at Selayang. love you honey ! bye selayang. till we meet again.

update :

right, been quite sometime since i last visited this place, and frankly, it feels quite different now. it looks a bit, i don't know, just, different. maybe it's just because blogger.com changed a lot, or is it that i'm now, is quite different than what i was a few months back. i don't know, maybe the former, or the latter, or maybe even a bit of both. who knows right ? who cares right ? well, those mumblings are not really why i'm clearing off the dust of this blog. the true reason is to just keep you guys (if there is any), updated about me, myself, i, my life, my family, my environment, and of course, my better-half (yup, she's human). umm, first things first, i traded my green slacks and white school shirt, for some old-fashioned, dark slacks, and work shirts, and yup, i am now working, somewhere, not far from here, which, for some reasons, i'm not telling where it is. i am now, a bit chubbier than i was a few months back, and i don't really know why. food maybe. ummm, interesting. not much significant changes to my family happened in the near past, so, nothing worth noting about that. well, my environment now, is full of sounds of printers printing, staplers stapling, papers doing what papers do, pens doing whatever it does, and , well, you know what i mean right ? workkkk/. lastly, better-half (for those who don't know it, "better-half" means someone special, or something around that frame of words). well, i can't tell you lot much about her, but i can tell you that, she's still a school student, between the age of 15-17, and she's like the best thing that's ever happened to me really. right now, i just feel really happy about life (well, there's still a bit political mumbling left in me). my only hope right now is that, we could be together for, well, hopefully, forever. who knows right ? maybe we could be married in 7-8 years time, and be having little tiny feets running around, or break-up in the next few months (which i hope will never happen) and finding some other people, who knows. what can i say, the future, you're guess is as good as mine, mate.

ermm.

ok, banyak lah pulak sarang labah-labah. nothing to do here. hahaha.

teori konspirasi.

haa, macam tak boleh nak mengundang lagi je aku punya tajuk en ? tapi memang itu lah yang aku nak cerita hari ini, satu teori konspirasi yang aku rasa mempunyai asas yang kukuh, dan benda ini sedang berlaku di hadapan mata kita, tanpa disedari kebanyakkan daripada kita. ok, seperti hampir semua rakyat malaysia dah tahu, KEMUNGKINAN besar, kita akan alami pilihan raya umum pada tahun ini. itu aku tak pelik, yang membuat aku nak sangat tulis pasal ini adalah langkah-langkah mencurigakan yang telah, dan sedang diambil kerajaan untuk menghadapi pilihan raya ini.

1. BR1M
ok, yang pertama, Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia. serius aku tak tahu untuk apa. dia kata untuk bantu rakyat and all, tapi fikir elok-elok. RM500 yang di beri secara one-off, atau sekali sahaja. pernah tak kau dengar orang pakai RM500 untuk setahun ? pelik betul, dan nak menambahkan kepelikan dia lagi, benda ini hanya di berikan oleh ketua-ketua bahagian atau menteri atau wakil rakyat Barisan Nasional, tetapi, kerajaan kata, tiada niat politik. say what ? siap sempat minta pakcik-pakcik dan makcik-makcik tu untuk undi BN. no political motives huh ? walaubagaimanapun, aku suka tindakan rakyat yang mengambil duit ini, bak kata Nik Aziz "orang bagi, kita ambil, masa pangkah nanti, pangkah yang betul" 

no political motives much ?

2. Duit Baru
mungkin ada yang dah tahu tentang kewujudan duit-duit baru ini. ada 5sen, 10sen, 20sen, dan 50sen. tak lama lagi keluar pulak duit kertas RM1, RM5, RM10, RM100, serta kemunculan semula RM20 untuk menemani RM50 yang dah memang lama wujud. ok, the conspiracy starts here, seperti yang mungkin beberapa daripada korang tahu, jikalau sesuatu barang itu banyak, permintaan untuk barang tersebut akan menjadi sedikit, lantas menurunkan harga barang tersebut. ok, kalau tak silap aku, ini dipanggil supply-and-demand. kalau barang itu sedikit, permintaan untuknya, akan menjadi tinggi, seterusnya, meningkatkan harga nya. ok, dengan kemasukan wang yang banyak ini, duit kita akan menurun sedikit nilainya, seterusnya, menjadi kan kita semua, rakyat malaysia yang menggunakan RM, lebih miskin daripada yang sepatutnya, still with me ? ok, kemudiannya, dengan kewujudan duit yang banyak nie juga, senang untuk mereka membayar kepada orang asli, orang FELDA, serta orang-orang lain yang memang nak sangat duit dengan harapan mereka ini akan mengundi BN pada pilihanraya nanti. ini juga termasuk untuk membayar tentera atau ahli-ahli parlimen Pakatan Rakyat untuk melompat parti sekiranya mereka kalah nanti. itu lah sebabnya kenapa banyak benda sedang hendak meningkat naik harga, supaya mereka ini dapat menyimpan sebanyak mungkin wang, supaya boleh digunakan sekiranya mereka kalah nanti, understand ?

cantik juga kan ? tapi malangnya banyak unsur Israel.

3. Kad Pengenalan Baru
ok, yang seterusnya, KP baru. mungkin ramai yang suka gila sebab boleh dapat KP baru bagai, but little did we know, benda ini lah yang akan boleh memenangkan BN nanti. ok, yang pertama, apabila kita pergi nak tukar KP lama, KP itu akan diambil, dan, mereka boleh senang-senang sahaja berikan kepada seorang warga Rohingya, Filipina, Indonesia, Bangladesh and etc, yang muka mereka sipi-sipi macam orang Malaysia. benda ini dah berlaku banyak kali dalam sejarah Malaysia, dan yang paling besar adalah di Sabah pada tahun 1994, di mana, di bawah Projek Mahathir, seramai 600,000 orang Filipina diberi kad pengenalan untuk mengundi BN yang pada ketika itu hanyalah pembangkang di Sabah, lalu berjaya mengalahkan kerajaan negeri pada ketika itu iaitu Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS). perkara ini telah menyebabkan penduduk Sabah menjadi minoriti di negeri sendiri kerana majoriti penghuni Sabah kini adalah pendatang asing. jikalau tak percaya, next vacation, sila lah ke Sabah, turun padang sendiri. kalau tak percaya juga, bolehlah bertegur sapa dengan orang-orang Indonesia di sekeliling kawasan rumah korang, mesti korang dapat jumpa sorang-dua yang dapat KP masa nak dekat pilihanraya, tetapi di batalkan selepas habis pilihanraya. bila dah keluar KP baru, memang senanglah orang-orang pendatang asing jadi rakyat malaysia buat sementara waktu.

KP baru, macam tak beza sangat pun, tapi sungguh licik.

setakat ini je dulu aku boleh bagi tahu tentang perkara ini, sebab aku terlupa dah nak tambah apa tadi, atas kereta tadi dah ada dah, tapi terlupa pulak, nanti ada masa nanti, aku tambah lagi.

P.S :- bukannya aku nak suruh korang undi Pakatan Rakyat atau BN, just nak bagi tahu korang semua yang kerajaan kita ini, is not what it looks like, sentiasa skeptikal dengan dorang ni. dorang ni memang suka ambil kesempatan terhadap kita. lepa mata, RM250 juta duit mak bapak kita dia buat makan.

awak.

tiba-tiba rasa nak tulis sesuatu pasal awak, dah dua tiga hari dah tergerak nak tulis, tapi kumpul idea dahulu, so here goes nothing. awak kreatif. awak sentiasa ada idea baru, saya pun tak tahu macam mana awak boleh fikir idea banyak macam tu. ada jer benda baru yang awak terfikir. hari ni cakap bahasa sepanyol, esok tu cerita pasal budak, guna ayat macam-macam. jelly saya kadang-kadang tau, haha. awak selalu buat saya gembira, paling tak pun senyum macam kambing, tapi, ada jugak kadang-kadang tu awak buat prank tu, kadang-kadang, ada jugak rasa takut, tapi awak terus akan selamatkan keadaan balik. tapi selalunya, prank-prank awak tu, memang best, awak memang kreatif. awak seorang penakut. ini bukannya cacian atau apa, tapi sebenarnya, saya rasa awak cute sebab tu tau. tolong jangan tanya saya kenapa, tapi memang cute. awak kata awak geli lah, apa lah, cakap jer awak takut, apa susah ? haha just kiddin bie. awak memang suka bergurau, dan kebetulan pulak, saya memang suka perempuan yang pandai bergurau. awak selalu rasa awak tak kurus, tapi hakikatnya, awak dah memang elok dah. tak perlu nak kurus kurus sangat, saya tak nak tengok awak sakit kena gastrik ke, apa ke, tak sihat tau bie. yang paling ketara pasal awak adalah, awak memang sangat sangat sangat suka coklat. pantang dengar ada coklat, terus gembira. nanti saya belanja awak coklat banyak banyak tau bie. awak suka blackforest en ? nanti saya belanja. semenjak awak ada dalam hidup saya, saya menjadi lebih bersemangat untuk menjadi lebih baik setiap hari. saya rasa sekarang ni, saya lebih bersemangat buat kerja, sentiasa berbuat baik kepada orang lain, sentiasa bersangka baik (jangan perasan pulak abang jib), siap saya belajar buat origami baru. nanti saya ajar awak nak buat origami tau. masa saya susah payah masa SPM dulu, awak selalu ada bagi semangat. bila time saya merapu pun, awak layan jeh. awak memang dah macam family saya, dan, walaupun saya tak pernah jumpa family awak, saya dah anggap family awak macam family saya sendiri. saya berharap kita tak berkesudahan di separuh jalan sahaja, saya sayang awak sangat sangat. saya tak nak benda ni cuma selama beberapa bulan/tahun sahaja, insyaallah kita sampai akhir nanti bie. btw, awak jangan marah tau bila saya bergurau pelik-pelik dengan awak tu, saya saja nak gurau-gurau dengan awak je tuh, awak baik kan ? hehe

tengah hari tadi lah nie, alang-alang tak tahu nak buat apa, ternampak ada kertas pink kita beli hari tu, sempat buat dua tiga. ini untuk awak tau. nanti kita jumpa nanti, saya bagi kat awak.

Boo. :D

dear boo, i've just read your blog post just a few hours back, and seriously, i just can't stop thinking about it. thank you boo. i always know that you really, really love me like i really, really love you. to be frank, you're like a breath of fresh air to me, you give me happiness, you stick with me during thick and thin. you always remembered everything i said or told you. i sometimes forget what you say to me, and i'm sorry and i feel ashamed of myself sometimes, but you didn't care about it, all you care about is that you love me, and that's the end. i really really love you boo, you complete me. you make my life whole. you are, almost all the time, the opposite of me, which, for some reasons, make me love you more boo. i want us to have a very long relationship, i don't want this us to be like a kim kardashian wedding or a hattan wedding. i want us to be like a tom cruise and katey holmes relationship, i want it to be a long one, and hopefully, to the end. i love you so very damn f*cking much boo !

P.S :- ilysvm boo ! btw, selamat tahun baru masihi kepada semua, rasanya tak terlambat sangat kut untuk ucap, kan ?