Pope knocked down by lady in red, at Christmas mass

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Moments before celebrating Christmas Eve mass, Pope Benedict XVI was knocked to the floor after a woman lunged at him as he walked down the aisle of the main church in the Vatican.
As security men tried to tackle the woman, both the pope and Roger Etchegaray, a French cardinal, were knocked to the floor in the confusion, Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, said.

The 82-year-old head of the Roman Catholic church who appeared unhurt, was quickly helped to his feet and resumed the mass at St Peter's Basilica on Thursday, making no reference to the incident as the service started.

Etchegaray, 87, suffered a broken femur bone and was taken to hospital, Lombardi said.
The woman, whom Lombardi described as "unstable", was detained for questioning by Vatican security police.

She was the same person who tried to jump a barricade to get close to the pope at last year's Christmas Mass, the spokesman said.

In his message to more than 10,000 people during the Christmas Eve mass - held two hours earlier than the traditional midnight hour this year to ease the pope's busy holiday schedule - the pontiff urged the faithful to put aside the complexities and burdens of daily life and rediscover the simplicity of the Christmas message.

"We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger," he said.

"In all kinds of ways, God has to prod us and reach out to us again and again, so that we can manage to escape from the muddle of our thoughts and activities and discover the way that leads to him," he said.

Source: Al Jazeera Agencies

Dear smokers,

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Can you believe how much of an idiot you were when you picked up smoking?

You picked it up just because your friends did, you thought it was cool and you wanted to belong.

Some will argue that they picked it up because they were stressed-up. Fuck you. Did anyone ever tell you that nicotine & tar cures stress - your doctor? your parents? ... or your stupid friend who blamed it on stress just because he didnt wanna sound like a loser for wanting to belong.

And revisiting the cool factor, tell me... how on fucking earth can smoking be cool? You stink like shit, your breath smells like a dead rat, you have undead gums, your teeth turns urine yellow, you pant like a mad dog from walking up a fleet of stairs, girls turn off when you kiss them you dont get sex... COOL?!? lol.. fucking not cool.

But the problem is, and the very problem is, 10 years ago, it WAS cool! So cool that when you're so broke, you still allocate some money for smokes. So cool that sometimes you'll walk miles for a pack of ciggies when you're desperate. So cool that you go through shit just so you can smoke during your school break time. So cool you borrow lighters from strangers on the street just to light up your ciggie. It was that cool! How is that cool? honestly, i still dont know.

And im saying all this because im the exact idiot i was just describing.

Today, after more than 10 years, i realize that its totally not cool. And what took me more than 10 years to realize? I don't know, im just too stupid i guess. But good to know (im just being human) that there are still ppl who think its cool after more than 10 years. hahahha

So this is gonna be one of my new year resolutions in 2010. I've tried quitting for 2 weeks, twice - ended up smoking more. So this time around, I will be more realistic. I will take 1 year to quit, by 11:59:59, 31st December 2010. Any earlier, i see it as bonus.

I've actually started to consciously cut down. And in the process i've realized many things. For example, smoking is not really a physical addiction, even after 10 years. When im with my parents, i dont smoke for a few days and i do not suffer from retraction, from any claimed symptoms of flu or fever. You're just totally OK because when you're with your parents, they're like mental smoke repellants - you see them, you dont think of smoking.

And that kinda proves my hypothesis of it being more of a mental addiction, not totally but more of it. It's things that you do that triggers the brain to tell you that you need to light up a smoke now. Like going to the loo to do the morning business or when you're drinking coffee. And basing it on this claim of mine, i've managed to drop my morning ciggie.

My friends used to tell me that they cant dump without the ciggie. And this statement made me light one up every morning coz my brain has been telling my body that I cant take a dump without the ciggie. In this whole month, ive been taking my morning dumps without needing to light up a ciggie. So again, its a mental thing. Totally mental.

But after a month... im still smoking but at 30 - 50% less now... im starting to realize that its not always a mental addiction. There are 2 ocassions that trigger an intense urge to smoke, and its more than a mental urge... it feels somewhat physical as well.

1. Alcohol. When you start drinking, you body calls for nicotine, your lungs call for nicotine, your blood, your saliva everything calls for it..... When i was with my parents, i dont drink, so i discovered this later.

2. After hours of crunch time at work - you just fucking need a ciggie. And this is the most crucial because for the pass 5 years and for the next 15 years i believe, it will be crunch time every weekday at work. And this is hell something i need to address & overcome. Again, when i was with my parents, i dont work, so i discovered this later as well.

To overcome 1, i might need to quit drinking - which is an alternative im not willing to take yet. So ima try find ways to drink and overcome the urge.

And ima take the next year to think of a solution for 2....

Merry Christmas

Tis' the season to be jolly FA LALA LA LA LA

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I just came back from re-watching Avatar, in 3D, and as i was just saying on Twitter, watching it in 2D was just like reading the story-board. You do not see the movie until you see it in 3D. And the movie was pure awesomeness, even after watching it twice in the cinema, well in different effects at least.

I could really connect with the movie as I used to control a Troll in World of Warcraft, and the trolls you see in this movie is exactly how Trolls are - live in jungles, they're archers & sharmains - hunters & regenerators, they ride on horse-like & bird-like creatures, they have pointed ears & devil tails... it's amazing how Avatar brought all these troll aspects to life.

Anyway... coming back to reality, Christmas is just around the corner! and it is certainly nice to see Christmas trees all around ya, hear Christmas carols float in the air and see places you go to jazzed up with a vibrant Christmasy feel!

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Pavilion's taken it to a whole new level wit this majestic setup.

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People are getting into the Christmas mood too. Was having lunch with my colleagues to other day and this guy came into sight.... Audrey insisted that i took a picture of him and tweeted it.

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LOL... I like the spirit but he just came across looking more like a bad santa! haha.

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Christmas season in Malaysia also falls in the holiday season, and its absolutely great to hear colleagues & friends take time off and spend time with their children at home or on vacation. It's the only time of the year where they can escape the system (the system that puts you under debt, encourages you to get into more debt & forces you to work your ass off to repay the debt) and spend time with their offsprings - what we humans are mandated to do.

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It's also great to see kids rush to the supermarkets to buy their Christmas socks so they can hang it on the wall (so papa or mama can put Christmas pressies in their socks while they're asleep) and wake up thinking Santa has climbed down the chimney or came in through the window to leave presents in their socks.

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It's nice to see gifts being sent around - wine, cakes, cupcakes..etc

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And as much as i love the commercial Christmas, for it reminds you of the season, i do not forget God. I've not been to church every Sunday.. but i try and make it more frequent at the Christmas season. Which is not ideal - you should be going every Sunday - but... yeah LOL

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And kids, you do not worship Santa in Christmas! hehe, you worship God :) God sent someone to renew the lives of humans, who were plagued with sin, and thats the ocassion we're celebrating. Not santa climbing down the chimney to leave a present in your socks. I mean its still OK to practice that myth for the sake of 'feeling' Christmas but just have in mind that that is not representative of what Christmas means :)

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So not forgetting the real meaning of Christmas, our department did a trip to a speacial home. From what i heard, its a home where kids with abussive parents live in protection when they're dads are awake at home. Alot of their dads are drunkards btw. And if any of you daddies are reading this, drink responsibly for fucks sake! your kids need you and you're supposed to be taking care of them and not have them refuge in this home...

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Anyway, the kids were awesome.

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We sent them the A&W bear to dance & play games wit em...

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We also bought presents for all the kids in the special home, and i was tasked to buy this kid a Christmas present. Neelesh. 7 years of age.

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This is what i got him. Really wicked spiderman pencil case, where you can press buttons and errect like sharperners & compartments - you know the kinda pencil-case you really wanted when you were about 10 years old or less.

Got him a Marvel stationary set as well to fill up his pencil case and a colour pencil set with a colour book to draw on.

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He was so happy he went showing it around to all his friends - he better be!!! hahah i never had this when i was 10.

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Besides, i've also been buying tissue paper off the blind ladies who walk around asking for donation when we go out during lunch time. I do smell some exploitation & scandal... i've never failed for many many reasons i'll spare now, but i just hope a small part of that money really does go to the blind ladies.

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So i've been buying alot of these tissues packs and i really only use 1 to to wipe my mouth & hands after lunch and i'd leave the whole pack in a red basket i have in my work cubicle. But every time i turn to the red basket for a tissue, there's never really any in there. So with that, i feel really good for the tissues are put to good use as well. One stone kill 2 birds.

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Oh btw, talking about Christmas, i was having dinner at a fine dine the other night and i overheard the table next to us. The guy bought like this bottle of really good red wine. And he said that he was gonna get a few bottles during Christmas so they drink up and not get drunk because during Christmas, red wine turns into the blood of Jesus. Talk about the true meaning of Christmas huh...

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Anyway......

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Merry Christmas! (in case i dont update my blog again before this coming weekend! haha)

My 7 wishes for Christmas

I have 7 wishes for Christmas and i took some time i dont have to blog this so happy reading! I'll be touching on World Peace. Environment. Knowledge Network. Governance. Human Values. Media & God and i hope they make sense to you

1. All the Muslims in the world to unite under 1 cause. The Catholic church & thousands of protestant denominations in the world to unite under 1 cause. And the Jews to also unite. These 3 parties to sit down on 1 table and realize that they are all worshiping 1 God - i mean come on, its not as simple as ABC but Moses, Jesus & Muhammad reports to the same boss, so how difficult issit to understand that we - Muslim or Christians or Jews - we're all brothers & sisters in 1 God. Or are we just fucking retards? So my first wish is for these 3 religions to make peace & stop firing rockets & think of building nukes to kill each other.

2. Preservation of the environment. I wish that worldly events, such as "Earth Day", are further encouraged and amplified to bring awareness and education to the human race. So smokers realize that the ciggie butts they litter gets swept into the drain, drain flows in the to river, river flows into the sea - the place you wanna be on a vacation. So ignorant Malaysians don't ask for a plastic bag just to store a stick of chewing gum and then later throw it out their car windows. So the Chinese wont continue to save money & buy hair moose. So the fucking factory owners do not spill waiste into the rivers to save money and now i cant fucking swim in the river that runs by our country house.

3. I wish for the every success of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) policy. So the kids who run on the streets of Chow Kit because their mums are fucking men at home for money, so the kids in Africa who eats sand from starvation, so the kids in the slumps of India - who will never get their hands on a textbook - can see and feel and learn from the world. From the abundance of information on the net. From people in the US, UK, China, India, Malaysia and every other country in this world within a click on their laptops.

4. I wish for transparency. For governing administrations to practice full democracy and transparency in governing. So citizens dont fall from 16 floors of a building for no reason. So greedy Chinese politicians do not get away with billions in cash for building a port. So talented people do not have to be in fugitive because they are upholding the rights of their fellow countrymen. So criminals do not become leaders of countries. So race representatives do not fight for power everyday and forget their original cause. So people representative do not get away with building balinese mansions using the citizens money. So judiciary manipulators do not get away by just saying korek korek korek. And the only way we can achieve this is to have all the key pillars of administration - the executives, the judiciary, they auditors, the monarchy & the arm forces - to be independent of each other.

5. I wish that the human race realizes the worldly agendas that are plagueing them. That are immensely causing the deterioration of human values. Example 1. The persistent struggle to over-empower women. I believe in equal rights for women. But i do not believe is the over-selling of "girl power" to the extent of women neglecting their human duties of providing offsprings, just because they wanna be as capable as men. Example 2. The constant endorsement of homo-sexuals - Prince, Elton John, Adam Lambert - to persuade the human race to go against the sexual nature of humans. Examples 3. The pervalent endorsement of marriage splits / divorces. An American celebrity gets remarried at an average of 3 times in their lifetime. And that actually sounds pretty conservative.

6. I wish that the human race will wake up from their state of denial and hypnotism and realize that many of the celebrities they are adoring through the media (Madona for example) are singing praises to Lucifer and they are singing along to it. And they should pity the celebrities they adore because they are just as well victims, puppets. The next 10 times you sing along to a pop song, try and digest the lyrics and see if you find anything perculiar. If you're lazy, just go watch the Madona video clip - the one where she's in full black and she turns into a black dove & black dog. Watch the controversial Lady Gaga video clips. My friend, who studies religion, was just telling me that "Hollywood" in the Pharoan times, is a magical stick that is used to hypnotize people. Now try and put that in the "Hollywood" context. Here, i wish that there can be some form of 'human value' auditing, so our kids do not grow up to be whores & druggies & satan worshipers.

7. I wish that the world embraces God. For those who still doubt, look at yourself in the mirror. Think about every cell that runs in your body, how every organ works with every organ in your body. Think about sex - how good that feels. Look at the trees. Look at the night & day, the earth & water - how they are perfectly in harmony. Look at the flora and the fauna - the millions of species discovered & yet to be discovered. Think about all the layers of earth & layers of air. Think about re-generation. Think about growing up. Think about the human brain. Think about your 5 senses.

YOU SERIOUSLY THINK ALL THAT JUST EXISTED FROM A FUCKING EXPLOSION?!?!

Now think about the human brain - fucking think about how smart and intelligent you are. Think about your analytical skills - how you react and make decisions in crucial situations. Think about your emotions, your emphaty. Think about the conscience in you, like an angel that reminds you that its not right, when you're stealing or cheating or doing something wrong.

YOU SERIOUSLY THINK ALL THAT CAME FROM MONKEYS?!?!?

Believe in God.

Pakatan Rakyat to introduce free wireless Internet?

I am reposting this blog in FULL SUPPORT of Raja Petra's demand from Pakatan Rakyat. Not entirely for political reasons, but for more affordable (and hopefully reliable) broadband.

Sweden & Norway have made a 1MB broadband connection a legal right of every citizen in the country. Legal right my friends, meaning you get to sue the govt & win the case if you do not have access to a 1MB broadband connection.

Malaysia? For some reason, i just cant connect to my home router and im now surfing on a 582bps connection on celcom broadband and that's just pathetic. We shout about the IT era and MSC and whatever bullshit & we cant even provide proper broadband to our citizens.

Raja Petra Kamarudin

I have been urging Pakatan Rakyat to introduce free wireless Internet in the states they are governing since March 2008 but to no avail. Soon we shall be celebrating the second anniversary of the 12th General Election and still no free wireless Internet in sight.

Pakatan Rakyat is sleeping and thinks it can win the next general election by doing nothing. I am fed up of trying to convince them about the importance of the Internet to the opposition cause. If Pakatan Rakyat has a death wish then so be it. But just so that I can say “I told you so” when the results of the next general election is announced and Pakatan Rakyat gets sent back to wherever it crawled out from, I want you to see the video presentation below to understand why I am so upset.

Pakatan Rakyat does not seem to understand that it is at a disadvantage when it comes to the mainstream and electronic media and they therefore need the Internet to get their message across to the voters. Ten years ago there were only 280,000 Internet users against eight million voters. Today, the ratio is one-to-one and in time the number of Internet users are going to outnumber the number of voters.

It is plain and simple. He who controls information on the Internet can influence the thinking of the voters. At the height of the Vietnam War, four out of five Americans bought newspapers.

Today, it is only two in five because Americans now obtain their information from the Internet.

The number of newspapers sold in Indonesia today is half what it was during the Reformasi days -- at the height of the anti-Suharto era -- in spite of the increase in population. And this is because Indonesians now also depend on the Internet for their news and information.

Rupert Murdock has predicted that by 2030 the print newspaper would be totally replaced by the Internet. So Pakatan Rakyat ignores the Internet at its own peril. Let us just hope that on 19 December 2009 the delegates to the First Pakatan Rakyat Convention will discuss this issue and do something about the matter.

Phi Phi, Maya, Khai

This will be the last of Thailand, i will blog about for a while. Too much Thailand reminds me of the nasty transvestites who molested & ransaked me in Phuket.

And yea, if you're ever thinking of going to Phuket, don't. But go to the islands surrounding Phuket like Phi Phi, Maya & Khai (what i covered). At the tourist centre, i saw a list of many other islands - the likes of James Bond island (just because Bond shot a movie scene there - they fuckin capitalized on it and named the island by Bond's name, so they can rack in more cash from tourism wtf). I also saw an island called "Similan Island". Similan in Hokkien translates to 'What the dick' Island. Still not comparable to "Bangla road" tho.... lol racist mother fuckers.

Anyway, when i was headin out on my Island tour, and it was end of the year - so the tides were rough - and i was just watching how the Tsunami swept away Phi Phi island the night before, and I was headin to Phi Phi island, and the boat engines broke down & had to be restarted a couple of times, and when the engines ceased, the boat swayed when hit by the violent waves - and i was freakin out for a bit lol.


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Anyway, bout an hour out, the weather calmed down and we hit Maya island, the island where Leonardo Di'Caprio (that sissy boy) shot "The Beach". And i swear everyone, every fuckin one will know that "The Beach" was shot here because the tour guide repeats it like 3 million times he makes sure it sinks into your memories.

"This place, is place in Hollywood movie. Hollywood movie. HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. The Beach. Leonardo Caprio... Anybody know movie, the Beach?"

"OK we 10 minutes out from place in Hollywood movie, the beach....the beach"

"OK ladies and gentlemen, we almost reach Maya island, Leonardo reach here before, so pls get ready. We go down take pictures, must take pictures. Place in Hollywood movie"

"OK we here in Maya island, welcome! you are at place where Hollywood movie is shot. Enjoy"

WTF

Despite the over-selling, the place was definitely pretty, apart from being over-crowded with white ladies who take pride of their saggy ceculite-filled asses, they wear G strings to show it off. Fuckin eye sore....

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We then adjourned to Monkey island.

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The island which has monkeys at the beach obviously.

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And what was quite interesting was that the boatman brought 3 cups of Coca Cola and 2 combs of banana to the leader of the pack - and that in exchange for them to stay at the beach for pictures and behave.

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I have monkeys dropping on me when im jogging in the park so i wasn't impressed at all with the sight of monkeys.

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The whites were however dazzled... totally impressed.

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This was PURE AWESOMENESS!

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Snorkelling at Phi Phi Don.

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EWW the ocean smells so salty its like a pool of piss.

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This is where we stayed in Phi Phi Don. And its got a majestic view.

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These challets are all newly built after the Tsunami wipe out where more then 1,500 people were killed. So to be really honest, i didnt have 100% peace in mind when we were at Phi Phi Don... lol

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The final island i covered was Khai island. And i remember this place for how expensive it was lol. I had to pay 150 bahtss to sit down on a chair. Paid 100 bahts for 5 visits to the toilet. Another 300 bahts for some water & ice-cream... lol not that its not affordable but.... for things you dont normally pay for

Looking forward to another island trip in December!!!

Patong Beach, Harassed & robbed by transvestites

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Patong Beach is the hotspot in Phuket island. Where all the Go Go bars are, where all the commercialized boxing rings are, where all the pubs & night clubs are, where all the confused humans are, where all the rejected westerners are, where all the young Australians boys who are bud & pussy starved are. Patong Beach. Good men go to heaven, Bad men go to Patong Beach.


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Very commercialized tourist destination - you could smell the irish & the aussie influence in the place with quite a numbers of irish & ausie pubs.


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Leprechaun!
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This is the hotel i stayed in, Leelawadee Boutique Hotel. Pretty decent hotel at one end of Patong Beach.

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Beach buggies for rent.

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When the sun sets in Patong beach, alot of cursed Thai humans turn into werewolves, i mean 'lady boys' and they invade the main street of Patong Beach, Bangla Road. As you've just read, even road names in Patong are racists hehe, talk about hell.

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And they are utterly, absolutely, definitely, 100% DISGUSTING.

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You can still see their supressed little dicks dangling from inside their panties.

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And this is what my title suggested. As i was starring at how horid they were - quite amazed at the sight actually - these two devils came to me and acted really surprised that they've spotted a Chinese on the street.

In Patong beach, you just see white & brown. The whites (mostly english & aussie) are the ones spending and stuffing dollars into pussies, the browns (locals or bangladeshis) are the ones who are trading by the paveway & beach. You dont see yellow.
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So they came to me really quickly and looking very susprised they went "da ge, ni hao".
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I said "Hi"
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And before realizing it, one of the devils snatched my right hand and put it on his sillicon boobies. Man, i thought i touched a basketball.


That wasnt the end of the story. They asked for money and almost created a scene because i refused to pay them 200 Thai Baht (each) for "touching them".
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Fuckers. I thought i should've been compensated instead. BEWARE!

I enjoyed the pancakes by the beach. My favourite = Nutella + Banana

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Double seater jetskis go for 1500 Baht per half hour. One seater ones go for 1000 Baht. Para-sailing is 1500 Baht for 2 circles around the bay. This is where you get your rides from

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The cables are pretty fucked... from the Tsunami.

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This was the mosque that did not crumble in the Tsunami... i think.

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Random.

This is where all the Tiger shows are broadcasted live. The World Famous A GO GO bar.

Right next to it, is another Tiger show outlet. This is even more direct - Its called TIGER.

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If you love seafood, you'll love Phuket. I really enjoyed the lobsters & oysters. Fresh & cheap.

The signature dish - Tom Yum Goong

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This is how Mc Donalds pose in Phuket.

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Guess what pie was this? Something i've never heard of.......

Its a Brocolli pie.... and its got bacon bits inside too.... tasty shit.

Malaysia in 20 years time

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This is a reposting of an article that was published on Sin Chew Daily, based on the views of Lee Kuan Yew. This article is very timely as it elaborates on my arguments in the previous post - about how the most crucial element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will be their very own competitiveness.

I will be agreeing with most of the arguments in this article except how the shrinking Chinese population is not caused by low fertility rates among the Chinese in Malaysia.

I'll beg to differ on this point. Based on my observations & chats i've had with many mid-aged Chinese in the country, it is very apparent that we're getting more & more time pressured. This will be a classic example: Compare the hours you are clocking in at work, VS your parents.

Time pressure causes stress. Stress causes low fetility rates. Of course im not saying this is the key driving factor. It's one of the factors, coupled with migration ... etc etc

And i CANNOT agree more that MCA - Malaysian Commedians' Association - who has a very crucial task of protecting the rights of the Chinese in Malaysia, is not only neglecting their obligation but further blurring the vision of the Chinese in this country.

Happy reading.


If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over the country sparesely populated by humans.

A hundred years later, Singapore's foundation will remain rock solid. The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those of migrants.

How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?

Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight 20 years later.
He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the Chinese population less and less.

The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country, but because those who could afford would have sent their children overseas, who would decide not to come back.

"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."

Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems are not here without a reason.
MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks have touched the hearts of many a Malaysian.

If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a glimpse of one or two of them.

That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we will not be reduced to a rare species by then.

The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady decline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon, they will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive Islamisation.

This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.

But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.

They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such a predestination.

The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will exit the country in droves.

On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted, conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have a much more promising future here.

So will Malaysia.

Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will be their very own competitiveness.

In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly obscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if our internal conditions remain this bleak.

We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.

Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present danger.

What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and farsighted leadership, not one engrossed with endless infighting.

(By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily)

Robbed by Malays, because he's not Malay

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It's been a while since i caught up with EJ, a friend i currently share the house rent with. On this note, im most pleased that ill be movin out to my very own place very soon - no more strangers at home, no more wanting to use the kitchen but someones using it. Not that i hated it but it just didnt feel like 'home' :)

Anyway, we caught up this morning and he told me that he got robbed on Wednesday night, at a cyber cafe situated within the Pelangi Condominium in Bandar Utama.

I wasn't surprised initially, with a robbery incident, as many of my close friends & colleagues have been somewhat involved in robberies (as victims of course) in the past months - laptop snatch, mobile phone snatch, break-into-car-handbag snatch, mum's car got broken into.. bla bla

But this was more than a 1 on 1 robbery.

This was "They took on the whole cyber cafe with Parangs"

Interesting.

I prompted EJ for more info.

So how was the robbery carried out?

EJ: Oh, we heard the scream of a young lady who went, "what are you guys doing", and she was very quickly pushed to her table and held to the tip of a parang. A hooded Malay guy sternly said to the lady "dont move and keep your mouth shut" (in Malay)

How many of em?

EJ: Errr.. about 4 i think

We're they masked? Did they cover their faces?

EJ: No.. they just had hoods. The cyber-cafe had CCTV cameras so the footages are being passed to the authorities.

It suddenly reminded me of how Altantuya's daddy passed a pile of documents to the police. Of course, i didn't say it... so i went on to prompt.

So did they rob everyone?

EJ: NO.. They came in and said that they were not gonna harm the Malays and asked them to move aside. They then asked all the others to take out their mobile phones & wallets.

WHAT?!?!?! ... they just robbed the non-Malays???

EJ: Err yes... why are you so surprised?

I am surprised. Fucking surprised.

Why rob just the non-Malays?

Well it didnt take more than a minute to tie things together and get to the root of that particular problem.

1. You do not rob unless you need to. Unless the "need" arisses you won't rob because every human body is attached with a human conscience. Something spiritual that will poke you and say "hey, you're doing the wrong thing" before you even conduct it. But unless, you are deprived of a fundamental need - shelter or food - it might compell you to beat the conscience. The point is, the conscience is something that's damn hard to beat, not unless you're compelled to.

So the hypothesis, or my theory is, these Malays are deprived... somehow. Could even be drugs so my above point becomes invalid. but nevertheless,

2. They only robbed the non-Malays. Meaning, they have associated their deprivation to the non-Malays. They are in my opinion getting back at the non-Malays, who they THINK caused them to be deprived of whatever they were trying to get.

Now this is DANGEROUS! Because yes, the non-Malays (mainly the Chinese) have populated the CBD and to those who are unaware, you might have the impression that the Chinese are 'greedy', controlling the Malaysian economy and marginalizing the other races.

Now, if you're reading this, you must realize that you're WRONG. You have such thinking because you have been somehow influenced by some arguments you've heard of in a ceramah or the FTA channels on TV.

Pls give my argument a chance.

I am a Chinese and i live in Malaysia and i work in the CBD. I have a white-collar job and i have no life. Why?

Because my parents forced 6 days of tuition on me for 10 years. Made education my FIRST priority, so prioritized i was grounded for 3 months before any major examination. My parents made my grandparents give me lectures about how education will determine my course of life.. bla bla bla.. education education.

My parents also stopped going overseas, stopped expensive meals, kept to the same car for a while, so they could save enough money for me & my brother to further our studies in Australia. They never bought me my own car, they didnt buy me an Optimus Prime toy, they didnt buy Air Jordans for me to play basketball, they didnt buy me LV wallets - and all these i begged for. Just because the money needs to be saved for my education.

So much importance was placed on education i wasnt given much of a choice.

And im telling you that its not easy going to tuition and your friends are in the snookeriums & cyber cafes. You get your parents to send you to a prom nite and your friends take their own CLKs & 3 series to the prom.

So when i got over the education bit, i was FUCKING relieved. But i realized that its gotten worse. I dont get my parents & grandparents drilling "education" into me no more but now i need to pay phone bills, parking bills, car loan, house rent, utilities, highway tolls, car service, insurance, road tax, government tax, traffic summons, EPF, alcohol bills, ciggarettes...............

And THANK GOD, my parents drilled that "education" thing into me.. otherwise, i would have not survived... i would have became a robber myself.

I do not get to live in DBKL homes where you pay 100+ bucks a mth for a house. I do not get 5 or 10% off a property that i buy. I do not get the lowest interest rates when i buy a house, I do not get 30% and own part of a company because i was born a certain race, I do not get grants easily, I do not get permits easily, I will not get free books for my kids next time, I will not get scholarships for my kids next time, I will not be able to place my kids in local universities next time (not that i want to), I will not get welfare if i stop work... summary is I AM IN NO POSITION TO NOT DO WHAT IM DOING TODAY. I STOP, I DIE.

So you see, I as a Chinese, need to work my ass off in the CBD, otherwise i die. Because of this i will only have max 2 kids because i have no capacity to have more than 2 kids because i need to work my ass off to make my life work. Otherwise i'll die.

So yes, FUCK THE CHINESE for taking over the CBD... for controlling a major stake in the national economy... for whatever other reasons you think.. FUCK THE CHINESE.

But, you need to understand my friend. WE GOT NO CHOICE.

And to prove my point, go look at the race split 20 years ago and look at it now. You will realize that the Chinese population is shrinking because we are working our ASSES off to make our life work. AND NOT BECAUSE WE HATE KIDS... we love sex and we love kids my friends.... just like you. We're after all the same breed - human beings, my friends.

Now, who's really robbing you my friends, are people who have misused BILLIONS of government funds on PKFZ for example. Those BILLIONS of ringgits could be used to provide you free books, welfare when you're jobless, free medicine for your sick kid, free internet for your kids to gain knowledge & immensely improve public transportation... etc etc

Blame it on people who have represented you and who have built massive balinese mansions, which they could never afford.

Blame it on those who give away giant contracts without open biddings. And korek korek korek, blame it on those who manipulate the judiaciary and make money out of it.

Now all these people are not necessarily all Malay, but my point is: Blame it on these people, your leaders... and not the Chinese in general.

We, the Chinese are victims as well... just like you.

It's came to my utmost concern that some people are starting to blame it on the Chinese in general, when the Chinese like i say again...victims as well.... just like you.

DO NOT FALL INTO THIS TRAP. Again this is just my personal opinion, but theres a giant conspiracy going on to protect certain individuals of their positions. And they will go to the largest extent to protect their positions. This "racist robbery" is a clear example. DO NOT BE MANIPULATED, i trust that you're wise enough to make your own judgement.

Thank you.

Nine Emperor Gods Festival / Mah song

When i was in Phuket last week, i participated in what the local Phuketans call "The vegetarian festival" which sounded very tame & friendly

And not participation by will, more like i was trying to pay Phuket town a visit and i bumped into this festival.

Anyway, this festival was huge. So massive an entire stretch of road that cuts through the main city area was shut down for this procession, in commemoration of "The vegetarian festival"

As we blended into the crowd, it was in fact very welcoming initially as everyone was in white and there were emblems on some of these white shirts that goes "Save the planet" .. "Go green", which i thought matched the team of the festivel - The vegetarian festival.

Well not until i saw this - i was perplexed.

It was literally a transvestite, marching down the road... possesed. She, i mean he was shaking his head and didnt appear to be aware of his surroundings.

Freaky.

I wanted to knock off and head back to Patong beach, but the more i saw... the more it hooked me on.... talk about bizzare culture.

I then came to see this "lady in red".. possesed by mediums too. She had the voice of a very young girl and was asking around for candy.

If possession sounds quite negative to you, they actually take it as a blessing. Here's a phrase from wikipedia, explaining why they actually invite spirits to posses their bodies.

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" Mah song ม้าทรง are the people who invite the spirits of gods to possess their bodies. Mah ม้า is the word for horse in Thai, and the name mah song refers to how the spirits of the gods use the bodies of these people as a vehicle, as one rides a horse. Only pure, unmarried men or women without families of their own can become mah song. At the temple they undergo a series of rituals to protect them for the duration of the festival, during which flagellation and self-mutilation is practiced

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The festivities in Phuket include a procession of mah song wearing elaborate costumes who pierce their cheeks and tongues with all manner of things, including swords, banners, machine guns, table lamps, and flowers. While the face is the most common area pierced, some also pierce their arms with pins and fishhooks "

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This will kinda set the scene for the pictures you are about to see.

Now take a look at the boys by the road holding on to polls which had firecrackers dangling from them. Well i won't be surprised if you're imagining what those are for but you'll get it at the very end of this blog post.

Some of the possesed Mah Song's not only marched down the street, but they were also blessing practitioners who gave praise, in bow, to them. They carried black background flags, with alot of Chinese characters and symbols printed on them, and they put it over the faithfuls' heads.

Transvestites again. With all due respect, isnt going against your nature (God has given) going against... God? I mean from my religious upbringing, this is what i was taught so again, with all due respect, i find this a bit difficult to comprehend.

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And the explanation from Wikipedia did say that you will need to be "pure" to be able to become a Mah song.

So i was actually staying away from the transvestites, worried that they might have invited the wrong spirits in them.

More possesed Mah songs.

After most of the Mah Songs marched back from the waters, back to the temples, some statues were ferried across the streets.

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What was quite interesting was: The people who were carrying this particular statue seems to be sponsored by Tesco.

WOW... i definitely stayed away from these 2 buggers.

And now this is what the poles of firecrackers were for.... BLASTING the gods to kingdom come

Crazy ass shit man...