Michelle over at The Meesh Experience had written a note in reply to an article Bernama published a few days ago, an article entitled Homosexual s Life Of Moral Decadence (available here )... After reading the article (and her note), I was prompted to fire off a couple of missiles at Bernama s way - namely for the horribly self-righteous, inaccurate and utterly slanderous piece!... In the West, the morally wrong and corrupt homosexual act has turned into a sort of plague, spreading its tentacles far and wide, engulfing individuals with the tendency of adopting this immoral self-indulgence... For your information, cancer is malignant so your sub-editors are not doing a very good job... On the contrary, in countries like Netherlands, Belgium and now, Spain where gay marriages and relationships are approved legally, people enjoy a high standard of life, good public transportation, low crime rate and excellent education/culture exposure... This coupled with the fact that we don t have a very high standard of living, more of a high inflation rate... Not everyone wants to see the country to be overwhelmed by the influx of moral decadence that erupt from those who are out to draw the people into the dark ages of morality... So a homosexual who is God-fearing and law-abiding is morally decadent compared to a rapist, a drug addict, a man who rapes his granddaughter, a wife beater ?... … View Post »

The recent reactions in Malaysia to the fuel hikes was disappointing for me, to say the least... I had hoped that the previous year s fuel hike would have thought Malaysians a thing or two about energy, fuel and consumption globally... I used to think that the fuel hike was a joke, that I was a suffering middle-class worker, and that we as a producer of oil should not have to deal with increases but I was wrong in many ways... In 1965, the world consumption hit 31,240 barrels daily (refer to this website for more details - )... It is only a matter of time before we see a drop in production and before our natural resources run out... For those of us who complain that fuel is expensive, electricity rates are crazy, and because of that, we are suffering , ask yourselves this: is your car fuel efficient?... Yes, public transportation in Malaysia is horrid, to say the least in comparison to the Swiss network... Instead of eating out and the whole famous mamak culture we are known for - which is rather unhealthy given the high fat, high salt, high sugar goodies that they afford - Malaysians can now opt, with real reason, to eat at home more often... … View Post »

21st century and I m being told that my child can t be a citizen just because I m a woman!... Dear Editor, It has become obvious that our Government cares nothing for the welfare and rights of Malaysian women - abroad or local... Just today, I received a confirmation on something that I ve known about for a long time but didn t seem important until now... In today, the 21st century, it is widely accepted that women have equal opportunities and rights as men - the opportunity to participate in the workforce, political and social arena and basically be included in what used to be deemed as solely for men... So what was I to think when I was told that my child cannot be a citizen because I m a woman but if I was a man, it wouldn t be an issue?... However, according to Malaysian law, a child born abroad can only be registered as a citizen if the father is a Malaysian... Or is the Government trying to solidify the Asian ( specifically Chinese ) notion that when a woman marries, she belongs to her husband and not her own family anymore?... That she would embrace her husband s new home without any qualms and forget all about her own home?... Is that how we women are thought of in reality - socially and politically?... Do we really forget about our home country even though we ve married foreign men and gone overseas?... Perhaps this is just the opinions of shallow - minded people but it should NOT be taken as a reflection of reality... There are others like myself who go around sharing and telling people about the beauty of my beloved country, encouraging people who have never left Europe to brave a trip halfway across the world just to experience what I have growing up as an Anak Malaysia... Gender discrimination... … View Post »

When a young girl writes to the papers about getting catcalled and sexually harassed at the post office, it is an insult NOT a compliment!... Having moved to a country whereby men are very respectful of women, I find it disgusting to read of such behaviour in a country that professes to be cultured and modern... … View Post »

Behaviours displayed have been shameful, to say the least and accusations have been hurled, feathers ruffled but no one dare comment on the real issue behind it - the truth... Perhaps very few people share my view but I must say it anyway... We live in a corrupt land... Did the Ministers bother looking at the video in its original form or did they merely base their accusations on hearsay?... He broke the law so he should face the music... Every day, Ministers go about their business offending the people of this country and the country instead with their trivial debates, with their corrupt and lacksadial attitudes... How come WE can t stand up to them?... Never challenge the government said one MP over national TV yesterday... My loyalty and allegiance is to God and country NOT to one leader or the government - please get that right... When the people pledge their loyalty, they pledge it to the state NOT the government... His words only go to show that the government today has become pompous and arrogant, disrespectful of their rightful duty and responsibility to the people... … View Post »

MPH, Popular, Times and Harris bookstores have decided to withdraw the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows novel from their shelves in protest against Tesco and Carrefour s move in selling the novel at a much cheaper price of RM69.90... The retail price of the book is RM109.90... Asked if their decision was to pressure the book s distributor, Penguin Books, to remove the books from the hypermarkets, she said: It s not fair to allow hypermarkets to sell such a popular book when they are not in the book business... I find this Harry Potter saga between bookstore giants and the hypermarkets amusing and even shocking... Having been part of the publishing line with some knowledge of trade practices law, I m appalled to see that bookstore giants have the audacity to demand that a price be fixed for a certain non - controlled item like a book... ( Would it even had been an issue if it was some other non - selling title like ( insert any book title here )?... ) If a publisher or supplier demands that their customer ( Mr Retailer ) place a fix price ( hence called a ceiling price ), that demand contravenes the practice of trade practices and the trade practices act ( if it does exist in Malaysia )... Part and parcel of being in a free market is this: you will have competition and you will have people who will sell the same items at a lower price... Whenever a product is grossly overpriced, it means that the cost of advertising and promotion is being passed onto the customer... Crying foul is the part where I find amusing because at the end of the day, bookstore giants STILL make a killing with these books... At RM100 per book per person and if more than 100 people buy the title, which they will since it s Harry Potter we re talking about, well you do the math... This isn t really a case of price wars, people it is a case of being caught with your hand in the cookie jar - for overpricing your product... … View Post »

=.= I refer to your report UMNO Youth slams Fong over neglect of Bumi grads ( NST, 29 February 2007 ) and am utterly appalled that this sort of mentality still exists today amongst our leaders... It is not the Human Resources Ministry s job to ensure that Bumi grads are given well - paid jobs in the private sector, especially moreso if they do not fit the company s requirements in terms of work experience, renumeration expectations, attitude and paper qualifications... We talk about encouraging a level playing field for all and yet here we are being told that 30 percent of empty positions in a company should go to Bumiputra graduates on the grounds of discrimination by companies... Companies are profit driven FIRST before anything else and therefore it is only right AND logical to hire individuals who can help the company make more money at a lesser cost... People should sit down and ask themselves first why there are so many unemployed graduates in Malaysia instead of knocking, begging, pounding and demanding for jobs to be handed to these people on a silver platter... Success has always been 90% effort and 10% luck... … View Post »

The local government wants a total ban on fast food advertisements and get this, a sin tax to be applied to fast food ( it is now being applied to alcohol and ciggies )... I refer to your report Government Mulls Over Fast Food Ban ( The Star, Feb 17 ) and subsequent letters and articles regarding the matter of a total ban on fast food advertisements as well as the proposal to apply a sin tax on fast food... French fries, nuggets and burgers can be found in school canteens ( anyone remember a Ramly burger?... ) - the only difference is the price... The last I checked, the regular Malaysian adult diet of nasi lemak, roti canai, teh tarik, Coke and all is not any better... So how can we expect our children to eat healthily when adults don t?... In the first place, do we even bother asking ourselves how and why young children end up gorging themselves on fast food?... Is it because their parents or guardians are too busy to even cook a decent and healthy meal at home?... Is it because children are spoilt to the point where all one has to do is throw a tantrum and they get what they want?... That is why they cannot be held accountable for their actions until they reach suffrage age... What about exercise?... The parental relationship becomes closer when both parent and child participate in activities together like a play - exercise session at the local padang... Or is it because the local padang has holes in the ground and weeds growing into everything?... Housechores like wiping the windows and moping the floor are a form of exercise but these days, children don t need to do those things... Because the idea of taxing people for encouraging obesity is bordering on plain old silliness... At the end of the day, we make the ultimate choice of what we want to do with our bodies NOT companies... … View Post »

Sad to say this but I won t be NNWMing this year... … View Post »