Empty Cans Make The Most Noise!

Some empty cans just love to contribute to the already deafening sound of the local media and political drama!

I'm from Sarawak (and will always be a Sarawakian first, a Malaysian second) and no matter how proud I am of my state's rich natural heritage and its rainforests, I'm sure the proposed dam projects are all within the appropriate environmental limits. The people who have been making a lot of noise should do their research first and not start talking shit even before they know their facts. Sarawak is a land filled with rivers and therefore, it is most suitable to make dams. So, get your facts right first! I'm sure all rainforests will be preserved accordingly.

Just one thing though, to the loud mouths of the peninsula - you guys just love to make so much noise and yet do you know that all these dams are for your own good? Do you think Sarawakians need so many dams for our electricity? We have more than enough already now and the government know that! It's because we have to sacrifice our land to provide for you, that's why we have to build these dams. So, perhaps, just shut your mouth!

Barack Obama Is The Democratic Presidential Nominee

Congrats Senator Obama for being officially selected as the Democratic Party's Presidential Nominee! I hope you'll be the President by the end of this year. Honestly, I was rooting for your competitor and still hoping that she'll one day be President. But for the time being, it'll be great if it could be an Obama/Clinton run. So, here's to you and all the best! Make history, make change! We've had enough Republicans telling us what to do. Give us that much needed breath of fresh air!

50 Most Powerful Women In NYC

Mariah Carey is recognised as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women In NYC by The New York Post recently. She's at #40 and guess who's #1 - the incomparable Hillary Rodham Clinton, who I hope will still be the Democratic Party Presidential Nominee for this year's election. Anyway, here's what The New York Post had to say about Miss Carey - Not long ago, things looked dire for the Long Island native - dropped from her record label, trying to live down "Glitter". Now she's back as R & B's biggest diva, with her song "Touch My Body" becoming her 18th No. 1 single - pushing her past Elvis Presley and second only to the Beatles in chart-toppers.

Not bad for the little girl from Long Island who was named after the song "They Called The Wind Mariah". Good on you, Mariah! Peoples, keep voting/buying/downloading Bye Bye and make it Mariah's 19th #1!

HHHMMM...Need I Say More?

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex. “The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.

In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore. They may also wear a “baju kurung” and a headscarf is optional for Malay students. Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”

“This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,” she said. “Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment.However, the girls themselves also came in for criticism, with the association saying that some used the white blouse to lure men. “This is the source of the problem, where we can see that schoolgirls themselves are capable of using this to attract men to them,” Munirah said. “This could see them getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things.” – AFP

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OK, I'm all for reducing the rates of crimes against women and girls here in Malaysia. With the amount of rape cases and premarital sex increasing by the year, it's quite scary to think that in a country where religion and values are of utmost importance, such insanity should be the least of our worries. But it seems otherwise.

Anyway, changing our school uniforms (to something less sexier? how more can it be changed?) is definitely not the way for us to reduce such crimes or to even prevent them. I believe education is key and that perhaps is the single most important thing for everyone to look into when it comes to solving such crimes in Malaysia.

There's also the other thing. Isn't it just true that it's human nature when we're told not to do something or prevent from doing something, we just love to do it more? Well, the more controlled a human is, the wilder they'll get. Trust me, it's certainly true. Case in point - how many more anti-piracy programs do we need? Are the consumers even afraid of being caught? Worst still, are these VCD/DVD peddlers even afraid of the government/officers-in-charge of anti-piracy? Sad to say, they're having a ball actually. If you happen to visit a shopping centre in USJ, the whole place is dedicated/filled with pirated goodies. Whatever you want, just name it, you got it.

Politics = Greed!

Just when you thought the world could not get any worse, here comes another dumbass government acting like it's so great! I just can't believe the world is filled with stupid idiotic people like that. How can a governMent reject foreign aids in time of needs? And how can theY just keep these foreign Aids, oNce accepted, for their top generals and forget about their citizens? Here's soMething I would like to shAre - if you want to be gReat/successful/rich/famous, be cruel! The crueler, the better! Trust me, it will surely work! Like a charm!

Another Dumb Blonde Moment!

PM agrees to Sabah's request for more government posts.

What more can I say? Only now? How about Sarawak?

Need I Say More?

“Without East Malaysia, Barisan would have been done for,” said a KL-based political analyst, referring to the recent election results.