Elections?

First of all, poor show Sabah. poor show. 51 or 52 out of 54 seats... to BN?

Secondly, Anwar's performance was quite impressive. managing to forge a loose alliance with the other opposition parties was most probably why they managed to win so many seats in peninsular.

seems they're ready for change... what happened sabah? beloved homeland? what's this "why the fuck are you still talking about politics? its so boring, you think they give a shit what you think? nothings going to change anyway" attitude?

are your ready to eat your words yet? cause your west side counterparts are moving forwards, and we... still lag. lag because of political apathy. political nonchalance.

if you think about it, really BN has been really idiotic in that they kept lashing out at bloggers. well hello, old skoolers, the internet wins. Opposition, through the internet, managed to get the other side of the story across, with far more compelling evidence, despite their lack of radio/tv/newspaper accessibility. opposition was basically winning over most of the younger, educated generation.

but chris, surely we got those in kk too right ya is it not? we got internets?


yeh... internet... what do you do with it?

1. friendster
2. facebook
3. uhm... limwire...
4. ... porn?


hmm. you didn't know what anyone from the opposition was talking about did you? cause you never really heard what they had to-

oh yeh chris wait, youtube!

-ok, you never really heard what the opposition had to say. i lost my train of thought...


anyway, i'm stereotyping grossly unfairly. but the truth remains, that most of the votes in sabah came from the rural hoods, the kampungs, where BN funding and socio-economic policies are beneficial. and when i say funding of course i really mean bribe money. hmm... what happened to the educated people? oh right, they figured out that anywhere is better than sabah right? THAT, is unfair. even if you don't want to live there, at least send in a vote for that other guy.

you know, the clever one? yeh, i want a clever guy running my country someday. not someone who'll spend millions of dollars on a mosque with a crystal dome and then smile at you and say "see? what would you do without me?" when the ROADS that lead to that mosque, or everywhere else for that matter, are badly damaged, poorly maintained etc. and we're talking about roads that malaysians use, all malaysians. do all malaysians use that mosque?

priorities?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- An international human rights group said Wednesday it fears Malaysians will not get a fair vote in this week's general elections because of an uneven playing field favoring the ruling National Front coalition.

New York-based Human Rights Watch urged Malaysia to eradicate bias from the electoral process. Opposition and activist groups say the process is rife with irregularities.

Malaysian law minister Nazri Abdul Aziz denied the allegations, accusing Human Rights Watch of discrediting the elections because "they know the National Front will win."

"To me, Human Rights Watch is biased. They are not important at all. It's only their opinion," he told The Associated Press.

Group Warns on Malaysia Elections, (March 4 2008)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/malaysia.elections.ap/index.html as of March 11 2008

yeh. i laughed too. ridiculous isn't it, to think that this is the kind of response an authoritative figure in our country would give.


a lot of talk of racial tension too. we're not allowed to go celebrate or anything apparently. says the sheriff, the policeman all other police call boss. worried that another racially charged riot will ensue. let me tell you something about racially charged riots. they're started by people who feel there should be racially charged issues. ie. UMNO. nah ok, that's again another unfair accusation based on rumours. rumours? yes, i've heard some rumours. but i won't bother posting them. why? because i'm still afraid of the ISA.

yep. that draconic tool that allows ANYONE to be arrested with NO trial whatsoever. you are automatically assumed guilty, and the court doesn't even DARE challenge that assumption.


check out this article. written by an Australian political scientist in malaysia, specializing in malaysian politics. i have to say, when i hear about foreigners actually taking interest in how we run our countries, its quite encouraging. because it means we might one day actually have FAIR elections, because of their pressure. otherwise we 're bound to uncover some big election scandal and that could be ok too i guess. that way, we'd learn and progress you see.




BUT. now i want to write about me.

lots of not so nice things have happened to me in melbourne, far too many to list, i simply can't be bothered.

today, no exception, BUT, i'm still freakin happy.

lets take a look.

insanely far classes to walk to.
insanely hot dry weather.
insanely boring classes.
cooked rice and pak choy for dinner, and intended to make spare ribs, since i swam so hard today. well, got the rice, got the pak choy, but i burnt the ribs. BURNT. to the point where it screamed "I AM CANCER PERSONIFIED!" so i had to bin it.
i started opening a can of luncheon meat, but the pin was rusty and i cut myself. so much blood. and eventually, using my mad engineering skillz, i managed to salvage the pin, rework the tin a bit, and finish opening the damn thing. then i had to cook it. when i finally sat down to have my humble meal, the rice was cold and hard, and my veges cold and soggy.
i had enough sense to make soup as well, boiling some ribs to use as stock. so i figured, well, i'll still have some ribs at least. not nicely marinaded but good enough.. where's the soya sauce, mm ok.
but the ribs weren't cooked. wtf? i've been boiling the soup with onions and tomatoes for 3 hours and its not cooked?
and you know you can't eat uncooked pork.
i just patched up my thumb cause all that itching and throbbing finally got my attention again.

But you know what?


I just couldn't help but feel happy today.

because I'm God's beloved. He loves me as I am, whether I reciprocate His love or not. He's not out to make my life difficult like i used to believe (whether i realized or not), and somehow my whole attitude towards life just changed overnight.

and yes Gabriel, if you're reading this, it's largely because i was listening to the Grace and Favour sermons by Joseph Prince. but yeh, today, it felt like God was constantly prodding my back and going "Take it easy son. No big deal."

"pfft. yeh. you're right. HAHA."


don't think about how much you love God. think about how much He loves you.

so i kinda lied about no more food blogging... so i might as well tell you bout my awesome STEAK AND FRIES. yep, simple gravy this time, just a reduced red shiraz sauce, much nicer, and of course fries. i have a huge patch of deep fried skin on my middle finger now. stupid fries. ahah. oh and yesterday i had fish. bought a fillet of basa fish from the market. i have no idea what basa fish is but its consistency is that of dory fish. so i marinaded it yesterday afternoon with some of chris' magically awesome pesto sauce, and then lightly pan fried it last night.

in the wise words of Mr. Silver:

"You can't cook, until you can cook fish."


Oh yes. I can cook.


wait. i epic failed at ribs.

mmmmmmmmmmhmmmmmmm...


so. bye.