A little after 9 yesterday morning, I sent out the following sms to the organising team : ‘Rise and shine. It is the dawning of a new day’.
I almost immediately got this response from Tony : ‘Am already at the Blog House. He He He!
I got to the Blog House about a half hour later to find him seated on the floor, looking dreary-eyed, getting the CDs that were given away last night ready.
Although he denied it, I still suspect he had worked alone through the night.
Big Guy, we could not have done it without you.
We also could not have done it without the 67 who attended the forum and the 150 who made the get-together.
Thank you all so, so, much.
You made the efforts of the entire organising team worthwhile.
For those who could not make it, you’ll have another chance.
Yes, we have had firm commitments to take this fellowship of like-minded anak Bangsa Malaysia to Penang, Ipoh and Johore Bharu.
And this morning someone contacted me to say that Kota Kinabalu is a distinct possibility.
Look out for forthcoming announcements in this and other blogs about Majlis Mesra PELITAR.
I’ll tell you about PELITAR shortly.
First, photos from yesterday.
Registration. Big Dog came, man!
Bernard & Zaid, the first and second speakers.
The rest of the speakers.
The forum participants.
Jeff & Co helping Rocky enact Usman Awang’s genius.
Our future.
Fellowship
& more fellowship.
Tony and more of the future generation leading us in
the reaffirmation of the Rukunegara to bring the get-together to a close.
You can get a sense of the evening from postings by Aishah, Rocky, Big Dog and June-E.
Update : You can also get other views on the get-together at Bangmalaysia, Nuraina, YB Jeff Ooi, Walski, SK Thew, Melvin Mah, Euphoria in Misery, Rajahram, Nocturnal Mind and Howsy
We launched the ‘Project Irrelevant’ yesterday. Will tell you more of this in the coming days.
Also promised all present last night to send them an invite to join an anak Bangsa Malaysia e-group. The list of attendees is being tidied up, after which invites will be sent out to get into the PELITAR e-group.
Okay, about PELITAR.
How about you just read about this at the PELITAR blog. This is temporary whilst waiting for the more tech-savvy bloggers to get to work.
Off to get some sleep. Once we’ve summarised the views shared at the forum, will post it up.
From all of us at the Blog house last night, thank you SK, Mob, June-E and Cheryl for the slide presentation.
Oh, before I forget, yes it happened again last night.
Love, respect and tenderness was planted.
Let’s nurture it, people.
The People's Parliament 
Biggum Dogmannsteinberg
August 26, 2007
Thanks for having ‘not like-minded’ people like me. Yes, it was a good evening. I hear the forum panelists’ point of views, angle of “The Bangsa Malaysia definition” and the call for changes. Except the bit Azmi Shahrom said “We are the elite and its up to us to make the changes”.
And of course some of the points/stories/opinion from the floor were just ramblings and simply did not own up to the objectives you put forth, “to give the characteristics of Mr. or Mdm. Bangsa Malaysia”.
Anyhow, the demonstrations/presentations of post forum reflect the patriotism and spirit of Malaysia that I was talking about and make us proud to be Malaysians.
“Bersekutu bertambah mutu” the motto of the Federation and “Kesatuan dalam kepelbagaian”, taken from the Indonesian Republic are taglines we Malaysian should live up to and defend, to move forward.
Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
Selamat Menyambut Ulangtahun Kemerdekaan ke 50 to all.
alliedmartster
August 26, 2007
one will never be able to see the complete picture puzzle as long as ome piece of it is missing. Last night 76pieces came together. I am but one small piece. In retrospect, you were right , he is pulling the right strings. Beautiful people to work with in this group! And there are many more who will come too. Looking fwd to the next.
And no…..I did not work all njght!
rockybru
August 26, 2007
Congrats, People’s Parliament! I knew you’d take us all somewhere, sooner or later.
And yep, Tony Yew was excellent. I have never participated in an event that clearly depended way too much on one man to make sure that everything works as it was supposed to. Tony was our technician, MC, speaker, participant, and more. He also helped cleared the Tiger from the fridge.
Looking forward to Penang. And I’m sure Penang is looking forward to us.
Paul Warren
August 26, 2007
Yes I was there!
And tonight I attended “The Rebel Tree” at the MATIC!…
Nostalgic? co-incidence? Whatever….Maybe the air is so full of this feeling about and for anak Bangsa Malaysia that the authorities are trying so hard to hide it. Does anyone see KL all lit up and with flags abounding in their splendour? something is missing!
Yet, something else is present! Anak Bangsa Malaysia!
lucia
August 27, 2007
hi! i’m from penang and when i heard that this event was to be held in KL, i was disappointed but now i heard good news… PELITAR will be coming to penang. looking forward to it.
Mahendran
August 27, 2007
hi harris.. Mahen here.. sir rite now im in Ipoh..do come in fast here!! cant wait to get together with fellow malaysians..
looking forward for Pg and Ipoh ones!
shar101
August 27, 2007
Well done, bro.
Thanks to your persistence and with your more than able O.C., BMM got moving. And I agree with you that the other ‘Big Guy’ (No, not you BD) up there had a lot to do with it.
The outpouring of genuine passion and emotion from all the participants was amazing.
Btw what did you say to the cops who turned up? “Wanna get registered?”
svllee
August 27, 2007
Dear Haris, Congratulations for making a dream come true. I couldn’t be there but the pictures are great.Hope to meet you guys up one day.
svllee
August 27, 2007
Dear Haris, Congratulations for making a dream come true. I couldn’t be there but the pictures are great.Hope to meet you guys up one day. Happy Merdeka to you all and wish Pelitar a great success.
bangmalaysia
August 27, 2007
Congratulations and thanks Haris and the guys for making the event such a memorable one. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, PELITAR will help us spread the philosophy of love and respect around the nation. Sorry for posting late on the get-together. Was down with viral fever. You can catch my posting at:
http://bangmalaysia.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/profile-of-bangsa-malaysia/
All round Congratulations to organising committee once again.
Gan
August 27, 2007
Great job to breathe life into Bangsa Malaysia !!
I pray that many more Bangsa Malaysians will be born.
Sivin Kit
August 27, 2007
I had a wonderful time. And it was an extra blessing to connect with friends new and old. While I think there was a good mind of “mindset” talk especially from the Forum, I felt there was a lot of “heart” in terms of the atmosphere – perhaps the was a sense of “belonging”? 🙂
Good job to all those who planned and sweat extra for the event. Hope to have more organized thoughts for blogging later.
mathievanan
August 27, 2007
good work guys and girls pse keep it up.There is still hope for malaysia then…
howsy
August 27, 2007
Congratulations and thanks for having the event. Well done!
shanghaistephen
August 27, 2007
Hey Harris a.k.a. “the wild-man of politics”
Yes , you have started this walk to Parliament and you are going to speak as always,as passionately about our causes and displeasures, there in Parliament….great night and…eerh sorry I missed the forum but surely I did’t miss the malt !
Once again thank you for your tireless imput into People’s Parliament and All-Blogs and of course, also to the All-Blogs “working” committee…sheeesh…. somebody ‘unleashed all the tigers’ out of the fridge man !
Please …Haris …btw “what DID you tell the cops,huh ?”
zorro
August 27, 2007
Haris told the mata-mata:…”Come back later for the Tiger”….they came back and there was no more tigers and they never came back. But like I told neighbor Marcus Gill (donor of a crate of S.African stout), we dont need to lock Blog House (xcept the Tiger Box) since the squad cars will be roving ever so often.
shar101
August 27, 2007
Bro,
Jayanath Appudurai’s demography data was rather revealing when he mentioned that the median age of Malaysians is 25.
He also mentioned to me that the research was done based on 2006 statistics, therefore, quite relevant as a tool in developing a strategy for Pelitar’s and All-Blogs’ efforts to reach out to the masses.
Can you get more information from him?
Will do better. will try to put you in touch with him directly
Melvin
August 27, 2007
Bro. Haris,
Again, thank you very much for the invitation to come over and celebrate this pre-Merdeka event with the rest of you lot.
Just like the “hands that built America”, there are hands that built Bangsa Malaysia for the rest to walk. There are I times that I feel that we are feeling the effects of polarization as the result of poor-decision making and words by the corrupt and extremist politicians in the nation. It is high time to put a stop onto this.
galadriel
August 27, 2007
thank u Harris for the event, for ur indefatigable spirit (fu yoh…big word. I was paying attention to what was being said and what I heard says that there is room for divergent voices and thoughts in one forum.
We are capable of discussion, we are capable of agreeing to disagree with each other, and we are capable of some profound thoughts…my hope in my fellow Malaysians have been renewed in a big way.
Trima Kasayyyyy!!
big easy
August 27, 2007
big easy came..
big easy saw..
big easy smiled..
big easy felt proud..
then,
big easy left.. and damn sure will be back!
ghostline
August 28, 2007
Friends,
We took a small but meaningful step on Saturday night. For once, it was a step forward.
Thanks to the whole team for making this possible.
Now the real work begins.
cherwith
August 28, 2007
It was a pleasure to meet you Haris- a true honor, you certainly represent a much needed light in Malaysia, thanks for bringing the vision to reality. So it has begun, let’s not let the spark die but instead let’s keep it burning strong….Penang, JB, Ipoh ( If I can I’ll be there at all the spots) Boy am I glad you guys are coming to PG for a change.hehehe 🙂 I’ll support you all the way, just holler if you need any help k?
Cheryl, thanks for all the help.
Yes, will certainly call on you for help.
See you in Penang
Rajahram
August 28, 2007
Bro Haris,
Thank you for your splendid efforts at forum Bangsa Malaysia. Would like to see more such gatherings and looking forward to the forum/discussion posting. Well done and keep it up!
Eagle
August 28, 2007
If it is true that PM has announced that Malaysia is a “negara Islam”, maybe its time to challenge him on all government policies (or in some cases UMNO) which are unIslamic – racial discrimination, ketuanan Melayu, restrictions on freedom of speech and expression, ISA, corruption and nepotism. It is time to show Malays that they cannot both be Islamic and condone these acts.
Satya
August 29, 2007
Hearty congratulations to the entire organising committee!
You guys are coming to JB as well? Awesome! I’m just across the causeway right now, and usually stuck on campus. But if there’s anything I can do to pitch in for the JB event, do let me know. I missed the KL meet, and I sure as hell wanna be a part of this one.
Let’s spread the love!
priscilla
August 29, 2007
Firstly, SYABAS!!! to Mr Haris and the organizing team.
Enjoyed every bit it. Met some wonderful people who told me I should start blogging too. Hmm… Maybe I should. And to all the anak-anak Bangsa Malaysia “Selamat Hari Merdeka”.
SB Koay
August 25, 2008
Where do I fill in the Form?