‘When you are lied to the first time, you tend to get upset because you have been lied to. When you are lied to by the same party many times, you would not only get even more upset and angry but you would also develop a sense of distrust of the lying party. However, what is even more upsetting than continuous lies would be lies which are so stupid and so unbelievably astounding that it is a gross insult for the perpetrator to actually think that his or her lie will be believed by us….
…The latest is of course the lie about the trip to Taiwan and Macau being a trip arranged for the Barisan Nasional’s MPs to learn about agriculture in order to enable them to better argue and debate the budget in Parliament! Why don’t they just say that the trip was arranged to enable the BN MPs to visit a UFO site where aliens… – The Navel Gazer.
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The People's Parliament 
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September 11, 2008
Nailing the coffin
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Who destroyed UMNO-BN ?
They themself should knew it better !
Egotism ?
Ketuanan Melayu ?
greediness ?
You tell me.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
By :
Edmund Burke
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RAKYAT the Power of Nation
I like chopin
September 11, 2008
An interesting read and a very honest account by Navel Gazer.
We all knew that trip to Taiwan is a total lie.Nobody would buy it.Agriculture or learning is the last thing this trip is all about.It is to prevent those restless souls from crossing over but really,how long can they be kept away?
About teaching maths and science in English,this is a joke.Just looking at my children’s textbooks left me wondering how it got approved in the first place.Really,the only way to improve English is to bring back English schools and sent the teachers for real training,not the half baked ones.If teachers are poor in English,don’t expect the kids to do any better.
Even the kids of ministers were send to study overseas and this speak for the standard of our education system.
And as for the unholy trinity,some devils just refused to die or fade away.Trying to save the sinking ship but like Titanic,it is destined to sink.
Anonymous
September 11, 2008
Anonymous said…
THE NEW DAWN OF MALAYSIA IS SET NO MATTER WHAT HAS BEEN THROWN INTO THE WORKS
In 2004 GE11, the Malaysian Voters have had given the PeeM AAB 90% of the seats in Parliament with a Mandate of almost full support but what had he done to Malaysia, with his arrogance & ungratefulness, he tried to oppress & betray the Rakyats’ trust in him and mismanage the Government and suppressed the MSM News and spun lies and deceits. What could PeeM AAB ever do anything to Ahmad Ismail BUT A SLAP ON THE HAND OF A MERE 3 YEARS SUSPENSION??? As he himself professes & shares like-minded with Ahmad Ismail the same common seditious thoughts BUT HE THREATENS THE DISSENTING MASSES & BLOGGER RPK WITH ISA THAT IS THE MISUSE OF EXECUTIVE POWERS AND DID TRY TO BRING IN THE ARMY TO OPPRESS THE MASSES.
Light-up the Candles now and but justice for all ISA detainees come the new dawn of Malaysia soon.
Where is the justice & freedom of expression because all our MSM News are suppressed or spun, where have the Truth and Merdeka gone to, perhaps the goons under BN Government, ok??? Malaysia is going backwards after 51 years instead of going forward under the Racist UMNO, calling the “Chinese Squatters” to leave and “Babi Cabinet” if Anwar wins Permantang Pauh and if he forms the Pakatan Rakyats’ Federal Government. What independence is there when there is none but a Police State in the making and where is the Justice for Altantuya and those in the ISA detention without trial or rights of appeal to seek natural justice???
The UMNO Government is afraid that more cans of worms will be spilled by RPK and therefore they banned his blogsite which is a futile attempt to block information in this IT age, of course this is because of this Present Moronic Government is corrupt and dirty therefore on the pretext of helping the Rakyats, they could extract, swindle and plunder more money from the Budget Deficit and with most of the Deficit Money coming from Petronas. Look for example at the Crystal Mosque’s and Mariner Club’s Fiasco in Terengganu’s Billions in Wang Ehsan, Billions had been lost as white elephants. The cancellation of the Johore Scenic Bridge, Penang Second Bridge and LRT Projects at the whims and fancies of the Flip Flop, Incompetent and Sleeping PeeM at the last minutes is wasting Multi Millions Ringgits in Public Funds had shown proof of the PeeM’s mismanagement of the Government and wastage of the Public Financial Resources and all these wasted funds could not be salvaged to aid and assist the Malaysian Poor Citizens of all races. If Malaysia still keep him in power it will further damage and erode the Wealth of our Nation and our National Wealth could be decimated in no time.
The same could happen to all the empty promises of aid and help to the Rakyats these could all be lip service only unless it is monitored by reputable NGOs. On the irreversible Food Prices inflation, the unnecessary Moronic previous price hike on Petrol & Diesel had caused great permanent damage to the Food Price Structure and even if the price cut to Petrol and Diesel revert to their original prices prior to their hike, it will not revert the Food prices back to their original state and only the PeeM is to be solely blamed for his unwarranted Fuel Price Hike. His 2009 budget did not help the Rakyats’ quelled their immediate hardship suffered nor did that help them solve their Transport Problems immediately with multiple schemes but none available immediately with all the empty rhetorics but nothing concrete that could solve their immediate problems after years of neglect from this incompetent sleeping PeeM. As it is he is still sleeping and still unaware of what the 27 Million Rakyats wanted, needed and aspired to have coming soon??? THROW THEM OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, Come Sept 16, 2008 send them home to sleep forever he is no longer needed.
alan
September 12, 2008
I like Chopin….
As to the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English issue, I feel that main cause of all these discords have been the poor command of English in the rural areas compared to urban areas.
The digital divides between rural schools and urbans have been getting worse every year inspite of all the funds and technologies employed. Hence rural areas were/are unable to have access to relevant multimedia contents to compensate for the lack of teachers proficient in English.
To overcome these limitations we have undertaking at our own cost a project to equip ALL SCHOOLS the most remote to the most urban schools in Malaysia (and the world) with free English modules.
The difference this time is our abilitiy to deliver constantly anytime any where animated multimedia modules in seconds using only dial ups for hours or days of usage. This is in complete opposite of what is happening in the world… hours of downloads and minutes of usage using broadband.
So if we succeed in what we do , we shall be able to overcome the issue of using English as medium of instruction for Science and Mathematics.
Will we make it? It actually depends whether our schools are receptive to go digital.
Our site is at http://www.paperlesshomework.com
…..and it is environment friendly by going paperless.
Alan
Meng
September 12, 2008
I thought lying and false oath is allowed in Islam.
Bukhari Vol 3: 857 “Narrated Um Kulthum bint Uqba”:
That she heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 67, Number 427:
“By Allah, and Allah willing, if I take an oath and later find something else better than that. Then I do what is better and expiate my oath.’
Gadfly
September 12, 2008
Out of all places, why send the BN MPs to Taiwan? It is a big mistake. These BN Big Brothers treat the Chinese as pendatang, so they do not bother to know much about Chinese culture. The Chinese primary schools here (at least during my time)(and perhaps kinder garden in Taiwan) learn how to detect lies from ancient Chinese folk-tales like this one: Once upon a time, someone buried some 300 ounces of silver coins underground; above he wrote and planted a note ‘There are no 300 ounces of silver coins underneath here’; his neighbour Mr.Lee saw the note, dug out the coins and wrote on the other side of the note:’Your neighbour Mr.Lee did not steal’.
Instead of agriculture field trip, it is preferably renamed as deception field trip – a trip of how to tell outright lies to the outside world without being detected and without being feeling ashamed. Since they have to face international journalists and not those from MSM here, they have to do some homework things like the 19 criteria of judging validity of verbal statements used in CBCA originated from Undeutsch. The ‘agriculture field trip’ excuse passes only one criteria. Hopefully, they do not reveal that they are from Malaysia.
doggone
September 12, 2008
His other ambition in life is to surpass Lee Kuan Yew, either by deeds, (even he himself know it is impossible) or by longevity. You see, if he wants to live longer, he has to bear the agony of watching the unimpeded erosion of his cherish legacy. However at this stage in his life, the opportunity to outlived the other old man across the causeway might just outweigh the torment of watching a legacy turn into fallacy.
citizenken
September 12, 2008
intergrity, my dear anwar, intergity, pls delivery your job to malaysian. god bless malaysia, PRIDE of ASIA.
mei1
September 12, 2008
Though the liar is still unwilling to uncover his guilty conscience, he somehow has to face the music, just a matter of how soon it is.
The crux of the issue of teaching maths & science in Enlish is that the Bolehland used to do things without proper planning & thus uncountable money was washed down to the drain throughout the years & people still keep on suffering from the poor governance & system, worst still not much of improvement can be seen, especially the mentality.
Like what Hishamuddin Rais said at a forum couple of days ago that we need a structural change instead of a change from one person to another person. Yes, we need proper system to rebuild & reform the nation and continuous checks and balances on the ruling & opposition parties. That’s the way we should head on to.
mei1,
Were you at the forum on the 10th?
If so, thank you for taking time out to make the forum.
Paul Warren
September 12, 2008
I know my maths was never good. But one thing I know, I could never get past the first chapters of a Maths book written in Bahasa Malaysia.
Likewise I would imagine the mathematical terms in English must be quite a nightmare for students who have been BM educated.
I keep telling teachers of English, all that they need to know to introduce students to speaking good English is to have the students go through the Ladybird series….Peter & Jane!! I reckon by the time they come up to Volume 8C, they will all be writing blogs, in English too.
Paul Warren,
What about Enid Blyton’s Famous Five & Secret Seven?
I grew up on those.
mei1
September 12, 2008
Yes, I was there & fortunately I still managed to catch up the lrt. I was also at the Civil Society Award Ceremony but I couldn’t focus on listening due to the phone interruption on family matter.
I’m a regular audience to public forum / talk, as long as the topic interests me & time allows. This is one of the methods for me to learn & follow up with the going-ons & gain ideas from others.
mei1,
This nation needs more like you.
God bless.
Paul Warren
September 12, 2008
I only read one Enid Blyton. And that was like 2 years after I got it as a present from a teacher. I have read more comics though, including June and Friends, if you must know!!
I like chopin
September 12, 2008
Dear Alan(Sept 12 2008 at 12:06 am)
Thank you very much for your kind info.Will drop in with my kids during the weekend.Hope it will help them.It is my family project to learn English together.
I think the poor command of English affected the urban poor as much as it does the rural ones.They do not have the conducive environment to learn English.I don’t think a labourer or odd job worker living in the city will speak eloquent English to his kids.
I think learning English should not be confined to maths and science alone.Bring back more English lessons into our schools with more emphasis on grammar,vocabulary,sentence construction and daily conversation to help students pick up.But the best way is to read up as much story books as possible.
And to Paul Warren and Haris,both of you are right!Ladybird series of Peter and Jane as well as Enid’s Blyton’s Famous Five and Secret Seven are the best tools to learn English.I wonder if we can still find such gems in our school libraries now?It really makes me wonder……with that infamous write up from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn last week with regards to one royal princess….I think I knew the answer.
su
September 12, 2008
In response to Paul Warren,
I did the Peter and Jane series when I was in kindy! (Granted, I was in an International school at that time. Perhaps they teach children differently).
And Haris, so very glad to see someone else having grown up with Enid Blyton! This girl did too! And the books, which I had a massive library of, were old and worn paperbacks thanks to my dad’s friend, who was an ex-pat. Great stuff those.
su,
Confess to having a crush on Georgina!
Drachen
September 12, 2008
I think many politicians believe it’s what they say that’s important. Who cares what the public believes? They will say what is politically correct no matter how ridiculous it sounds.
As to Malaysia’s English standard, I’ve started giving lessons at quite low rates. So far I have two adult students. My small contribution to this country, if you like. Better to share than to take my knowledge into the grave! 🙂
mei1
September 12, 2008
I just learned from you guys, given that I’m relatively “new” to politics. In late 2006 only I started to get in touch with the nation issues by reading the articles from Chinese columnists & paper; went for forums in the 2nd half of 2007; followed up online news/articles around GE and became an “addict” to it thereafter or more precisely it’s part of my life now.
Still remember the key word from Malik i.e. “take the ownership of the issue”, Yang Poh: “do your part to help create awareness by spreading news/info to others for the interest of the nation”, yourself: “petition to Agong for sake of our judiciary”, etc.
NAIK SYEH..
September 12, 2008
Come Sept.16,another big liar would appear..