“All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.”
  –  Edmund Burke

Do nothing is just what UMNO and Abdullah Badawi did after Ahmad Ismail, UMNO Leader of Bukit Bendera said that the Chinese are immigrants and squatting and therefore can expect the same treatment.  Today, Najib on the other hand apologizes to the Chinese community and said that a meeting will be called to decide the type of action to be taken on Ahmad.  More delay, and the longer they do nothing, the longer evil prevails. 

Zailnol Padzi from UMNO Perak Youth wing said that Ahmad’s comment was not representing the party, and it was Ahmad’s own opinion.  If this is so, why did Najib apologizes for Ahmad? And where is Ahmad? he has made the comment and then fled.  Is “I am Sorry!” so hard to say? His boss has obviously apologizes for him and owns up to the comment.  If Ahmad is not commenting on behalf of UMNO, then why did Najib apologizes for it.  Looks like UMNO is condoning it, they are not taking any immediate action, they want to discuss first.

Is this kind of language and thinking tolerable? Absolutely not, if we allow the seed of hatred to grow, then we shall all perish in our own anger.  Ahmad needs rehabilitation.  He first needs to be strip off his datukship.  Firstly a Datuk is not a racist, and certainly, the Datukship should not represent one.  Secondly, Ahmad needs to be rehabilitated.  He needs not apologize, he is hating the Chinese so much to make such remarks.  He has his reasons, we should all understand his reasons.  Maybe some Chinese guy have done him wrong in the past, maybe it was how the system have poison his mind about the Chinese.  What ever it is, he needs to understand that this is wrong, and this will only leads to he end of him or the all of us. 

So, how long do we have to wait for someone to step up and do something? So far, it is just all talk. 

Try saying that fast 10 times, bet you get your tongue twisted real good.  Well, I am ecstatic that the popular musical with the same title has finally come to the silver screen, and best yet, coming to Malaysia this Sept 22nd.  If you have missed the 70’s, then you must watch this movie.  It brings Abba (Angetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni) to live with hits like Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, SOS, and much more.  Don’t know Abba, that’s alrite, you dont have to know them to love their music.  But you must have heard of Dancing Queen, it has been featured in countless movies, especially 70’s theme movies.  Unlike other great groups of past, Abba have been keeping a tight grip on their music, and they were even heavily involved in the musical productions, ensuring their music were not being diluted by other creatives.  I am counting the days till the premier on Sept 22nd.  It would be such a treat. 

Not sure why, of late, the word Fuck seams to be so cool.  It was first triggered by the two movies I watched, Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshal.  Maybe it was the way it was said, the vulgarity seams non-existence and it sounds just like a fad word.  Maybe, it was not so much of the word, but more of the expression of the emotions within, and the word are just an illustrations of the feeling of the moment.  This has to be it, as lately, there are so much bullshit in the country’s political arena that built up the frustration.  And Fuck is just the right word to vent the frustration.  As much as I love to use the word, it does seams vulgar and not many can accept it, especially if you need to maintain  your professionalism in the office.  The whole persona where you want to express, and yet, can’t, makes it more repressive and I guess, this is why Fuck is so cool. 

Every once in a while, you walk up a coffee shop and the person standing behind the counter look at you like she wants to eat you up, with no smile, no friendly voice, instead, shouting on top of her lungs “How can I help you today!”, almost picking a fight.  That’s the coffee bitch.   The coffee bitch is not one specific person, but a species of bitches who serves coffee.  I just wonder if they spit into the coffee or food to make their day.  In Malaysia, Coffee Bean, which I patron almost every weekend has the most of these bitches.  They are scattered all over Malaysia.  If not for their breakfast and royalty program, I would have ban this franchise long before.  Even when I help to clear the table when I was done, I was greeted with a ‘Oi!, Just Pass to Someone Can Already!’, like what the fuck, a thank you would be nice. 

On the other extreme, I have never encounter such coffee bitches at Starbucks.  I patron Starbucks in every city I visit and always, never fail, greeted with a smile, friendly voice and always made to feel like home.  I’ve read “How Starbucks Saved my Life” by Michael Gates Gill and finally understood why there’s a smile at the back of every Starbucks counter.  It’s their culture.  Now, why can’t coffee bean be more like them.  Then again, if coffee bean would embrace such cultures, then coffee bean wouldn’t be coffee bean today.  At the end of the day, these coffee bitches are human after all, and thanks to Coffee Bean, they have a job.  If there were no coffee bean in the world, and only Starbucks, these coffee bitches would have been discriminated, or worst being forced into doing someone that they are not.  So, the next time, I encounter these Coffee Bitches, I would just smile, and glad that these bitches are working in the coffee shop and not in my company which I have to deal with more often than visiting the coffee shop.  Maybe they will smile back and dont spit into my food.

Are we a creature of fear or fear has brought out the creatures among us.  Soon after the news flare over the Internet on the arrest of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at lunch time, it becomes the talk of the office.  By 4 something, the office starts to become quiet, and my boss jokingly said, “you all dont want to go home early ar? Anwar is caught by the police already, and maybe got trouble in the streets”.  Well, that sounds like a good justification to go home early.  None of us took up my boss offer, but noticeably, the office was indeed quieter, and leaving the Free Trade Zone area, the usual traffic crowd seams to have reduced significantly.  Are there any relation to Anwar being caught by the police? One could only speculate.

According to Malaysiakini, the arrest was done in front of Anwar’s home and by a convoy of 15 cars and mask men.  Mask Men? Wow, Swat team? The intriguing part is this, the police says that they have followed procedures and have put the safety of their men first.  So, what has 15 cars and mask men got to do with safety? Then it daunted to me.  Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was allegedly have committed sodomy with Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, a dashing young man.  So, 15 cars are to ensure that they have enough men just incase one or some of their men were “attacked” by this 61 years old man.  Since he allegedly can sodomize this dashing young man, it could happen to any of the arresting offices, so they show up in force, 15 cars in total to ensure this 61 years old man is contained.

Then, why masked men? Again, this is for the safety of the arresting officers.  Some of the officers must have been as handsome as the dashing young man that made the allegations.  So, for their safety, they have to cover up their face and avoid the 61 years old man getting a hard on and ‘attack’ them.  It all makes sense doesn’t it.  What else could explain 15 cars and masked police man arresting a 61 years old man, who are not known to have any weapon nor was not thought to be involved in a violent crime.  Anyway, all these are pure speculations.  Nevertheless, I am glad that the police has put their officer’s safety up front, it is what every employee wants from their employer.  And as a tax payer, I am glad that with such design, un wanted things could be avoided and safe more tax payer money having to send the officers to hospitals.  So, all in all, this is good.  As the saying goes It is better safe than sorry.

MalaysiaKini - Mengapa Anwar di tahan di luar rumah… (Police explaining that their officer’s safety is at heart)

MalaysiaKini - Anwar ditahan police bertopeng (Masked Police and 15 cars convoy)