How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Pigs unlucky this year?

No, I am not about to write about those affected by Ali Rustam’s order to have Malacca free of pigs.

I normally take astrology with a pinch of salt. My wife happened to have read Lillian Too’s prediction based on Chinese astrology and she remembers something about those born in the years of the Pig having to watch their health during this Chinese year of the Pig.

For taoists, they normally go to the temple to ‘sip tai sui’ to try and alleviate, or if possible, avoid any possible bad luck coming their way. One year is different from the next and each year, one or more animal signs might be affected.

Recently, Cheng mentioned about her fall in the bathroom in Maastricht, Holland. My wife remembered about the prediction and she went to her usual temple to check out. There was a list of those affected and who require ‘sip tai sui’. All men, born in the years of the Pig, eg. 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, are affected. Women born in the year 1983 only are affected, which refers to Cheng as well. Two weeks ago, my brother fell from the ceiling and fractured his left leg and injured two vertebrae, and he was born in 1947.

When I read the papers about Jeffrey Kitingan’s road accident, I vaguely remembered his age was mentioned as 60 and I double-checked it as correct, which meant he was born in the year of the Pig.

Coincidence? Who knows?

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