For those who are still looking for thrashed hair for purposes of the Halloween series of Quests in MapleSEA:
You can find one in Kerning’s hair salon.
P.S: There is no thrashed hair in Henesys’s hair salon.
P.S.S: There is no hair salon in El Nath.
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“A lie and a mistake are two different things altogether. But when a person insists that a mistake is a lie, he becomes an idiot.” J. Wong (2011)
Lim Guan Eng mistakenly stated in the media that Novandri is the vice-president of UMNO Bukit Gelugor. Novandri insists that Lim Guan Eng lied in the media.
Why would Lim Guan Eng lie about something like that, Mr. Novandri? You’d lose nothing, not even your reputation. So you’re not the vice-chairman of UMNO Bukit Gelugor, fine. It’s just a mistake, ok? You don’t have to harp on it. Or else people will think of you as an idiot for not being able to differentiate between an honest mistake and a lie/fitnah.
Or perhaps Mr. Novandri is all too farmiliar with lie/fitnahs as he had made too much of them in his blog accusing Lim Guan Eng of corruption(?). I really have no idea how he’d recognise a simple, honest mistake as a lie/fitnah. If going by his logic, I’d be fitnah-ing a person if I have mistaken his identity. The world would be in chaos by then. :3
This fella by the name of SoulBlader72 has just scammed me of my fame. Take note of this guy.
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“It’s been a while,” says Tsusaka.
“I’d like to introduce you to someone.”
“This is Little Oz. Say hi to her!”
“…”
“Now Little Oz, burn this silly plane!”
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I just has to share this vocaloid song. It’s my latest favourite.
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This is the lamest notice I’ve ever seen in my life. Why?
1. Shopkeepers don’t just simply raise the price of their goods for no reason. In fact, the main reason for any price increase is because of the decrease in supply. Sugar used to be cheap when Robert Kwok (a Chinese, mind you) was in ownership of the sugar plantations in North Malaysia, but after it was sold to the government, the price shot up. Now, whose fault is it? (In fact once something leaves the hands of a Chinese, it becomes worse)
2. PAS is going to contest in Tenang anyway and they’ll also field a Malay candidate, and so what is the point of them telling the Chinese to ensure that a Malay wins?
PERKASA are no brainers. I would have had more respect for PERKASA if they were to actually focus on improving the lives of the members of the Malay race (i.e. through education or the economy) instead of focusing their attack on other races. =\
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I refer to the press conference by YB Chong Chieng Jen, MP of Kuching, and YB Anthony Loke, MP of Rasah, at the Parliament lobby on the 6th of December 2010 where they proposed that ‘Haram’ income should go into separate account from the consolidated fund. ‘Haram’ incomes include the profits from the sale of alcohol, pork, or even the profits from betting and gambling related activities such as 4-digit lotteries and casino activities. Whatever tax collected and/or money obtained from the issuance of licence for these activities are also considered haram. Even donations that come from such sources and companies that carry out such activities are haram in the eyes of UMNO Penang.
From what I can observe, the main reason they have made the proposal was because UMNO Penang had made an issue out of the RM100 that was to be given annually to each senior citizen in Penang who are eligible and aged 60 under the Senior Citizens Appreciation Programme mooted by the Pakatan government led by the DAP. The issue was that of the source of money – UMNO Penang claimed that it was from gambling sources (of which the Penang government had vehemently denied and stated that they have separated the gambling monies). Nevertheless, state assemblymen from UMNO constituencies have been “recollecting” these so-called ‘Haram’ monies. Teary-eyed senior citizens have been seen “returning” the monies to UMNO offices (ironic huh?) and these UMNO leaders have no plans to return the money to the state government but instead “donating” it to temples or “kafirs”. Clever ploy – the people can’t use (donate) the money and yet UMNO can.
YB Tony Pua of Petaling Jaya Utara has made a very progressive view of the situation whereby he has suggested that Federal and State Umno leaders should also return all their allowances as assemblymen or government servants back to the Government if they think that people should not accept “Haram” monies as the source for their salaries is even more dubious. Pua also suggested to these UMNO leaders that “they should also demand that for future infrastructure projects such as highways built by the Federal Government, there should be lanes designated for Muslims and non-Muslims based on the proportionate breakdown of source of revenue used to build the roads.”
Here’s my personal opinion:
Indeed what YB Pua said (two different lanes for muslims and non muslims) is going to happen eventually if UMNO continues to harp on such senseless and thoughtless thing such as the “source of money”. This is really really stupid and if it were to happen, there would be segregation and more social problems would inevitably occur.
In my opinion it is the intention that matters. Indeed gambling revenues may be haram, but IN MY OPINION once the money is used for donation or other good purposes, it should be “cleansed” and hence no longer haram. It is like saying Mr. Tan who sells pork cannot give his honest, hard earned money to help his neighbour Ali to fix his house.
YB Chong’s suggestion to the Federal government to set aside a special account for the collection of taxes of gambling sources (separate from the consolidated fund) would be a good one in that, if and only if, it can indeed can solve UMNO Penang’s woe of receiving “haram” money and “being punished by God at akhirat”. The reality is that it can’t.
However, no sensible government on earth, even Muslim ones, would do that as in the end it would be the Muslims that would be the loser. Furthermore, the economic “gap” between Malays (of whom all are Muslims) and non-Malays will then widen if the money is separated. The only reason UMNO Penang is doing all this “wayang kulit” is because they’re in the opposition and to ensure that they remain relevant. UMNO also wanted to stir up some religious sentiments against the largely non-Muslim Penang government.
The issue will snowball into a bigger issue one. It is a religious issue, but it can also be racial as all Malays are Muslims as defined by the constitution. We do not want any more May 13, do we? It would happen when one race gets left out. UMNO harps on May 13 because they WANT it to eventually happen again so that they can remain in power through the insemination of fear, while I harp on it because I DO NOT WANT it to happen again as I do not want to see this bull in my textbook anymore.
The best thing DAP could do to solve the problem (fear by Penang Muslims that the money being Haram) is to start a roadshow to directly inform Muslims in Penang about the money – and to tell them that even if they do not want it for fear of it being “Haram”, they can directly donate it to the “kafirs” and do not need to go through anyone, including UMNO.
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Someone Laughs
by Google Translate
Busy life is no dissatisfaction
I know bright voice
Anxiety will increase
Casual words
The irritation invites
Torn down taut yarn
But hiding a smile today
I laugh at that
People who know the wave is frivolous
Laughter meets today and tomorrow
Someone is crying
I hate liars
Hate myself
Far down in the mouth alone
Still want to love somebody
In my mind that
Someone laughs
Torn down taut yarn
But always with a smile to hide
I laugh at that
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Let me start this article that I am about to write by congratulating Ms. Teresa Kok, Selangor State Government Exco for Trade and Industry, for being elected as the new DAP Selangor chairperson at the 16th Selangor DAP Ordinary State Convention today. She would be taking over from the previous chairperson Mr. Ean Yong Hian Wah, who is also ADUN of Seri Kembangan. I personally think that it is good to have a woman leading a major political party which is ruling a state.
Nevertheless I would also like to point out that Kok had narrowly won the position of state chairperson with a mere one vote majority against her competitor, Mr. Teng Chang Khim, the Speaker of the Selangor State Assembly.
In the DAP, there are altogether 15 slots in the state committee up for election. This is how an election takes place: the delegates will vote for 15 members whom they want to be in the committee. After the 15 committee members have been elected, these new committee members would then hold another meeting/election to decide who gets what post in the committee.
Now here’s the main issue that I wanted to raise: out of the 15 newly elected committee members, 7 were in Kok’s “Unity Team”, 5 of them were in Teng’s “Rainbow Coalition”, and another 3 were supposedly not aligned to anyone. However, Teng himself has obtained more votes (504) compared to Kok (437) in the election. Unfortunately for Teng, Kok was later elected as chairperson with eight votes by the committee members – Teng has got only seven votes. See that Teng was not able to be the Chairperson despite garnering more votes that Kok in the committee elections?
“That is why all these years I have been pushing for direct election. Today we can see there is a need for it,” Teng later said. He even boasted that he successfully pushed for direct election of office bearers in the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) when he was the leader of the wing.
In my opinion and this is strictly my opinion, I would say that the DAP’s current method of electing party leaders is very recommendable and should continue to be used. An advantage of this method is that capable leaders would have a higher possibility of being elected and would not be removed unlike in conventional direct elections where there would definitely be a losing candidate. Like for example, if direct elections were to be held and Kok were to have lost to Teng, it would have been a terrible pity as the losing candidate, despite being a really capable person, would have been forced to retire early from politics. The current method of electing 15 committee members has ensured that both Teng and Kok were to remain as office bearers and this is indeed good as no talent has gone to waste.
One of the disadvantages with this election system is that, in order for a candidate to get elected into the committee, he will not only have to tell his supporters to vote for his team’s members, he also has to instruct them to NOT vote for any member of the opposing camp in order to ensure that they get as little vote as possible. If it is like this, then the possibility of the weaker camp being totally wiped out is very possible – and this has indeed happened in DAP Perak where 14 members from the Ngeh-Nga camp were voted into the 15-seat DAP Perak state committee.
Thus, under this system, non-aligned candidates, as long as they don’t get into any of the camp’s bad books and stay as neutral as possible, would end being the real victor as they would end up obtaining the votes from both camps (just like how Kulasegaran obtained first place in the previous Perak state DAP committee election and yet was booted out in the election that took place recently). And indeed, the three committee members who got the highest votes in the committee election (Jenice Lee, Hannah Yeoh and Charles Santiago) were all non-aligned! If you attack others, their supporters will not vote for you, and vice versa! And hence, this election system is all about not being hated by anyone! This is an election system that promotes good behavior as those who don’t behave well will definitely suffer the most. This is also why I support this election system! It all comes back to basic psychology!
Nevertheless, non-aligned candidates, even though they may end up with a high amount of votes, by getting the votes of both camps, both camps would expect these candidates to support them when the time comes. Here in the election for the DAP Selangor state Chairperson, assuming that members of the two camps voted for their leaders faithfully, it can be seen that out of the three non-aligned committee members, 2 voted for Teng while only 1 supported Kok. As it was a secret ballot, it is not known who voted for who. But nevertheless, members from Kok’s camp would have felt betrayed by two of the non-aligned committee members. From a tweet by Tony Pua, a member of Kok’s “Unity Team”, “has plenty more respect for dissidents who risk of defeat than those who are 2-face fishing votes from both sides, then stab you in the back”, it can be seen that some are already starting to be unhappy with these non-aligned fellas – and it remains to be seen how long can they stay unaligned, and afloat; or will they end up like Kulasegaran, being booted out completely in the next state committee election.
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References:
1. Baradan Kuppusamy, Now, a tussle for Selangor, The Star
2. Teresa’s group hits coastal areas as election draws near, The Star
3. A. Letchumanan & Wani Muthiah, Indian delegates hold key to election, The Star
4. Teresa dipilih pengerusi DAP S’gor, Malaysiakini
5. Wong Teck Chi & Joseph Sipalan, Pasukan Teresa menang, Ronnie kecundang, Malaysiakini
6. Adib Zalkapli, Neutral Hannah Yeoh may top divisive Selangor DAP polls, The Malaysian Insider
7. Adib Zalkapli, Teresa elected Selangor DAP chief in narrow win, The Malaysian Insider
8. Adib Zalkapli, Mainstream DAP defeats Team Teng, Ronnie Liu voted out, The Malaysian Insider
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