Palanivel oh Palanivel!

I refer to the article written in the Malaysian Insider entitled “Palanivel, Samy in unprecedented row“

To read that G. Palanivel, the Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) had attacked Samy Vellu during a meeting, it had amused me, really.

People are saying that “Samy Vellu cannot survive such an outcome.” Well sure. Samy Vellu had lost his Sungai Siput seat in the 308 general elections and although he survived being toppled (in fact, he won uncontested) in the last party election, he is definitely getting tired and has been weakened badly, especially after 30 years being the president of the party.

During the last MIC party elections, it was known to all that G. Palanivel had won because of Samy Vellu’s support and recommendation, defeating 2 other contenders.

To me, I have not known this Palanivel fella well. At first I had even thought that he’s a she for being the Deputy Minister of Women, Community and Family under Sharizat. He survived the 308 general elections in his Hulu Selangor constituency and is reappointed a deputy minister. Now that Samy Vellu is showing signs that he is going to retire soon, it can be seen that Samy has identified Palanivel as his successor to the MIC President’s post.

In my view, once Samy’s gone, Palanivel will not be able to hold MIC firmly and there are going to be mass firings like in other Indian-based parties like Makkal Sakthi, PPP and IPF.

We’ll see how it goes. Good luck, Palanivel.

List of words forbidden to non Muslims in Malaysia

With the recent Christians using “Allah” fuss, I hereby list a list of words that are disallowed by non muslims, according to state laws in 10 states.

Orang bukan Islam yang menggunakan secara bertulis atau lisan 25 perkataan yang dilarang akan dikenakan tindakan mengikut Enakmen Agama Bukan Islam (Kawalan Pengembangan di Kalangan Orang Islam) 1988.

Antara perkataan itu adalah, Allah, firman Allah, nabi, mubaligh, syariat, wahyu, mufti, Kaabah, hadis, rasul, iman, ibadah, fatwa, haji, kiblat, Ilahi, Injil, ulama, khalifah, wali, Syeikh, Iman dan dakwah.

Bukan Islam juga dilarang menggunakan 10 perbahasan seperti subhanallah, insya-Allah, astaghfirullahlah, masya-Allah dan Allahuakbar sama ada berbentuk lisan ataupun penulisan.

Jika sabit kesalahan mereka boleh dikenakan denda tidak lebih RM3,000 atau penjara tidak lebih dua tahun atau kedua-duanya sekali.

2010 Malaysian Budget Passed by 66-63 votes!

Did you heard that the 1Malaysia budget which was mooted by Najib for 2010 had been passed with only a three vote majority in Parliament last night?

No wait, let me rephrase that: Did you heard that Najib’s 1Malaysia budget was almost rejected by three votes in Parliament last night?

Yes. >D

Tweets came flowing in from PR MPs who used twitter (i.e. Tony Pua, Lim Kit Siang and Tian Chua). They were high as they had almost created history.

If the government had failed to pass the Bill, which is basically the 2010 government budget, it would have resulted in the ruling coalition needing to re-table the entire budget… which would mean that many projects would have to be delayed and probably canceled.

In western countries, such an event could have meant a fresh election as failure to approve the national budget was tantamount to a vote of no-confidence in the government of the day.

Peoples have mixed feelings. Some were shocked. Some were unimpressed at the outcome. Some were sad that the budget was passed. Some were even mad at the MPs that were not present, although this is mostly for PR representatives.

I’ve just looked at the list of MP absent. I was just surprised to see that those who were absent were actually party leaders or state leaders like Mahfuz Omar, Ramasamy and Teresa Kok. They’d probably want to tell the people where they were on that night and why they were absent.

And according to Tian Chua, the plan was actually a “Planned Mission”. If that’s the case, then all PR MPs should be there in Parliament that night. =\

Nichocolate

I’ve written something on Hobbycon 2009. If you wanna read it, go look at my anime blog.

Right now I’m gonna stalk this blog:

http://nichocolate-lifeofanartist.blogspot.com/

Yeah.

A Dose of MapleStory… (18): K-On in MapleStory!

And I’m dead serious!

You can actually dress up as Yui, Mio, Mugi, Ritsu or even Azusa! (I’m not sure if it works for guys, tho.)

Besides that, you can also obtain their instruments in the form of a chair! (e.g. Azusa’s Guitar, Tsumugi’s Keyboard, Ritsu’s Drums, Mio’s Bass etc! as you can see here)

That’s right! Japan Maplestory (JMS) has teamed up with TBS to bring players this special event, exclusively in JMS only!

Pity the event not available elsewhere. =\

If MapleSEA were to actually bring this event over here, for, let’s say K-On’s Premier Screening on Animax or NTV7, I wouldn’t mind spending a fortune on some A-cash to get my hands on those instruments! They’re like… must get collectibles! RAWR!

Bukan Cinta Biasa – Siti Nurhaliza

Siti Nurhaliza is a famous singer amongst Malaysians, even her marriage with “Datuk K” has become a big deal. However, she has so many nice songs that even if I were to look for the title of a song I heard on TV, I wouldn’t be able to find it on the internet.

Here’s one I found randomly on Youtube. Bukan Cinta Biasa. Never knew the title of the song beforehand. This song had been one of my favourite. You’ll like it too.

Fumiko’s Confession

Turn on the caption at Youtube if you want the English subs.

The above short anime was independently created by a group of independent animators.

It tells the story of a girl who confessed to the boy she likes but got rejected straight away.

It’s nice and if you have the time (more or less 2 minutes), do watch it. You won’t regret it. Even non-anime lovers.

Also, it seems that many people have seen scenes like in the anime in their dreams, moving at the great speed…

Bunkface Wikipedia Page Deleted

Bunkface’s wikipedia page was deleted by an overzealous editor. Apparantly this fella has some sort of discrimination towards stubs.

“Does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject” is a lame excuse to delete an article wholesale. It’s like deleting Peterpan or All American Rejects when the article is still new.

And for those who don’t know it, Bunkface is a Malaysian band who sung “Through My Window”, a song used in TMNet’s latest advertisement.

The band’s singing is so good that its comparable to American bands’.

Odaiba Memorial

On the 1st of August, 1999, a group of children in Japan had their first encounter with monsters known as Digimon. It was at a location known as Odaiba.

If it weren’t for that event that day, many of us might not have be who and where we are today.

We wouldn’t have known Digimon. Some of us wouldn’t be fans of animes. Some of us won’t be drawing fanarts, CG and writing fan fictions. Some of us won’t be starting websites and forums and some of us won’t have made AMVs. We wouldn’t have met others who are also fans of the series and some of us would have ended up never knowing each other.

Therefore, every year on the August 1, a memorial was held to remember that important day.

The year 2009 was its 10th anniversary. A celebration was held worldwide on the 1st of August 2009 and many AMVs were made by the Digimon fans in general.

Joe Kido would have been 23 years old this year and Takeru Takahashi would have been 18 years old, like yours truly. Time flies by. People grow up.

But it will always be a good memory.

Namewee pwns Tenaga Nasional Berhad

The other day, Namewee was writing a new song when a blackout suddenly occured at Muar. He became so mad that he went over to the TNB office to do some scolding.

For doing that, he has received several negative comments, including:

1. He is looking for “publisiti murahan” (cheap publicity).
2. “Baru tiga kali setahun pun nak bising”.
3. “Cina Komunis”

To reply to the first one, only worthy news gets to be publicized widely. Besides that, Namewee does not need to do “cheap publicity” – HE ALREADY HAS ALL THE PUBLICITY AND ATTENTION. Only those who criticize him wants “cheap publicity” and attention. In fact, only people in Malaysia would use the word “cheap publicity” to cover everything as if there’s no problem at all.

To reply to the second one, huh, you live in the jungle. In Singapore, a blackout only occur once in ten years, and for a very short period only too! That is the comparison. Those who support TNB with this lame excuse deserve to get more blackout… and no internet so that they would not be able to leave such comments.

To the third one, you’re just a freaking racist who is not progressive at all and deserves to be ignored by all means. Amen.

Seriously, these people who support TNB live in the jungle. It seems as if these people like to live in the dark. In my opinion, now that someone has spoken about the blackout, if you don’t want to live without electricity, support him lah. =.=;;

Here’s my message to those who had the guts to tell Namewee off: Go live in the jungle, man.

The way Namewee has presented himself made him look very bad in the eyes of some (he did lots and lots of swearing), but it is his noble intention that made him a hero in the eyes of those who want to see Malaysia become a developed country.

It’s not about whether it’s a breakdown or it’s a shutdown – It’s about the FACT THAT THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY! Should it be like this: “Breakdown? Takpe.” No way! I mean, seriously, these people has to discard their “tak apa” mentality. Fight for your rights, man! >__>

There may be only three blackouts in Muar in a year, but here in Kota Kinabalu, it’s like thirty blackouts a year! You know how damning it is, especially for us who live in the city?