Obnoxious People-Met Any Lately?

You may have been lucky. Not me.

In my many years of meeting people near and far, friends and relatives, colleagues and classmates, and whatever they may be; I have seen good people and the not-so-good ones.

What I distinctly abhors are the obnoxious know-alls and pointing finger types. They are so full of themselves.

Not only are they loud and unbearable, but they show the most shallow minds on almost everything yet professing to be masters of all.

To themselves, looking introspectively with the 'sun' being themselves, every one is below their station.

Pets make better companions.

The Lady-Intensely Real

This Luc Beeson movie, a biopic of Aung San Suu Kyi, is truly engaging.

For the unitiated of Burmese history and politics, it could really be educative.

For me, it managed to plugged some holes or gaps that I do not know in the tapestry of Burmese political history.

Michelle Yeoh and David Tewless did one fine job as Suu Kyi and Dr Michael Aris. Their endeavours to bring about democracy in a lawless land ruled by machine gun and bullets is well documented in the movie.

The movie would have been better if it has taken in what happened this year when Suu Kyi won her seat in the Burmese Parliament.

A Milestone of a movie.

Bersih 3.0-Some Scenarios

Will there still be trouble in down-town KL on 28 April now that the Bersih 3.0 sit-in has been approved by the government?

I think for the government, it continues to be a pricky situation.

To lend credence to the just passed Peaceful Assembly Act, they must show that they are for the new era of democracy in Malaysia. At the back of their mind, they might still want their hands on the hand-brake. So, they passed the buck to the appointed mayor of Kuala Lumpur.

This current mayor, apparently from a a better batch of civil servants, is caught with a red hot brick. He has to say 'no' to the sit-in site-the historical Dataran Merdeka or Independence Square. So, his deputy issues a letter saying 'no' to Maria Chin, the Secretary of the NGO. As far as the Bersih Secretariat is concerned, it is all action stations. They won't budge.

Some scenarios.

The first one is nothing serious will really happen. The police,RELA,DBKL and even the military will be all out to ensure traffic and crowd control. The foreign press will be happy and will report that PM Najib meant business and Bersih 3.0 was a victory for the government as it supports the dynamic liberalisation of civil liberties. This would be sweet for the UMNO Assembly on May 1st and be positive for the general elections speculated to be held in mid June.

The second scenario-There will be some trouble and skirmishes especially from Hijau as they march from KLCC to the Dataran Merdeka. Hijau is the movement supporting the closure of the Lynas Rare Earth Plant at Gebeng. So, if not managed well, there could be arrests, tear-gassng and even water canons. Could cause a back-lash from the Bersih supporters as they spilled onto the road to support their comrades.

The worst scenario-a repeat of Bersih 2 of July 7, 2011 though not to the extent of the mass arrest and total lock-down of KL. There could still be some sort of 'lockdown' with reduced public transportation, public transport interruption or slowdown.

In summary, what will the day after sounds like?

All parties will claim victory though a big turn-out will be a moral victory for the Bersih NGO and dissidents and not too good for the ruling BN.

Ruthless Gods of Mount Zion?

If you seen the full series of this Mount Zion saga, you would want to know why the gods are so humane both in greed and weaknesses.

Starting from the original Clash of the Titans which is the benchmark movie for the series,we have wandered into the dreadful re-make of the new clash and now the Wrath of the Titans.

Verdict?

The original is still the best but Wrath of the Titans is pretty good with the continuing saga story and the death of the gods.

The special effects is awesome.

Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Rosamond Pike add their presence to this movie that makes it a worthy film to watch.