Bersih 3.0-To Be Discreet?

Today (28 April 2012) will see a potential fight between the victorious Gods of power from Putrajaya and the so-called vanquished Titans of Bersih 2.0.

Until it begins and plays out from the hours of 2.00 to 4.00 pm, one cannot tell but speculate.

There will be a sea of colour in the expected mammoth crowd but yellow will dominate and possibly green.

The government is not stopping the LRT and so we can expect more to turn out in spite of the clampdown around the Dataran Merdeka.

Though, I would not expect many BN component parties to send its people to participate (in spite of MCA allowing its members to do so),there will be some intermingling with the crowd for sure.

I do hope they are no trouble makers up to mischief who can cause the whole protest to go awry.

Some heading for the venue may be emblazoned in yellow Bersih 3.0 t-shirts and its signature emblem. Others may come as they will.

This photo of a person discreetly having a yellow item in his pocket as he rode the LRT is a sign that history may be made today if they can really get a juggernaut of a crowd to appear in the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

Will it be might and mayhem at play?

Or will it be a peaceful outing?

Let us be witness to it.

The Iconic Holly Golightly

Remember the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Yes, we all do, don't we?

It was classic Audrey Hepburn.

Now, they are re-shooting it with Anne Hathaway in the role.

Anne is lovely.

Do you like the first shot here?

YTL-The Obvious Treasury Buy-in

This is one interesting counter.

Just when you think that it has gained traction,it begins to slip and believe me, it slipped below the RM1.60 radar today, going to RM1.59. This is definitely not in the comfort zone of most minority shareholders who would have averaged about RM1.50 after almost more than a year of YTL's stock split to 10 sen.

Even before the lunch close, I knew they will do some mickey mouse on the counter to bring it back to its overnight level of RM1.64.

And by Jove they did, punting it up from RM1.61 to RM1.64 all the way till the close.

And it was obvious that they are Treasury buy-ins which they reported accordingly.

Let us see what happens to the counter this coming Monday.

Bersih 3.0 : Here We Go Again

So, history will repeat itself this Saturday.

A total lockdown of Dataran Merdeka is now set into motion.

It is now Day 2 to to the much anticipated sit-in.

If the people are fearful of the authorities, they will buckle and seek alternative venues.

If not, then it will be head-on and see who inevitably blink or play chicken.

Let us see how Saturday 28 will turn out.

Sing A Song of Digi

Yesterday's announcement that Digi will pay an interim dividend to shareholders 5.9 sen for each 1 sen share for the year ending December 2012 must have been music to their ears.

To top it all, Digi will also, as a special payback, distribute special dividends from the value it acquired from the diminution of share value in Digitel from 10 sen to 1 sen denomination.

That means every shareholder with 1000 Digi shares will stand to earn RM 123.00.

So,it came as no surprise when Digi shares were sought after from mid-morning today.

The shares added 10 sen on the close with 1,360,960 shares traded.

Would we see more upside?

Come Drink With Me Again and Again

I managed to walk down memory lane tonight to feel again the nostalgic vibes of the mid 1960s through one of the most classic wuxia films to come out of Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong. Come Drink with Me directed by famed King Chuan stars the delectable and vivacious Cheng Pei Pei as Golden Swallow combating a brigand of outlaws trying to set up a prisoners exchange.

Though, without the aid of computer graphics and special effects, the movie continues to hold me in awe and the other stars like Yueh Hwa as the Drunken Cat and Chen Hung-Lieh as Jade Faced Tiger do provide excitement to the film through their acting prowess.

A good movie and ranks in the top league of sword play movies such as the benchmark making The One Armed Swordsman and the original Dragon Inn.

Bersih 3.0-A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Dataran Merdeka

The Peaceful Assembly Act has been passed en masse in Parliament much to the frustration of the dissenting voice.

There were some peaceful demonstrations lately and the police acted accordingly because they believed the numbers were small.

Then Bersih 3.0 was declared.

Then everything went haywire.

The Home Minister says fine, it is allowed. But with a caveat as the venue is subjected to the approval of DBKL.

DBKL says no.

Home Minister says that they should provide alternative venues for the sit-in.

The Mayor came back with three venues from Titiwangsa to Cheras.

Bersih says no-adamant with sitting in at Dataran.

DBKL warns of punitive action.

To make it worse, the Dang Wangi District Police Chief bans the sit-in saying it is sensitive to security, upping his boss,the Home Minister.

What a comedy of errors!

So, the stage is set once more for heavy street drama.

For many, a definite confrontation is good news and they will brave the elements to participate.

Will the police and the law enforcement agencies come out hard as on July 9, 2011?

Will there be a lock down, counter to what the Home Minister had said earlier on, that he over-reacted to Bersih 2.0?

A Funny Thing is really happening on the way to Dataran?

Anyone laughing?