December 10, 2012

Lynas-Blurred Imperatives and Inadequate Legal Minds?

Big Investment Mistake!

If there is a classic case of miscommunication and disinforamtion, it must be the Lynas controversy.

This issue has been around since the very day a temporary operating licence has been issued to the Australian company to process rare earth remotely from its own native shores.

After the scientific and safety aspects have been "sort" of endorsed by the Malaysian licensing authorities, here comes the slam-dunk from Lynas itself.

It is not exporting the processed wastes.

And so the hullabaloo begins again to take center stage.

Misinformation and disinformation. Who has the final say here?

Are the people going to suffer?

Is it true that Lynas does not have to export the waste out of Malaysia as a crystal clear  licensing condition after all?

The Bamboozled Four?
Or is the full Najib Cabinet and the 4 directly responsible Ministers been hoodwinked by Lynas or by the inefficiency of legal minds in the government  AG Office even in drafting matters?

We have yet to see the end of this long drawn out fangled matter.

December 09, 2012

Three Bournes at One Go

Taut and Tight
Sometimes it's great to have the whole trilogy at one seating.

I remembered there used to be back to back movies  a long while ago.

These days, they never happen.

A New Plot
Watching the trilogy of Jason Bourne in one seating was exciting and there was lucid continuity.

Only thing you see an older Matt Damon every time it is the sequential Bourne.

I think Matt Damon was right to call it a day.

Calling it a Day
It's tiresome and the plots may run too thin.

The Bourne Legacy pales in comparison to these original Bournes.

I had a great outing.


December 08, 2012

Jessie-Burnt Out Star?

Being Dubbed Ms Tow Truck
She created waves especially during that first infamous debate between Lim Guan Eng and Chua Soi Lek.

Jessie Ooi earned the wrath of many Malaysians when she posed a silly question on night parking charges and tow-trucking in Penang.

I thought that she was moving upwards especially since there are not many potentially great female  candidates for MCA for the next General election.

That she lost her commandeering post as BN Coordinator of Selayang is truly disappointing.

Is she being shunted and on the way out?

Sad, if that becomes reality.

More Bourne on the Way?

Tired of Being Bourne
We all thought that when Robert Ludlum died, there will be no more Bourne after  The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum.

Then someone ghost-wrote The Bourne Legacy. Matt Damon also refused to reprise the role of Bourne in this new film. With that the promise of another box office buster dissipated.

Rough and Tough-Will He Be Accepted as Bourne?
Watching the movie with Jeremy Renner as Bourne is akin to having Daniel Craig as James Bond in his first outing. I think it will be a matter of time before Jeremy  takes his rightful place on this challenging role as Bourne.

My opinion of the movie. Slow, dialogy and lack punch.

Could do with better editing

Question is will the audience be tired of this series since there are still  another 6 more new books to go.

We have :

The Bourne Betrayal
The Bourne Sanction
The Bourne Deception
The Bourne Objective
The Bourne Dominion and
The Bourne Imperative

Since  The Bourne Legacy ended up with no suitable ending leaving the audience high and dry, perhaps the producers may want to take another chance on Jeremy Renner.

Let us see whether that will come true.

Playing Hosts to a Returning Friend

Ah Soo and  Another Malaysian
The diaspora of USM is far-flung but mostly they settled down in good-old Perth.

We now have a thriving USM community there.

For us, we have Esther Tan  and   Fuan Kwee, and Ah Soo.

For me, there is my old class-mate from St. David's-William Chua and his wife, Honey.

Also William' s brother David and Frankie and two elder sisters, Doris and  Helen are now natives in Perth.

Ah Soo and Ah Moi
I think Ah Soo was back either in 2012 or last year. We played host then  at La La Chong Seafood Restaurant in Sungai Kayu Ara.

Somewhere in China
Not too sure on the year. Need to check on that.

Anyway, we are playing hosts to Ah Soo at Ting's Cafe in SS2 on 12th December.

Both Lee Kiang and me have gone to see Harriet for a customised menu.

The Wong Family

This time, Ah Soo and his wife, Ah Moi will be present as well.

Must Be Misty Cold!
There are a dozen of us and we hope to have a swell time!

December 07, 2012

Life's Like That!

Risky Ventures
Audience of One
Three Sopranos
The Ages Meet
Joy and War
Lonely Veteran Full of Badges
Horse Sense
Whale friendship
Majestic Cat Stare

Veteran Cuts A  Lonely Virgil
Unbridled joy
In the sheer bustle of working life or even for those caught in the rut of boredom,looking at these pictures sure brings joy to us as we have been spared the agony of parting from loved ones be it a wife or your children.

Panda Ride
The adoration of pets is another. Love and loyalty is always on the animal's side though humans do try to reciprocate.

Parting with Loved Ones
We also should celebrate the age difference between the very young and the very old. Such experience from the older generation is needed to guide the younger ones.

Returning to Loved One
Wildlife is another area that gives us joy as well as increase our passion to to protect them against the ravages of intensive unbridled development of man!

Hugging Human Robots
Enjoy these shots!

My Woolly Buddy
Watch Dog?
Apprehensive love?


Trouble Afoot in Kuantan

An Australian Reject?
Now, Lynas says it will not export the waste from the processing of rare earth.


Will this be the beginning of the end of massive support for Barisan?

I think Lynas is one big mammoth the government cannot hide under a table-cloth.