Sandiwara-The Pre-Elections Shadow Play

More of such shadows will be seen

With possibly less than 2 months going forward for the 13th GE, what we get these days in both the MSM and the alternative media is shadow play.

Strategy-wise, both sides will not want to blink first and destroy its so-called offensive camouflage.

The question we asked as innocent voters would be: Who is likely calling the big bluff?

Planned Disinformation

 And which party is the biggest dolt to expose itself unnecessarily so near the elections.

Currently, the downsides for the BN continues to be the weaknesses of its component parties except possibly for Sarawak.

Secondly, the BN is uncertain of its strategy.

They cannot lose the Malay votes and yet the have to doubly worked hard to salvage the chances of its component parties which without UMNO's help will be buried alive.

Capturing the Weak-minded?

Sadly, by doing so, it is sending wrong signals to the Malay electorate by its equivocal positions; and the murkiness that is being generated may cause it to lose seats in their traditional bastions such as Johor and Pahang.

For the Pakatan, the seams are unraveling at the worst time too!

PAS, as usual is providing the boo-boos for the BN to jump on.

Belittling the BRIM and questioning the potential leadership of Anwar as the PM in case of a PR victory is really counter-productive and some votes can be lost especially among fence-sitters.

Both sides do have weak strategies.

As such, it is the fight between the weak and the weaker!

Let us wait for clearer signals as the election day draws nearer.

Looking for Silver Linings

This movie which is aptly titled," Silver Lining Playbook" counsels us to look for the elusive silver linings in times when circumstances creates adversity in our lives.

Dashing Taylor Cooper

In this movie, the Bradly Cooper persona, Pat had just returned from a mental facility after 8 months  and had to cope with returning to society with a restraining order not to communicate with his ex-wife. He then meets Tiffany, a girl who is at loose ends after the death of her husband in an auto accident and who has just been fired from her job.

Charming Jennifer Lawrence

Then we have Robert De Niro as the father who is also betting on football to sustain himself to start a  restaurant business iafter losing his job. There is also Veronica ( Julia Stiles) who is having trouble with Ronnie   her husband as well . Finally, there is Chris rock, also  an inmate of the mental institution and friend of Pat.

The uplifting parents

The silver linings did come when all the loose ends  got tied up to everyone's satisfaction.

Well edited with a cool aura throughout the movie.

Entertaining show.

Why Google Translate Misleads.

I have translated and ENglish text using Googgle Translate.

Look for yourself, how the meaning is lost.

Establishment of educational institutions is a noble effort in designating penggarapan process. Knowledge and formal research universities of the earliest in the history of the world such as Al-Azhar Palencia Bologna, Oxford Cambridge and the University of Naples. In 1224, the world's oldest public university was built by the world's earliest civilizations based one purpose - as a center of educational research ideas and learning delivery and the development of knowledge through the medium of writing. This reality is totally contradictory to the purpose of the establishment of most universities today that seem transformed into institutional graduation recognition and most unfortunate that as a business rooted in profit. Ibn Khaldun sociological and economic historians figure in his article was a remark Prolegomenon submit the following people is a platform to achieve sovereignty and strength of a country's strength comes from economic prosperity built by human capital development. Development education can only be achieved through justice and inclusiveness for all. Aristotle also suggested that "Education should be a single and equal for all". A system that practices discrimination in education based on the ability of the economy will menatijahkan imbalance in the quality of human capital and workforce that will become the backbone of society. Both the above argument is the thesis of the article this.

A Chinese New Year Gathering for Friends of MOSTE

Not too noisy After all!

This is one rare occasion where former colleagues and friends of MOSTE could meet to renew their bonds of friendship and camaraderie.

And what better time than to have it within the Chinese New Year festivity so that we could lousang together for better health and longevity!

The Road  Map to the Restaurant

Sixteen of us were supposed to grace the dinner table but Mr Khoh was unable to make it as sadly he went to the wrong branch out the restaurant at Ara Damansara and in trying to come back to our dinner destination, lost his way along the new NKVE. As for Dr. Thiru, he was unwell and could not attend;sending both his regrets and regards.

Food was so-so but it was the spirit of brotherhood and sisterhood that mattered.

I believed we all had a great time on this 21st night of February 2013!

Before saying our goodnights, Dato' Leong suggested that we meet again soon possibly in 2 to 3 month's time.

We have even picked the restaurant-the Pantai Seafood Restaurant next door with its better food and price premium image.

For the record, the friends  of MOSTE who attended  were:

Dato' Leong
Dato' Cheah
Meng Leng
Siok Eng
Boon Khee
Jini
Chee
Chui Khoon
Heng Keng
Patrick
Goan Lee
Teik Beng
Kok Fook
Myself

YTL Corp-Fast Track to Singapore

Hi-speed to nowhere

The hi speed rail link project between Singapore and Malaysia has apparently been announced.

The heavy buying by EPF started yesterday when the prices of the counter fell.

YTL Corp went as low as RM 1.55 in the opening minutes before recovering to keeled off at the RM 1.56 to RM 1.57 level.

Then, geez, what do you know?

In the last 15 minutes there was a heave-ho!

Two million of so of shares bought in tranches of 500,000 shares.

The price perked up two cents to RM 1.58.

I smell the handiwork of EPF and other state pension funds!

In a normal market there could be day traders and speculators who would have jumped head-long onto YTL Corp.

The scenario these days are different.

Even if YTL Corp got the moon and Jupiter, any rise will be cut short be eager sellers out to make some small money to exit before the potential fallout wrought by the impending 13th GE news and the crazy politicking going on out there.

While foreign buyers are getting scarcer by the day, retail buyers are mostly missing except for some stale bulls and the state  pension funds doing national service.

Do not get excited at any price jump any day these days.

Stay out and watch the ice melt down the prices at BSKL as the days draw nearer when the Johore and Negeri Sembilan state assemblies dissolve by the third week of March.

Killer Elite- Ultra Violence Unexplained

Violence Personified!

Nonsensical violence-almost and that is what you get from watching these he-man actors with their punches, knives and guns.

Jason Statham, Robert DeNiro and Clive Owen showed that there is a little heart in the world for love.

Silent Type Killer

It's always a man's world out there and playing adult toys is hteir in thing.

It has been like that since the Rambo movies and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The plot is wafer thin; almost laughable of an old sheikh in exile wanting to take revenge on some invincible British SAS rogue soldiers who apparently killed his three sons in Oman.

Though the film claimed it is based on a true story, it is too far-fetched to be true to form.

Whatever it is, the only watchable thing in this movie is the beautiful Yvonne Strahovski.

Columbiana-The Cataleya Killing Machine

This is one violent movie and yet it engages you from the very start after the Bogota family annihilation by the drug cartel.

Reminds you of the movie, "Man on Fire".

Big guns

A young girl, Cataleya named after a Columbia orchid, trained up to be a professional killer until she gets to the man who ordered the killing oh her family.

Do not expect smart conversation from this movie but fire power from beginning to end.

Saldana appeal

Zoe Saldana of Avatar fame keeps you on the edge of your seat as she systematically disposed off her victims one after the other.

High octane action if you love this genre.