The Descendants-Trust and Infidelity

This is one cool dud of a movie.

Starring the enigmatic George Clooney, it recounts the story of a family many generations from King Kamehameha 1 of Hawaii.

On the heels of the accident of his wife in a water skiing accident, he found that his wife had an affair with a real estate agent and was on the verge of divorcing him just prior to the boating mishap.

As the protagonist and his two daughters as well as Sid, the elder daughter's confidante boy friend plod through the problem and how to trace the wife's lover, the family of Matt King were all gaga to dispose off the generation old beach front property for personal gains.

The movie ended well with its unexpected turns and the resolution of both the issues.

Great movie and dialogue.

Kuala Lumpur on 7 March-Venice of the East

Talk about all the civil engineering technologies available in the world and yet Kuala lumpur was under tons of water on the fateful day,7thMarch 2012.

As expected, city government was caught with their pants down. The Smart Tunnel failed to siphon water out and Kualab Lumpur became the Venice of the East o nthat day.

These pictures are testimonies of failed engineering and local government administration.

The Carpark near Wisma HLA-Shocking!

Bukit Bintang Walk No More!

A Watery Pavilion

Goodbye Computer parts!

Dataran Merdeka yang Berair!

Masjid Jamek LRT Station-Inaccessible!!

Tun Abdul Razak River?

Farewell to Norm and Saidi

We have known this couple for at least half a dozen years.

From illegal hawking to obtaining a licence legally to ply their nasi lemak, mee,mee-hoon and cakes at the SEAPARK private market, they have made fast friends with the market and hawker community in the area.

Almost every year without fail, we got invites to the Hari Raya and Hari Haji functions at their home at Kampung Sungai Penchala.

Their food, as usual, was good, tasty and tantalizing.

Saidi was a wizard with his teh tarik and Norm whisked up a spread of real good Malay fare for our consumption each and every year.

I also like her mee-hoon as it was real tasty.

Today is their last day (11 March) at the SEAPARK market and we have collected from them our specially ordered tempoyak, daging rendang and ayam rendang.

Tomorrow, along with their physically challenged daughter,Nadia, they will shift to live in Bagan Serai in Upper Perak as they have started working on their aquaculture project.

This family really represent the working class of the Malay community and a bumiputra family I am truly proud of and to be associated with.

I wish them well.

Walk-abouts and Meeting the Voters

Except for the big events that involves the Prime Minister, most meet the people sessions are segmented in nature.Even those mega meet the people sessions are organised and contrived, at best. The preponderance of one race over another is too obvious to hide.

For huge gatherings featuring mammoth turn-outs, they have oftentimes marshaled the crowd be they, civil servants or students. What you see is not what you get.

So, do not be deceived by this kind of organised gathering.

The best indicative crowd is still the impromptu walk-abouts such as the ones Najib took in Petaling Street and Little India in Brickfields. Those are more authentic.

However, if you look at those by the PR, oftentimes, they are multi-racial and they are not organised. The people that go there are either staunch supporters, do so because of curiosity or are present just to listen and be amused by political theatricals.

So, when can we expect leaders in MCA and MIC or even UMNO to turun padang genuinely and really meet a multi-racial crowd instead of just meeting 'the converted' on racial lines?

Also this crowd must not be mass organised, paid in cash or kind and bused in.

A Career Choice

This is one fun cartoon.

Yet, it reflects the truth in many countries.

Butch or Bitch?

I am sure you have noticed this phenomenon when travelling on Malaysian highways during festive seasons.

At the male public conveniences or toilets, turnover is very rapid as they used the urinals.

Compare this to the females who have to use the stalls. They waited patiently and more often than not, impatiently too to use the stalls as there are only so few in their facility.

So, looking at this picture, those in line ought more to be bitches, don't you agree?

Forget about that dog doing his business. He is a queer or he is in the wrong toilet!

The Smart Tunnel and Traffic Management

Malaysia is a country that experiences flood perennially.

With the constant increase of traffic in KL and the flood problem, by now the authorities from the police, City Hall and all allied services that is responsible foe traffic control should already have action master plans and world-class expertise to ensure traffic is well-managed when floods occur in KL. Pre-emptive moves must be initiated after the weather report; just like what they do before the advent of typhoons and hurricanes.

But, what do you know?

The answer as usual is they never learn. It's usual-lah.

So, when the heavy downpour floods KL recently, they closed the Smart Tunnel to divert the overflow, causing massive jams all about the city and in the surrounding suburbs.

As the jams piled up, traffic policemen remained scarce. No additional staff was being mobilized to direct traffic or to disperse it efficiently. No helicopter has been harnessed to help those on the ground.

RELA forces were totally absent. So were Bandaraya traffic staff as well as those toll operators. Teh-tarikking, somewhere?

One word for this: MALAYSIA BOLEH!

God Bless Malaysia-tanah tumpah darah ku