MERDEKA yang MALAP..dan Selamat Berpuasa...

Is it just me or others also feel the same?? I seriously think the 51st merdeka is the most malap/ mandom, quiet, not happening etc compared to as long as I can remember...Merdeka month this year did not get fully support from the rakyat. I barely saw 1 flag out of 100 cars passed by including my car. Sometimes I wonder, why??? For me it was just nothing to celebrate...

Last night I went for dinner with my brother. I saw quite a few mat rempits carrying Jalur Gemilang. I wonder, was it really Merdeka spirit?? Also several kids cycled with flags..Did they really know what Merdeka is? Did they really appreciate merdeka? When I came back, I waited for Merdeka countdown. Like I said before, the most 'malap' merdeka celebration. Nothing really impressing although they showed merdeka celebration in Padang Merdeka, KLCC and Bukit Bintang..The worst part was they sang so many NEW songs that never registered in my head. Felt like foreign languages to me. In fact all ministers including 'flip-flop' did not know the lyrics..hahahaha...harapkan mulut je terkumat kumit...hahaha..During Mahathir era, all the songs were played continously in TV and radio since early August. By 31st August everybody used to it..














I wish everybody happy Merdeka...like one advertisement said 'FREE your mind, body will follow' hehehe...

In the spirit of the coming Ramadan, I wish everybody 'Selamat Berpuasa and Maaf Zahir Batin'.

non-economist point of view on 2009 budget :-D

Before I start writing about budget, let me explain a bit about my travel to France. Again, my departure was postponed to God knows when :-)) I was informed that French immigration finally approved our visa, however a new regulation that needed a minister approval was imposed..Therefore, they said the process could take 1 day to 3 weeks..hahaha...so, I guess nothing can be done at this stage.

Since all my course works were completed, I took 1 week off this week. Finally, I managed to do lots of things including pay various bills, zakat, repair my car, arrange necessary financial thingy etc..quite a hectic week I would say.

Today, I allocate some time to watch PM table the budget. On the bright side, I appreciate the bonus for civil servant. Also, I quite like the idea of energy plan e.g less than RM20 bill do not have to pay for bill (although my bill normally RM70++), tax reduction for hybrid car etc. I also like the idea of various incentives to farmers and low income people, various tax exemptions for ordinary people like us e.g. interest from saving, telephone and internet bills etc.

However, I have serious doubt on certain issues. This is my personal opinion-rakyat marhaen with science and engineering background. Large amount of money was allocated for Sabah and Sarawak-why?? Pressure to remain in power? Large amount of money for public transport improvement e.g Rapid KL and Rapid Penang-who will benefit from this? (clue-check shareholder of this company :-D). Also, large amount of money to buy new buses, who will benefit from this??-read here. hehehe..Malaysian are just too dumb to realize about this...

Either we realise or not, the budget was only described about how to spend the money..However, the only income I can see was from increment of cigarette price from 5 cents to 3 cents- is it enough to support the whole plan? I would like to see more on how government are going to generate income, how are they going to get more fund. My analogy, I need to buy this and that but I'm not sure if I can have the money to materialize my plan..sound ridiculous??? :-)

I also nearly laugh to dead when I heard the opening and closing...let me re-phrase for those did not have a chance to watch it today.

Opening-
"Semangat setia kawan yang ikhlas teruji ketika kita menghadapi kesukaran dan kesusahan. Kawan di masa senang memang ramai, tetapi kawan sejati yang setia dan sanggup bersama di masa susah tidak mudah dicari"...My friend suggested he actually described his situation )

Closing-
"Saya ingin menegaskan bahawa kerajaan BN yang diberi mandat oleh rakyat pada Mac lalu akan terus memelihara kestabilan politik dan meningkatkan kemakmuran ekonomi negara. Usaha pihak tertentu yang cuba menggugat kestabilan ini, dengan merampas kuasa secara tidak sah tanpa mandat majoriti rakyat, perlu ditolak. Kita tidak boleh membenarkan ketidakpastian yang timbul untuk berterusan. Sedikit sebanyak ia akan memberi kesan negatif kepada pelabur asing, sentimen ekonomi dan juga pasaran modal. Saya tidak akan membenarkan gangguan ini diteruskan. Saya tidak akan membenarkan mandat rakyat dirampas daripada BN yang telah menang majoriti pilihan raya umum secara sah dan mengikut lunas demokrasi. Saya yakin rakyat akan terus memberi sokongan kepada kerajaan BN untuk melaksanakan tugas mentadbir negara. We need to get on with the business of governing and not waste any more time with opportunistic threats to seize the people's mandate through undemocratic means, dengan izin"


Probably those sentences didnot have impact on you, but believe me if you listen to how he actually said it, then you will understand why I said so...what's that supposed to mean?? Why did he say so?? What are the relation between the tabled budget and opposition?? For me, those remarks are just so NOT-PROFESSIONAL...or childish!

The whole 'teks ucapan' (in Malay) can be obtained here

Enough said for now..

p/s: I thank Eli for being with me throughout the budget-even when I fell asleep..hahahaha

PRK P. Pauh

update 29 August 2008

I quite like this article on How and Why UMNO lost..Have a look..



Original post: 25 August 2008

Since my departure is postponed to 28th, I'm taking 3 days off for myself..In a way, I simply need a break..At the same time I also need to tidy up my house and pack my stuff.

I spent the whole morning get rid of my vegetables garden in my backyard. I can't imagine if I just leave the plants as it is, I think my garden will be like rain forest after a year hahaha...and I seriously afraid of snake..Basically, I only left very few plants in my backyard.

Back to the original topic, since I'm on leave today, I followed my sister drove around Permatang Pauh constituent in the afternoon.In my opinion, poster wise I would say PKR can easily win. Although, I'm not Anwar's fan, I have a feeling he can easily win because people around there simply admire him without limit. For myself, his previous 'report card' just too bad to get my vote..

I sort of pity BN's candidate Arif Shah. When we drove around, we saw lots of Anwar's poster with various clothes. On the other hand, very least of Arif Shah poster. We were a bit confused Arif Shah or Pak Lah/Najib is the candidate because heaps of their photos compared to Arif Shah?? I also had a feeling very few people actually help him during campaign because most of BN's posters were not placed as high as PKR's posters. In fact, road signboards are higher than BN's poster :-))

Here are several pictures around PRK P. Pauh..

License NOT to get married..:-)

wahh...Good title eh? Of course I do have a story behind that statement...:-)
Today I attended MoU & MoA signing ceremony. Most top guns from my uni attended the ceremony...After the ceremony while waiting for lunch, the only lady DVC came to talk to us. Of course she knew me since I attended several meetings with her before. Moreover, I'm supposed to work in her pet research centre once I come back from specialty training. And I'm also the only woman in that project...that's about the intro..

When she saw me, the fisrt question she asked was why I did not attend the the previous signing ceremony..Of course I had good excuse..Then, I told her we are supposed to leave for Paris next Monday..I just can't believe her next sentense...hahahaha..."Make sure you do not get married for the next 3 years" hahahaha..In the first place, everybody was laughing when she said so because most of them thought it was a joke. As for myself, I knew her very well...She meant it! She in fact repeated the reminder to my dean and explain that I was just simply not allowed to screw up..well, if I screw up, then the uni also screw up...I said to my dean, ok, now at least I have 'license' not to get married for the next 3 years hahaahaha.. after negotiations with my colleagues, she reduced the term to 2 years. If I want to get married she ask me to write in first hahahaha...

It's not a news to me..she always imposed that kind of regulation when she hire somebody..not to get married for 3 years or at least not to get pregnant for the said period..hahaha..Some people do work like there is no tomorrow...:-) you can't beat them, join them..

Finally, it's nearly over...

After waiting for ages, finally I was informed French authorities finally approved our visa...So, technically, I'm off to Paris this coming Monday...Anyway, still not really over. On Monday morning I'm supposed to fly off to KL and get the visa from the embassy. Flight to Paris will be at night...Imagine, how terrible my life would be...

Anyway, I'm glad everything is in order. Although a bit hectic, at least worth the effort.. For myself, I sacrificed a lot in terms of time, money and energy to get to this state. The last thing I want is the project screw up for whatever reason..Or else it is just another way of wasting hard earned taxpayers' money...I believe, the idea of the project is good for the betterment of the nation. But deep down I still have doubt about its implementation..

My things to do list for the next 4 days is quite long. Hopefully I manage to sort everything out...

-time and tide wait for no man-

Word of mouth-candidates

Wah...I never support PKR candidate :-) Of course I never believe he's that clean...Only crazy person will take the oath to swear like that if he did not mean it...That's not what I'm going to write..

I received an sms from a friend who was out of the blue spent time to visit Eye on Malaysia today..Guess who did she meet over there? 2 busses of people from Permatang Pauh /Bt Mertajam...who was the sponsor?? None other than the UMNO's candidate Ariff Shah !!.. They were sponsored for 3 days trip to KL for no apparent reason e.g. visit eye on Malaysia, zoo, Putrajaya etc...I was also told the same group was sponsored by him as well to 'shop' in Padang Besar few weeks ago...wahhh...so clean eh?? If this is the best candidate as describe by 'Mr Flip flop', then, I surrender...Nothing can be done anymore...

time

I always hate when some people think they are the busiest people on earth, and others just have to wait for them...helloo...If others can allocate some time to do something, why can't you?? I what hate to be treated like I have all the time in my hand...come on la, I allocate the time that' s why I meet the time line...some people just worst in time management and fail to fulfill what they said...


From today onwards, what you give you get back...CATCH ME IF YOU CAN....:-D

Human rights ???

A short story about my visa application. Yesterday, the company told me French authorities requested free hair passport photo..What say you? For me, my human rights were severely raped :-)) Oh well, I never describe myself as a very strict Muslim, but I do feel uncomfortable when I'm forced to do something unwillingly...

Few years ago when the whole world were Islam-phobia, I asked my non-Muslim friends "Do I looked like a terrorist??'' Her GOOD answer was "No, you don't looked like a terrorist. You know what, to be a terrorist you must be tough, slim figure and tall"... hahaha....She was absolutely right, how on earth I can become a terrorist, those requirements simply did not fit me...All those infos they can obtain from my passport...

Now, I sort of a bit reluctant...If I think about ringgit and cents, I definitely pull out from the project, but when I think about betterment of the nation, I simply have to proceed. I don't know what else God have for me in store....

again...politics...

When we said politicians are FOS, they jump, bark etc...but they are the one who sold even their soul to become popular..

The latest issue regarding UiTM was another example. To become popular, S'ngor MB suggested UiTM should be open to other races..Not enough with quota offered to non-bumi to enter MRSM, matriculation, IPTA and even scholarship, nowadays politicians in fact want to rape the last thing belong to Malay.

I'm not playing racist cards here..I have lots of non Malay friends, and I'm quite close with chinese students as well. My judgement was never based races...However, deep down I still think somehow we have to 'conserve' Bumi's right...As far as I'm concern, non-bumi never requested to enter MRSM but the previous minister served them the seats on a silver plate...and now UiTM...

Although UiTM not the best IPT in the country they still want to politise the issue...Even in decades, the university will never becomes world class university but they still want to offer it to non-bumi...I simply don't understand this..If Lim Kit Siang was the one who raise the issue I don't mind at all...but a Malay itself???what an *#@#-hole!

Appreciation...

When I decided to remain in DS45, I knew I gambled with lots of money.. But at that time, what choice did I have? Somehow, I simply had to confirm my position before I fly off... I could not put money before my life and those who I love... Thank God, I got what I applied for....:-) ..

Anyway, the promotion does not have any impact on me for the time being coz the salary will be the same until I complete my PTK, which should be end of next year....hahahaha...So don't expect any kind of treat or kenduri soon hahahaha...


I would like to thank those who lend me their application form, advised me how to fill in the form and also for their continuous support...I really appreciate your kindness....Thanks again...

Gold Mine

wah..I was right when I had curiosity before I decided to join biotech company..Why?? everybody knows biotech com is such a gold mine...just like the old nano tech..you put the magic word 'nano', you definitely got a grant..hmmm..nowadays, you put the word 'biotech' then money will start falling from sky :-D hahaha...

I'm not surprised at all when I read this article in Berita Harian..Before I decided to accept the offer, I actually asked people around especially those who worked or are woking in Biotech GLC com...Guess what, I would say more negative than positive...Some of the cases in fact involved ex-academician...I just simply don't understand how can people with such high credibility (supposedly) becomes so corrupt....'money' is the real challenge in life, we can easily being blind and deaf because of money....



'Datuk' didakwa biayai perjalanan ke luar negara guna wang syarikat

KUALA LUMPUR: Bekas Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) bergelar Datuk sebuah syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC) disiasat polis berhubung dakwaan pecah amanah membabitkan wang syarikat berjumlah hampir RM700,000.

Sumber berkata, individu berusia 50-an yang juga bekas ahli lembaga pengarah syarikat berkenaan disiasat menyeleweng dengan menggunakan wang syarikat tanpa melalui prosedur sepatutnya.

Dia dilantik sebagai CEO syarikat itu tahun lalu sebelum perkhidmatannya ditamatkan tahun ini.

"Dia disiasat menggunakan wang syarikat berjumlah lebih RM450,000 untuk membiayai beberapa perjalanannya ke luar negara selain memindahkan kira-kira RM200,000 ke akaun peribadi.

"Dia juga didakwa menuntut elaun keraian berjumlah RM18,000 pada 2007 tanpa mengemukakan bukti perjalanan atau perbelanjaan," katanya kepada Berita Harian.

Sumber berkata, individu itu tidak mengemukakan bajet dan memohon kelulusan Lembaga Pengarah sebelum menggunakan wang terbabit, yang sepatutnya menjadi syarat utama sebelum sebarang pengeluaran wang syarikat dilakukan.

Syarikat itu ditubuhkan dengan kos RM1.9 bilion dua tahun lalu untuk menjalankan kajian dan pembangunan dalam bidang bioteknologi.

Berita Harian difahamkan, penyelewengan membabitkan bekas CEO itu terdedah selepas Jabatan Audit Negara dan juruaudit luar, PricewaterhouseCoopers menjalankan audit syarikat berkenaan.

Sumber berkata, berikutan pendedahan itu, Lembaga Pengarah syarikat memanggil pegawai berkenaan untuk memberi penjelasan namun gagal dihadirinya dengan alasan yang tidak memuaskan.

"Susulan itu, Lembaga Pengarah membuat usul menggantung tugasnya sebelum memutuskan menamatkan perkhidmatannya Mac lalu," katanya.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Petaling Jaya, Asisten Komisioner Arjunaidi Mohamed, mengesahkan polis sedang menyiasat kes terbabit selepas menerima laporan 14 Julai lalu.

"Kita menjalankan siasatan rapi merangkumi semua aspek yang berkaitan di dalam kes berkenaan," katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, semalam.

Lamb lovers...

There are recipes which we think we will never forget..or it is in our blood..:-) But today, I woke up in the morning and missed the lamb dishes that I used to cook while I was in NZ..hmm..I remember, I learned about it from Tisha (well, I never heard from her for ages...never met her since I return home...)..We never know/ give this dish any name..The taste is more like vindaloo, but with a certain Indian flavour...














Well, in the first place I simply did not remember anything about the recipe. Somehow, when I went to wet market, I sort of manage to guess what I usually put inside..To ensure I will never forget about it, let me share the recipe here..

First, cut lamb into curry pieces..If too large then it will take ages to cook it properly..marinate the lamb with fennel powder (jintan manis), curry powder, soy source, and oyster source. Also add in some blended onions..To get a better taste, do marinate it for 2-3 hours before cook it.

Sautee some onions, garlic, cinnamon stick in vegetable oil (tumis)....Add in diced tomato is an
antioxidant which is good for our body...For me I just simply like its soury taste..




























The best thing, we can just simply pour the marinated lamb, and leave it....not much to do, just wait until it dry, add in some sugar and salt...that's about it...

Hmmm...guess how long does it take to get product like this? I fall asleep while I was cooking, luckily it's still ok hahahaha...enough to imagine how long did it take to dry the gravy.I would say it took almost like rendang. Quite common when we cook meat, the juice from the meat itself was quite a lot..So, don't put too much water...Make sure the gravy becomes thick like we see in mamak restaurant..



















For me I like to have roti canai with it-that's my lunch today...Of course it's nice with rice as well..
Economy wise, if we go to mamak restaurant, it will cost us RM5++ / person to have this meal..I bought a kg of lamb for RM14, which should be enough for at least 5 persons...Anyway, I love to cook my own meal...

power crazy...

I sincerely quite agree with this article from The Star

Put people's interest first!

Respect decision of March 8, Anwar told

By LOONG MENG YEE

KUALA LUMPUR: The Opposition is in control of five states, but its leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim continues to drag the country into political uncertainty because he wants to be prime minister.

Bila penyamun jumpa perompak...

I always remember P. Ramlee's movie titled Ali baba & 40 orang penyamun..This movie sort of shows how some people live their life..Imagine, when we rob others we never bother what happen to then..But once somebody else steal something from us, then we start barking like crazy...

Two scenario about penyamun and perompak, first the useless former MoF wanted to become MP while his case was still under investigation. I wonder, what's he trying to prove? This kind of people really put rakyat in dilema by creating unstable political situation...What was his contribution when he was a DPM, ministry of finace before? Why some people sort of was hynotised, they believe in every single thing he said..come on guys, can you believe was Ezam said??...The same thing, they are the people who did not get what they want, and now they are blaming the system that they created...

Second scenario, UMNO's veteran reported to ACA about misused of power of those high up...Common la...anything new about it??? Pocket money, kain batik, kain pelikat were normal in any UMNO/ BN gathering..Unless they want to say they've been blind before...hahaha...well, I would say, before this no body cares since everybody got the share, but now ONLY certain people got the portion. What else they can do but barking...?

Third scenario, since the leader do not want to step down, now the women leader also wish to hold to the post..hahaha...what can the leader say when he is also doing the same thing...there is no democracy, what we have only a well-patterned democracy. Meaning that the leader is selected for you, you like it or not you have to agree with them...

No need to komen on Permatang Pauh...Must be full of phantom voters, PKR will win with smaller majority...And BN will say due to Anwar's court case etc etc...Or people just dissapointed with PKR..hahaha...what more can they say?

In Perak, almost every week we can see in news sort of DAP and PAS was not in a team...Not surprisingly, those who said so were related to previous government...

In conclusion, when penyamun jumpa perompak, then only know about themselves....:-) It's just like you see your reflection in the mirror...

p/s: remind me of magic mirror..."mirror mirror on the wall, who's the finest among them all"

life update

I have not wrote anything since the last few week..of course the excuse is always busy..busy...busy...Sometimes I wonder, is there any full stop somewhere? :-D I wish...

Few weeks ago, old friends of mine visited my place...I was more than happy to entertain them coz that was the first time friends outside my area drop by..But they were full of surprised..they only informed me when they were 15 minutes away from my house...the worst thing, I was still in the office so I did not have time to touch up a bit...hahahaha...basically they saw my true colour la kot...I was not too messy anyway, so I did not really care when people want to drop by...I did not cook though, I only treated them outside...

Paris thingy, nothing much I can say..Haven't heard from usm nor do the company...so, I treated as it is...I haven't cancel my ticket to Chiang Mai though...Hopefully I still can go there...:-) Now it is time for me to finish up all course works...waaa..so many things to mark...Thank God, I finished one of my class already....

By end of this week, I have PTK presentation...Don't know if I can do well or not since I do not have much time to prepare...I will try my best, and hope for the best...after presentation, I plan to treat myself with new shoes, clothes, etc..:-D to boooost my momentum...wonder if I can differentiate what i want with what I need....the list keep going....

word of mouth-spaceflight PARTICIPANT

yeah..I never admire this creature-the spaceflight participant aka Bolehland astro-NOT..


The gov spent billions of money to send him to the space and until today I never see any experiment result..

Word of mouth, when he gave 2 hours talk at recent gegar U, he was paid RM10 000...I repeat RM10k...I thought, among the agreement with government he was supposed to do roadshow. And now he's making money out of it??? wow...I can imagine how much money he already earned since he came back...He also was reluctant to stay at the nearest hotel (low class..) but insisted on RM600/night room which was far away from the venue...can you imagine his true color???