(furious)
I cannot believe what I just saw in the news.
Just one day after the so-called actions taken against 'one-ball' Ahmad, one day after Malaysia-Today was unblocked, one day........one day after all these and now they arrest RPK using ISA? Furthermore, they gave three newspapers show cause letter???
For what?
And for a moment there, we all thought what Pak La and UMNO did a day ago showed genuine interest to change the country for the better.
NO!!!!
It'd seem I am wrong. We are all dead wrong. All the actions taken today once again showed that Pak La and UMNO agreed to every single word uttered by 'one-ball' Ahmad. Why? Why only remarks about the sensitive issues of Malay are considered seditious and a threat to the country, but not abusive remarks about the non-Malays?
Perhaps my friends are right, something IS brewing in the UMNO camp in preparation for the worse that could happen on 916.
As a sign of support to RPK, a detest to ISA and a reminder that we should be strong should the worst happens, I urge all readers to read this post by RPK regarding what really happened on May 13. And if you have a blog, link it!
It's a historical truth that we should all know and one that we should prevent from repeating itself this year. I hate to see those bad guys win again using the same old dirty trick.
However, I do have some advice for some of my Chinese friends out there who think fighting fire with fire is a good idea. Many Chinese, in response to the recent fiasco, chose to hurl abusive remarks back at Datuk Ahmad. That's not very wise. Because that's EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO. You are falling into their trap. So do otherwise! Initiate more sensible and intelligent discussions, stop name-callings and stop mocking other people's belief. Show that we are just as likeable as they are. All we want is a little peace and equality.
I myself is guilty of calling him 'one-ball' Ahmad. But hey, at least it sounds cool.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Apex University and the demise of UM
When I was in Maxis, I was told to have S-M-A-R-T goals, where 'R' is realistic. To aim to have our Apex university within the top 50 University in the world in a little more than 10 years is a bold aim, but unrealistic.
Despite that, it's a good move by the govt. And it's a good news for USM, but a calamity for UM, my alma-mater.
I have long said that UM has very little left of its 'branding' and over the past decade or so UM has been surviving based on this empty shell of 'branding' that says UM is the oldest, well-known and well-respected university in this country. Many well-known professors join UM because of this branding, not because of the pay. Many students choose UM over other local universities because the best students go to UM - you'll need maximum distinction to study Law, Electrical Engineering, or to study medicine. But all these will not be true anymore in the next few years after the recent announcement that USM got the Apex status.
A good university doesn't take these kind of branding or its people for granted. A good university provides the environment, the means, the system and the support for the intellects within its campus to grow, mature and contribute. But for long, UM has taken its students and good professors for granted. For long, everything that is nice and good that has come out of UM is because of the sheer hardwork of the students and professors alone, and the university played very little role in promoting them.
A good university is about creating a good synergy between the school, the academics and the students. And UM has relied only on its branding to fuel the two latter factors. With the Apex status awarded to USM, UM has no such advantage anymore and its demise as the best University in Malaysia will be slow, but imminent.
Long has UM sustain its status via its empty shell of branding, and this latest announcement is definitely the final nail in the coffin and the tipping point of no return for UM.
UM is my alma-mater. While I have my fair share of critics for UM and the way it's governed when I was a student there, I am still proud to tell people that I am a UM graduate. But knowing that this demise may be forthcoming, I cannot help but feel sad. I sincerely hope that the title of this blog post will not become a reality.
Despite that, it's a good move by the govt. And it's a good news for USM, but a calamity for UM, my alma-mater.
I have long said that UM has very little left of its 'branding' and over the past decade or so UM has been surviving based on this empty shell of 'branding' that says UM is the oldest, well-known and well-respected university in this country. Many well-known professors join UM because of this branding, not because of the pay. Many students choose UM over other local universities because the best students go to UM - you'll need maximum distinction to study Law, Electrical Engineering, or to study medicine. But all these will not be true anymore in the next few years after the recent announcement that USM got the Apex status.
A good university doesn't take these kind of branding or its people for granted. A good university provides the environment, the means, the system and the support for the intellects within its campus to grow, mature and contribute. But for long, UM has taken its students and good professors for granted. For long, everything that is nice and good that has come out of UM is because of the sheer hardwork of the students and professors alone, and the university played very little role in promoting them.
A good university is about creating a good synergy between the school, the academics and the students. And UM has relied only on its branding to fuel the two latter factors. With the Apex status awarded to USM, UM has no such advantage anymore and its demise as the best University in Malaysia will be slow, but imminent.
Long has UM sustain its status via its empty shell of branding, and this latest announcement is definitely the final nail in the coffin and the tipping point of no return for UM.
UM is my alma-mater. While I have my fair share of critics for UM and the way it's governed when I was a student there, I am still proud to tell people that I am a UM graduate. But knowing that this demise may be forthcoming, I cannot help but feel sad. I sincerely hope that the title of this blog post will not become a reality.
Have some balls Datuk Ahmad
Clap clap clap...
Only an UMNO MP is capable of this. First you call Malaysian Chinese "squatters" and "penumpang" then you demand our apology?
Now you say you are taken out of context because you were "merely" saying the state of the Chinese community during the pre-merdeka era?
Puhlezzz......
Hey how about I call you barbarian? I'm just referring to the pre-historic era.
Or I call you monkey? I'm referring to the pre-homosapien. (that is if Datuk Ahmad even know what homosapien is....)
Explicitly, you spoke of us as though we are immigrants during the Permatang Pauh election to warn us that as immigrants we should be satisfied with what we have and not demand anymore than what is already given to us now. That is what you meant. That is the context in which you spoke of the Chinese "squatters". Period.
You want Malaysia for yourself and hated the fact that non-Malays are given citizenship. In UMNO, you are not alone in thinking this. Unlike a lot of the rest, at least you have the balls to say it.
But, you only have the balls to admit the partial statement - "Chinese as squatters during pre-merdeka days" (gosh). Why don't you admit that you weren't taken out of context, and that you are a racist, that you think Malaysian Chinese as immigrants, and that you do not want their lives to be improved, and you wanted to harm the Chinese community feelings?
Why only admit part of it? Having a ball for the former and nothing for the latter?
I call this syndrome unity ball. And I've decided to call you one-ball Ahmad until you have the balls to admit the whole damn thing.
Only an UMNO MP is capable of this. First you call Malaysian Chinese "squatters" and "penumpang" then you demand our apology?
Now you say you are taken out of context because you were "merely" saying the state of the Chinese community during the pre-merdeka era?
Puhlezzz......
Hey how about I call you barbarian? I'm just referring to the pre-historic era.
Or I call you monkey? I'm referring to the pre-homosapien. (that is if Datuk Ahmad even know what homosapien is....)
Explicitly, you spoke of us as though we are immigrants during the Permatang Pauh election to warn us that as immigrants we should be satisfied with what we have and not demand anymore than what is already given to us now. That is what you meant. That is the context in which you spoke of the Chinese "squatters". Period.
You want Malaysia for yourself and hated the fact that non-Malays are given citizenship. In UMNO, you are not alone in thinking this. Unlike a lot of the rest, at least you have the balls to say it.
But, you only have the balls to admit the partial statement - "Chinese as squatters during pre-merdeka days" (gosh). Why don't you admit that you weren't taken out of context, and that you are a racist, that you think Malaysian Chinese as immigrants, and that you do not want their lives to be improved, and you wanted to harm the Chinese community feelings?
Why only admit part of it? Having a ball for the former and nothing for the latter?
I call this syndrome unity ball. And I've decided to call you one-ball Ahmad until you have the balls to admit the whole damn thing.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Macamlah UMNO tak tuntut "pohon maaf"
This is in response to Tun Dr. M's latest blog post here.
(oh yeah, who am I to vent my anger against a 'Tun'? But I'm going to do it anyway)
Dr. M has no doubt gain respects from millions of Malaysians for his far-sightedness in growing Malaysia's economy by leaps and bounds during his reign. But he was more known for his prowess and shrewdness in the political game than his moral values.
And he showed that again in his latest blog post entitled "pohon maaf". He claimed that Malays are always wrongly labeled as racist and are often demanded to apologise whereas when non-Malays make racist remarks they are left off the hook. And I quote from his blog, "Sebaliknya, apabila orang yang bukan Melayu mengeluar perkataan atau catitan yang boleh ditafsir sebagai racist, orang Melayu tidak pernah tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa memohon maaf".
Is that true? Tak pernah? Tak pernah tuntut pihak berkuasa orang bukan Melayu memohom maaf? sekali aje pun tak da? If it is, then Tun must have had the same problem as the mother in the movie "money no enough 2" where her "wires sudah sambung salah".
What happened to Suqiu in 1998? Did UMNO youth not request the chinese community to apologise, and further labelled some chinese organisation as communist!?
What about when Penang's CM Lim Guan Eng said that he will reconsider Malay's special rights? Did UMNO not label him as racist and claimed that it's seditious and wanted him to retract his remarks.
And I'm sure my learned Tun Dr. M would surely remember that these are not isolated cases and what I mentioned above is nothing but merely the tip of the iceberg.
More importantly, whether it's Suqiu or YB Lim Guan Eng's remark, they are not racist remarks! But I can't say the same when some UMNO MP raised his keris and said that he shall bathe this keris with someone's blood. So who is the racist here? Not the Malay, but UMNO!
Tun cleverly used the term "Malay" in his blog, when in actuality the people that threw the racist remarks are not Malays in general but UMNO's MPs. Tun is trying to stir up something here. It's definitely seditious, but in a subtle way.
More often than not, when citizens utter anything bordering racist or rather anything that threatens those in power, no apology is usually required because UMNO would just bring them in using ISA, OSA or just block their website like what they do to Malaysia Today.
So, Dr. M, as if lah, that UMNO tak pernah tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa memohon maaf. Kalau ini betul, ini maksud UMNO tak tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa memohon maaf tetapi terus tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa masuk penjara melalui ISA. Tun, you should know this better than me.
As much as I respected him, I'm totally appalled by his latest entry.
**********
Tun Dr. M later added "pohon maaf 2" which tried to explain that instead of being racist himself, he's merely stating that UMNO, since 308, is often on the defence when it comes to racial politics. He claimed that race based politics has actually been enhanced since 308 because we've been talking about it more.
A clever remark. So now according to Tun Dr. M, if we speak out against the race-based politics, it enhances it. If we do not speak out against it, UMNO will continue to rule with the race-based politics (maybe in a, errr, non-enhanced way?). Either way, Malaysia will be ruled using race-based politics. Check-mate.
Nice try Tun. I hope you do not deceive too many people with that.
(oh yeah, who am I to vent my anger against a 'Tun'? But I'm going to do it anyway)
Dr. M has no doubt gain respects from millions of Malaysians for his far-sightedness in growing Malaysia's economy by leaps and bounds during his reign. But he was more known for his prowess and shrewdness in the political game than his moral values.
And he showed that again in his latest blog post entitled "pohon maaf". He claimed that Malays are always wrongly labeled as racist and are often demanded to apologise whereas when non-Malays make racist remarks they are left off the hook. And I quote from his blog, "Sebaliknya, apabila orang yang bukan Melayu mengeluar perkataan atau catitan yang boleh ditafsir sebagai racist, orang Melayu tidak pernah tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa memohon maaf".
Is that true? Tak pernah? Tak pernah tuntut pihak berkuasa orang bukan Melayu memohom maaf? sekali aje pun tak da? If it is, then Tun must have had the same problem as the mother in the movie "money no enough 2" where her "wires sudah sambung salah".
What happened to Suqiu in 1998? Did UMNO youth not request the chinese community to apologise, and further labelled some chinese organisation as communist!?
What about when Penang's CM Lim Guan Eng said that he will reconsider Malay's special rights? Did UMNO not label him as racist and claimed that it's seditious and wanted him to retract his remarks.
And I'm sure my learned Tun Dr. M would surely remember that these are not isolated cases and what I mentioned above is nothing but merely the tip of the iceberg.
More importantly, whether it's Suqiu or YB Lim Guan Eng's remark, they are not racist remarks! But I can't say the same when some UMNO MP raised his keris and said that he shall bathe this keris with someone's blood. So who is the racist here? Not the Malay, but UMNO!
Tun cleverly used the term "Malay" in his blog, when in actuality the people that threw the racist remarks are not Malays in general but UMNO's MPs. Tun is trying to stir up something here. It's definitely seditious, but in a subtle way.
More often than not, when citizens utter anything bordering racist or rather anything that threatens those in power, no apology is usually required because UMNO would just bring them in using ISA, OSA or just block their website like what they do to Malaysia Today.
So, Dr. M, as if lah, that UMNO tak pernah tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa memohon maaf. Kalau ini betul, ini maksud UMNO tak tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa memohon maaf tetapi terus tuntut supaya pihak berkuasa masuk penjara melalui ISA. Tun, you should know this better than me.
As much as I respected him, I'm totally appalled by his latest entry.
**********
Tun Dr. M later added "pohon maaf 2" which tried to explain that instead of being racist himself, he's merely stating that UMNO, since 308, is often on the defence when it comes to racial politics. He claimed that race based politics has actually been enhanced since 308 because we've been talking about it more.
A clever remark. So now according to Tun Dr. M, if we speak out against the race-based politics, it enhances it. If we do not speak out against it, UMNO will continue to rule with the race-based politics (maybe in a, errr, non-enhanced way?). Either way, Malaysia will be ruled using race-based politics. Check-mate.
Nice try Tun. I hope you do not deceive too many people with that.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
辩论评分标准雷达
如果你是辩论评判你会怎么评一场辩论比赛？
你认为下述4大因素之中，那个最能影响你对一场比赛胜负的判决？
请为每一个因素打分（0-10分）。10 分为非常重要，0分为不重要。
但是，4 个因素加起来不得超过25分。
内容
- 其中包括清晰的主线，架构，以及适合的例子。但并不包括反驳的内容，以及呈现内容的方式
反驳技术
- 反驳的内容，语句结构。气势。
语言风度
- 舞台感好，咬字清晰，发音标准。笑容，从容。
幽默/娱乐
- 幽默，风趣，娱乐。未必有实质的内容，但也不至于离题。
这是我的看法，我的评分雷达。。。你呢？你的雷达又是什么样呢？
内容 : 7
反驳技术 : 10
语言风度 : 4
幽默/娱乐 : 4
你认为下述4大因素之中，那个最能影响你对一场比赛胜负的判决？
请为每一个因素打分（0-10分）。10 分为非常重要，0分为不重要。
但是，4 个因素加起来不得超过25分。
内容
- 其中包括清晰的主线，架构，以及适合的例子。但并不包括反驳的内容，以及呈现内容的方式
反驳技术
- 反驳的内容，语句结构。气势。
语言风度
- 舞台感好，咬字清晰，发音标准。笑容，从容。
幽默/娱乐
- 幽默，风趣，娱乐。未必有实质的内容，但也不至于离题。
这是我的看法，我的评分雷达。。。你呢？你的雷达又是什么样呢？
内容 : 7
反驳技术 : 10
语言风度 : 4
幽默/娱乐 : 4
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Love...
Loving someone,
is not about giving the other what you think love is.
is about giving the other what the other think love is.
is not about giving the other what you think love is.
is about giving the other what the other think love is.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
伤。。。
对许多人来说，奥林匹克运动会的观赏仅仅是一种娱乐。大家都为金牌得主欢呼。可是，看到别人拿金牌我们却不会想到拿银牌的那位，或者没缘拿任何奖牌的运动员的心情是如何的可悲。也没有人会为他而掉泪。谁知背后运动员的付出与努力？就算比金牌得主付出更多，但由于裁判，运气或其他天时地利的因素输了一场比赛也没有人会可怜你。竞技项目自古以来就是成王败寇，这是无法改变的残酷事实。
辩论比赛何尝不是如此呢？
圈外人，绝对不会体会到我们现在的感受。
马大以外的人，也不会体会到我们付出的程度与痛楚。
等了9年，准备了2年。一切，化为乌有。
是裁判偏见也罢，是运气差也罢。但我最不能理解也不能原谅的是，为何过了这么多年，我们依然是公敌？
树大招风？我呸！输了4届，还算大树？就算是大树，我依然觉得那些硬是要吹向我们这颗树的“风”，卑鄙无耻。何必，何必因为曾经是一棵大树而瞄准我们？在外围赛之前，就已经有人指责我们操控评判，影响赛会，甚至比别人更早知道辩题。我们有必要吗？没有这个必要，不是因为我们自傲，而是我们正义。如果可以操控，我不会要“经济”这一题；如果可以操控，我不会要打外围赛；如果可以操控，我会把所有自以为是，先入为主的评判搁置一旁。但我们没有这么做，也不曾这么想。
我们受到攻击，遍体鳞伤。不过，对有意到大专参加辩论的同学们，我倒有个建议。要参加，就要参加像马大这种辩论队。有些人参加辩论比赛得了冠军以后，我看到他，还真的不好意思说他是辩论员。但在马大辩论队这种环境下成长，无论是输赢，出来以后不但可以堂堂正正地称自己为辩论员 ，还可以实实在在地学到什么是人生。更重要的是，你可以认识到一群又可爱，又认真，而且真挚的朋友。就好像昨天在唱K时的那首歌一样：“赢了世界，输走好友等于一切全部也飘走，。。。”
伤。。。真的伤得无话可说。。。但，我依然会记得那天我独自到天后宫向观音的祈求。我虽然没有得到胜利，但我没有失去对我而言最珍贵的东西。谢谢。
(写于2008北京奥运会期间；第11届马来西亚全国大专辩论赛，马来亚大学输了复赛后的第二天）
辩论比赛何尝不是如此呢？
圈外人，绝对不会体会到我们现在的感受。
马大以外的人，也不会体会到我们付出的程度与痛楚。
等了9年，准备了2年。一切，化为乌有。
是裁判偏见也罢，是运气差也罢。但我最不能理解也不能原谅的是，为何过了这么多年，我们依然是公敌？
树大招风？我呸！输了4届，还算大树？就算是大树，我依然觉得那些硬是要吹向我们这颗树的“风”，卑鄙无耻。何必，何必因为曾经是一棵大树而瞄准我们？在外围赛之前，就已经有人指责我们操控评判，影响赛会，甚至比别人更早知道辩题。我们有必要吗？没有这个必要，不是因为我们自傲，而是我们正义。如果可以操控，我不会要“经济”这一题；如果可以操控，我不会要打外围赛；如果可以操控，我会把所有自以为是，先入为主的评判搁置一旁。但我们没有这么做，也不曾这么想。
我们受到攻击，遍体鳞伤。不过，对有意到大专参加辩论的同学们，我倒有个建议。要参加，就要参加像马大这种辩论队。有些人参加辩论比赛得了冠军以后，我看到他，还真的不好意思说他是辩论员。但在马大辩论队这种环境下成长，无论是输赢，出来以后不但可以堂堂正正地称自己为辩论员 ，还可以实实在在地学到什么是人生。更重要的是，你可以认识到一群又可爱，又认真，而且真挚的朋友。就好像昨天在唱K时的那首歌一样：“赢了世界，输走好友等于一切全部也飘走，。。。”
伤。。。真的伤得无话可说。。。但，我依然会记得那天我独自到天后宫向观音的祈求。我虽然没有得到胜利，但我没有失去对我而言最珍贵的东西。谢谢。
(写于2008北京奥运会期间；第11届马来西亚全国大专辩论赛，马来亚大学输了复赛后的第二天）
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