MAS and ITS LOSSES

Lo and behold, now everybody is talking about MAS and the amount of losses it makes in the last financial year alone. Mind you, when you are a National Air Carrier and have a financial losses amounted to RM384 million, you are bound to make a lot of ATTENTION.

What irked me so much is the way it is being discussed. All the brouhaha about the purchase of paintings valued over RM 1.55M is for me is dumbfounded and somehow missing the point altogether.

Okay lets put two and two together…MAS is losing RM 384 milion and that purchase of paintings doesn’t actually balance the books la friend. Even when MAS sold the painting that wouldn’t make any difference. The trouble is deeper but none of the “OUR” appointed minister are willing to talk about it because they probably part of the problem. In fact, probably that is the root of the problem!

Most GLCs be it Telekom Malaysia, TNB, Proton & MAS, the procurement methods is not transparent. Why? Politicians intervene as they wanted the slice of the pie themselves. How the hell do you know? I was a procurement officer at one of these GLCs. Another buddy of mine works with another and ex-boss works with another but the story is the same.

When a big tender is up, there are bounds to be information leaks. While the upper management is talking about information secrecy and need to keep tight lip about it, they themselves will dine and wine when their selected vendors at karaoke bars or golf clubs.

These vendors are usually helmed by some Datuk or Tan Sri or even Persatuan Peniaga Pulau Pinang or Perlis to make their presence felt and the political powers to boot. Monies will be thrown and mention and commission will be mooted.

When the tenders are evaluated, you are bound to see that normally even the lowest price offered will not win the tenders! Why?? because the company offered the lowest price is not the Political company. The evaluation committee usually helmed by the top management in these GLCs that have dine with the vendors will used criteria such as experiences, high capital amount, and the ability to deliver to swing the tenders to the favoured vendors.

I know some of you will say this is normal …but look at the bigger picture, if a simple meals offered in a flight can cost triple the amount than its nearest competitor, what does that tell you? In my own personal experiences, there have been too many instances where the cheapest offered good with the same specs., sama capability and sama distributor tak menang tender kerana pelbagai alasan pihak atasan. Company yg ada political power juga menang biarpun harganya mahal lebih RM 250 per unit.

Mungkin ada yang berkata, ala lu kecoh…RM 250 aje, asal dia deliver cukup…okay, tapi RM 250 seunit for a delivery of 1500 unit, tak jadik RM 375,000.00 mahal dari the lowest quotation??

Ini baru satu comparison, banyak lagi …in fact terlalu banyak jika hendak dinyatakan dalam satu entry ini tapi hakikatnya tetap nyata, penyalahgunaan kuasa oleh sesetengah pihak especially those, who have the necessary cable.

Minister sendiri juga bersalah kerana dengan menggunakan pangkat Datuk dan Tan Si mereka, mereka buka company, mereka jadik chairman company sana sini, dan melalui ini juga mereka menggunakan cabme mereka utk masuk tender2 besar mahupun kecil.

Only in Malaysia and in the world itself, the government party is also one of the richest parties in the world. Because elsewhere, no minister is allowed to do business or associated themselves to one. They are forbidden to do so because it clouded their judgment and reaons.

This, in my personal opinion, is the main reason why MAS have such a heavy losses and Proton today announced a lost of RM 150M, what does this tell you? Mismanagement or just a simple fact that the business is not allowed to run properly as it should??

MAS and its GLCs need not change its MD or CEO every so often because the problem is not with one person, the root of all this evil is the culture or ways we do business in Malaysia where those who are backed by Political powers will always triumphed over those who are the really the genuine article.

Think hard about this because afterall, it is your taxes money that allowed some of these Datuk to drive their brand new Mercedez or BMWs. You pay for the car you never get to drive!!

P/S now, everybody forget about the AP issue altogether.....typical Malaysian eh??

POLICE and ITS State

All the brouhaha over the squatting incident in a police cell in Petaling Jaya has caused awkward moments and embarrassment for the police.

The alleged “Chinese National” was sought after and come forward to present their stories. Heads are bound to roll….and many minister will lose sleep over it. Azmi Khalid flew to China on a PR exercise to exorcise the ghost of this incident.

Police were quick to deny that retaliation will take place. An independent inquiry were initiated and many Malaysians especially Chinese were up in arms over the treatments given to their kin mans.

I personally was not too engrossed over it because as always we Malaysian always make a hill out of a mole. Yes whatever the police did in jail cell I do not condone..i had my grievances over their service but did you know that squatting is a standard police procedure to see whether the woman hid any drug substances in her vagina??

Hey don’t look at me that way dude because it has been proven and well documented. The uproar was caused by Theresa Kok, DAP member of Parliament saying that this is no way to treat a Chinese tourist.

Lo and behold, the “ Chinese National” turns out to be a Malay afterall.

So apa nak cakap sekarang? Dulu duk kecoh kata police mistreat chinese national laa, police brutality laa, kena paper depan suratkhabar kerana memalukan pelancong laa, rupa2nya org melayu yg kena ketuk ketampi.

So claim Azmi Khalid pie China melutut depan Chinese government officials tu sapa nak bayar? Mudahnya kita tunduk dengan org lain semata2 kita takut org benci kita, takut org tak melabur negara kita, takut org tak melancong negara kita, takut org hentam kita di international media, takut…takut.

Cuba kita anjakkan paradigma kita sedikit….Amerika Syarikat serang Afghanistan tanpa segan silu, serang Iraq tanpa kelulusan PBB, hina rakyat Iraq dengan bogelkan tawanan di Kem Abu Gharib.

Ade kita nampak George Bush buat lawatan PR ke Iraq memohon maaf kepada Hamid Kazrai? Ader kita nampak Donald Rumsfield pergi ke PBB membuat kenyataan bahawa mereka memohon maaf, berjuta maaf ??

Well what they say was it was an isolated incident and they do not condone it.

Basically, it is kinna saying that we make mistake ..but so what? What the fuck are you going to do? You hate us but that is nothing new…do your worst laa…we US do give a damn!!!!!

Now that is the kind of attitude that will send shivers do anyone spine. Tak payah US laa…Myanmar tahan Aung San Su Kyi dekat 10 tahun dah, manage Myanmar thru dictatorship….tak kisah la Asean kata apa pun…mampus laa korang semua.

Ini juga bermakna mereka adalah org yang benar2 merdeka! They are no longer bounded by the fear that we cannot stand alone, the fear that others will hate us, the fear that we cannot go far without your assistance.

In fact, we are still being colonize, not by foreign powers but by our own fears. The fact that the PM makes a hasty comments also didn’t appeal much to me.

Since we got an independent inquiry, Pak Lah should has said “ I cannot comments much, not until the independent reports from the inquiry comes out”.

Perhaps the lonely nights has taken the toll on him….

Well, your daughter is a member of Sisters in Islam, a group which fight for woman equality above anything else including Al-Quran and Hadiths. A group, believe that woman can and should be an imam during Friday prayer.

You know what sad about it, while they say they are sisters in Islam and all, the majority tak pakai tudung. Mungkin ini personal tapi itu menunjukkan awak baca kitab tak habis. So macamana nak ajar org lain pasal Islam? Pie la mabuk…

Tapi personally, I believe that the Police should charge Theresa Kok for making a false accusation against the police and the government. Since it was a Malay woman, let UMNO fight amongst themselves.

You should be charge for creating unrest and unnecessary ripples in bilateral relationships between Malaysian and China. Perhaps since you like them so much, may be you should migrate there.

Pardon me, I am just quoting Datuk Noh Omar which says something along the lines…heh..heh..heh

Far and between

Been neglecting my blog for quite some time now….

Not becoz I wanted to…but damn too tired to do anything about it.

A lot has been happening…one of my friend got married, so good luck !

One of my ex-office colleague has passed away due to asthma.

My brother got married again after his painful divorce three years ago and…

I still yet to complete my project at Wisma Genting. Things sometimes move slowly when you lack the necessary funds.

In business, the moment you kinna missed the payment from your paymaster is very painful for the business.

I am not destitute yet but the worries takes away your peaceful, you heart pounding non-stop, you are unsure about what lies….many bad thoughts attacked your mind.

I know that everything will be fine in due time but in the meantime, only god knows laa..

Well you know what cannot destroy you…can only give you countless headache and prone to suicidal behaviour..muahahhah

DOUBLE STANDARD

I read interesting on the ongoing saga on Mr Nguyen impending date with the gallows in Singapore. Mr Nguyen was sentenced to death by hanging in a Singapore court for trying to smuggle 400 gram of heroin from Vietnam via Singapore.

Being an Australian, it bound to be an international crisis.

So one wise minister from Australia, who happen to be the Foreign Minister , said “ Singapore should not hang Mr Nguyen! Any first world country would have forgo death penalties because it is uncivilized”

He also said the same thing when we hang two Australian for the same offence back in the late 90s.

Somehow, I am amused by all these statements la.

Australian have this unshakeable believe that everyone of their citizen is a model citizen. Leslie Michelle, who has just been release from a Bali prison was also given superior treatment. She was acquitted on drug offences as well.

I donno la…first, the statement that any first world country should forgo death penalty is totally oxymoron. US obviously a first world country( a term to divide used by the so called “ wise man”) still practices death penalty. Takkan la tak pernah tengok “ Dead Man walking”. Texas still have death penalty….George Bush is from Texas ..so he must have decided “ well, I executed all these criminals legally in Texas…why not I continue the good work in Afghanistan and Iraq?”

Kalau ader Australian citizen arrested for any crimes in any Asian countries, Australian government is bound to make waves. This is a nation build by criminals from Great Britain and castaways from their home land. That fact alone is somehow ironic because they believe that every citizen of theirs is goody two shoes defies logic for me. Isn’t there a saying that what goes around…comes around. Or Once a thief…forever a thief?

Haiya …double standard laa…we have no qualms in having Malaysian committing high tech fraud in Austrakia. That Chinese guy amassed almost AUSD 1.8 million cheating banks and casinos. Well, you go dude!! At least we Malaysian know that in true spirit of Malaysia Boleh, we can be world beaters if we focus.

So…take it on a chin la aussies! Tak payah guna media to create sympathy to any of your citizen that happen to commit a crime. He did it so face the consequences laa.

Work and more work

I have been too busy lately.

But being self employed I should count that as blessing rather than a curse.

Yesterday was a long day at a site…from 11am to 2am the next day.

I remember one of closest friend once asked me as to why I choose to work in this line. I used to have my own room , a good perk and should I continue selling my soul to the devil and forgo my own principle, I should be earning a whooper of a salary.

But then again, I have to wade the traffic every morning just to clock 8 am every morning, smile when I don’t wanna to….it is too much of a job than a career. A lot of people often confuse the term “job” as similar to a “career”. A job is something you have to do, forcing yourself to do it….because there is no alternative. A career is something you love and looking forward to it…..totally reverse compared to a job.

That’s why the term married to a job is totally different as to committed to a career.

Well, I have yet to complained for I choose this path but the ability to wake up at 10 am in the morning and no qualm of staying awake to watch the current European Champion Liverpool played at 3.30 am, is priceless!

Mind you, I am in no way propagating that working on your own is better, this path is a very hard path. No security…no guarantee. Even if you are back with a million ringgit, if you don’t have a solid business plan….you are 90% bound to fail.

On the other hand, if you have a good job that pays well, happy with the environment …carry on. If you have a budding career and the ability to reach the apex of an organization….soldier on!!

But do so ethically and on merit….in your working life and social life.

Because what goes around…comes around. So be careful…..

HARI RAYA

It is almost here…just a matter of days rather than weeks.

Hari Raya Aidilfitri is just less than a week away.

Mawi is selling all sorts of things, from Canon camera, Proton cars to kuih gelora Mawi. I remember once people said Siti Nurhaliza was over exposed but this Mawi guy, is super exposed la friend but that is a story for another day.

I made mistake in my life, I made terrible things and actions that I still regretted. I know some things shouldn’t have been said or done but it happens.

No excuses but I do seek forgiveness.

I don’t know about you guys but Raya is somehow special.

A day we seek forgiveness from our parents, our partner, our siblings, and kids. To those who has lost their parents, I can understand their sense of lost. To Abdullah Badawi, this will also be a tough time for him.

But spare a thought to those in Pakistan and Afghanistan, who lost their who family in a earthquake, those in Aceh who still waiting for the donation money that never arrive. Mana perginya duit donation Aceh yg berjuta2 dahulu?

Bayarlah zakat fitrah bagi tanggungan kita….

Kerjalah sembahyang Hari Raya dan ziarahilah pusara saudara mara.

Pandulah dengan berhati-hati..jika belum jejak 120 km sejam jangan putus asa sehingga anda putus nyawa! Malaysia have many potential F1 drivers.

To all of you, I seek forgiveness and mengucapkan SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI kepada semua dan MAAF ZAHIR BATIN!!

See you in later!!

SAMY VELLU = THE VILLAGE ..........???

At last, he managed to top it all.

The recent statement issued by the MIC leader that “ Brides is like a new toilet, initially you used it often, after that you uses it less”-Samy Vellu during Parliament session.

I read that statement and wonder how oxymoron can you be??

Last month, before Ramadhan, Datuk Shahrir Ahmad, two DAP officers representing the voice of the smaller people visited a row of houses in Setiawangsa, where an elevated highway supposed to be built, has causes cracks to appear in their homes due to heavy pilling works.

So, Datuk Shahrir Samad pleads to Kementerian Kerja Raya to stop all work fearing that further damages will be incurred.

The next day, Samy Vellu issues a statement “ Kerja lebuh raya ini akan tetap di jalankan kerana jika di berhentikan, lebih baik seluruh Malaysia Lagi bagus naik kereta lembu sahaja. Dari Kuala Lumpur ke Pulau Pinang kalu naik kereta lembu satu bulan baru sampai” – He said with a grin!

Last month as well, One BN MP also question as to why the government must pay the toll concessionaries RM 525 M this year because the govt. doesn’t allowed them to hike their toll rate even though one toll operator announced hundred of millions of profits through their operation.

Again, the next day Samy Vellu said “ Tak payah nak argue pasal kadar pembayaran pampasan kepada pengusaha lebug raya kerana kamu tidak faham kontrak kerajaan!”

Well, I thought, make me understand than…and explain it in lay man terms! A great communicator usually able to communicate great things in the simplest terms-obviously he is not one of them.

My god, that was also one of the most idiotic statement that a minister can make. First, he insulted our intelligence by actually thinking that most of us cannot comprehend about the complexities of the government.

Second, why the kereta lembu statement? I just cannot understand him la …kalau tak mahu buat lebuh raya pun tak pe laa, tapi kena revert naik kereta lembu pulak apa kejadahnya nie? Jalan persekutuan kan ader…yang paling intriguing for me was he actually know that it will take a month for a bullock cart to travel from KL to Pulau Pinang, personal experience ker??

For a minister representing only about 8-9% from the overall Malaysian population, it is poor showing. Not only that the majority of the 8-9% live just above the poverty line and currently, the major contributing factor towards crime, he ought to buck up and shut up.

Sort out your own houses la Samy, you only representing a minority that hardly representing top tier of the nation. Sorry to say laa…you couldn’t even elevated the status of your kinsman to actually conquer the Everest for Malaysia. Compare that to Datuk Azhar, who traveled the world solo and that cubby fella who swim across the English channel-can’t remember his name but I believe he is a Datuk now. Easy eh?

Personally, I believe he way past his sell by date. Too many worn out ideas and way too much excuses. What about the cracks on the pillar in MRR2? Have you done anything about it? Again, why, just widowed Abdullah Badawi and the rest of the BN cabinet actually tolerated you is also a question. Abroad, minister with so many scandal like you are already impeach by the government itself.

Samy, you are the true embodiment of the Malaysia Boleh spirit!

Because whatever you do, the majority of Malaysian citizen still applauds you for your effort!

Samy, you are a champion!!

Heh..heh Samy Happy Deepavali as well.

15 days..

It has been 15 days of Ramadhan.

For muslims, we are half way of completing our third rukun islam and nearing Syawal. For some, there is joy in the next week to come….joy of shopping and joy of going back to their respective kampong.

So far my ramadhan is better than last year…yet to skip any terawih. All the duit raya has been safely tucked into the small packet to each recipient and all expenses has been detailed out. I know that sounds like over zealous but better prepared than sorry.

Raya this year is not like any other year. No new baju raya because I have like 5 baju melayu which I hardly wear. No new pants, no new shoes….for my kids yes but for me, I just wanna have a modest raya.

Perhaps because 6 days after raya, I got an exam coming up but that was it either. Mungkin saje pasal duit tak berapa ada, tapi duit memang tak pernah berapa ada pun so, tak ade la difference nyer.

Tak tahu ler kenapa tapi mungkin kerana usia sudah meningkat

Hendak dikata tua tapi masih ligat menendang bola dan bertukang di rumah. Hendak di katakan cedera tiada apa lukanya namun raya ini begitu sederhana.

Mungkin itu yg saya mahu …

Mungkin raya memang sepatutnya begitu…

Mungkin saya sedih ramadhan mahu berlalu…

WHAT WE WANTED THE MOST

In life, one cannot be too sure of what he wants or desires.

Sometimes, you just have to accept that que sera, sera …what ever will be, will be.

In many periods of our life, we encountered so many crossroads….unsure to take the left or right turn, perhaps even turn back to where it all started in the first place.

We all have been there and we all have taken the choice. No matter whatever the outcome is, we been there.

I have been wondering that no matter how well plan our life looks like, no matter how many objectives we set, numerous resolutions year after year…sometimes we ended up at the same cross roads.

Be it either to get married to somebody that we are unsure of or to take up the job offer from our dream company fearing that we might not fit in. Unclear the future is-says Yoda in Empire Strikes Back and how wise those words are!!

Personally, i believe that life itself is pandora’s box. It is what we make of it. Being a muslim, I have no qualms about qada’ and qadar but I also believe that we should set our own course of life, even when we failed that doesn’t mean that we should just give up because itu sudah takdir. Mungkin apa yg perlu kita tanamkan adalah “ Aku harus cuba dgn lebih baik lagi” or “ Gagal hari ini bukan bererti gagal selamanya”.

To be honest, I led my life on that principle alone. I may fail today but tomorrow is a different game altogether. I will do my best …no matter what! Everything in life is a contest and there is no best price for coming up second best!

However, lately I have seen incidences or scenarios that shattered my long and trusted beliefs. Reading abt a framer in South Africa who have tried to cultivate his farms but failed multiple times, no matter what method he tried.

Or, a story of a couple been married for 18 years but tried as hard as they might, they just couldn’t conceive a child. Or, a footballer named Alan Shearer who played for his favourite club, Newcastle Utd but probably will never ever land any silverware with the club.

Hmm… perhaps what we wanted the most may be not the one for us. What we felt the most suitable for us could turn into the worst nightmare. What we thought the best person to be our partner may not the one either.

Perhaps the best for us is what we have now. The best car is the same car that has been serving us during our darkest moments and trying times. The best mate is the same buddy, who eat in the same Maggie mee bowl during university days not the guy who constantly pad our back when we got our promotion.

Perhaps the best person we could ever marry is the same person who been with us during our poorer days and support us during our brighter days. Perhaps the best job for us is the one we have now if only we know how to appreciate what it have given us so far.

Then again, there is a saying the grass on the other side is always greener …you can never now.

Till that happens, I will still do the best in what I do…only after I tried a gazillion times and still failing, I know la it is time to stop trying anymore. Fate is what you make it…and god knows best, best for us and best for the people around you

TYPES OF MANAGER

       The Kipper Manager: Two-faced and gutless

· The Pedestrian Manager: Look both ways before crossing them

· The Constructive Manager: Thick as a brick!

· The Delegated Manager: "It's your turn to drain the swamp of crocodiles”

· The Sinatra Manager: "We will do it my way"

· The Ostrich Manager: Lose your head while all around you are keeping theirs

· The Geronimo Manager: Leaps on you from a great height

· The Balloon Manager: Full of hot air and floats around with their head in the clouds

· The Hobby Manager: Doing things they shouldn't be doing, just because they are good at them, or because they are interested in them

· The Frog Manager: Hopping about from job to job and never finishing anything

· The Seagull Manager: Rushes, screaming loud noises into the room, flaps around a lot and rushes out again!

· The John Wayne Manager: Shoot first; ask questions later

· The Assassin Manager: Always finds a scapegoat when things go wrong

· The Black Hole Manager: Makes sure that your ideas and initiatives never see the light of day

WHICH ONE ARE YOU OR YOU'RE FACING WITH?

RENUNGAN BULAN PUASA

Umpamanya:1) Dari bujang -- kahwin No.1 ---- No.2 ----- DLL.


2) Dari pakai moto kap --- kancil -- wira --- Honda ---- seterusnye...


3) Badminton ----- Bowling------Golf...


4) Rumah sewa---- rumah murah ---rumah teres --- banglow...


5) Technician ----supervisor ----- engineer --- manager...


6) Tv 14' --- 21" --- 29" ---- Home theather...


7) Sg Danga --- Tanjung Leman --- Langkawi ---- Hadnyai --- Bangkok..


8) Dalam semua segi kita mau kan perubahan kearah yang lebih baik dan
glamour...


9) Mancing kat parit /longkang ---- sungai --- kolam (bayar punye)----
laut dalam (sewa bot mewah)......


TETAPI... KITA JUGA LUPA...


SEMAKIN BANYAK KITA KECAPI KEJAYAAN, SEMAKIN HAMPIRLAH SAAT KEMATIAN KITA.... DITAKUTI SEMAKIN BERJAYA, KITA SEMAKIN LUPA, SEMUA YANG KITA DAPAT ADALAH PEMBERIAN TUHAN..."ON LOAN"...SETIAP KALI KITA BUAT ACTION PLAN ATAU BUAT REVISION, BERAPA BANYAKKAH KITA MASUKKAN ITEM-ITEM YANG MEMBAWA KEARAH PERSEDIAN UNTUK MATI

Umpamanya:

1) tak sembahyang ---- pastikan sembahyang---jadikan amalan....

2) banyak maksiat ----- kurangkan ----- hapuskan...

3) Bangi ---- madinah ---- mekah---

4) sedekah RM1.00 ---- RM10.00 --- RM100.00

5) sembahyang dirumah --- sembahyang di surau/masjid....

6) 5 jam sehari menonton TV ----- 3 jam TV & 2 jam majlis ILMU....

7) 3 jam baca suratkabar/majallah/internet ----- 2 jam majallah/suratkhabar/internet 1 jam membaca AL QURAN /selawat
8) Apa apa aktiviti yang hasilnya adalah untuk AKHIRAT.

Tetapi apa yang banyak berlaku pada ZAMAN AKHIR ini ialah PERSONAL improvement banyak kepada kearah KEDUNIAAN SEMATA. Perkara berkaitan AKHIRAT slowly di ketepikan....

Contohnya:Kalau dulu rajin dan tak tinggal 5 waktu, tetpi beransur-ansur........ Kalau dulu tak kenal DANGDUT/KARAOKE... bila tuhan beri kenaikan pangkat gaji lebih benda seperti ni dah jadi biasa... Macam macam lagi yang pun sedia maklum dan tahu... malah berlaku dikalangan ahli keluarga kita, jiran, rakan-rakan, DLL.

Jadi samalah kita membuat BALANCE ACTION PLAN,BALANCE OBJECTIVE ; TARGET dan BALANCE IMPROVEMENT.


Sekian untuk ingatan kita bersama.

MODERN WISDOM

• Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving.

• Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee...

• Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!

• I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash...

• A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.

• Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.

• You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it...

• True friends stab you in the front

• Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

• My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.

• Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

• It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.

• Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.

• Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

• They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.

• If your father is a poor man, it is your fate but, if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your stupidity.

Penang bridge


Butterworth...in 5 minutes!!


The ride home.. 


KOMTAR from afar 


Returning home 

The state of Malaysian football

The news that our National U-23 football team get walloped by the thais last two weeks by 7-0 was not a surprise to me. After more than a decade of under-achievements and disappointments, we are in a quagmire of footballing limbo.

I have seen as a fan and Malaysian citizen that no matter how many millions we poured to raise the standard of football, we will be no better even in 20 years. Why??

First, the FAM is being filled by the same old heads that has been in control for more than 20 years. Let’s be professional about this. If a CEO of a listed company failed to bring about the necessary level of profits and results, he will be probably be booted out during the AGM or ousted by a vote of no confidence.

FAM is being helm by the Sultan of Pahang by more than 25 years. The vice president is also helm by his son. The rest of the crew are made from state politicians, failed politicians and has beens.

Personally, I believe that is the problem. Having such a huge figure such as a sultan as the President of FAM blunted any level of criticisms because it will be against the law!! Admit it, nobody gonna say to the Sultan of Pahang…” Tuanku, I disagree with your ideas because I feel it is outdated1”. Silap-silap kena buang daerah..malah boleh kena tangkap ISA. Especially in a society that worshipped Hang Tuah as the Uber Malay hero eventhough in modern management terms, Hang Tuah can be classified as a sell-out or licker of the bosses boot!

Second, there are too much money in FAM. Itulah sebab ramai gila nak jadik manager state football eventhough he hardly know shit about the recent rules of offside, penalty taking or how many substitutes allowed for AFC Cup?? The coach imported from all corners of the world are paid handsomely to create miracles, or so they said especially when the Manager usually helm by the some Datuk is paid almost double compared to the coach! So, apa kerja manager tersebut apabila tiap2 tahun ade krisis gaji tidak dibayar oleh State football, EPF tidak dilangsaikan dan sebagainya. Yang peliknya, setiap kali kes ini berlaku, FAM akan step in…dan bayar utk state. Mana pergi accountability and responsibility mereka ini apabila FAM yang diberikan wang daripada kerajaan persekutuan utk memajukan bolasepak negara jadik Bank Negara mini? The money given by the Federal Govt. is your tax payers money..my friend! Your blood, sweat and tears money!!!

In fact, let’s compared to other sports bodies that created World Champions like Bowling and Squash, they faced no problems whatsoever except for some internal squabbles because there are less money in it!! Winning a major tournament for bowling will only rake in RM 10,000.00 whilst winning FA Cup will net almost RM 250,000.00. Any dumb ass will know what to choose but these players playing Bowling or squash is the real national hero because they follows their passion rather than the amount of money!

Third, the infrastructure is no longer available for the development of grass root level. Most of the schools nowadays, no longer have a full blown football field or even have a school football team. As more and more kids going to school, fields has give way to computer labs, additional school blocks etc. In fact, more parents actually discourage their kids to be active in sports because there is no FUTURE in it!

“ Buat apa main bola…bukan boleh dapat kerja!”- Hmm…berbeza dgn Michael Owen when he was signed to play for Liverpool at the age of 7, Wayne Rooney at 9 and Robbie Fowler at 6 years old. Their parents believe that there is future in football…mind you, Robbie Fowler owns more than 20 million pounds in assets!

Fourth, the lack of transparency in funds used by FAM. Why these figures are not shown to the public is an amazement to me especially when it is of the most biggest sports association in Malaysia. FAM spends more money than Perlis! Why? Perhaps there are items like project management(karaoke with GROs) or trips to Bangkok in their accounts that they are afraid to reveal? If we the public cannot question why our tax payers money is being used for the Sultanate of Pahang expenditure, we are either in vegetative state or in a coma. Mind you, Sultan Pahang salary and his family allowances are also being paid by us…via our tax money as well.

Hmm…there are other factors, I hope you can enlighten me even more because I have run out of super latives!

I AM …I AM

Time flies when you are really enjoying yourselves.

Time drag when you are somewhat unhappy or unfamiliar with the surroundings.

I am kinna lost with my surroundings.

I am no longer in touch with my inner feelings.

I am no longer the man I used to be…

I am changing, evolving…is it for the better or is it for the worst??

Time will provide the answer….

Time will show the way…

I am somehow disjointed with my conscience…

I am more sentimental than judgmental…

I am slowly becoming hopeless….

I am no longer connecting at a real level with those arounds me…

I am becoming an island…too far for some to cross….

What has caused all this?

I am somewhat unsure…

I am somewhat bewildered…

Things that used to please…no longer seems to appease..

Things that brings me happiness..no longer create gladness

I am….i am….

Perhaps old…..

Perhaps insane?

Perhaps didn’t count my blessing for having an understanding wife, two lovely kids, a job that suited me at last, a house to call home and a healthy life.

Perhaps I think too much heh?

WORKING WITH AN IDIOT CAN KILL YOU!!!

STOCKHOLM -- Idiots in the office are just as hazardous to your health as cigarettes, caffeine or greasy food, an eye-opening new study reveals. In fact, those dopes can kill you!

Stress is one of the top causes of heart attacks – and working with stupid people on a daily basis is one of the deadliest forms of stress, according to researchers at Sweden's Lindbergh University Medical Center.

The author of the study, Dr. Dagmar Andersson, says her team studied 500 heart attack patients, and was puzzled to find 62 percent had relatively few of the physical risk factors commonly blamed for heart attacks.

"Then we questioned them about lifestyle habits, and almost all of these low-risk patients told us they worked with people so stupid they can barely find their way from the parking lot to their office. And their heart attack came less than 12 hours after having a major confrontation with one of these oafs.

"One woman had to be rushed to the hospital after her assistant shredded important company tax documents instead of copying them. A man told us he collapsed right at his desk because the woman at the next cubicle kept asking him for correction fluid – for her computer monitor.

"You can cut back on smoking or improve your diet," Dr. Andersson says, "but most people have very poor coping skills when it comes to stupidity – they feel there's nothing they can do about it, so they just internalize their frustration until they finally explode."

Stupid co-workers can also double or triple someone's work load, she explains. "Many of our subjects feel sorry for the drooling idiots they work with, so they try to cover for them by fixing their mistakes. One poor woman spent a week rebuilding client records because a clerk put them all in the 'recycle bin' of her computer and then emptied it – she thought it meant the records would be recycled and used again."

******* i TOLD YOU LA WEI....

Independence Day...

3 Days from now, we will be celebrating our 48th National Day.

Yes...in case you haven't notice, it has been 48 years of independence ....it has been 48 years since we are govern by some foreign powers, be it the Portugese, Dutch, British, Japanese etc.

For me, the national day is just a holiday for me.

Call me unpatriotic or even a communist, i have again fail to live up to the National Day Celebration.

Last year my blog did say the same thing and i felt my opinion aren't swayed again this year.

It is just a holiday just like any other holiday we have in this country. With the exception of Hari Raya...31st August is just like another Bank Holiday or just a day break in a long week.

Why?

Do i not love Malaysia? Do i not cared for the nation and its fight? Do i forgot about the sacrifices of our national heroes??

Those who read my entries will testify that though my views are strong....i voiced it out becoz i love this country...probably more than some of the Minister entrusted to run this country.

I cared for the nation just like you, i cheered for our Malaysian Badminton Team, Nicol David, Esther Cheah being World Bowling Champion, Karamjit Singh-Asia Rally Champion etc.

I do remember the sacrifices Mat Kilau made, Tok Gajah, Tok Janggut, Mat Salleh in Sabah, Leftenan Adnan in defending this nation from the colonies.

The why i am somewhat lacklustre about National Day?

Difficult to say...but there are myriads of factors like err..err difficult to pinpoint laa

However, i havent to say that listening to Patriotic Song by Sudirman over and over again kinna get on my nerves. By putting flags on my car which gonna wither away in two weeks somehow not a good investment for me. Standing in Cinema when hearing the National Anthem also for me falls into a long list of stupid ideas.

Personally, the pride of the nation comes from the heart...it cannot and will not be force into an individuals. When the Japanese came and require our dad or grandad to bow to the sun and sing the Nippon...it doesnt work either. The British tries to institutionalise the British way of thinking, raising the Union Jack ..but it doesnt work either. Again...history has already shown that this National Pride cannot be force upon....it must come from within.

How many of us visit the Tugu Negara in the last 5 years?

The answer probably ...err i was there when i was a kid.

Or probably the answer will be " Melawat patung itu haram..so i tak pie laaa..." eventhough the same person will probably happy wearing a shirt that says " Mawi World!!!" ...idolization is also haram, you know!?

Though i hate to say this, look at the Americans and probably you will learn a thing ot two.

They love their country more than us eventhough our flag have 90% resemblenes.

They remember their struggle to create the USA compared to some teenagers in Bangsar happily dancing away to DJ Tiesto in Modesto or Zouk without the faintest idea on who Loke Yew, Tun Sambathan or Ahmad Bustamam was.

The Americans instill their national pride since kindergarden...they re-enact their forefathers struggle in school plays and poetry, they teach idioms about the fall of Troy and the breach of Great Wall of China because of treachery and egotism.

What do our school kids learn nowadays about our nation?

We learn abt the facts not the story of the person itself.

That is why we cannot relate to their struggle. That is why half of us will only be raised from their bed on the 31st August this year and years to come at 11 or even 2 o'clock in the afternoon. That is why some of us will only watch the National Day Parade in Putrajaya in its full session only when browsing thru channels at Astro.

National struggle and pride must start from kindergarden straight into university days.

The story of Leftenan Adnan, Tok Janggut, Raja Haji in Johor and the betrayal of Raja Abdullah in Perak must be told again and again in order to be ingrain in our future generation.

That is why i failed to understand the weekend before the National Day ...TV3 showed " Cinta Si Penngali Kubur" as a prime time showing on Saturday. Just imagine, nobody has yet to make a movie abt "Tunku Abdul Rahman" abt his fight for Merdeka. The worst thing that cross my mind was "Was it even worst to be colonise by a foreign power rather than be undermine and bluff by my own race?" At least, colonisation by a foreign power...i know my enemy clearly.

That for me just probably explain just why i failed to have the joy of Merdeka this year.

Penang

Today i am off to Penang

Got a lot to write but havent got the necessary space to do so....

Till then you guys keep busy and act whatever you wanna act because there is only you and the consequences.

Fuel prices…theory, opinion and conspiracies.

Back in May 2005, when there were some hush-hush on another fuel price increases, PM stated not to speculate for it is bad on business.

Lo and behold, July 2005, the price for petrol per litre raised another ten cents to a new price of RM 1.62. Diesel was hike up another twenty cents to a new price of RM 1.34. Based on the data given by The Star on the 21^st July and The Edge later that week, these price has increased the cost of driving by 25% - 40% depending on the intensity and frequency of movements.

During the reign of the current PM alone, price hike for fuel alone has been increased by forty cents, with a gradual increase of 10 cents each. Factors cited are the constantly rising price oil per barrel traded internationally (currently USD67 per barrel), the need to be more conservative in our subsidies and the tightening of govt. purse.

Data given by the govt stated that our price level is still the lowest in the region especially in the ASEAN group of countries. Our price level is still lower compared to Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia but higher by 15% in Brunei.

My opinion is this.

First, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand is a net importer of oil i.e. they consume more than they produce. In the case of Singapore, they hardly have any resources to boot no it is not a mystery. Thailand and Indonesia do have oil but it is not enough to sustain domestic demands.

Second, the average numbers of cars/vehicle in our country is a lot higher than our ASEAN region. The car per citizen ratios in Singapore and Thailand is a lot lower compared to Malaysia because the cost of owning a vehicle in Singapore is lot more expensive whilst the income per capita in Thailand is lower than us. Vehicle di sini bermaksud kereta and motorsikal.

Penduduk Malaysia rata-ratanya mempunyai satu kereta utk satu family dan bagi keluarga berpendapat rendah satu motosikal mesti ada. In fact, Malaysian market is moving into second car segment…kereta kedua keluarga yg lebih kecil dan fuel savings. Maka timbullah Savvy and MyVi, datanglah Chevy and Honda Jazz.

Ketiga, none of the ASEAN countries have a national petroleum agency that is in the Top 10 Petroleum Company in the world. In terms of revenue and income return, Petronas is second to none, better than ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. Apatah lagi dgn kenaikan harga minyak yg melambung ini, maka keuntungan Petronas juga meningkat lebih 50% berbanding dgn tahun lalu i.e. estimated to be RM 500M for the first six months. Petronas is getting bigger and more competitive.

Berdasarkan kepada 3 faktor di atas, saya berpendapat bahawa kenaikkan harga minyak tidak wajar malah membebankan rakyat terutamanya golongan berpendapat rendah. The fuel subsidy should be maintain simply becoz WE CAN AFFORD IT! Dari sejarah pembangunan Malaysia, seandainya harga minyak setong turun ke harga asalnya iaitu USD 40 per barrel, rasanya harga minyak tidak akan diturunkan juga pasal malas agaknya. Jika diteliti buku “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith , kerajaan sepatutnya govern sahaja dan biarkan rakyat compete and set the equilibrium price.

Secara peribadi, saya merasakan bahawa rakyat yang terpaksa menanggung beban kenaikan ini. Di manakah perginya cerdik pandai negara ini yang mampu menyelesaikan kemelut kenaikkan harga minyak ini? Pasti ada cara bagi mengimbangi subsidi minyak ini jika kerajaan berani menaikkan cukai bagi golongan kaya yang mampu mempunyai rumah seperti di bawah. Ketidak samaan pembahagian kekayaan negara amat ketara di negara ini di mana jurang di antara golongan “ada-ada” amat jauh dgn golongan miskin negara ini. Keadaan ini lebih menonjol bagi kaum India dan Melayu.

Kemelut subsidi minyak ini juga jadi beban apabila pada masa yang sama kerajaan menurunkan kadar faedah kepada taraf yang terendah bagi tempuh 18 tahun. Anda mampu mempunyai kereta baru dgn kadar faedah hanya 2.5% dan kereta terpakai 3.85%. Maka panjanglah jumlah pesanan MyVi hingga ada yang terpaksa menunggu hingga hari Raya untuk mendapatkan. Ada ke yang tempah Savvy?? I wonder….

Petronas merupakan syarikat kepunyaan negara maka wajar jika keuntungan ini di laburkan kepada rakyat. Kenaikan kadar minyak ini tidak memberikan kesan yang mendadak kepada rakyat Amerika Syarikat kerana biarpun ekonomi mereka di kuasai yahudi. Harga minyak per gallon hanya berganjak sebanyak 5% sahaja(The Economist July 2005) manakala Malaysia sudah meningkat sebanyak 30%.

Maka ada yang mengatakan semua ini adalah salah US juga kerana tindakan mereka menyerang Iraq menyebabkan pengeluaran mintak di Iraq menurun secara tiba-tiba. Perumpamaan yang digunakan adalah jika minyak di dunia ini dihasilkan oleh 10 negara ..maka ditutup pengeluaran di satu negara maka pasti harga akan naik kerana permintaan lebih daripada pengeluaran. Ini basic rule of ecomony.

So there are many theories that US is storing these fuel in Iraq because they wanted to make record profits. Mind you, the Bush family from Texas are fuel land owners..so inadvertently they also benefits. Another theory is that the Jews are conspiring to halt the explosive economy of China that seems to eat every single resources in the world. Mana satu yang betul hanya tuhan sahaja yang tahu.

Pada saya yang berugama islam, kerajaan yang dipimpin oleh org yang mengaku Islam juga harus memikirkan hal ehwal rakyat juga. Ke mana perginya wang BaitulMal Malaysia dan Pusat Zakat Negara sehingga pihak persendirian terpaksa mencari derma melalui rancangan television “Bersamaku” ? Apa ertinya kamu memakai Mercedez S Class ataupun BMW 7 Series apabila bergelar Menteri ataupun CEO jika nasib meraka seagama masih tidak terbela. Apa ertinya poket kamu penuh dgn wang RM100 jika derma di masjid masih berat tapi tidak seberat mengundi Mawi di AF3 menggunakan kad prabayar RM30? Menangnya mereka-mereka ini sejauh mana menguntungkan kamu?

Lebih baik sokong Liverpool kerana jika Liverpool menang, hati pun senang heh..heh..heh.

Well, that just my small drop in the vast ocean called Malaysia tanahairku.

HOME OF THE AP KINGS!!

Setelah 48 tahun merdeka...akhirnya anak melayu kita berjaya juga mempunyai taraf kemajuan ekonomi yang sama dgn bangsa lain. Mereka telah berjaya merubah status mereka daripada bekerja makan gaji kepada pemberi gaji kepada orang lain juga.

Kemajuan ini merupakan usahasama kerajaan Barisan Nasional dangan rakyat Malaysia terutamanya rakyat Melayu. Ini harus kita bangga kerana kesenangan mereka juga melambangkan bahawa kita orang Melayu juga mampu melangkah kesetapak lagi ...lebih tinggi ke arah cemerlang, gemilang and terbilang.

STATEMENT DI ATAS MERUPAKAN JIWA PENULIS JIKA DIA PERCAYA SEGALA APA YANG DISOGOKKAN MELALUI MEDIAMASSA NEGARA INI SELAMA 30 TAHUN DIA BERNAFAS!!!

Namun jika kita teliti diri kita sendiri....mereka-mereka disekeliking kita...sedara mara kita...jiran2 kita...masih ada yang merempat di bumi yang mereka panggil tanahairku!

Ada baru2 ini seorg menteri besar negara ini mengelarkan negerinya " Negeri Maju"..sedangkan anak2 melayu di Sabak Bernam ada yang masih tiada bekalan air, tiada jalan berturap ke kemudahan asas...tiada kemampuan utk talian telefon apatah lagi kereta.

Ada lagi anak2 melayu kita di Perlis yang masih terpaksa berhenti sekolah utk bekerja menyara keluarga kerana kesempitan wang! Ada lagi wajah org2 kita yang muncul di siri "Bersamaku" yang kurang jumlah penontonnya berbanding AF3, menelan siput babi sekeluarga kerana kesempitan ekonomi, banyak lagi anak2 muda yang menghiasi lorong2 bandar sambil menyuntik dadah ataupun pil khayal agar tinggi lompatannya semasa di kelab malam nanti.

Ramai lagi org kita masih kais pagi makan pagi biarpun bekerja di bangunan tinggi ataupun jawatannya tinggi namun hutangnya juga membusun. Ramai lagi anak2 muda yang lebih suka menunggang motorsikal di waktu malam minggu sambil menjerit-jeritkan ezkos motornya kerana dia merasakan itu sudah hebat. Di mana bangsa Cina ketika dia ramai2 naik motorsikal itu? Kemungkinan besar dia tokey kedai motorsikal tersebut yang baru diservis petang tadi dengan harga RM 65/=

Sejumlah besar lagi org2 kita di kelantan dan terengganu yang berada di bawah paras kemiskinan....hidup sekeluarga seramai 10 hingga 12 org dibawah satu bumbung sehingga menyumbang sumbang mahram.


Di mana silapnya kita?? Sehingga ada di antara kita menjadi terlalu kaya sementara masih ramai lagi yang tertinggal lagi arus kemajuan.

Saya tidak mengata bahawa kerajaan sekarang gagal menaikkan taraf kehidupan org kita cuma saya merasakan " WE COULD BE BETTER" if the people chosen actually do their job honestly.

Well my two cents...but below are the houses of successful Malay "Entrepreneur"





The gate is gold plated


The land itself cost RM5 Million


The entire house is estimated to be worth around RM30 million


A new house of Syed Azman-another AP King


Estimated worth is RM28 million


With fixture and fittings-it could spiral up to RM35 Million


That's how big the house is...



Man....i could get use to this...


A helipad in the making!