Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Here In My Home - Malaysian Artistes For Unity



Found this interesting effort by some local artists, celebrities and corporate figures to promote harmony and unity among us Malaysian. Please pay close attention to the lyrics as its promoting what i'll like to call "smart" patriotism not blind faith.

Kudos to Pete Tong for coming out with the idea and the rest for showing they care. Another good piece of video work from Yasmin Ahmad as well.

Stop the scare-mongering politics! Stop the racial politics! Stop the bad governance ! The red, white, yellow and blue RAKYAT has spoken.

Checkout their official webby at http://www.malaysianartistesforunity.info/

-JonC-

Thursday, May 22, 2008

One month has passed............

A lot of things can happen in a month. Since my last posting, Liverpool lost in the UCL semi-finals, the EPL season has ended and Torres has brokern virtually every record in the book (ok so i exaggerated a lil bit). The saddest of the lot are the natural disasters that struck Myanmar and China.

The death toll in Myanmar is unknown and the military junta ain't doing anyone any favour with their stupidity in dealling with the dire situation. Thousand are dying while the military leaders are playing their mind games and propagandas.

In Sichuan, China, the Chinese government long known for its bureacracy and redtape is the total opposite of that. It's fast action and decision making is saving thousand from suffering even more hardship and death. It saddens me to look at pictures of old folks and young children suffering.

Mean while back home, the shockwave from the last election is still being felt. The fact that the old horse went berserk and senile is making the political climate for UMNO very touchy. Things are not looking rosy for MCA, MIC and Gerakan either. Internal fighting and factions are causing havoc to them. Well, newsflash - shape up or ship out. The whole structure of the coalition need a total overhaul before they become dinosaurs and exticnt. Not that i am complaining anyway. ;0)

All the croonism and corruption is biting BN's arse HARD. What goes around comes a round - bad karma as they say. Now i truly see a new begining for all Malaysians, the road will be bumpy and there will be necessary sacrifices from everyone in the long road to a progressive and united Malaysia. I am looking at the Penang state government closely to see how good governence should work.

One a personel note, i've been labelled a lazy bum by my good friend and bloggin' mentor AD. So to this i've to say sorry lah macha, things got slower ever since i can't stop playing with my new toy - PS3. Been loosing huge amount of sleep to PES 2008, COD 4 and GTA 4 games. Problems with the new IT setup lately also keeping me on my toes. I'll try to update me humble blog atleast once a week from now on.

Before i sign-off, just have to say i was cheering CSKA London on this morning but no thanks to the "heroics" of one Drogba and Terry along with journeyman Anelka, the scums stole it at the death in the peno kick. Shit happens to everyone else but THEM. I fooking swear they have more than 9 lives. Life just ain't fair sometimes.

-JonC-