Thursday, November 15, 2007

Videoclip Report

Cabinet will seek more views of other ministers if the 3-member panel report on the controversial videoclip missed some point!

Sure it is good to seek more views and opinions, but sometimes it can have the reverse effect as well! The more views and opinions you have, the more complicated the issue will be, simply because everyone will have different view and opinion of their own! In view of this, it may caused more uncertainty and arguement. Then all the hardwork and effort will be wasted.

So what will happen then? Case dropped because the result is inconclusive and that there are too many doubts on the videoclip presented. It's just simple as that! That's the way the authority carryout their job, and it's the easiest and simplest way of getting out of trouble! Just look at Altantunya case now!

It will surely be the other way round if the scenario is reverse, like Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim is the main suspect in the video! Conclusion will be made only after a simple, effective 3-man Panel investigation and report!

Same old Schummi!

When F1 teams tested their cars at Spain's Circuit De Catalunya few days ago, some was surprise that Michael Schumacher appeared to test for Ferrari's old and new cars. Even more surprise is that after a year out of the red machine he once loved, and still love now, he has lost none of his speed.

Over the 2-3 days testing, Schummi posted the quickest time for the 2 official tests there. Even McLaren Mercedes's test driver Pedro De La Rosa, who is as quick as any other top driver in the silver arrow, is about 4 tenth outside Schummi's time. Imagine if Schummi did not retire at the end of last year, who will win the F1 Driver's Championship? That leave open to debate, but one thing is certain, Schummi will always be there to fight for the championship!

Ferrari will surely be benefited from Schummi's input on the technical side as well as performance, and so do Kimi and Filipe. I hope both will continue where Schummi left off and carry on winning for Ferrari the driver's and constructor's title for years to come!

SMART Tunnel

When I listen to news this mornin, and was shocked to hear that SMART Tunnel is not meant for car/vehicle usage. This is the statement released from Drainage and Irrigation Dept. (DID)

If SMART tunnel is not meant for car use, they should design from the beginning that no public road to go through and only for flood water diversion. Moreover the tunnel conssts of 2 or level, which the top level is for car used, and the 2nd and 3rd level is for flood water diversion.

It will not cause confusion if they say temporarily lower level of tunnel still incomplete and hence top level is use for water diversion. If SMART tunnel is designated for flood water diversion, and not traffic diversion, why would they plan for the toll plaza at th entrance and exit of the tunnel in the first place? Why are they plan for the tunnel to go thru one of the busiest road around to diversify some of the traffic? I think plans are there to build a tunnel to diversify traffic as well as flood water when needed.

Congrates to AirAsia

AirAsia has won the Asia-Pacific Aviation's Airline of the Yr 2007. This shows that they can now being consider as one of the best airliners and for the last 2 to 3 yrs, they keep on improving their services. That's a good sign and we can expecting more improvement from AirAsia.

I remember not so long ago, impression on AirAsia is they are just a low-cost carrier, delay and cancellation of flights is just a normal cases. Recently I did use AirAsia's service and I found that their service has improved by a lot and flight delay/cancellation has reduced significantly as well. They are getting new planes delivery all the time and I believe sooner their plane will be much comfortable.

Price wise they no doubt is a lot cheaper than other airliners because they are operating at a low-cost concept, but comparing to Europe's low-cost airliners, my comment is AirAsia has a better service than their Europe conterpart! (This is purely my personal observation and thought)

Again congrates to AirAsia!

Jerai MP Open his mouth again!

I can't believe Datuk Badruddin Amiruldin get away yet again with his irresponsible comment! He is famous for his 'Bocor' comment (if I'm not mistaken) and also one comment directed at Kapal Singh as well as disable community. Worst still is that this is not the first time he made some silly comment without thinking thru his brain, and he sill has the gut to say it was a joke.

If this act is done during Dr. M time, I am quite sure he would be discarded from exco and post he held. It is a shameful act and comment made against a particular group of people and this only shows how naive and irresponsible this person can be and also how he could be in the post he is right now!

Hope someone up in the UMNO higher-rank people to seriously look into Badruddin's act & behaviour, and remove him from any sort of post within to prevent UMNO to be humiliated by such childish and brainless person

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Malaysia's Universities Ranking

I'm really amazed by the excuses given for our sliding in universities ranking. It has become a norm for government to find some excuses to try comforting our nations that the sliding in ranking is indeed due to the different way of measures. Do we feel better in listening so?

Not fo me at least. If your rankin is sliding downwards, you should look at yourself and ask are we really that incompetent and is there any room for improvements? Rather than doing so, our government came out first to blame the panel of different way of determining the ranking, and worse still is they brought up one of the well known Singapore University name to mentioned they too are sliding down the ranking.

This is the way of thinking of a loser and with this kind of mindset, we will never going to improve and there will be only one way to go for all our universities - DOWN. So I do not believe much into what our government said in this case and unless the university do some self assessment to improve.

For our government, it is either you said so to comforting our nation or you are treating the nation as a brainless creature. To the nation, do you feel better if it is really due to different determining way of ranking? If yes please do so and you will feel much better

Fuel Subsiding Issue

Not really sure if the government proposed new different subsidise scheme for petrol will work.

First of all, how can the government classify or differentiate the rich and poor? Ar they classify by the car makes they driven? Do all drivers need to produce payslip at petrol station to clarify their income before refuelling? Or there will be a taxman at every petrol station to carryout each individual refuelling driver? All this is just nonsense, and will only make the already diseased corruption to be aggrevated to a new height level

If government really wanted to cut down the subsiding on petrol, then all nations shall bare the same burden, not for the riches to bare for the poors. This will be very unfair to the riches (by no mean to disrespect the poors) because they worked hard for their money earned.

For sure by early next year we, the vehicle owners will have to pay for a much higher fuel price due to the significant increase in crude oil price, and subsequently prices for a lot of things will increase too, no doubt about that and finally a higher inflation rate. So anyone know any good idea to counter this problem? Sure no pay/salary inflation from you boss of course!

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Malaysia's "Can-or-Naut"

Finally Dr. Shek back to earth after few day's travelling to the space, funded by Malaysian tax payers' money! Surely he enjoy the trip of his life, where a lot of people can only envy. So now the nation is quiet on this and hopefully this will only be the one and only time. No more space traveller from Malaysia ever again!

It is funny enough that Malaysia's thinking of expanding their research, or funding for the space mission, yet they have not got a clue what they are doing (Sorry to say but that's my gut feeling telling me this).

It is extremely unlucky that the test sample carried out in space were damaged during the landing, and that we might need another trip to ISS before the test result can be concluded. (Huh... luckily for Dr. Shek, no report is needed from you for now at least)

At the same time, China has launch their own rocket up to space, and towards moon. All they used is their local engineers, local parts, local technology and their local people. They successfully send their man up to space twice by using their own creative rocket, and their astronaut returned earth safely.

I'm not saying how good the Chinese is, but only how lousy Malaysian could be. We (tax payers) are funding the government a wasteful project to send a "Can-Or-Naut" to space, just to show our national flag in the ISS, yet they are cheering during the take-off, activity in space, and the return of the Can-Or-Naut without noticing it's actually our hard earn money that's spent like burning waste papers. Those money could be better off spend on other aspects like public service improvement etc

So folks, please wake up and realise that a lot of this government's project are actually notes printing machine to them, and we are the machine that's printing notes to them!

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Jeanne Badawi!

It is quite funny that our PM's wife told reporters that she is meant to be together with Abdullah Badawi. What's the purpose of telling the nation of this? I can't figure it out other than make me think Badawi actually was having affairs with Jeanne long before Badawi's first wife's (Endon) death.

How long after Endon's death that Badawi re-married with Jeanne? If they don't have any affairs, how can it be so quick that Badawi married her? Why she's telling the nation they meant to be together? If they really meant to be together, while Endon still alive, what will happen? Badawi divorcing Endon and marry with Jeanne? Is that what is suppose to happened?

Being the wife of a country's PM, she suppose to be wise enough to watch what she said. Rather than talking about some current affairs, she's telling all about her private life. It looks like everyone in the country is interested in knowing how Badawi manage to get Jeanne's heart, how romantic Badawi can be, what kind of food he likes etc.

Come on! I think all nation is concern about what is happening in surrounding, what's the current affairs etc, not what's happening with our PM in his cozy home, what's he doing at home etc. So to hear someone of Jeanne's status saying such childish comments is shocking and it prove that Badawi and Jeanne doesn't really knowing what's happening around them up to this date!

I really feel sorry for both of them!

P/s: My apology if mis-spell Mrs. Badawi's name as Jeanne.

Lee Chong Wei won again!

First of all I would like to congrate Lee CW for winning the French Open Badminton Championship. Well done boy!

I would like to stress a thing about Chong Wei is: Whenever he loses to an opponent, there bound to be some excuse for the lost. If it hadn't been for that reason, he would have won all competitions he participated in. Is that really possible? Come on Chong Wei. Face the thruth. You are No. 2 in the ranking and even 1st rank player do not win all competitions he participated, let alone you Mr Lee "Kampung Boy" Chong Wei.

I remember last week whe he lost to Bao Chunlai during the Danish Open Championship, he blamed it on his knee injury and it might affecting his performance in the French Open. Quite lucky enough your knee heal quicker than you thought, and also everybody in Malaysia. And you won the French Open by beating Bao Chunlai in the final so easily. It proved you are a class above Mr. Bao, just it is unfortunate you injured your knee, otherwise it would have been you that wins the Danish Open rather than Lin Dan because you are so confident of beating Lin Dan.

Lee CW is such pityful cry-baby. If you think you are top of the world, then you should prove it everytime you step on court, not blaming this or that after defeats, and praise your effort when wins. That's a very unprofessional act and it's a huge disgrace for me as a chinese. Chinese always have the guts to take praises as well as criticisms. I don't see that charateristic in Chong Wei mainly because of his ................ correct! Coach. Why is beyond my writing. Just imagine yourself.

So I am not happy at all even if Chong Wei wins all the Open Championships and Master Series titles, and fail to live up to expectation in big tournaments. For me a great player is who can perform to the highest level at the highest level of tournaments. So unless Chong Wei wins the major tournament, he is just a "Jaguh Kampung" to me forever and ever!

Buk-up Ching Wei! Prove me wrong! (I doubt you can. Sorry!)