Given human diversity, monotheism cannot be maintained in
the long run, no matter how hard you try. Polytheism explained. Polytheism may be
the believe in several gods. Why not? There is this parable. Three blind men
went to the zoo to feel and understand an elephant. One blind man felt the tail
of the elephant and reported that the elephant feels like a rope. The second
blind man felt the leg of the elephant and reported that the elephant feels
like a tree trunk. The third blind man felt the trunk of the elephant and
reported that the elephant feels like a rubber hose/garden hose. All three
blind men reported differently. All the
three blind men are right and wrong. Is this polytheism? Is there a link with
polytheism? May be.
Some Hindus believe in achieving union with divinity by worshipping
stone gods. Other Hindus believe in achieving union with divinity by
worshipping pictures. Other Hindus believe in achieving union with divinity by worshipping
a living spiritual leader. Still other Hindus believe in achieving union with
divinity by worshipping dead spiritual
leaders .Other Hindus want to achieve union with divinity by chanting a
mantra. Other Hindus take a physical
approach and want to achieve union with divinity through selfless work. And
even other Hindus want to achieve union with divinity through physical
exercise. Every family is different and has a different way. I could go on and on. This is polytheism.
Polytheists tolerate the diversity of human beings. Diversity is strength. Diversity is strength because we are all good
at different things. None of us are good in everything: but we are all good at
different things. For example, I have noticed that some Malay people have an inclination for art, drawing, and sketching. Not all of us have an inclination for art, drawing, and sketching.
Too much monotheism is also not good. It is dangerous to
unite human beings because human beings like to be different and face different
realities. If we are too close to each other we will lose our personal privacy
and personal space. If we are too close to each other it will give rise to
conflicts. You have to defend your turf and I have to defend my turf. You have
to focus on your turf and I have to focus on my turf. But then again, if we are
too far away from each other we may become lonely. The right distance among
human beings is hard to determine. Too close is not good and too far away from
each other is also not good. So, what is the right distance? That is difficult
to answer. May be it varies from culture to culture; and the distance changes
with time.
Cultures that emphasize on monotheism are often intolerant
of other ways. Cultures that are monotheistic do not tolerate diversity.
Cultures that are monotheistic do not tolerate personal space. When you do not
tolerate personal space, then conflicts arise. An increase in monotheism
results in a loss of personal privacy. An increase in monotheism results in an increase
in human to human conflicts because human beings treasure their privacy. Cultures
that emphasize on monotheism usually have the most social and political unrest.
Cultures that do not allow for sects to form from within a group face the most
social unrest.
It’s about centralization versus decentralization: that is,
big government versus small government. May be a thousand years ago
centralization/big government could win and conquer. Today’s world is moving
towards decentralization/small government/egalitarianism. May be there was a
time a thousand years ago when people were incapable of self-management and
therefore they had to be managed. This was the era of
dictatorships/monotheism/big government. This was the era of White people
colonizing non-White people. The world has changed since then. One by one the
colonies have asserted their right to independence. There are now fewer
colonies, if there are any at all. But within the newly independent countries (NIC),
they had dictatorships/big government. Slowly, within the NIC, two party systems evolved as the citizens
asserted their freedom and egalitarianism. Even in religion there are changes.
In Christianity, Martin Luther rebelled against the Roman Catholic church
creating sects like the Protestant Reformation. Today’s Christianity has
decentralized into numerous sects or denominations. Decentralization has been
going on for a long time. Hinduism has been decentralized for a very long time.
Now it looks like the world is going the Hindu way by espousing
decentralization because there are more sects today than ever before. Is the
future for decentralization? May be. We will wait and see. Given human
diversity, monotheism cannot be maintained in the long run, no matter how hard
you try. Is this the age of sects/decentralization? May be. The pendulum swings back and forth from
decentralization to centralization and back to decentralization. May be a thousand years ago, the conditions
favored a swing closer to centralization. The self-confidence of individuals
was so low that it warranted centralization. Even extreme centralization like
slavery was acceptable in the old days. The individuals today have more
self-confidence. Being more self-confident, they have asserted their
diversity. Slavery is no longer
acceptable. This is the age of egalitarianism. We are moving towards
decentralization/small government/egalitarianism.
Speaking of slavery, the Negroid people (the Blacks) were
enslaved twice probably based on pigmentation. Firstly, the Blacks were
enslaved by light skinned Muslim Arabs. (Islam came into being taking decisions
based on its own realities. Slavery is permitted in Islam. Islam allows for
light skinned Arabs to enslave the Blacks. Muslim Arab slave masters were less
than benevolent to the Blacks: the Blacks were murdered, raped, whipped, etc by Muslim Arab slave masters. Many Muslim
slave masters sold Black slaves to the White people). Now the Blacks were
enslaved by the Europeans/the Whites. The Whites were less than benevolent to
the Blacks too. So the Blacks will be remembered for having been enslaved by
two separate groups because of pigmentation: the Muslim Arabs and the Whites. So
the Blacks will be remembered for having being sold by Muslim slave masters to
White slave masters. It is not my attempt to reopen old wounds. The past is the
past. The past can never happen again. This is a new world. This is the age of
small government/decentralization/egalitarianism. This is the age of sects, not
monotheism.
In Asia, my Malay brothers and sisters should also value
sects. My Malay brothers and sisters should be more assertive about their
diversity from Mecca. The past is the past. The Malays becoming Muslims
happened hundreds of years ago. The Malays becoming Muslims may not have been
the best decision but it is too late to change that now. But the Malays have to take pride in
themselves. As the Malay self-confidence increases they have to assert their
right to be different from Arabs. The Malays should have their own brand of
Islam, distinctive from the Arabs. This is the sect. Why not? This is the age
of sects. It is the same with the Urdu speaking people. The Urdu speaking
people should have their own brand of Islam. This is the age of sects. Malays
should not toe the line of Muslim Arabs all the time. With increasing
self-confidence, the Malays should assert their right to be different from
Arabs. It is all about self-confidence. An increase in self-confidence results
in an increase in decentralization.
I do try to learn from others. But I try to learn from smart
people, not stupid people. It has never really been proven that Arabs are the
smartest in the world; and there is a need for the Malay and Urdu speaking
people to understand this.
Let’s look at USA. The Constitution of USA clearly states
that all men are created equal. However, slavery was tolerated for a long time.
Until year 1920 women could not vote in USA. One by one, USA has and will
continue to undo the mistakes of the past. There is no more slavery in USA; and
women can vote now.
My Malay brothers and sisters must learn to separate the
smart people from the stupid people. My Malay brothers and sisters must learn
from smart people. I must also learn from only smart people. I can assure my Malay
brothers and sisters that Arabs are not the smartest in the world.
The Malays embraced Islam a few hundred years ago because
they did not know better. Now they do know better and so they should undo the
mistakes of the past. The Malays should take pride in themselves. My personal
feeling is that Malays should have a sect which would be their own brand of
Islam. Increasingly, we obtain wisdom from public school education and life
itself. No school in this world can teach you as much as life itself can. We
keep learning every day. We keep learning from our mistakes. We keep undoing
our mistakes. We should undo our mistakes.
It would be unfair to blame the Malays and the Urdu people
for the past actions of Arabs. Malay and Urdu people should distance themselves
from transgressions by Arabs. The Arabs should put their own house in order.
The Malays should not justify the transgressions by Arabs. If the Malay and
Urdu people continue to justify the transgressions of Arabs, they risk being
deemed as accomplices. For example, on 11 September 2001, some Arabs destroyed
the Twin Towers/World Trade Center in New York. In this case, the Malays and
the Urdu people should distance themselves from the Arabs in order to clear
themselves of any responsibility by claiming that Malays and Arabs belong to
two different sects. The Malays should find their own niche instead of toeing
the Arab line all the time. This the age of sects and decentralization.
However, if the Malays and the Urdu people continue to give undivided loyalty
to the Arabs, then the Arabs will drag the Malay and Urdu people into all the
conflicts and problems the Arabs face. The world is composed of users. If
people get an opportunity, they will use you. People use other people if they can do so.
Yes, the world is composed of users. It is time for the Malay and Urdu people
to distance themselves from Arabs by forming a separate sect. If the Malay and
Urdu people do not want to be deemed as accomplices, then they should consider
forming separate sects to focus more on themselves. It is all about
SELF-CONFIDENCE. If the Malay and Urdu people have adequate self-confidence,
then nothing can stop them from forming a sect of their own. However, if the
Arabs have more self-confidence, then they will continue to insist that the
Malay and Urdu people toe the Arab line. Until the Malays and Urdu people
realize that they are being used by Arabs, the Arabs will continue to use the
Malay and Urdu people. What we need from
the Malay and Urdu people is Asian Islam or non-Arab Islam. Asian Islam or
non-Arab Islam will be a separate sect.
What sect is this? It is Asian Islam as distinct from Arab
Islam. It is Malay Islam or Urdu Islam as distinct from Arab Islam. The Malay
and Urdu people owe the Arabs nothing. The Malay and Urdu people do not have to
toe the line of the Arabs all the time. Will non-Arab Islam come into being?
May be. It is all about SELF-CONFIDENCE. If the Malay and Urdu people have
enough self-confidence to go solo, then non-Arab Islam will come into being. If
the Malay and Urdu people do not have adequate self-confidence, then they
should continue to toe the line of the Arabs. It is all about self-confidence;
and with adequate self-confidence you can go solo.
In a sense it is about moving from OBEYING to DISOBEYING.
For example, when you are young and dependent on your parents, you have to OBEY
your parents. But when you become an adult, you should go solo. When you become
an adult, you should DISOBEY your parents. It means that you do not have to obey
your parents all the time. When you are an adult you can become more
independent minded. When you are an adult you can assert your independence and
diversity. This phenomenon gives rise to sects and decentralization.
Those who go solo are the one’s who have self-confidence.
Those who go solo are the one’s who dare to be self-employed. Those who are
self-confident are the one’s who are willing take the risk for variable income
and residual income; and these people would work 7 days a week, night and day. They
have no time for social life or religion. An increase in your economic life
results in a decrease in your social and political life. This is the price you
have to pay if you want to be self-employed/ entrepreneur. It’s for the
self-confident. This is the future of Malaysia to remain competitive. This is
how Malaysia should be to compete in the world of the future: increased
economic activity and decreased social and political activity. If we are too
close to each other we will lose our personal privacy and personal space. If
you are too close to each other people you cannot do your work well. If we are
too close to each other it will give rise to conflicts. You have to defend your
turf/entrepreneurship and I have to defend my turf/ entrepreneurship. You have
to focus on your turf/ entrepreneurship and I have to focus on my turf/ entrepreneurship.
But then again, if we are too far away from each other we may become lonely.
The right distance among human beings is hard to determine. Too close is not
good and too far away from each other is also not good. So, what is the right
distance? That is difficult to answer. May be it varies from culture to
culture; and the distance changes with time and depends on the challenges we
face. The engine of growth for the nation will be from the variable income
people and the residual income people; the engine of growth for the nation will
be from the self-confident people. The Malay and Urdu people must stop toeing
the Arab line. The Arabs are the role model for nobody.
As a citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to secure Malaysia.
Therefore I say that I disapprove of Malays socializing with Muslims. The
Malays have absolutely nothing to learn from Islam. Decentralization is better.
This is the age of sects. I’ve got no problems with Malays learning something
from the Japanese. Though the Japanese are far from perfect, they are better
than the Arabs any day.
In addition, we live in a world of changing geopolitics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BpJ0ycSnX0
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7VhNDv5GE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngR92B6qMsk
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqLSwKteJ4.
Increasingly, the work environment will become more
important than the home because you will be spending more time in the work
environment than the home. When you
leave home early in the morning, your wife may be awake but your children will
be asleep. After work when you return home late night, again, your wife may be
awake but your children will be asleep. If you work 7 days a week, you may
never see your children awake for months or only on public holidays. When you
have a birthday, you celebrate the birthday in the work environment, not in the
home. You will spend more and more time
in the work place and less time at home. This is the competitive world: the
world of the variable income people and the residual income people. The Malay
and Urdu people must stop toeing the Arab line. The Arabs are the role model
for nobody.
My personal take on religion is that we have to use our
discretion. The Jewish scriptures, the Christian scriptures, the Islamic
scriptures, the Hindu scriptures, the Buddhist scriptures, and the others are
all old books. It is not good to be too loyal to old books. I don’t care who
they are? They may be the Islamic prophet Mohamad, the Christian prophet Jesus,
or the Hindu Lord Krishna,( it doesn’t matter) because I can tell you that they
have never seen a smart phone. If I gave a smart phone to prophet Mohamad,
Jesus, Buddha, or Lord Krishna, they would be completely dumbfounded and
speechless. We have many new things to learn. Again, we have to use our
discretion. Even if you are into religion, please use moderation. It means that
less religion is better than more religion. I am unconvinced that there is a
Heaven and Hell. I believe in what the scientific community believes in. I am
not interested in the road to Heaven. I am interested in Earth, not Heaven. We
have to survive on Earth. We have to co-exist on Earth. That’s all. We have to
find ways to survive on Earth. In the past, we have had several wars and
conflicts. We have to reduce wars and conflicts and that’s why we have United
Nations. Religions have divided mankind. So we have to reduce religion. Less
religion is better than more religion. Religion is the problem, not the
solution. It takes moral courage to say that we have to reduce religion.
Religious people are not the smartest people on earth. We have to use
moderation on religion. Less religion is the way forward. I call upon the
silent majority to find ways to shrink religion. I call upon the silent
majority to find ways to diminish and weaken religion. Heaven and Hell has been
propagated by those who have never seen a smart phone. It’s so out dated. It’s
so silly.
My personal take on the schools in
Malaysia is as follows. Again we have to apply DECENTRALIZATION. The individual
schools should assert their diversity. Irrespective of whether the politicians
and bureaucrats like it or not, the schools should assert their independence. I
cannot assure you that greater independence for schools will raise the standard
of education; and in fact, sometimes the reverse may be true. May be, I do not
know. But greater independence for schools will give variety; and when there is
variety the parents will have the freedom to choose a suitable school for their
respective children. We have to see education as lifelong. No school in this
world can teach you as much as life itself can. Parents must have the freedom
to choose; and this will only happen if schools assert their independence
irrespective of whether the politicians and bureaucrats like it or not. Mahatma
Gandhi was a firm believer in CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. Dr.Martin Luther King(USA)
also felt that we have a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. In
Malaysia, the schools should assert their independence. By asserting their
independence, they can DECENTRALIZE and go SOLO. Some of them can DISOBEY
openly, and some of them can DISOBEY secretly. Please use your discretion. It
is the same in the railways in Malaysia. Malaysian trains are divided into
coaches for females only and also mixed coaches. There are always some coaches
in the Malaysian trains that are exclusively/supposedly for females, but there
are always some males who enter the female coaches. It happens all the time.
May be this is a case of civil disobedience. Sometimes, DISOBEY is a good thing
when the system is unjust or doesn’t make sense. Dr.Martin Luther King feels
that we have a moral responsibility to DISOBEY unjust laws. Sometimes DISOBEY
may be a good word. There may be link between DISOBEY and FREEDOM TO CHOOSE.
When schools start to disobey the politicians and bureaucrats, it will increase
the freedom to choose for parents. There you go. As long as parents have the
freedom to choose. On September 2014, some public examination papers for 12
year olds in schools have been leaked before the actual exam time. I do not
know the objective. I have to admit that I do not have the whole explanation;
it seems that this is the age of greater autonomy. For example, Sabah, Sarawak
and Penang desire greater autonomy from the Federal government. Is this the age
of greater autonomy in Malaysia? May be the teachers need greater autonomy too.
If the public exam papers keep leaking again and again, the Federal government
will have to eventually do away with public exams for 12 year olds permanently.
This will give teachers greater autonomy because the teachers can give their
own exams to their own pupils. It will be a victory for teachers if they cancel
public exams permanently. Leaking public exam papers repeatedly may be a way to
obtain greater autonomy for teachers. I am sure repeatedly leaking public exam
papers will be popular for students for obvious reasons. Of course the
politicians and bureaucrats will try to crack down on the leakers. It will be a
war between the leakers on the one hand, and the politicians and bureaucrats on
the other hand. If the leakers keep leaking exam papers, then the politicians
and bureaucrats will be forced to cancel the public exams permanently for 12
year olds; and the teachers will get greater autonomy. It seems that Sabah,
Sarawak, and Penang want autonomy, so why not teachers too. As I think about it
more, leakers can become popular. Teachers may support leakers. Students may
support leakers. Leakers may get a sizeable vote bank, come election time. Politicians
can become unpopular if they catch and prosecute leakers. Politicians may lose
their vote bank if they prosecute leakers. But then again, on second thoughts,
I still do not know why they leaked the public exam papers. What’s the
objective? May be leaking the public exam papers may not be a good idea. We
will wait and see.
There is the big picture and we also have the small picture. You can say that a collection of small pictures makes the big picture. You can say that the big picture is decomposed into many small pictures. So, which is more important? The big picture or the small picture? With 6 to 7 billion people in this world, I’m lucky if know what’s going on in my immediate 3 meter radius; and this is the small picture. Sometimes we need the big picture and sometimes we need to focus on the immediate 3 meter radius/small picture. We have to use our discretion. I hope I’m right. If you focus too much on the big picture, you may neglect your personal work/responsibility. Again, I hope I’m right.
Throughout human history, the pendulum swings back and forth
moving from centralization to decentralization, and back to centralization, and
back again to decentralization. We have
to use our discretion. There is a time to unite and a time to disunite; and a time
to reunite again. At the right time you have to go solo; and sometimes you have
to unite again with others for team work. If you have enough self-confidence,
you can go solo; and sometimes you have
to unite again with others for team work.
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A Malaysian Airlines aircraft disappeared on 8 March 2014
over the South China Sea. The flight number is MH370. What happened?
Who piloted the plane(MH370) and made the plane make a
U-turn in the South China Sea? That’s easy to answer. Sometimes you are asleep
with your alarm clock set to sound at , say, 4am. But you wake up at 5am and
wonder why your alarm clock did not sound at 4am. Obviously somebody turned off
your alarm clock. Who’s the somebody? It’s you. You turned off the alarm clock while
you were fast asleep. Many of us have experienced this. It is your subconscious
mind that moved your hands to turn off your alarm clock. When you are asleep
your subconscious mind takes full control of you. Obviously, the pilot of the
plane had slipped into a meditative state/nirvana experience (with eyes closed)
and his subconscious mind had full control of him. His nirvana experience had
pervaded to the entire aircraft; and the entire aircraft became POSSESSED by
nirvana. It became a Paranornmal plane. It is the same force that we see periodically in Batu Caves, Malaysia. What
happens in Batu Caves is what I call LOCAL PARANORMAL ACTIVITY(LPA) or GROUP
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY(GPA). This was probably what happened to MH370. MH370, for
whatever reason, entered into the realm of LPA or GPA.
Who turned off the transponders? That’s not difficult to
answer. Read the paragraph above. The pilot or pilots (with eyes closed)
themselves turned off the transponders because they were already POSSESSED by
nirvana/the subconscious mind. They decided to DECENTRALIZE from ground control
and make a U-turn. Or rather the nirvanic experience made the pilot make a
U-turn and turn off the transponders. The pilots using their own hands and eyes
closed turned off the transponders. The
nirvanic experience is the hand of God. It’s the Omniscient Being being in
charge. It’s the all pervading omniscient Being being in charge. It’s the all
knowing Being being in charge.
Why did not the passengers protest? That’s not difficult to
answer too. Please read the paragraphs above. The passengers were enjoying
nirvana. They had entered the realm of LPA. The crew and passengers were in
communion. Nirvana is bliss. Nirvana is
the most enjoyable thing in the world. Both the cockpit and cabin were enjoying
every bit of it as they decided to DECENTRALIZE from ground. Why should
passengers protest if they are in a nirvana state of mind?
After U-turn the possessed plane flew for many hours. Wouldn’t the
passengers suspect something? You’ve got to be kidding. Please talk to yoga
masters. Some of them are meditation experts. Please consult them. They will
report that the meditative state is like
timelessness. Some of them can sit motionless with eyes closed for hours . It
might feel like 10 minutes have passed, but when they look at the wristwatch
they realize that unknowingly they have been in this meditative state for one
or two hours or even longer. This is the nirvana state I’m talking about. All
of them, the cockpit crew, cabin crew, and passengers had unknowingly slipped
into the nirvanic state. The plane became a PARANORMAL plane. It’s LPA. The plane became a POSSESSED plane.
This is the hand of God. The pilots using their own hands (with eyes closed)
made a U-turn and turned off the transponders. The entire plane enjoyed every
bit of it because nirvana is bliss, pleasure, and happiness. The cockpit crew,
cabin crew, and passengers were in the same state. It’s like being in the same
radio frequency or being on the same wave length for the entire plane. All
their individual minds merged and became one mind. All the 239 passengers and crew minds in the
plane merged and became one or on the same wave length or were in communion
with each other. And they were as happy
as can be.
What is the message here? I don’t know but I can guess.
Beyond religions is spirituality. Beyond monotheism, polytheism, and pantheism
is spirituality. We all have the omniscient Being which dwells within us. Religions
have divided mankind. We have to take the next step. We have to move away from
religion. We have to move to spirituality. The occupants of MH370 were multi-religious
and multi-racial. But they all went into nirvana. Spirituality awareness creates
the oneness of mankind.
Man and God are indivisible. Man and God are inseparable. It
is important to say “I am God” because divinity dwells within the self.
To those earthly people who lost loved ones in MH730, I say,
please wipe your tears away. Your loved ones are happy in nirvana; and
therefore please wipe your tears away.
Is it possible that I am wrong? Yes, it is possible.
Different people have given different explanations. This is my explanation. If
they cannot find a better explanation, then please take my explanation
seriously. If I have been proven wrong, then I offer my humble apology.
Let’s take this incident as a lesson for Malaysia. The aircraft MH370 was piloted by two Malays who were both Muslims. The passengers were mostly non-Muslims, mostly Chinese. You can see the racial and religious divide right there. Basically, they had put the lives of more than a hundred Chinese passengers in the hands of two Muslim pilots. How unfair. It is inevitable that it would turn racial and religious when something goes wrong. One solution to the problem is to make the pilots to be multi-racial and multi-religious. For example, I have a USA citizen friend (African-American) who is a pilot for Japan Airlines. This is what I mean. The passengers do have the right to know if the pilots are acceptable to the passengers. What we need in Malaysia is multi-racial and multi-religious composition at all levels, including the MARA institutions. It will become racial or religious when something goes wrong; and therefore a multi-racial and multi-religious composition at all levels would give Malaysia the best chance. Let us learn something from the MH370 mistake.
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Let’s take this incident as a lesson for Malaysia. The aircraft MH370 was piloted by two Malays who were both Muslims. The passengers were mostly non-Muslims, mostly Chinese. You can see the racial and religious divide right there. Basically, they had put the lives of more than a hundred Chinese passengers in the hands of two Muslim pilots. How unfair. It is inevitable that it would turn racial and religious when something goes wrong. One solution to the problem is to make the pilots to be multi-racial and multi-religious. For example, I have a USA citizen friend (African-American) who is a pilot for Japan Airlines. This is what I mean. The passengers do have the right to know if the pilots are acceptable to the passengers. What we need in Malaysia is multi-racial and multi-religious composition at all levels, including the MARA institutions. It will become racial or religious when something goes wrong; and therefore a multi-racial and multi-religious composition at all levels would give Malaysia the best chance. Let us learn something from the MH370 mistake.
We need anti-discrimination laws in Malaysia. Malaysia is
one of the few nations in the world to operate without anti-discrimination
laws, making it legal to discriminate. Examples of anti-discrimination laws are
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (United States), Racial Discrimination Act 1975
(Australia), Race Relations Act 1965(UK), New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990,
section 19. In UK they have the Equality Act 2010. Malaysia needs similar laws.
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Dear Mr.President Barak Obama,
I understand that you would be visiting Malaysia in April
2014. Thank you, Sir. Malaysia is divided into the ruling political parties and
the opposition political parties. I understand that you. Sir, would be meeting
only ruling political party officials, not the opposition party officials of
Malaysia. I do not think this is fair. I think you should take a neutral stand,
which would be in the best interest of USA. USA has to trade with the whole
world; and similarly China has to trade with the whole world. Malaysia too has
to trade with the whole world. Let’s have a new world order. This would be
better. Ganging up against China is not a good idea. May be one day China will
have a multi-party system, and a one person one vote system too. We will wait
and see.
You are hearing all this from me, a person who has rarely
ever been anti-USA. I spend almost half my life in USA. I do know Punahou
School(Honolulu), the school you attended. I have eaten ice-cream at the same
Baskin Robins in Honolulu that you used to work at. I do know the hospital that
you were born at. By now you would know that I have spent many years in
Honolulu. How can I ever be anti-USA? I will always love Hawaii.
It is a changing world and we have to change with it. I fear
to say that if USA abandons the opposition parties in Malaysia, then the opposition
parties will slowly align closer to China. May I remind you that China ain’t
too bad to deal with for Third World nations. China is growing economically and
it would be naïve for other nations not to align with China; and this is an
important factor that you should consider. In fact, this is the most important
factor you should consider. People are trying to deal with China, not stay away
from China. People are trying to deal with China because she is a growing
economic power.
If USA abandons the opposition political parties in
Malaysia, then the opposition political parties will align with China, and
there is nothing I can do to stop it from happening. And you are hearing this
from a person who has lived in Honolulu for many years. I appeal to you, Sir,
not to abandon the opposition parties in Malaysia. The President of USA must at
least keep some ties with the opposition parties. Therefore, I appeal to the
President of USA to meet both ruling and opposition party officials in
Malaysia. I appeal to President of USA to take the middle path: not pro-ruling
party or not pro-opposition party. The middle path would be better in the best
interests of USA. If USA abandons the opposition parties, then China will seize
the opportunity to be closer to the opposition political parties in Malaysia.
And this position would become difficult to reverse later on. And there is
nothing I can do to change things once it happens that way. I think the middle
path would be better for USA. And you are hearing all this from a person who
loves Hawaii, USA.
Those of you read the above composition of mine, please feel
free to copy and remail it to as many people as possible. I want this to be
known to the President of USA as soon as possible.
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There are some Members of Parliament(MP) in Malaysia who do
not like the position of President Barak Obama on the treatment of minorities
in Malaysia. May be what Malaysia, at the political and legislative level, lacks
is a series of anti-discrimination laws similar to the ones in UK and USA. In UK they have the Equality Act 2010. Malaysia
needs to have laws in conformity with EU equal treatment directives.
Examples of anti-discrimination laws are Civil Rights Act of 1964 (United States), Racial Discrimination Act 1975
(Australia), Race Relations Act 1965(UK), New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990,
section 19.
Coming back to the position of President Barak Obama, if
there are some MP’s in Malaysia who do not like the position of President Barak
Obama, then please immediately ask the same MP’s to table a bill in Parliament
in Malaysia to prevent discrimination similar to the ones in UK and USA. Currently, Malaysia may be one of the few
nations in the world without anti-discrimination laws, which makes it legal to
discriminate in Malaysia. So, if ever there is a MP who does not like President
Barak Obama’s position, then please do immediately ask the same MP to table a
bill to prevent discrimination.
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Let’s start with the title “New politics”. New Politics
means that it is not OLD POLITICS. It means that old politics and new politics
are different. Old politics means that religion and politics can come together.
New Politics means that the separation of religion and politics. So New
Politics means that the separation of religion and politics, while old politics
means the merger of religion and politics. The French try to separate religion
and politics. Religion is an unpopular subject among Germans. So the French and
German stance would be a good example of New Politics in Malaysia. New Politics
means secularism. New Politics means atheism. Those who subscribe to New
Politics accept the fallibility of all religious scriptures. If you do not
accept the fallibility of religious scriptures, then you cannot be supportive of
New Politics. New Politics is for those who are willing to DISOBEY religious
scriptures. Why DISOBEY religious scriptures? Because religious scriptures are
fallible.
New Politics is about putting Malaysia first; and Malaysia
means Malaysia without Islam. So New Politics is about finding ways to diminish
religion. New Politics is for those who are RELIGIOUSLY DISOBEDIENT. The
religiously loyal people are the worst people and the religiously disobedient
are the best people. It is the religiously disobedient people who will put
Malaysia first.
Should a Muslim be allowed to leave his religion? According
to New Politics, the answer is that changing faith is an inviolable human
right. So we are talking of human rights and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. New Politics is about freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom
of fear. So of course a Muslim or non-Muslim should be allowed to change faith
any number of times if they feel like doing so.
If you want to subscribe to New Politics, then you should
firstly accept the fallibility of religious scriptures. It has never really
been proven that religious people are the smartest people in the world. It
means that New Politics is not for stupid people.
Can religious scriptures be questioned? Absolutely. All
religious scriptures are fallible. Since they are fallible they can be
DISOBEYED. That’s why we have modernism and post-modernism. If you don’t accept
that religious scriptures can be questioned, then you have no place in New Politics.
Sometimes the DIOBEYING people are the good people. You cannot subscribe to New
Politics and religion: if you accept New Politics, then you must find ways to
diminish religion. If you accept New Politics, then you should find ways to
weaken religion. . If you accept New Politics, then you should prove the
fallibility of religious scriptures. New Politics is about less religion, not
more religion. Religion is the problem, not the solution.
There is no Heaven and Hell as far as the scientific community
is concerned. My believe is similar to the scientific community. We can live
without religion but we cannot live without WORK. We have to continue to WORK
and feed our respective families. To get MONEY, we must work; and so we have to
keep working. It is hard to live in this world without MONEY. From WORK we can
get MONEY; and from money we can feed our respective families. Where is the
Heaven and Hell? I do not think that Heaven and Hell exist. The Earth exists
because we live in it. I do not know about the afterlife because I have never
been there. Some how, despite our differences, we have to co-exist in this
Earth peacefully. We have had enough wars and social unrest. Enough is enough.
That’s why we have the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. New Politics is about
co-existing in this Earth peacefully; and to coexist in this world you must
accept the fallibility of all religious scriptures. Therefore, those who RELIGIOUSLY
DISOBEY are the best people; we have to rely on our common sense and reasoning.
That’s all. New Politics has nothing to do with the road to Heaven or Hell. New
Politics has everything to do with Earth. New politics is about working to get
MONEY so that you can feed your family.
None of us were consulted before we were born. In fact, most
of us did not even choose our religion. We were not consulted before we were
born; we were pushed into this world and given a religion and race. Whether we
like it or not we have to survive despite our diversity. Whether we like it or
not we have to coexist despite our differences. There is diversity in this
world because we are all talented in different things. Four brothers from the
same family would sometimes be different because they may have different
talents. For example, some Malays have a penchant for drawing, sketching, art,
and growing flowers at home. I know I am still looking for my talent. It seems that
we all have HIDDEN TALENTS and the onus is on us to find our individual HIDDEN
TALENT. I am still looking for my hidden talent; and I am sure I will
eventually find it someday no matter how long it takes. I will keep searching
for my HIDDEN TALENT until I find it.
New Politics recognizes the diversity of human beings. We
are all different and have our own hidden talents. New Politics recognizes the
importance of niche marketing. You cannot expect an individual to be good in
everything but we can specialize in something that we are good at. So New
Politics recognizes that we are all different and good at different things. In
order for niche marketing to come into being we need small government not big
government. So New Politics is supportive of small government. In niche
marketing sometimes you serve an audience that is not or has not been served. Niche
marketing has something to do with your personal passion. Niche also means to
find something that is close to your heart. I am still looking for my hidden
talent and niche; and I’m sure I will eventually find it someday.
Firstly, none of us know if there is a Heaven and Hell. We
do know that there is an Earth. The afterlife (Heaven and Hell) is the
afterlife. But we have to deal with life first before dealing with the
afterlife. The life is in the Earth, and the afterlife is supposedly the Heaven
and Hell. We are not done with the Earth yet. There is no road to Heaven. We
have to get along on Earth. We have to co-exist on Earth. We have to find ways
to coexist on Earth. That’s all. New Politics is about different groups co-existing
on Earth peacefully. Sometimes you have to DISOBEY religious scriptures so that
different groups can coexist peacefully. Sometimes the DISOBEY people are the
best people. None of us were consulted before we were born: we were pushed into
this world and many of us did not choose our race or religion. Why should we
continue to obey our religious edicts.
It is time to DISOBEY. Sometimes the DISOBEY people are the best people.
Sometimes the DISOBEY people will help to create a better world.
The Global Movement of Moderates Foundation (GMMF) will
never succeed if all religious people continue to abide by their respective
religious edicts because religions divide the people. The Global Movement of
Moderates Foundation (GMMF) is a joke if all religious people continue to abide
by their respective religious edicts. And if you cannot understand that, you
must be dumb. The GMMF must find ways to reduce religion. Those who RELIGIOUSLY
DISOBEY are the best people; and there is a need for the GMMF to recognize
that. Those who admit the fallibility of religious scriptures are the best
people; and there is a need for the GMMF to recognize and promote that.
There is religion and religious chauvinism; and they are
inseparable. They have done enough damage to this world. We need to diminish
religion. The GMMF should support those who DISOBEY religion. Those who disobey
religion will help to create a better world. May be this is the age of the
disobeying people. Mahatma Gandhi was a firm believer in CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
Dr.Martin Luther King(USA) also felt that we have a moral responsibility to
disobey unjust laws. Sometimes, DISOBEY is a good thing when the system is
unjust or doesn’t make sense. Dr.Martin Luther King feels that we have a moral
responsibility to DISOBEY unjust laws. Sometimes DISOBEY may be a good word.
The GMMF should encourage people to DISOBEY religion; and then we can achieve
moderation.
New Politics is for those who support anti-discrimination
laws. We need anti-discrimination laws
in Malaysia. Malaysia is one of the few nations in the world to operate without
anti-discrimination laws, making it legal to discriminate. Examples of
anti-discrimination laws are Civil Rights Act of 1964 (United States), Racial Discrimination Act 1975
(Australia), Race Relations Act 1965(UK), New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990,
section 19. In UK they have the Equality Act 2010. Malaysia needs similar laws.
The GMMF should be supportive of anti-discrimination laws. Equality is a birth
right irrespective of what the laws or constitution says.
There are some Malaysians who want a law that out-laws hate
speeches. But there is no such thing as a hate speech. There is the truth and
falsehood, but there is no such thing as hate groups or hate speeches.
Similarly, there is no such thing as sensitive issues; but there is the truth
and falsehood. That’s all. Malaysians should be encouraged to propagate the
truth. I hope Malaysians will be opposed to any law that bans hate speeches
because it is vague and ambiguous. Hate speech has many meanings. What you hate
may be what I like and vice-versa. Using a ban on hate speeches, they can use
it many ways to stifle the truth. A ban on hate speeches is indeed a threat to
free speech and expression. A ban on hate speeches has nothing to do with New
Politics.
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Towards the end of July 2014 in
Penang (Malaysia), an Islamic preacher called Ustaz Shahul Hamid Seeni
Mohd is supposed have uttered something negative about Hinduism. In order to
promote Islam he condemned Hinduism. So what? He is not Albert Einstein. I am
more concerned about what the scientific community has to say. The Ustaz is a
nobody. Just ignore him. He is not the smartest person in the world. I don’t
care what idiots have got to say. There is no need to make a police report
about him. Just ignore him. Turn a blind eye to him. Take the wind out of his
sail by disregarding him. There is no need to be perturbed by what he utters
because he is not even close to being a scientist. He’s a nobody. There is no need to feel insulted by what he
said. Just ignore him because he is not a scientist. It has never really been proven that
religions are infallible. Islam is certainly not the smartest religion in the
world. Islam is no match to science.
There is no doubt about my loyalty to Malaysia: when I say Malaysia I mean
Malaysia without Islam. There is no doubt about my loyalty to Malaysia without
Islam. Every Malaysian citizen should be willing to even lay his life for
Malaysia if called upon by the Prime Minister and Parliament. I will respond
positively to lay my life for a Malaysia without Islam if called upon by the
Prime Minister and Parliament. I will never lay my life for a Malaysia with
Islam. As a citizen of Malaysia it’s my duty to give my life, if called upon by
the Prime Minister and Parliament, but only for a egalitarian constitution in
Malaysia. Only a fool will lay his life for a Malaysia with Islam. By the way,
we have a outdated and stupid constitution in Malaysia which has nothing to do
with science. Currently, given Malaysia’s non-egalitarian Constitution, no
Malaysian Prime Minister and Parliament has the moral authority to urge
non-Muslim citizens to defend Malaysia; and this phenomenon reduces Malaysia’s
military and defense strength by about half because about half of the citizens
of Malaysia are non-Muslims. There is supposed to be a Heaven, Hell, and Earth.
According to science Heaven and Hell are non-existent. Earth is for real. The
important thing is co-existence in Earth. There is no road to Heaven. Just
disregard the afterlife. Just
coexistence in Earth by different groups is all that matters. We have to
survive on Earth. That’s all. Just
ignore Ustaz Shahul Hamid Seeni Mohd. He’s a nobody. There is no need to feel
insulted by what he said because he is a nobody. He should try and get himself
a good education because I would not be surprised, like many others, he’s just
a product of a local Malay school. He should espouse science; and science has
nothing to do with Islam. I am not insulted by what he said, but I recommend
science to him. I also would like to inform him that KAFIR is a good word, not
a bad word. A kafir is a non-believer. A scientist is a non-believer. A kafir
is a scientist because a scientist is an atheist. A scientist and science has
nothing to do with Islam. I wish I could be a kafir/scientist someday. I keep
learning from kafirs/scientists; and I hope to become a kafir/scientist
someday. I have a high regard for kafirs/scientists. Imagine life without
kafirs/scientists. No nation on earth can survive without kafirs/scientists. It
was kafirs/scientists that made Malaysia into what it is. We need more
kafirs/scientist in Malaysia and the world. Therefore, I recommend science to Ustaz
Shahul Hamid Seeni Mohd. Kafir, indeed, is a good word.
As regards to the position of Malay language in Malaysia, well the
Malay language became secondary to English about 100 or 200 years ago. The
Malay language is still secondary to English because most of the university
books are in the English language. The chances of the Malay language surpassing
English are zero percent. English will be the dominant university book language
inside Malaysia for the next 2000 years. It is the same in India: the
university book language is English. India has a large and growing number of
people who speak English as a second language; and in fact, she might have one
of the largest English speaking populations in the world a few decades into the
future. Given Internet access and the
smart phone, the English language will grow. It is the same in Malaysia. There
are too few Malays in this world. University books in English will continue to
be widely used in Malaysia. I recommend Malaysians to send their children to English
language pre-school. After English at kindergarten level, the parents can
choose to send their children to either Malay language, Chinese language, or
Tamil language schools. That is, English should be main language at pre-school
level so that the children will be prepared to (13 years later) to read and
understand the university books in English. That is, the top and bottom should
be English: the top is university, and the bottom is the kindergarten. May be
it should be re-worded as beginning and end: the beginning is the English kindergarten
and the end is university where most books are in English too.
The advent of the Internet and Smartphone has made the world smaller.
When the world grows smaller we realize that there are very few Malays in the
world. You cannot compare Malays and Indians with, say, the Japanese. The
Japanese use Japanese language books in university. But they are Japanese, not
Malays or Indians. The Japanese have good focus on what they do and can
translate books from English to Japanese. I doubt it very much if Indians and
Malays can have the same focus on translating from English to Malay or Indian
languages. It is a joke to think that Malays and Indians are comparable to the
Japanese. Malays and Indians have to face this reality, whether they like it or
not. Malaya became independent in 1957
and even today most of the books in the universities are in the English
language. English became the dominant language in the Malay Peninsula and
Indian subcontinent 100 or 200 years ago, which is the best thing that happened
because it ushered in modernism. Malay and Indian languages will never be able
to stand on their own and it takes moral courage to admit it. In fact, the
Malay language has incorporated numerous English words. English can survive
without Malay but Malay cannot survive without English. The Japanese use
Japanese language university books, the French use French language university
books, the Germans use German language university books, but Malays and Indians
use English language university books. The French can, Germans can, and the
Japanese can, but Malays and Indians cannot. Malays and Indians cannot because
they cannot. If you don’t know that, then you know nothing. This is the
reality. Therefore, Malays and Indians should send their children to English
kindergarten.
It is not about Malays being dishonest or lazy. It is about focus. We
are supposed to focus on everything we do. Focus is the yardstick. Some people
can focus more than others. If you enjoy what you do, you will be at rest with
your work and will have good focus. May be being at rest with your work is the
secret. If you enjoy what you do, if you
are at rest with your work, you will
focus well and work night and day. If you dislike what you do, you will have a
problem focusing. Some people will fall asleep while reading books on ancient
history probably because they do not like ancient history. If you believe in
what you are doing, you will focus well. Sometimes a mother will sacrifice and
focus well on her children probably because she is attached to her children;
and the same mother may not focus well on watching martial
arts on tv. My personal observation is that mothers are some of the hardest
working people in this planet. Some women will focus well with needle and
thread; and the same women may not focus well on other things. I guess we are
all different and focus well on some things and do not focus well on other things.
We all have different talents. You have to like what you do; and then you will
work night and day. I know I have to
improve my focus.
As regards to dishonesty, it
transcends race or community. I have
lived in USA for a few decades and I’m embarrassed to admit that I know some
police officers in USA who are dishonest. Some politicians have amassed wealth
through dubious means. (We need an independent judiciary to act against
violators.) Again, it transcends race or
community. It would be wrong to only discredit Malays. Another factor is family
owned and operated business. It’s nepotism. Many of the small businesses are
family owned and operated and therefore pretty competitive. Why? Family does
not steal from family. Sometimes, they work for free within the family. If they
start hiring non-family employees, then the non-family employees will start
stealing from the employer. Therefore,
nepotism is a good thing. Even in political parties, nepotism is a good thing. If
three members of a family join Party A, you can be sure that they will not
defect to Party B because if they defect, then the whole family has to reach a
consensus, which is difficult. So, nepotism in Politics is good for the voters.
There are, of course, exceptions. Once again, I have lived in USA for a few
decades. It is the same in the United States Air Force(USAF). If an American
wants to move up the ladder in the USAF, you had better be married with
children. This is to make sure that you as a pilot will not run away with the
plane but will return to base because of your children. Nowadays, a USAF plane is high tec h and
worth millions of dollars and may carry weapons of mass destruction. To make
sure that the pilot always returns to base it is good for USAF pilots to have
children born in USA. If you are a naturalized USA citizen, and want to join
the US Armed Forces, don’t be surprised if you end up in the medical corp,
kitchen, or desk job. I think it’s a good idea: USA has the right to secure
itself. As you can see nepotism in
politics is good for the voters because we know the loyalty of the candidates;
and I hope all Malaysian voters are made to understand this. Nepotism is a good
thing for voters.
For me, my loyalty is to Malaysia without Islam. I hope more Malaysians will be loyal to Malaysia without Islam. I hope all Malaysians will be loyal to Malaysia without Islam.
For me, my loyalty is to Malaysia without Islam. I hope more Malaysians will be loyal to Malaysia without Islam. I hope all Malaysians will be loyal to Malaysia without Islam.
We need a consensus on not taking things free: that is, you don’t take
things free, and you don’t give things free, which rules out slavery. Honestly,
I like to take things free, but we cannot manage a nation or world if we give
things free or take things free; and we need to reach a consensus on this. In
short, we have to work. There is no substitute to working and earning our keep.
Competition will always be there; and it is impossible to make competition
disappear. If you are looking for a competition-less world, try relocating to
the so call fictitious Heaven. In the competitive world, when you stop, others
overtake you; and so you have to keep going. You stop when you die. Some Malay
supremacist groups demand their share of the economic wealth; and they threaten
social unrest if they are not given their share. But they have to work for
their share. As I said, when you stop, others overtake you. Malays who issue
threats ought to be ashamed of themselves. In life, you keep making mistakes
and keep correcting yourself. Just keep working because it is hard to make
competition disappear. You have to create your own wealth instead of taking
other peoples wealth. Just keep working. It may be difficult to get things
right the first time around. But each time you make mistakes, it is also a
lesson and you learn something from that. Some times in life you have to undo,
redo, delete, and change and redo again until you make profits. When you try
for the first time, you may be wrong and make mistakes, but you learn from your
mistakes, change, and try again. Keep trying. Keep working. You may get it
right eventually.
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What is this crap that I’m reading about lately: Malaysia should go
into import substitution. Import substitution is old technology; may be of the
1960’s. Economies are interdependent. A free market economy operates on the law
of comparative advantages. You should find out on your own what it means: I’m
not going to teach you economics free of charge. Import substitution is very
damaging to Malaysia. I dare the Malaysian government to go into import
substitution. Some of these retired politicians should truly retire, instead of
promoting discredited and obsolete policies like import substitution. This is
the age of economic interdependence following the law of comparative advantages;
and this is the way Malaysia should go.
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Let me break my silence about Khalid Ibrahim, the former Chief
Minister/Menteri Besar of Selangor. I do not know much about him. Now that he
is not the Chief Minister of Selangor, what should he do next? I think he
should help to strengthen the Third Front in the Malaysian political landscape.
But there is a price to pay for him. He has to modify/transform himself so that
he can fit into the Third Front well. He has to shed his anti-Bible habits; and
has to support autonomy for Sabah and Sarawak. He has to help teachers to
obtain autonomy. That is, he has to help
permanently cancel public exams/board exams for 12 year olds in public schools
so that Sabah and Sarawak teachers can have autonomy in schools using their own
medium of instruction. Permanently canceling public exams/board exams for 12
year old students will give Malay teachers freedom to teach in their own way in
Malay schools; and also give Mandarin and Tamil teacher’s freedom to give their
own exams and medium of instruction in their respective schools. When we cancel
public exams or board exams to 12 year old students, all teachers will have
freedom to choose the medium of instruction in all schools; and teachers will
get their autonomy. I cannot assure you that canceling board exams for public
schools will increase the quality of education. But as a general rule, those
who learn everything from school will learn less from life; and those who learn
more from life will learn less from school. No school in this world can teach
you as much as life itself can. School education can often be theoretical and
out of touch with reality. (By canceling
school public exams/board exams , he can get popularity from students, parents,
and teachers, some of whom are a decisive vote bank. Also, canceling
public/board exams for 12 year olds will help to reduce public expenditure). He
also has to make friends with Jeffry Kitingan in Sabah. He has to take orders
from the Third Front people. The Third Front people can turn out to be
kingmakers. So, Khalid Ibrahim can come back as a kingmaker. Of course, the
Third Front will have the final say. If the Third Front considers Khalid
Ibrahim a liability, then they would drop him like hot bricks. If the Third Front
considers him an asset, then they would befriend him. Those who are out from
the First Front and Second Front can end up in the Third Front and return as
kingmakers. If the Third front can get enough support from the students and
teachers, we can nick name/dub it as the teacher’s front. It is interesting to
find out which Front will support autonomy to teachers. I can tell you that
removing board exams for 12 year olds will be popular among students. One of
the fronts should come forward to support students, teachers, and parents. Therefore,
I hope Malaysian voters would consider Khalid Ibrahim as in the Third Front. Voters
should think about it.
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Coming back to multi stream education in Malaysia, again. The problems started when they decided to do away with English medium schools in Malaysia. Then the decline in the standard of education started. By year 2010 the market has changed. Nowadays, if you are young and ambitious you had better plan to be bilingual or even tri-lingual. It would be difficult to climb the corporate ladder if you know only Malay. This is what I do not understand about the Malay supremacist groups in Malaysia. They want to make Malay the dominant language, when in fact, English has been the dominant language in this nation for about 200 years; and will probably remain so for the next 2000 years. India will have the single largest English speaking population in the world in some decades into the future. English has and is the dominant language in Malaysia because at the university level most of the books are in English; and this is what the Malay supremacists have to fathom; and if they put on their thinking caps, they can fathom. You cannot compare Japan with Malays or Indians. You cannot compare Germans and the French with Malays or Indians. Both Malays and Indians cannot translate everything from English to Malay. It is impossible. The Japanese can, the Germans can, and the French can. But Malays and Indians cannot. Malays and Indians cannot because they cannot.
I don’t see why Malays should have ill-feelings towards English language. On the contrary, Malays are the ones who mimic the Americans all the time. For example, try going to some of the shopping malls and you would see Malay musical bands singing American songs and a large crowd of Malays listening to them. I must salute the Malay singers because they mimic well. Some of the spectators donate money to the mimicking singers; and the same spectators later go to work or dine at Pizza Hut, Seven Eleven, MacDonalds, KFC, etc all of which are American franchises. Thousands of Malays have gotten scholarship to have a higher education in USA and the West. Malays mimic the West all the time in fashion and dressing, dying the hair, lipstick, smokey eyes, nail polish, mascara, etc,etc. Very few Malay males walk around malls in sarong without a western style under ware which is how they were. Very few Malay females nowadays go around without a Western style brassier or feminine pad. Malays are just like me; I mimic whatever I like, the West or the East. I benefited from the English language and cannot live without it. I always use a Western style underwear which my grand father probably never used to. I think it’s time to check the undergarments of the Malay supremacist groups!
Coming back to the shutting down of English schools in the 1970’s. This was a big mistake. It is time go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Tunku is the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. May his soul rest in peace. It is time to go back to Tunku’s Malaysia when we had Tamil medium, Chinese medium, Malay medium, and English medium schools coexisting. Everybody was happy and Tunku claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world. What we need to do is to re-open the English medium schools and in the process go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Is this Karma? There are several definitions for Karma and one of them is what goes around comes around. I think it is time to do a Karma by reopening English schools.
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The honorable UMNO Minister Mr.Seri Nazri Aziz has dared the honorable Selangor Menteri Besar to amend a controversial state law forbidding non-Muslims from using the word “Allah” for God. I’m a non-Muslim, and so I can respond. . God is OMNISCIENT. God has no shape. God has no name. Nothing has a name. I don’t have a name. I was given a name. Mr.Seri Nazri Aiziz does not have a name either. He was given a name. Nothing has a name. We the non-Muslims can name God as Allah if we want to. No amendment to state law is currently necessary because our current objective is to vote against National Front(NF). Our current objective is not to amend the state law but to vote against National Front(NF). Let’s get our priorities right. Firstly, vote against NF; and later we will think about other things. We, the non-Muslims, can still use “Allah” to refer to the Omniscient One in our own homes. I dare the honorable Mr.Seri Nazri Aziz to check the prayers every individual home in Selangor.
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How to end “insults” to Islam? That’s an easy questions. Just make sure that come General Election Fourteen(GE14), all voters must vote against National Front(NF). That’s all. We will take care of other things later. We have to do first things first. Just vote against NF come GE14. That’s all.
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The Agriculture and Agro-based industry Minister the honorable Ismail Sabri is supposed to have blamed the high prices on some Chinese Malaysians. I don’t know the issue well. The solution is simple: Just make sure that come General Election Fourteen(GE14), all voters must vote against National Front(NF). That’s all. We will take care of other things later. We have to do first things first. Just vote against NF come GE14. That’s all.
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Apparently, Tamrin Abdul Ghafar has quit PAS.. I do not know much about
him. In fact, I know I very little about
him. What should he do next? I think he should help to strengthen the Third
Front in the Malaysian political landscape. But there is a price to pay for him.
He has to modify/transform himself so that he can fit into the Third Front well.
He has to shed his anti-Bible habits; and has to support autonomy for Sabah and
Sarawak. He has to help teachers to obtain autonomy. That is, he has to help permanently cancel
public exams/board exams for 12 year olds in public schools so that Sabah and
Sarawak teachers can have autonomy in schools using their own medium of
instruction. Permanently canceling public exams/board exams for 12 year old
students will give Malay teachers freedom to teach in their own way in Malay
schools; and also give Mandarin and Tamil teacher’s freedom to give their own
exams and medium of instruction in their respective schools. When we cancel
public exams or board exams to 12 year old students, all teachers will have
freedom to choose the medium of instruction in all schools; and teachers will
get their autonomy. I cannot assure you that canceling board exams for public
schools will increase the quality of education. But as a general rule, those
who learn everything from school will learn less from life; and those who learn
more from life will learn less from school. No school in this world can teach
you as much as life itself can. School education can often be theoretical and
out of touch with reality. (By canceling
school public exams/board exams , he can get popularity from students, parents,
and teachers, some of whom are a decisive vote bank. Also, canceling
public/board exams for 12 year olds will help to reduce public expenditure). He
also has to make friends with Jeffry Kitingan in Sabah. He has to take orders
from the Third Front people. The Third Front people can turn out to be
kingmakers. So, Tamrin Abdul Ghafar can come back as a kingmaker. Of course,
the Third Front will have the final say. If the Third Front considers Tamrin
Abdul Ghafar a liability, then they
would drop him like hot bricks. If the Third Front considers him an asset, then
they would befriend him. Those who are out from the First Front and Second
Front can end up in the Third Front and return as kingmakers. If the Third
front can get enough support from the students and teachers, we can nick
name/dub it as the teacher’s front. It is interesting to find out which Front
will support autonomy to teachers. I can tell you that removing board exams for
12 year olds will be popular among students. One of the fronts should come
forward to support students, teachers, and parents. Therefore, I hope Malaysian
voters would consider Tamrin Abdul
Ghafar as in the Third Front. Voters should think about it.
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Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to go to the Federal Court or get a verdict on 28 and 29 October 2014. His daughter Nurul Izzah posted a video clip on the internet named "Sacrifice". Below is the link. Please feel free to remail it to as many people as possible.
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Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to go to the Federal Court or get a verdict on 28 and 29 October 2014. His daughter Nurul Izzah posted a video clip on the internet named "Sacrifice". Below is the link. Please feel free to remail it to as many people as possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4dwMgkRcVw
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Coming back to multi stream education in Malaysia, again. The problems started when they decided to do away with English medium schools in Malaysia. Then the decline in the standard of education started. By year 2010 the market has changed. Nowadays, if you are young and ambitious you had better plan to be bilingual or even tri-lingual. It would be difficult to climb the corporate ladder if you know only Malay. This is what I do not understand about the Malay supremacist groups in Malaysia. They want to make Malay the dominant language, when in fact, English has been the dominant language in this nation for about 200 years; and will probably remain so for the next 2000 years. India will have the single largest English speaking population in the world in some decades into the future. English has and is the dominant language in Malaysia because at the university level most of the books are in English; and this is what the Malay supremacists have to fathom; and if they put on their thinking caps, they can fathom. You cannot compare Japan with Malays or Indians. You cannot compare Germans and the French with Malays or Indians. Both Malays and Indians cannot translate everything from English to Malay. It is impossible. The Japanese can, the Germans can, and the French can. But Malays and Indians cannot. Malays and Indians cannot because they cannot.
I don’t see why Malays should have ill-feelings towards English language. On the contrary, Malays are the ones who mimic the Americans all the time. For example, try going to some of the shopping malls and you would see Malay musical bands singing American songs and a large crowd of Malays listening to them. I must salute the Malay singers because they mimic well. Some of the spectators donate money to the mimicking singers; and the same spectators later go to work or dine at Pizza Hut, Seven Eleven, MacDonalds, KFC, etc all of which are American franchises. Thousands of Malays have gotten scholarship to have a higher education in USA and the West. Malays mimic the West all the time in fashion and dressing, dying the hair, lipstick, smokey eyes, nail polish, mascara, etc,etc. Very few Malay males walk around malls in sarong without a western style under ware which is how they were. Very few Malay females nowadays go around without a Western style brassier or feminine pad. Malays are just like me; I mimic whatever I like, the West or the East. I benefited from the English language and cannot live without it. I always use a Western style underwear which my grand father probably never used to. I think it’s time to check the undergarments of the Malay supremacist groups!
Coming back to the shutting down of English schools in the 1970’s. This was a big mistake. It is time go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Tunku is the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. May his soul rest in peace. It is time to go back to Tunku’s Malaysia when we had Tamil medium, Chinese medium, Malay medium, and English medium schools coexisting. Everybody was happy and Tunku claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world. What we need to do is to re-open the English medium schools and in the process go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Is this Karma? There are several definitions for Karma and one of them is what goes around comes around. I think it is time to do a Karma by reopening English schools.
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The honorable UMNO Minister Mr.Seri Nazri Aziz has dared the honorable Selangor Menteri Besar to amend a controversial state law forbidding non-Muslims from using the word “Allah” for God. I’m a non-Muslim, and so I can respond. . God is OMNISCIENT. God has no shape. God has no name. Nothing has a name. I don’t have a name. I was given a name. Mr.Seri Nazri Aiziz does not have a name either. He was given a name. Nothing has a name. We the non-Muslims can name God as Allah if we want to. No amendment to state law is currently necessary because our current objective is to vote against National Front(NF). Our current objective is not to amend the state law but to vote against National Front(NF). Let’s get our priorities right. Firstly, vote against NF; and later we will think about other things. We, the non-Muslims, can still use “Allah” to refer to the Omniscient One in our own homes. I dare the honorable Mr.Seri Nazri Aziz to check the prayers every individual home in Selangor.
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How to end “insults” to Islam? That’s an easy questions. Just make sure that come General Election Fourteen(GE14), all voters must vote against National Front(NF). That’s all. We will take care of other things later. We have to do first things first. Just vote against NF come GE14. That’s all.
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The Agriculture and Agro-based industry Minister the honorable Ismail Sabri is supposed to have blamed the high prices on some Chinese Malaysians. I don’t know the issue well. The solution is simple: Just make sure that come General Election Fourteen(GE14), all voters must vote against National Front(NF). That’s all. We will take care of other things later. We have to do first things first. Just vote against NF come GE14. That’s all.
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Nepotism is a good thing for voters. In political parties, nepotism is
widespread. Almost all the Kennedy’s vote Democratic in USA. Nurul Nuha is the
honorable Anwar Ibrahim’s daughter. The Permatang Pauh seat is vacant. I think Nurul
Nuha should try for the Permatang Pauh seat because nepotism is a good thing in
politics. I shall now try to prove the advantages of nepotism. . Lets look at family
owned and operated business. It’s nepotism. Many of the successful small
businesses are family owned and operated and therefore pretty competitive. Why?
Family does not steal from family. Sometimes, they work for free within the
family. If they start hiring non-family employees, then the non-family
employees will start stealing from the employer. Therefore, nepotism is a good thing. Even in
political parties, nepotism is a good thing. If three members of a family join
Party A, you can be sure that they will not defect to Party B because if they
defect, then the whole family has to reach a consensus, which is difficult. So,
nepotism in Politics is good for the voters. There are, of course, exceptions. Once
again, I have lived in USA for a few decades. It is the same in the United
States Air Force(USAF). If an American wants to move up the ladder in the USAF,
you had better be married with children. This is to make sure that you as a
pilot will not run away with the plane but will return to base because of your
children. Nowadays, a USAF plane is high
tec h and worth millions of dollars and may carry weapons of mass destruction.
To make sure that the pilot always returns to base it is good for USAF pilots
to have children born in USA. If you are a naturalized USA citizen, and want to
join the US Armed Forces, don’t be surprised if you end up in the medical corp,
kitchen, or desk job. I think it’s a good idea: USA has the right to secure
itself. As you can see nepotism in
politics is good for the voters because we know the loyalty of the candidates;
and I hope all Malaysian voters are made to understand this. Nepotism is a good
thing for voters. I think Nurul Nuha
should try for the Permatang Pauh seat because nepotism is a good thing in
politics.
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Is the honorable Anwar Ibrahim
responsible for dividing the Malays? I don’t think so. I shall now try to prove
that Anwar Ibrahim is not responsible for dividing the Malays. Malays of the
1950’s and Malays of year 2015 are different. Malays of the year 2015 are
better educated as compared to year 1950. The self-esteem and self-image of
Malays have grown. Let’s look at divorce rates. Divorce rates have increased
because the self-esteem and self-image of Malaysians have increased. As they
become more and more educated, their self confidence has increased and there is
a desire to stand on their own two feet; this has led to increase in divorce
rates. As they become more and more
educated, their self confidence has increased and there is a desire to stand on
their own two feet; and this has led more individuals to disobey their own
parents. As they become more and more educated, their self confidence has
increased and there is a desire to stand on their own two feet; and this has
led more and more Malays to leave UMNO and form a political party of their
own. This phenomenon is for all races
and religions. In the West, it is common for the youth to leave home and live
elsewhere once they reach age 18. As you can see, it happens in all nations and
therefore it is not the responsibility of Anwar Ibrahim that Malays are
politically divided. In any case, if human beings are too close to each other,
they will become quarrelsome. If human beings are too far away from each other,
then they will become lonely. The right distance among human beings is unknown
and varies from culture to culture and individual to individual. Once again, it
is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the
Malays.
Self confidence means to stand on your own two feet. Self confidence
means to have the courage to disobey your parents. Self confidence means to
think out of the box. Self confidence means to have the courage to do things
your own way. More and more Malays are displaying self confidence and this has
resulted in disunity among Malays. Perfect unity is hard to achieve and
probably not desirable. Totalitarian nations like one party communist nations
use enforcement to achieve unity. Unity among people may not be desirable
because, as I have already explained, if human beings are too close to each
other they risk becoming quarrelsome; and at the same time, if they are too far
away from each other, then they become lonely. The right distance among human
beings is hard to determine. Therefore, it is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar
Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays. The Malays are more divided today
because they have more self-confidence and are capable to stand on their own
two feet. Being divided is a worldwide phenomenon. As the desire for individuals
to stand on their own two feet increases, the disunity among the community
increases too. This is understandable. Once again, it is wrong to hold the
honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays.
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I would like to respond to the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang of
the Islamic Party, PAS in Malaysia. He is rather puzzled why non-Muslims do not
accept hudud and Islamic economics as an ideology. He further claims that
communism collapsed in Russia and China because of the absence of the Almighty
in the system. He does not think too highly of “soulless” capitalism either.
I’m a non-Muslim and wish to respond. On the contrary “soulless” capitalism may
be the only way. Both Russia and China were probably “soulless”, but not
capitalistic enough; and if you are not capitalistic enough, then it is
difficult to raise living standards. Profit is a good word, not a bad word. If
you do not espouse capitalism, meritocracy, and a free market economy, people
will not have the freedom to choose. When we have the freedom to choose, people
will emphasize on their differences. Everybody is different, and we are good at
different things. In a free environment, you will eventually find your own
niche, and I will find my niche. We are talking about avoiding slow growth and
high unemployment.
As regards to religious scriptures, they are all old books.
The Buddhist scriptures, Hindu scriptures, Muslim scriptures, Christian scriptures,
and Jewish scriptures, are all old books. How loyal should we be to old books?
I feel that we should distance ourselves from old books. Old books become
redundant after some time. The only constant in this world is CHANGE. We have
to take decisions based on current realities. History has never been accurate
and we do not know who wrote the old books; and we do not know what the words
in the old books mean either. Yes, the only constant in this world is change;
and sometimes you have to reinvent yourself so that you remain relevant. We
keep making mistakes and learning from our mistakes.
As regards to Islamic news and information, I have been monitoring
Islamic news and information for decades. Muslims have been spreading
misinformation for decades. I think it is safe to say that the predominantly
Muslims nations are at the lower rungs of the global socio-economic ladder. But
Muslim propaganda claims that Muslim nations are the best. The honorable Abdul
Hadi Awang and people who think like him should realize the damage they are
doing to Muslims by propagating misinformation. Honorable Abdul Hadi Awang, I
do not think it is a good idea to raise your children or grandchildren, or
great grand children on fiction. Fiction is just fiction. The so called
“soulless” free market economies are more competitive and are able to raise
living standards. This is the age of small government, not big government.
I hope the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang will espouse small government
and become more moderate. We have to accept contemporary wisdom, not the old
books. Muslims should stop raising their
children on fiction. The fiction is that Muslim nations are the best. It is the
Arabs wrote the Koran; and it has never been proven that Arabs are the smartest
in the world. I hope the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang will reinvent himself. I
hope all Malaysians will periodically reinvent themselves.
It is time for Muslims to face up to the truth; and the
truth is that they are a nobody in this world. There must be freedom of
expression so that people can debate and exchange views. You would be surprised
by how much you would learn from debates and differing views. Sometimes the
truth hurts; sometimes the “insults” hurt. You must face the so called “insults”
to Islam or other religions. You must achieve so that people will back off and
leave you alone. Just ignore those who throw “insults”; and make sure that you
work harder than those who throw the insults. It has never been proven that
praying five times a day is the solution to slow growth and high unemployment. It
has never been proven that being loyal to the old books/old scriptures is a
cure for slow growth and high unemployment. We make mistakes, but we also learn
from our mistakes; and this is to reinvent yourself periodically. I have lost
count over the number of mistakes I have made. I think that being loyal to old
books is a mistake. There are many new things to learn.
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As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to explain the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to demystify the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to clarify the situation in beloved Malaysia. We will talk about SHORTAGES , SURPLUSES,RISING CONFIDENCE, and WANNABE PM’S: the shortage of graduates , to the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, leading to wannabe Prime Ministers. I will try to link all four: shortages, surpluses, rising confidence, and wannabes. Just keep thinking of the shortage of graduates and the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, and wannabe Prime Ministers and you would be able to explain and demystify the situation in Malaysia. The explanation is as follows.
Tunku Abdul Rahman(TAR), the first Prime Minister of Malaya/Malaysia, had it easy because there were not very many Malays who questioned his authority: that is, he faced only compliant Malays. The honorable TAR had some education but the rest of Malays could barely read and write; and this phenomenon put him in his comfort zone. This means there was a shortage of graduates among Malays during TAR’s time. The shortage of Malay graduates in Malaya made the first Prime Minister’s job easy.
You can say that the late Tunku Abdul Minister’s job easy; and he claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world; and he probably was because he was dealing with compliant Malays. Actually, his authority was never questioned by obedient/compliant Malays because Malays in the 1950’s and 1960’s could barely read and write. The Malays of 1950’s and 1960”s were compliant Malays. You can say that a shortage of Malay graduates is synonymous to obedient Malays. If you say that SHORTAGE of Malay graduates is synonymous with OBEDIENT Malays, then it follows that the SURPLUS of Malay graduates is synonymous with DISOBEDIENT Malays. DISOBEDIENT means the right to be different. Disobedient means non-compliant. DISOBEDIENT also means the desire to stand on your own two feet. Disobedient Malay is not necessarily a bad Malay. A disobedient Malay is one who thinks out of the box; someone who is bold enough to break ranks; a non-conformist: these are the break ranks Malays who want to stand on their own two feet. That’s it. It’s been demystified. Just remember this all the time. A DISOBEDIENT Malay is one who is non-compliant, confident and bold and has Prime Ministership in his blood: irrespective of whether he is willing to admit it or not, he’s a wannabe Prime Minister .
Coming back to TAR, even though he claimed that he was the happiest Prime Minister in the world, he ruled over obedient/compliant Malays. This is almost like one man rule or unopposed rule, which made him happy. The more compliant the Malays were, the more happy he was, I guess.
More than 50 years have passed since year 1960. This is year 2015. This is a different Malaysia. There are so many Malay graduates now. Over the years, the SHORTAGE of Malay graduates has turned into a SURPLUS of Malay graduates. Which means that, over the last 50 years, the number of OBEDIENT Malays have decreased and the number of DISOBEDIENT Malays have increased. Year 2015 is indeed not TAR’s Malaysia. Year 2015 and TAR’s Malaysia are different. There is a shortage of obedient Malays now; even divorce rates have increased! Any Prime Minister of Malaysia nowadays can hardly claim to be a happy Prime Minister. We need only one Prime Minister at a time, but there are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days: and these are the wannabes. There are so many Malay graduates who are ambitious these days. There are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days; and even if he eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by disobedient Malays; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy. Nowadays even if a Malay eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by other Malays who would want to unseat him; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy.
Nowadays, if you want to be a happy Prime Minister, you should have been born in year 1903. It’s too late for that. You can never get back TAR’s Malaysia; and perhaps we don’t need TAR’s Malaysia. A surplus of Malay graduates means that Malaysia will never be the same as TAR’s Malaysia. It’s irreversible. The past is the past. Unfortunately, we need only one Prime Minister in the Federation at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Unfortunately, we need only one Chief Minister/Menteri Besar in each state at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Year 2015 gives a different Malaysia. Nowadays, if you want to be a Prime Minister or Chief Minister/Menteri Besar, you should be content with being not-so- happy because there will be more Malay graduates conspiring to unseat you. The change from shortage of Malay graduates to surplus of Malay graduates has resulted in more and more ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming. The change from obedient Malays to disobedient Malays has resulted in ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming all over the nation. It means that over the past 50 years, the self-confidence of Malays has increased. But don’t be disheartened: this phenomenon of moving from SHORTAGES to SURPLUSES happens world-wide, not just in Malaysia.
So, what does it take to be a Prime Minister? I really don’t know? Though I have emphasized on graduates, actually being a graduate may be the least of our concerns. But it might help. Sometimes I feel that Prime Ministers are born. It’s genetics. May be. That is, you must have Prime Ministership in your blood: you must feel like a Prime Minister. If you have sufficient Prime Ministership in your blood, you are virtually unstoppable. Whether you are a taxi driver, janitor, goat farmer, or medical doctor if you feel like a Prime Minister, you have it; and if you have it,you would gradually become politically emboldened. You would become daring. It’s a feeling, a sensation. It’s a vigilance and perseverance which will consume half your energy. Either you have it or you don’t. If you have it, you will find ways to move forward politically. It may have something to do with genetics or sometimes life experiences or both. Over the past 50 years, more and more Malays have it. Once again, this is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays. There is nothing unusual. Nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a worldwide phenomenon. Some of those who have it will become leftists, still others as rightists, and still others as centrists, postmodernists, or whatever else. Leaders are those who take on the competition (no matter how tough it is) and keep moving ahead (no matter how tough it is); and such people have it.
The Malays of the 1950’s were different, the Malays of the 1960’s were different, the Malays of the 1970’s were different and so on and on. As time passes they are becoming more and more self confident with a desire to stand on their own two feet. This is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays.
So, how does Malaysia’s future look like? I think it looks good. Before, we had to depend on one person, namely TAR to lead. Now more and more confident and non-compliant Malays are mushrooming. Many leaders are better than one. There you go. MANY LEADERS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. I think the future looks good. But I must forewarn you that you cannot expect to be a happy Prime Minister.
I forgot to tell you, it does not matter whether you have a university education or not; but you must have your own vote bank if you want to be a politician. As a politician you are a nobody without your own vote bank. The onus is on you to forge your own vote bank.
This is my national service. As a loyal citizen of Malaysia, it is my duty to explain and demystify what’s going on in beloved Malaysia. It is my duty to explain; and this is my national service.
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I would like to commend the Sultan of Johore for his views regarding the English medium schools in Malaysia. The Sultan feels that Malaysia must use Singapore as a role model. Like Singapore, Malaysia must also use English to unite Malaysians. He further feels that many Malaysian politicians were hypocrites because while they promote Malay schools, they themselves send their children to English medium schools in Malaysia or the West. I hope the Sultan is also not a hypocrite. He has already highlighted the merits of English medium schools in Malaysia. Therefore, he must follow through with that. He must make sure that English medium schools happen at least in his home state, Johore. We will wait and see what he does or can do? Now what he needs is a vote bank. The onus is on him to fashion a vote bank. He is a nobody without a vote bank.
Further, the Sultan of Johor has mentioned Bangsa Johor. What does Bangsa Johor mean? If Bangsa Johor means using English to unite Johoreans, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means using English as the medium of instruction in public schools, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means having 4 mediums of instruction in public schools, namely Malay medium, Chinese medium, Tamil medium, and English medium, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. So, what does Bangsa Johor mean?
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As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to explain the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to demystify the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to clarify the situation in beloved Malaysia. We will talk about SHORTAGES , SURPLUSES,RISING CONFIDENCE, and WANNABE PM’S: the shortage of graduates , to the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, leading to wannabe Prime Ministers. I will try to link all four: shortages, surpluses, rising confidence, and wannabes. Just keep thinking of the shortage of graduates and the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, and wannabe Prime Ministers and you would be able to explain and demystify the situation in Malaysia. The explanation is as follows.
Tunku Abdul Rahman(TAR), the first Prime Minister of Malaya/Malaysia, had it easy because there were not very many Malays who questioned his authority: that is, he faced only compliant Malays. The honorable TAR had some education but the rest of Malays could barely read and write; and this phenomenon put him in his comfort zone. This means there was a shortage of graduates among Malays during TAR’s time. The shortage of Malay graduates in Malaya made the first Prime Minister’s job easy.
You can say that the late Tunku Abdul Minister’s job easy; and he claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world; and he probably was because he was dealing with compliant Malays. Actually, his authority was never questioned by obedient/compliant Malays because Malays in the 1950’s and 1960’s could barely read and write. The Malays of 1950’s and 1960”s were compliant Malays. You can say that a shortage of Malay graduates is synonymous to obedient Malays. If you say that SHORTAGE of Malay graduates is synonymous with OBEDIENT Malays, then it follows that the SURPLUS of Malay graduates is synonymous with DISOBEDIENT Malays. DISOBEDIENT means the right to be different. Disobedient means non-compliant. DISOBEDIENT also means the desire to stand on your own two feet. Disobedient Malay is not necessarily a bad Malay. A disobedient Malay is one who thinks out of the box; someone who is bold enough to break ranks; a non-conformist: these are the break ranks Malays who want to stand on their own two feet. That’s it. It’s been demystified. Just remember this all the time. A DISOBEDIENT Malay is one who is non-compliant, confident and bold and has Prime Ministership in his blood: irrespective of whether he is willing to admit it or not, he’s a wannabe Prime Minister .
Coming back to TAR, even though he claimed that he was the happiest Prime Minister in the world, he ruled over obedient/compliant Malays. This is almost like one man rule or unopposed rule, which made him happy. The more compliant the Malays were, the more happy he was, I guess.
More than 50 years have passed since year 1960. This is year 2015. This is a different Malaysia. There are so many Malay graduates now. Over the years, the SHORTAGE of Malay graduates has turned into a SURPLUS of Malay graduates. Which means that, over the last 50 years, the number of OBEDIENT Malays have decreased and the number of DISOBEDIENT Malays have increased. Year 2015 is indeed not TAR’s Malaysia. Year 2015 and TAR’s Malaysia are different. There is a shortage of obedient Malays now; even divorce rates have increased! Any Prime Minister of Malaysia nowadays can hardly claim to be a happy Prime Minister. We need only one Prime Minister at a time, but there are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days: and these are the wannabes. There are so many Malay graduates who are ambitious these days. There are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days; and even if he eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by disobedient Malays; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy. Nowadays even if a Malay eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by other Malays who would want to unseat him; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy.
Nowadays, if you want to be a happy Prime Minister, you should have been born in year 1903. It’s too late for that. You can never get back TAR’s Malaysia; and perhaps we don’t need TAR’s Malaysia. A surplus of Malay graduates means that Malaysia will never be the same as TAR’s Malaysia. It’s irreversible. The past is the past. Unfortunately, we need only one Prime Minister in the Federation at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Unfortunately, we need only one Chief Minister/Menteri Besar in each state at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Year 2015 gives a different Malaysia. Nowadays, if you want to be a Prime Minister or Chief Minister/Menteri Besar, you should be content with being not-so- happy because there will be more Malay graduates conspiring to unseat you. The change from shortage of Malay graduates to surplus of Malay graduates has resulted in more and more ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming. The change from obedient Malays to disobedient Malays has resulted in ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming all over the nation. It means that over the past 50 years, the self-confidence of Malays has increased. But don’t be disheartened: this phenomenon of moving from SHORTAGES to SURPLUSES happens world-wide, not just in Malaysia.
So, what does it take to be a Prime Minister? I really don’t know? Though I have emphasized on graduates, actually being a graduate may be the least of our concerns. But it might help. Sometimes I feel that Prime Ministers are born. It’s genetics. May be. That is, you must have Prime Ministership in your blood: you must feel like a Prime Minister. If you have sufficient Prime Ministership in your blood, you are virtually unstoppable. Whether you are a taxi driver, janitor, goat farmer, or medical doctor if you feel like a Prime Minister, you have it; and if you have it,you would gradually become politically emboldened. You would become daring. It’s a feeling, a sensation. It’s a vigilance and perseverance which will consume half your energy. Either you have it or you don’t. If you have it, you will find ways to move forward politically. It may have something to do with genetics or sometimes life experiences or both. Over the past 50 years, more and more Malays have it. Once again, this is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays. There is nothing unusual. Nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a worldwide phenomenon. Some of those who have it will become leftists, still others as rightists, and still others as centrists, postmodernists, or whatever else. Leaders are those who take on the competition (no matter how tough it is) and keep moving ahead (no matter how tough it is); and such people have it.
The Malays of the 1950’s were different, the Malays of the 1960’s were different, the Malays of the 1970’s were different and so on and on. As time passes they are becoming more and more self confident with a desire to stand on their own two feet. This is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays.
So, how does Malaysia’s future look like? I think it looks good. Before, we had to depend on one person, namely TAR to lead. Now more and more confident and non-compliant Malays are mushrooming. Many leaders are better than one. There you go. MANY LEADERS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. I think the future looks good. But I must forewarn you that you cannot expect to be a happy Prime Minister.
I forgot to tell you, it does not matter whether you have a university education or not; but you must have your own vote bank if you want to be a politician. As a politician you are a nobody without your own vote bank. The onus is on you to forge your own vote bank.
This is my national service. As a loyal citizen of Malaysia, it is my duty to explain and demystify what’s going on in beloved Malaysia. It is my duty to explain; and this is my national service.
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I would like to commend the Sultan of Johore for his views regarding the English medium schools in Malaysia. The Sultan feels that Malaysia must use Singapore as a role model. Like Singapore, Malaysia must also use English to unite Malaysians. He further feels that many Malaysian politicians were hypocrites because while they promote Malay schools, they themselves send their children to English medium schools in Malaysia or the West. I hope the Sultan is also not a hypocrite. He has already highlighted the merits of English medium schools in Malaysia. Therefore, he must follow through with that. He must make sure that English medium schools happen at least in his home state, Johore. We will wait and see what he does or can do? Now what he needs is a vote bank. The onus is on him to fashion a vote bank. He is a nobody without a vote bank.
Further, the Sultan of Johor has mentioned Bangsa Johor. What does Bangsa Johor mean? If Bangsa Johor means using English to unite Johoreans, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means using English as the medium of instruction in public schools, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means having 4 mediums of instruction in public schools, namely Malay medium, Chinese medium, Tamil medium, and English medium, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. So, what does Bangsa Johor mean?
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I would like to commend the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim
Ismail. I just read an interview with him on the Internet. You do not share
Putrajaya’s plans for your state. You do not share Putrajaya’s vision: you have
your own vision for Johor. You’d rather
be more autonomous and have your own plan for Johor. (Firstly, Bangsa Johor should
be changed to Orang Johor; but we will discuss that another day). You have your
own plan for Orang Johor. You plan to attract Singaporeans to live in Johor and
work in Singapore. They will commute: Johor-Singapore-Johor. If you allow the
re-opening of English medium schools in Johor, the resident Singaporeans can be
persuaded to send their children to English medium schools in Johor; and it
will enrich Johor with an addition of Singapore dollars into Johor. You, the
Sultan, plan to use English to unite Orang Johor; and this is a big plus. You plan
to invite China investors. Now, coming to how you are going to achieve your
plan. You need an adequate vote bank: the electorate will decide. The Johor vote bank should be loyal to Johor. Come the next general elections (GE14), you
must make sure that all the Johor candidates share your vision. If the Orang
Johor election winners are going to take orders from Putrajaya, then you can
forget about your vision for Johor. Sometimes autonomy from Putrajaya may be
the best. For example, Singapore succeeded after it separated from Malaysia.
For example, Hong Kong is successful probably because it is autonomous from China.
So you should make sure that Johor candidates (irrespective of race or
religion) must share your vision for Johor. What the Sultan of Johor needs is
Orang Johor and Parti Johor. It is time to for Orange Johor to register a new
political party, Parti Johor. Parti Johor will be Johor- centric. You must be
bold enough to face GE14 with your own party. May be you will end up being a precursor; and
other states too will have their own vision for their own state. And if Johor
succeeds, then more Malaysians will re-locate to Johor; and Johor will end up
being the most populous state. And once it becomes the most populous state,
everything in Malaysia will become Johor-centric. I think you can do it with
Parti Johor. Good luck
Johor needs a contingency plan. The older party is having
some popularity problems, to say the least; and we do not know if it will sink
or sail. In case the older party sinks, then what next for Johor? It is time
for Johoreans to think about it. It is time for Johoreans to have a contingency
plan. Enter Parti Johor. If Parti Johor does well in GE14, can it form the
government in Putrajaya? May be. If Parti Johor forms a coalition with other
like-minded parties, it might just capture Putrajaya. Or it may become a third
force. It may become a kingmaker. I am sure if Johoreans become serious about
Parti Johor, there will many other political parties which will make a beeline
to form a coalition with Parti Johor. May be, this will usher in the era of
regional parties as against race based national parties. We will wait and see. It
is much easier to get the loyalty of Johoreans
if you present a “Johor for Johoreans” slogan. Johoreans who agree with me,
kindly forward this posting to other Johoreans. Try and register a new
political party, Parti Johor, before GE14. Don’t wait. Good luck.
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I am disappointed that Mr.Muhyiddin Yassin(MY)is no longer
in the Malaysian Cabinet as from the last week of July 2015. He was the former
Deputy Prime Minister. I think he did stand up for righteousness. Nevertheless,
he has been removed from the Cabinet. I think we had more confidence (in the
national Cabinet) when Mr.MY was in the Cabinet. It means that we have less
confidence in the same Cabinet when Mr.MY is missing from the Cabinet. Never
mind Mr.MY. There is nothing to be ashamed of or regret about when you serve
the citizens of Malaysia.
There is nothing to be ashamed of or regret about when you do the right thing
for Malaysia.
Please continue your struggle, Mr.MY.
Allow me to introduce Mr.MY. He was born in Muar, Johor in May,
1947. He is a son of Johor. At the time of writing he is still the Deputy
President of United Malay National Organization. From the University of Malaya
he received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Malay Studies.
Is it over for Mr.MY? Are you kidding? Career politics is not
for everybody. Those who choose career politics have a conviction. Those who
choose career politics are those who are willing to run the gauntlet. Please
continue on Mr.MY. Do not give up. We depend on you to restore morality in
Malaysian politics. Do a post-mortem.(As far as I am concerned, for the last
two months-June and July 2015-, you have done nothing wrong, but they still
terminated you.)It doesn’t matter. Re-invent yourself to become relevant. Focus
on your beloved Johor. Only Johor. You are the son of Johor. I am sure that at
least some Johoreans love you. Johor is a good vote bank. You need to exploit
the opportunites in the Johor vote bank.
May be some people do not want you in the Cabinet, Mr.MY.
It’s OK. Johor wants you. I am sure Johor will stand up for you. I also hope
the Royal family of Johor will also stand up for a fellow Johorean. I call upon
all Johoreans to support Mr.MY. If you are a Johorean, please do spread the
word around to other Johoreans. Johor is a strong vote bank. Use your Johor
vote bank to teach the people in Putrajaya a lesson. Soon we will have the 14th
General Elections (GE14). We will wait and see what happens. In the mean time
Johoreans must give their support to Mr.MY. It means that Johoreans need to do
their homework: Johoreans must spread the word around about Mr.MY, about the
strength of the Johor vote bank, and about GE14.
Who’s Billy
Ocean? He sang the song,
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Good luck.
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I would like to commend Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar of
Johor for donating money to Tamil schools and Hindu temples mid-August 2015.
LANGUAGE
The Johor Sultan has plans to follow Singapore and use English to unite
cosmopolitan Johoreans. If there were English medium schools in Johor, then may
be Singaporeans could be attracted to buy real estate in Johor and live in
Johor. Singaporeans can live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute daily,
Johor-Singapore-Johor. The same Singaporeans will also send their children to
English medium schools in Johor. It will enrich Johor with lots of Singapore
Dollars. This will be a big plus for Johor. The Sultan gave the example of
China-Hong Kong-China daily commuting. He said, “Over 200,000 people cross to
Shenzen each day in just 45 minutes. That is how the cross-border culture has
changed dramatically”. I guess Shenzen is a modern metropolis that links Hong
Kong to China.
This is similar to what some Sabahans call the quest for
FULL AUTONOMY. Even Sarawak wants AUTONOMY and
English medium schools. So the Sultan of Johor is not alone.
In India,
there are local political leaders who, to build a vote bank, champion the
sending of children to native Indian language medium schools. They are
hypocrites. When you monitor the same political leaders closely, you will note
that they are actually sending their own children to English-medium schools.
They send their own children to English-medium schools, but recommend to the
voters to send their children to native Indian language schools. The problem is
that, unlike the Western nations, most of the Indian voters live in villages
where native languages are more popular. (Politics in the West is urban-centric,
while in Third World nations, it is rural-centric)
In the urban areas in India,
where the bigger retail outlets are located, people send their children to
English-medium schools because they want a better future for their children.
But the point is that politics in India is controlled by rural
voters, not the minority urban voters. It would be politically suicidal for
politicians to go against rural voters in India.
Politicians are often two-faced people. May be even
multi-faced people. They show one face to the voters and another face to their
own families. This is life. What can we do? It may be a multi-faced world.
Politicians are like the wind: they are not permanent but
temporary. Like the wind they (politicians) come and go. Since different
politicians are changing the public education system differently, it is better
that the families rely on private tuition to supplement their children’s
education. Send your children to public schools (if you want to), but please do
supplement it with private tuition.
RELIGION
There are different kinds of religions. They all have their
respective old books or old scriptures. It is not a good idea to be loyal to
old books. We have to use moderation. We are talking about being supportive of
moderate Islam, moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism,
moderate Buddhism, etc.
There are economically successful people who recommend that
we not be loyal to degrees, diplomas, and certificates. There are economically
successful people who recommend that we avoid going for higher education. Once
you get a degree or diploma, you will become attached and loyal to it which in
turn will result in your downfall. If you are loyal to a piece of paper called
a degree or diploma, you will refuse to think out of the box. If you are loyal
to a piece of paper called a degree or diploma, you will refuse to stand on
your own two feet. University professors are supposed to live in ivory towers;
and they issue degrees, diplomas, and certificates. Are you sure you want to be
loyal to degrees, diplomas, and certificates? Think carefully. Ultimately, it
is CONFIDENCE that counts. With confidence you can stand on your own two feet.
Coming back to what I said earlier: being loyal to old books/scriptures
is risky. Old books/scriptures claim that they are the WORD OF GOD. But may be
they are just WORD OF MAN. So we need to use moderation: moderate Islam,
moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism,
etc.
Being loyal to old religious scriptures has its risks. It is
a baggage from the past. We need to shed the baggage from the past. We need to
become more contemporary. We need to stand on our own two feet instead of being
loyal to old scriptures. We learn from our mistakes. We all make mistakes and
learn from our mistakes. Periodically we need a new beginning. Periodically we
have to re-invent ourselves because we learn from our mistakes. We have to take
decisions based on our own realities. Periodically, the ground realities
change; and we have to re-invent ourselves in order to remain relevant. We have
to change with the times. Being loyal to old religious scriptures is probably
the worst thing to do. Old religious scriptures are not relevant today because
the world has changed so much. The only constant in this world is CHANGE. If
ever you go for religion, please use moderation: moderate Islam, moderate
Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc. We
learn from our mistakes; and we have to have a new beginning. We learn from our
mistakes and we have to re-invent ourselves.
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The Bersih Rally is to be held 2pm, Saturday, 29 August 2015
to Sunday, midnight August 30th 2015. We need a location in Johor
Bahru for the Johoreans to assemble and express themselves. They have a
location in Kuala Lumpur, and East
Malaysia, but how come they do not have a location in Johore Baru?
I hope the Crown Prince of Johor will take the initiative to hold a Johor
Bersih rally in Johor Bahru so that Johoreans can express themselves. (The
Crown Prince served in the Indian Army. That’s interesting).
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She is a politician. She is the UMNO Women’s Division leader
from Langkawi. Her name is Anina Saduddin. She’s brave to break ranks with the
PM. I’m embarrassed to say that this is all I know about her. I wished I knew
more about her. It’s something like she is taking out a lawsuit against the PM
regarding the money he has in his name in a bank. It’s something like she wants
the money to be returned to Malaysia
from Singapore.
It’s people like her that make me feel proud to be a
Malaysian. It’s like restoring faith among Malaysians. It’s like there are
still some good people in Malaysia.
I have respect for Anina Saduddin. If I bump into her, it would be an honor to
shake her hands. I call upon all UMNO Women’s wing members to support her. I
call upon all Malaysians to follow her case closely.
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I’m a non-Muslim. I was at the Bersih Rally, 29/30 August,
2015, at Kuala Lumpur.
Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants at the rally. But
the non-Malays, please be at rest. Give the Malays sometime to think. Give the
Malays a few months to think and they will change from pro-Najib to anti-Najib.
Human beings need time to think before they can change their mind. Please avoid
knee-jerk reactions. We need to use English language to unite Malaysians. We
need to restore Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, Tamil medium
schools, and English medium schools just like what it used to be in the 1960’s.
In the 1960’s English schools were increasingly popular. Just give Malays some
time to think and they will slowly become anti-Najib. Just give the Malays some
time to think and they will find a solution. In the mean time the non-Malays
please give the Malays time to think. This is the truly Asia
nation.
Religion:
We need to espouse moderation: moderate Islam, moderate
Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.
Strictly speaking Christianity advocates a property-less society, Islam allows
slavery and polygamy, Hindu scriptures allows for the caste system, and I could
go on and on. (As regards to slavery within Islam, it has nothing to do with Malays,
Chinese, or Indians. Islamic slavery may be about light skinned Arabs enslaving
Black skinned Africans, which is permitted in Islam. Nevertheless, it can never
be justified. The reason why Muslims are silent about it is because they are
embarrassed about Islamic history).
The role of money cannot be underestimated. Just about
everything has a price. If we give everything away free, then how do we get
things free? Who will give things free? Those who give things free will find it
hard to get things free. Yes, we need compassion. We all sometimes give things
free, but we cannot live by it. It is better to live by ‘buy and sell’. We are
all buyers and sellers. Generally
speaking do not give anything free, and do not take anything free. Religions do
not think highly of money and profit, but we cannot manage the world that way.
We have to find ways to obtain money and profit. Once we get money, we can pay
our bills and feed our families. Profit is a good word. No matter how many
times you pray a day, you still have to work to obtain money. If you do not pay
your employees, then it is slavery; and slavery is illegal. Therefore, moderate
Islam, moderate Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate
Buddhism, etc.
Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants
at the Bersih 4.0 Rally. I think the non-Malays have done their part. The
Malays have to do their part too. Please give the Malays some time to think.
Please give the Malays some time for soul searching. In the mean time the non-Malays
must wait. I am sure the Malays will eventually do something.
We have to chart the future of this beloved nation. We have
to make sure that no group attempts to secede. Therefore, we have to use
English language to unite Malaysia
and thwart secession. If you continue to use Malay to unite this nation, then
it would fuel secession by those who oppose Malay as the first language. They
say that prevention is better than cure. Try reopening the English medium
schools. I’m not asking much. I’m just saying that we should go back to the
1960’s model and reopen English medium schools. Reopening English schools is a
small price to pay to thwart secession.
Let’s take the case of Sri Lanka. The Singhalese
government made Singhalese as the first language; and it established the era of
Singhalese supremacy. Slowly the politics of separatism set in. One thing leads
to another. Secession attempts were soon followed by the Tamil minority because
Singhalese was made the first language. Thousands died in the Sri Lankan civil
war. What a terrible price to pay. Looking in retrospect, they should have made
English as the first language to thwart secession. They should have made
English as the neutral language between Sinhalese and Tamil. This is what I
think. But I may be wrong.
Another point is you must take religion out of politics.
Again, it is to thwart secession. Again, prevention is better than cure. If
secession attempts start, what are the Malays going to do? Are the Malays, going to ask the non-Muslims
for all the help they can get to put down the secession? How many non-Muslims
will help Malays when the Constitution itself gives special rights only for
Muslims.
I’m a Malaysian citizen and a proud Malaysian. I will be
glad to defend and lay my life for Malaysia if directly requested by
the Parliament of Malaysia. When I say Malaysia,
I mean Malaysia
without Islam. When I say Malaysia
I mean Malaysia
with English medium, Malay medium, Chinese medium, and Tamil medium schools. It
is important to remember that Muslim Malaysians have no moral authority to ask
non-Muslim Malaysians to give up their life in defence of Malaysia. I, as
a non-Muslim Malaysian, do not have give up my life for Islam; and Muslim
Malaysians have no moral authority to make such a request. This is the truly
Asia nation; and this is the kind of Malaysia I am proud of.
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There’s an idiot. There is an immature person. His name is
Alvin Tan, residing somewhere in USA. He put a tattoo on his thigh
with the inscription “ALLAH”. How do Malaysians respond? We don’t have to
respond to idiots because we are more interested in Albert Einstein and other
people of that caliber. Why do Malaysians care about Alvin Tan? Why should
Malaysians care about Alvin Tan? Alvin Tan is a nobody. Just ignore that idiot.
He is immature. He is an overgrown baby. I’m sure his father made a mistake and
his mother wasted her labor. Not all Chinese Malaysians are as stupid as him.
Just ignore that idiot. If you ignore him, you will take the wind out of his
sail. If you respond to him, you will increase the wind in his sail. He needs
attention. Don’t give him attention. Think carefully. Just ignore him. There
are only 24 hours in a day, and within the 24 hours, you have your daily
personal matters to take care off. If you have some free time, taking a nap is
better than responding to immature idiots. Anything is better than Alvin Tan
because Alvin Tan is a nobody. Take the
wind out of his sail by just not responding to him. Extraditing him to Malaysia is also not a good idea because if he
makes children in Malaysia,
he would pass his unwelcome genes to the next generation inside Malaysia. Let
him have his children outside Malaysia.
In fact, he must never have any children anywhere. He must certainly undergo a
vasectomy as soon as possible. We don’t want stupid people in Malaysia; and if he comes to Malaysia, there
is a danger that he will impregnate a Malaysian female using his stupid genes
which will result in stupid babies being born; and all these stupid babies will
claim Malaysian citizenship. We don’t want stupid people in Malaysia. Ignore
that idiot. Take the wind out of his sail. He is not of the caliber of Albert
Einstein. He is unwelcome.
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I’m a non-Muslim. I was at the Bersih Rally, 29/30 August,
2015, at Kuala Lumpur.
Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants at the rally. But
the non-Malays, please be at rest. Give the Malays sometime to think. Give the
Malays a few months to think and they will change from pro-Najib to anti-Najib.
Human beings need time to think before they can change their mind. Please avoid
knee-jerk reactions. We need to use English language to unite Malaysians. We
need to restore Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, Tamil medium
schools, and English medium schools just like what it used to be in the 1960’s.
In the 1960’s English schools were increasingly popular. Just give Malays some
time to think and they will slowly become anti-Najib. Just give the Malays some
time to think and they will find a solution. In the mean time the non-Malays
please give the Malays time to think. This is the truly Asia
nation.
Religion:
We need to espouse moderation: moderate Islam, moderate
Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.
Strictly speaking Christianity advocates a property-less society, Islam allows
slavery and polygamy, Hindu scriptures allows for the caste system, and I could
go on and on. (As regards to slavery within Islam, it has nothing to do with
Malays, Chinese, or Indians. Islamic slavery may be about light skinned Arabs
enslaving Black skinned Africans, which is permitted in Islam. Nevertheless, it
can never be justified. The reason why Muslims are silent about it is because
they are embarrassed about Islamic history. Just like all other communities,
Muslims also whitewash Islamic history).
The role of money cannot be underestimated. Just about
everything has a price. If we give everything away free, then how do we get
things free? Who will give things free? Those who give things free will find it
hard to get things free. Yes, we need compassion. We all sometimes give things
free, but we cannot live by it. It is better to live by ‘buy and sell’. We are
all buyers and sellers. Generally
speaking do not give anything free, and do not take anything free. Religions do
not think highly of money and profit, but we cannot manage the world that way.
We have to find ways to obtain money and profit. Once we get money, we can pay
our bills and feed our families. Profit is a good word. No matter how many
times you pray a day, you still have to work to obtain money. If you do not pay
your employees, then it is slavery; and slavery is illegal. Therefore, moderate
Islam, moderate Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism,
etc.
Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants
at the Bersih 4.0 Rally. I think the non-Malays have done their part. The
Malays have to do their part too. Please give the Malays some time to think.
Please give the Malays some time for soul searching. In the mean time the
non-Malays must wait. I am sure the Malays will eventually do something. Giving
Malays time to think also means that, slowly but surely, the voter sentiments
will percolate from urban voters to rural voters. The voter sentiments take
time to percolate from one individual to another or from urban to rural. Just
give the Malays some time. Slowly but surely the anti-Najib sentiments will
percolate. The longer you wait, the more the sentiments will percolate.
We have to chart the future of this beloved nation. We have
to make sure that no group attempts to secede. Therefore, we have to use
English language to unite Malaysia
and thwart secession. If you continue to use Malay to unite this nation, then
it would fuel secession by those who oppose Malay as the first language. They
say that prevention is better than cure. Try reopening the English medium
schools. I’m not asking much. I’m just saying that we should go back to the
1960’s model and reopen English medium schools. Reopening English schools is a
small price to pay to thwart secession.
Let’s take the case of Sri Lanka. She got independence
from the British in 1948. In 1956 the Singhalese government made Singhalese as
the first language; and it established the era of Singhalese supremacy. I’m
sure the Singhalese were celebrating and the Tamils were disappointed. Why?
Because both communities were uneducated and uncivilized in the 1950’s; and
they made all the wrong choices because they were uneducated and uncivilized. It
turned out to be a slippery slope for Sri Lanka. Slowly the politics of
separatism set in. One thing leads to another. Secession attempts were soon
followed by the Tamil minority because Singhalese was made the first language.
Slowly but surely, Sri Lanka
slided into a civil war. Thousands died in the Sri Lankan civil war. What a
terrible price to pay. Looking in retrospect, they should have made English as
the first language to thwart secession. But the Singhalese and Tamil voters
were both uneducated and uncivilized in the 1950’s; and so they made all the
wrong choices. They should have made English as the neutral language between
Sinhalese and Tamil. It is time to undo everything that the stupid Singhalese
and stupid Tamils of the 1950’s have done. They have to use English as the
first language. They have to undo the mistakes of the past. This is common in
many Third World nations: the voters of the
1950’s were uneducated and uncivilized; and the voters of the year 2015 are
better educated. Therefore it is time to undo the laws of the past and start
anew. Both Singhalese language and Tamil language are nothing in this world.
The VIP’s of Sri Lanka
use Western-style underwears which they learned from the British. I’m sure
their grandfathers never used any underwears. The women use modern feminine
pads today, but their grandparents never used modern feminine pads. It is the
same with my grandparents too. English language brought changes. It is a
changing world and we have to espouse modernism, or we will be left behind by
the competitive world. I have heard of a Tamil Sri Lanka leader (1954-2009)
who, to my knowledge, can hardly speak English, though he made sure his
children can. If anybody in Sri
Lanka is opposed to modernism and English,
then please check his or her underwear! If they are opposed to English, why are
they using modern underwears? As regards to modernism, there is nothing that
Singhalese or Tamil language can offer. Modern sewing machines were not
invented in Sri Lanka,
but they use it always. Modern manufacturing techniques were not invented in Sri Lanka too.
I could add concrete technology, railways, medicine, and so on. If I continue
it will just prove that both Singhalese and Tamils are just Third
World people who need to hold on to English language for dear
life. The mistake was made by the older generation of Sri Lankans of the 1950’s
who were uneducated and uncivilized; and they did not know anything about the
digital age or social media of today. For instance, somebody burned the Jaffna
Municipal Public Library during the civil war years; and communal tensions rose.
Who cares about public libraries today? Nobody. I haven’t been to a public
library in more than a decade because I can use the Internet. (If you are
working for a library, you might want to look for another job because the
demand for libraries is decreasing). This is the Internet age. I bet a
Singhalese family living in Argentina,
Japan, or Nigeria could keep in touch with
Singhalese ways by using the Internet. In the old days, some governments try to
ban some books. Who cares? I can use the Internet and access information. The younger generation today, who are better
educated, must undo the pro-Singhalese language laws, and add English as the
first language; and the choice of second language is your own. Let this be a
lesson for many Third World nations, not just Sri Lanka. The choice of first
language makes a big difference. Choose wisely. The Taliban and ISIS-like people
are what they are, because they are uneducated and uncivilized. Please continue
to resist governmental/political interference in your life by using the
Internet to reach out to people all over the world. Receive and transmit
information using the Internet. This is the age of the social media. The social
media people can even decide who will win the next elections. In the old days,
the government decided what you will learn and be exposed to, but today you can
decide for yourself using the Internet. Nobody cares about government anymore.
Nobody cares about libraries anymore. This is the age of small government, not
big government. Big government is a thing of the past. Therefore, English
becomes first language and choice of second and third language is your own. It
is also good to be multi lingual. You might have increased job opportunities by
being multilingual. Before I forget, I think Sri
Lanka is pretty much like India. Sometimes it takes 3 days of
ceremony for an Indian to get married; while in USA a person can get married in one
day, half a day, or 1 hour. Divorce is equally fast in USA. As you can
see, everything is more efficient in USA. There’s an old USA saying, “There’s probably more culture in
yogurt than in USA”.
The socio-political culture in India
is extensive and has bogged down and made economic India inefficient. The solution is
that Indians please get married in 1 hour and go back to work. That’s all.
In the Indian subcontinent, during the Mughal era, Farsi or
Urdu was used as the first language. Neither Farsi nor Urdu was incorporated with
technology or modernism; in fact no Indian language is a match to English.
Farsi or Urdu are just nothing compared to English. Using Farsi as first
language alienated the majority Hindu and Sikh communities who could neither
read nor write those strange unintelligible languages (Farsi/Urdu) which had no
technology or modernism incorporated. Later, the British came by and defeated
the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs and gave central rule, law and order, and started
using the neutral language, English which replaced Farsi/Urdu. English language
replacing Farsi/Urdu is a gift for India. The British brought major
changes to India.
English endures at the university level even today in India. The
British went on to build the Indian Railways, missionary schools and hospitals.
Even the late Mahatma Gandhi was fluent in English. Today, India is known for computer
software and pharmacology; and she achieved it using English language. The
Indians love cricket too, a game I don’t understand. Cricket was introduced by
the British and is popular in other English speaking nations such as Australia, South
Africa, West Indies, etc.
Within a few decades, into the future, India may have the single largest
English speaking population in the whole world. As far as I know, Indians have
never been opposed to the English language. In India today, those who can afford
to send their children to English language schools will most certainly send
their children to English language schools. Those who cannot afford to send
their children to English language schools, send their children to cheaper
schools such as native Indian language schools. British rule and English
schools have left an indelible impression in India.
Another point is you must take religion out of politics.
Again, it is to thwart secession. Again, prevention is better than cure. If
secession attempts start, what are the Malays going to do? Are the Malays, going to ask the non-Muslims
for all the help they can get to put down the secession? How many non-Muslims
will help Malays when the Constitution itself gives special rights only for
Muslims.
I’m a Malaysian citizen and a proud Malaysian. I will be
glad to defend and lay my life for Malaysia if directly requested by
the Parliament of Malaysia. When I say Malaysia,
I mean Malaysia
without Islam. When I say Malaysia
I mean Malaysia
with English medium, Malay medium, Chinese medium, and Tamil medium schools. It
is important to remember that Muslim Malaysians have no moral authority to ask
non-Muslim Malaysians to give up their life in defence of Malaysia. I, as a non-Muslim
Malaysian, do not have give up my life for Islam; and Muslim Malaysians have no
moral authority to make such a request. This is the truly Asia nation; and this
is the kind of Malaysia
I am proud of.
Something will happen only if we pass the word around to
others. Using social media to contact voters makes a lot of difference. Today’s
world is the social media world. News and information that is obtained should
be shared with others. Using camera phone, social media, and internet, you can
share globally. Please do feel free to copy and paste the above document to
others. Discuss it in the social media. Share it with others. The more
Malaysians know, the better it is.
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Red Shirt, white shirt, yellow shirt, blue-black shirt, no
shirt, shirtless. What’s going on? I’m a non-Muslim Malaysian. I urge the
non-Muslim Malaysians to remain calm. Some Muslim Malaysians may have had a
demonstration in Kuala Lumpur
on 16 September 2015 using the Red Shirt. Please give Muslim Malaysians time to
think. Human beings need time to think before responding. As the Muslims think,
they will slowly change from pro-Najib to anti-Najib.
They say that patience is golden. If you are a non-Muslim,
please give the Muslim Malaysians some time. Please give the Malays some time
to think. Please give the Malays some time for soul searching. In the mean time
the non-Malays must wait. I am sure the Malays will eventually do something.
Giving Malays time to think also means that, slowly but surely, the voter
sentiments will percolate from urban voters to rural voters. The voter
sentiments take time to percolate from one individual to another or from urban
to rural voters. Just give the Malays some time. This is the social media age,
and social media can even decide who wins in the general elections. In the old
days, the government decided what you will learn and be exposed to, but today
you can decide for yourself using the Internet. Nobody cares about government
anymore. I have not been to a library in more than a decade because I use the
Internet. Nobody cares about libraries anymore. This is the age of small
government, not big government. If you are working for a library may I suggest
that you seek alternative employment because the demand for libraries is
reducing. We are moving from hard copy to softcopy world. Big government is a
thing of the past. In the old days the government used to ban some books, but
today you can circumvent that using the Internet. Please give our beloved
Muslim Malaysian sisters and brothers some time to think and understand things.
Human beings need some time to think before they can change their mind from
pro-Najib to anti-Najib. The non-Muslim Malaysians have been serving this
beloved nation, Malaysia,
for about 100 to 150 years. Slowly but surely the anti-Najib sentiments will
percolate. The longer you wait, the more the sentiments will percolate and
build up the anti-Najib feelings. You too must do your part by passing the word
around using the Internet.
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Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Md Yunos wants
traders to stop selling fake goods in Petaling
Street. Well, Malaysia is a capitalist nation.
Commerce made Malaysia
into what it is. All kinds of things happen in capitalism, good and bad, but it
is still better than communism. Under capitalism, both Muslims and non-Muslims
sell all kinds of things for profit. I hope Jamal Md Yunos is not a communist.
If he is against capitalism, he might be a communist. In capitalism the buyer
must be aware. And that’s why we say that buyer beware. I don’t think that
Jamal Md Yunos will be popular among the business community. Those who support
him will have a hard time getting a job with other traders because these are
dangerous whistleblowers. No employer will hire a whistleblower. If you want to
follow and support Jamal Md Yunos, please go ahead. Remember, no employer will
hire a whistleblower. If Jamal Md Yunos leads a group of his supporters to Petaling Street,
then he will be doing a disservice to his followers because no employer will
hire a whistleblower. He will be doing a great disservice to Malaysia’s
economy. Investors will be nervous. Just remember, in capitalism BUYER BEWARE.
I will never say that capitalism is perfect. If he loves Malaysia, he
will espouse capitalism and BUYER BEWARE. Anyone who loves Malaysia should
immediately contact him and ask him to support Capitalism. Never act against
Capitalism. Malaysia
survives on Capitalism. Malaysia
survives on investors. It is hard for whistleblowers to seek employment. Please
contact Jamal Md Yunos immediately and persuade him to espouse capitalism.
Capitalism is not perfect, but is still better than the other systems. In
capitalism, we push the responsibility to the buyer and therefore we have BUYER
BEWARE. Please contact Jamal Md Yunos immediately.
Both Muslims and non-Muslims are involved in selling all
kinds of things for profit. Both Muslim and non-Muslim employers would be
reluctant to hire whistleblowers. Each time the political power interferes in
economic activity, the business community becomes nervous. Malaysia is
built by capitalism. Malaysia
needs the business community. Malaysia
needs investors. Every nation needs investors. For example, Russia was
capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. China
was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. Vietnam
was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. It means
that only capitalism eventually works. The less politics interferes in the
economy, the better it is; and this is what, my friend, Jamal Md Yunos should
always remember.
Jamal Md Yunos should not be hated. May be, like many Malays,
he has never studied economics in his life before. He should make it his
mission to educate Malays to save Malaysia by saving capitalism. As I
have said, and I repeat, capitalism is not perfect but it is still better than
all the other systems. Ask Russia,
China, and Vietnam why did
they revert back to capitalism? If
Jamal Md Yunos can transform into a saver of capitalism, he
would be doing a service to Muslims and Malaysia. Besides, I cannot be
educating Malays for the rest of my life, free of charge. It is time for people
like Jamal Md Yunos to take the responsibility to educate Muslims to save
capitalism to save Malaysia.
We make mistakes but we also learn from our mistakes. Jamal Md Yunos must learn
from his mistakes and transform into a saver of capitalism.
Just as Russia,
China, and Vietnam reverted back to capitalism, Malaysia too
has to revert back in its education policy. Malaysia has to reopen the English
medium schools. Eventually Malaysia
has to have English medium, Malay medium, Mandarin medium, and Tamil medium
schools. Each family can decide for itself the school they want to send their
children to.
I read something about the National Service in Malaysia. They
plan to add on English language instructions to the National Service in Malaysia. That
seems like a good idea too. Please try. I cannot say that it will be a success
but please try. We will wait and see.
So for economic activity we will have capitalism and for
education we will have English medium, Malay medium, Mandarin medium, and Tamil
medium schools.
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I’ve been to Petaling Street/China town and also to Pasar
Seni/Kasturi Walk. Both locations are about 200meters from each other. They are
just outlets for sellers. Hopefully, the buyers will buy. The sellers like all
people everywhere are making a living. It may be competitive. I guess, you must
sell something unique to make good profits. I guess, there are some Muslim
Malaysians who think that the sellers of Petaling Street are making big bucks.
Looks can be deceiving sometimes. There is a feeling among some Muslim
Malaysians that the Chinese Malaysian sellers of Petaling Street must share their wealth
with Muslim Malaysians. This is a dangerous phenomenon. This is what the
communists do. When you forcefully take wealth from others, you are a
communist. The communists believe in achieving economic equality by forcefully taking
wealth from the rich and giving it to the have nots. You don’t ever take wealth
from the rich. On the contrary, you create your own wealth. Only the communists
forcefully take wealth from others. I guess you have to sell something unique
to create your own wealth. If you start taking wealth from what is perceived to
be the rich, then it would make investors nervous; and that would be the end of
the nation. Please stop this jealousy driven actions. Please stop this
communist habits. You have to create your own wealth: don’t take wealth from
others. If employers do not pay employees, then it is slavery. If employers do
not pay employees, legal action should be taken against them. Make sure that
the employers pay the employees.
You have to create your own wealth: don’t take wealth from
others. You may not be suitable for working in Petaling Street, but you may be good in
something else. Try something else. You must find your own niche.
Even Dr.M is finding it hard to obtain profits from his
bakery business. I guess you have to just keep trying. Petaling Street may be competitive, or
may not be competitive. I don’t know. May be you have to find another niche in
another location. You cannot just look at Petaling Street and assume that they are all
making big bucks. Please stop these jealousy driven actions. Making profits may
be much easier said than done. We don’t want this jealousy driven politics in Malaysia. There
will always be some people who are richer than others. A free market does not
give equality but might give equal opportunity. It is still better than
communism. I have lived in USA
for years, and I have a friend who sleeps in a jalopy VW van parked in a school
parking lot. Another friend of mine puts his hands into garbage cans everyday
to search for bottles and beer cans which he sells for profit. Somehow, we all
survive.
There is no substitute to work; and the Chinese Malaysians
are a good model. They don’t waste time with religion. They don’t waste time
with praying 5 times a day. Somehow some Muslims think that Islam is the
cure-all. I think that money is a better cure-all. But to get money you must
keep working long hours.
Furthermore, if Muslims victimize USA, other Muslims are so happy.
Muslims are happy when USA
is targeted. Muslims must work more hours. I have seen many pictures of Muslims
sitting in groups and smoking shisha; and when they are intoxicated with
shisha, that’s when the political discussions ensue. I don’t know anything
about shisha discussions, but I bet the shisha discussions revolve around
discrimination, being short-changed, anti-USA rhetoric, pro-Palestinian
rhetoric, etc. The Chinese, on the other
hand, are so engrossed in their work, that besides their own business, they
almost know nothing else. They have no time for anti-USA rhetoric. After 30
years, the Chinese are ahead of Muslims economically. At this juncture the
Muslims transform into Communists and find ways to forcefully take wealth from
the wealthy.
Educationally, we have to go back to what we used to have in
the 1960’s: English medium schools, Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium
schools, and Tamil medium schools. In short, we have to reopen the English medium
schools.
So, economically, we must continue to support free market
economy; and educationally, we must reopen the English medium schools.
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We need to use Muslim whistleblowers to penetrate the
mosques and the discussion groups. We need to know what they are discussing.
Muslims almost always are obsessed with discrimination, being politically, and
socio-economically short-changed, support anti-USA/anti-Israel activities,
support pro-Palestinian activities, etc. In sharp contrast, the Chinese
Malaysians only care about work. Besides work, the Chinese Malaysians don’t
know or care about anything else. So we need to use Muslim whistleblowers to
penetrate Mosques and Muslim discussion groups to find certain things about
Muslim views. Are the Muslim preachers inside the mosques rabblerousers? We
need to find out, using Muslim whistleblowers, if the Mosque people are giving
anti-USA, anti-Israel, speeches. What topic do the Muslims talk about when they
are sitting in groups and chit-chatting. Somehow, many of the Muslims become
anti-USA, anti-Israel, in their views. Why? We need to find out. It baffles me.
We need to use Muslim whistleblowers to find out about Muslims. What the
Muslims do affects us too, so we need to find out why they are anti-USA and
anti-Israel. I know that numerous Muslim Malaysians who have used Malaysian
government scholarships to get a good education in USA, but they still become
anti-USA.
What abhors me most as a Malaysian, is to see Muslim Malaysians(MM)
socializing with Muslims from other countries. I fear that the MM will learn
the bad habits of the foreign Muslims. The MM will learn very little from
foreign Muslims. I strongly recommend the MM not to learn the habits from
foreign Muslims. Sitting in groups and chit-chatting for long is not the best
habit.
The Chinese and Indian communities have lived in Malaysia for
100 to 150 years. Over the past 150 years, the nation has changed so much. Over
the past 150 years, both the Muslim and non-Muslim Malaysians have benefited
and by the 1960’s Malaysia had the 2nd highest standard
of living in Asia, below Japan.
As regards to Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Md
Yunos, we need to find out more about him. Is he just another Malay who never bothered
to be fluent in English? If he doesn’t know English, I hope that he will make
sure that his children are fluent in English. Jamal Md Yunos, wants the
government to take action against Chinese Malaysian traders in Petaling Street. I
have been ripped off by Malays, Chinese, and Indian sellers. For example, many
times I give my money to a Malay bus conductor but never get a bus ticket in
return. I’m sure many other Malaysians have experienced this. Targeting the Chinese
Malaysians alone is wrong because it’s like selective persecution. There are
many sellers who use tricks of the trade, including Malay bus conductors, to
make profits.
So, economically, we must continue to support free market
economy; and educationally, we must have English medium schools, Malay medium
schools, Mandarin medium schools, and Tamil medium schools.
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The Johor Sultan has plans to follow Singapore and use English to unite
cosmopolitan Johoreans. If there were English medium schools in Johor, then may
be Singaporeans could be attracted to buy real estate in Johor and live in
Johor. Singaporeans can live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute daily,
Johor-Singapore-Johor. The same Singaporeans will also send their children to
English medium schools in Johor. It will enrich Johor with lots of Singapore
Dollars. This will be a big plus for Johor. The Sultan, in an interview, gave
the example of China-Hong Kong-China daily commuting. He said, “Over 200,000
people cross to Shenzen each day in just 45 minutes. That is how the
cross-border culture has changed dramatically”. I guess Shenzen is a modern
metropolis that links Hong Kong to China.
After having explained the plan of the Sultan of Johor, I
must add that Sarawak has overtaken Johor. The
Sarawak state government has made English an official language on par with
Malay language inside Sarawak. How will this
affect the Sultan of Johor’s plan? I don’t know. We have to wait and see. I
guess each state should have its own plan for its own progress.
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I don’t know what that organization is
called. Is it Daesh, IS, ISIL, Islamic terrorists or what else. I don’t care
about them. I think they desire an Islamic state. May be they are extremists.
Is the word shariah connected with them? I don’t know. These extremists may be
responsible for a grenade attack on a night club in Puchong, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia on June 2016. . These Daesh people must be stopped. All Malaysian
citizens must join the fight to crush the Daesh. I also read the report some
Bangladesh citizens have infiltrated the Malaysia Daesh organization. All the
Daesh people must be crushed.
After the Second World War, Malaysia was
one of the first nations in the world to experience the Communist insurgency;
and she was one of first nations in the world to crush the Communist
insurgency. I am proud that this was Malaysia’s finest hour. Many years have
passed. Now we are on the verge of Insurgency 2.0. Insurgency 1.0 is the
Communist insurgency. Insurgency 2.0 has to do with Daesh. We will deal with the Daesh just as we dealt
with the Communists. I have to give thanks to British, Australia, NZ, some
African troops, even Fiji troops, the Gurkhas, etc, etc. to help Malaysia in
her hour of need. Now we have an hour of need again. Now as we face the Daesh,
we will not surrender. Just as some communists ended up in graveyards, the
Daesh may too. We will encounter the Daesh and they will end up where they
should. To Malaysians I say that this may be your finest hour. We will move
forward, and there will be no retreat. Please flock to the military recruiting
station. I’m Hindu Malaysian. I suggest that we have an army recruiting station
in Batu Caves. I’m Hindu Malaysian, but too old to join the army. But my heart
is with Defence of Malaysia. I’m unwilling to become a refugee. Therefore, if
you are Malaysian citizen, and young enough to join the army, please do so. You
join the army because you do not want to become a refugee. If you do not want
join the army, then leave the nation and become a refugee. If you do not want to
become a refugee, then join the Malaysian army. Daesh deserve to be put in graves
like the communists. The Hindu Malaysians have served this nation for about 150
years; and together with other communities (by the1960’s) gave this beloved
nation the second highest standard of living in Asia, below Japan. The
anti-communist vigilance of the 1960’s consumed half my energy. Now it is the
anti-Daesh vigilance. Most parts of Europe have come to rest with the ballot
box. Most parts of the Americas have come to rest with the ballot box. Most
parts of Asia have come to rest with the ballot box. However, the Islamic world
still has many failed states. Just about every 30 years, the older generation
die and the younger generation take over. It brings change. And change is a
constant. Being glued to old books like the Old Testament, New Testament, Koran,
Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist scriptures and so on runs contrary to the every 30
years the older generation die and the younger generation take over concept. We
should accept change as a constant. There is no such thing as word of God.
There is only word of Man; and change is a constant. Every 30 years the older
generation die and are replaced by the younger generation; every 30 years
change is palpable.
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I never have believed in History. I am sure
it has been fabricated. It is something between fact and fiction. It seems
Muslims ruled and invaded parts of India and they destroyed Nalanda university.
May be. It would be difficult to prove or disprove. Some people consider it as
the biggest crime of Islam. May be. It seems in AD 1194 Muslim invaders burned
the university and reduced it to ash. Centuries of manuscripts were reduced to ash;
and with that act, India irreversibly lost her greatest wonder. But I think her
greatest wonder is yet to come.
Modern India became independent in 1947. We
need to look to the future. There are more universities today than ever before
in India. There are more graduates today than ever before. India's economy is
improving. Politically democracy has firmly established itself. There are
advantages about making mistakes. We learn something from mistakes. Something
will come out of mistakes. Black Africans were enslaved by Muslim Arabs; and
then Black Africans were sold to Christian Whites who transported them across
the ocean to the Americas, particularly Brazil. Black Africans have the unique
distinction of having been enslaved by both Muslim Arabs and Christian Whites.
Many nations have sob stories. Whatever the past, we have to keep working.
There is no substitute to work. India is improving day by day. Keep working.
Forget the past.
Hopefully, basic training in the army will instil
discipline and turn you into a tough person. A tough citizen is an asset for
the nation. A tough citizen is an asset for the economy. We don't want any sob
stories. Keep working. When you are tired, you sleep. When you wake up, you work.
A tough citizen is an asset for the nation.
A tough citizen is an asset for the nation.
A tough citizen is an asset for the economy. We don't want any sob stories.
Keep working. When you are tired, you sleep. When you wake up, you work. A
tough citizen is an asset for the nation. India lost Nalanda University because
she was weak. India's record is nothing to be proud of. Many smaller nations
get more gold medals in the Olympics than India. Promote basic training in the
military. Keep pumping iron to be tough. When you are tired, you need sleep.
When you wake up keep busy with work.
Reduce your daily activities to sleep and
work. Distill your activities to sleep and work. If you reduce and distill your
activities to sleep and work, you will stink like a raccoon or is it a camel's
breath. To stink is a good think. To work long hours means you never wasted
your time. The 3 day marriage, common in India, has to be discontinued. Don't
waste time. Sleep or work. Life is about work and sleep. Slowly your body will
strengthen and you can work even longer hours. This is how you attract
investors.
Nalanda University may have disappeared
forever. But there are more universities today in India than ever before. There
are more graduates today than ever before. India has come a long way since
Nalanda. Every nation has sob stories. Forget the past. It is a changing world.
Please keep physically fit. The best training is a few years in the boot camp
in the military. No time for sob stories. Boot camp, yes. Recommend the
military.
The
late Michael Jackson hardly saw this world because he was always busy training
or performing. For the same reason, the late Albert Einstein hardly saw this
world too. There are many successful people who hardly see this world because
they are busy working. They have reduced their life to work or sleep.
In
sharp contrast, the 3 day marriage in India; it has to be discontinued. It
would be hard to prove that the 3 day marriage is brief. It would be hard to
prove that it is efficient. I think Indians must lead simplified lives. Everything
is complex in India. Just think of two words “work” and “sleep”. That’s all. Or
maybe three words, or may be four words. That’s all. You know what I mean. They
have everything in India; the only problem is that everything is complex. They
need to simplify life to two words or three words or may be four words. That’s
all.
