Teacher's Day

Yup, it's that time of the year where we as lecturers and teachers look back and ask ourselves, "Am I happy doing what I do?"

Then I came across this quote from Harriet Martineau: "What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable than teaching?" None, and I know why I am doing what I am doing now.

Happy Teacher's Day to those in the profession!

Veteran Soldiers Flaunt Their Behinds

On Tuesday, a brave band of former soldiers who are members of the Malay Armed Forces Veteran Association (PVTM) gathered outside Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreevenasan's home. They then steadied themselves before they stuck their butts out. I am not quite sure what the message here is though. If they had mooned, then I would understand. But bending over? I am scratching my head. Maybe, they were hoping to be spanked by Ambiga? Or maybe they wanted her to shove their behinds with what-I-don’t-know?

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This silly show of old butts was supposed to be a protest against Bersih 3.0. Some were even carrying placards that said “Tolak Ambiga, Anwar Gila Kuasa” (Reject Ambiga, Power-Crazed Anwar).

As the story goes, Ambiga eventually came out to meet PVTM’s president, Mohd Ali Baharom outside her home in Bukit Damansara. In the video footage on the whole affair, she greeted them with a friendly ‘good morning’ and even offered them cans of 100Plus to quench their thirst after their rigorous ‘bum aerobics’. (For all you know, this may be the new training regime of the Malaysian Armed Forces)! In the floundering conversation between the two at the gate of Ambiga’s home, the protester refused to accept the canned drinks and gave her a very stupid excuse.

This is what he said: “We don’t consume this drink. We are Malays and Muslims and we drink warm water. We don’t drink this kind of water. You have your laws and we have our laws.”

I honestly don't know what to make of this latest cloddish episode by our Malaysian clowns! Sorry, I think I shouldn't insult clowns. Instead, I should replace "clowns" with "low-life", a more appropriate description!

First, I didn’t know that Malays and Muslims cannot consume 100Plus – oh dear, F&N is gonna get very alarmed! If word gets around, maybe the National Fatwa Council might even “haram”-kan this carbonated isotonic drink!

Second, this Mohd Ali Baharom who has been identified as a “Datuk” (a Malaysian honorific title which is a dime a dozen) had publicly confessed that he bought his “datuk”ship in 2006 for RM250,000 (Utusan Online dated January 13, 2011 at webpage http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=0113&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_01.htm). When you have this kind of cheat, can he be credible in the first place?

Third, I hope our country doesn’t have to go to war any time soon. Imagine, our “enemies” might just roll on the ground in helpless laughter when our soldiers show their bottoms! Better still, if our soldiers break wind at the same time – this will be chemical warfare at its most lethal! I doubt enemy soldiers will be prepared to stomach such humiliation.

We have become a circus! Thanks to Najib and UMNO, we are providing free entertainment to the world!

Sex and the Technology-obssessed

This is a strange survey that was conducted by Meredith Parents Network, Moms and Media 2 and reported by UK’s The Daily Mail on Thursday. It revealed that 12 percent of American moms use their phones during sex – this technology-obsessed behavior comes from mothers between 18 and 35, dubbed 'Millennial moms'.

Interestingly also, the survey showed that 21 percent of moms use their phones while on the toilet.

Carey Witmer, president of Meredith Parents Network, explained: “Today's moms are media omnivores. They are constantly creating new rules about how and when media intermingles with their busy lives.”

Completed last November and December, the survey looked at a 'nationally representative sample' of 1,041 Millennial moms, with children from infants to age 12.

While the scope of this study is fairly limited, the results seem to echo other findings by cellphones.org that an estimated 15 percent of Americans have interrupted sex to answer a cell phone call.

Perhaps sex has lost its appeal!

I haven’t mentioned this but on Sunday, I was at Mayang Plaza in Petaling Jaya to attend my first Tamil Toastmasters meeting and I had to admit that I was clueless most of the time – except for the session where I was involved. I was the Evaluator for one of three speakers and he was the sole person who delivered his CC speech in English – that was when I gave my feedback. I do believe the Anbu Tamil Toastmasters Club could do with lots of improvements but the members must also be willing to learn and apply. I would give this meeting a score of a 2.5 out of a 10 because at least, they gave a more than decent display of enthusiasm.

Liverpool ended a troubled campaign with another defeat as they go down 1-0 to Swansea City in their final game of the domestic season. I have already started looking at the next season.

The Bersih Conspiracy

Check out this video clip on Bersih 3.0! Is it true that the violent maelstrom that followed Bersih 3.0 was actually a well-planned and well-executed strategy by the powers-that-be? You decide for yourself.

Man U is still a Winner!

Everybody's a winner! Including Manchester United!

SUBS Thank You Lunch

Last Friday, SUBS faculty hosted an appreciation lunch for their admin staff at The Dining Room in Sunway University. We had wanted to salute their diligence and dedication and say Thank You!



Like his boss, Muhyiddin Yassin also loves to flip-flop. On Saturday, he made the admission that the Government will need about 10 to 15 years to achieve an education system that is on par or better the ones in developed countries. This was a reversal of his previous March 31, 2012 boast that the standard of local education is superior to that of Britain, the United States and Germany! [Check out this link http://helpvictor.blogspot.com/2012/04/superior-malaysian-education.html]. This tells you that this Minister just loves to put his foot in his mouth! A first-class moron!

The Dataran Merdeka Irony

It is already two weeks after Bersih 3.0. Actually now that I think of it, Najib Razak and his goons are really, really stupid!! The police assault on peaceful protestors cannot be justified. All in the name of defending an empty plot of grass?

What’s more, the place is called Dataran Merdeka (or ‘Independence Square’ in English). The greatest irony is that Dataran Merdeka itself symbolizes freedom, yet the government saw fit to deny Malaysians the right of peaceful assembly! So, where is the freedom in Malaysia?