Dear All,
Obama is a genius for pulling the Britons into the fray. Planned or not, he’s now somehow managed to unite Gordon Brown and David Cameron, at least on their stand on the NHS, and now he’s got about 60million Brits fighting the US health care reform battle for him.
On the other hand, we have a crook running in by-elections. -.-
I wish I’d never have to grow up.
Oh yeah.. and i may be on holiday the day my boy goes back to france!!!
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Give me back my world..
ThEditor
Dear All,
I need your help, helping them. =)
I’m taking donations over the next week for Unicef Malaysia, a program dedicated to helping the children of Malaysia, protecting their rights and ensuring their health and well-being. For more information, click the link above.
If you’d like to make a donation, please contact me via email (thelovebunnymail@yahoo.co.uk) or via this website or facebook, or call me or text me at +447531723753 .
If you’d just like to make a small donation (ie <5 pounds) just let me know so I can meet up with you =) I’ll also be hanging around the Waterloo and Strand campuses (specifically in the Waterloo foyer and in the JJP room and Strand foyer) for most of the next three days.
If you’re interested in watching a show or if you’re charitable enough, a five pound donation will get u a ticket to see a Malaysian-student production with NO OTHER CHARGE at 7:30pm on the 9th of Dec at Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE, Houghton Street.
Please don’t forget that it’s the season of giving =) I’m serious. I won’t rush you guys to donate, but it’s what’s in your heart that matters, and one pound = RM7, which can buy just about a full day’s meals per child back in Malaysia.
A description of the show is as follows:
“Gold Rain and Hailstones” is a play exploring themes of identity, place and belonging. It looks at the lives of four best friends who have journeyed to America for university and back home again. Touching and hilarious, it also makes subtle digs about the New Economic Policy and takes a look at modern Malaysian life. As our story opens, Amy (Jocelyn Yong), the last among her friends to return, discovers that the city streets she had once loved to roam, even places that had been warm and familiar, now feel strange and obscure. She must decide whether her quest for some form of acceptance is truly the right path, or if she has become the very thing she does not want to be.
I promise you that all proceeds go straight to UNICEF Malaysia.
Your donation counts! <3
People who decide to donate more than 5 pounds will get something extra from me too =P
TrueCharityStartsFromWithin,
ThEditor.
Dear All,
Just a quick post to say I’ve been persuaded (somewhat) by a friend of mine to start an art blog. I don’t want to dedicate THIS blog to it, however… so here’s the link. =) -> http://c3seethwee.blogspot.com.
Enjoy. <3
Love,
ThEditor.
Dear All,
Not much to report today. It was a good day overall, i guess =) Went to church with a friend, and Kar Wye came over for makans ^^
Two big changes in my life happened today; one of which I’m not at liberty to talk about since it concerns someone else… and another that makes me really look forward to December this year. =) I hope the next three years of my life are great… I really, really want to be able to smile everyday now…
A friend of mine suggested this morning that we do a co-ed recording of us playing guitar/singing and post it on youtube. Honestly I’m more than a bit nervous, but what the hell!! Sure! XD Can we just find some way to pixelate my face first? =P
My guitar playing is getting better and better. I miss my violin with every passing day. Sometimes I feel like carressing my guitar strings with my eyes closed and just trying to imagine it’s my violin… which doesn’t really work because if I actually carressed my violin’s strings the way I do my guitar’s, my fingers would bleed.Oh, and the strings would snap. But I’m definately bringing my violin over in December, because I want to practice til I can prove to my dad that it wouldn’t be a waste of money to buy an electric violin. GOSH. It’s on my list of things to own, right up there next to the Lamborghini Gallardo.
By the way I found Lamborghini London (showroom) at South Kensington. *hearts&flowers*. it only costs like £120,000 here!! dammmit…. T.T
Not much else to say. Still have lots of studying to do…
Daily:
Consumable-ds: BREAKKIES – 6 slices of bacon, a plate of pasta & chicken, a chocolate spread sandwich & cereal + milk. Cost = FREE. LUNCH – A bottled drink. Cost = 60p. DINNER = BBQ pork w/ rice & cucumber + 7up. Cost = £4.40.
Procrastinate-ds: Studying Contract, EU, Criminal. Contract Essay, EU essay.
Carrocolada: My violin T_T
What’s on the cake: My (our??) guitar, Public Law chapters 4 – 12.
A shmile a daye,
ThEditor.
Dear All,
It’s beginning to kick in, unfortunately. I was checking my calendar this morning and I realized that this friday was my dad’s birthday. That got me thinking about how much I missed my dad. That, metaphorically speaking, opened the floodgates. As a super example of how insane I feel right now, I’m offering a 20 pound reward to anyone who will courier a huge box of maggi cup noodles over here T_T
Like,
T_T
And I miss my daddy. I’ve always missed my daddy since he left that morning and said “Take care, dad loves you”. I don’t care who thinks I’m a daddy’s girl, but I really love my dad. Sniffle. Can’t wait to go back in December.
Law is super fun, though. I’m SO sure I picked the right course because as much as I love maths and science subjects, I can’t imagine being in my friends’ positions in their respective courses. At least in law I can flex my brain like all the time. Reading law puts EVERYTHING into a different (albeit legal) perspective whether you like it or not. And I find that TONS of fun =D
I still haven’t decided what type of law I’m going to branch out into though. I’ll have to think really hard…
Made some super friends here in the meantime. Couple of malaysians (one of whom I split the price of a guitar with =D ) and some locals, some Czechs, some Nigerians.. uni ROCKS. I also managed to meet up with Kar Wye from college and we went to see Avenue Q. Mr Leonard, it’s going to Singapore, you really SHOULD see it. It’s QUITE bad.
And I’m going to do my best to put my daily dailies back up again. It doesn’t look very healthy though, because our pantry only has a microwave and kettle. -.- Only dinners and breakfasts are provided… and thanks to a crazy timetable and extra classes (have I mentioned I’m learning french? and breakdancing? =D ) I miss like 3 dinners a week, too. I stock up on hot chocolate and kinder bueno like im some chocolate-crazy person (but I’m NOT!!… well not too bad… i don’t think…. =P ) and I’m running out of packet maggi(which kinda sucks) and nestum. Milo here burns a hole in your pocket before you can count the number of fingers you have.
Thankfully, there’s a chinese shop round the corner and a couple blocks down opposite King’s Cross station which serves the equivalent of my lunch AND dinner for 3.90 pounds. Not too shabby. And it’s run by Chinese Chinese people, so the food is QUITE good. They do takeouts til midnight, too. joy <3
Okay, that settles it. I’m putting my daily dailies up… as well as expenditures… in each and every post… starting TOMORROW.
No, I promise. XD
MR LEONARD!!! Four 2000 word essays in three hours!!! HOW???? sobsobsob help.
I want my violin.
Loves, Hugs and Kisses,
ThEditor
Dear all,
Just testing the WordPress mobile program that I put on my iPod. 
I’m in London now, stating with relatives in Wimbledon actually. I’ve really been able to get familiar with the locals; I’ve fallen down the stairs and caught at least 3 strains of bacteria that infect the nose and throat, and yet I find myself still excited and giddy and happy about everything. Gosh…..
In the meantime, I got my phone and phone number (which I will send to my Malaysian contacts as soon as I settle properly) and got my finances settled. Games here are bl**dy expensive. And I think bollocks is a really dirty word but I could be wrong 
Going to move to my permanent address in Russell Square in a couple of hours. Ta!
ThEditor.
Dear All (Malaysians),
My mother always said, and I agree with her at least on this, that even when people were pissed while Mahathir was our PM and they said he was too strict, too this, too that, even so, comparing him to Pak Lah, it’s like choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea. In my personal opinion, our country did ‘reasonably’ well both economically and politically under Mahathir… a condition that seems to be absent these days…
Has anyone read the news yet? About those racist comments Ahmad Ismail (Bukit Bendera chief of UMNO) made against the chinese? Here’s a quote from The Star Online…
“Ahmad had allegedly called the Chinese pendatang (immigrants) and was also reported to have said that “as the Chinese were only immigrants it was impossible to achieve equal rights amongst races” during a ceramah in Permatang Pauh in Aug 25.
He had allegedly uttered the remarks in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Penang Gerakan Youth committee member Dr Thor Teong Gee lambasted Ahmad and charged that Umno was still using racial ideology to achieve its own personal political agenda.
Bukit Mertajam MCA division chairman Lau Chiek Tuan called for disciplinary action against Ahmad.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s political secretary Ng Wei Aik also called on Ahmad to immediately retract his statement and apologise to the community.
Ahmad could not be reached for comment.”
And all our PM had to say was,
“I will tell him not to do it again. You know in a campaign all sorts of things can come up. I don’t think he meant it. I’ll make sure to tell him not to use it again.”
Is a public apology even going to be enough? Firstly I doubt it would be sincere… and assuming it was, i don’t think it’s enough to make the people happy. If the races’ roles were reversed and it was for example, an MCA chief or a minority party chief for that matter, saying something like that about the MALAY heritage, would they get away with it so easily? I don’t think so! If you’re trying to convince me that yes you (assuming u are malay) would forgive him/her so easily, there’s a 99.999% chance you’re trying to fool me, yourself and the rest of the world. Politics is just an ugly battleground for the rich and the powerful who can use the little people like Army Men.
Even if this comment DIDN’T come up in a heated campaign and even if it WASN’T the month of our independence, i don’t think this kind of comment should be allowed to slide just like that.
Mr Ahmad Ismail, if you can find DEFINITE proof that the Malays are really all from this land of Malaya (and this source is an independant source ie not from Malaysia), maybe then the burden of your actions on that 25th of August 2008 would not be so heavy. Probably lighter by a feather’s weight. Did your forefathers DEFINITELY come from a small village in Malaya?… Are you sure? I am not saying that there are no real natives amongst the bumiputeras in our country today.. but are ALL of them definitely from this land? I know I’m speaking really kiddy now, but how else do you speak to immature people? It’s like explaining hydrolysis to a 2 month old baby… you just can’t do it.
What do you think would happen if all the Chinese left malaysia tomorrow so you could have your ‘harmony’? If you need us and (you think) we need you, why are you stirring up trouble to begin with? What kind of insult do you think you have made towards all us Chinese whose forefathers like yours gave their lives for this country, and to bring us here where we are today?
Ahmad Ismail has joined the ranks of the immature politicians of the world, because he used his mouth before his brain. Unless he doesn’t have one, in which case he is excused.
And our PM… I’m so disappointed in you. I’ve got nothing more to say.
I said this before, but if Najib becomes our next PM, I am not coming back (if I can help it) til he’s gone. It’s just a personal thing. I knew I didn’t like him from the instant I saw him yawning during the PM’s speech during our 50th Independence celebrations last year.
To those of you who are thinking of telling me, “Why bother? Why get so worked up? You know this can’t help anything,” etc., I’m saying all this and telling the world all this because
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I AM MALAYSIAN! (Annuar: Drop Ahmad issue)?? Tuesday - September 2, 2008
Tags: ahmad ikmail ismail, ahmad ismail, chinese, comment, election, harmony, malay, malaysia, permatang pauh, racial, seditious
“Kelantan UMNO yesterday urged Barisan Nasional component party Gerakan to stop demanding that UMNO and the coalition penalise [Datuk Ahmad Ismail] over his racially sensitive remarks about the Chinese community (read previous post).”
” It’s chairman, Tan Sri Annuar Musa, said the remarks by Bukit Bendera UMNO division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail were made in a personal capacity, similar to the statements by several Gerakan leaders urging the party to leave BN.”
“Gerakan has, of late, issued statements which threatened the harmony of BN but UMNO leaders have been patient … the moderation of UMNO leaders, particularly Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, should not be taken advantage of.”
-All excerpts from New Straits Times page 8 (Prime News), September 2nd 2008, Tuesday.
The New Straits Times has been accused of serving as a propaganda tool for the Malaysia government[citation needed] and its proxy owner, theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which is a right-wing Malay political party. - excerpt from Wikipedia article on New Straits Times.
Dear YOU.
If, hypothetically speaking, I stood in the middle of, say, KLCC Park, and shouted out that in my personal opinion, I HATE Indians/Malays and I think they’re inhibiting the country’s progress, would I be charged with sedition? Would the ISA be all out for my guts? Or would you stoop so low as to send of your people to beat me up and say, oh, s/he did of in her/his personal conviction? Why are bloggers, whose blogs are filled with personal thoughts and opinions and heartfelt hopes, being blocked and taken down for being ’seditious’ then?
UMNO, do not change the topic… the fact remains that what Ahmad Ismail said hurt the country’s people, he should be charged by the ISA by all legal counts. Don’t try to divert our attention to something that Gerakan did, it doesn’t change what Ahmad Ismail said. At least Gerakan learned their lesson and has the guts to speak their mind even if we all think it may just be a losing battle.
If I understand correctly, UMNO would rather keep Ahmad Ismail as he is and allow Najib to slide by without at least a public apology/reprimanding, and are more focused on the statements made by Gerakan that could ‘threaten the harmony of BN’, than passions and pride of their people? Or are we ‘Malaysians’ not your people, that you would stand up for the Malays but not for us? Or is the party for the people, more important than the people? Or do you simply not see that your people are angry at you?
Moderation? Where was the moderation of the UMNO leaders during other times? Calling this ‘moderation’ instead of lenience is more laughable than that joke about the twleve-inch pianist.
From this statement, if he speaks for all of UMNO, I can clearly see where their priorities lie. Haven’t you realized by now that if the majority of your people are Malays but you’re STILL losing the elections (by a metaphorical landslide, I may add) with the current stand you’re taking, it might *HACK**HACK**COUGH* be time for a change?
I’d like to write a more educated-sounding article, but this extent of stupidity present is too much for even me to process.
Here’s my advice, SIR. Go get an SPM History textbook. Read it. Try to use your ‘adult’, ‘educated’ mind to think about what sparked the racial riots and dissatisfaction here.
I know how pissed I am when I find myself wanting to kick someone whom I know could very well put me in jail.
It’s not people like us who are making racial harmony impossible. It’s people like you.
What have you done for/to us?
ThEditor.