Freedom of speech

Bhangra party

2009-08-15T13:13:00.002+08:00

Heyyy people it has been a long time since i have blogged weiii.....To be honest i prefer to read other people's blog then blog but since im bored so decided to do so haha.Well let me start with the bhangra party i had a week back....It was funny because my parents had just left for aus for 10 days and i decided why not i have a house party since i havent had one in a long time...Arif lee got everyone together and we met in hartamas square for dinner....The best part was my friends from apiit got along very well with my hartamas friends...Thats great.....After that we walked to my house and my friends from apiit were shock to see my bro because they said i dont look like him at all haha.When it first started it was a bit crappy because the music was not rite but after the bhangra came on everything fell in place.....I realy had a good time weii....One thing i can say...Once i start dancing i will never stop and before i dance i will tell myself 'dont care what people say about u....just have fun'and i did that and it was amazing.I think its time i get a beter sound system for the music so i can accommodate more people.At the end of the night everything turned out welll....Hopefully i can have another bhangra party soon....Bhangra all the way weii.....Sorry for the people i dint invite because i taught you all went for the camp haha.Cheers

Happy birthday james

2009-05-31T00:14:00.002+08:00

My brother james this is going to be an open card from me haha.My brother james i have known him for 4 years now haha.I got to know him in form 1 in sri hartamas school haha.The first day when i saw him i was so excited because he was white hahaha....And the best part was when he was elected as the class monitor(The best one u can ever get).From then we became very close haha.I think we were made to know each other haha.James and i were the biggest mischief in school hahaha everyday we will ronda the school and do a lot of other things haha.I still remember last year almost everyday we will hangout in yatra for like 2 hours talking and all haha.When we have our sejarah tuition we will always tell our parents to pick us up 1 hour later after the tuition ends to chill and talk haha.I still remember one day....THis was during the elections when we were outside tuition i was telling james how screwed up the goverment was and the next thing i realise that the Special Branch unit was next to me listening hahaha.I hope he passed the massage to the Pm that the goverment sucks and we need a change haha.Brother james please forgive me if i have done anything wrong and i hope we continue to be best of friends....Cheers

Happy Birthday

YUDISHTRA
(Pakatan Rakyat)

Happy birthday Arif Omar Lee

2009-05-31T00:06:00.004+08:00

This is going to be an open card from me........Happy birthday bro.....It looks like we have known each other for 10 years now.....I still remember the first day i met him.....haha.To me arif is like my brother....When he comes to my house he makes himself at home haha.Arif if you ever get kicked out of your house or get drunk feel free to come over to my place haha.It has been an interesting friendship for the last 10 years....We have argued but made up haha.....This brings the friendship closer haha.I mean arif is one guy i realy trust....When ever i have problems the first person i will go and see is arif or my brothers haha.Im waiting for the day we turn 18 and we can have a nice lovely beer haha.Cheers.Im sorry bro if i have ever done anything wrong to you or anything like that.Cheers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Arif

LOVE....YUDISHTRA SELVARATNAM
(PAKATAN RAKYAT)

Exams are over

2009-05-31T00:00:00.002+08:00

Heyy people,well finally my mid term exams are done......It feels so good to be done with my exams.Yesterday i went to the curve which was kinda good haha then headed to hartamas for some food and finished at about 11.00pm haha.Once i got back the first thing i did was sleep zzzzzz hahaha.Needed to catch up on my sleep haha.Today i got up at about 11 plus and had a good breakfast/lunch at home.In the afternoon i went to sleep and went jogging in the evening haha.At night i decided to have dinner at yatra with james,ben,eng hock,arif,swee,james and all haha.....Then we headed to mcd to watch football and here i am haha.Cheers

Weekly diary

2009-05-10T13:37:00.003+08:00

Hey people this week has been a hell week for me haha.Lets start with monday...Every monday sucks for me because all the heavy subjects are on monday like add maths,physics and all.Tuesday was good because i had "cca" where i could go and play football and guess what the malaysian Hannah montana came to my school....Interesting.I swear to god but i have never ever heard of her but it looks like she was not bad man haha.The best part was when the teachers said this concert is for the primary kids and sec 1 and 2.So ax,cat and i decided to go and see our principle and pleaded to him and finally he said ok.We were so happy weii u know why????Can skip chemistry haha.It was nice seeing the whole school there including the janitors and all haha.What did i do on wenesday ah?Wenesday was an ok day.Thursday was a bad day for me and guess what i wore black that day haha.I will talk on that on my next post.Thursday was crazy weii because we had 4 periods of chemistry add maths and all....I was drained out.At night my aunt from the uk came down.....went to meet up with her for a bit haha.Friday till today sunday.....I have been studying like a dog meaning i haven't had time to sleep haha.Sleeping at 3.00 am and geting up at 8.00am.That kinda suck weii haha.Ok thats about it in this post catch you all later haha.Cheers.

This is what i did for my english oral

2009-05-04T23:30:00.001+08:00

Good morning to ms lela and my fellow friends.Today I am here to talk about the advantages and disadvantage of blogging.Lately blogging has been the in thing meaning most people have a blog.There are so many blog company’s out there for you to set up your own blog for free.Example blogspot,myspace,xanga and many more.

Advantages

1.We get to speak our mind out in our blog

2.We can express our stand on certain issues

3.We tell the world what we have been up too

4.We can keep in touch with friends all over the world

5. We can share our knowledge with the world

6.We can make friends online using our blog

Disadvantages

1. We Need to keep our blog constantly updated otherwise you lose potential readers

2. It is easy to start a blog but it is hard to maintain it

3. I have often found that the people who have most time to write have least to say, and the people who have most to say don’t have enough time to write it. Thus, the real expertise within the organization lays hidden, as you get drowned in trivia.

4. Organizations are not democracies. The Web makes many organizations look like disorganizations, with multiple tones and opinions. Contrary to what some might think, the average customer prefers it if the organization they are about to purchase from is at least somewhat coherent.

As an individual, I would highly recommend that you have some sort of publishing strategy, whether it be a blog, newsletter, writing articles for magazines, website or whatever. This is an age where you will build your professional reputation word by word. Start off by finding something people care about and that you care about.

This is how i would look with a songkok and a samfoo hahaha

2009-05-03T11:56:00.000+08:00

March 8th 2008( A new dawn for malaysia)

2009-05-03T11:45:00.003+08:00

Well for me politics in malaysia rite now is realy interesting.....This is what i think la haha.Well the goverment lost realy badly in the last general election mainly because of arrogants of power....Well we know they have been in power for......52 years.....DO u think its time for a change?I think we need a change.Secondly bersih and hindraf realy woke the rakyat up weii.I still remember the day before the bersih rally ,i was at my friends house discussing about politics and predicting what would happen.Well i was shocked to see 30 to 40 thousand people walk the streets demanding justice.Thirdly,by detaining a person under the I.S.A you are preventing the rakyat to speak up....Dont u think so?There is so much more i want to say but you know la malaysia mah u say anything bad and you can see yourself in I.S.A hahaha.Well many of my friends know how crazy i am into politcs.Thats all for now but the last thing i want to say.....Not bad man malaysia..We have an alternative goverment in waiting hahaha.Pakatan Rakyat keep up the good work.Cheers.

Oral exam????

2009-05-03T11:42:00.001+08:00

Hey everyone.......What topic do u think i should do for my oral exam for english and bm?Any idea's please post it on the chat box....Thanks

A journey thrue life

2009-05-02T23:37:00.002+08:00

Apa khabar semua????I think im kinda bored rite now so i decided to blog......Interesting.For the first time im not going to write anything to do with politics maybe in my next article i would haha.Well ive been looking forward for this long weekend to take a break but realised that i have my mid term in 2 weeks (Shit!).It looks like im gona get back into bloggging and im gona revive my blog haha.Well lets start with this week....What did i do?Monday sucked because it was the first day of the week of school ahahaha but tuesday was good because my school had swimming and they made us work our ass off haha followed by a singging session in the changing room.Wenesday was realy tiring because school finished at 3.40 and then i had to rush back and head for tution.Thursday was realy funnny because my class teacher suddently got realy angry with all of us because we did not do our oral hahaha.As usual i will be laughing away hahaha.Well thats all for now...Catch youle soon.Cheers

House party

2009-03-28T20:35:00.000+08:00

3 months has gone by.

2009-03-28T20:27:00.002+08:00

Well i cant believe 3 months have gone by so fast.Well the last 3 months has been very interesting for me.First of all because i moved to a new school this year which is called Apiit smart school.Im glad i moved there because it has given me a beter chance to study there hahahaha(Without geting in trouble)Other than that i have made new friends and all.Everytime my parents go on holiday they leave me back at home so while they are gone i have a house party hahaha.My dad one day randomly googled me and found me on youtube.....Interesting?He was kinda shock to see the amount of people there hahahaha.I will upload the photos after this.Well next week i will be turning 16.....April5.I think thats about it for now.....Cheers

I.S.A

2008-11-05T23:28:00.002+08:00

Sup,In malaysia after 51 years of independents we still use the I.S.A.Lets look at it at both point of views,From one point it is good because for the country's stability but on the other side of it,I.S.A has been used wrongly.Everybody is gona ask why?let me answer that for u,You see rite now I.S.A is being used when it is a threat to the goverment not the rakyat.I know in the next election Pakatan Rakyat will be able to throw the current goverment out.People like Raja petra being detained under I.S.A why???WHat has he done wrong.I stand by my words that I.S.A needs to be abolish!!!.In malaysia the current goverment practises Law of the jungle when it should be practising Rule of law.I stand by my words that I.S.A should be abolish.

These are my hero's-Raja petra and Anwar ibrahim

2008-10-31T23:26:00.001+08:00

Im back

2008-10-31T23:12:00.004+08:00

Apa khabar?Finally i am back blogging.My blog was down for about a month because of certain reason's but now im back.I have been just lazing around for the last 2 weeks and plan to continue it until god knows when.Yesterday was a realy good day because i went out with arif,jaz,howie to one utama.Lets start with when i went to the bowling alley,the bowling alley was realy crowded and we had to bowl at the last lane ouch.When i bowled my first shot the blady machine dint work and i kept on calling the guy to come and fix it.I was realy about to loose my temper and i realised that they employ brainless cowdung's.So fine,the guy finally moved us to another lane.Howie and i scored an 110 points,arif 60 points and jaz 50 points.After we went bowling we went to watch the lamest ever show High School Musical haha and it was crap.After watching the movie they all came over to my house to change and we went jogging to Bukit Damansara with faheem.After jogging i went to howie's place and had my dinner there.At about 10.00pm plus we left and went back home.

What a day.....

2008-09-08T19:01:00.002+08:00

916 Merdeka Gua Punya?

2008-09-04T21:01:00.001+08:00

Hindraf Leaders

2008-09-04T20:52:00.000+08:00

Freedom of Speech

2008-09-04T20:31:00.004+08:00

In Malaysia it is sad to find out that we cant practise freedom of speech.I realy do not understand why?Whenever we say something againts the goverment,they arrest us or disturb us like an example Raja Petra.You see for a goverment to succeed sometimes u need to listen to the rakyat because the rakyat have got a lot of ideas.I strongly believe we should be allowed to practise freedom of speech.Everybody taught by after the March 8 general elections the goverment would learn from their mistakes but it looks like they havent.Why?We the Rakyat should never be scad of any goverment which runs the country because we have elected them.`Kebetulannya rakyat yang berhormat dan kerajaan yang berhidmat'.I realy hope September 16 comes true.Its time we need a change.

Yudishtra Selvaratnam
(yudishtra_lauzie@hotmail.com)

Expect more than 40 to defect to Pakatan Rakyat reported from Malaysiakini

2008-09-03T22:35:00.001+08:00

“Come September 16, we will show who has in fact been dreaming or bragging.”

MCPX

So confident is Sarawak PKR chief Dominique Ng that he told a press conference this afternoon in Kuching that Pakatan Rakyat coalition could now count on more that 40 MPs to cross over from Barisan Nasional.

His statement came amid reports that a top PKR leader met with leaders of a BN component party in Kota Kinabalu this morning to pledge support for the opposition’s move.

Ng said in addition to individual MPs, he expected enough BN parties to join Pakatan for the opposition to have sufficient numbers to oust the government by the Sept 16 deadline.

Meanwhile, Ng announced that the state PKR would be holding a series of dinners, including one in Kuching on Sept 15 and another in Miri on Sept 16, in conjunction with Malaysia Day celebrations.

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has on the weekend mooted the proposal to declare Sept 16 as a public holiday in all five Pakatan-held states in Peninsular Malaysia.

Ng, who is the party's sole assemblyperson in Sarawak, added that it would be declared a public holiday in the East Malaysian state “when Pakatan forms the state government”.

According to Ng, Sept 16 was a public holiday for workers in Sarawak until 1994 when the Sarawak Labour Ordinance was amended by the state government.

Ng added the Federal Constitution was also very clear on the significance of those two days - Sept 16 is Malaysia Day, while Aug 31 is Merdeka Day.

The leaders of Sarawak PKR will gather at Padang Merdeka in Kuching on the morning of Sept 16 to commemorate Malaysia Day.

This will be the fourth year the party is observing Malaysia Day with the hoisting of the national and state flags at the site.

Padang Merdeka, which is in the heart of the city, is where the Proclamation of Malaysia was read out on Sept 16, 1963 by a representative of the federal cabinet, the late Khir Johari, in the presence of the then state governor Tun Haji Openg and the then chief minister Stephen Kalong Ningkan.

Who are likely to jump?

There have been intense speculations in Sarawak and Sabah as to which BN component parties are likely to join Pakatan.

In Sabah, the Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp), led by former chief minister Yong Teck Lee, has been frequently mentioned, and this has not been denied by its leaders.

Another party on the list is said to be Upko, which is led by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Bernard Dompok, also a former chief minister of Sabah. The two parties have six MPs between them.

In Sarawak, one of the parties mentioned as a possibility is Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), led by state development minister Dr James Masing. It has six MPs.

A PKR source said the crossovers in Sarawak are likely to come from all the state's four BN component parties - PRS, SPDP, SUPP and PBB. But their leaders have all publicly denied this.

The source added that the crossovers from Peninsular Malaysia are about equal in number.

What i did today(wenesday)3-9-2008

2008-09-03T22:27:00.003+08:00

Sup everybody,life for me has been a little tight weii.Now Pmr is just around the corner it looks like its time i need to buck up haha.I am not much of a blogger but once in a while when i am bored i blog haha.Today i went to school and everybody just looked so upset,tired and moody.The canteen was filled with chinese so i felt unique haha.After school i went home and went to bed to catch some rest.After i got up had to rush to Amin's tution for 2 hours.After Amin's tution i went for my sejarah tution in Alaf baru and got back at 10.00pm and here i am hahah.

Same old haha

2008-08-31T13:39:00.002+08:00

Sup everybody,This week has been a little bit tight for certain reason's hahaha.Lets start with the eve of Merdeka it was an ok day haha but kinda boring.So in the afternoon i went to kasturi and when i reached kasturi it started raining so heavyly haha.The best part was that i dint have a blady Umbrella but rite outside the lrt station there was this lady selling some umbrella for rm 5 bucks so chris and i bought one.James decided to be cheap and not buy haha so we made him run to tution in the rain,when he reached tution he was soaking wet haha.After geting back home,my parents decided to take my bro and i out for dinner and on the way we saw this bunch of malay boys on their basikal haha with the merdeka flag.After dinner decided to go to Dragon head pub and got back at 2.30 am.THen my dad and i started to talk about politics and never stop and went to bed at 3.30am haha.

Today a realy realy funny day

2008-08-16T15:49:00.002+08:00

Hey people,lets start with this morning,AT 11.00 i left for tution to head to kasturi in Pasar Seni with james,chris and jas.So lets move on to the interesting part,While we were having our break at Kasturi we went to the toilet.Infront of the toilet there was a windows and by the way this tution is on the fifth floor.We saw this rubish bin infront of the window and decided to throw it out but what happen was when we threw it out,i think it hit a car haha because a lot of cars were horning hahaha.So after tution we went to check out where was the rubish bin and found it by the side of the road.I think somebody must have put it by the side of the road.So yea that was my interesting story i had to tell youle haha.At about 5 planning to head up to Subang Jaya Medical Center to visit my dad.Cheers

Now into politics

2008-08-15T14:55:00.003+08:00

You see in malaysia it is sad because we have been divided.Divided meaning malay's,chinese's and indian's.I feel for all of us to succeed its time we start calling our self a Malaysian and not an indian,malay or chinese.I defitnetly respect other people's race and religion.Secondly,Why is it Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is being charged with sodomy?Let me answer that for you,It is because the goverment led by Barisan National is desperate,they taught by charging Anwar with sodomy people would not like him and switch back to Barisan National.IT is bullshit.I am fedup with this goverment because they have cheated us for the last 50 years.Its time we need a change.Its time we get away from race base politics and move on.I hope and pray that Dato Seri Anwar ibrahim wins in Permatang pauh and i am hopping to see him attending parlimen on aug 27.Cheers

Makhal Sakthi,Reformasi
(yudishtra)

Im back

2008-08-15T14:51:00.002+08:00

Hey everybody how are all of youle???Hope youle are fine.Finaly im posting something new on my blog hahhaa.Let me start with how was my day.Today was kinda boring day because we did nothing in school hahha.Ive been following the recent general elections very closely .Later in the evening planing to go to the hospital to visit my dad.

The mind set of the goverment will never change????

2008-05-14T14:34:00.002+08:00

Hey everyone,i finally got my computer back hahaha,had an exam which finishes this thursday.Ok lets get back to the topic.Seriousely i dont understand why cant the goverment release the hindraf detainees who are being held under I.S.A.The goverment says that hindraf is linked to a terorism group which is in sri lanka.Where is the proove that they are link to a terorism group in sri lanka?They are fighting for the indians rite's and the goverment is reacting like this.They should listen to what they are saying and try to do something and not held the hindraf leaders under I.S.A.
You see the only thing they can do is by helding them under I.S.A because they dont have any proof.What ever it is the hindraf leaders are true heroes.They woke up the indians telling them to stop supporting the goverment because the goverment hasent done anything for the indians seriousely.We will just see what happens haha.I feel so disapointed because the hindraf leaders are being held for doing something which is benefiting the indians and the public.One thing i can say,Barisan National youle beter change your mindset if not youle will be thrown out.The best part is that Pakatan Rakyat manage to deny 2 third majority wohoo.

MAKHAL SAKTHI!!!!!
(Yudishtra)

The reason i forgived him????

2008-05-04T00:07:00.003+08:00

Hey everyone,one thing i realise is that everyone makes mistakes.One thing about me is if u do something bad to me,u beter watch out hahaha.This kid i hated for 3 months who realy pissed me of so badly last year.He will do anything to buy friends and it realy made me disapointed big time.In the begining of this year he endded up in my class hahaha so i taught he had changed but he was still the same old guy who try's to buy friends and all that crap.So one day he pissed my best friend of james robinson and when i heard about it,it made me realy angry.So i hated him for 3 months.During that 3 months i treated him kinda badly but what i wanted him to realise is that dont take friends for granted.After 3 months i forgive'd him and became friends.Today he is a realy nice guy who has learnt from all of his mistakes.I am proud of you bro.
Cheers.

Hali ini ahad

2008-05-03T23:58:00.004+08:00

Yoo people,Im here to tell u how bad my day was,It started when i woke up and i had tution with mr ravi for 2 hours then i had my lunch and bummed around for a bit hahaha.After that i fell a sleep and woke up around 4.oopm and ran to my table to do my work hahaha.After that went to watch tv and again to my table to do some studying hahaha.After that had to do my bladdy project which is fucking pissing me off.I plan to finish my project until 4.00 am if i can.

Lawyer: Uthayakumar needs IJN care

2008-05-03T19:22:00.000+08:00

TAIPING: P. Uthayakumar, one of the five Hindraf leaders being detained under the ISA, may be suffering from a heart ailment and should be referred to the National Heart Institute (IJN) immediately, his lawyer N. Surendran said.

He said an echocardiogram carried out on Uthayakumar by a specialist at the Taiping Hospital on Sunday found that his client’s heart muscle had been damaged, a condition referred to as “hypokinetic”.

“The specialist said this condition merits referral to IJN,” he told reporters outside the Kamunting detention centre on Tuesday.

Surendran claimed that despite Uthayakumar’s worsening, the authorities have failed to give him the proper attention and that he was contemplating filing legal proceedings.

My life

2008-05-01T19:34:00.003+08:00

For the first time i am posting something about my self hahaha.One day i want to become the next minister of malaysia which hopefully will be ruled by pakatan rakyat.I am trying all ways to corect my self from all the wrong things i have done and i try to help others who are having problems too.It is kinda sad seing my second bro away from me because he has gone to Australia to finish his study's.I have a bunch of realy lovely friends seriousely and one of them is M.Arif Omar lee.He has helped me in so many ways seriousely weii.The reason i am posting this is because im feeling emo rite now,never felt like this before hahaha.

Take care everyone,
Yudishtra Selvaratnam
(Makhal Sakthi)

Finaly malaysia is geting a change in the political section

2008-05-01T19:31:00.002+08:00

I am so happy finaly the oppositions which is now know as pakatan rakyat won 82 parlimentary seats.The first parlimentary meeting was good because pakatan rakyat were voiceing out all the problems the public are facing.

Message from P.Uthayakumar(Hindraf adviser)

2008-04-06T18:08:00.002+08:00

Mr.P.Uthayakumar had this message to convey to all HINDRAF supporters on the 100th day of ISA arrest and detention. The message was relayed to a close family member and I had prepared his message in a written form to reflect what he himself would have written had he be given the chance.

P.Waytha Moorthy

Message from P.Uthayakumar

100 days under ISA Detention – P.Uthayakumar Hindraf

Today is the 100th day of my arrest and detention under the ISA at Kamunting Prison, Taiping (Kemta).

I woke up early in the morning and only got to see the moon at 7am when the lock up doors were open. We are locked up about for 15 hours a day from 7pm to 7am and from 11.30am to about 2.30pm.

My spirits are manageable thus far. I have never regretted that my struggle has caused me my freedom and being locked up in prison. This is my contribution to the Malaysian Indian struggle which has been cheated by the Government for 50 years. We have remained a permanently colonized community without realizing it all these while. Now that every Malaysian Indian realises this and are willing to struggle for their "freedom" against the oppression of Malaysian Government we have no choise but to continue with the struggle. I am proud to belong to a generation who woke up against the injustices committed by the state.

The biggest satisfaction after being locked up is to see the BN being denied their two thirds majority and 5 states plus F.T. falling out of the hands of the BN. The UMNO leader who demolished the largestnumber of Hindu Temples ruthlessly, Khir Toyo was punished and so were the other UMNO leaders in their states.

I am regularly informed about HINDRAF's Makkal Sakthi wave and spirit and people praying for us. People getting arrested and beaten up, fighting for our freedom. I offer my prayers to them and their families . I hear of the hundreds of prayer meetings at temples and other gatherings for us. Please continue fighting. We never stood up for our rights over the last 50 years.

Now that we have started, we shall not stop fighting against all forms of racism and religious extremism, equality and equal opportunities for all, especially for the Malaysian Indians.

It doesn't matter how long the Government decides to lock me up but the most crucial point is we must fight and demand for our rights. 50 years of injustices are enough. Lets do it for our future generations.

The struggle goes on.

P.Uthayakumar

Hindraf

Kamunting Prison

Taiping (Kemta)

THESE PEOPLE ARE TRUE HEROES!!!!!!!

2008-03-30T19:06:00.005+08:00

These are the people who are being detained under I.S.A

2008-03-29T22:51:00.004+08:00

2008-03-29T22:43:00.004+08:00

HINDRAF BOLEH!!!!!

HINDRAF BOLEH!!!!!! BERSIH BOLEH!!!!!

2008-03-29T22:27:00.002+08:00

THe malaysian indians have been marginalised for the last 50 years,The blady M.I.C is a bunch of useless indian gangsters.I will say hindraf are true heroes seriousely.It is so frustrating seing the hindraf leaders held under I.S.A because they came out to voice their dissatisfaction with M.I.C and Barisan National.It is very simple,Hindraf is telling the goverment to stop demolishing the hindu temples in malaysia.The indians and chinese have been cheated by the goverment for the last 50 years.They treatend us saying if u dont vote for Barisan National there will be instability in the goverment and malaysia.What rubish is this!!!!!!.Barisan National leaders think we are stupid,Halo Ingat apa kita ni bodoh ke!!!!!.Its simple as this Does the goverment have any prove saying that the hindraf leaders are link to terorism?????THEY DONT.What ever it is i think HINDRAF AND BERSIH ARE TRUE HEROES!!!!!.Cheers.

In shift, gov't reaches out to bloggers

2008-03-25T21:41:00.001+08:00

The government has said it will reach out to bloggers, dropping threats of arrest in a major change of policy triggered by a shock election loss that has raised calls for reform.

The nation's mainstream media is mostly part-owned by parties in the ruling coalition, and what was seen as biased coverage in the run-up to last month's vote has boosted demand for alternative news sources including blogs.

After being hit with the worst results in its half-century history, including the loss of its two-thirds parliamentary majority, the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition now says it wants to listen to dissenting voices.

Newly appointed Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek said he is keen to meet bloggers.

"I am trying to build a bridge between the government and the people so that we can have a two-way dialogue - and bloggers are a key part of this," he told AFP.

"I am planning on meeting them soon," he said.

But prominent bloggers have questioned the commitment of the government, which until recently had accused them of spreading lies and threatened severe punishment including detentions without trial.

"We welcome the government's move to engage bloggers but we are not in any hurry to meet them," said National Alliance of Bloggers president Ahiruddin Attan.

Ahiruddin, who met with Ahmad Shabery on Friday, said the offer of talks with bloggers needed to reflect the political will of the government.

"The success of the talks will depend on what kind of mandate he has from the cabinet," he said of Cheek's proposal.

"He is going to be acting against the popular stand of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that bloggers are a nuisance."

Bloggers change Malaysian politics

Media analyst and blogger Nuraina Samad said bloggers have changed the face of Malaysian politics, becoming a vocal group that the government has to deal with.

"Many bloggers who turned to opposition politics before the last elections won the seats they contested," she told AFP.

"You look at the issues people were talking about before and during the elections - many of them were raised by bloggers, and you did not see them raised even once in the mainstream media," she said.

"Despite this, the points raised became major issues among the people during the election campaign, with the government parties forced to address these issues that had been blacked out in their media."

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks Malaysia 124 out of 169 on its worldwide press freedom index.

It says that the mainstream media are "often compelled to ignore or to play down the many events organised by the opposition."

Malaysia First Woman Opposition Leader Unveils Bold Agenda

2008-03-25T21:25:00.001+08:00

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP)--Malaysia's first female parliamentary opposition leader, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious agenda to boost economic growth and fight corruption.

Wan Azizah is head of the Keadilan party and wife of former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, who rallied the three-party opposition alliance to unprecedented gains in March 8 elections.

The 55-year-old mother of six, who wears a traditional Muslim headscarf, set up Keadilan after Anwar was sacked and jailed in 1998 on sex and corruption charges. He isn't allowed to stand for office until April.

Wan Azizah unveiled a five-point manifesto which focused on anti-corruption measures and equality for the various races in Malaysia, a country dominated by Muslim Malays but with large ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities.

"I will do my utmost to take this unique opportunity to move Malaysia forward towards a new dawn while continuing to safeguard the rights of all Malaysians under the constitution," she said.

The opposition parties claimed more than a third of parliamentary seats and five of the 13 states in the general elections, their successes giving them a new-found status and authority.

Wan Azizah said that on the economy, she will push for measures to encourage growth and attract investors, and ensure equal treatment for all - in a reference to positive discrimination policies for Malays which the opposition wants to reform.

"By continuing to speak out against corruption and wastage, we will continue to help guide Malaysia to a more robust, poverty-free economy," she said.

Wan Azizah said the opposition will ensure that race relations, which have become increasingly tense in recent years, will be strengthened.

"While we will ensure that the position of the Malays will not be threatened, the access to equal opportunities of Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kadazans and all Malaysians will be protected with equal vigour," she said.

Wan Azizah said the opposition would push for free and fair judicial institutions to allow democracy to flourish, and that the Malaysian media must be given the freedom to report freely and fairly.

Opposition leaders say parliament is expected to convene at the end of April or in early May.

Barisan Nasional will have 140 lawmakers in the new 222-seat parliament, against 199 in the outgoing 219-seat parliament. The opposition alliance won 80 seats from just 19 previously, with Keadilan in the lead.

REPORTED FROM MALAYSIA TODAY

What the opposition are trying to set in our goverment

2008-03-16T15:11:00.004+08:00

You see personally the opposition are trying to set a new economy policy for malaysia which is by helping all races and not only malays.You see we must all remember that we are all malaysians.It was amazing seeing people's support for the oppositions during the elections.Now that the opposition have won 5 states and denied two third majority for barisan national means that malaysia has a strong oppositions.Im practicaly waiting for pak lah to release the line up of the people who are going to be in the cabinet of malaysia.It will be release by next week hopefully.What ever it is i am very very happy that the oppositions won five states,its an eye opener for barisan national and it means that the public is not happy with our current goverment.

PKR stands firm - No to NEP

2008-03-16T11:56:00.001+08:00

PKR today reiterated that it wants to scrap the New Economic Policy (NEP) despite drawing flak from Umno in the past few days.

The opposition party has previously criticised the NEP as a policy designed to enrich the ruling Umno party and its cronies instead of eradicating poverty.

PKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali said his party intends to replace NEP with a new policy, dubbed the Malaysian Economic Agenda which was mooted by party de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

"(NEP) has been abused by a handful of leaders and cronies in Umno and Barisan Nasional to rob the country of its wealth to enrich themselves in the name of Malays as a whole.

"It has led to discriminatory practices that are against the spirit of justice and fairness for all Malaysians, particularly the poor, marginalised and disadvantaged groups of all races," said Syed Husin in a statement today.

Syed Husin said Anwar had already outlined the MEA clearly in his many articles, public lectures as well as the party’s election statement.

Anwar has been drawing flak from Umno over Malay rights ever since opposition parties PAS, PKR and DAP made heavy inroads in peninsula Malaysia resulting in BN losing control of four states and failing to wrest Kelantan.

He has also been the target of criticism over new Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s claim that Penang would be free of NEP practices.

Yesterd, Umno had organised two demonstrations - one in Penang and another in Selangor - to protest against the doing away with the affirmative policy which favours Malays.

Combat corruption, cronyism

Syed Husin said Umno and BN now use the state-controlled media to accuse PKR of having no programme to reduce poverty among the Malays given its anti-NEP platform.

"We wish to emphasise that a policy of positive discrimination in favour of all Malaysians who are poor, marginalised and disadvantaged will benefit the Malay rakyat more, because they are the majority of poor people," he added.

To do this, Syed Husin stressed that the MEA aspires to:

Institute and implement fair, just and equitable redistribution of wealth
Combat corruption, cronyism and nepotism
Needs-based positive discrimination towards the poor
Channel national wealth into better education, healthcare and housing
Improving economic competitiveness

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What i did yesterday which was saturday

2008-03-16T11:48:00.004+08:00

Apa khabar semua??????Lauzieeeee,Sup everyone,yesterday was an ok day because my tution teacher who comes to teach me maths said i am improving and i am doing my home work yea baby yea hahaha.After that i had to go and bathe my dogs but one thing i realise when i bathe my dogs i start talking to them like they are my friends hahaha and they will just be staring at me hahaha.At about 4 pm i went to go and get a hair cut in my macha's place hahaha.I came back home and went to sleep and woke up at 7 or 8.Then got ready and went out for dinner for a realy good bakuteh hahahaha.Later at about 10.00 we went to dragon head pub to listen to some bolywood music and headed back home at about 2.00am.(So yesterday boleh la)

Whats happening to our current goverment

2008-03-14T23:15:00.001+08:00

I think barisan national is hell woried about how badly they lost in the recent general elections.This is a a sign that the public is not happy with the current goverment.I wouldnt be suprise if the oppositions takes over our current goverment,but if they do i will be realy happy hahaha.One thing we all have to remind the oppositionsthat they have to work as a team to succeed.Just look at this election which was around the corner,they worked as a team and succeeded in denying two third majority.The opposition just need 30 more seats and they will get simple majority.Let me highlight on a few issues,one=Hindraf,I think its wrong puting the hindraf leader under i.s.a and saying they are linked to terorism and all.Where is the proove?????It is not because i am an indian that why i support hindraf,its because i feel the goverment is not looking after the indians in malaysia,so i hope the goverment will look into this matter and resolve it.Second issue i want to touch on is BERSIH=People are coming out to the streets to ask for clean elections and they are firing tear gas and water cannon what rubbish is that,How can the goverment do that.THey are saying the bersih caused a massive jam and all but to be honest the police is the one who caused all the jams and all.I think its enought for today and i will be back soon with some new news hahaha.Bye bye

This is the way barisan national and m.i.c treat the indians

2008-03-14T23:04:00.000+08:00

This is the way barisan national and m.i.c treat the indians in malaysia

It Is Time For Indians To Create Community`s Good Future .

2008-03-14T20:12:00.000+08:00

Dear brothers and sisters,
congratulations to all of us and thanks to all malaysians who support our struggle. We have succeeded in an attempt to have a change in our country`s political scenario. We managed to deny the 2/3 majority for the previous arrogant government. GOD is with us because we deserve it. So many incidents such as snacthing bodies by Islam authorities, demolishing temples , Hindraf 5 leaders unlawful detention, rallies became illegal which indicates no freedom in voicing our voices and of course the obvious racial discrimination in all aspects .
All these incidents clearly showed that our PM is not concern of people`s pain and troubles.
Now we have showed our power in this country. Now , we have to play our part intelligently. We have got the chance to make our future. How are we going to play our part? As all of us know, the loser will not keep himself quiet and surely will try to blunder our choice. How to play our part intelligently.
First, we need to have clear vision of what we want for our community. Secondly, we need a representative who will represent this community to deliver this message .
Third, we need to keep ourselves united and fight for our rights. As I said earlier, loser will not keep himself quiet. We have to be careful and avoid that traps.
Fourth, we must always keep in our minds about our PM`s nature. He is a man who acts well , sleeps well but never bothers about community`s plights and pains. All he bothers are praises, glamour and his own benefits. Please don`t be shocked or surprised with his new coming soon characters due to the denial of 2/3 majority.
Fifth, prayers is the key for our success. I hope those who are leading our community will lead our community with prayers in temples.
Sixth, the utmost thing to always keep in our mind is the release of our H5 leaders. They are the key persons who have sacrificed their freedom for us. Please find a way to release them. REPORTED ON www.hindraf.org

Politics

2008-03-14T20:03:00.000+08:00

Politics is my lifeee hahaha,Personaly in my point of view this general election which was just around the corner was one of the best general elections.Why?.Because,the opposition won 82 parlimentary seats and denied 2 third majority for barisan national.Hahaha.One day i dream to become one of those top politicians and join one of the opposition party and hell no barisan national hahahaha.

What i did today

2008-03-14T19:51:00.000+08:00

Today was a realy good day,For the first time in my life i went to the national archieve.I went there to go and get some info about `wow'.One thing i realise that in the national archieve everyone is working so so slowwww hahaha.After the national archive,i went to m.arif house to chill there for a bit then i headed back.

Why i started my blog

2008-03-14T19:48:00.000+08:00

Hello,Im dam bored rite now so i decided to start my own blog hahhahaha.