media and spin doctors

I am flabbergasted to see how media could ever becoming a powerful tools to a certain 'parties' even in reality those who 'hold' these media seems have no power at all or should i say gradually losing power.

But with the fact that media-spin is a powerful tool and one could not afford to lose it, instructions were given to these spinners to do anything in their hand to keep hold and try projecting their beneficiary a good image.

Take a deep look at the upcoming UMNO election where candidates were never given the same shed of coverage in the media. Worst, some of candidates were merely remains as name while the towkeys were put in a position and praises like nobody business. pheww..

The spinners would do anything to stop/backlash/speculate any candidates that being considered a threat to their 'towkey'. Whilst the towkey always be given a strong coverage even they were not in the running position. I wonder whether the true press freedom is uphold in Malaysia, when spade is called a spade and black will never be white.

I hope it is not to late for us to look beyond our sel-fish needs and start thinking for others especially rakyat whose always put their faith and hope on us.

one deepavali moment

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in the early morning of deepavali, we decided to hv our breakfast at one of the favourite restaurant in subang jaya -'fawwaz restaurant' known for its crispy roti canai and tasty roti sardine.

me and my other half came a bit later from home. Both my parent and other siblings were already there and hv placed order. The queue was surprising long as most ppl would be as lazy as us - prefer to have their meal outside on public holidays. :)

i saw my dad was reading his papers but i was mesmerised as he's reading 'suara keadilan'. hah hah hah. Not that he is jumping ship or whatever but suprisingly that was the only paper being sold on that particular day from one newspaper vendor nearby...

and i tingle him by saying,
"ayah, do you realise that whenever others were celebrating their 'hari raya', most of the daily system would be interrupted as what's happening today?! Most vendors are Indian and they are on leave, that's why we are short of newspapers."

"well son, it also the same with chinese new year! in fact it will turn from bad to worst as most of the transports, sales, trading and our daily transaction would be keep on hold." my dad added with a grin.

and i wonder if it would be the same on hari raya melayu? Whether the system would go haywire as it did on CNY and deepavali...

I dont think so.

in fact the system was so intact and perfect in order to fulfill the needs of the Malays for our raya celebrations.

Pheww, whether our own raya or anybody's raya, we (read:malays) always at the losing end. shessh!

To all my dear Indian friend, dont take me wrongly. I am not rascist, i only pity my own malay dilemma.

enjoy your diwali whilst it last. nadre vanakkam!

Transformasi UMNO - Satu Renungan

Wahai ahli-ahli perwakilan UMNO keseluruhannya (terutama yang masih belum bersidang!)

Dalam keseronokan kita mengumpul 'dana' dan ketaksuban kita untuk memilih pemimpin baru UMNO yang bakal menjadi pendokong wadah perjuangan bangsa samada di peringkat bahagian dan pusat, harus kita pelajari dan fahami bahawa setiap undi yang kita beri itu adalah amanah dan tanggungjawab bukan sekadar atas kepentingan kita tetapi adalah mewakili suara 50 ahli UMNO di cawangan masing-masing. Perkara ini antara sedar atau tidak sangat-sangat tidak dititikberatkan oleh perwakilan cawangan ke bahagian kerana merasakan bahawa apa jua keputusan yang dilakukan dalam persidangan bahagian nanti adalah mewakili hanya dirinya sendiri.

Kasihan sungguh UMNO! kerana dalam ketika dan waktu UMNO berada pada tahap paling 'lemah' perkara sedemikian penting itupun tidak dapat diperjelaskan sebaik-baiknya kepada perwakilan cawangan. Maka gejala-gejala buruk seperti rasuah politik dan political assasination yang memungkinkan setiap perwakilan cawangan ini mengkhianati harapan akar umbi (setiap 50 ahli UMNO peringkat cawangan) akan terus berleluasa.

Maka saya ingin mencadangkan sekiranya satu usaha untuk mereformasikan UMNO dijalankan, sekiranya undi setiap perwakilan cawangan masih diguna pakai sebagai pendekatan memilih pemimpin UMNO tidak kira diperingkat bahagian mahupun pusat -setiap perwakilan cawangan yang mewakili 50 ahli UMNO cawangan itu haruslah mengenalpasti, atau diberi tanggungjawab yang lebih besar mendapatkan maklum balas dari setiap seorang 50 ahli cawangan tersebut yang diwakilinya dalam membawa setiap 1 undi bagi pemilihan pimpinan di peringkat bahagian mahupun pusat.

Dengan pendekatan itu, kita mengharapkan dan berdoa setiap perwakilan cawangan akan lebih bertanggungjawab, akan lebih berusaha sebagai wakil cawangan, akan lebih faham apa itu demokrasi dan akhirnya akan lebih arif dalam memilih pemimpin yang sebenar-benarnya membawa aspirasi ahli UMNO akar umbi.

Bukan hanya sekadar mengambil peluang di sepanjang pemilihan UMNO ini, bersuka-suka untuk menagih keuntungan singkat tidak kira melalui janji-janji politik ataupun lebih teruk lagi meminta sogokan habuan wang ringgit demi setiap undi yang akan diberi. Dimanakah harga diri kita sebagai seorang Melayu yang ingin melihat kelangsungan parti UMNO?

Hanya kerana sudah wujud persepsi bahawa setiap perwakilan itu adalah penentu hala tuju politik setiap calon yang bertanding, maka usaha dan perjuangan yang lebih besar iaitu survival parti UMNO diketepikan kerana akhirnya yang rugi adalah kita, ya kita anak-anak Melayu yang masih mendokong perjuangan UMNO.

Suka untuk saya mengakhiri renungan ini dengan kata-kata seorang pejuang bangsa Scotland, William Wallace dalam salah satu daripada episod peperangan bangsa Scotland berperang mendapatkan kemerdekaan mereka dari Raja England;

antara lain berbunyi..

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"Ya berjuang, dan kamu mungkin akan mati! Lari (dari medan perang ini), kamu akan hidup tetapi itupun mungkin hanya seketika...

Tetapi ingatlah, ingatlah wahai rakan2 bangsaku!
Beberapa tahun nanti ketika nafasku semakin sempit dan sesak dan kamu telah menghampiri matimu, sanggupkah kamu gadai ganti hari-hari yang telah kamu lalui itu dengan HARI INI apabila kamu diberi peluang, hanya satu peluang untuk katakan kepada musuh musuh itu bahawa mereka mungkin akan mengambil nyawa kita tetapi tidak sekali kali mereka dapat mengambil kebebasan kita!"

...dan pada hari ini aku akan bangkit melakukan perubahan dan memilih kebenaran!"

renung renungkan.. selamat beramal.

*ungkapan itu diambil dari cerita "braveheart"

trailer braveheart ihsan 20th century fox

raya piccies 2

Ayah with one of his favourite 'Lah'

Time to forgive and forget.. my dear

Kami no 4!!!!

Lil Bro try to be as cool as ever... yikes

It's the other way around.. I am the one getting laid paid! hah hah

"Hang nih besaq2 pun mintak duit lagi.. nasib baik la anak kesayangan!" :D

newlyweds.

Pics by moqq.

Life have taken full cycle

After 23 years at the helm, Dato' Seri Mohd Shariff Omar aka ayah has MADE to bid farewell as one of the glorious political sons in Penang history (apart from YB Anwar Ibrahim and YAB Pak Lah). He lost in his quest to retain his UMNO division head post which he has been holding since 1985.

It was not a good ending for a figure like ayah - someone who struggled all his 23 years of life to make TG a constituent as it is now. And he could ever be proud of his achievements; only to be shown the exit in such way. But this is politics.. this is umno style of democracy. *sigh*

I might be biased when talking about my own ayah, but I am proud of what he has done in our nationbuilding. Though he might not be as popular as the other two Penang's prodigal son but I always believe he has carry himself well in his own colourful way. His integrity, sincerity, spirit and of all his sacrifice will live on for the new generation to look upon and be inspired. Indeed, he has given hope for us to believe that 'hanya dengan semangat, keikhlasan, pengorbanan dan perjuangan, kita akan terus menjadi tonggak perjuangan dan harapan kepada orang orang Melayu'

He has left a legacy and a vacuum widely open, not knowing when it would be filled...

Selamat tinggal politik buat ayah...

selamat kembali ke sisi kami yang menanti.

raya piccies 1

Pics by moqq

It was a wonderful hari raya

ahhh.
It was a wonderful hari raya for me overall and i was so 'into' berhari raya.
unfortunately, the hari raya 'mania' only last until sunday and most of us are safely back home to continue with our different set of journey.

It will be an exciting 3 months ahead before 2008 take its curtain down. I am very much hoping the best would at last emerge.

My pictures collections of hari raya awaits.. tunggu. :)

Salam aidilfitri
moqq