It just ain't worth 20sen

A few nights ago on the 20th February 2009, the annual Sarawak Hornbill Award was held at the Riverside Majestic's Sarawak Chamber function hall. It is an event where the Sarawak Tourism Board together with the state tourism ministry pay tribute and award various individuals, government and non-government organisation and private companies for their contributions towards promoting and enchancing Sarawak as a tourist destination.

The dinner was a grand and formal event, men dressed in suit and tie, ladies in evening gowns and the ballroom was decorated with black and yellow ribbons, balloons and flowers. The award cum dinner night was graced with the presence of the Sarawak Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and other minnisters and VIPs. As guest indulge in the 'looks tasty only but taste like sh*t' food being served they were accompanied by music and performance by the St. Joseph school marching band.

Of course the main event, the awards presentation ensued. Many were given out for outstanding in this and in that but the most notable was the award for the cleaness public toilet which was awarded to the Sibu Municipal Council. Now, how many have actually visited the public restrooms in Sibu. I personally have not been there for quite sometime but friends that frequent the town on business trips have told me of the public amenities there. So the horrifying fact now is that if it is as bad as they descripted then the other public restrooms in other towns and cities in the state must be frightful.

The embarassing fact would be the thought that the public toilets in the capitol city of kuching is beyond mentioning till they can't even beat Sibu's. I am sure that those that have patronised the public restrooms here knows what I'm talking about. How many times have we when answering the call of nature and had to use one of these toilets have hurriedly walked in, hold their breaths, focus on the relieving job at hand and just high tail out of there as soon as possible even without bothering to wash one's hands. I joke you not, the experience is just traumatic.

Having two municipal councils here in Kuching, namely MBKS and DBKU, is as good as having none. What have us taxpayer's money budgeted to these councils gone too??? What is the purpose of the entrance fee paid to use these restroom used for if not for the maintenance of it??? Those toilet attendances and cleaners that earn salary from the council are there for what purpose if not to keep the cleanliness of the restrooms in check???

Millions of Ringgit every year is budgeted and invested into the tourism sector and it would be a shame if the conditions of these public toilet becomes the turn off factor. I do hope that the municipal council officers that were present during the dinner would take to heart and put in some effort to improve the conditions of these said restrooms. However, until they do I refuse to pay for the entrance fee of 20 sens that they are charging because frankly they just don't bloody deserve it.

Oh ya, another traumatising thing about that night was the emcee of the event. A very well dress and decent looking lady I must say. Her english sounded good all but all until she pronounced ensemble and yachting. She was by no means even near. For such an elegant and obviously money wasting function, why oh why did the organisers had to get such an English ignorant emcee. Guess after all the budget that was allocated for the dinner went into the decorations and pockets of some, they just didn't have enough left to get a proper English speaking emcee.

Food as medicine

HEADACHE? EAT FISH! Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

HAY FEVER? EAT YOGURT! Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season. Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.

TO PREVENT STROKE DRINK TEA! Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. (actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from invading....Green tea is great for our immune system)!

INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?) HONEY! Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

ASTHMA? EAT ONIONS!!!! Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (when I was young, my mother would make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better).

ARTHRITIS? EAT FISH, TOO!! Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has omega oils, good for our immune system)

UPSET STOMACH? BANANAS - GINGER!!!!! Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

BLADDER INFECTION? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!! High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

BONE PROBLEMS? EAT PINEAPPLE!!! Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME? EAT CORNFLAKES!!!! Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.

MEMORY PROBLEMS? EAT OYSTERS! Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

COLDS? EAT GARLIC! Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)

COUGHING? USE RED PEPPERS!! A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy.

BREAST CANCER? EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.

LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES!!! A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!! Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.

DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES! Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)

CLOGGED ARTERIES? EAT AVOCADO! Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!! Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.

BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!! The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar. Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &fiber. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants &flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits &protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young.........blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field........they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies)

Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C &Potassium. (watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn suv rays)

Guava & Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas and indigestion)

Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostrate problems from invading their bodies.

Najis in Kuching

No wonder there is a sudden stench around the cat city. Literally Kuching pooped and out came Najis. For the next 3 days Kuching will reek of shit as the incoming Prime Minister is here for an official visit.

Najib will meet with Sarawak Barisan Nasional leaders at the Hilton Hotel, Kuching at 9am tomorrow before attending the investiture ceremony in conjunction with the 45th anniversary celebration of Sarawak's Progress in Malaysia at the Astana Banquet Hall in Petra Jaya at 11.30am, with Sarawak Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng conferring the awards.

In the afternoon, Najib will hand over financial aid under the 2009 National Economy Stimulus Package to government-assisted mission schools of Sarawak and Sabah at the James Wong Kim Min Hall, SMK St. Thomas, Kuching and attend a function with the Bidayuh community at the Dayak Bidayuh Nasional Association headquarters in Jalan Kumpang, off Jalan Ong Tiang Swee, here.

Tomorrow night, the deputy prime minister will close the Islamic Congress organised by the Sarawak Islamic Religious Department at the Riverside Majestic Hotel.

Najib will visit Miri on Friday where he will hand over welfare aid to natural disaster victims at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Niah in the morning, and in the evening he will also hand over welfare aid to disaster victims at the Malaysian Red Crescent Society's Miri branch premises before returning to Kuala Lumpur.

Well, to sum it all up in simple and true words, Najis is here to collect dues. Wonder how much more richer is he going to be when he leaves???

'The Star' gets the tender to polish Najis

It seems like throughout the coming tenure of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, 'The Star' newspaper has been awarded the task of polishing and keeping the new PM's credibility in good light. This can be seen already in the publishing of an article about Najib adopting a 'people first' leadership style. It raises question what perks are the editor and newspaper getting in return for their hypocritical ass sucking up to the new Commander and Chief of Malaysia and his administration.

As we all know that the Malaysian freedom of the press in reporting the truth is worth as much as a sleeveless shirt is to an Eskimo, most if not all newspaper here in controlled by the 'Gestapo' inspired Government. History has shown that CEOs and editors of major newspaper in the country are cronies of the Prime Minister at the time. These principle lacking editors will then filter and spin the truth to polish and shine the Government. Anymore of such polishing our incoming bald dumb ass PM's head will glow in the dark!!! Those who oppose, well, not so lucky they are as they will find themselves at the end where the warm dog shit oozes out as they are misquoted, scrutinised, condemned and criticised. Nowadays the RM1 or so spent on buying the papers is not worth it as the only truth you can read is in the orbituary, comic and sports pages.

In the recent article about Najib, it was reported that he met up with editors to explain his coming Government policies and in return he gets insights of what Malaysians want and expects. Najib was said to be keenly interested in understanding the Rakyat so he will be a better leader and to improve UMNO and BN to form a strong, for the best of the people oriented Government. What a load of crock!!! What majority of the Rakyat want is equality among all the races, less corruption, abolishment of the 'Ketuanan Melayu' ideology and the Internal Security Act just to name a few. It doesn't take rocket science to know what WE WANT.

There is no need to meet up with editors because they are filled with more shit than a septic tank. If the brainless bald headed twit wants to know and understand more about the Rakyat then he sould decend from his self proclaimed above all pedestial and come down to our daily oppressed and marginalised, humble level. Down here is where he can see better for himself the hardship that we have to go through everyday. This is the best and only way if Najib or any country's leader for that matter that is genuinely interested in the welfare of its people to get an untainted view of what is going on. Looking down from up there his vision will only be clouded and his vision blurred by his corrupt and crooked cronies.

Come and join us Mr. Razak and get a taste of us commoners daily life's struggles and you'll be enlightened. Don't know what the goons in your close proximity have been telling you sir, but rest assure mingling with the Rakyat won't infect you with leprosy. Instead you'll leave with the true meaning and spirit of being a Malaysian, then and only then will you be a great leader.

Malaysia - The best example of power abuse

If any countries' leaders, politicians and authorities needs lessons on misuse and abuse of power, they should come to Malaysia. At worst for a slow damp brained learner it'll probably only take a month before they can proudly graduate from here with a Masters Degree in Mismanagement of Power.

We've all come to know about our country's leaders, ministers, politicians and police abusing their powers to gain benefits for themselves. Now not wanting to be left out are the prison guards.

Brutality and sexual harrassments by the Kajang prison guards has caused as many as 92 Acehnese inmates go on hunger strike to demonstrate against such atrocities against them. When rumours first surfaced on the hunger strike the prison officials even tried to deny it. The Coordinator of Peace and Justice for Aceh when inquired about the reports was told of no such thing by the prison officials in their attempt to cover up their misdeeds.

Now that the Indonesian embassy has been notified of such atrocities and hopefully with the assistances of the Malaysian Government they can bring to justice those inhumane prison guards and officials that abuse their powers to satisfy their feitish and sexual lusts.

Barred MP's application to sue the Sarawak Government thrown out

Padang Serai's MP N. Gobalakrishnan's application to sue the Sarawak Government for refusing his entry into the state December last year was thrown out by the court. Judicial Commissioner Rodzariah Bujang in dismissing the application, ruled that the Immigration Act did not allow for such review by any court unless procedural requirements had been breached.

The Sarawak Government without any reason whatsoever in denying a person with valid travel documents entry is not a breach then what is?!! By saying that the "Immigration Act did not allow for such review by any court" implies that the Immigration Act is above all constitutional and human rights and also even the law.

The Judicial Commissioner should have just said that in Sarawak the BN Government is the law and she doesn't have the balls (Yeah, I know she literally doesn't have any) to rule against them. Probably that truth would have been easier for the MP and us to accept and digest.

Shocking statistics!!!

A quarter of the 10 million chidren in Malaysia are believed to be victims of sexual abuse but of these 2.5 nillion only 3,000 cases a year are reported to the authorities!!!

Such shocking stats this is. Malaysia should look into rape not only in minors but in adult cases too and implement stronger laws and punishment against those found guilty of this heinous crime.

Parliament should pass into law that all convicted rapist should be castrate so they can never commit it ever again and it maybe a small incomparable justice for the victims who for a lifetime will have to live through the trauma but instead lawmakers only interested in passing laws banning 'yoga' and Valentine's Day.

Know why in Malaysia there is no need for a circus troupe, because we have our Parliament!!!

Murders and more murders in Malaysia

Crime in Malaysia especially murder cases has been on the rise. This once very safe country is now no better than the US where murder is a daily norm.

Alarming is the age of the victims and the murderers. They are all so young. Most recent is a 17 year old girl in Alor Setar was murdered then her body was thrown into the dumpster. Her arms, legs and her hair was found partly charred as her assailants attempted to burn her body. Autopsy showed that she was murdered by a blow to her head with a blunt object.

Hot air Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar the Minister in the Home Ministry should be held to question on the rise in such serious crimes. If he can't come up with effective counter measures then this bald bloody fool should be sacked along with the Commissioner of Police. Obviously they aren't doing their jobs at all and are just plain incompetent.

Barred MP to sue Sarawak Government

Padang Serai MP N. Gobalakrishnan is challenging the Sarawak Immigration Department on barring him entry into the state in December last year. He named the Immigration Director of Sarawak as the first respondent, Sarawak State Secretary and the Sarawak State Government as the second and third respondents respectively.

Gobalakrishnan was served with a notice of refusal entry upon his arrival at the Kuching International Airport on Christmas eve last year. He was understood to have planned to spend Christmas with his adopted Iban parents in Kapit. The MP took the next available flight out after his entry was denied. Reasons given to him was that he was not a Sarawakian and therefore needed a permit to enter the state.

Gobalakrishnan was in the state for holidays and not for official duties neither was he a criminal nor a terrorist so what permit does this Malaysian needs other than his valid passport like other non Sarawakian Malaysians. Inline with the Constitution of Malaysia, Sarawak was granted independent rule and law over its immigration but this refusal of entry is just a blatant abuse of power and should be punished accordingly.