MALAYSIA is 5th most friendly!

[Do check out the hyperlinks] I can't believe it! Did you see how these stupid Malaysians acted on Christmas eve? It's true though, that we are the 5th friendliest country in the world - at least according to FORBES.com We're behind Bahrain, Canada, Australia & Thailand (1st to 4th consecutively). Singapore is at 8th and US at 10th. And apparently we got 1st for 'Organizing School for My Children' But how would anyone rate friendliness? Heck, we didn't make it to the top10 list last year. And suddenly we're at top 5! What does it mean? Is it because a Malaysian company has acquired Friendster? Or thanks to 1Malaysia? If we 'don't have politicians', I bet we can even be no.1! Oh it's a Mat-Salleh's conclusion. I reckon it's because of our OneUtama, Midvalley, KLCC etc. But the Kampung folks deserve credits too I think. OR it's all simply because of the Friendster thing. Good job.

And I really hope the 1Malaysia concept to materialise. Shut up and go away racist politicians, their apologists; and stupid Malaysian hooligans!

Hmmm long holidays

Never felt like this since post-SPM This word describes my situation well for now. It means:

•not in action or at work; •baseless: without a basis in reason or fact; •not in active use; •silly or trivial; •lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; •run disconnected; •dead: •not having a job;

Fact or Fiction?

1 - Tun Abdul Razak, Datuk Harun Idris and Tun Mahathir were the architects of May 13, 1969 racial riots

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2 - Morgan Stanley report on Malaysia’s USD100 billion loss

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3 - Hang Tuah and his friends were chinese

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4 - “Soak the keris in chinese blood” Najib
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5 - Tun Mahathir is a mamak disguising himself as a malay
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Find out here. Interesting article.

Fireflies

To ten million fireflies

I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes

I got misty eyes as they said farewell

but I know where several are

Mosques without minarets (menara)?

Update (original article below): From BBC: Sunday's referendum has forced the government to declare illegal the building of any new minarets, but Mrs Calmy-Rey (Swiss minister) said Muslims could still build new mosques and continue to worship in the country (Switzerland).

Over in Netherlands: Anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders said he would press for a similar ban in Holland. 'If the government is unwilling to hold a referendum, the PVV will present its own bill to parliament. What is possible in Switzerland should also be possible here,' he was reported as saying.

Original article: The Swiss government's call for a vote on banning the building of minarets for mosques (with a majority of 'YES') has predictably lead to an outcry by some quarters like in Al-Jazeera (Switzerland minaret ban condemned). Perhaps this is an important moment for us to ask ourselves why we react in whatever way we do - Anger and frustration? Is that how the muslims should react? Is it because 'our rights' have been denied? Chill guys, it's just a menara masjid. Let me ask you this question if you're angry at the swiss:

"Do you, the one who call yourself a Muslim (submitter), who believes that there is no GOD but GOD, in the Quran and the Hereafter, worship the minarets?"

In fact we should look at this as a non-issue, i think, simply because we don't worship the minarets, the mosques, the leaders, the ulama's, the prophets, the scriptures, the angels and the devil of course. We worship and submit to GOD alone. Unless otherwise. The Swiss have voted and a majority of them wanted the ban on the minarets for whatever reason they have - Islamophobia, worried about the people confused between mosques and churches, etc. They're a democratic country and in such system, the majority have their say. Let's look back at our country, Malaysia. I recall a court case going on about the right to publish the Bible using the Arabic word for GOD, "Allah" and some other Arabic terms too. Hey wait, we're democratic too right? Let's vote, and more importantly, please accept the outcome of such voting system!