Is it thick skin or thick skull?

Maybe somebody should check how he paid for his botox makeovers.

It was reported today that ex-chief minister, Khir Toyo has released all the details of his housing loan agreement with HSBC Malaysia Bhd. Apparently, he 'bared all' in his blog. I didn't even bother going to read what he had 'bared'. Why? Because he missed the point again. Okay let's go over it again.

Ng claimed that he (Khir Toyo) had built a palatial home (which everyone for some inexplicable reason insists on calling a 'bungalow'. Ok for the sake of simplicity we shall let it be known as a bungalow. A 50,000 sq. ft. bungalow) costing RM24million.

Khir Toyo says not true because it only cost RM3.5milllion.

Ng asked where he got the money to afford this 'bungalow'.

Khir Toyo said he was rich before he became chief minister and that his riches came from his dental practice.

Ng asked where he got the money to afford this 'bungalow'.

Khir Toyo said he got a loan from the bank for RM3.5million.

Ng asked if the loan was for RM3.5million how much was the 'bungalow' worth since banks are not in the habit of giving 100% housing loans.

Khir Toyo said he bought the 'bungalow' from a company that was facing financial difficulties.

Khir Toyo said, "I don't deny that the bungalow belongs to me. But I deny that it costs RM24million." Nah! Come and see my housing loan la.

Yada......yada......yada......

Is this son of Toyo really that thick? The original question was about his ability to pay for the property ...... alright, the bungalow on a menteri besar's salary. Simple question. Just a simple answer la.

NIAMAH!!!

Fantastic Facts and Fanciess

The Malay Mail front page July 9, 2009

Yesterday's Malay Mail front-paged a story that linked the Malaysian Immigration Department to modern slavery. Today, the Immigration Department director-general "reacted with shock" when he learned that 10 of his officers were being investigated for their involvement in human trafficking. Abdul Rahman Othman said that he was not aware of any investigation against any of his officers by the AG's Chambers. "Til now I still don't know who are the officers they are referring to and if that came from police investigations. I am yet to find out. I don't have any details," he said.

Any man of honour would have resigned in shame before I finished typing that sentence.
Any man of some intelligence who didn't want to resign but hang on to his job for the pension would have shut up or gotten someone else to say something sensible on his behalf. But noooooooooooooooooooooooo...............instead.....................

Eh? Got ah? I also don't know la. I tell you later okay? After my tea break. Jom!

NIAMAH!!!

And the Moron of the Day award goes to....

Ismail Noh, Pasir Mas PAS area chairman.

who said....

"It [the Infuenza A (H1N1)] came from the Europeans since they are the biggest consumers of pork."

And people like him are the leaders of our country?

NIAMAH!!!

Fantastic Facts and Fancies

Maybe it comes in 210 different shades of pink and other nice pastel colours.

If you've got a copy of today's Malay Mail, turn to page News | 3. The story there is titled "Local police armed with Tasers". The writer, Muzila Mustafa says that members of the PDRM are now armed with this modern weapon known as The Taser X26 Electronic Control Device (ECD). Now here is the interesting part... the story also reveals that the X26 is one of the 210 models worth about RM2.1million that the Malaysian police purchased last year.

Hahahahaha...now either it is an editing mistake or Muzila is on the verge of a scandalous expose here. They bought 210 (different) MODELS of stun guns??? Anywhere else on the planet most people would say "Hiyah mistake la. 210 pieces of the same model is what they meant. How can they be so stupid one?"

But then this is Malaysia. Boleh one!

Niamah!!!

YAY!!!

Celebrate good times, come on!

Back to BM.................The Star

English in schools: Policy reversed.........The New Straits Times

Tokoh akademik mendesak kerajaan supaya memansuhkan dasar Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) dengan segera dan bukannya menunggu sehingga 2012...............Utusan Malaysia

Science and maths to be taught in mother tongue.....Sin Chew Jit Poh

2012年起恢复母语教学 废英化数理政策....Nanyang Siang Pau

(Tried looking for Tamil newspapers online. Couldn't find any.)

It's a great day in Malaysia today.
A day that will go down in history as a day of celebration. Celebration of short-sightedness and knee-jerk stupidity. Rejoice fellow-Malaysians.

NIAMAH!!!

So who's the fool here? Update

I read in the NST today that that Toyo fler has explained it all. It wasn't the "my-wife-is-a-successful-entrepreneur-in-her-own-right" scam. It wasn't even the "it-was-a-gift-from-my-grateful-constituents-who-love-me" excuse.

Former Selangor chief minister said that he could afford to service his RM3.5million housing loan because he now operates a transport and development business. He also said, "Before I was a menteri besar, I had a clinic. I already had money."

I am sure that next year's university enrolment for dentistry will go through the roof.

NIAMAH!!!

Fantastic Facts and Fancies

It could be just my deteriorating eyesight or it could be really true that I saw an ad in the newspapers yesterday by a telco advertising its wonderful new mobile broadband package. Full-page. Full-colour ad. And what caught my eye was the price of one of the packages. RM89.00 for a package with a speed of "up to" 384 kbps!!!!!!!! That's 384 thousand bits per second!!! Wow!!!

But wait ah. Isn't that a bit slow? And the promise is "up to" only you know. And I am sure, thanks to Streamyx we are all too familiar with 'promises' like these.

I think when I was in Singapore recently I heard them boasting that in 2010 they are going to have a broadband speed of 1 gbps. I may be a computer idiot but I think one gigabit/byte whatever per second is infinitely faster right? So why are we still making like 384 kbps is a big deal?

Niamah!!!

Fantastic Facts And Fancies

Not all. Some only. So it's okay.

Today's fantastic fact................

Shoddy workmanship is found in only a few government buildings, Deputy Works Minister Datuk Yong Khoon Seng said.

One wonders which government or which country he is talking about.

NIAMAH!!!

This little piggy....

This little piggy went to market....this little piggy stayed at home.....this little...

(photo from The Star)

Now, if only real-life politics was this...errrr...NICE! We might be a happier nation.

NIAMAH!!!

So who's the fool here?

Khir Toyo's modest abode in the suburb of Shah Alam. Nice eh? See what you can get if you eat your vegetables?

The above photo is lifted from the front page of The Star today. It supposedly shows a house (if you want to be modest, call it a house. I think 'estate' is more appropriate) that belongs to the ex-chief minister of Selangor. Take a good look at it. It is over 50,000 sq ft or 1.17acres. I daresay that it rivals some of the star homes in Los Angeles. It has been claimed that it took RM24million to build, RM20million to furnish and the land cost RM3.18million. Now, Sekinchan assemblyman Ng Suee Lim wants to know how a non-practising dentist earning the salary of then chief minister and now opposition leader can afford a property like that. Yes, I would like to know too, Mr. Khir Toyo.

Of course in his own defence Khir Toyo fired a couple of salvoes back at his accusers.

"I cannot tolerate anymore...I will sue..."

"I bought the house for RM3.5million (meaning not RM24million as alleged la)...with a loan from HSBC. I did not buy the land and build the house on it as claimed by Ng."

"My contractor has absconded and the work has yet to be completed. That is why I haven't moved into the house yet."

This man Khir, the son of a Toyo is either the stupidest F****R in town or he thinks we are.

Okay, sure. Sue the bastard if what he says is untrue. Don't have to tolerate. Pull it all out in the open. Nail the baarger's ass to the wall. Now! And we'll provide the hammer and nails.

Eh! Hello! You bought the house for RM3.5million issit? Wah! So that's going to make things okay issit? We all go AWWWWWWWW!!! and pat you on the back issit? The fler bought it la. So okay lor. But tell us also la how you manage to get such a good deal. RM3.5million for a 1.7 acre estate completely built up? You must have had some damn good connections man! The last time I looked a duplex apartment in Damansara Perdana, 2.500 sq.ft. was RM800,000 already. Maybe we should all move to Shah Alam. But anyway......

Like, that is not the point or the question we and that Ng fler are asking. You really that stupid or you think we are?

Your contractor absconded and you can't move into your palatial home issit? AWWWW!!!

Like the fuck we care! We do care however to hear some answers to the questions we are asking. Since you are not so clever let us speak the questions s...l...o...w...l...y...okay?

How does a non-practising dentist and now ex-chief minister manage to obtain and service a loan of RM3.5million?

How did a non-practising dentist and lowly-paid Menteri Besar (albeit tax-free pay) afford to buy 2 plots of land worth RM2.9million and RM900,000 respectively?

Oh wait..........somebody somewhere might want to suggest you pull out the "my-wife-is-a-successful-entrepreneur-in-her-own-right" routine. Please don't use that because it's been used too often and we are quite tired of hearing it. You can try the "it-was-a-gift-from-my-grateful-constituents-who-love-me" angle. I think we haven't heard that one in some time.

RM3.5million housing loan. Was it given to him or the Chief Minister?
(since the post many have asked why I used this old photo instead of showing him with the new face makeover. This is the real man ma!)

NIAMAH!!!

And here we go again!!!

Photo from NST

What to do? Cannot pay so let them do lor.

I suppose, like so many other people affected by landslides in the Ulu Kelang-Hillview-Highland Towers-Bukit Antarabangsa area I had been expecting this to happen. And it was announced in The Star today. In the Metro section. It didn't even deserve coverage in the main paper.

"No halt to ongoing projects" was the headline of the story today. Selangor's Ronnie Liu announced that Class 3 and 4 hillside developments may be an option again when the level of professionalism in the country improves and regulations are followed accordingly. I presume that Class 3 and 4 developments are those that involve steep hillsides and smaller numbers mean less steep slopes but hillside projects nevertheless. (It pays to remember that Highland Towers was built on flat ground) So okay, most of the story is Ronnie Liu's yada yada yada as a politician but the scary bit is where he announced that 144 hillside projects approved by the previous government will continue. Albeit under "the watch of council officers". Ronnie Liu explained that the government could not afford to pay the compensations to the developers if they were to cancel these projects. Yada. Yada. Yada.

I must admit that this is the first time that I have heard my old friend, Ronnie Liu tokking political double kok. Feels kinda strange la.

NIAMAH!!!

Aiyoh! How la like dat?

Na! A little something for you la. Takde pe. Sikit je. Huh? Oh murid-murid lain? Oh tu lain kali kira la. Ingat ya? Undi...saya...ya? (Tak) Jumpa lagi!

Yesterday (?) the newspapers carried the story of the BN government's gift of school uniforms and bags (no mention of books to learn stuff from) to 6,142 primary, secondary and religious school students in Manek Urai. Unless you've been napping for the past few months you will know that Manek Urai is the hot, contested constituency this time. BN vs. PAS. BN had, some time ago, already announced that they are more Islamic than PAS so this time around they are going to prove that they are much more generous as well? 300 school bags and uniforms you know. But of course, cynical all codgers anywhere will know all about the spin-doctoring statistics.

Remember there are 6,412 schools in that area. Only 300 students got their goodie bags. The rest? They ".....would be handed out in stages" wor. And I am sure whoever made that statement would have some land to sell you in Terengganu too.

Anyway, the reason why I chose the above title for this post is this. How are things ever going to get any better when we inculcate in Malaysians the habit of bribing from school-going age?

NIAMAH!!!

Huh???

Hmmm...okay. No more 30%. Now 50%. Can?

Ta' boleh! We are not ready.

When I read Najib's pronouncement yesterday I was a little unsure what he meant. Today, I am totally confused. Why? Najib says something which I didn't quite understand. And today, PAS's Hadi Awang made a statement which is totally stupid even. Okay, okay maybe I am not making myself clear. Okay let's go read what The Malaysian Insider reported today....

Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced yesterday that the government will drop the 30 per cent Bumiputera equity requirement for Malaysian firms seeking public listing, the cornerstone of the New Economic Policy (NEP), but they will now have to offer 50 per cent of the public shareholding spread to Bumiputera investors.

Drop the 30% Bumi equity requirement and then have to give 50% of the public shareholding to Bumi investors. Errrrr.....okay. That's different and is good for us Malaysians issit? Okay.

Then the Hadi fler says....he rejects the government’s plan to drop the 30 per cent Bumiputera equity requirement for Malaysian firms seeking public listing because he believes that the time is not yet right because the Malay community is not strong enough to face economic challenges.

First, Najib's announcement doesnt'make sense to me. The 30% equity requirement would not have benefitted the ordinary Bumi folks, right? Would they have the money or the knowledge to make such investments? No, right? That's why after years of the NEP we're still in the same shit-hole. And so, now give 50% of public shareholding to Bumi investors? Huh??? What's the difference ah? Isn't that going to have the same effect on our Bumiputra brethren? A BIG nothing???!!!

And then the blaardy PAS fler says he rejects the proposed plan because the Malay community is not strong enough to face economic challenges. So? It's been 50+ years. When are they going to be 'strong enough' with this kind of treatment from the people in government? Then the next part of his statement is quite laughable...“What was proposed before has not been achieved yet. We want equality for all races but at the same time, the Bumiputeras must be given the strength,” he told reporters in parliament today.

As a Malaysian I totally agree. But this strength must be in education, mental empowerment, confidence...not in hand-outs which in the long run benefit nobody. So can Najib or Hadi or somebody please say something intelligent?

NIAMAH!!!

Reader Billie Jean sent this explanation. ...

Patrick,

The public listed company require 25% of it shareholding be held by public. Najib new announcement want 50% of that "25%" to bumi investor, effectively 12.5% in total of public company shareholdings. Hence it would be improvement as compared to the existing 30% requirement.

Thank you, Billie Jean. Now why can't our Prime Minister be like you?

It is the dawning of the age of ...

Ooops! Forgot to switch off......KABOOOM!!!

I must be really out of touch with Malaysian news while I was in the little red dot. Apparently, according to a recent Tenaga Nasional report it announced that it hoped to start its first nuclear power plant by 2025 once it gets the go-ahead from the government. And today's newspapers carry reports that Muhyiddin Yassin had gotten France's offer to help us build our first nuclear power plant as an alternative source of energy supply. Now you can call me what you like but this is how I feel about this news.

For a nation of people who can't a) keep public toilets clean, b) maintain the exterior paintwork of buildings, c) keep litter off the streets, d) repair pot-hole in highways, e) obey simple traffic rules, f) police and regulate local councils.............we think we can operate and maintain a nuclear power plant???!!! France thinks we can (read this piece on French nuclear capabilities by Greenpeace) and according to Maximus Ongkili, South Korea thinks we can too. Of course they also think that we can afford to pay them the billions that will be needed to uphold their 'confidence' in our discipline. The only consolation is that (I might be wrong) the first nuclear power plant, will be in Johor. So it will at least take some time before the fallout reaches the Klang Valley. Maybe that's why those flers down south want all that sand. Maybe they want to build a lead-reinforced concrete wall between them and us. What you think?

NIAMAH!!!