Has it been 3 in a row already?

I must say that thus far, it has been a bumpy season but what a way to finally stop the rot...

Liverpool 2 - 0 Man Utd

:D

Deepavali Greetings

To all my Hindu friends here & everywhere, may I wish you all a Happy Deepavali.

To others, enjoy the holidays!

N31 NS: Molopong kau jang puteh mato...

..."Apo laie kau sosakan, menghaung tak ado guno.. milah kawin minggu dopan..." sodap lagu tu... sodap lagi pak Isa Samad & co. malam ni eee..

Majoriti bergaya, tanpa undi pos pun masih boleh menang, apo laie nak dikato... Pakatan Rakyat patut sedar sekarang, mereka menang bergaya selama ini di PRK-PRK kawasan sendiri (kecuali KT; yang umum ketahui ada mempunyai masalahnya tersendiri) dan PRU 12 hanyalah disebabkan kelemahan rejim BN yang memerintah sebelum ini dan bukannya atas kekuatan mereka semata-mata.

Ini baru menentang calon yang dikatakan telah "tercalar kredibiliti"nya. Memang seronok menjerit "rasuah, rasuah, rasuah" beramai-ramai tetapi perlu sedar dengan menjerit sahaja tidak semestinya isu tersebut boleh diterima dan menjadi faktor apa yang akan dipangkah pengundi. PR perlu akur bahawa BN juga mungkin telah berjaya memperjelaskan isu tersebut kepada pengundi sehingga mereka boleh menerima semula Isa Samad.

Masalah UMNO dan transformasinya adalah masalah UMNO, tetapi masalah di dalam rumah sendiri jangan ingat orang tidak perhatikan.

Kerapuhan apa yang cuba ditonjolkan sebagai "pakatan", kegagalan untuk mengenal-pasti platform bersama walaupun sudah sekian hari PRU 12 berlalu, pertelingkahan dalaman, kegagalan untuk menunjukkan sesuatu yang benar-benar konkrit di negeri-negeri di bawah naungan mereka, isu displin dan tingkah laku pembesar-pembesar mereka yang semakin besar kepala dan pergantungan kepada retorik politik semata, telah menguatkan lagi azam lebih kurang 2000 orang pengundi di Bagan Pinang yang dahulunya bersama mereka, untuk "mengajar" apa itu erti politik kepada gabungan 3 parti politik ini yang (semakin hari semakin nyata) hanya bergabung dan berpakat ketika pilihanraya dan ketika ada isu-isu sensasi menentang pihak berkuasa (PDRM, SPRM, SPR dan sebagainya) semata-mata.

Tahniah kepada UMNO dan BN!

Hadiah Nobel Keamanan di Bagan Pinang

Obama dah dapat Nobel Prize for Peace. Sekarang ada peluang untuk pembesar-pembesar PAS (PR) & UMNO (BN) pula untuk menang hadiah berprestij tu. Tak susah. Buat satu rumah terbuka sempena syawal, bawa 2 orang yang menjadi mangsa tumbukan halimunan dan brader yang kena tetak dengan pedang ajaib untuk duduk semeja, beramah-mesra dan bermaaf-maafan. Dengan syarat kena lakukan sebelum hari mengundi Ahad inilah. Lebih kurang dalam konsep syahdu macam tu. Lagi mujarab kalau segala ninja, samurai, peninju halimunan di bawa bersama di satu meja.

Saya sendiri akan calonkan kepada jawatankuasa Hadiah Nobel untuk keamanan bagi mana-mana pembesar dari kedua-dua parti yang berjaya lakukannya.

Kalau ada lebih pingat, kita kurniakan juga kepada 2 orang mangsa keganasan politik di Bagan Pinang kali ini. Kalau tiada mereka yang berkorban sehingga lebam-lebam (sampai masuk hospital!) dan berdarah-darah (tiada rekod masuk hospital lagi tetapi baju koyak-rabak lah & gagal diselamatkan), takkan ada pencalonan ini!

Apo kono eh jang?!

Bila kita tengok lawan kita merapu yang bukan-bukan, membelit yang pelik-pelik dan membebel yang tak sepatutnya, marah sana, marah sini, keluarkan berbagai bukti dan nas yang tak masuk akal, sebagai peguam di dalam sesuatu perbicaraan, kita tahu bahawa separuh daripada kes tersebut telahpun kita menangi.

Walaupun PAS dan pasukan Pakatan Rakyatnya seperti tidak kering isu di dalam PRK Bagan Pinang kali ini, tetapi bila taktik tumbukan halimunan cuba di"up''kan dengan torehan hebat pedang samurai daripada rafael dan michaelangelo ninja turtle, SPR dan undi pos dijadikan isu, ugutan tindakan mahkamah dan injunksi ditimbulkan (sebelum sebarang kesalahan pilihanraya dilakukan), berlakun bersahabat sana dan sini, tanpa menjawab isu-isu sebenar yang melanda pemimpin-pemimpin dan pimpinan mereka di segenap pelusuk negeri dan watan, yang pasti separuh daripada pertarungan di Bagan Pinang kali ini telahpun dimenangi oleh BN.

Setakat bercita-cita untuk bernaung di bawah satu lambang sahaja belum cukup.

It's always darkest before the dawn

Any reasonable man could see that UMNO is now justifying like mad their choice for Bagan Pinang by-election. From the desperate "good guilt vs. bad guilt" to the latest more appropriate tagline, "choosing the one that can serve you best". Despite they (well, not all I guess) want it so bad to show the world, that they have it in them, the will to cast away their bad ways, they also can just ignore the sad fact that they desperately need this home ground win. As such they see it fit for the veteran and Bagan Pinang very own heartthrob, Isa Samad to stand for the election despite the known extra baggage that he carried around with him. Then again, which politician doesn't?

Coupled with Pakatan Rakyat's own folly these days, they hope their choice for Bagan Pinang as such would not be less attractive than what Pakatan Rakyat has to offer all the while. The lack of work-rate, talent, vision, understanding and ethics in some of the PR reps should then by itself justify UMNO's choice for N31 by-election. UMNO can certainly score points there, no doubt.

Maybe it's true that it is always the darkest before the dawn. Maybe that's what UMNO is hoping to portray here, and that the people would understand and tolerate their current game play for Bagan Pinang. It is always darkest before dawn, so they will say.

And as such the voyage to the all squeaky clean land must now be put on hold. There's a battle that they have to win. The war can wait. The point they are driving home now is that UMNO maybe at its lowest ebb, but don't despair, things will be better soon. They'll pick-up where they have left as soon as the by-election is over, am I right?

For UMNO's sake, they now should pray that the rest of the people (apart from the Bagan-we-are-crazy-for-Isa-Pinang folks) can stand and tolerate the dark. It should be okay if all of them are sound asleep right through dawn. But somehow I doubt that. Not all the people are heavy sleepers. The slightest of noise could've awaken them up from their slumber. On the other hand, some of us are natural early risers; we wake up before dawn.

I hope that it will be dawn soon. Like most of us that are well awake, I can tolerate the darkness but not for long.


P/s (OFF TOPIC):
Zulh, Jani, Dr. Bagar & Adi, good to see you guys at the vaji game yesterday ;) The boys may have lost the game but they sure can, at times yesterday, whoop those vaji boys. Hard luck boys! 22-14 not a bad score. There will always be Bangkok next year.

Mabuk Ketupat & Lemang

Mungkin masih lagi pening-pening lalat akibat terlalu banyak makan ketupat & lemang. Mungkin kerana ketaatan yang luarbiasa terhadap pemimpin senior. Mungkin juga kerana bercakap ikut sedap gigi. Apapun alasannnya, ianya adalah sesuatu yang amat memilukan bila kita kelihatan seperti tidak boleh membezakan antara kesalahan disiplin kerana menulis buku dengan kesalahan disiplin akibat menggunakan wang secara salah untuk tujuan meraih sokongan politik.

“I don’t see how Isa’s record can be a liability to Umno and the Barisan Nasional in the Bagan Pinang by-election,” he told Bernama on Wednesday.

He cited the example of former Umno president Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad against whom first prime minister, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman, had taken disciplinary action for writing the book, “The Malay Dilemma”.

“Due to strong pressure from the grassroots, the next prime minister, the late Tun Abdul Razak (Hussein), took Mahathir back and the latter went on to become a great leader,” he said.

baca lagi di sini.

Sedih bila melihat bakal-bakal pemimpin kita tidak begitu bijak dan cermat di dalam mengutarakan pendapat dan pandangan bagi menjustifikasikan atau mempertahankan sesuatu perkara yang disokong mereka.

Bakal pengundi sedang memerhati, sekelian jelata sedang menimbang. Hati-hati bila memberikan pendapat.

Salam Aidil Fitri 1430 Hijrah

Kepada semua pengunjung blog ini, para "followers" blog Lawyer Kampung dan juga rakan-rakan citrawan, izinkan saya dan keluarga mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri kepada anda semua. Saya juga secara peribadi ingin memohon maaf jika ada terkasar bahasa dan sebagainya.

Get a life, will you?

Will you get over it already?!

Terengganu MB blames political crisis on ‘interference’

You know you have a problem when you can't control your mouth. You talked of slippers and other things dumb. You can't stop blaming when others have already given in. People can think of a million reasons, just count your lucky stars and shut it up. Don't push it.

Hush now

The Blues of Mr. Sugu...something..

• ”I admit I was carried away by emotions when I stood before the delegates. It was a big hall and there were so many people…I had to say something important,” Sugumaran said by telephone
• “I was deeply hurt when Tun said Datuk Seri (Samy Vellu) had done nothing for the Indian community,” Sugumaran said. “It is Tun who had done nothing for us. Datuk Seri has done so much for us.”
• “I have this problem with my mouth…sometimes I get carried away and over speak,” he said.

read Man behind slippers row says he gets carried away

Oh! Oh! It's the mouth.... ah, suddenly kalaripayat comes to mind.

And errr Mr.Sugu-something, Malaysia is not India, and India is never Malaysia. By the way, I hope you'll get better from whatever that ills you.

We all want to be big stars,
but we don't know why and we don't know how
I want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars,
but we got different reasons for that..
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars..

Restriction on the word "Penang"

The Star reported it here;

GEORGE TOWN: Those wanting to use the word “Penang” for functions, events, publications and other purposes must first get permission from the state government, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said Tuesday.

He said there had been complaints of the word being used in functions, events and magazines which had nothing to do with the state government.

Wow! Where has all the "ketuanan rakyat" gone to? Even the usage of the word "Penang" needs the permission of the state government. I can understand if the restriction is for the usage of the wordings "Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang" or anything that connote the highly efficient CAT government, but "Penang"? Come on lah. The word "Penang" is NOT only about the state government. All the unnecessary extra bureaucracy for the people just to hold simple functions such as "Majlis Sambutan Aidilfitri Peguam-Peguam Syarie Pulau Pinang" or the "Penang Gerakan Gala Dinner 2009". What gives?

Petty administrators!

Kalaripayat Sang Samy

Sandiwara politik terkini Samy Vellu mengesahkan status mahaguru beliau di dalam lapangan seni kalaripayat politik MIC. Kepada perwakilan yang malang tersebut, seandainya ucapannya memang tidak bertujuan mengikut skrip asal mahaguru kalaripayat MIC itu dan hanyalah dibuat atas usaha gigih beliau untuk membodek mahaguru Samy, wajib bagi kita untuk ucapkan kepadanya selamat maju jaya di dalam menghadapi tindakan disiplin keatasnya.

Kepada Samy Vellu dan segmen pengikutnya di dalam MIC, kita ucapkan selamat menjalankan usaha transformasi dan penjenamaan semula cap MIC. Semoga seni kalaripayat versi mahaguru Samy akan terus kekal bersemi di dalam MIC hendaknya. Keunikan seni kalaripayat versi ini amat perlu dikekalkan dan diteruskan memandangkan kelainan senjata/perisai yang digunakan di dalam teknik menyerang dan bertahan yang tidak pernah digunakan di dalam mana-mana cabang kalaripayat hatta di India sekalipun. Hanya mahaguru Samy satu-satunya yang mempelopori teknik kalipayat yang menggunakan LIDAH (seelok-eloknya) BERCABANG sebagai senjata (dan sekaligus sebagai perisai) setakat ini.

Pastinya keseluruhan warga BN amat berbangga dengan adanya mahaguru MIC yang unik ini untuk terus menerajui dan mencaturi agenda membela masyarakat India di Malaysia.

Dikemaskini (3.47pm):

“With the powers vested in me as the president under the MIC constitution, I have suspended the membership,” Samy Vellu said in a statement on Tuesday.

Buah pemati kalaripayat sang samy, baca MIC suspends delegate who suggested slipper garland for Dr M (Update 2)

Tolerance & understanding

We talk about tolerance and religious understanding. We condemned those who seem to have no tolerance and sensitivity towards the faith and belief of others. But we can't seem to let go one such petty claim. Isn't it unproductive for the parties to get tangled-up with unnecessary interim proceedings and such just for the sake of pursuing matters which are deemed provocative in nature by the authorities? It is too hard for the council to withdraw the whole suit and settle the matter amicably in the spirit of religious tolerance and understanding that we've all been preaching so much of late? I am sure the government would not press for costs if the suit is to be withdrawn. It would leave a bad taste if they are to do the otherwise.

"Tuhan" is good as any other word if one needs to refer to the Supreme Being. Why gamble on the suit if one could foresee the unnecessary tension and discord that it would cause if the main claims (i.e. a declaration that the decision by the Home Ministry on Jan 7, 2009, prohibiting the usage of the word “Allah” in the Herald The Catholic Weekly publication was illegal and that the word “Allah” was not exclusive to the religion of Islam) are to be allowed by the court?

Don't tell me that without the word "Allah" in their weekly publication etc., the teaching and the practice of Christianity in this country have been put to a halt, the freedom of its preachers and the progress of its followings (as allowed by the law) on the back burner all this while.

Port Dickson dan saya...

PRK yang bakal diadakan di DUN Bagan Pinang mengingatkan saya kembali kenangan semasa di Port Dickson berdekad yang lampau. Saya anak seorang anggota tentera dan kami sekeluarga pernah menetap di PD dari tahun 1980 sehingga 1983, selepas hanya bersekolah tidak sampai setahun di SRK Sri Kinta Jalan Ashby, Ipoh. Itulah nasib keluarga tentera, berpindah-randah adalah adat bagi kami. Malahan di PD, High Chapparal Quarters Batu 4 Kem Si Rusa dan Flat Tentera Batu 5 telah menjadi kediaman kami sekeluarga hanya dalam tempoh singkat tersebut. Bapa saya menjadi jurulatih di LATEDA (Pusat Latihan Tentera Darat) di Batu 5, PD dan oleh yang demikian pantai Batu 4, 5 hingga Batu 7 (Teluk Kemang) menjadi mainan saya dan keluarga ketika itu.

Begitu juga dengan padang-padang Sekolah Panglima Adnan, Si Rusa malah KGV primary school di Seremban menjadi gelenggang saya yang ligat bermain hoki di zaman persekolah peringkat rendah. Saya bersekolah di Govt English Primary School (GEPS) PD. Isteri Isa Samad, allahyarhamah cikgu hazizah adalah bekas guru di sekolah saya dan saya masih ingat bila mana satu sekolah heboh bila beliau lepaskan jawatan kerana mengikut suaminya yang dilantik sebagai Menteri Besar. Muda-muda lagi dah jadi MB dan isteri MB. Apa itu MB sebenarnya pun kami bukannya faham sangat.

Saya juga ingat lagi kemudiannya pada tahun 1982, ketika di darjah 4, riuh rendah semua orang sekeliling saya dengan kes Datuk Taha dan Datuk Mokhtar Hashim di Gemencih. Kebetulan anak Mokhtar Hashim kemudiannya menjadi junior setahun saya dan juga rakan sepasukan bolasepak saya di MCKK selepas itu. Begitu kecil dunia ini sebenarnya.

Sedikit sebanyak, di PD jugalah saya mula secara tidak disengajakan mula mengikuti (cara budak-budak) senario politik tanahair dan mula mengenali nama-nama mahathir, musa, razaleigh apabila mula mencuri-curi baca buku Syed Hussein Al-Attas, tidak silap saya dan banyak lagi buku-buku berunsur politik (gosip politik) yang dibeli oleh bapa saya ketika itu. Ya, anggota tentera juga membaca buku-buku politik di zaman blog dan internet masih belum wujud. Jangan terkejut.

Masa itu, saya seronok betul ikuti cerita-ceriti politik walaupun sebenarnya tidak begitu faham apa yang berlaku dan bahang pilihanraya pertama PM baru Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir pada tahun 1982 telah menambahkan lagi bahan-bahan bacaan berunsur politik untuk saya. Ya lah dulu-dulu mana ada playstation, internet.. hendak main game & watch pun kena pinjam kawan-kawan, jadi habis satu suratkhabar saya baca, buku-buku bapa saya lah yang menjadi mangsanya. Politik pun politik lah, habis saya belasah. Bila dah pening baca, saya buka bahagian tengah buku-buku tu dan layan gambar-gambar yang dimuatkan dalamnya. Paling seronok bagi saya adalah "caption" yang kreatif oleh penulis berkaitan gambar-gambar tersebut.

Oh ya, saya juga ingat bahawa masa itu juga lagu Blues Gang, "Apo Nak Dikato" menjadi siulan, menjadi hits semasa dan mula menolak turun populariti kumpulan muzik indonesia seperti d'llyod dan sebagainya.

Liriknya nyanyian Ito masih segar dalam ingatan;

Poi pokan naik basika
Tongah haghi tongah paneh
Apo dayo motong gotah
Apo nak dikato
Kalau boleh nak jadi cikgu sekolah
Kek Kolo Pilah..........

Nampak gayanya, selain daripada isu persaingan (dan persaudaraan) sejak berabad lamanya dua serumpun di bumi nusantara yang menjadi isu hangat kini, Port Dickson juga akan pasti bertambah bingit selepas raya nanti dengan suami arwah cikgu hazizah kini telah juga kembali mencuri tumpuan ramai. Begitu juga dengan perihal pasukan keselamatan dan isu undi pos mereka juga tidak semena-mena semakin menjadi topik hangat kini... Subjek-subjek utama di tahun 2009 ini nampaknya masih serupa dengan apa yang saya ingat mengenai PD sekitar 1980-83, cuma jalan ceritanya berbeza sedikit.. Apo nak dikato....

Ito nyanyi lagi;

...Batu Ompek Toluk Komang
Tompek oghang mandi mando
Aghi minggu ponoh sosak
Apo nak dikato
Air laut bertambah masin
Kek pokan Port Dickson....

Tidak perlu curahkan minyak...

Minyak kalau dicurah kepada api, jangan ceritalah akibatnya. Kalau api dilawan dengan api, pun jangan kita ceritalah natijahnya.

Khabarnya besok ada acara "candle light vigil" pula bagi membantah demonstrasi kepala lembu. Hendak cari apa sebenarnya berkumpul ramai-ramai tanpa permit buat bantahan di Dataran Merdeka besok? Bukannya bawa faedah, bawa bala mungkin.

Kalau kepinginkan sangat satyagraha ala gandhiji pun, perlu juga kita tengok masa dan tempatnya. Kita di Malaysia, dan dalam tahun 2009 bukan di India dalam tahun 30an. Tidak perlu vigil, tidak perlu berkumpul, umum sudah faham apa yang berlaku dan kenapa ianya tidak sepatutnya terlanjur sehingga ke peringkat mana yang berlaku di Shah Alam baru-baru ini. Masing-masing ada hak, masing-masing ada perasaan, itu semua kita ada faham... biarkan kerajaan (negeri dan pusat) yang saudara-saudari pilih yang selesaikannya. Jangan bagi mereka makan gaji buta. Biar mereka yang bekerja bukan kita. Tidak perlu protes, tidak perlu simbahkan minyak ke api....

Merdeka dan terus merdeka...

Selamat menyambut hari kemerdekaan kepada semua. 52 tahun merupakan usia yang muda bagi sebuah negara. Banyak lagi liku, denai beronak yang perlu diharungi. Jauh lagi perjalanan yang perlu ditempuhi. Persoalan kepala lembu dan hukuman sebat dek arak, hanyalah ujian kecil wahai bangsaku.

Jangan mudah terkeliru, tidak perlu menjadi haru-biru. Pandang sejenak ke belakang jawapannya ada di situ, tidak perlu kepala digaru. Tepuk dada tanyakan selera, arah mana yang hendak dituju. Cita-cita apa yang diburu, tanyakan diri selalu. Tidak guna mencari seteru, hanya akan ketemu jalan yang buntu. Usah bicara hingga keliru, tampak jelas di dada tiada ilmu.

Kita mahu menjadi satu, kita dambakan bangsa yang bersatu. Mulakan langkah untuk berpadu, benihnya perlu disemai di batas yang satu.

Putrajaya bid not over, says BenRazak

BN-pool boss BenRazak insists his side's Premier Putrajaya League title challenge is still alive despite their 7-1 defeat by PR-Villa at Permatang Pasir.

The Dacings have lost seven out of their first eight league games and BenRazak said: "We now know that we have to go to the people and win.

"Everything could change if we do that, our confidence will improve.

"This squad is virtually the same as last season so I believe it is good enough to mount a title challenge."

BN-foo.. oops, my bad ..pool were beaten by on the opening weekend of the season but they appeared to have put that defeat behind them when they recovered to nearly overpower PR-Villa at Manek Urai.

PR-Villa had other ideas and an own-goal by Lucas-Haizat and a Curties-Man header in first-half injury-time put Brahim Ole'Nuar's side in charge at the break.

BNMedia Torres pulled one goal back after some heavy Dacings pressure in the second half but BN-pool conceded a rash penalty soon afterwards to allow Hassan Ashley to make sure of the visitors' victory from the spot.

BenNajib added: "We were not playing well, and we were up against a team who are excellent on the counter-attack.

"Their goalkeeper Mahfuz Friedel made some great saves, but when that happens we just have to make more chances.

"We will have to sit down and analyse every player now, and make sure we do the right things in our next match. But our senior players must take more responsibility."

BenRazak feels individual errors were behind his side's defeat and felt they came at "crucial times" (though some of his players and trainers might not agree, they are blaming a segment of the fans and the wind respectively instead).

"In the first 20 minutes we created plenty of chances and played well," he explained. "Then we conceded the own goal and started to make more mistakes.

"We have lost and we know we have to improve. I felt we had a chance when BNMedia Torres scored, but the penalty finished it. It was a clear penalty."

In contrast, Ole'Nuar was proud of his players after seeing them pick up their seventh points of the season.

"That was a terrific effort from my team," Ole'Nuar said. "At 6-1 we were in reasonable command of the game, although you are never in command facing the might of BN-pool.

"But when they scored we got a penalty straight away, a clean penalty on the rashness of Haizat, and we were back with our two-goal lead.

"That gave us confidence, discipline and shape to our team and we deserved to win."

The players felt Ole'Nuar was key to his side's victory, with him making several superb tactical moves to deny the side he played for from 1982 to 1998.

They added: "Ole'Nuar was outstanding. He rolled back the years. He was fantastic against his old club.

"He will be delighted with himself, and rightly so, and we are delighted with him.

"It was a fantastic performance from the whole side and we fully deserved the victory."

from BBC Sport

Original Story

Title bid not over, says Benitez

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez insists his side's Premier League title challenge is still alive despite their 3-1 defeat by Aston Villa at Anfield.

The Reds have lost two out of their first three league games and Benitez said: "We now know that we have to go to Bolton on Saturday and win.

"Everything could change if we do that, our confidence will improve

more here

Tak Lompat, tak rasuah...

..tapi kalau lompat, manusia itulah yang paling bermasalah.

Selama 1 tahun 5 bulan, langsung tidak kedengaran sebarang bunyi berkaitan permasalahan wakil rakyat Lunas tetapi sebaik sahaja dia melompat, tu dia! Macam-macam masalah kronik tuan empunya badan timbul. Sampaikan ada yang cuba menjustifikasikan keadaan dengan menyamakan apa yang berlaku seumpama satu proses "pembersihan diri" bagi parti politik berkenaan. Amboi! Kalau tak lompat, masih lagi di dalam, sampai ke sudahlah diri tak dibersihkan, parti bergelumang kekotoran jawabnya. Ye tak?

Tu belum lagi dia melompat masuk ke parti lawan, baru isytiharkan dirinya sebagai wakil bebas. Kalau lompat masuk parti lawan, macam manalah agaknya akan digembar-gemburkan bagaimana kroniknya masalah brader tu agaknya.

Cuba bawa bertenang, tak perlu kalut, macam brader-brader kita yang ini dan yang ini. Cool, bukan?

"Mr. Lim, like that oso can ah?"

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said as far as the state government was concerned, the matter ended when some of the villagers sought help from the Barisan Nasional.

“We have done our part and as far as we are concerned, the matter ends there.

read more Penang washes its hands off Kg Buah Pala issue

Why halting all assistance just because they went to see the Barisan people? After all aren't you the one at the very earliest possible opportunity, seeing that things were getting out of hand, immediately called for the federal government intervention? Isn't that Federal Government consists of Barisan people? So why the fuss if the villagers now decided to exhaust all other avenues available to them (e.g. going to the BN for assistance, by taking the advantage of the Penang N11 By-E fiesta and all), especially now when Federal Court yesterday turned down their desperate bid to salvage their kampung.

“Since they have gone to see the Barisan, the matter ends there,” he told reporters at a Ramadan aid presentation to mosques at Politeknik Seberang Prai here on Thursday.

Why sounded so sour lor? Mr. Lim, you should have taken the cue from one of your assemblymen here, on how to still give a helping hand notwithstanding the obvious ideological differences between parties involved. See how beautiful it is, the solicitor-client relationship I mean. Why can't there be a State Government-Rakyat relationship as pristine as that in the case of Kpg Buah Pala folks and the Penang state government? Don't shut them off just because they are now tend to lean more towards the other side.

After all, aren't they still the rakyat of this State which you are now is da' big chief? Are they not the subjects of your rule? Shouldn't their interests and rights be protected at all times without qualifications and limitations? Hey, isn't that what the CAT government is all about? I'm pretty sure that many lines akin to "serving the rakyat come what may" were in your general election manifestos somewhere, en route to 8th March 08 victories. So why the cuci tangan thingy?

Now, what about those villagers that did not go to BN for help but still hanging on to the belief that DAP Penang state government is that government of the people, by the people and for the people, as what was promised before? Can abandon them just like that meh? Not a good example you know, especially to Matang Pasiaq folks going out to vote for a representative in your government come 25th August.

My hope is that the state government won't be making a habit out of this. Always on the lookout for exit routes whenever they face problems that involved folks not on the same frequency as theirs, politically. Many promises, zero result, that is how many perceived the current state government as. You don't believe me? Just go for a haircut anywhere from Gelugor to Bayan Baru and you will here all sort of grouses with regard to your government shortcomings especially when it involves promises made prior to the last GE. All empty promises they will say. I know because I just had my haircut yesterday and had my fair share of "mengumpat sebelum ramadan" with the barber and some of his clients on issues with regard to 2,3 of your assemblymen around here and the quality of "service" they're giving to the people, yesterday afternoon. But no worries, no need for alarm. That was only a session of gossiping between the little people of penang, just like folks at Kpg Buah Pala. Small matters. Feel free to make more promises. Just make sure that you are able fulfill them, that's all. Shortchanging the people is never a good trait in a government. If you are really interested in helping the penangites, don't back off just because they are flying or looking like they are going to fly other flags than the rocket.

"Olang melah ka, olang ijau ka, olang bilu ka, kita pun suma olang penang lor!"

Ramadan Mubarak 1430H

Alhamdulillah, kita semua dipanjangkan usia untuk bertemu sekali lagi dengan Ramadan al-Mubarak kali ini.

Kepada semua pengunjung blog ini yang beragama Islam dan semua yang mengenali saya, izinkan saya mengucapkan selamat menjalani ibadah puasa.

Semoga ramadan kita semua kali ini jauh lebih hebat daripada yang sebelum-sebelumnya.