Sabah CM's "alleged can of worms" can be opened with aid of a HK opener!

And Malaysians are better served when "corruption" in the country gets onto the international radar. Locally with one ye closed, the government agencies tasked with fighting corruption are too embedded with their political masters that they choose NOT to see the wrongdoings when their own "fly" is opened when bedding down with the same women with their cronies they are supposedly taked with investifgating.

Here/hear it from the Malaysian Insider and whistle-blower extraordinaire:)~~~~

ICAC wants ‘transactional’ info for new probe, says Rafizi

UPDATED @ 07:55:55 PM 23-11-2012

By Zurairi AR

November 23, 2012

Rafizi (second left) said PKR was in possession of documents that would satisfy the ICAC’s requirement. — Picture by Zurairi AR

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 ― Hong Kong graftbusters may renew their probe into the murky RM40 million “political donation” to Sabah Umno if provided with evidence to show the funds were transacted on the island, PKR’s Rafizi Ramli said today.

“I’m very confident that the case will be re-opened. From our discussion with ICAC, they have given an easy evidence test,” the PKR strategy director said in a press conference here, referring to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

“And we do have evidence, documents. That’s why we need to return in two weeks,” said Rafizi, who led a team of PKR lawmakers to Hong Kong on Wednesday in a bid to get authorities there to renew their investigations into the matter.

Rafizi and his team were reluctant, however, to divulge details on the evidence, other than to say it met the ICAC’s requirment, for fear of jeopardising their sources and the investigation.

“There are like three or four files,” Rafizi said, refusing to elaborate further.

Yesterday, the PKR team furnished fresh evidence to the ICAC on Datuk Musa Aman’s RM40 million graft case and were invited to return with more proof on the Sabah chief minister’s alleged money-laundering link with businessman Michael Chia.

According to Rafizi today, the team had met with the Acting Chief Investigator of ICAC Martin Chan Chi-wah, after an immediate appointment was requested by senior Hong Kong legislative councillor James To Kun-sun.

The PKR lawmakers also met with their Hong Kong counterparts To, Leung Kwok-hung and Raymond Wong, who are part of the legislative council’s Security Panel, to which the ICAC answers.

In PKR’s report, three reasons were listed to encourage the world-renowned ICAC to reopen the RM40 million graft probe against Musa and Chia — separate claims from two Sabah MPs that the money was not a political donation to Umno as claimed; and the receipt of a luxury vehicle from Chia by Umno minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, possibly for corrupt reasons.

“They did give us a reference number and I think that by practice here, all cases are opened once a report is lodged,” Rafizi said yesterday in a phone call to The Malaysian Insider.

The fact-finding mission, which had just touched down from Hong Kong, also included PKR MPs William Leong and Lee Hoy Sian, and Perak assemblyman Chang Lih Kang.

Chang and Leong also revealed that HK representatives whom they met were greatly concerned that the island’s image as a financial capital will be tarnished by allegations of graft and money-laundering.

“They hope we can bring justice in Hong Kong and Malaysia,” Leong said.

“It is the responsibility of anyone to help ICAC in investigating money laundering cases ... so that Hong Kong will not be made into a ‘paradise of money-laundering’,” Chang added.

Chia’s alleged link with Musa first exploded in the media following an April article by whistleblower site Sarawak Report, which had claimed that former was caught trying to leave the Hong Kong International Airport with the RM40 million in Singapore currency.

At the time, Chia had allegedly told the authorities that the money was meant for Musa, kicking off a probe on the series of funds transfers from Malaysia to Hong Kong that was then believed to be the possible laundering of monies generated from illegal logging activities in Sabah.

The issue hit headlines again last month when Nazri told Parliament that Musa had been cleared of corruption in the matter after Malaysian and Hong Kong anti-graft authorities found that the money was a “political donation” to Sabah Umno and was not meant for Musa’s personal use.

But in the ensuing debates on the issue, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers chided Nazri for declaring Musa innocent without providing proof that the ICAC had cleared the chief minister of its own accord.

According to Nazri, the ICAC had closed the case after the MACC discovered in its probe that the money in Chia’s possession was meant for Sabah Umno and not Musa.

After Nazri’s denial, Rafizi held a press conference in Parliament revealing what he said was photographic proof that Nazri had allegedly received kickbacks from Chia to clear his name, in the form of a RM459,000 Hummer given to his son.

Nazri later countered by saying his son’s dealings with Chia were unrelated to his duties as a minister.

Fellow Scribe KimQ Poses a Q to PAS:

To PAS: Whither your direction?

By Kim Quek

The just ended PAS annual general conference (Muktamar) has landed Pakatan Rakyat into trouble waters again.  What started off on the right footing with Hadi Awang’s presidential address that reflects PAS as a matured partner in solidarity and harmony with Pakatan Rakyat in hot pursuit of Putrajaya has ended in near disaster.

On the first day of the main conference on Friday,Nov 16, Hadi gave much cheers to the entire Pakatan Rakyat alliance and its supporters with a speech that hammers on common agenda and and centered on issues conducive to winning the electoral battle ahead.  Even delegates debating Hadi’s speech largely skirted the controversial issues of Hudud and Islamic  State that could potentially disrupt unity within the Pakatan alliance.

However, this politically pragmatic approach has caused unease with the conservatives, who were disturbed by the lack of mention of implementing Hudud and other Islamic agenda, and construed such trend as deviation from PAS’ original struggle which was to realize an Islamic state. 

Spearheaded by the Ulamas and the Youth wing, the conservatives mounted a fight back that culminated in delegates vowing to work towards a resounding electoral success that would allow PAS to assume the leading role in the Pakatan Alliance with Hadi as prime minister.  Such clamour eventually won the apparent approval of the assembly with Hadi tacitly going along with such ideas.

Little did the delegates at that hour of jubilation realize that such an ending to the Muktamar has sent a shock wave through the Chinese community, with which I am in close contact.

The first thoughts that come to their minds are notions of a PAS-dominated government with Hadi as prime minister in the post-Barisan Nasional era.

What follow are uneasy thoughts associated with a country veering towards Islamisation, things like restriction to alcohol and pork consumption and entertainment, and general conformity to Islamic practices such as gender segregation, dress codes in public places, etc.  Above all these is the implementation of the much feared but little understood Hudud and the Islamic legal system, with all its vague implications. In short, such a new Pakatan rule is envisaged to adversely alter their present way of life.

Accuracy aside, these are common perceptions and initial reflexes of many in the Chinese community.

Needless to say, the electoral backlash to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in general and to PAS in particular is predictable.

Many a common Chinese PR-supporters must have been jolted into reflection and self-doubts:

·         Am I in the right track in voting PR to power?

·         What if PAS really becomes the dominant political force with its leader as prime minister?

·         What if the country is transforming into an Islamic state?

These thoughts and doubts, if allowed to nurture and no doubt inflamed by relentless BN propaganda, will culminate in the ultimate question:

To take risk with PR which may lead to Islamisation of our way of life

                                                         OR

To keep the status quo, which no doubt is unpalatable with all its evils of racialism, corruption and abuse of power, but undeniably familiar or even comfortable (to some), having been ruled by such a political power for ages?

My bet is that a sizable portion of this electorate will prefer to remain in the comfort zone which is ruled by “the devil we know”.

But of course, those well informed of current politics will remain steadfast in their determination to support PR, knowing that the chances of Islamisation in the foreseeable future are slim.  This is because the Pakatan alliance works on consensus, and DAP and PKR would continue to want Anwar Ibrahim to take the premiership in a triumvirate, where PAS is unlikely to predominate.

And yet, there is the third camp of current Chinese PR-supporters, who would take the cautious approach of continuing to support PR, but will vote in such a way that PAS will not become dominant.  This would mean that these voters, while continuing to vote for PKR and DAP, will refrain from voting for a PAS candidate to avoid PAS becoming dominant.

Thus PAS will become the first casualty in such an electoral backlash triggered by the Muktamar.  Many PAS candidates, who may otherwise be able to squeeze through due to overwhelming Chinese support, would now be felled by BN.

Under this scenario, PKR and DAP may not suffer as much as PAS, but their hopes of reaching Putrajaya will be similarly dashed, as any electoral set-back of this size to any of the partners will prove to be fatal to the alliance’s chances of winning a simple majority in such a tight race.

My estimation is that three quarters of Chinese are currently supporting PR, discounting the adverse impact of the Muktamar.  On this level of Chinese support, PR will win in the next poll, unless electoral frauds far exceed those of the last election in 2008.

My sincere advice to all those who yearn to see real changes taking place in this country is to recognize the reality that this is a multi-racial country with Malays forming ony slightly above 50% of the population.  It is hence totally unrealistic to force Islamisation on such a country without multi-racial consent.

There is only one future for this country, and that is the the government and the people's full acceptance of multi-culturalism and happy co-existence of religions under a governance that practices universal values of justice and equality.

To those exuberant Muktamar delegates who champion PAS as the new ruler with its leader as PM, I urge them to give serious thoughts to the hard truth that they can only have ONE of the following two options:

EITHER to rule the country in equal and equitable partnership with PKR and DAP on the currently agreed common agenda

                                                                    OR

To continue to force the pace of Islamisation without the expressed consent of other races, in which case, all the three partners of PR will continue to remain in the opposition for God knows how long.

The clock for the next election is ticking, and it is now up to the wisdom of the leaders of Pakatan Rakyat to undo the damage in the shortest possible time.

Kim Quek

20.11.2012

  

When I Again Read Muhyiddin's Concern for Malaysian Diapora...

in one of the mainstream papers++++ yesterday ( I only read the print copy at a kedai today!:( --The DPM was lamenting the loss of Malaysian talents abroad in the 1.2million diaspora overseas and urging them to come back because (paraphrasing here/hear!...) the "nation needs you and your expertise"! I DID NOT KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY.. ++++ I will track down an extract from one/wan OK! Be patient as Desi otten urges, for Ms Patience is also Mr, Miss Virtuous!:) OK working heART for my ER, updated from Star Online on its updated: Sunday November 18, 2012 MYT 2:21:42 PM

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Malaysian experts abroad urged to return home

Muhyiddin at a press conference

GOLD COAST: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Sunday urged the Malaysian diaspora of experts abroad to return home and help Malaysia progress at even faster pace through their expertise.
The diaspora estimated to number some 1.2 million with most of them in Australia, he said their expertise and skills could be harnessed in the nation's interest.
Malaysian experts abroad were no longer limited to the fields of medicine, accountancy and law as before as the diaspora was now also involved in other fields like specific branches of science and were researchers at universities, he said.
"The Malaysian workforce needs more specialists. Malaysia needs you to come home, the country needs your expertise," he said at a dinner with students and Malaysians living in Queensland here Saturday night.
On Thursday, Muhyiddin had launched the Malaysian Scientific Diaspora Network (MSDN) to serve as a key platform to connect Malaysian scientists worldwide and promote collaborative research in their areas of expertise for the country's benefit.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said the tranformation plans and programmes currently undertaken by the Malaysian Government opened vast opportunities for the diaspora.
He said if before they might ask what were the prospects if they returned home but this no longer was the case as they would be able to flourish in their careers.

******************************** I'm truncatng the report here BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS GUY IS ANY SINCERE  AT ALL -- he also stood by when Malay extremists eg Perkosa and its chief mischiefmaker ALI the chief froggie had regularly made inflammatory statements on the Chinese Malaysians, others were bold enough to tell "you balik TongSan jika tidak suka disini!"

Hey, Mr DPM, your lament reminds me of the saying: Bolting the stable door after the horses have bolted!

The DPM waiting-in-UMNO-wings to take over the clueless Najib as PM except Opposition Leader DS Anwar Ibrahim is growing MORE&MORE formidable with more clowning and play acting by the UMNO-centric wooden cabinet often caugfht LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH and yet still hold on to their seats because their (onw and family's) livelihood depends on it!:.

I had once likened these UMNO leader's acts as those UMNOputra daylight robbers of shedding crocodile tears that we are seeing a constant migration of Malaysians -- mainly Chinese and other non-Malay, sorry I have to have an ethnic breakdown reference point  -- as the countries who accept them make THEM FEEL APPRECIATED AND ACCEPTED. Yes, back n NegaraKu they rttreat some foreigners who are ILLEGALLY STAYING ON in Malaysia BETTER than local born-and-bred! Similar efforts like what TalentCorp is now doing -- how BIG is your BUDGET ah, can Desi ask, or is this covered by OSA? -- a decade or so ago, some 100-plus Malaysians working overseas returned to their homeland to SERVE. BUT  WITHIN ONE YEAR, all these returnees EXCEPT for wan miserable ONE, remained in Malaysia.

Is the TalentCorp reprising aulti-million act here? Again, and again -- carrying out tokensim of their UMNOputra Ministers and Menteri Besar 2B before the crucial 13th General Elections.


I quote from one poem dedicated to this topic in my Midnight Voices & Other Poems:~~~~

INTIMATION4:

A Reluctant Lament in May!
May 13, 1969 -- do we remember?
Countless Malaysians shed their blood
Life's fabric is oft strong, yet tender
Can withstand the elements even in a flood
But man's foul mood, tearing all asunder
I want to make this my motherland
Many of fellow Malaysians chorus in similar trend
But ill mouths and ill minds
They can't see our love 
Sight closeted within their racial blinds
Some slog to get by with two jobs
Others born into privilege behave like mobs
Ninety percent of us shed 
Blood, sweat and tears
So that the other 10 percent gallivant 
in wine, women and bed
They then question our loyalty
Meanwhile they reap the oil royalty
We dutifully pay our taxes
Meanwhile they squander in madness
Monuments are built to meet the sky
They see gods and goddeses on high
Wrapped around karaoke lasses' bosoms 
Behold, lo and hi
With our blood, sweat and tears
At the slightest sign of trouble
To safer havens they and lovers flee
Meanwhile they "yam seng!" in glee
They ask: Why art thou overseas?
Come back to serve your Motherland
Meanwhile, they who stay, they smother
Oh Mum's the Word
The majority lament
Why bother?

The Publishing Experience, or Lack of...II

No, I did NOT suffer a near-death experience the past few days although a fictional character Mac Taylor did.SIRvived because a million-$ character can not be allowed/aloud to die off quietly, TOO MANY OTHER PARTIES' LIVELIHOODS DEPEND ON "big" MAC.

I just want to continue my PR on my REPRINT of "Midnight Voices & Other Poems..." to continue from last Saturdie's post. YES, I promised an understanding of what DDC is about... so here/hear goes:~~~

Examples of DDC -- a sort of word game I play under Blogspeak licence self copyrightedORlefted:) -- are words in foregoing introduction italicised.

Extracting from page7 of my REPRINT, hey, now be an obedient student, go place an ORDER!:)

"My writing horizon expanded over the last two years after I started my weblog -- desiderata2000.blogspot.com -- on the Ides of March 2005, and the chief benefit flowing from this joyful  journey still in progress are the many new people I have become acquainted with. The section of poems sub-headed Blogosphere -- Beauty and the Beast -- is culled mainly from My Blue Haven. At this blogospheric abode, I indulged a lot in wordsmithry, and myGOoDfriend (mGf) from Ipoh, host of allofhelen.blogspot.com, termed it my DDC(Da Desi Code). Should you not catch on this special licence of Blogspeak, don't be afraid for you are not alone! Helen initially said she could understand only 30 percent of what Desi wrote. Curio cat that she is -- or is she an Olivia (sister of Oliver Twist)? -- she keeps coming back for more. I was tempted to say aMore but I refrained. I felt pretty proud when Helen intimated that I had won her over with some poetry, and she repays with some Note the words in italics are some examples of DDC, hope you do see, even with one eye closed!" 

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MORE on my publishing experience noteworthy of sharing relates to my adding some value in my updated copy, so I stole THREE quotable quotes -- I learnt from early school days reading Reader's Digest always works. From Albert Einstein some more, on the reverse of frontpage cover.

But horror of horrors when I took delivery of the books last week, staring at Desi with some beads of perspiration showing already on his shining forehead, WERE UNCORRECTED HOWLERS WHICH I HAD SPOTTED IN THE PROOF two weeks earlier. I personally saw the personable PRINTER -- whom I shan't name because I don't wish to see his cheeks turn lobster red! -- make the changes to the mistakes as shown in the proof. BUT WHAT HE OMITTED TO DO WAS HE DID NOT ERASE THE ORIGINAL COPY WHILE SAVING THE IMPROVED COPY IN HIS COMPUTER!


When he sent the copy for plate-making, he pulled up the ORIGINAL FILE with the TYPOS beautifully and nakedly intact to tease us! So after sweating our eye-brows and cooling down with teh-iced limau -- the princely Printer even buttered Desi down with three-layered-peanut-buttered-toast! -- we conceived with a sext-best solution. We re[laced the third Einstein quote with "stick-on" reprint. No, the Printer and Desi can assure buyers that they did not use their tongue to wet the glue, only fingers' DNA in taggingon the sticker. If they don't really make out an exact rectangle, put that down as a piece of modern art variant OK!:)

As I say, eve this "mistake" may enahnce the value of an autographed copy post writer's death, jest be patient. Did I mention Vincent van Gogh's SUNFLOWER sold for several hundred AUD million? Mine, I hope to be s-MILING fom sex foot underground if my Midnight Voices... could fetch 20million. Even in Rupiahs, oso cun-lah! LOL! ~~~~~~~~~~

BEST NEAR-DEATH NARRATIVE I'VE READ/SEEN...

Yes, it's from my fave TV series,THE CSI. The particular episode was aired this MIDNIGHT when the spiritual or after daeth realm is best felt or narrated by the adventurer/narrator lucky to live TO TELL THE TALE.!  Actually, thanks to AXN's repeats, tonight I saw this episode the second time around. SEE HOW COINCIDENTAL WITH the reprint of my "MIDNIGHT VOICES and OTHER POEMS"...?

To make my telling easier, I just googled CSI NY 8: Mack Taypor, NEAR DEATH, and presto, my job of narration is made like squezzzing orange to make squassssh (words in italics are Amore examples of DDC which I will write about in the next post, K! InsyaAllah!~~~~~~~~~

CSI NY 8.18 “Near Death” Review

Submitted by Alexis Rosales on May 24, 2012No Comment

The penultimate episode was titled ‘Near Death’ and it started with death in a pharmacy. Among the victims lying about was Mac Taylor; the head of New York Crime Lab. Now it would be almost impossible to believe that Mac would be killed off the show unless some issues have taken place without any body knowing. Besides, it was the beginning of the show and they won’t just kill him, will they?

But it was a near death experience as he laid down there dreaming of those people he is involved in. The very first person he got to talk with was his dead wife Claire. And then the whole team had a role call as he talked with everyone of them.

In the real world, Flack and Jo were the first to reach the hospital but his girlfriend was not far behind. It was Christine that helped Jo out to fill the form because she just realized that she really did not know that much about Mac. She knew his middle name and probably filled her own name as the next of kin.

Fans got to know in this episode some things that had been left hanging. The reason behind Lucy and Mac seemingly let Flack off the hook after his girlfriend was killed. But Jo’s case that she swore that she would solve remained unresolved. But there was a case Mac was on before the shooting incident occurred. Just the day before he and Flack were on the heels of a robbery suspect that had killed someone in his last robbery.

But Luke Sheldon swears to being innocent and claims that the sunglasses that ties him to the place had been missing for a while now. They did not have much time with him before his grandfather showed up with a lawyer.

Lindsay said it would be conclusive if they mapped his veins with that of the robber on the CCTV. They took up the advise and the results came out negative. He wasn’t the one but the shocking reveal that later came out was it was his grandfather with a couple of his friends that did it! They did not want to pay for home care and wanted to avoid being sent to a home.

Mac got shot in the pharmacy because he walked in on a robbery when he went to get Luke’s grandfather’s prescription. Flack track down and arrests the girl. At the end of the show, the flash forward six months ahead and Mac is alive and kicking.

The Publishing Experience, or Lack Of...

YL CHONG-- aka Desiderata when he first used publicly as a creative writer to earn pocket money -- has been living in a semi state of retirement since BUM2011. I believe some of you know I landed up in the 5-star Seremban General that faeful die day in July, 2012, and well treated for a weAk:). Okay, be warned that DDC is again used in this post -- ****DDC is Da Desi Code, gifted me by an Ipohlang I nick AweOfHelen.

I will reprise a section to help ye understand what DDC is**** from my inaugural Anthology (see-lah at the TOP, Midnight Voices & Other Poems, Now rush to email me and place an order of 10copies or more, which will enjoy a 15percent discount OK! Wella, it's surmised that after I move on from this gOod Earth, a copy autographed by YL, Desi, would be worth something like 1,500 -- remember Vincent van Gogh's SUNFLOWER? He died a pauper, his works fetch many millions post Death, how sad, I'm glad I'm not dead. Nyet.


My Email: chongyl2000@yahoo.com

Handphone: 012-9702285


SomeEsteemedReaders who have not met Desi but emailed would address me as a Ms -- I don't blame them because I think they fell in love with some of my "beguiling" poems, right? Leftist or Centrist?


Hence, I started off flagging the marketing of my First Print i 2007 with INTIMATIONS. Writers by nature do not speak to your face, they converse, and if your are physically around, they may reach of point of "holding thy hands", my dear!


PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE SECOND TIME AROUND

My book was SELF-PUBLISHED and the first edition was limited 1,000copies. I sold 900copies and gifted the remaining 99, keeping ONE kopi with penned-over TYPOS spotted after the fact!

Then about "six" months ago (I was tempted to say "sex", but shall refrain in case some below-age-of-16 gals from Malaka visit Midnight Voices -- hey,, now kids grow up pretty fast,and my friends from abroad infrom Desi they even have started to "do it" in secondary school! Please don't ask-lah what "do it" means OK, I'm not a qualified sex-educationist; and there is a Chinese saying: "When painting a portrait, don't need to paint even the intestines!" (something to this effect-lah!:)


Back from digression, which is a BUMmer's privilege to abuse -- that's WHY I urge my readers to get o board the Bloggers' bandwagon! -- I had wanted to publish my second book consisting my Best Socio-Political Essays; No, I was not modest to it by myself. I approached a publisher I had acquainted with through my Blogging and Political activities, sent him samples of the writings I had in mind; for reaons not to be disclosed -- hey publisher-writer relationship is akin to a doctor-patient one/wan OK -- the project did not take off.


I then approached another publisher nj KL, the initial talks did NOT even take off. He cited the case of mGf/myGOoDfriend KimQ -- March to Putrajaya, does that ring some DESIbelles? -- where Bukit Aman called up both parties for some sweetheart talks, and confiscated their books for safekeeping as sweeteners. See, Malaysian's PDRM boasts of keeping "threats to national security" of their own nationals at bay, BUT THERE IS ON RECORD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS STATING THAT INDONESIAN ILLEGALS IN MALAYSIA TOTALLED SOME TWO MILLION!


Heeding the advice of former Singapore Prime Minister LKY that someone reaching 65 must not retire, for once he/she gives up an active mind-based activity on a regulat basis, he/she will head for that tombstone much earlier, Desi had to think of a way to keep bee-sy.

The past few years, when I became acquainted with some new contacts with whom I wished to get-to-know-better, I had given PHOTSTATE COPIES, gratis of cpourse, for Desi is knot a scrooge OK!

So a BRAINWAVE AROSE TWO MONTHS AGO -- WHY NOT DOING A REPRINT OF "MIDNIGHT VOICES..."?


(To be continued...I have to adjourn to an early capitalistic dinner, a visitor from outstation is treating, and an olde horse like Desi knows the meaning of "MAKE HAY W'ILE THE SUN SHINES", especially during this raining seAson:) ~~ YL, Desi, knottyaSsusual

Daytime noise and midnight's decibels

noise in the day
neighbours quarreling over money -- yeah, lack of it
lovers in a tiff over each other's dalliance
and a dad's laments that the daughter is impossible
running out with a ruffianly-looking lad
he's 21, and she's 12-looking-17

noise in the afternoon
neighbours playing mahjong
and lovers still fighting o'er mutual infidelities
now it's a mum's lament that he's to blame
for allowing their girl too much freedom
and too much allowance in lieu of family time
and he counters in a booming voice:
like mother like daughter
wild as the wind in her younger days
well, she rebutted:
and you were riding me as a buck on heat
night and day

as night falls
and the midnight bells chime
every body and soul calls a truce
to noise, noise, noise

it's time to sink daytime laments into the pillows
it's time to bury life's endless woes in dreamtime
but the mind does not obey human's wishes
and a nightmare rides into one's landscape

the bank has foreclosed on the mortgage
the daughter is six-months pregnant
and it's now the neighbourhood's dogs fighting
and barking to get a share of the bitch in heat

inescapable is the human condition
from noise and the midnight
intruding voice
still in torturing decibels

In The Morning:) ~~ I'll come to U & xOxO:) ;)

YES< nostalgia as I recall teenage years, wit' nary a worry in the world. Adulthood brings adulteration and adultery -- who needs that?


via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=BmWdOvg6v1k&feature=endscreen ~~~~~~~

Bee Gees In The Morning Lyrics

 Send "In The Morning" Ringtone to your Cell

Songwriters: GIBB, STEVE

In the morning when the moon is at it's rest, 
You will find me at the time I love the best 
Watching rainbows play on sunlight; 
Pools of water iced from cold night, in the morning. 
Tis the morning of my life. 

In the daytime I will meet you as before. 
You will find me waiting by the ocean floor, 
Building castles in the shifting sands 
In a world that no one understands, 
In the morning. 
Tis the morning of my life, 
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bee+gees/in+the+morning_20015563.html ] 
In the morning of my life the 
Minutes take so long to drift away 
Please be patient with your life 
It's only morning and you're still to live your day 

In the evning I will fly you to the moon 
To the top right hand corner of 
The ceiling in my room 
Where wll stay until the sun shines 
Another day to swing on clothes lines 
May I be yawning 
It is the morning of my life 
It is the morning of my life 
In the morning 
In the morning 
In the morning

GoOD Malaysians, Have a BLESSED Holiday!

Yesterday, Malaysians, especially those of the Hindu faith, celebrated Deepavali, the Festival of Lights when GOoD Triumphs Over Evil. Malaysians are won't to go on xxtended leave -- is this good or bad? -- so many are still back at the kampong, village or estate celebrating -- as TOMORROW the Muslims celebrate a new year.

For better understanding, here's from publicholidays.com.my:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Awal Muharram dates for 2012 & 2013

Year	Date	Day	State
2012	15 November	Thursday	National
2013	5 November	Tuesday	National

What is Awal Muharram?

Awal Muharram (also called Maal Hijrah) celebrates the beginning of the Islamic new year, and is also the beginning of ten days of rememberance for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, who was killed in the battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram.

Muharram, derived from the word haram which means sinful, is a month considered most sacred of all besides the month of Ramadan. During this time, Muslims are forbidden to fight; hence, a time of mourning and peace.

This first month of the Islamic year coincides with the migration of Prophet Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D and is therefore, considered a time for self-evaluation and a starting point for change.

This event is celebrated by Muslims all over the world. The Shia Muslims (Shi’ite) spend the day mourning—some even to the extent of flogging themselves—to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali. The Sunni Muslims fast and celebrate the day according to the Sunnah of Mohammed which is in honour of Moses’ rescue of the people of Israel from Pharaoh.

On the 10^th day of Muharram most Muslims start fasting when the sun rises and do not eat until later in the evening. Muslims cook sweet rice, also known as Bubur Asyura and share them among family members and friends during their break fast. It is also during this time that Muslims gather in mosques to usher in the new Hijri year.

At the same time, various religious activities will be carried out such as spiritual singing, religious activities and the recitation of Koranic verses. Since special prayers and sermons are conducted in public halls and mosques, areas around mosques might be congested in the evenings and at night.


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Meanw'ile, BUMmers can join Desi as he heads for his/"our" spiriteDEStination for a rendezvous wit' the Bee Gees, yes, for a Holiday!:):):):):):):), with like-minded scribes from across the se7en  c-C~C~C~C~C-c,

via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJmRdE3WBgE ~~~~~~~

Songwriters: GIBB, ROBIN HUGH / GIBB, BARRY ALAN

Ooh you're a holiday , such a holiday
Ooh you're a holiday , such a holiday

Its something I thinks worthwhile
If the puppet makes you smile
If not then you're throwing stones
Throwing stones, throwing stones

Ooh it's a funny game
Don't believe that it's all the same
Cant think what Ive just said
Put the soft pillow on my head

Millions of eys can see
Yet why am I so blind
When the someone else is me
Its unkind, it's unkind

De de de de de de de de de de de de de
De de de de de de de de de de de de de

Yet millions of eyes can see
Yet why am I so blind
When the someone else is me
Its unkind, it's unkind

Ooh you're a holiday , evry day , such a holiday
Now it's my turn to say , and I say you're a holiday
Its something I thinks worthwhile
If the puppet makes you smile
If now then you're throwing stones
Throwing stones , throwing stones

De de de de de de de de de de de de de de

Keep a Date with BUMmer DonPlayPuks on Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012

AT HIS MAIDEN BOOK LAUNCH, viz:

Hi Everyone

I am very pleased to invite you all to my book launch. The details are as follows:

1. Publisher: Gerak Budaya Enterprise Sdn. Bhd.

2. Date: Tuesday, 20th November, 2012. Time: 7 p.m.

3. Venue: Ball Room (upstairs), Royal Selangor Club (Dataran).

4. Light refreshments and snacks will be served.

4. Dress Code: Casual smart. Please note RSC has its own dress code rules for events at their Ball Room - no round neck t-shirt, shorts, slippers, sandals etc.

5. In conjunction with the book launch, there will also be a panel discussion on 'Say No To Corruption' led by YB Rafizi Ramli, Strategic Director, PKR.

Please note it down in your diary. Your presence will be greatly appreciated. Of course, I will be there to sign copies of the novel (retail price RM30.00) for those interested in purchasing them at the venue.

The publisher will email you the full program and other details in due course.

Thank you and warm regards to all

E.S.Shankar

Google has honoured THE THINKER Sculptor...

with a special "logo"-ised image celebrating the great One's 172nd anniversary -- Desi picks up the item BELATEDly, maaf ia! WISHING AWE MY HINDU READERS&fRiends a Happy Deepavali; also while eating&Driking, take time off to think about the THREE QUOTES from Albert Einstein in my previous posts.

To Sdr ES SHANKAR aka DonPlayPuks especially, fellow BIUMmer extraordinaire, an XXpecially ap AP ap occasion to mark his inaugural book launch on November 20 at 7.00PM at Royal Sel;angor Club at Dataran Merdeka, KL; more details will soon follow, here/hear! ~~ YL, Desi

From zeenews.india.com:)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Auguste Rodin ‘Thinker’ honoured with Google Doodle on 172nd birth anniversary

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New Delhi: One of world’s most celebrated sculptor Auguste Rodin was honoured on his 172nd birth anniversaty by search giant Google with a classy Doodle depicting one of his most famous sculptures, the Thinker.

Rodin was born François-Auguste-René Rodin in1840 in Paris. He attended the Petite École, where he studied drawing and painting. He tried to gain admittance to the Grand École, but was rejected thrice. After he left the Petite École, he worked as a craftsman and ornamenter for nearly two decades.

Rodin turned to religion after his sister Maria’s death in 1862, joining a Catholic order, the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. The founder and head of the congregation Saint Peter Julian Eymard, seeing his talent, encouraged him to continue with his sculpture. He studied under animal sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, whose attention to detail greatly influenced him.

His work was a departure from traditional themes of mythology and allegory and was imbued with realism in depicting the human body.

He gained popularity with his first major, full-sized work, “The Age of Bronze”, which caused uproar with the statue’s extreme naturalism. Later, he was commissioned to work on his magnum opus, a sculptured portal in 1880. The project, called the Gates of Hell, was based on Dante’s “Inferno”. Some of the famous sculptures from the collection included the “The Thinker” and “The Kiss.”

Rodin died on November 17 from lung infection. 

Two more Quotes from the Greatest Mind Ever Landed on Planet Earth, Cun?

Well acknowledged as I said Yesterday as the GreAtest Mind that visited planet Earth, this scientist was most famous for his Theory of Relativity; also his equation relating to the different FORMS of ENERGY:~~~~~~~

E = M c squared, where E is for Energy, M is for Mass and c is for the speed of light. As for that Relativity Theory, please read it up yourself by Googling Okay, I can't try to summarise in less than 1000 words and you expect me to be "ellorless"! Oh know, I ain't gonna make myself a fool; of thee OK, but I refrain in case you won't bye my REPRINT of MIDNIGHT VOICES & OTHER POEMS kambing out sext week, InsyaAllah:)

Yesterday, I reflected - as I'm wont to on beaut Sundaes -- on the following: lazy BUMmer, please go read my post yesterday, when awe my troubles seem'd so far abay with the Beatles in The Yellow Submarine, knot Scorpene OK! They didn't no Baginda yet. Neither Altantuya, Nyet. Neither Desi, :(

Albert Einstein 

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

Desi Thinking Allowed: Does it apply to the Malaysian voters? Who year-in year-out complain about the government, yet they returned the BN to power for 12 general elections, ie 55 years!

I have writ b4: Many Malaysians are born MASOCHISTIC! They have a high tolerance for self-inflicted pain, and UMNO is a fanfastic pain-inflictor! You don't believe me -- aRsEk those fools who fall for Bribe1Malaysia giving you RM500 -- to be followed next January with Bribe2Malaysia with another RM500 and you sell your precious Vote back to the BN although you believe in the Pakatan Rakyat war4CHANGE! Cheapskate Malaysians! HOw-lah, Malaysia -- WHO WILL WEEP FOR THEE?!

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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Albert Einstein

Desi Thinking Aloud: "Ditto" to the above, for YL is quite a lazy BUMmer wracking/wrecking his God's imposed brain on many rounds of tehtarik, and no Vitamin M is flowing in the past 12 monthssince some of us V V bloggers started serious prep for GE13! Yeah, in simple English, YOU GUYS WHO VOTE for BN-UMNO every GE, don't expect the corrupt admin to change even there is a change of Prime Minister OK! Are you now awake, Repent?

Desi's Challenge: OR you wanna carry on doing the same thing, over and over again, and EXPECT THE DEVIL TO CHANGE?!

Imagination leads one to a nu'e nation where oneself is KING!

On "Imagination" -- well-acknowledged as the greAtest mind that touched planet Earth, Albert Einstein in one instance, was quoted as having said:“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” 


Listen to emmanuel's rendition of John Lennon's from Aussie X-FACTOR:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY37l4PDsao&feature=related

Yes, we are all owners of a unique mind, and it's in the windmills of one's that one can weave the best stories ifone breaks loose and let IMAGINATION take flight.

Nowadays, I get weary sometimes trying to pick up fesh "political" events and news because often, there is a pausity of "newness" in what is happening to Malaytsia. Put on 13th General Election since late 2011, Desi has found to his dismay the Prime Minister has been postponing the election date from month to month, and A FULL YEAR HAD SINCE PASSED. I believe many of us writers, journalists or bloggers or somewhere in between these two estates -- I don't know about the politicians --are feeling a byte exhausted from the many false starts.

The next Government must pass legislation in Parliament to FIX A FIVE YEAR TERM e.g if the 13th Parliament officially sits from 15th March 2013, then the Parliament will AUTOMATICALLY be disssolved on the 14th March 2018 ie exactly  five years later. And the Election Commission will be mandated to HOLD THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTIONS WITHIN TWO MONTHS of the Parliament's dissolution.


So late on holy Sundae -- when Desi indulges himself in more than one continental meal that special dae! -- my capitalistic thoughts travel to the material world. I wish I had the means, which means becoming a millionaire, of buying a whole IS:LAND off Australia where I will have AN OPEN INVITASTION TO ALL WRITERS, especially BLOGGERS, to come visit, BUT BYO MEALS OK, and I will provide endless rounds of tehtarik or Rut Bir for I have in mind engaging a gOod assistant named Fridae to just do these two tasks!

(TO BE CONTINUED...Just received a phone invite to De Miang Corner to indulge another round...:)

Resumed writHing @1040PM because I care for thy APpetite, dear ER: The island in the sun I had imagined for all my avid writer friends was named spiritedestination and the climate there/dare would be one closely as envisioned in the song IMAGINE, as follows:)


"Imagine"

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

AS I quoted Einstein, e just have to let our god-gifted mid wander on and pone, and what appears impossible enters the realm of the possible BECAUSE OU MIND WILLS IT!:)

SO, till next Sundae when Desi becomes once again a child again when the mind has NO BORDERS, I shall PEN THE GREATEST LINES EVER POSSIBLE guided by my masters, Einstein and Shakespeare, K! Tonight, I shalt dream of all the beautiful gals imaginable in the worlde, this and others, and I shall climb one mountain of bliss to another, and shalt nbot be limited to Buddha's 18levels, for wit' imagination, it would number 18X 18 because my subconscious says so. So who am I disagree with my midnight voices beckoning me on, and on, and on.......?