The World That I See - My View

(click on the picture to see about 22 more pictures) Pictures Taken During My Visit To Communicasia2008, Singapore.

29 Jun 2008 I am issuing this statement from within the embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Kuala Lumpur. I was transported to the embassy earlier this morning fearing that my personal safety was in danger. I thank all those who offered to assist me in this time of need and am grateful to the Turkish Ambassador for extending an invitation to seek refuge within the Embassy. Since the March 8th elections, numerous credible sources from within the government and military intelligence have advised me that certain agents from within Barisan Nasional leadership have initiated plots to cause harm to me or my family or my supporters. I have been told that my assassination has not been ruled out as means to subvert the people’s will and bring an end to the transformational changes taking place in Malaysia. Notwithstanding the threats which are intended to silence my voice, I intend make public new evidence implicating that the Inspector General of the Police Musa Hassan and the Attorney Gene

Samy urges Barisan to punish Hamidah KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional has been urged to take disciplinary action against Sungai Rapat assemblyman Hamidah Osman for insulting the Indian community at the Perak state assembly on Friday. MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, in making the call, said the party condemned the state assemblyman’s action. “We urge the Barisan Nasional Supreme Council to take action against her,” he said in a statement here. Hamidah was reported to have asked Speaker V. Sivakumar if he agreed to disagree with the well-known fable of whether a snake or a man from a certain racial community should be killed first. However, she retracted her words when Barisan whip Datuk Seri Mohamad Tajol Rosli Ghazali (BN – Pengkalan Hulu) asked her to do so. “I want her to make a public apology to the Indian community. What she did is most humiliating and not acceptable,” Samy Vellu said, adding that her remarks had angered Indians. In IPOH, a Tamil cultural group lashed out at

Anwar receives death threats, in hiding (Update 3) By V.P. SUJATA PUTRAJAYA: Parti Keadilan Raykat leaders decided Sunday morning that the party's de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stay at the Turkish Embassy for his safety after he received death threats. His family visited him at the Embassy at Jalan U Thant Sunday evening, PKR vice-president Azmin Ali said. At a press conference earlier Sunday, Anwar's wife and PKR president Satin Seri Wan Azizah Ismail said the death threats had come less than a day after an aide of Anwar's had lodged a police report alleging he was sodomised by the one-time deputy prime minister. She said PKR had released pictures of the aide showing him with cabinet ministers and their high-ranking staff, which she claimed was evidence of political assassination. Anwar was was sacked by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad over similar allegations in 1998. Federal CID director Comm Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin said the police would conduct a

MAS raises surcharge By M. KRISHNAMOORTHY KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is increasing fuel surcharge by 10% to 30% on all international sectors from today. For between Malaysia and India, the fuel surcharge for one-way will increase from RM288 to RM406; Malaysia and Australia/New Zealand, from RM457 to RM643; and Malaysia and Britain (from RM575 to RM771). A few days ago, MAS had forewarned that it would be a “very tough” ride ahead. MAS managing director Datuk Seri Idris Jala had said the increase in fuel surcharge would be “competitive”. Fuel accounts for 40% of an airline’s total cost and jet fuel hit a record US$173.55 (RM560.56) a barrel on May 27 before falling to US$161.85 (RM522.77) in Singapore last Friday. In a circular issued by MAS' regional general manager office, travel agents were notified of the revised surcharge via e-mail yesterday. Lotus Travel managing director K. Thangavelu said the increase was high and would definitely affect passengers and the travel

Najib, Khairy deny Raja Petra claims By SHAHANAAZ HABIB KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has dismissed Raja Petra Kamarudin’s statutory declaration implicating his wife as having had a hand in the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaaribuu as “total lies, fabrication and total garbage.” The Deputy Prime Minister said the allegations in the statutory declaration were a “desperate and pathetic attempt to discredit and taint my political image.” He said his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, had already given her statement to the police. The Prime Minister too would be making his recorded statement to the police. “I welcome the police investigation and hope they would be concluded soon,” he told reporters on Wednesday after chairing a Cabinet committee meeting on illegal immigrants. Raja Petra, editor of online news portal and aggregator Malaysia Today, filed his explosive statutory declaration on June 18 with the KL High Court, claiming to have been "reliably informed"

Ganesh Jun 23, 08 4:36pm An average Malaysian, besides food and his silly car loan, spends the bulk of his money on education and health. However, in a country which is so rich in resources and wealth, I cannot see why the government is not building more hospitals and universities and actually providing free healthcare and free education. In comparison, the UK has only double the population of Malaysia but it has hundreds of universities and hundreds of free hospitals. After all, our government gets a lot of revenue from sources that other social state countries like the UK don't like high taxes from cars etc. Some writer did some calculations and estimated that since the inception of high car taxes, the taxes collected from the purchase of new cars alone would be some RM170 billion to date. Malaysia is rich in resources. In fact, many say, Malaysia is one of the richest countries in the world with natural resources, for example, oil, gas, oil palm, rubber, tin, gold. The UK does

SHAH ALAM: After 124 days, the prosecution finally wrapped up its case in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial. Lead prosecutor DPP Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah closed the case on Monday at the conclusion of the third and final trial-within-a-trial to determine the admissibility of a portion of evidence given by a police officer. In doing so, the prosecutor also informed Justice Mohd Zaki Md Yasin that the prosecution was offering a total of 144 witnesses to the defence. In the high profile case, Unit Tindakan Khas (UTK) operatives C/Insp Azilah Hadri and Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar are charged with murdering the 28-year-old Mongolian translator between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20 two years ago in Mukim Bukit Raja, here. Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda is accused of abetting them in Kuala Lumpur between 9.54am on Oct 18 and 9.45pm on Oct 19 the same year. Justice Mohd Zaki said he would begin hearing submissions from all parties on July 23 and would continue hearing the arguments unti

Cops to probe RPK’s claims By LOURDES CHARLES KUALA LUMPUR: Police will be calling up Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin to investigate allegations in his recent statutory declaration on purported facts related to the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the three individuals named in the document filed on June 18 would also be called up. In the declaration, Raja Petra claimed that the trio – one of them a prominent woman – were present at the scene during the murder of the Mongolian translator in October 2006. Copies of the two-paged declaration together with the identity of the trio have been posted on various blog sites. In the document, Raja Petra said he was “reliably informed” of these allegations. Musa said the matter could be sub judice as the Altantuya murder case was still being heard. He also said Raja Petra must be “brave enough to face the consequences if he is bold enough” to make the allegations. Meanwhile, the Att

IPOH: The World War II bomb found at Sungai Pinji , Tambun, near here had to be detonated twice before it was completely destroyed. Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Azisman Alias said the first attempt by the bomb disposal unit at 10am only destroyed a part of the bomb. “After the smoke had cleared from the site, we noticed it was still intact. “In the second attempt 50mins later, we successfully destroy the bomb,” ACP Azisman told reporters near the blast site immediately after the operations on Saturday. No one was injured and nothing had been damaged, he said. ACP Azisman said the bomb was believed to have been made by the British during the war. “It could have been dropped during the war to blow up the bridge in Tambun near here,” he said. The remaining pieces of the bomb would be kept at the Tambun police station as a souvenir, he said. All roads leading into Tambun had been cordoned off by 7am on Saturday, while residents staying within a 500m radius were evacuated to two army camps and the T

At 1.05 am on 20th June 2008 I called KLIA Limo (87873030), and for 10 mins I tried it was engaged....."USER BUSY" Then called 87873678 (after I check in web), he gave me 87873587 as he only deal with out going taxis. I called 87873587, the man there said no taxis available for booking. All taxis are booked. And he hangup on me when I was demanding a taxi and when I call back no one answer. Then I called 03-87762000, I complain to Mr Azmi b. Hafizan. He said he will talk to the supervisor of KLIA Limo. At 1.29am Mr Mizi from KLIA Limo called and he did not know what was the problem and I told him. He said he can't do much as he arrange for out going taxis. Then he tried to help, he called me back as asked me to call back 03-87873030 that they will arrange a taxi. I called 03-87873030, again it was in .............."USER BUSY". When I called back Mr Mizi @ 03-87873678 and told him it was still engage, he asked me to call 03-87873587. I called, I guess this was my

I guess (from feedback) many liked the story " Garbage Truck..... " and it also made me see things that I never observe. And I am sure it would have changes many out there, to observe and Identify the emotions and how we take things personal and start being a Garbage Truck..... To my suprise to day I got a comment from Chris ( https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20518519&postID=8462783267318958840&page=1 ). He pointed me to David J. Pollay's blog , the author of Garbage Truck..... . I think all should read his blog... http://davidjpollay.typepad.com/ . And see if it can change you... Good luck.

12 Jun, 2008 20:53 PM PUTRAJAYA, 12 Jun (Bernama) -- Kerajaan mungkin terpaksa menetapkan harga runcit bahan api yang lebih tinggi daripada RM2.70 bagi petrol dan RM2.58 bagi diesel berkuatkuasa Khamis lepas, jika ia tidak menstrukturkan sistem subsidi bahan bakar. Ini kerana harga minyak mentah global meningkat kepada AS$138 setong dua hari selepas itu.Tanpa sistem subsidi baru yang ditetapkan pada 30 sen, kerajaan mungkin terpaksa menetapkan harga pada RM3.15 seliter untuk petrol, kata Menteri Kewangan Kedua Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop. Menurut beliau semasa kerajaan mengumumkan harga baru petrol, harga tanpa subsidi ialah RM3.00 seliter dan dengan subsidi harganya RM2.70 seliter iaitu kurang 30 sen.Pada 4 Jun, kerajaan mengumumkan harga petrol dan diesel masing-masing meningkat 78 sen dan RM1 seliter."Namun pada Jumaat, dua hari selepas pengumuman harga baru, harga dipasaran naik sehingga US$178 setong. Berasaskan pada harga itu, harga tanpa subsidi sekarang ialah 3.45 sen,"

MB Khalid: Balkis still registered Llew-Ann Phang SHAH ALAM (June 18, 2008): Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim says the Registrar of Societies (ROS) has not approved the dissolution of the Wives of Selangor MPs and Assemblymen Welfare and Charity Organisation (Balkis). "The state government received a letter from the ROS about a week ago confirming the status of Balkis," he told reporters in a post weekly state exco meeting media briefing today. "The letter states that Balkis has not been dissolved. We are still collating information on land ownership and management of its assets, like the building (they operated in), to be given to the ROS. "These serve as an explanation to the ROS as it is important for it to inform those involved in the handling of these assets, should the dissolution be approved. So there will not be losses or destruction of the assets that were entrusted (to Balkis) to carry out activities for the benefit of the people in Selangor,&q

Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:05am IST KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A small Malaysian political party called a media briefing on Wednesday amid speculation it could quit the ruling coalition, highlighting simmering tensions that could eventually unseat Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's government. Sabah Progressive Party, which has two lawmakers in the ruling coalition, will hold the briefing at 0600 GMT in the party's base in the eastern state of Sabah on Borneo island, a spokesman said. "There will be a press conference at 2 p.m.," said Chong Pit Sah, the party's deputy information chief. "The party president is now in a meeting with two MPs." He did not have further details. Sabah Progressive president Yong Teck Lee was recently quoted as saying the party was ready to quit the ruling coalition if its demands were not met. "All the flip-flop, the indecisiveness and the changes going on give people the impression that they (government and leaders) don't

I like the ant there... A type of Jasmine called in Tamil "Fat Jasmine" ...at my Garden

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed theother car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call 'The Law of the Garbage Truck. 'He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other pe

With my new lens at my "wild" garden.....

Sad to say.....since i did not get any one to sponsor a MACRO Lens. I decide to buy one ... Today I bought SIGMA MACRO 105mm F2.8 EX DG http://www.sigmaphoto.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3253&navigator=5 for RM1550.00 and a HOYA UV filter. Now I have more work to do. :)

The European Commission is seeking a ban on Malaysian seafood and live fish imports over concerns they fail to meet EU standards, an official said Wednesday. "The commission is proposing to the member states the adoption of two draft decisions suspending imports of fisheries products and live fish, except tropical ornamental fish, from Malaysia," a commission official said on condition of anonymity. "These imports should be suspended due the bad outcome of a recent commission inspection that indicated these commodities may be of concern for the community public and animal health," the official added. However, the official did not know when the decision on the ban would be taken. In anticipation of EU action, Malaysia's frozen seafood industry urged the European Union to hold off on banning its multi-billion-dollar exports. "A ban will be devastating for us as Europe is one of our major markets and it would result in many of us going out of business," C

Sun rise at town center ...Kuala Lumpur The spiderman ....