Dear Friends, Dr.Mahathir is either speaking purely out of lack off information or purely ambitious to garner the Malay Muslim support since he has left UMNO. He need to state his point of view to the Malays so they know where he stands on the Malay Supremes i issue. But he failed to understand that Makkal Sakthi is actually anti BN-UMNO dictatorship. It has nothing to do with Malays or being racist. It was the arrogance of UMNO who assumed they could manipulate this country and it's people to serve their personal interest. So the people needed to unite to bring down this empire. To unite a force you first need to find a common issue. The Indians who just happened to be Tamils for the obvious reasons united to fight against this discrimination. It was the discrimination towards the minority that led to the fall of 5 states to the opposition. The Umno arrogance that made the Malays vote against BN. Many who went out there to vote for the opposition was not because they believe in them but because they wanted BN to learn a lesson. There is a movement brewing towards boy coting Petronas. I have been reading on this matter alot lately and I find that this is the most influential action to take. Not because of retaliation but instead of necessity to control the oil market by the users. The price of oil actually sky rocketed because of a few reasons like future optioning, oil producing countries having internal problems, speculations from US researchers and huge demands (nearly double since 10years ago) from China and India.
In Malaysia, Increasing 41% is a big blow for the nation. Even the middle class feel the pinch. Imagine the lower income group. There is alot more to it. Example like the good effect of oil price increasing and the back effects. I'll post it when i have the time.
Sincerely,Pathmanck
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Indian Dilemma
I was born in the time DR. Mahathir became the Prime Minister of Malaysia. I grew up knowing only him as the Prime Minister. Like an ordinary Indian boy i was raised from a simple middle class family. Going thru our good old government school, i made many friends. Friends from all races but i would like to talk about my Indian friends in this story. I had 17 Indian friends in my batch to be exact. We bonded well and to our version of the past were the legends. I was more of the simple student, who hardly did his homework and got plenty of free advice from the teachers periodically. I had a simple satisfaction with my SPM results but with big plans for my future. So did my other 17 friends. So i left to the UK to further my studies because i knew i was not going to get anything with my bad Bahasa Malaysia credit. Many of my friends went to do STPM, some went to private colleges and universities, some went to do A levels and some just went into business.
There was a few things i noticed after coming back from UK. The friends who went into business were doing much better than all the rest. The statistic is 1 made it to Government University and 1 got a overseas scholarship. 4 didn't further their studies and went into bussines. 8 studied in collages and Private Universities and 2 studied abroad.
So that makes only 6% of the Indian students who got scholarship. So just to make it interesting. If the government gave 200 scholarship as how the have promised lately then it would be 12 Indian students in the entire country eligible to obtain this scholarship. Interesting and if this was to follow a quota system of 10% for non-bumi's then what happens? There is more than 4,000 student who scores straight A1's last year. Imagine how unfortunate our position is being a non-bumi. And that friend of mine who got a scholarship wasn't even a government one.
So how much does your government help you? I would like to make a statement that When the bumiputra realizes that they cannot survive without the non-bumiputra than only will they accept to demolish such unfair quato's.
When the non-bumiputra is paying 90% of the taxes and the bumi's paying 10%. But they get 90% of the share and leave only 10% for the rest. Isn't this called discrimination? I don't have a discount in buying a house or land or taking a loan or a grant or getting business tax exemption. From getting a license to employing your staff you have special concessions. You have special financial support for having more children while the non-bumi's suffers to put even one child thru college. And when we come to the government for help to reduce the the taxes or fuel and food prices we are told that the government doesn't have money. Where is all our money? All the tax payers money?
There is an American study about abortion reduces future crime rate. What it says is that when a child is unwanted by it's mother for reason's like unable to provide a proper surrounding for the child or without a father or she is incapable of taking care of a child. This child by statistic raised up in a rejected surrounding ends up being a criminal. So by legalizing abortion in the 70's and making it affordable. In the next few decades the crime rate suddenly decline as result to lesser children are raised up in unhealthy surroundings. Which explains the sudden drop of crime rate in the 90's in the USA. So like that the Malaysians from the lower income group who needs the government support end up being neglected because of the quota system for the countries distribution of wealth. And Indian families who need to sell their house and take up huge loans to educate their children are struggling in our country and are ignored by this quota system. And indirectly the amount of Indian who are capable of coming out of their unfortunate state is effected by this quota system because higher education is highly competitive and expensive. Most of the Indian families can only put one child thru college and the rest till STPM. For an Indian STPM is like a wheel of fortune. You are gambling with your time, future and with your education. And many of them choose to start doing menial works because they have become a burden to their family.
I want to make it very clear that i do not have any racial hatred. I only hate to see what the government has done to my people. By people who abused their power to benefit their interest groups. While the rest were left ignored. We carried this country on our shoulders and built this country with our own hands. From generation to generation the Indians worked from the ground up and today. I stand as a Malaysian only on paper. With a stern reminder by the government that i was lucky to have landed here. If the non-bumi's all of a sudden decided to pack up and leave Malaysia. The entire country will collapse. That isn't a joke. So please treat us with dignity. I don't owe anyone a living. So don't eat off my plate.
There was a few things i noticed after coming back from UK. The friends who went into business were doing much better than all the rest. The statistic is 1 made it to Government University and 1 got a overseas scholarship. 4 didn't further their studies and went into bussines. 8 studied in collages and Private Universities and 2 studied abroad.
So that makes only 6% of the Indian students who got scholarship. So just to make it interesting. If the government gave 200 scholarship as how the have promised lately then it would be 12 Indian students in the entire country eligible to obtain this scholarship. Interesting and if this was to follow a quota system of 10% for non-bumi's then what happens? There is more than 4,000 student who scores straight A1's last year. Imagine how unfortunate our position is being a non-bumi. And that friend of mine who got a scholarship wasn't even a government one.
So how much does your government help you? I would like to make a statement that When the bumiputra realizes that they cannot survive without the non-bumiputra than only will they accept to demolish such unfair quato's.
When the non-bumiputra is paying 90% of the taxes and the bumi's paying 10%. But they get 90% of the share and leave only 10% for the rest. Isn't this called discrimination? I don't have a discount in buying a house or land or taking a loan or a grant or getting business tax exemption. From getting a license to employing your staff you have special concessions. You have special financial support for having more children while the non-bumi's suffers to put even one child thru college. And when we come to the government for help to reduce the the taxes or fuel and food prices we are told that the government doesn't have money. Where is all our money? All the tax payers money?
There is an American study about abortion reduces future crime rate. What it says is that when a child is unwanted by it's mother for reason's like unable to provide a proper surrounding for the child or without a father or she is incapable of taking care of a child. This child by statistic raised up in a rejected surrounding ends up being a criminal. So by legalizing abortion in the 70's and making it affordable. In the next few decades the crime rate suddenly decline as result to lesser children are raised up in unhealthy surroundings. Which explains the sudden drop of crime rate in the 90's in the USA. So like that the Malaysians from the lower income group who needs the government support end up being neglected because of the quota system for the countries distribution of wealth. And Indian families who need to sell their house and take up huge loans to educate their children are struggling in our country and are ignored by this quota system. And indirectly the amount of Indian who are capable of coming out of their unfortunate state is effected by this quota system because higher education is highly competitive and expensive. Most of the Indian families can only put one child thru college and the rest till STPM. For an Indian STPM is like a wheel of fortune. You are gambling with your time, future and with your education. And many of them choose to start doing menial works because they have become a burden to their family.
I want to make it very clear that i do not have any racial hatred. I only hate to see what the government has done to my people. By people who abused their power to benefit their interest groups. While the rest were left ignored. We carried this country on our shoulders and built this country with our own hands. From generation to generation the Indians worked from the ground up and today. I stand as a Malaysian only on paper. With a stern reminder by the government that i was lucky to have landed here. If the non-bumi's all of a sudden decided to pack up and leave Malaysia. The entire country will collapse. That isn't a joke. So please treat us with dignity. I don't owe anyone a living. So don't eat off my plate.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
I'm a Bumiputra.
Our Ex PM blog site "chedet.com" reached a million visitors in one month and I reached only 100 visitors. Being a nobody i consider myself lucky to have even a single reader interested with my blog. I read his blog site today and i do have a few contradicting opinions with his. But i do appreciate and admire him in many ways. Despite my personal opinion that he is the one who should be blamed most for dividing the many ethnic minorities further and creating personal grudges towards the "So called Bumi's".
The word Bumiputra itself is so controversial. If i was born here. On this very same soil you were born on then that makes us both Bumi's. My grandfather was born here. So what makes me not a pure Bumiputra. The word itself is so influenced by Sanskrit.
Now the government protects the Malay by saying this land purely is a Malay soil. I've been to many countries. I've seen a few cultures and governments. Race does not rule a country. It is the people who do. The government cannot hide the truth forever. They can bend it till one fine day it will break and then I'm sure that even the word bumiputra would be changed. This might be far fetched or it could even be the near future but I'm sure of it. I don't desire to steal one's rice bowl or privileges. But I believe privileges is for the needy. If you think you need it then please apply. Because the government can use that money to help bring up our peoples standard of living. Because there is no way a country can subsidies everything to fight a global rise of commodity price. The basis of it is ridicules. How long can you go on doing it? The more you subsidies our basic cost of living the more vulnerable the people get. Then we all become puppets to the other power instead of the higher power. It is the same principle to fuel chargers for air travel. How long can you charge the people for it? At some point it's just going to sound silly. This country needs to be managed by people who are serious about progressing. Because we are so far behind in the world.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
Sincerely,
Pathmanck
The word Bumiputra itself is so controversial. If i was born here. On this very same soil you were born on then that makes us both Bumi's. My grandfather was born here. So what makes me not a pure Bumiputra. The word itself is so influenced by Sanskrit.
Now the government protects the Malay by saying this land purely is a Malay soil. I've been to many countries. I've seen a few cultures and governments. Race does not rule a country. It is the people who do. The government cannot hide the truth forever. They can bend it till one fine day it will break and then I'm sure that even the word bumiputra would be changed. This might be far fetched or it could even be the near future but I'm sure of it. I don't desire to steal one's rice bowl or privileges. But I believe privileges is for the needy. If you think you need it then please apply. Because the government can use that money to help bring up our peoples standard of living. Because there is no way a country can subsidies everything to fight a global rise of commodity price. The basis of it is ridicules. How long can you go on doing it? The more you subsidies our basic cost of living the more vulnerable the people get. Then we all become puppets to the other power instead of the higher power. It is the same principle to fuel chargers for air travel. How long can you charge the people for it? At some point it's just going to sound silly. This country needs to be managed by people who are serious about progressing. Because we are so far behind in the world.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
Sincerely,
Pathmanck
Friday, May 23, 2008
My 100th visitor
Today, after a month starting my blog i have reached my 100th visitor. Thank you for your support.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Embouchure
Embouchure means the method of applying the lips to the mouthpiece of a wind instrument. An interesting word that i think I'll never use in my entire life. Something even my ancestor wouldn't have thought off. But it makes you think about it.
The same experience i had a week ago. A good friend of mine came back from off shore after an oil expedition near Finland. So he called me up to catch up with things after his long trip. He told me two very interesting information. I call it information because i assume it is of some value. Anyways what he told me was that a rival company of his just discovered one of the worlds biggest oil field in Brazil. Isn't it odd how the world works. So 10-15 years from now we would see Brazil as the next most developing country in the world. It usually takes that long for the oil to reach the market. The other important information is there hasn't been any discovery of oil in peninsular Malaysia or even sabah and sarawak for past few years. The only discoveries nowadays are gas fields in sabah and sarawak. Oh...and Malaysia only has fuel reserve for 10 years.
So all those billions of ringgit that funds our countries administration to expeditions are going to come to an end pretty soon. Than what is our country is going to feed on. Out tourism sector is in the slumps. Our property market is starting to sink like Captains Jack Sparrows ship. And our manufacturing industry is being immobilized and shifted to china. Our Telemarketing and Call Centers are being shifted to India. We are buying Agriculture supplies from other neighboring countries to pump up our reserves and we spend our money having National Service for thousand of school leavers while we have an entire army getting paid to be on stand by. We could instead pay them better and give our military a dignified pay and image. We could build our racial ties by providing community services programs and rural developing projects. And leave NS to people who apply for it by giving incentives at the end of it like joining military schools and higher education sponsorship with Military Position after that. Or alternative routes to military ranking and points.
Our shipping and aviation industry is behind other Asia countries. There are more birds landing and taking off at KLIA than Planes do. We are not competitive because we are already out of the competition. Our banking sector is still so controlled by Bank Negara that we have so little room to explore and exploit. We don't even have any competitive edge against other Asian countries.
We always talk about making global ideas more in terms with our locality that we fail to see we are not matching ourself with the global market anymore. A once leading Asian country is now left far behind the race.
Our biofuel and biotechnology approach is good but we are still far behind from our European counterparts. But being a country rich with resources and minerals. We have so much more advantages in developing our economy. Something that I noticed in my recent trip to china is that they managed to use all their local materials to produce every thing they desire. There is no scrap mountain. Recycling is a big thing there. Everyone had a sideline job. You could find someone who knew someone who could get you what you wanted. They can build you anything to your specification. From the raw material to the final touch up. They are so resourceful and enterprising. I saw them build an overhead pedestrian bridge in 2 days. Malaysia is not much different from china. We have the equal opportunity as all the other Asian countries. Look at Singapore for an instance. They have nothing but yet they hold a more stable economy than Malaysia. They know what they have and they use it to their advantage. Our nation itself is an asset to our country. We have ample of ventures to explore. Lets make our own sequels of Indiana Jones adventures.
Goodluck Malaysia and Goodnight.
Sincerely,
PathmanCK
The same experience i had a week ago. A good friend of mine came back from off shore after an oil expedition near Finland. So he called me up to catch up with things after his long trip. He told me two very interesting information. I call it information because i assume it is of some value. Anyways what he told me was that a rival company of his just discovered one of the worlds biggest oil field in Brazil. Isn't it odd how the world works. So 10-15 years from now we would see Brazil as the next most developing country in the world. It usually takes that long for the oil to reach the market. The other important information is there hasn't been any discovery of oil in peninsular Malaysia or even sabah and sarawak for past few years. The only discoveries nowadays are gas fields in sabah and sarawak. Oh...and Malaysia only has fuel reserve for 10 years.
So all those billions of ringgit that funds our countries administration to expeditions are going to come to an end pretty soon. Than what is our country is going to feed on. Out tourism sector is in the slumps. Our property market is starting to sink like Captains Jack Sparrows ship. And our manufacturing industry is being immobilized and shifted to china. Our Telemarketing and Call Centers are being shifted to India. We are buying Agriculture supplies from other neighboring countries to pump up our reserves and we spend our money having National Service for thousand of school leavers while we have an entire army getting paid to be on stand by. We could instead pay them better and give our military a dignified pay and image. We could build our racial ties by providing community services programs and rural developing projects. And leave NS to people who apply for it by giving incentives at the end of it like joining military schools and higher education sponsorship with Military Position after that. Or alternative routes to military ranking and points.
Our shipping and aviation industry is behind other Asia countries. There are more birds landing and taking off at KLIA than Planes do. We are not competitive because we are already out of the competition. Our banking sector is still so controlled by Bank Negara that we have so little room to explore and exploit. We don't even have any competitive edge against other Asian countries.
We always talk about making global ideas more in terms with our locality that we fail to see we are not matching ourself with the global market anymore. A once leading Asian country is now left far behind the race.
Our biofuel and biotechnology approach is good but we are still far behind from our European counterparts. But being a country rich with resources and minerals. We have so much more advantages in developing our economy. Something that I noticed in my recent trip to china is that they managed to use all their local materials to produce every thing they desire. There is no scrap mountain. Recycling is a big thing there. Everyone had a sideline job. You could find someone who knew someone who could get you what you wanted. They can build you anything to your specification. From the raw material to the final touch up. They are so resourceful and enterprising. I saw them build an overhead pedestrian bridge in 2 days. Malaysia is not much different from china. We have the equal opportunity as all the other Asian countries. Look at Singapore for an instance. They have nothing but yet they hold a more stable economy than Malaysia. They know what they have and they use it to their advantage. Our nation itself is an asset to our country. We have ample of ventures to explore. Lets make our own sequels of Indiana Jones adventures.
Goodluck Malaysia and Goodnight.
Sincerely,
PathmanCK
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act. Sounds familiar?
Another prominent figure was sent to prison lately under this Infamous Act. This time it's Raja Petra Kamarudin. A web master, who is famous for being on the other side of the fence when it comes to Malaysian politics. A strong opposition supporter. He went on hunger strike in prison after refusing to post bail and seeing anyone at prison. Even his wife. His statement "I didn't do anything wrong". He wrote in his website"Malaysia Today" about sending the Altantuya Murderers to Hell. Naming Najib and his wife being involved with the Mongolian girl murder. How dangerous is this article? We are not talking about racial or religion issues? Something i don't think anyone would go to the streets to seek justice. But enough to make one man uneasy till he had to flex his political muscle to silence Raja Petra. Something to think about isn't it. Raja Petra has finally called off his hunger strike and posted his bail today. And would be out tomorrow.
As a fellow blogger. I appreciate his effort and courage. Hats off my friend.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mohandas Gandhi
Another interesting news is The Syariah Court in Penang has allowed a Chinese convert to renounce Islam. A very rare and interesting development from Pakatan Ruled State Government. After waiting for half a century, Malaysia is finally seeing some real issues being argued in our parliament. Issues like enactment of the Freedom of Information Act, as well as abolishing the Official Secrets Act. And scandals like the purchase of Sukhoi and the submarines which involved the role of the Defence Minister (Najib Abdul Razak). BN's "Knight Rider", Khairy Jamaluddin was left stumped with Pakatan MP's return fire when he tried to argue this issues.
The Pakatan Rakyat candidates are working very hard not to disappoint the public that voted them into power. Something that we Malaysian have forgotten how that felt like. To see the people you voted work for the public.
Regards,
Pathmanck
As a fellow blogger. I appreciate his effort and courage. Hats off my friend.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mohandas Gandhi
Another interesting news is The Syariah Court in Penang has allowed a Chinese convert to renounce Islam. A very rare and interesting development from Pakatan Ruled State Government. After waiting for half a century, Malaysia is finally seeing some real issues being argued in our parliament. Issues like enactment of the Freedom of Information Act, as well as abolishing the Official Secrets Act. And scandals like the purchase of Sukhoi and the submarines which involved the role of the Defence Minister (Najib Abdul Razak). BN's "Knight Rider", Khairy Jamaluddin was left stumped with Pakatan MP's return fire when he tried to argue this issues.
The Pakatan Rakyat candidates are working very hard not to disappoint the public that voted them into power. Something that we Malaysian have forgotten how that felt like. To see the people you voted work for the public.
Regards,
Pathmanck
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