Monkey Business

Anwar increasingly reminded me of Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious, and UMNO, the corrupted Old Republic.


The whole sodomy/BN mole episode just sounds fishy to me. How the hell did the PKR get the photographic 'evidence' connecting the 'mole' to big BN figures so fast? It almost seems to be meticulously planned and executed. Not unlike the SAPP's vote of no confidence hullaballo. Anwars was then again, a major player in the issue, but is completely invisible. And even after all these uproars, he has yet to show his face and give his statements in person.

Anwar is a shadowy figure indeed.

Defy

I am unhappy. I am frustrated. Everything around me looks bleak.

But I refuse to feel helpless.

I will be defiant till the very end.

...

But what am I defiant against, exactly?!

Australia - Fattest in the World?

Apparently, Australia has overtaken the US as the fattest nation in the world! My oh my...

Australia now world's fattest nation

Opinions

"Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks."

Ah, such words of wisdom!

My Mad Cow

Like Denny Crane, I have found my Mad Cow.

It's seasonal affective disorder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder

Memento Mori

remember you are mortal

remember you will die

doublethink

I have just recently realize that I'm guilty of doublethink, to borrow the terminology used by George Orwell in 1984 (the acceptance of mutually contradictory beliefs):

Cherishing life while anticipating death; you never know when the drunk driver would choose to run you over or the loose brick from the apartment roof will fall onto your head while you're strolling down the street on your way to the superette.

Seize the day, don't let the days of your life pass you by! For life is ultimately pointless & meaningless.

I put my faith in a God who is dead (as far as his influence in our current world is concerned), and still fight to hold my ground against despair.

How much longer can I last, I wonder. Already I'm feeling the strain, trying to reconciliate these impossibilities.

"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" -Isaiah 22:13

Economically Colonized

It is tragic that even until this day, the fate of developing country are still strongly affected by the West. Even when we're no longer colonized in a politically sense, economically we might as well be one.

Fate of our seafood to be known tomorrow
By : Hamidah Atan (NST 17/6/08)

PUTRAJAYA: The European Union steering committee will decide tomorrow whether to go ahead with its plan to ban the import of Malaysian seafood.

Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said officers from his ministry and the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry had presented the country's case to the committee in Brussels.

The fishery industry risks losing RM1.5 billion a year if the EU bans the import of Malaysian seafood.

"We have never faced this problem before. Five countries within the EU are also appealing on our behalf against the ban," he said without disclosing the countries.

Among the conditions set by the EU were that fishing vessels must be equipped with proper refrigerated boxes, clean basins, pots and sanitation system.

"To them, there is no such thing as open air lorries transporting live fish or other seafood. Everything must follow their standards.

"If we want to export to Europe, we have no options but to follow their standards. We, however, need time to fulfil the conditions."

Liow said this after accepting six ambulances worth RM707,000 from the Faber Group.

The ambulances would be used by government hospitals and health clinics.

Faber Group managing director Adnan Mohammad said the company would assist the government in improving the people's quality of life.

Liow said the government would purchase an additional 100 ambulances, costing about RM3.8 million, to complement the current fleet of 1,343 at hospitals and clinics.

He said more allocations were needed to improve the country's healthcare services.