Points Of Interest

Zhi Mei: You and I are inseperable!
Sha: But what about Marcus?
Zhi Mei: Marcus is inside me.

Chemistry tomorrow, but this won't be long, and besides, it looks like you don't need an education to do well in this country.

Just get into politics.

I'm not sure how accurate this is. I have enough to do without tracking the state of our ruling cabinet's tertiary education. But my dad says it most likely is. I trust my dad.

Sort of.

And I don't normally read mail, but this one caught my eye. I thought it was a chain letter from the education minister.

Here it is, reproduced in full except for the colors of the national flags (dutifully added by me).

It is not to say Singapore is really good, (it says) but looks like our cabinet ministers are really teruk!

Singapore Cabinet	Malaysia Cabinet
PM Lee Hsien Loong Cambridge University – First Class Honours (1974) Harvard University – Masters (1980)	PM Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi University of Malaya – Bachelor of Arts Honours (1964)
MM Lee Kuan Yew Cambridge University – First Class Honours (1949)	Deputy PM Dato' Sri Najib Razak University of Nottingham – Bachelor of Arts Honours (1974)
SM Goh Chok Tong University of Singapore – First Class Honours (1964) Williams College, USA – Masters (1967)	Minister of Foregn Affairs Syed Hamid Albar (can someone tell me his univeristy?) – Bachelor of Arts [UITM]
Minister for Law Prof. S Jayakumar University of Singapore – Bachelor of Law Honours (1963) Yale Univerity – Masters (1966)	Ministry of Works Dato' Seri Samy Vellu (Education Unknown) [Form 6, Anderson School]
Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng University of Singapore – Bachelor of Arts & Business Admin (1977) London Business School – Masters (1979)	Ministry of International Trade & Industry Rafidah binti Aziz University of Malaya – Bachelor of Arts Honours
Minister for Foreign Affairs BG George Yeo Cambridge University – Double First Class Honours (1976) Harvard Business School – MBA w/ Distinction (1985)	Minister of Agriculture Muhyiddin Yassin (Education Unknown) [Polytechnic Ungku Omar]
Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang Cambridge University – First Class Honours w/ Distinction (1976) Harvard University – Masters (1986)	Ministry of Domestic Trade Shafie Apdal (Education Unknown) [Form 5, Failed English]
Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean University of Manchester – First Class Honours (1976) Imperial College, London – Masters w/ Distinction (1977)	Minister of Education Hishammuddin Hussein (Education Unknown) [Bachelor of Arts, Social Science]
Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam London School of Economics – Bachelor of Arts Cambridge University – Masters Harvard University – Masters	Minister of Home Affairs Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad (Education Unknown) [Kolej Islam Malaysia, Diploma]

Then it says,

**That is why they are so desperate to get Khairy Jamaluddin up so fast, because he is from Cambridge. God knows how he got in!

Okay, maybe you don't need a whole bunch of fancy degrees to head a nation. But this guy here... it says he failed english? In form five?

How do you fail english?

Maybe we should send all these guys back to school or something. Just to get a better looking testimonial.

No one's perfect though. If you read the thingy closely, you'll notice the guy who wrote it mispelled univeristy and foregn.

Though I would like to, I'm not going to show you a photoshopped picture of Samy Vellu sitting in Chemistry, getting chewed out by Haslina. I've got exams.

During English, I fell asleep. I had this weird dream where I think I was planning a party. I remember calling up this malay guy and asking, "Encik, siew pao ada?"
I was thinking about it so much I wrote the words siew pao into my essay.

That was fun. On to my second topic of interest...

I have to tell you about Spiderman 3 again. Some of you didn't like it. That's fine.

Myself, I really enjoyed it. But check out all the scenes they deleted from the movie!

- Following up on his firing, Eddie goes to see Gwen to ask her out. Gwen wants nothing to do with him and explains that they’ve only gone on one date, not counting the time they bumped into each other at a coffee place. Gwen admits that they did kiss, but is confused when Eddie insists she told him that she loves him.

- At the Spider-Man appreciation ceremony, Peter runs into a little boy with toy web-shooters. After getting sprayed on, Peter shoots a little webbing on the kid’s shoe as the boy’s walking away. The kid sees the webbing, turns around and points to his mother that he just met Spider-Man. The mother sees some guy in a ****py suit nearby and figures that’s what he was talking about.

- Some of the Eddie/Jameson dialogue got cut, including a great exchange.
“What’s that smell?”
“Brock, sir.”
“What kind of cologne is ‘Brock’?”
“No, sir. My name is Brock.”
“Why are you named after a cologne?”

- Harry goes up against Venom one-on-one for a round, not counting the impaling scene.

That's just a sample. There's lots more if you clicky clicky.

There's also a petition for the release of the director's cut DVD, which would be pretty interesting if it did include all those scenes.

I really wanna see the last one (Harry and Venom).

Yeah, that's it for now. Just thought you should know.

junian: i just had an idea
oh! ky: what?
junian: one day i will get you and esther ho to stand together
junian: and i will say
junian: look! its OH AND HO!
oh! ky: uh yeah, we wanted to put that on our jerseys
oh! ky: xP
junian: gosh
junian: you beat me to the lameness

We're Always Right

Peako thinks he's so smart. Don't tell the public Dr M is starting a guerrilla revolution, he says.

But oh gosh look! He really is!

Well the paper says it's a war not a revolution, but I say that's a matter of opinion!

And now to more serious things.

Peako (again) tells me that the government might make us register our blogs.

And this information comes from this website, as brought to his attention by Pinkpot.

Now, I would really encourage that you click on that link, but if you're afraid of finger cramps or something, here's the full article.

Proposal to register Malaysian bloggers

Malaysia's deputy communications minister, Shaziman Abu Mansorr, says bloggers may be forced to register their names to avoid unjust claims being posted on the Internet.

It comes after Malaysia's Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and a number of other ministers have launched attacks on Malaysian bloggers and internet surfers, accusing them of spreading lies about the government.

One prominent blogger, Marina Mahathir, daughter of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, has told Radio Australia's Katie Hamann it shows the Malaysian government is threatened by the freedom afforded by the medium.

"I think they're very sensitive right now because of the stuff that's coming out of the blogs," she said, speaking on the Connect Asia program.

"If you read the blogs and you read the mainstream media, there is a clear difference or clear gap between what's reported on the blogs and what's reported in the mainstream papers.

"Some things are simply not appearing in the mainstream papers which leads people to question why."

Blogs have seen an increase in popularity as Malaysians take to cyberspace to discuss politics and social issues.

Susan Loone, a Malaysian blogger and co-ordinator of Bloggers United, says Malaysia's 11 million internet users are relying increasingly on blogs for their news.

"Those who read blogs every day and those who are on the internet and read online news, I think they do believe blogs because more and more blogs are actually exposing stories which are later picked up by the newspapers," she said.

Okay! So what are they saying exactly?

Some Malaysian bloggers and internet surfers have been spreading lies about the government.

Yeah okay I mean it's the internet you guys making us register our blogs is not going to stop all the idiots you know from getting together each morning and finding new ways to make your lives hell.

If there is anyone here who has not read the article about Malaysia on Uncyclopedia now would be the time.

Incest is Malaysians' main hobby. To encourage the team spirit Malays like to organise themselves into gangs when conducting rapes and that is called a gang rape. That's why in 2007 Malaysian tourist board came up with slogan: Visit Malaysia 2007 and experience the true gang rape! They have opened what is called a cultural village where a visitor can experience rape by men from various cultures. Fuck these dumb motherfuckers who rape even their goddamn bloody grandmas. i know a person called don shue who raped his own goddamn rabbit. His penis is so short that it happens to fit the small cute little rabbit perfectly.

There's a lot more where that came from, if you like that kind of thing. There are a lot more topics like Malaysian history, culture, Warcraft and Friendster. Sure it's kind of crude and vulgar but everyone likes to read dumb things once in a while.

Is that the reason why the government wants to register blogs? If it isn't then what is?

This could be part of the problem.

And this is probably the other part.

Guys I don't know you really so I'm not going to say anything about you two personally but racism is disgusting.

What makes you want to publicly bash malays? Because the other guy is doing it? Because you want to win Blog of the Month?

That's like the time Than Shwe (the brutal dictator of Myanmar) slayed millions in a last-minute push to become Time Magazine's Man of the Year.

Yes, you can become Man of the Year for bad things. That title goes to whoever made the most impact on the world, for better or for worse.

Just so you know, neither of you is going to win for that.

Back to the censorship.

First we registered our phones. Fine. Just makes it a little harder for us to carry two numbers or more. And now if I'm getting messages from a stalker the government can tell me who that stalker is.

But blogs?

If they keep this up, I'm starting a petition. And I hope to get all of your support.