Don't fall for scams.

Don't be so gullible in everything you see online saying you'll win free stuff.

Don't give out your email/facebook/any information so easily.

If you do not follow two simple rules, you will/might :

-lose your account

-get your identity stolen

-open up your social website/email account for people to send spam to their msn/facebook in return causing your gullible friends to do the same mistake as you did.

-be ridiculed indirectly by me and everyone else

Below is taken from a note from my facebook.

To those that joined the "SONY PLAYSTATION3 GIVEAWAY PROMOTION" group, notice the steps, specifically part 2 when mentions.
2) On the bottom left of this page there is a little button that says "Share"... Click it, and hit "Share" when it pops up. This allows the Dislike feature to be used on all of your friends' pages.
Seems like a scam to me.

Not to mention the rule where you have to invite ALL your friends in order to access a very sketchy website to register.
Do yourselves and all your friends who aren't interested a favor. STOP FALLING FOR SCAMS SUCH AS THESE.

Such scams send spam to your friends; on facebook, on msn, emails and etc. Even worse, it can wipe out everything on your computer by means of a virus.


How about the "I WON'T PAY $$$ TO USE FACEBOOK" group?
Where in the world did you hear that facebook's starting to charge? Do you believe everything on the internet because it is? If a Nigerian prince emailed you that he is going to send you $1million to your bank account will you give him all your bank information? (Well someone was dumb enough to fall for it. Go look it up).

STOP WITH THE ATTACKING OF RELIGIOUS LOCATIONS!!

I condemn any attacks on religious buildings/locations.

I've read news that Mosques/suraus has been attacked recently. A bunch of conspiracy theories has surfaced.

I try not to say this. But I will now since both sides (and a Sikh temple/church) has fallen victim to arsonists.

"THIS is (one of the reasons) why Malaysia is still a third world country"

House size/shape?

Have you ever wondered how your future home will be?

Will it be a typical square/rectangle shaped home with corners? Or will it be spherical?

I've seen concept spherical homes and it seems much more spacious and comfy/homey than houses with corners (interior wise).

Avatar madness

I'm tired of all these references of Avatar almost every where.

Some kid who got sucked in between two escalators was stuck there for a significant amount of time was rescued and his life was saved. His parents wanted to sue the shopping mall for the damages (The parents should be sued instead for leaving a child unattended). The boy's photos were taken and his face is all blue and eyes are red (bloody red) since his blood was unable to circulate. Then BAM, his dad was quoted mentioning, "He looks like he came out of the movie AVATAR....His skin blue" (or something like that).

In another news, people are having depression over the realism of the world of Avatar. Why? It's because they can't believe the world doesn't exist. Someone even committed suicide because of this....

And finally, my own country's ex-prime minister, mentioned on how 9/11 was staged by the US to instill hate amongst the muslim community. Yea everything seems okay until he mentioned the movie 'Avatar'. Why mention it? He wanted to reference how technology can make anything seem real.

That said, I've had enough of news and product placements involving Avatar. Just like how I can't stand hearing about Susan Boyle almost everywhere in a few days after she appeared on Britain's Got Talent.

Facebook suspect is a LIE!!!

The previous post I made about the supposed criminal was a hoax made by the individual according to the cops.

Then again, somehow it's very hard to trust cops when you expect a different result. Somehow you get the feeling that he is being protected.

Why? Seeing that this situation right now in the country is rather unstable, making such claims on facebook could've ignited more cases. Not to mention cause hate amongst his friends for doing such a despicable act if he really did it.

My question now is, his post on facebook is a very serious one, why is the only punishment he got was 'a stern warning'? The government has stressed in the news to take action on those who threatens national security (through ISA) but all this 25year old recent father got was a 'stern warning' over his actions.

"If you're not prepared to do the time,

don't pretend to do the crime"

I say at the age of 25, he should be more responsible for his actions and mature enough not to post such a thing. Such sensitive topic is not a joking matter. You're just gonna make people hate you. Yes, just like that cartoonist who drew the picture of Muhammad. Til now he's still getting death threats and assault attempts.

Extremists/radicals/hooligans tend think they're above the law when their religion is threatened.

Again, a reminder from my last post, "Be careful what you post online"

Update : He has deleted his facebook account completely...

Update 2: He has been charged. Well now, he finally got what he deserves for "attempting to create public unrest"
Link 2

Anyone can become a detective using facebook and google.

As the title says,

News on the police using Facebook as evidence

Taken from the 'News article link above',

"A check for his name through the social networking search engine did not provide any match."

Try google next time.

His fan pages includes a company's name which was noticed by others. Hrmmm could be his workplace.

The video link below shows how to access his 'Profile' since he had changed his name

Video of "Detective work" using facebook+google (not my video)

Above video is the screenshot taken of the supposed/suspected "extremist" responsible/who helped with one (or more) of the attempted arson of the 8 churches. To those that don't understand, the video shows that the name of the offender when searched in facebook can no longer be found. But by using google and inputting the name, his profile can again be found (he changed his name).

Now the person in the video is linking the names from the conversation to his friends list. Offender's name found along with accomplices name.

Note to self : Be careful what you post online. Everyone can see it. You can't erase it. You can't hide. It can be used against you....

PS : This reminds me of the SouthPark episode where 'terrorists' was found/investigated using these social websites (MySpace, AskJeeves, Google, MapQuest... etc). What I thought was a joke is becoming a reality.

7 total attacks on Churches...

Miri Church makes it 7

JUST when I thought East Malaysia is peaceful and not influenced by the hooligans in West Malaysia.....

Home Minister said "Things are under control..."

Should they be under control, these attacks SHOULDN'T be occurring. Not to mention the Malaysian police force announcing that they're short handed in protecting churches. Kinda contradicting some of the past incidents....

An eye for and eye makes the world go blind

Brick hurled at surau

Do these extremists really wanna escalate this tension??!

You don't see this happening in Sabah/Sarawak. Maybe I should move there since it's more peaceful.

Voice of the generation (NOT kanye west)

Taken from a forum

This is a very good article from a younger generation and a great granddaughter of Tunku Abdul Rahman. A very well expressed opinion of how all Malaysians should be treated.



IF THIS IS THE VOICE OF YOUR YOUNGER GENERATION IN MALAYSIA , YOU WILL BE BLESSED.


Sharyn completed her Diploma in Advertising from Taylor 's College, and then left motherland to pursue her BA degree majoring in Media Studies and Anthropology at Victoria University in Wellington , New Zealand . While waiting for her graduation in May 08, she interned briefly at M&C Saatchi Wellington, a global advertising firm. Upon returning to Malaysia , jobless and relieved of rent payments, Sharyn stumbled upon Wild Asia through The Star which sparked her interest to learn more about nature and environmental causes. Armed with a communications background, Sharyn works on the Wild Asia website and editorial, translating geek terms into laymen language, easily accessed and understood by visitors regardless of their backgrounds, be it scientific, business, the arts or just plain interested.
By The Tunku's Great Granddaughter
This is a great piece. She has all the qualities of her great grandfather. Tunku has reason to be proud of her!

Tunku Abdul Rahman's great granddaughter
Sharyn Lisa Shufiyan, 24, Conservationist
Both my parents are Malay. My mum's heritage includes Chinese, Thai and Arab, while my dad is Minangkabau. Due to my skin colour, I am often mistaken for a Chinese.

I'm happy that I don't have the typical Malay look but I do get annoyed when people call me Ah Moi or ask me straight up "Are you Chinese or Malay"

Like, why does it matter? Before I used to answer "Malay" but now I'm trying to consciously answer Malaysian instead.

There's this incident from primary school that I remember till today. Someone told me that I will be called last during Judgement Day because I don't have a Muslim name. Of course, I was scared then but now that I'm older, I realise that a name is just a name. It doesn't define you as a good or bad person and there is definitely no such thing as a Muslim name. You can be named Rashid or Ali and still be a Christian.

I've heard of the 1Malaysia concept, but I think we don't need to be told to be united. We've come such a long way that it should already be embedded in our hearts and minds that we are united. Unfortunately, you can still see racial discrimination and polarisation. There is still this ethno-centric view that the Malays are the dominant group and their rights must be protected, and non Malays are forever the outsiders.

For the concept to succeed, I think the government should stop with the race politics. It's tiring, really. We grew up with application forms asking us to tick our race. We should stop painting a negative image of the other races, stop thinking about 'us' and 'them' and focus on 'we', 'our' and 'Malaysians'.

No one should be made uncomfortable in their own home. A dear Chinese friend of mine said to me once, "I don't feel patriotic because I am not made to feel like Malaysia is my home, and I don't feel an affinity to China because I have never lived there.

I know some baby Nyonya friends who can trace their lineage back hundreds of years. I'm a fourth generation Malaysian. If I am Bumiputra, why can't they be, too? Clearly I have issues with the term.

I think the main reason why we still can't achieve total unity is because of this 'Malay rights' concept. I'd rather 'Malay rights' be replaced by human rights. So unless we get rid of this Bumiputra status, or reform our views and policies on rights, we will never achieve unity.

For my merdeka wish, I'd like for Malaysians to have more voice, to be respected and heard. I wish that the government would uphold the true essence of parliamentary democracy. I wish for the people to no longer fear and discriminate against each other, to see that we are one and the same.

I wish that Malaysia would truly live up to the tourism spin of Malaysia truly Asia . Malaysians to lead - whatever their ethnic background. Only ONE NATIONALITY MALAYSIAN. No Malays, No Chinese, No Indians - ONLY MALAYSIANS. Choose whatever religion one is comfortable with.

Remember it was Dr M & UMNO who destroyed Tunku's Malaysia .

MERDEKA
MERDEKA
MERDEKA

Black Friday Malaysia (01/08/2010)

That's January 8th 2010... one of the lowest points in Malaysia which could've escalated to the disaster of May13th 1969.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/121534

More related articles (Church burnings)

Update on arson attacks on churches

Confident People do not get confused

Update : Four men manhandled a pastor inside his own church and then proceeded to vandalise the property.

*Face.palm*

What a way to celebrate the new year...

Read the last two blog posts.....

Quote from one of the political leaders "We will fight to the death", "Islam is above all"

It saddens me that people like this are leading our country.

Religions and conflicts: Pt 2

It has happened as predicted....

2 Churches was burned down on what is ASSUMED to be a retaliation by Muslims whose against the idea of "Allah" being used by Christians.

Sources : http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/48857-judiciary-website-hacked

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iXTElj3miGieEBuBdQ1alAqX3jWA

http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/political-news/157053-flash-2-churches-vandalised.html

Knowing that some of these sources MIGHT not stay on for long, one of the sources includes the Judiciary website being hacked.

" It's good that you voice out your conflicting opinions but when violence comes into play, that's terrorism."

2nd prediction :

After the usual Friday prayers.... I expect things to escalate....

The pure Muslims are in my opinion somewhat a minority in Malaysia. Amongst praying in a mosque together with radicals, you just can't voice out against what these people are doing. It's suicide. I'm not liking any of this....

Should the leaders of the Mosques know what's right, they would tell their believers/followers to stop these incriminatory acts. I really want all this to end in the most peaceful way as possible....

Update :

4 churches has been attacked. Reports of cars with christian related accessories are smashed.

To all my Christian friends reading this. Remove all your Christian belongings from your cars...

"Many Malaysian Muslims say its use by others would mislead people, tempting them to convert to Christianity."

The only thing making Malaysian Muslims convert is the embarrassment they get from extremists misusing the name of their almighty. Come on!!!

Religions and conflicts

Right now in Malaysia there's been a debate on whether the word "Allah" can be used by non-muslims specifically Christians. The word "Allah" is used in the Christian bible.

Right now in facebook I see some of my friends taking sides supporting the use of 'Allah' and another against it. I can't take sides, but I can't stand to see friends fight over this. From what I've read online, I don't see anything about Christians misusing the word. But base on previous experiences and news reports about most Muslims, I don't think they'll ever back down nor will this end peacefully should it prolong. I predict a stalemate until a spark turns things to the worse or this will just be forgotten until another time in the future.

The past decade 1999~2009

So much have changed. I wonder what the next 10 years will bring

Song of the month : Blast from the past (Jan 2010)

FleetwoodMac - Go Your Own Way You can go your own way~

you can call it another lonely day~

you can go your own way~

2010 is here

And what a way for me to welcome it.

7+ hours of rocking it on Guitar Hero with Tai, Rachel, Teng Foong, Cynthia and Chloe!

Welcome to the new decade

Happy New Year 2010