It is called RAPE, STATUTORY RAPE, morons!

Malaysian law prescribes the age of sexual consent for girls to be 16 years and above. So, what is so wrong with the two mind-boggling cases involving a bowler and an electrician? It is downright moronic to even hear that they are "convicted" of their crimes for having sex with a 13 year old and 12 year old girls and got the better deal than the victims themselves. My God! Where has our so-called learned judges get their education from? School of paedophiles, perhaps?

To me, the "carte blanche" freedom for these culprits will indeed make Malaysia , the No.1 paedophile destination in the world! Shame! Shame ! Shame! is all I can say to the perpetrators and their supporters. Have our learned judge ever consider the lives of the 13 year old and the 12 year old victims? What rubbish is being churned out to our society today? What message and the implication of such ruling brings to the society as a whole? So, tell me, Law Minister, Women Ministry Minister, parlimentarians, law makers, learned judges and lawyers, do you support statutory rape and paedophiles or is it a punishable offence under our Malaysian law? Do we need to be "selective" in our "punishing" or does the law applies across the entire nation? If you are only primarily so concern of the future of the bowler and the electrician, what about the FUTURE of the 13 year old and the 12 year old? This, I am very sure including the entire fabric of the Malaysian society would like to know too!

A poor mother who steals milk powder from a supermarket for her starving baby is sent to jail eventhough she is desperately poor did not get any sympathy from our learned judges at one time. She is sent to jail for her actions and statutory rape gets " scott free and bound for good behaviour "? Look! This bowler planned and booked a hotel room to get his will on this 13 year old child while the electrician planned to be sick so that he can take advantage of a 12 year old girl? Mind you, is that not a pre-planned evil scheme? How is it that such evidence is not taken into consideration for cases such as this? This is PRE-PLANNED evil plans or rather pre-meditated actions! This is wrong! Very very wrong and illogical. Already, the judiciary had been made the laughing stock of the world and these two cases only confirmed and cemented the moronic phrase of  "Malaysia Boleh". People on the street even say so using this phrase. I don't mean this to be degratory in any sense but it is so frustrating to see even the people who are supposed to defend the victims themselves are giving free passes to the perpetrators! It is like the well-known BM wise saying, " harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi."

Yunno, you can get away with the face of evil or even the fact of evil but you cannot get away from the feel of evil. The fact is that it is statutory rape and that is punishable under the Malaysian law. Look , thousands and thousands of athletes including bowlers and electricians are churned out each year. What are you talking about their future? We can't even tell what food we are going to eat tomorrow or is there going to be food on our table lest know about our future! Tell me the future of the victims? What will happen to them? Tell me how you see it if the victims are your daughters? For that matter, to hit it below the belt, how would you feel, you learned judges , if the victims ARE your daughters? Does that make a difference? 

My point precisely is who will answer for these scarred young victims? Are we victimising these young ones because they gave consent for sex? Do they actually possess the maturity on the whole issue of sex or are they being co-erced into having sex because of some suave talk and pre-meditated plan in the first place? Look, these are young girls with a future too if you want to talk about future. Aren't these girls entitled for a future too? You mean to say that these girls don't have a future and they need to turn into sex slave, prostitutes and sexual objects for the pleasures of these men who will then get a free pass from you for " having a future ahead of them"? Afterall, you, so-called learned judges , had set the precedent for this , right?  Where do they go from here? Where? YES! We allow rapist to go free! We allow paedophiles to walk free! We allow young children being ravaged and sexually abused. How does that tug your heart, learned judges? How do you sleep at night if someone were to do the same thing to your daughter? Does it prick your conscience or are you thinking like a prick?

Of course, I am MAD. HELL YA, I am MAD indeed if I have to be brutally honest! A person goes to jail for writing an article condemning the country but a rapist gets a free pass for raping an underage girl!  Fantastic signals were are sending out to the rest of the rapist not including grandfathers, middle aged men or even pot-bellied late 30's businessman as their future may not be bright, budding or as potential as the younger ones! I guess, gone are the days where judges mete out the heaviest judgement of caning and jail sentences for rapist as deterent for such offences. I really miss those judges with "balls of steel" when it comes to such judgement. I believe even in our jails today the inmates would clobber up rapists or people who would hurt children because even in prison, they know the decency of doing the right thing and have the dignity of not hurting children or underage children.  

Where has our morality of doing the right thing and being righteous go? Where has our fear in God gone? Where has our common sense gone? I shudder at the future of our daughters. They would always be subjected to such male chauvenistic pig  views and unjust decisions. I hate injustice - always have and always will! This is just  one of the many I have seen in my lifetime.

I want you to know, you scumbags, GOD is watching you too, yunno!

Hosting family joy.....

After finishing one hosting duty, my family and I hosted our own families members last Sunday. As it was an opportunity to have my nephew, Ryan and niece, Ashley plus Wei, Jade, mom-in-law and Kenneth spending some time, my entire family was elated with joy. The thought of having to spend some good times with Ryan, Ashley and the rest of the family members brought a lot of cheer to our hearts. After all, we have not been back to Seremban for some time and moreover, Wei & Jade had been a real blessing us a lot whenever we are down in Seremban. So, this was an opportunity for us to bless them in return for all the goodness, blessings and fine food they had extended to us. It would certainly be an honour for me to host them this time around. My only fear was we could not do enough for them. Knowing that they are on their way to Melaka, I rushed down to the Batu Berendam Ball Ball chicken rice stall to pack the goodies for them.Along the way, the traffic flow was crazily heavy while the wait at the stall was even more crazy. The uncle was chopping the "pak cham kai" ( boiled/hot scalded chicken ) and was clearly getting agitated as the crowd of customers grew. For me, I thought it was unnecessary for him to "lose it" as more customers meant "ka-ching ka-ching" to the cash register! Anyway, I got in packed food after waiting in line for 30 minutes. Earlier in the morning, we had vacuumed the house, kept the floor squeaky cleaned and got everything ready to host.

When they finally arrived in the later part of the morning, they contented themselves with the fare that had been prepared - Ball Ball Chicken Rice. SLing and myself just enjoyed ourselves with the children, Ryan & Ashley plus Kenneth , a budding lawyer was around this time to enjoy a stress free days ahead. After having their tummies tucked in with the chicken rice balls, we were off to Jusco for some escape from the blistering heat of the sun. Cooling off and having window shopping around Jusco Melaka was a great way to chill out. Most of the shops were slashing prices and there were still shoppers who would go out with their limbs, legs and wallets to spend some more for the festive season. I was contented to play around with the kids and just having fun with them. Then, it was off to Nyonya Makko Restaurant for some Peranakan fare. Thank God earlier, we had made reservations with the proprietor, Maureen, our friend, who was gracious enough to take our reservation. The only thing was that she pleaded to us to be on time for our reservation as they  would have a lot of customers on that day. When I got there, I saw the reason for her to request for us to be early. The list on the waiting list was as long as the A4 writing pad paper,man! Anyway, we got ourselves tenggiri cut cili garam, tengiri cut chuan-chuan, ngor hiang, sambal udang & sotong petai, chap chai, kerabu mangga, udang goreng tepung, telur cincalok, sambal belacan and lastly Peranakan cendol. It was a joy seeing the faces light up when they ate the dishes fare prepared. The food was tasty and good. Like all Peranakan food fare, they could be pricey a bit but to me, the taste outstrips the price for it. I felt it was a fair price to pay for such a fare and I really enjoyed it very much. I did  not mind the price as long as the food tasted good and moreover, nothing is pricey when it comes to hosting families,ok? I thanked Maureen for the good food and the hospitality. In fact, I am indebted to Maureen coz' every time I booked a place in her restaurant, she would obliged me and I would get a pretty good place to sit and the meals always at the more than satisfactory level. So, thank you so much, Maureen.

For desserts, we headed out to Tengkera Road for the famed fragrant putu piring fare. Again, as it was the holidays, there was a queue there and SLing got No.68 and they were serving No.57. So, there are 11 customers ahead of us and we waited again. Afterall, good food fare required patience! SLing, Wei & Jade, the children and mom-in-law headed home first while Kenneth, SYuen and myself left later after collecting the delicacy. I decided to make a pit stop at Taman Asean for the Fish Slice Bee Hoon soup fare. I managed to pack the bee hoon soup special as late supper fare. It was fun seeing all of them enjoying the beehoon soup fare and the putu piring delight. Spending time with the family was fun but tiring altogether as you've got to get to the destinations in time as there will be a crowd the following day as it was a long holiday season. As I thought of what to do next, I dozed off only to be told the following morning that I had snored the loudest ever! Guess, I was really tired but I certainly did not feel that way.

The following morning, it was off to Tangkak Beef Noodle house for some breakfast. Again, the joy on the faces of family members made my day a lot. Then, it was off to Taming Sari Tower for a historical sight-seeing day. Ryan and Ashley were gleefully enjoying themselves as they boarded the "spaceship'! That was what they called the rotating tower. It was a great way to view Melaka town from the top and my family made the trip twice in a space of 2 days! It was off to the old Bomba truck , Air Force plane and the KTM train next. The children seemed to enjoy it a lot minus the usual heat wave as they were a lot of shades around especially the huge trees. We then proceeded to A'Famosa, took some photographs and got Jade and the children to have a trishaw ride round the historical sites. After taking some time off at Dataran Pahlawan to cool off after being under the sun, we rested at Starbucks for a while. Then we were off to Taiwan Pork Mee for some goody fried porky stuff ! Again, the queue and crowd was there and we again, waited for our food. When the good stuff finally came, we finished them in about 20 minutes while we had waited for our food for about 40 minutes. Amidst the sweltering heat and sweaty glands overdrive, we quickly headed for home for some rest and relief of the air-cond before getting ready for our next itinerary.

At about 6.30pm sharp, no trip to Melaka would be satisfying without a trip to our secret place. ( Don't want the kiasus to know or else, they just spoilt the place with their arrogance and tweety bird chirp!! Bloody Singaporeans! Loathe them for coming over and spoiling the food prices in Melaka! ) Again, we had to wait for one hour and a half for our food. Usually,  it wasn't that long but I guess, with relatives coming back from outstation and all that, the crowd gets big -lar. This time, SLing ordered the specialities - black pepper deer meat, kung pow frog legs, House special mee with gravy, garlic pork, brussel sprouts, curried wild boar meat, Pi Pa duck and meat rolls delight. Wah! Always so satisfying. Eat until stomach want to burst out! Again, good food and great fun eating the food. You could just see how stress the staff were when they had such a big crowd of patrons. To me, that's pure good business and good service. Happy with the service and very happy with the food. If my family guests are happy, I am one happy dude, man! Seriously, I couldn't asked for more. The food was, as always, good tasting and enjoyable. Never thought we could finished such humongous portions but we did it ! Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! That night , everyone sleep with a big smile on their faces, I guess with hands rubbing their tummies!

Breakfast was at Ipoh Restaurant at Air Keroh before Wei, Jade, mom-in-law, Kenneth and the two kiddies, Ryan & Ahsley headed for home. Yeah! It is hard to say goodbyes after spending some time with them. It is always a joy being able to host these lovely people. I say this not because I want to win any popularity contest or whatsoever. We genuinely love having our families over coz' the fact is that Wei & Jade hardly travel at all. So, it is a welcome sign always to have them with us and we want to share our home and hospitality with them. Like I said, good blessings should always be returned with greater blessings. Wei & Jade had really been a great blessing to us as a family and this is our small way of saying "thank you" to them though we would probably make them grow "fat" with the places we brought them for makan!!! Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..................................

Yunno, the last few days may have been hectic days for us and me , personally but nothing beats spending time with family - be it from Pastor Geoffrey's family right to our own family members. It is a tremendous blessing being able to spend time and enjoying the finer days of life with such memories. These are moments which no wealth could replace them and they come once in your lifetime. I treasure those moments - from the children's laughter and their incessant cries at night , the joy written over the faces and the expression of satisfaction of having enjoyed a good meal, the sweat under the sun and the various facial expressions - good or bad! These are moments that you bring close to the heart. These are moment you know which could only be a part of your life and no one could take that away from you. These are personal moments of joy. A joy that brought a thousand smiles in your heart!~  

Hosting honour....

Last Saturday, I had the rare opportunity to play host to one special pastor's family whom I have come to know during a brief period of time during my travels in Penang. Even though it was for a short period of time, I have come to learn and respect this man of God for his values, easy-going ways and spiritual insights. A small framed man packed with a punch of goodness, smiles and true blue in the spiritual Word. Always with a word of encouragement and a truly easy -going person, I was really delighted to be able to see him and his family.  So, you can imagine my joy when I get the opportunity to have Pastor Geoffrey Yee and his family for one half of the day as the other half, he would have to get to Port Dickson for their church camp. 

That morning I was awake early and I anticipated eagerly in meeting pastor and his family. Though I enjoy food a lot, I was really having difficulty in getting the "good" food places in my head ready for their visit. I was trying my very best to "plan" the best I can for this family. I didn't know what was their food preferences and I had to call up my buddy,Vive, to ask for some insights but it seemed that pastor and his family is okay with food. Anyway, I planned up some historical sight seeing and some food in store. When I finally met them at the toll both, it was really a joy to see Pastor Geoffrey, Sis Felicia and their children, Joshua, Rachel and Ruth. Gosh! The children had grown up and become fine young man and women. How much they have grown and how old I have become. As for Pastor Geoffrey and Sis Felicia, they are evergreen-lar always. After bringing them to my humble home, we proceeded to the Batu Berendam Ball-Ball chicken rice shop and it was a barrel of fun as pastor thought that we are having "so much fishball " and chicken as meal of the day! After the sumptuous ball -ball chicken rice, we were off to the historical sites in Melaka. I decided to chauffeur pastor and his family in my car as I really wanted to have the family to relax and not get into the stress of the Melaka traffic on holidays like this. We were up in the Taming Sari Tower for an aerial view of Melaka town and then it was off to A'Famosa and St.Paul's Hill. 

Though it was blistering hot but we enjoyed the walk and the fellowship that comes with it. I wouldn't know if they enjoyed it or not but I guess, the walk up to St.Paul's Hill was fun and breezy at the top. Plus, we had some entertainment with some Indian drama dance video production. It was a fun time at the top. All the while, I enjoyed my walks and talks with Pastor Geoffrey. Then it was off to San Su Gong for some cold cendol drinks. Initially, I had planned to take the family for some North Indian meal but a quick glance at the watch showed way past lunch hours and the shop would have been closed by then. Also, my wife had to send SYuen for tuition and so, pastor and his family decided to call it quits for the day. At that time, I was so embarrassed if I had been a good host as I know that most makan shops would be closed by that time. Anyway, I had not forgotten to ask SLing to get some pineapple tarts for pastor and his family. So, I decided to take them to see the enormity of Bukit Cina  and as we turned near the roundabout, pastor noted Tangkak Beef Noodle house and that became our stop for a very late lunch. I am glad we stopped as I did not want to send the family on their way without food and what type of host would I be to send my guests on their way without tasting some good food. So, I was sorta happy seeing them having a good dig at the beef noodle. Now, I know that the next time, they come around, Tangkak Beef Noodle will be one of the food destination for sure! Got them some beef jerky and beef floss for their time in PD and it was great being able to serve a truly wonderful family. 

Before leaving, Pastor Geoffrey and his family prayed for me and my family. Truly I am blessed by his insights and words of encouragement. I just wish I could have done more for them but that was the best I could do at that time of the day. Hopefully, they'll be back soon and I could play host to them again. After all, it is truly always a joy to play host to a truly wonderful family and friends. 

Selamat Hari Raya, kawan-kawan!

From my family and I,

To all our beloved Muslim friends wherever you may be,

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI

~MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN~

God bless each and everyone of you.

Drive safe and have a safe journey home to your hometowns.

May you be blessed with your loved ones!~

Strength from within....

There are days in your life that you just count your blessings and I guess, today was the day I felt that way. Today, as I walked out of church after service, I didn't know where to go or what to do but somehow, after lunch with blessed family in On Tin and Bee Ling, we decided to pay a visit our family friend, Dorin. Today, I could never describe to you how I feel but I just want to say that my heart was wrenched to the fullest as my family and I visited Dorin's mother who was stricken with tongue cancer. Each day we lament and shout at the top of our lungs about our sufferings and daily painful afflictions but I believed none compared to the extreme pain suffered by my friend's mother. I have learnt that my problems and afflictions are so trivial and so menial compared to this elderly woman's sufferings. To have a drink or even to swallow some liquid food are itself a challenge and a relief.

I must say that my family and I have come in contact with Dorin's mom since we started attending Bachang CG many years ago. Those days, auntie was a tough cookie when it comes to talking to her about the Word or even getting her to share a meal with us after our CG sharing. Despite her tough stand, she was pleasant to me and my family, I must say. I am blessed in many ways to be able to speak to her though her stoic defensive wall was always up and on guard irrespective of who may be talking to her. I must admit, it wasn't easy speaking to her because she was so bitter with life and she felt that life had treated her and her family so harshly. I know for a fact that despite her defensive wall, she loved Dorin's children very much. However, I guess, the Word shared during our countless meetings there had landed on good grounds of her heart and she finally accepted the Lord as her personal Saviour not long ago. I remembered Dorin sharing this with us and the joy filled our hearts. It was an overwhelming joy as it has been such a long time. Then sometime a month ago, Dorin broke this news to me of her mom's condition. At that time, I had promised to come by and pray for her but I was really caught up with a lot of matters that I had forgotten until Bee Ling mentioned it today. So, we decided to pay auntie a visit today. Finally, when I walked into the house to see auntie today, my tears fell streaming down and my heart was filled with such a sense of pain. Here lies a fragile little lady on her bed but in high spirits in seeing us. She could not speak clearly due to the bloated tongue but she was in cheery mood. There weren't any dry eyes at the back section as we greeted her. Bee Ling and I held here hands and we wept as we prayed for her. I must confess I was so devastated seeing her in her frail frame that I could not pray while Bee Ling was gracious enough to speak in Hokkien and prayed for her. Later, Bee Ling prayed in English and I could see that auntie was calm and peaceful. As I was on my knees, I held her hands throughout our prayers and I prayed in my heart  for God to grant her relief in the state she is in. It is hard for me to imagine a fiery and active auntie ( She's 80 plus ) who does a lot of gardening and helping around in the house tiredly laid down on the wooden bed in her frail frame. I know that she is small in size but she certainly had gone so much thinner from the last time I saw her. My heart also goes out to Dorin who is such a strong -willed woman. If there was any other woman whom I respected much apart from my mom, it is Dorin. She has been a wonderful mother to her three children and she worked so hard to keep her family alive literally. A woman of few words, strong-willed and tenaciously hardworking, my heart goes out to her too. All the juggling of mother, family and work must have been a great stress to her. My heart goes out to her and as we prayed for Dorin , I cried out to God to strengthen her and to grant her peace, joy and love in her heart for what she has to go through. For all the years I have known Dorin, she had always been concerned for her family. Such a wonderful mother! In my chapter of life, when and if I have the opportunity, one day to share or to speak about the sacrifices of a mother, the story of  Dorin will always be my shinning example. Such was her sacrifice and it is truly a blessing. That afternoon, Dorin treated us with yuca ( ubi kayu ) treats such a boiled plain  yuca and steamed yuca cake. Those treats brings back a lot of great memories.

We talked for a while and soon, we left the house but not before saying our goodbyes to auntie. I told Dorin to stay strong and be strengthened. Dorin looked at me , smiled and replied " Yes, I will, Ivan." Yunno, in times like this we can only offer our presence, our support and our prayers. So, I hope that in your quiet times today, please spare a thought for Dorin's mother. Pray for the release of relief to auntie and strength, patience and love for Dorin. I would be most grateful, my friends. Thank you!

What A Day.....

The other day while at work , I wasn't really concentrating and distracted in many ways. I guess, when you are tired or when you have something on your mind, you tend to be less attentive and less sensitive to the surroundings around you. In all honesty, I wasn't alert nor sharp as I would like to be on that particular day and that's dangerous in my line of work. In many ways, it didn't help me one bit as I went to a massive fire site that day.  I knew I had many things to do that day but I somehow doesn't seemed to know my bearings that morning. In fact,  for the first time after months of spiritual drought, I actually stopped everything I did on my desk and just say a little prayer before I started my work again. Somehow, I was pretty uncomfortable on the inside of me  but I managed to get my preliminary work done before I headed out to the work site.

It was a pretty insane massive work site. The suffocating fumes, the massive debris and precariously hanging metal claddings and beams were a daunting site for any sane man. The first thing that came to my mind was, " Gosh! SLing is going to have a tough time cleaning my pants today! Poor SLing! ". So, I went into my work site and I was actually overwhelmed by the massive site I had to work on. A job is a job - irrespective whether I like it or not, right?  Immediately I sought a prayer that the Good One above would grant me the strength, wisdom and protection as I worked along the ruins of the worksite amidst the dangling wires, claddings and burnt items. That day, I had completely forgotten to bring along my standardised safety gears which included my gloves, safety helmet, mask and a host of smaller items like pincers, short blades, LED flashlight  and other items. Somehow, I had taken these items out from the back trunk of the car the other day and I had forgotten to put them back in. So, I had to improvised which was actually nothing. Armed with a pen, a  notebook, camera , a cloth , a surgical mask I found from the front compartment and a bottle of water, I started work at the site. The floor was easily covered with fallen ceiling and concrete slab debris, broken glasses, lubricant oil, nails, screws of all sizes and shapes plus the intoxicating fumes. My shoes and pants were soaked with lubricant oil debris as I walked in the first section on my work site. Each time, it was the same as I went on to the next section of work. I continued working but I really struggled a lot from the fumes which were filling up my nostril each time I moved from one place to another. It was very strong fumes and I had to get out once in a while to get fresh air. It was simply choking my breathing but I soon got used to it.

I worked on for about an hour and a half until the arrival of another colleague of mine. I had informed him of the hazards at this place and also, the sections he would work on. The good part was that he had all his safety gears on and that was good. With all the protective gears, a 2" cap screw punctured through his safety shoes but luckily, it missed his foot. It was good to have another partner at site and a welcomed relief too. At least, if anything were to happen to me, I could shout out for help. I doubt I could have made a noise or even my cries will be heard if I am working alone at the site. Anyway, for hours, we poured out buckets of sweats in the sweltering heat but interestingly, there was a strong gush of wind that morning which continued to the afternoons. That was dangerous, as far as I was concerned, as the strong winds rocked forth the pieces of loosened wall claddings and both my colleague and I had to be very careful and see where we are constantly. Thinking nothing of it, my colleague and I worked on as we keep reminding ourselves to be careful. At one walled area where we worked together after my camera battery was exhausted, my right palm was punctured by a small piece of glass as I carelessly leveraged my hand to climb over a wall. My palm started to bleed a little. I prayed hard it would stop amidst the dirty surroundings and I applied pressure on the wound. I then cleaned up the wound with the use of the clean side of my pants. Thank God, the bleeding stopped and I was really really glad. My colleague thought I was crazy to do such thing and I think, he is right but I have to do what I need to do to stop the bleeding first. Once the bleeding stopped I could do first aid as I go to my car later on.   

As we neared our end of work after about 5hours at site, we exited near the front section. Suddenly, there was a strong gush of wind and one portion of the metal wall cladding ( about 5-6 pieces stuck together  )  come off the rail support and started to fall on me. It was as though in slow-mo that I could see the metal wall cladding raining down on me. Honestly, I had no time escape or maneuver out of it whatsoever. I just stood there in terror and put my left arm up to protect myself. All the while I was thinking, " Lord, don't let my face be scarred!" Hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa... No!No! That wasn't what I said really. What I said was ," O Lord! O Lord! O Lord! ". Then I just mustered my strength and just push the metal claddings away and I really felt as though I was pushing a pile of leaves away. YES! I could have sworn to you that the metal claddings were as light as leaves from the tree. They just propelled off just as I raised my left hand to push them away. Then I heard it crashed to the ground with a big crash sound. My colleague immediately asked me if I was okay and I confirmed that I was okay. In every corner of my heart, I thanked the Lord above for keeping me safe. I believe with all my heart that  God had cushioned that impact and preserved my life on that day. I give all glory to Him for keeping me safe and well. I was relieved and really happy to be unhurt. I know deep in my heart, the Lord had kept me safe from harm and saved this wretched life of mine. That night during the bilingual service in church, I just kept giving thanks to the Lord and thankful that He had preserved me from harm. I am so glad to have Him as my Protector and my Guide.

I am just glad to have my body in one piece. Sure am glad that I have my guardian angel keeping watch over me - in good days and in trying days. Thank you, Lord! 

Epic...

Last night Badminton Singles Final between China's Lin Dan and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in the London Olympics 2012 will be long remembered as an epic battle of mental strength and skills of exceptional quality. What a match indeed! Not only was SLing and I plus SYuen rooted to our seats and cheering like a trio of madman/women, we were so proud of Lee Chong Wei. Yeah! Everyone knows the results but Chong Wei really gave his all and it was sad to see him crouched there on the centre court exhausted, head on the handle end of the racquet and a forlorn devastated figure. Boy! He had nothing to be ashamed of as he really did his best and you could see that he did all he could on the court. I thought he was fantastic but take no credit away from Lin Dan who played his very best match ever. Frankly , the result could have swung either way and the best player actually won that night. Make no mistake that the skills were of exceptional quality while some of the shots were easily jaw dropping shots,man. I tell you, my heart goes out to Chong Wei but as in all sports, there has got to be a better player and one winner in any competition. I guess, last night, these two mighty men were worthy winners by their own supporters. Of course, being a Malaysian, to us, Lee Chong Wei is our hero last night eventhough he lost by a whisker. He has shown exceptional fighting spirit, tenacity of staying there when it mattered and going through all the emotions & stress. So proud of him, a Malaysian, man. 

My wife, SLing asked me , " How could you be so heartless? Chong Wei  lost, yunno. So sad and you are so emotionless." I looked at her and laughed it off. If only she knew how devastated I was to see him lose so agonisingly close! Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Then, she shed a tear or two. I comforted her telling her that there will always be a winner and a loser. Maybe, it just wasn't Chong Wei's day while Lin Dan did play very well too. Take no credit away from Lin Dan, I suppose.  I guess, that is what intensity, hope and whole-heartedness meant to simple and millions of Malaysians out there who were rooting for our No.1 badminton icon, Lee Chong Wei.  I have never known SLing to be so emotionally charged for such a match but obviously, she was really praying hard for Chong Wei to win. Who wouldn't , right? Then , she mumbled about wanting to see Usian Bolt running the 100m Final but she just slumbered into wonderland of sleep. Yup, Usian Bolt did win the 100m Finals and shred the Olympic Record to bits. All in all, wonderful Olympic Games with interesting competition. "The estacy of victory and the agony of defeat " rings so true!

Agony? Huh! Another day in a Malaysian life-lar nowadays! There goes the Monday holiday!~

Enough....

Today, I want to make one thing explicitly and crystal clear - I am NOT GOING to stand up and fight for anyone's war. I have stated this stand much much earlier in my writing.  You fight your own wars in which you deemed fit. I want to make this clear that I am just so fed up of being "used" as the front even for a just cause. A vocal chat, sharing of views and conversation on the five foot way had been constructed as an explosive and important meeting. I just don't know how on earth can five foot way chat be an all important meeting of important people? I've never ever heard of such preposterous idea! If this is the type of implication one gets when gathering together, then I want no part of such shallow thinking lest taking part in any conversation for that matter. It is simply just too hedonistically shallow and low. My convictions in life are crystal clear - I have said what I wanted to say all these years and I have branded from " difficult to evil to pure evilness " but it doesn't  lower my spirit one bit. It is only when things started to happen to these so-called "saints", they started to jump like prawns in a frying skillet! 

Well, like I have said many many times, I have said what I wanted to say all these years. If you didn't catch it, just too bad, I guess.  Where were you when it happened? Weren't you people the ones who stood at the sides and pretended as if it didn't happen to you or claimed that it will NEVER happened to you? Where were you people when hurts, bruises in life and stakes of hurtful words being painfully pulled from the fragile hearts?  Where were you when people just walked out of the door of the place that supposed to give them comfort and the familiar touch of the Father? WHERE WERE YOU? WHERE WERE YOU? WHERE WERE YOU? Tsunamis and earthquakes caused so much devastation to the people because they FAILED to heed or take lightly of the warnings despite all the beacon markers, buoy markers and graphical reading devices. Well, I've got news for you - You created and breed the monsters ; so you clean it up, yourself, ok? That's all I've gotta say. It just makes me so mad when every one is saving their own skins and not be the "bad " ones in the eyes of others but instead push others to the forefront so that they won't get the bullet while others take the "bullets of crap"  for them. Even those who had been wronged/inflicted with mental anguish & pain/ are not even brave enough to state their stand or have stood up to give their side of the story. This is the greatest failure of being a human being EVER!  PLEASE, just do the RIGHT THING and may you find repentance in GOD. I am often reminded that HIS GRACE is sufficient for us. Is there any other GRACE involved?

So, I want to say again - I am NOT INTERESTED in "games" and ENOUGH of games.~