Congratulations to Anwar Ibrahim of PKR for winning the Permatang Pauh By-Election.

It is official!
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim the PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) de facto leader has won the by-election at Permatang Pauh with a 17,562 total majority votes.
He polled 31,949 votes while his contender Datuk Arif Shah Omar polled 14,297 while Independent candidate Hanafi Hamat polled 74 votes.

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For those who have no idea who on earth is Mr Ibrahim, I’ll just let you in on this article to familiarize with this personality.

All in all, we see that the people is indeed looking for a change and having a highly capable opposition party member would be damn helpful in keeping things in check.

While I was disappointed by the race discrimination of UITM incident which I mentioned earlier, now it seem that there IS a cause to celebrate Malaysia’s 51st Merdaka Day – I’m looking forward for a better nation.

On a side note, here’s what I read a few days back, some statements from our Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“Last time when he was in Umno, he criticised the DAP heavily. Now, he is a tool of the party – he is willing to agree with everything the party stands for regardless of the political implications. All this is because he wants to be prime minister,” he (najib) said, adding that the Pakatan Rakyat coalition was rapuh (brittle).

“They (PKR) are not a threat to Barisan. They don’t even share an ideology so how can they govern the country and bring stability?” he questioned.

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now this piece of news look so funny. so here we have witnessed a minister who spoke in utter confidence but to face a sudden change when it comes to reality.

I’m not proud of the discrimination that occurs here in Malaysia.

I am a Malaysian. I am called Malaysian according to the law but I am not with full rights of a Malaysian.

But what ticked me off to write this?

Recently, UITM – one of Malaysia’s university, was proposed by a Mentri Besar to allow non-bumiputera (Bumiputera = the people of a particular race – Malays – that has more rights than Malaysians of other ethnicity.) and it was shot down as if the suggestion was an absolute insult that would bring down the whole country and bring misery to the nation within and outside of it.

Prof Ibrahim said the call to have non-bumiputras allowed into the university was against the purpose of setting up the university.

“UiTM was set up to provide the bumiputras a chance to improve themselves by attaining tertiary education,” he told a press conference at the university here yesterday.

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Right, discrimination when it comes to intake. Aren’t we all not Malaysians? Chinese schools and Tamil schools have willingly accepted Malays without questioning. All are treated as friends. So what is so special about UiTM that it is only exclusive for Malays? Aren’t we all Malaysians? If the institution was good, why is it that non-bumiputeras are NOT allowed to be part of it?

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Festivities involving incense, burning and whatever smoke-generating activity IS NOT healthy.

I came back from my client’s place today, to find that my neighbour is already adding smoke-sauce to the cloths that were left out to dry.

Now while I respect people and their religious practice or belief, I am of course not an advocate of activities that pretty much affect health and the environment.

So in this article, I would just like to remind people

1. Dry your clothes some places, or dry it some other day.
2. Those with kids, take care of them. Perhaps stay in home.

Keep away from smoke, stay healthy.