Oh wow. Just for his diatribe, I’ll go watch Nasi Lemak 2.0 when I get the chance too. I’m guilty of not watching it yet due to a combination of lack of time and lack of interest in Namewee. But I’ll go watch it just out of spite for a trashy paper.
November, Life?
My calendar for October is pretty much full. I’ve got like a couple of days where there’s nothing yet penciled in. I’ve even got to move some people around.
There are so many things that I’d like to do with my life. There are so many things that I need to do with my life. There is not enough time to do it.
I just wished that there was 25 hours in a day.
Suki Low
Disclaimer: I am a fan. I have her debut album and I think I need to go buy some more of her.
My goodness. You need to listen to this. The fun starts after 2:30.
She’s truly a Malaysian singer.
More of her songs. I really love the clarity of her voice.
Did I mention that she plays a number of instruments and writes some of her own songs too? What she needs is a big label to pick her up and market her around the world.
She’s already a success in my eyes. However, I need to believe that she will go further!
Being Shawn Maverick
A friend of mine put it in words the other day, I’m a maverick, which is the part of me that has been both the boon and bane of my life. It reminds me of Top Gun. While being a maverick can get you places, it can also just as easily kill you or those closest to you.
Hudud Laws
A feud: Nik Aziz wants to implement Hudud (حدود) Laws in Kelantan. Anwar Ibrahim expresses his personal support while Karpal Singh will die before he sees that happen.
Me? I think everyone is just making a whole lot of noise for no good reason. Chillax!
Personally, I think that it is silly to jump at the Hudud bogeyman. Malaysia is unique in that it already has two sets of laws in the country – regular laws derived from the Common Law system, and Syariah Laws that are derived from the Islamic system.
And there is one provision in our Constitution that I have faith in – Article 4(1):
This Constitution is the supreme law of the Federation and any law passed after Merdeka Day which is inconsistent with this Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
That alone, helps me sleep better at night, knowing that whatever form of Hudud Law that Nik Aziz wants to implement in Kelantan, would need to be in-line with the Constitution. Otherwise, it’s essentially null and void.
So, as a reasonable person and soon-to-be law student, I will wait till the details are worked out before worrying about it too much.
PS: If they chop off the hands of pick-pockets, I wonder what they’d do to those who rob the nation…
F1 in Schools
I’ve just finished two exhausting days of judging F1 in schools at Double Tree, KL. Over 20 teams from around the world, including several multi-national collaborative teams, are participating in the event.
I plan to enjoy the final rounds of knock-out racing tomorrow.
I’d like to say that this has been an eye-opening event for me. While the LEGO competitions were impressive in terms of what the students could do with LEGO bricks and some clever programming, this competition takes the ballgame to a whole new level.
The teams had to manage not just the technical and engineering aspects of the car, but also the artistic side – such as booth display, clothing, websites etc – and the business side of things – raising sponsorship, marketing and merchandising.
The level of things that they learned and did throughout the competition is so advanced that I really think that most of these students are a class above most graduates. But of course, they are at the world championships after all.
Some teams just blew my mind with the kind of innovations that they came up with. I’d even say that some of these teams are ready for commercialisation.
Sweet video from one of the collaborative teams – Ireland & Malaysia – Red Bull in a bottle and coffee in a can!
FYI, these cars reach speeds of over 60 kmph!
Informant Taxis
I recently read in an article that, “In a bid to battle graft, taxi drivers are being asked to be informers for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.”
Hahahahaha! ROFLOL!
I wonder when did someone from the government last take a taxi ride incognito. Whenever I take a taxi in Malaysia, I am immediately told that, “tak pakai meter” or “sebut harga”
That’s the funny part of things. Taxi drivers are part of the systemic corruption in our country by refusing to charge according to the meter or quoting direct prices for transporting someone from point A to point B. They are part of the problem, not the solution.
It’s kind of sad that our government now has to rely on people like these to become informants. While I can understand that informants are usually miscreants who are part of the corrupting system but this is just funny.
I would rely more on technology and stick CCTV cameras and microphones inside every taxi that are then stored within the vehicle and sent back for analysis periodically. This would also double as a security system for the drivers themselves.
Then again, what can I expect from the MACC?
Sybreon Ones Nought 