1 Year and 1 Month Ago...

I wrote these emails to J - sharing my doomed feelings on the going-ons during Perak State Assembly meeting on 7 May 2009. It's been a year and a month ago and I think it is timely to put them up here for the purpose of waking some senses up in light of heightened Gaza-Israel conflict.

Here, we have our own conflicts too.

Surat Khabar Lama and his gang denounced Israel's inhumanity treatments - forgetting that they too have been practising the same dogma towards us Malaysians. How hypocritical they could be. That alone may explains why some of us wondered out loud why we made such a fuss on the attack of Mavi Marmara.

Still, an injustice anywehere is a threat to justice everywhere. Thus, for SKL and his gang, I pray to God for guidance. May they be guided to the right path. May we be guided to soldier on to fight against inhumanity, come what may.

This post is in memory of Ms Rachel Corrie (1979 - 2003).

Hi J

Im at the internet cafe near the Grandview Hotel where PR's ADUN stay. Uncle Zorro, Helen Ang and many others (in solidarity) were arrested. All PR's MP who came over (even to their offices) and were in the midst of press conference were arrested by sick police f(a)rce...and i almost get caught twice - first when we first walked from the railway station and second when we were at the prohibited perimeter.

In the first incident, the sicko came with all their machine guns and all and their cars blocking the road. The spokeperson for our entourage was provoked and he was arrested along with another. They were hauled in and the remaining guys around 12 of them (bless their souls) joined the two on the truck. There were uncles and aunties there in black and walking with their canes, weak knees and these idiot sicko kept on shouting to them to turn back. I just stood there - the tears just kept on falling. One lousy lady sicko asked me to leave - dik, minta tolong patah balik? i told her - saya tak nak tolong awak boleh? Stood there alone for a good 10 minutes and hopped on the bus as it stopped at the traffic light. The bus took me to the new state building.

After asking a few locals (shish..some were plain ignorant i felt like giving a good long lecture), one macha gave me the best direction to the SUK building. I felt good - i didnt miss my daily walking session. At one turning to the building along the river, i saw 1 chinese guy - ive seen him before. Yes, we had zigzagging to get ourselves there from the railway station. I walked along one malay lady - Kak Wa - an ipoh housemaker - a devout supporter of PAS. A few guys were there including YB Nizar's PA. He walked mindlessly away from the building. We saw the sicko chased the people gathering at the edge of the perimeter and one good man hushed to us that we will be next. I quickly checked the surrounding, saw one lawyer firm (in a house) with an open. The chief sicko shouted - tangkap - and we dashed to the house, hiding behind the lushful flower of paradise and a scooter. We heard voices and alhamdullilah, they were the owner of the premise - a lawyer wife and a caterer hubby. They let us in the house as the hubby told us that the sicko was looking for 2 ladies in black. Conversation ensued between us. Apparently, the lawyer wifey is a daughter to Adun Bukit Semanggol so we almost got news straight from the assembly hall as her brother, who acts as PA to her father, was there. Kak Wa shared her stories about what happened after the 'haram' MB took over - both YB nizar and YB Sivakumar stayed at the MB's house, guarded by PAS' unit amal. Security was very tight as there had been threats about kidnapping, killings, ammunitions etc. UMNO memang bijak bab2 macam ni...shishhhhh...Many supporters 'berkampung' at the MB house throughout the ordeal till YB Nizar left his official residence...

A few days before the 'hijack', Ustaz Harun Din came over the house and warned YB Nizar that something will happen to Perak State Govt. INdeed, it came true. When the 'perassan' MB lodged a police report that he had bomoh the assembly hall, Ustaz Harun Din had also warned that there are too many 'jampi serapah' in the hall. Again, siapa lagi kalau bukan org melayu yg suka bomoh2 ni kan?

I cried a lot, so whats wrong with that after listening to stories like that. Ok, so i need to read history again as i felt like we are re-living what people back then must have felt. While you can say we cant win this by protest and all but i always believe that will not go down the drain. So, J, that najib thingy is totally failed. It is the culmination of the surat khabar lama and the sleeping booty - go figure how horrible he is....

As said by Robin Sharma, "Great achievement often happens when our backs are up against the wall"...

Take care J...wherever you are...

Hi J

I was back home by 9.30 last night - safe yet broken hearted - and was told by Mr Whisperer that Uncle Zorro and the rest had been released last night. Alhamdullilah...i cant bear the fact that some uncles would have to spend time in the lockup over night, with no medications. I was imagining if they were my father...

Perhaps you just have to read it literally...no explanation required, J.

I had enough of 'the game' people like you play. It doesnt make our country any better or even make KJ a better person. For once, i wish you could understand that the era of persona idolisation is over. I'd be glad if you could just change people and not merely bringing them down. We are not lalang, J...

As for your The Perak Debacle, is there anything else to be said about it? UMNO really opened up its own 'pekung' and its game 'makan tuan'. Yes, the winner is clearly PR.

You know, J, people from all walks of life came over to show their support, even at the expense of kena kejar and kena pulas tangan. Do you think they were suka2?

Even fulltime housemakers took time to go there. If they were UMNO members, i know they came for the money paid. These were just plain Makciks and Pakciks, naik moto kapcai, anak muda kerja sendiri. Whats this crisis meant for them? Kak Wa from Ipoh just sms me saying that the rats sent in 5 trucks barricading a mosque where solat hajat was to be performed. Its crazy, not just hindu and buddhismd, now islam as the official religion of this nation is being threatened...Gosh, J...UMNO is so gone...history....

Almost half of those who gathered were chinese and the rats, mostly malays, felt provoked on racial basis - apasal org cina besar kepala nak tunjuk perasan tak tentu pasal? I chuckled when these chinese people told the rats - encik, kami bayar gaji encik! hehehehhe..those idiots never know where their gaji comes from...

So, can we focus on economy now? We bloody should - with or without the crisis. But the problem is the UMNO goons are blaming this crisis when it is their non-performance in handling our economy. We didnt see anyone from MoF there 'guarding the sanctity of our constitution and monarch - yea right! - to justify the money spent on helis circling the SUK building, thousands of rats stationed around Ipoh (semua tanggung) and many more wastage of public funds. Wow, our sovereign rating must have been negatively impacted in near future...

J, just ignore me ok..i will only make you despised me more...btw, hope DJIA performed as you wish yesterday...