At first, the Batang Ai by-election was seen as a barometer to test the strength of the ruling BN coalition versus it's rival PR, after the last GE where PR shook the world by taking over 5 states from the ruling coalition. However, things took a turn with a sudden announcement by a would-be independent candidate, Johnny Anak Chuat to contest in this by-election. It was said earlier that, both parties have a 50/50 chances of winning.
Batang Ai has been the traditional stronghold of BN, since the PDBS era, where the older folks are still the keen supporters of BN. The acceptance of locals towards PR is somewhat doubtful, for one reason that it is a West Malaysian based political party, furthermore their performance in Perak and Selangor was not up to expectations. The younger generations which are more exposed to globalization processes are their most likely voters. Then there are voters who are neither on the BN or PR side, those who are sitting on the fence, for reason known to themselves. These are the groups that the independent candidate should take advantage.
Talking about BN candidate, Malcolm Mussen, they seem to play safe by fielding new face which has very limited political backgrounds and fresh records. What is his chance of winning against political veteran like Jawah Gerang? There is not so much on the candidate's aura, but their gamble is on their "dacing's" logo plus some "kopi o" from the "generous" government to the opportunists, a little bit of dirty trick and some magic performed by "reliable government crews".
On PKR side, the PR is banking on the popularity and seniority of Jawah Gerang. I would dare say that, PR decision's on their choice of candidates seems doubtful and inaccurate. Even though he was the MP for Lubok Antu for the previous five terms, that doesn't guarantees the people's support. What has he done during his previous terms as MP? The people are not blind.
Talking about independent candidate, Johnny Anak Chuat, most sees it as an alternative to the present sickening political scenarios, where changes are what people want. Based on the report in some popular medias, as a local boy from Lamanak, he has all the supports from younger generations who are mostly his relatives. Another x-factor which maybe of advantage for Johnny is that, he has been doing countless number of charity works and community projects for his kampungs folks during the last few years, which could convince the people of his ability to serve.
In conclusion, I would say that, with the presence of Johnny in this race, the chances of BN winning this game is much better, whereas the PR prospective looks somewhat gloom. However, we must not underestimate Johnny's ability and strength, given all the favourable factors in favour of him. Whatever it is, it all depends on the last minute campaigning and efforts that each and every candidates are making.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Not a beautiful Sunday
Wake up late today, since today is Sunday. After taking bath, prepare breakfast, milk and noodles. Like normally, turn on my laptop to go online and check emails, moderate one or two sites.
But, I feel so disappointed. I can't even post anything on any forums, least doing the moderation, what the heck. At first I thought it is due to line problems, but when I checked my connection speed, it's about 7.2 Mbps, which seems to be normal. Then I tried to log-in into my hosted site, hell, it said I was brute forcing into the site, need to wait for another 10 minutes to re-try. This is my 1st try when I was not logging-in after quite some time. Obviously, someone, probably hackers did try to brute force into my account. Bloody shit, there's nothing in there, nothing precious. Well, if they want, I can just relinquish my account and my site to them, sort of donating to them.
Well, this is cyber world, what more can I say!!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Bad Road
This is the photograph of the road at Sg Plan resettlement area. This hole grows bigger and bigger each day. It seems that none of the authority concerned care about it. It is very inconvenient and dangerous to motorists.
Why is the BDA not doing anything about it? We pay road tax, thus deserve better roads to travel. To BDA, please do something.
Mainstream Media - National TV/Radio/Newspapers
To me, these media are nothing more than the tools for the BN to brainwash the rakyat. They are being used to spread gimmicks and propagandas so as to stay in power, while oppressing the rakyat.
In fact there are better usages such as to inform the rakyat on educational opportunities and the availability of government jobs to the unemployed. They should reduce craps that they put into the media and be more responsible towards the rakyat.
I would like to suggest one day in a year to boycott these mainstream media, that is:
1. DO NOT WATCH TV FOR ONE DAY,
2. DO NOT LISTEN TO RADIO FOR ONE DAY,
3. DO NOT BUY NEWSPAPER FOR ONE DAY.
Or better for one week or one month? I’m sure we would not be bored, because we have the internet.
Any feedbacks?
In fact there are better usages such as to inform the rakyat on educational opportunities and the availability of government jobs to the unemployed. They should reduce craps that they put into the media and be more responsible towards the rakyat.
I would like to suggest one day in a year to boycott these mainstream media, that is:
1. DO NOT WATCH TV FOR ONE DAY,
2. DO NOT LISTEN TO RADIO FOR ONE DAY,
3. DO NOT BUY NEWSPAPER FOR ONE DAY.
Or better for one week or one month? I’m sure we would not be bored, because we have the internet.
Any feedbacks?
Sarawak football team – suggestions for improvements
Our Sarawak football team has never been doing so well all this while. Or to be concise, our Sarawak football is amongst the weakest, at least at present. Although I do not really follow its development, I know our Sarawak football team is in real bad shape, for quite some times already.
To really excel, it must come a long way and a great effort must be put into it. The followings are just my ideas and suggestions on improving our state football standard.
Football skills and spirits must be nurtured from early childhood, right from primary schools to secondary schools to universities. Every primary and secondary school must have a mandatory football development department where talented kids could be properly and systematically trained and groomed to become an excellent future footballers. These future talents must be identified and continuously and consistently trained until they are skillful and old enough to be absorbed into our state squad. And all those grooming must not ends here, it must continue into national and international levels.
Sarawak is a huge country with diverse resources and complex ethnicity. When it comes to selection of our state players, there has always been bias practice. Pardon me for revealing this reality. As we may be aware, the selection of our state players has been confined to players from Kuching division and a majority Malays. What about other divisions? There should be a well balance intake amongst all races within Sarawak, I mean I’m sure there’s ample talents amongst Iban, Bidayuh, Chinese, Melanaus and so forth. To be fair and to make sure Sarawak a strong football team, I would suggest that, selection of state players to include players from all divisions regardless of race. A proper selection system must be implemented, if we were to make Sarawak a football powerhouse. Do I need to elaborate further?
Players’ commitment is another factor which contributes to the strength of any football team. Without commitment, anything we undertake in life will fail, same thing with football team, as I have experienced from managing my own little football team previously. When I talk about commitment, it involves the welfare and financial status of the players. So, the welfare and finance of the players must be taken care of properly and without fail. Sarawak has been known to face this problem previously, and the effects are unforgettable to other players. So, a well managed team with a well managed financial standing stand a chance to be amongst the best teams in terms of players’ commitments.
An association that is free from outside and political influences is deemed to perform well in terms of managements. When there’s an outside interference in the affairs of any association, the management of that particular association will find it difficult to make decisions and thus affect the performance of the management, which in turn affect the performance of the team in general. So, I suggest, our Sarawak football team management must be 100% free from outside influence, especially political influences.
To really excel, it must come a long way and a great effort must be put into it. The followings are just my ideas and suggestions on improving our state football standard.
Football skills and spirits must be nurtured from early childhood, right from primary schools to secondary schools to universities. Every primary and secondary school must have a mandatory football development department where talented kids could be properly and systematically trained and groomed to become an excellent future footballers. These future talents must be identified and continuously and consistently trained until they are skillful and old enough to be absorbed into our state squad. And all those grooming must not ends here, it must continue into national and international levels.
Sarawak is a huge country with diverse resources and complex ethnicity. When it comes to selection of our state players, there has always been bias practice. Pardon me for revealing this reality. As we may be aware, the selection of our state players has been confined to players from Kuching division and a majority Malays. What about other divisions? There should be a well balance intake amongst all races within Sarawak, I mean I’m sure there’s ample talents amongst Iban, Bidayuh, Chinese, Melanaus and so forth. To be fair and to make sure Sarawak a strong football team, I would suggest that, selection of state players to include players from all divisions regardless of race. A proper selection system must be implemented, if we were to make Sarawak a football powerhouse. Do I need to elaborate further?
Players’ commitment is another factor which contributes to the strength of any football team. Without commitment, anything we undertake in life will fail, same thing with football team, as I have experienced from managing my own little football team previously. When I talk about commitment, it involves the welfare and financial status of the players. So, the welfare and finance of the players must be taken care of properly and without fail. Sarawak has been known to face this problem previously, and the effects are unforgettable to other players. So, a well managed team with a well managed financial standing stand a chance to be amongst the best teams in terms of players’ commitments.
An association that is free from outside and political influences is deemed to perform well in terms of managements. When there’s an outside interference in the affairs of any association, the management of that particular association will find it difficult to make decisions and thus affect the performance of the management, which in turn affect the performance of the team in general. So, I suggest, our Sarawak football team management must be 100% free from outside influence, especially political influences.
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