Azwan Ismail is the "man" of the hour.

OK no this is not a personal attack to this self confessed gay, but what are we doing as a society these days that molds such a person to convince himself or herself as gay. I wrote something about this issue in 2007 and looks like the bad gut feeling I have inside has proven me very right. You may find that article here.



I hate to know that my predictions about this matter comes true. Urrghh.... disgusting!

YTL foray into ISP could possibly be at consumer's advantage.

It's been ages since I wrote something here. Actually it was an unannounced sabbatical. The scene was getting really boring and saturated with really stupid issues so before I became of of those who was desperate enough to  write about stupid issues I gave blogging a break. Not that I bother if my readership drops since I earn almost nothing for each visit of your anyway.


YTL is diversifying into the ISP business. 4G to be exact. So we already have a handful of providers and now comes another one. Some speculate that there will be a price war looming once YTL gets up to speed. But can we directly see internet fees dropping below RM100 and yet maintain high speeds? If there is one thing that all of our ISP are short changing us is consistency. Most will claim at best effort basis and that happens how often?


There is a simple problem. There is only so much the market can hold and with YTL the market becomes more brittle. Very few have multiple internet accounts... perhaps to most the minority only subscribe services from 2 ISP. One for home use and the other for mobile use. I know many can't leave home without checking on their various farms and armies online. Owh not to forget the cam-whoring blogger types.


But if there is a scant possibility that internet fees dip far below the RM100 per month for 1Mb all the better. Then perhaps we could pressure the providers to remove the stupid fair usage policy? Even if majority of us do not exceed the allocation but it would be nice to know that it is no longer there. Let the ISP fight~ then we shall wait and see who has the most bang for our Ringgit.

Poor Babies.

Could there be a civic divide between races in this country? I suspect there is so since the numerous reports of abandoned babies seem to by majority involved non-married Malay couples. Coincidently they are I assume Muslims too. The Baby Hatch launched by the government seems not to be helping much either because the location is not as convenient as just dumping a baby in a garbage bin or the public in general has no idea that it exists.

I do seriously think one other way to tackle these irresponsible couples is by actually giving them harsher sentences. But in order to do that is the need to trace them first. More go missing than being found and we would not know if there are repeat offenders. God! How can one dispose a baby once and then do it again the next time is beyond my comprehension.

To be objective the disposal of unwanted babies is murder (if the baby is found dead) or attempted murder if the baby is found alive but in such a deplorable state. I think the case would be different if the baby is left in a mosque or some public area where someone would not take too long to notice.

It is indeed everyone's responsibility to ensure such cases do not happen. However it surely boils down to the education and upbringing of these unwed couples. Some might be legally married too but too poor to afford to raise a child. Whatever the reasons may be there must be a mechanism where we as a society can help out these struggling couples or at least the baby. Honestly this is a kind of social epidemic that may grow to be detrimental to all of us if we do not actively do something about it.

MIDA goes through re-branding.

Lembaga Pembangunan Pelaburan Malaysia. Yep that is the new name. But what is even more interesting is a special board to approve foreign investments for anything more than 1 Billion Ringgit. What this board is suppose to do it to cut the red tape for fast approval without the need to go through the Finance Ministry and MTen.


So, they claim it can speed up approval and get the foreign funds in faster and fatter than ever before. Certainly it all sounds pretty dandy if you ask me. But how would it improve employment of the locals? Just like how the MSC does not place a limit on the hiring of foreign skilled workers to a certain degree kills the market for our locals. On top of that for the same position locals are paid marginally lower than their foreign co-workers.


For the amount of investment sure translates to higher GDP and most importantly GDI to certain extremities but would it translate to the little ones? And hopefully the new act specific for this would and should impose such rules to limit the intake of foreign skilled workers and give locals a far better chance. Not only business should have higher co-ownership with locals but also covers the entire workforce in key departments and positions.


News report Harian Metro

List of interesting news....

Forged letters to award contracts
Apparently a DAP veteran has used an Exco member's letter head to make recommendation letters in awarding contracts amounting to a total of RM1million over the past year. I suspect even the BN buggers have been doing this for ages. Biler nak cekup mereka pulak?

Iranians runs Meth Labs
Authorities discovered a whole big drum of Meth Oil. The big question is how the hell the couple obtained such a large amount of Meth Oil?

North Corridor Economic Region gets boost
RM800++ million being dumped to stir the NCER. That much of money and only 1000 jobs? We need more than that.