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[676] Of war is peace and UMNO is PAS!

This is one of those amusing but useless findings over the net. Type exactly “Pemuda UMNO website” into Google’s search bar and hit “I’m Feeling Lucky“.

The biggest secret in Malaysia politics! UMNO Youth is PAS! The two devils are indeed one!

Yup. On Google currently, it directs to PAS website. Another one of those creepy signs that PAS and UMNO are merging onto a spot to the right of Malaysian political spectrum.

I found this out while I was trying to confirm a story on Malaysia Today. Anyway, does anybody actually believe everything written in Malaysia Today?

p/s – Hook. Em. Horns. Bah…

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ASEAN Sports

[675] Of SEA Games: Thailand versus the Philippines

The current SEA Games has been rather entertaining so far. Diplomatically-wise, that is. Recently, Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, accused that the host, the Philippines of being biased in officiating the regional biennial game. And it doesn’t end there: Thaksin plans to raise the issue at the upcoming ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

Me – WTF?

But anyway, the Filipino President Gloria Arroyo then ordered an investigation into the allegation. The investigation, concluded 24 hours later revealed no unfair officiating has occurred.

Yes – the Philippines is accused of cheating and the Philippines conducted the investigation and the Philippines cleared themselves up. I suppose “conflict of interest” is an unheard concept. Not that I’m accussing of anything but still, it’s fishy.

However, that’s not the best part. The best thing is that some Filipinos conducted a protest – yes, a real protest – in front of the Thai embassy in Manila over Thaksin’s remark. Soon afterwards, Filipino legislators are demanding apology from Thaksin.

Folks, cool down. Take a deep breathe and think. It’s just a game. Stop acting like kids.

I mean, look at Malaysia. Vietnam cheated Malaysia but Malaysians aren’t over the top about it. At most, the Malaysian delegates lodged an official, in game, protest. What happens in a game stays in that game. Be a sportman.

Hell, look at how Malaysians deal with real diplomatic issues – while Indonesians were willing to go up in arms against Malaysia over Ambalat not too long ago, Malaysians just took it easy. Have a cup of teh tarik. Chill out. Oh, you want to ganyang Malaysia? Mari, mari. No need to gaduh-gaduhlah.

Point is, relax. Even Malaysia and Singapore aren’t at each other throat, yet. If Malaysia and Singapore don’t plan to get into a little squabbling, then nobody should be. Please, there’s no need to outdo us.

Nevertheless, Thaksin does make a bad diplomat. Still, he brought up a legitimate concern. The Philippines needs to be more professional in hosting the Games. Already, several other countries are having some misgiving about this edition of the Games. Rigging your own election might be your internal matter but the SEA Games doesn’t quite fall into that category.

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[666] Of three cheers for de Jong and Ajax!

Early in the season, pundits predicted Group B of the 2005/06 Champions League would see both Arsenal and Ajax heading to the next stage. Pundits almost got it wrong went Thun overperformed and Sparta was giving Ajax a run on their money. Today however, they are vindicated. Both Arsenal and Ajax are both group champion and runnerup respectively.

I was sleeping when the match started and I dreamt that Ajax was losing 3-1 to Sparta. What a nightmare! I woke up in the middle of the night only to sleep again and dreamt Ajax lost 3-2 instead. Two nightmares in a row and I had to resist temptation to boot up my home computer and check on the score. But my sleep was what I need. Sleep.

Finally, when it was morning and the sun was up and smiling, ESPN greeted me with the sweetest news to start a Wednesday – Nigel de Jong scored two goals and made sure an Ajax win.

So, three cheers for de Jong.

Hup, hup, hooray!
Hup, hup, hooray!
Hup, hup, hooray!

Three cheers for Ajax.

Yip, yip, hooray!
Yip, yip, hooray!
Yip, yip, hooray!

Group D currently has the most interesting scenario – with one game left, anybody could qualify. You guys know which team I hope won’t make it.*

*devilish smile

p/s – Not quite sure if this is a good news or a bad news to Malaysia.

U.S. Restores Military Ties With Indonesia

By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 1 minute ago

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The United States has lifted an arms embargo against Indonesia, ending a six-year ban on military aid to the world’s most populous Muslim nation imposed due to human rights concerns.

The Bush administration has long argued that isolating Indonesia, which has been hit by several bombings by al-Qaida linked terrorists in recent years, was not in Washington’s strategic interests.

Oh well, there goes Ambalat.

pp/s – now we’re talking. A report from The Star on possible changes on Malaysian Wildlife Protection Act:

Under the Wildlife Protection Act 76/72, a poacher faces a maximum fine of RM15,000 or five years jail.

Sazmi also said the ministry was in the final stages of revamping the existing law and replacing it with the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Act.

Under the new Act, poachers would face mandatory jail sentences of up to 10 years and fines of up to 30 times the current amount.

Sweet.

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[662] Of let’s Go Blue

The Game starts in less than 30 minutes. Listen to The Game live on www.MGoBlue.com. I trust Yahoo! will be airing The Game live on its online radio too. Screw that. Watch Yahoo! NCAAF for updates. If only they show college football (the biggest f-king rivalry in the whole US but TV channels are showing f-king stupid goddamned national dart tournament!) on TV in Malaysia…

Meanwhile, listen and sing to the Hail to the Victors! (not sure whether this is legal but hell! – picked from www.MGoBlue.com via Campus Information Center)

Now for a cheer they are here, triumphant!

Here they come with banners flying.
In stalwart step they’re nighing.
With shouts of vict’ry crying.
We hurrah, hurrah, we greet you now, Hail!

Far we their praises sing
For the glory and fame they’ve bro’t us,
Loud let the bells them ring,
For here they come with banners flying

Far we their praises tell
For the glory and fame they’ve bro’t us,
Loud let the bells them ring
For here they come with banners flying

Here they come, Hurrah!

Hail! To the victors, valiant,
Hail! To the conqu’ring heroes
Hail! Hail! To Michigan the leaders and best

Hail! To the victors, valiant,
Hail! To the conqu’ring heroes
Hail! Hail! To Michigan the champions of the West!

Go Blue! And go Sparties!

And don’t forget, Buck the Fuckeyes!

w00t! – LIVE AUDIO THANKS TO MICHIGAN HOCKEY NET! (via)

update – 12 minutes to go, Ohio State missed a field goal and Michigan leads by 6 points.

p/s – WTF? on the radio just now, roughly, Christians, Muslims and Jews uniting against a common foe. Now, that’s lame.

update – fourth down and a yard to go. What Lloyd Carr did? Go for it. LOL! Crazy. Thank god for the first down. This guy is a freaking risk taker.

update – w00t! 10-yard penalty on OSU and another first down!

update – it’s on Ohio State’s 9 yard line! LOL! OSU is crumbling!

update – field goal for Michigan. I still remember how Rivas took a field a few years ago. Michigan 21 – 12 OSU.

update – Blue 21 – 19 Buckies. This is dangerous.

update – DEFENSE! DEFENSE!

update – this is cruel.

update – sob.

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[660] Of Buck the Fuckeyes

I did housekeeping for this site yesterday and I stumbled across this. A great recycling stuff.

Buck the Fuckeyes______________________________
OOOO SSSS U  U    SSSS  U  U CCCC K  K SSSS
O  O S    U  U    S     U  U C    K K  S
O  O SSSS U  U    SSSS  U  U C    KK   SSSS
O  O    S U  U       S  U  U C    K K     S
OOOO SSSS UUUU    SSSS  UUUU CCCC K  K SSSS
_______________________________Ohio State Sucks

Go Blue! Not to forget, go Sparties!

While doing some overdue proofreading and reading some oldies, unfortunately, I found some discrepancy in my numbering system. You see, I enter all these numbers manually and sometimes, I messed it up. In this instance, post number 467 currently comes up immediately after post 446. So, I need to do some minor correction and hence, the weird numbering for this post. This unusually system will continue until the problem is rectified. That means, 20 more posts and then we’ll go back to usual programming. Hooray!

Why wouldn’t I simply realign the numbers? Like I said, I did it all manually and making such correction is a pain in the neck. Or ass.

I blame all this on Ohio State. And Bush. Senior and junior. And on climate change too.

Heh, let’s see what happens if I tag Buck the Fuckeyes into Technorati.

erratum – the numbering has been corrected.