Alright. I’ll admit this. Most of the times, I post photos because I can’t think of anything to write about. Or I have trouble putting my thoughts into words. So, here it is. Another lame picture for you to suffer.
It’s a kind of evergreen plant my mom planted in my family little yard.
And bah. I wanted to meet some people from Bank Negara today but they weren’t where they were supposed to be. All that walking in the rain with a splitting headache was for nothing.
I’ve been in love with Jan Matejko’s Stanczyk for several months now. I first came across it on Wikipedia possibly last year and I can’t seem to shake it out of my head at the moment.
The painting doesn’t look too special at first glance. Indeed, if wasn’t for the story behind the painting, I wouldn’t chance a second look.
The person on sitting the chair is Stanczyk, a Polish court jester. He, according to Wikipedia, “is the only person at a royal ball to become worried after the news that the city of Smolensk was captured by the Russians reaches the court.”
I don’t know about you but that’s the wow factor for me – it definately captures human’s foolishness and life’s irony.
Any parallel to Malaysia? I hope not.
Both UMNO and PAS have confirmed their candidates for the upcoming December 6 Pengkalan Pasir by-election. UMNO is going with Hanafi while PAS has Hanifa.
With UMNO is trying to be more Islamic than PAS and PAS forcing itself to become a little bit more moderate, this Hanafi vs. Hanifa thing is going to be hilarious. I mean, cmon, Hanafi and Hanifa. It’s as if this symbolizes the apparent merging of UMNO and PAS on a point somewhere to the right of Malaysian political spectrum.
Too bad the independent candidate won’t be a person named Hinafa.
I wonder if they’re related. Long lost twin brothers? Hey, you’ll never know these days.
And I already can’t remember who’s whom!
Aww. But Google doesn’t have a doodle for today. =(
And no turkey. =(
Bah. Who needs turkey when you have nasi lemak and roti canai…
p/s – whoa. Just saw on local TV that Indonesia is planning a military exercise near Ambalat (tag). Reuters has more:
Jakarta plans exercise near sea disputed by Malaysia
24 Nov 2005 04:08:44 GMT
Source: ReutersJAKARTA, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s navy will hold its biggest ever exercise next month, involving landing amphibious tanks near potentially oil-rich waters disputed with Malaysia, a navy spokesman said on Thursday.
This news breaks a day after the US lifts military embargo against the country, as I’d mentioned earlier.
Is Indonesia trying to tell Malaysia something? Hinting too hard maybe?
pp/s – should be interesting to know what the local media has to say tomorrow about this. Right now, Malaysian administration has no moral right to criticize the US on Abu Ghraib incident.
Anyway, a good by-election ammo for PAS. Might even be a silver bullet.
ppp/s – Ha. Ha. Ha! (via)
Early in the season, pundits predicted Group B of the 2005/06 Champions League would see both Arsenal and Ajax (tag) 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.*
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.