Malay supremacy or Malay versality?

Malays, like Filipinos, are code switchers. The Malay language is saturated with English words. We are all code switchers. Chinese, Malays, Indians, and others are all code switchers. Malays will be remembered as a people who copy others. We are all copy cats. All 6.5 billion of us are copy cats. There is no such thing as Malay supremacy because the Malay language itself is nonexistent because the Malay language is saturated with foreign words. I’ve not known of a language in this world that can claim to stand on its own. I would imagine that the Malay language would be unsaturated with foreign words in the 1800’s. If you want pure unadulterated Malay language, then you should have been born in the 1800’s; and if you were born in the 1800’s there is a pretty good chance that you would not be reading this composition of mine. Yesterday’s Malay and today’s Malay are different. There is no such thing as pedigree. Today, the Malay language is written using the Roman alphabet or Arabic alphabet. The Malay Peninsula neighbors such as Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos each have a script of their own. The Malays and Filipinos use the Roman alphabets; and they are both big time code switchers. I challenge any Malay to prove to me that they never have used English, Tamil, or Chinese words when they communicate. I have heard Malays intersperse their language with the Chinese word “ngam-ngam”. From the Prime Minister to the pauper, code switching is widespread and healthy. Therefore, where is the so called Malay supremacy? Malays are code switchers because Malaysia is truly Asia.

Malays are not the only one’s who do code-switching. Who doesn’t? I’m sure Mongolians do code-switching too: they probably do Mongolian/Russian code-switching. I’m sure there are cases of code-switching during UMNO meetings.

Lets look at music. The Malays love the guitar and drums. Where is the Malay supremacy? It is Western supremacy, not Malay supremacy. Is Malay supremacy synonymous with Western supremacy? The Malays also love Hindi song and dance! Where is the Malay supremacy? This is why Malaysia is called truly Asia. Truly Asia is Malaysia’s selling point. Truly Asia is Malaysia’s specialty.

I am not promoting code switching, but it is wrong to dissuade code switching too. Code switching happens; and when it happens it happens. Code switching is part of the evolution of man. Code switching is healthy. There is no such thing as Malay supremacy.

There was a time when a Malay who used a coat and tie would be branded a traitor. Not anymore. There was a time when a Malay who used fork and spoon to eat food, would be branded a traitor. Not anymore. There was a time when a Malay who ate a burger or hot dog sandwich, would be branded a traitor. Not anymore. Today, Malays make buy, sell, and eat burgers and hot dogs. Today, many Malays work for KFC, MacDonald’s, and Pizza outlets etc. Malays also make, buy, sell, and eat roti canai and stir fry noodles.

Look at women’s dressing. Many Malay women use a veil or hood to cover the hair, but they still use western style make up, and skin tight pants. Malays will be remembered for versatility; and versatility is an advantage. Malays will be better remembered for having a penchant for non-Malay things; and this is not bad. There is no end to the learning process. We continue to learn and try new things, but my point is that Malay supremacy is difficult to understand. May be Malay supremacy and non-Malay supremacy are synonymous.

If my Malay brothers and sisters swallow their pride, they will admit that British rule of the Malay people has brought enormous social, political, and economic benefits to the Malay people. So Malays should not be opposed to the English language and English schools.(The closing down of English schools in the 1970's is a big mistake and very unMalaysian. Diversity is the strength of Malaysia, earning her the title as Truly Asia, her selling point.)) Given the versatility of the Malay people, they should not be opposed to the teaching of Mathematics and science in all the four languages: English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.
(At the general elections level, teaching maths and science in Malay, Chinese, English, and Tamil would help politicians obtain the maximum number of votes from the maximum number of voters.) This is the diversity that Malaysia is proud of. This makes Malaysia into the Truly Asia nation, the selling point of the nation.

The Truly Asia nation needs a broad coalition administration in line with its diversity. Only a broad coalition administration will reflect Malaysia’s ground reality.

Let’s look at China and Hong Kong. Hong Kong was under British rule for a while. Hong Kong was capitalistic, while China experimented with communistic economics. Today, both Hong Kong and China are supportive of small government/capitalism. That is, instead of China teaching Hong Kong, Hong Kong is teaching China. Hong Kong is small and China is big. In this case, the small serves as a role model for the big.

Let’s look at India, a multi-lingual nation. Of recent, English schools are becoming popular in India. Let’s look at Muslims. Some of the books written by Muslims about Islam are written by Pakistani Muslims, Indian Muslims, or Bangladeshi Muslims. If you survey the mosques, world-wide, some of the English speaking Muslims are from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. You will note that people of the Indian subcontinent have close ties with English. Some people of the Indian subcontinent do English/Indian code-switching at home when they communicate within the family. You cannot say that English is a mother tongue or not a mother tongue among Indians. It’s somewhere in between. It is a grey area. They are bi-lingual or tri-lingual.

Personally, I do not approve of my Malay brothers and sister socializing with other Muslims because I am supportive of the Look East policy. My personal definition of the Look East policy is that Malays should not learn from Muslims, but must learn from the Japanese/non-Muslims. I have no problems with Malays learning from the Japanese. I still do not know what Malay supremacy means. May be if we press on with Malay supremacy, we may end up with non-Malay supremacy because both may be synonymous. I think the future is for modernism.

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It is time to have more than one definition for the term mother-tongue. It is time to have more than one meaning for the term mother tongue. How many mother-tongues does a bi-racial person have? How many mother-tongues does a tri-racial person have? Is English the mother tongue of Jamaicans? I am sure Swahili and Zulu are not as popular as English in Jamaica. I am sure English is widely used in Jamaica. I am sure Jamaicans are comfortable with English. Jamaicans and New Yorkers may speak English with a different accent. In a multi lingual nation like Malaysia, some Malaysians do speak English at home. Thus, English is the mother tongue of some Malaysians. Many Malaysians do code switching when communicating. Many Malaysians are bi-lingual. Those Malaysians who are comfortable with English should be allowed to claim English as their mother tongue. Those Malaysians who value English should be allowed to claim English as their mother tongue. People should be allowed to claim two mother tongues if that’s what they want to claim. In short, we need several definitions to the term “mother tongue”.

Coming to the schools in Malaysia, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar is in favor of teaching mathematics and science in the mother tongue, not English. But English is a mother tongue to those Malaysians who claim it to be a mother tongue. There are different kinds of Malaysians and some may consider English to be their mother tongue. Some may have two mother tongues. Every family is different. This is the diversity; and diversity is the strength of Malaysia. Some of us are good in English, others good in Malay, and still others good in Tamil or Mandarin. Some mother tongues are good in the private sector, while others are good in the government sector. Some mother tongues are good in basketball while other mother tongues are good in long distance jogging. I hope Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar will accept the fact that some Malaysians who value English as a family first language will be allowed to accept English as their mother tongue. I think that accepting mathematics and science to be taught in the various mother tongues is a good idea provided English is recognized as a mother tongue too for those who consider it as a mother tongue. Those who want to have two mother tongues should be allowed to do so. We need to find several definitions for the term mother tongue. It is indeed a good idea to support the teaching of mathematics and science in the mother tongue because this idea will probably get votes from all the different mother tongues including English. We will end up with multi-stream education (including English stream). Diversity is indeed the strength of Malaysia. I hope Malaysians will vote for politicians who accept English as a mother tongue in Malaysia. Multi-stream education will give parents and students more choices.

Diversity is indeed the strength of Malaysia. A Chinese who eats nasi lemak is probably from Malaysia. An Indian who uses chopsticks when eating is probably from Malaysia too. A Malay who eats stir fry noodles is probably from Malaysia too. And this is why Malaysia is truly Asia. Malaysians are a lot luckier than they realize. The co-existence of Malay, Chinese, and Indian cultures have helped to enrich Malaysia. Teaching mathematics and science in the mother tongue is indeed a good idea because it is in line with Malaysia’s diversity. And Malaysia’s diversity is Malaysia’s strength. English is a mother tongue among some Malaysians. Therefore, mathematics and science should be taught in Chinese to those who claim Chinese as a mother tongue. Mathematics and science should be taught in Tamil to those who claim Tamil as a mother tongue. Mathematics and science should be taught in Malay to those who claim Malay to be their mother tongue. Mathematics and science should be taught in English to those who claim English as their mother tongue. Any politician who accepts this idea will probably get votes to build a diversity vote bank. You build a vote bank by getting support from the different communities. If you can play the diversity card well, you can build the diversity vote bank; and the diversity vote bank will make the difference in the 14^th General Elections (GE14) in Malaysia. I’m almost about to predict that GE14 will be won by the diversity vote bank. So build your vote bank, Mr.Politician.

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Dear Mr.President Barak Obama,

I understand that you would be visiting Malaysia in April 2014. Thank you, Sir. Malaysia is divided into the ruling political parties and the opposition political parties. I understand that you. Sir, would be meeting only ruling political party officials, not the opposition party officials of Malaysia. I do not think this is fair. I think you should take a neutral stand, which would be in the best interest of USA. USA has to trade with the whole world; and similarly China has to trade with the whole world. Malaysia too has to trade with the whole world. Let’s have a new world order. This would be better. Ganging up against China is not a good idea. May be one day China will have a multi-party system, and a one person one vote system too. We will wait and see.

You are hearing all this from me, a person who has rarely ever been anti-USA. I spend almost half my life in USA. I do know Punahou School(Honolulu), the school you attended. I have eaten ice-cream at the same Baskin Robins in Honolulu that you used to work at. I do know the hospital that you were born at. By now you would know that I have spent many years in Honolulu. How can I ever be anti-USA? I will always love Hawaii.

It is a changing world and we have to change with it. I fear to say that if USA abandons the opposition parties in Malaysia, then the opposition parties will slowly align closer to China. May I remind you that China ain’t too bad to deal with for Third World nations. China is growing economically and it would be naïve for other nations not to align with China; and this is an important factor that you should consider. In fact, this is the most important factor you should consider. People are trying to deal with China, not stay away from China. People are trying to deal with China because she is a growing economic power.

If USA abandons the opposition political parties in Malaysia, then the opposition political parties will align with China, and there is nothing I can do to stop it from happening. And you are hearing this from a person who has lived in Honolulu for many years. I appeal to you, Sir, not to abandon the opposition parties in Malaysia. The President of USA must at least keep some ties with the opposition parties. Therefore, I appeal to the President of USA to meet both ruling and opposition party officials in Malaysia. I appeal to President of USA to take the middle path: not pro-ruling party or not pro-opposition party. The middle path would be better in the best interests of USA. If USA abandons the opposition parties, then China will seize the opportunity to be closer to the opposition political parties in Malaysia. And this position would become difficult to reverse later on. And there is nothing I can do to change things once it happens that way. I think the middle path would be better for USA. And you are hearing all this from a person who loves Hawaii, USA.

Those of you read the above composition of mine, please feel free to copy and remail it to as many people as possible. I want this to be known to the President of USA as soon as possible.

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Coming back to multi stream education in Malaysia, again. The problems started when they decided to do away with English medium schools in Malaysia. Then the decline in the standard of education started. By year 2010 the market has changed. Nowadays, if you are young and ambitious you had better plan to be bilingual or even tri-lingual. It would be difficult to climb the corporate ladder if you know only Malay. This is what I do not understand about the Malay supremacist groups in Malaysia. They want to make Malay the dominant language, when in fact, English has been the dominant language in this nation for about 200 years; and will probably remain so for the next 2000 years. India will have the single largest English speaking population in the world in some decades into the future. English has and is the dominant language in Malaysia because at the university level most of the books are in English; and this is what the Malay supremacists have to fathom; and if they put on their thinking caps, they can fathom. You cannot compare Japan with Malays or Indians. You cannot compare Germans and the French with Malays or Indians. Both Malays and Indians cannot translate everything from English to Malay. It is impossible. The Japanese can, the Germans can, and the French can. But Malays and Indians cannot. Malays and Indians cannot because they cannot.

I don’t see why Malays should have ill-feelings towards English language. On the contrary, Malays are the ones who mimic the Americans all the time. For example, try going to some of the shopping malls and you would see Malay musical bands singing American songs and a large crowd of Malays listening to them. I must salute the Malay singers because they mimic well. Some of the spectators donate money to the mimicking singers; and the same spectators later go to work or dine at Pizza Hut, Seven Eleven, MacDonalds, KFC, etc all of which are American franchises. Thousands of Malays have gotten scholarship to have a higher education in USA and the West. Malays mimic the West all the time in fashion and dressing, dying the hair, lipstick, smokey eyes, nail polish, mascara, etc,etc. Very few Malay males walk around malls in sarong without a western style under ware which is how they were. Very few Malay females nowadays go around without a Western style brassier or feminine pad. Malays are just like me; I mimic whatever I like, the West or the East. I benefited from the English language and cannot live without it. I always use a Western style underwear which my grand father probably never used to. I think it’s time to check the undergarments of the Malay supremacist groups!

Coming back to the shutting down of English schools in the 1970’s. This was a big mistake. It is time go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Tunku is the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. May his soul rest in peace. It is time to go back to Tunku’s Malaysia when we had Tamil medium, Chinese medium, Malay medium, and English medium schools coexisting. Everybody was happy and Tunku claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world. What we need to do is to re-open the English medium schools and in the process go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Is this Karma? There are several definitions for Karma and one of them is what goes around comes around. I think it is time to do a Karma by reopening English schools.

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How to end “insults” to Islam? That’s an easy questions. Just make sure that come General Election Fourteen(GE14), all voters must vote against National Front(NF). That’s all. We will take care of other things later. We have to do first things first. Just vote against NF come GE14. That’s all.

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Is the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays? I don’t think so. I shall now try to prove that Anwar Ibrahim is not responsible for dividing the Malays. Malays of the 1950’s and Malays of year 2015 are different. Malays of the year 2015 are better educated as compared to year 1950. The self-esteem and self-image of Malays have grown. Let’s look at divorce rates. Divorce rates have increased because the self-esteem and self-image of Malaysians have increased. As they become more and more educated, their self confidence has increased and there is a desire to stand on their own two feet; this has led to increase in divorce rates. As they become more and more educated, their self confidence has increased and there is a desire to stand on their own two feet; and this has led more individuals to disobey their own parents. As they become more and more educated, their self confidence has increased and there is a desire to stand on their own two feet; and this has led more and more Malays to leave UMNO and form a political party of their own. This phenomenon is for all races and religions. In the West, it is common for the youth to leave home and live elsewhere once they reach age 18. As you can see, it happens in all nations and therefore it is not the responsibility of Anwar Ibrahim that Malays are politically divided. In any case, if human beings are too close to each other, they will become quarrelsome. If human beings are too far away from each other, then they will become lonely. The right distance among human beings is unknown and varies from culture to culture and individual to individual. Once again, it is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays.

Self confidence means to stand on your own two feet. Self confidence means to have the courage to disobey your parents. Self confidence means to think out of the box. Self confidence means to have the courage to do things your own way. More and more Malays are displaying self confidence and this has resulted in disunity among Malays. Perfect unity is hard to achieve and probably not desirable. Totalitarian nations like one party communist nations use enforcement to achieve unity. Unity among people may not be desirable because, as I have already explained, if human beings are too close to each other they risk becoming quarrelsome; and at the same time, if they are too far away from each other, then they become lonely. The right distance among human beings is hard to determine. Therefore, it is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays. The Malays are more divided today because they have more self-confidence and are capable to stand on their own two feet. Being divided is a worldwide phenomenon. As the desire for individuals to stand on their own two feet increases, the disunity among the community increases too. This is understandable. Once again, it is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays.

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I would like to respond to the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang of the Islamic Party, PAS in Malaysia. He is rather puzzled why non-Muslims do not accept hudud and Islamic economics as an ideology. He further claims that communism collapsed in Russia and China because of the absence of the Almighty in the system. He does not think too highly of “soulless” capitalism either. I’m a non-Muslim and wish to respond. On the contrary “soulless” capitalism may be the only way. Both Russia and China were probably “soulless”, but not capitalistic enough; and if you are not capitalistic enough, then it is difficult to raise living standards. Profit is a good word, not a bad word. If you do not espouse capitalism, meritocracy, and a free market economy, people will not have the freedom to choose. When we have the freedom to choose, people will emphasize on their differences. Everybody is different, and we are good at different things. In a free environment, you will eventually find your own niche, and I will find my niche. We are talking about avoiding slow growth and high unemployment.

As regards to religious scriptures, they are all old books. The Buddhist scriptures, Hindu scriptures, Muslim scriptures, Christian scriptures, and Jewish scriptures, are all old books. How loyal should we be to old books? I feel that we should distance ourselves from old books. Old books become redundant after some time. The only constant in this world is CHANGE. We have to take decisions based on current realities. History has never been accurate and we do not know who wrote the old books; and we do not know what the words in the old books mean either. Yes, the only constant in this world is change; and sometimes you have to reinvent yourself so that you remain relevant. We keep making mistakes and learning from our mistakes.

As regards to Islamic news and information, I have been monitoring Islamic news and information for decades. Muslims have been spreading misinformation for decades. I think it is safe to say that the predominantly Muslims nations are at the lower rungs of the global socio-economic ladder. But Muslim propaganda claims that Muslim nations are the best. The honorable Abdul Hadi Awang and people who think like him should realize the damage they are doing to Muslims by propagating misinformation. Honorable Abdul Hadi Awang, I do not think it is a good idea to raise your children or grandchildren, or great grand children on fiction. Fiction is just fiction. The so called “soulless” free market economies are more competitive and are able to raise living standards. This is the age of small government, not big government.

I hope the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang will espouse small government and become more moderate. We have to accept contemporary wisdom, not the old books. Muslims should stop raising their children on fiction. The fiction is that Muslim nations are the best. It is the Arabs wrote the Koran; and it has never been proven that Arabs are the smartest in the world. I hope the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang will reinvent himself. I hope all Malaysians will periodically reinvent themselves.

It is time for Muslims to face up to the truth; and the truth is that they are a nobody in this world. There must be freedom of expression so that people can debate and exchange views. You would be surprised by how much you would learn from debates and differing views. Sometimes the truth hurts; sometimes the “insults” hurt. You must face the so called “insults” to Islam or other religions. You must achieve so that people will back off and leave you alone. Just ignore those who throw “insults”; and make sure that you work harder than those who throw the insults. It has never been proven that praying five times a day is the solution to slow growth and high unemployment. It has never been proven that being loyal to the old books/old scriptures is a cure for slow growth and high unemployment. We make mistakes, but we also learn from our mistakes; and this is to reinvent yourself periodically. I have lost count over the number of mistakes I have made. I think that being loyal to old books is a mistake. There are many new things to learn.

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As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to explain the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to demystify the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to clarify the situation in beloved Malaysia. We will talk about SHORTAGES , SURPLUSES,RISING CONFIDENCE, and WANNABE PM’S: the shortage of graduates , to the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, leading to wannabe Prime Ministers. I will try to link all four: shortages, surpluses, rising confidence, and wannabes. Just keep thinking of the shortage of graduates and the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, and wannabe Prime Ministers and you would be able to explain and demystify the situation in Malaysia. The explanation is as follows.

Tunku Abdul Rahman(TAR), the first Prime Minister of Malaya/Malaysia, had it easy because there were not very many Malays who questioned his authority: that is, he faced only compliant Malays. The honorable TAR had some education but the rest of Malays could barely read and write; and this phenomenon put him in his comfort zone. This means there was a shortage of graduates among Malays during TAR’s time. The shortage of Malay graduates in Malaya made the first Prime Minister’s job easy.

You can say that the late Tunku Abdul Minister’s job easy; and he claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world; and he probably was because he was dealing with compliant Malays. Actually, his authority was never questioned by obedient/compliant Malays because Malays in the 1950’s and 1960’s could barely read and write. The Malays of 1950’s and 1960”s were compliant Malays. You can say that a shortage of Malay graduates is synonymous to obedient Malays. If you say that SHORTAGE of Malay graduates is synonymous with OBEDIENT Malays, then it follows that the SURPLUS of Malay graduates is synonymous with DISOBEDIENT Malays. DISOBEDIENT means the right to be different. Disobedient means non-compliant. DISOBEDIENT also means the desire to stand on your own two feet. Disobedient Malay is not necessarily a bad Malay. A disobedient Malay is one who thinks out of the box; someone who is bold enough to break ranks; a non-conformist: these are the break ranks Malays who want to stand on their own two feet. That’s it. It’s been demystified. Just remember this all the time. A DISOBEDIENT Malay is one who is non-compliant, confident and bold and has Prime Ministership in his blood: irrespective of whether he is willing to admit it or not, he’s a wannabe Prime Minister .

Coming back to TAR, even though he claimed that he was the happiest Prime Minister in the world, he ruled over obedient/compliant Malays. This is almost like one man rule or unopposed rule, which made him happy. The more compliant the Malays were, the more happy he was, I guess.

More than 50 years have passed since year 1960. This is year 2015. This is a different Malaysia. There are so many Malay graduates now. Over the years, the SHORTAGE of Malay graduates has turned into a SURPLUS of Malay graduates. Which means that, over the last 50 years, the number of OBEDIENT Malays have decreased and the number of DISOBEDIENT Malays have increased. Year 2015 is indeed not TAR’s Malaysia. Year 2015 and TAR’s Malaysia are different. There is a shortage of obedient Malays now; even divorce rates have increased! Any Prime Minister of Malaysia nowadays can hardly claim to be a happy Prime Minister. We need only one Prime Minister at a time, but there are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days: and these are the wannabes. There are so many Malay graduates who are ambitious these days. There are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days; and even if he eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by disobedient Malays; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy. Nowadays even if a Malay eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by other Malays who would want to unseat him; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy.

Nowadays, if you want to be a happy Prime Minister, you should have been born in year 1903. It’s too late for that. You can never get back TAR’s Malaysia; and perhaps we don’t need TAR’s Malaysia. A surplus of Malay graduates means that Malaysia will never be the same as TAR’s Malaysia. It’s irreversible. The past is the past. Unfortunately, we need only one Prime Minister in the Federation at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Unfortunately, we need only one Chief Minister/Menteri Besar in each state at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Year 2015 gives a different Malaysia. Nowadays, if you want to be a Prime Minister or Chief Minister/Menteri Besar, you should be content with being not-so- happy because there will be more Malay graduates conspiring to unseat you. The change from shortage of Malay graduates to surplus of Malay graduates has resulted in more and more ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming. The change from obedient Malays to disobedient Malays has resulted in ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming all over the nation. It means that over the past 50 years, the self-confidence of Malays has increased. But don’t be disheartened: this phenomenon of moving from SHORTAGES to SURPLUSES happens world-wide, not just in Malaysia.

So, what does it take to be a Prime Minister? I really don’t know? Though I have emphasized on graduates, actually being a graduate may be the least of our concerns. But it might help. Sometimes I feel that Prime Ministers are born. It’s genetics. May be. That is, you must have Prime Ministership in your blood: you must feel like a Prime Minister. If you have sufficient Prime Ministership in your blood, you are virtually unstoppable. Whether you are a taxi driver, janitor, goat farmer, or medical doctor if you feel like a Prime Minister, you have it; and if you have it,you would gradually become politically emboldened. You would become daring. It’s a feeling, a sensation. It’s a vigilance and perseverance which will consume half your energy. Either you have it or you don’t. If you have it, you will find ways to move forward politically. It may have something to do with genetics or sometimes life experiences or both. Over the past 50 years, more and more Malays have it. Once again, this is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays. There is nothing unusual. Nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a worldwide phenomenon. Some of those who have it will become leftists, still others as rightists, and still others as centrists, postmodernists, or whatever else. Leaders are those who take on the competition (no matter how tough it is) and keep moving ahead (no matter how tough it is); and such people have it.

The Malays of the 1950’s were different, the Malays of the 1960’s were different, the Malays of the 1970’s were different and so on and on. As time passes they are becoming more and more self confident with a desire to stand on their own two feet. This is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays.

So, how does Malaysia’s future look like? I think it looks good. Before, we had to depend on one person, namely TAR to lead. Now more and more confident and non-compliant Malays are mushrooming. Many leaders are better than one. There you go. MANY LEADERS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. I think the future looks good. But I must forewarn you that you cannot expect to be a happy Prime Minister.

I forgot to tell you, it does not matter whether you have a university education or not; but you must have your own vote bank if you want to be a politician. As a politician you are a nobody without your own vote bank. The onus is on you to forge your own vote bank.

This is my national service. As a loyal citizen of Malaysia, it is my duty to explain and demystify what’s going on in beloved Malaysia. It is my duty to explain; and this is my national service.

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I would like to commend the Sultan of Johore for his views regarding the English medium schools in Malaysia. The Sultan feels that Malaysia must use Singapore as a role model. Like Singapore, Malaysia must also use English to unite Malaysians. He further feels that many Malaysian politicians were hypocrites because while they promote Malay schools, they themselves send their children to English medium schools in Malaysia or the West. I hope the Sultan is also not a hypocrite. He has already highlighted the merits of English medium schools in Malaysia. Therefore, he must follow through with that. He must make sure that English medium schools happen at least in his home state, Johore. We will wait and see what he does or can do? Now what he needs is a vote bank. The onus is on him to fashion a vote bank. He is a nobody without a vote bank.

Further, the Sultan of Johor has mentioned Bangsa Johor. What does Bangsa Johor mean? If Bangsa Johor means using English to unite Johoreans, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means using English as the medium of instruction in public schools, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means having 4 mediums of instruction in public schools, namely Malay medium, Chinese medium, Tamil medium, and English medium, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. So, what does Bangsa Johor mean?

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I would like to commend the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail. I just read an interview with him on the Internet. You do not share Putrajaya’s plans for your state. You do not share Putrajaya’s vision: you have your own vision for Johor. You’d rather be more autonomous and have your own plan for Johor. (Firstly, Bangsa Johor should be changed to Orang Johor; but we will discuss that another day). You have your own plan for Orang Johor. You plan to attract Singaporeans to live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute: Johor-Singapore-Johor. If you allow the re-opening of English medium schools in Johor, the resident Singaporeans can be persuaded to send their children to English medium schools in Johor; and it will enrich Johor with an addition of Singapore dollars into Johor. You, the Sultan, plan to use English to unite Orang Johor; and this is a big plus. You plan to invite China investors. Now, coming to how you are going to achieve your plan. You need an adequate vote bank: the electorate will decide. The Johor vote bank should be loyal to Johor. Come the next general elections (GE14), you must make sure that all the Johor candidates share your vision. If the Orang Johor election winners are going to take orders from Putrajaya, then you can forget about your vision for Johor. Sometimes autonomy from Putrajaya may be the best. For example, Singapore succeeded after it separated from Malaysia. For example, Hong Kong is successful probably because it is autonomous from China. So you should make sure that Johor candidates (irrespective of race or religion) must share your vision for Johor. What the Sultan of Johor needs is Orang Johor and Parti Johor. It is time to for Orange Johor to register a new political party, Parti Johor. Parti Johor will be Johor- centric. You must be bold enough to face GE14 with your own party. May be you will end up being a precursor; and other states too will have their own vision for their own state. And if Johor succeeds, then more Malaysians will re-locate to Johor; and Johor will end up being the most populous state. And once it becomes the most populous state, everything in Malaysia will become Johor-centric. I think you can do it with Parti Johor. Good luck

Johor needs a contingency plan. The older party is having some popularity problems, to say the least; and we do not know if it will sink or sail. In case the older party sinks, then what next for Johor? It is time for Johoreans to think about it. It is time for Johoreans to have a contingency plan. Enter Parti Johor. If Parti Johor does well in GE14, can it form the government in Putrajaya? May be. If Parti Johor forms a coalition with other like-minded parties, it might just capture Putrajaya. Or it may become a third force. It may become a kingmaker. I am sure if Johoreans become serious about Parti Johor, there will many other political parties which will make a beeline to form a coalition with Parti Johor. May be, this will usher in the era of regional parties as against race based national parties. We will wait and see. It is much easier to get the loyalty of Johoreans if you present a “Johor for Johoreans” slogan. Johoreans who agree with me, kindly forward this posting to other Johoreans. Try and register a new political party, Parti Johor, before GE14. Don’t wait. Good luck.

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I am disappointed that Mr.Muhyiddin Yassin(MY)is no longer in the Malaysian Cabinet as from the last week of July 2015. He was the former Deputy Prime Minister. I think he did stand up for righteousness. Nevertheless, he has been removed from the Cabinet. I think we had more confidence (in the national Cabinet) when Mr.MY was in the Cabinet. It means that we have less confidence in the same Cabinet when Mr.MY is missing from the Cabinet. Never mind Mr.MY. There is nothing to be ashamed of or regret about when you serve the citizens of Malaysia. There is nothing to be ashamed of or regret about when you do the right thing for Malaysia. Please continue your struggle, Mr.MY.

Allow me to introduce Mr.MY. He was born in Muar, Johor in May, 1947. He is a son of Johor. At the time of writing he is still the Deputy President of United Malay National Organization. From the University of Malaya he received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Malay Studies.

Is it over for Mr.MY? Are you kidding? Career politics is not for everybody. Those who choose career politics have a conviction. Those who choose career politics are those who are willing to run the gauntlet. Please continue on Mr.MY. Do not give up. We depend on you to restore morality in Malaysian politics. Do a post-mortem.(As far as I am concerned, for the last two months-June and July 2015-, you have done nothing wrong, but they still terminated you.)It doesn’t matter. Re-invent yourself to become relevant. Focus on your beloved Johor. Only Johor. You are the son of Johor. I am sure that at least some Johoreans love you. Johor is a good vote bank. You need to exploit the opportunites in the Johor vote bank.

May be some people do not want you in the Cabinet, Mr.MY. It’s OK. Johor wants you. I am sure Johor will stand up for you. I also hope the Royal family of Johor will also stand up for a fellow Johorean. I call upon all Johoreans to support Mr.MY. If you are a Johorean, please do spread the word around to other Johoreans. Johor is a strong vote bank. Use your Johor vote bank to teach the people in Putrajaya a lesson. Soon we will have the 14^th General Elections (GE14). We will wait and see what happens. In the mean time Johoreans must give their support to Mr.MY. It means that Johoreans need to do their homework: Johoreans must spread the word around about Mr.MY, about the strength of the Johor vote bank, and about GE14.

Who’s Billy Ocean? He sang the song, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Good luck.

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I would like to commend Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar of Johor for donating money to Tamil schools and Hindu temples mid-August 2015.

LANGUAGE

The Johor Sultan has plans to follow Singapore and use English to unite cosmopolitan Johoreans. If there were English medium schools in Johor, then may be Singaporeans could be attracted to buy real estate in Johor and live in Johor. Singaporeans can live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute daily, Johor-Singapore-Johor. The same Singaporeans will also send their children to English medium schools in Johor. It will enrich Johor with lots of Singapore Dollars. This will be a big plus for Johor. The Sultan gave the example of China-Hong Kong-China daily commuting. He said, “Over 200,000 people cross to Shenzen each day in just 45 minutes. That is how the cross-border culture has changed dramatically”. I guess Shenzen is a modern metropolis that links Hong Kong to China.

This is similar to what some Sabahans call the quest for FULL AUTONOMY. Even Sarawak wants AUTONOMY and English medium schools. So the Sultan of Johor is not alone.

In India, there are local political leaders who, to build a vote bank, champion the sending of children to native Indian language medium schools. They are hypocrites. When you monitor the same political leaders closely, you will note that they are actually sending their own children to English-medium schools. They send their own children to English-medium schools, but recommend to the voters to send their children to native Indian language schools. The problem is that, unlike the Western nations, most of the Indian voters live in villages where native languages are more popular. (Politics in the West is urban-centric, while in Third World nations, it is rural-centric) In the urban areas in India, where the bigger retail outlets are located, people send their children to English-medium schools because they want a better future for their children. But the point is that politics in India is controlled by rural voters, not the minority urban voters. It would be politically suicidal for politicians to go against rural voters in India.

Politicians are often two-faced people. May be even multi-faced people. They show one face to the voters and another face to their own families. This is life. What can we do? It may be a multi-faced world.

Politicians are like the wind: they are not permanent but temporary. Like the wind they (politicians) come and go. Since different politicians are changing the public education system differently, it is better that the families rely on private tuition to supplement their children’s education. Send your children to public schools (if you want to), but please do supplement it with private tuition.

RELIGION

There are different kinds of religions. They all have their respective old books or old scriptures. It is not a good idea to be loyal to old books. We have to use moderation. We are talking about being supportive of moderate Islam, moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.

There are economically successful people who recommend that we not be loyal to degrees, diplomas, and certificates. There are economically successful people who recommend that we avoid going for higher education. Once you get a degree or diploma, you will become attached and loyal to it which in turn will result in your downfall. If you are loyal to a piece of paper called a degree or diploma, you will refuse to think out of the box. If you are loyal to a piece of paper called a degree or diploma, you will refuse to stand on your own two feet. University professors are supposed to live in ivory towers; and they issue degrees, diplomas, and certificates. Are you sure you want to be loyal to degrees, diplomas, and certificates? Think carefully. Ultimately, it is CONFIDENCE that counts. With confidence you can stand on your own two feet.

Coming back to what I said earlier: being loyal to old books/scriptures is risky. Old books/scriptures claim that they are the WORD OF GOD. But may be they are just WORD OF MAN. So we need to use moderation: moderate Islam, moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.

Being loyal to old religious scriptures has its risks. It is a baggage from the past. We need to shed the baggage from the past. We need to become more contemporary. We need to stand on our own two feet instead of being loyal to old scriptures. We learn from our mistakes. We all make mistakes and learn from our mistakes. Periodically we need a new beginning. Periodically we have to re-invent ourselves because we learn from our mistakes. We have to take decisions based on our own realities. Periodically, the ground realities change; and we have to re-invent ourselves in order to remain relevant. We have to change with the times. Being loyal to old religious scriptures is probably the worst thing to do. Old religious scriptures are not relevant today because the world has changed so much. The only constant in this world is CHANGE. If ever you go for religion, please use moderation: moderate Islam, moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc. We learn from our mistakes; and we have to have a new beginning. We learn from our mistakes and we have to re-invent ourselves.

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The Bersih Rally is to be held 2pm, Saturday, 29 August 2015 to Sunday, midnight August 30^th 2015. We need a location in Johor Bahru for the Johoreans to assemble and express themselves. They have a location in Kuala Lumpur, and East Malaysia, but how come they do not have a location in Johore Baru? I hope the Crown Prince of Johor will take the initiative to hold a Johor Bersih rally in Johor Bahru so that Johoreans can express themselves. (The Crown Prince served in the Indian Army. That’s interesting).

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She is a politician. She is the UMNO Women’s Division leader from Langkawi. Her name is Anina Saduddin. She’s brave to break ranks with the PM. I’m embarrassed to say that this is all I know about her. I wished I knew more about her. It’s something like she is taking out a lawsuit against the PM regarding the money he has in his name in a bank. It’s something like she wants the money to be returned to Malaysia from Singapore.

It’s people like her that make me feel proud to be a Malaysian. It’s like restoring faith among Malaysians. It’s like there are still some good people in Malaysia. I have respect for Anina Saduddin. If I bump into her, it would be an honor to shake her hands. I call upon all UMNO Women’s wing members to support her. I call upon all Malaysians to follow her case closely.

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I’m a non-Muslim. I was at the Bersih Rally, 29/30 August, 2015, at Kuala Lumpur. Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants at the rally. But the non-Malays, please be at rest. Give the Malays sometime to think. Give the Malays a few months to think and they will change from pro-Najib to anti-Najib. Human beings need time to think before they can change their mind. Please avoid knee-jerk reactions. We need to use English language to unite Malaysians. We need to restore Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, Tamil medium schools, and English medium schools just like what it used to be in the 1960’s. In the 1960’s English schools were increasingly popular. Just give Malays some time to think and they will slowly become anti-Najib. Just give the Malays some time to think and they will find a solution. In the mean time the non-Malays please give the Malays time to think. This is the truly Asia nation.

Religion:

We need to espouse moderation: moderate Islam, moderate Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc. Strictly speaking Christianity advocates a property-less society, Islam allows slavery and polygamy, Hindu scriptures allows for the caste system, and I could go on and on. (As regards to slavery within Islam, it has nothing to do with Malays, Chinese, or Indians. Islamic slavery may be about light skinned Arabs enslaving Black skinned Africans, which is permitted in Islam. Nevertheless, it can never be justified. The reason why Muslims are silent about it is because they are embarrassed about Islamic history).

The role of money cannot be underestimated. Just about everything has a price. If we give everything away free, then how do we get things free? Who will give things free? Those who give things free will find it hard to get things free. Yes, we need compassion. We all sometimes give things free, but we cannot live by it. It is better to live by ‘buy and sell’. We are all buyers and sellers. Generally speaking do not give anything free, and do not take anything free. Religions do not think highly of money and profit, but we cannot manage the world that way. We have to find ways to obtain money and profit. Once we get money, we can pay our bills and feed our families. Profit is a good word. No matter how many times you pray a day, you still have to work to obtain money. If you do not pay your employees, then it is slavery; and slavery is illegal. Therefore, moderate Islam, moderate Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.

We have to chart the future of this beloved nation. We have to make sure that no group attempts to secede. Therefore, we have to use English language to unite Malaysia and thwart secession. If you continue to use Malay to unite this nation, then it would fuel secession by those who oppose Malay as the first language. They say that prevention is better than cure. Try reopening the English medium schools. I’m not asking much. I’m just saying that we should go back to the 1960’s model and reopen English medium schools. Reopening English schools is a small price to pay to thwart secession.

Let’s take the case of Sri Lanka. The Singhalese government made Singhalese as the first language; and it established the era of Singhalese supremacy. Slowly the politics of separatism set in. One thing leads to another. Secession attempts were soon followed by the Tamil minority because Singhalese was made the first language. Thousands died in the Sri Lankan civil war. What a terrible price to pay. Looking in retrospect, they should have made English as the first language to thwart secession. They should have made English as the neutral language between Sinhalese and Tamil. This is what I think. But I may be wrong.

Another point is you must take religion out of politics. Again, it is to thwart secession. Again, prevention is better than cure. If secession attempts start, what are the Malays going to do? Are the Malays, going to ask the non-Muslims for all the help they can get to put down the secession? How many non-Muslims will help Malays when the Constitution itself gives special rights only for Muslims.

I’m a Malaysian citizen and a proud Malaysian. I will be glad to defend and lay my life for Malaysia if directly requested by the Parliament of Malaysia. When I say Malaysia, I mean Malaysia without Islam. When I say Malaysia I mean Malaysia with English medium, Malay medium, Chinese medium, and Tamil medium schools. It is important to remember that Muslim Malaysians have no moral authority to ask non-Muslim Malaysians to give up their life in defence of Malaysia. I, as a non-Muslim Malaysian, do not have give up my life for Islam; and Muslim Malaysians have no moral authority to make such a request. This is the truly Asia nation; and this is the kind of Malaysia I am proud of.

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There’s an idiot. There is an immature person. His name is Alvin Tan, residing somewhere in USA. He put a tattoo on his thigh with the inscription “ALLAH”. How do Malaysians respond? We don’t have to respond to idiots because we are more interested in Albert Einstein and other people of that caliber. Why do Malaysians care about Alvin Tan? Why should Malaysians care about Alvin Tan? Alvin Tan is a nobody. Just ignore that idiot. He is immature. He is an overgrown baby. I’m sure his father made a mistake and his mother wasted her labor. Not all Chinese Malaysians are as stupid as him. Just ignore that idiot. If you ignore him, you will take the wind out of his sail. If you respond to him, you will increase the wind in his sail. He needs attention. Don’t give him attention. Think carefully. Just ignore him. There are only 24 hours in a day, and within the 24 hours, you have your daily personal matters to take care off. If you have some free time, taking a nap is better than responding to immature idiots. Anything is better than Alvin Tan because Alvin Tan is a nobody. Take the wind out of his sail by just not responding to him. Extraditing him to Malaysia is also not a good idea because if he makes children in Malaysia, he would pass his unwelcome genes to the next generation inside Malaysia. Let him have his children outside Malaysia. In fact, he must never have any children anywhere. He must certainly undergo a vasectomy as soon as possible. We don’t want stupid people in Malaysia; and if he comes to Malaysia, there is a danger that he will impregnate a Malaysian female using his stupid genes which will result in stupid babies being born; and all these stupid babies will claim Malaysian citizenship. We don’t want stupid people in Malaysia. Ignore that idiot. Take the wind out of his sail. He is not of the caliber of Albert Einstein. He is unwelcome.

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Religion:

Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants at the Bersih 4.0 Rally. I think the non-Malays have done their part. The Malays have to do their part too. Please give the Malays some time to think. Please give the Malays some time for soul searching. In the mean time the non-Malays must wait. I am sure the Malays will eventually do something. Giving Malays time to think also means that, slowly but surely, the voter sentiments will percolate from urban voters to rural voters. The voter sentiments take time to percolate from one individual to another or from urban to rural. Just give the Malays some time. Slowly but surely the anti-Najib sentiments will percolate. The longer you wait, the more the sentiments will percolate.

Let’s take the case of Sri Lanka. She got independence from the British in 1948. In 1956 the Singhalese government made Singhalese as the first language; and it established the era of Singhalese supremacy. I’m sure the Singhalese were celebrating and the Tamils were disappointed. Why? Because both communities were uneducated and uncivilized in the 1950’s; and they made all the wrong choices because they were uneducated and uncivilized. It turned out to be a slippery slope for Sri Lanka. Slowly the politics of separatism set in. One thing leads to another. Secession attempts were soon followed by the Tamil minority because Singhalese was made the first language. Slowly but surely, Sri Lanka slided into a civil war. Thousands died in the Sri Lankan civil war. What a terrible price to pay. Looking in retrospect, they should have made English as the first language to thwart secession. But the Singhalese and Tamil voters were both uneducated and uncivilized in the 1950’s; and so they made all the wrong choices. They should have made English as the neutral language between Sinhalese and Tamil. It is time to undo everything that the stupid Singhalese and stupid Tamils of the 1950’s have done. They have to use English as the first language. They have to undo the mistakes of the past. This is common in many Third World nations: the voters of the 1950’s were uneducated and uncivilized; and the voters of the year 2015 are better educated. Therefore it is time to undo the laws of the past and start anew. Both Singhalese language and Tamil language are nothing in this world. The VIP’s of Sri Lanka use Western-style underwears which they learned from the British. I’m sure their grandfathers never used any underwears. The women use modern feminine pads today, but their grandparents never used modern feminine pads. It is the same with my grandparents too. English language brought changes. It is a changing world and we have to espouse modernism, or we will be left behind by the competitive world. I have heard of a Tamil Sri Lanka leader (1954-2009) who, to my knowledge, can hardly speak English, though he made sure his children can. If anybody in Sri Lanka is opposed to modernism and English, then please check his or her underwear! If they are opposed to English, why are they using modern underwears? As regards to modernism, there is nothing that Singhalese or Tamil language can offer. Modern sewing machines were not invented in Sri Lanka, but they use it always. Modern manufacturing techniques were not invented in Sri Lanka too. I could add concrete technology, railways, medicine, and so on. If I continue it will just prove that both Singhalese and Tamils are just Third World people who need to hold on to English language for dear life. The mistake was made by the older generation of Sri Lankans of the 1950’s who were uneducated and uncivilized; and they did not know anything about the digital age or social media of today. For instance, somebody burned the Jaffna Municipal Public Library during the civil war years; and communal tensions rose. Who cares about public libraries today? Nobody. I haven’t been to a public library in more than a decade because I can use the Internet. (If you are working for a library, you might want to look for another job because the demand for libraries is decreasing). This is the Internet age. I bet a Singhalese family living in Argentina, Japan, or Nigeria could keep in touch with Singhalese ways by using the Internet. In the old days, some governments try to ban some books. Who cares? I can use the Internet and access information. The younger generation today, who are better educated, must undo the pro-Singhalese language laws, and add English as the first language; and the choice of second language is your own. Let this be a lesson for many Third World nations, not just Sri Lanka. The choice of first language makes a big difference. Choose wisely. The Taliban and ISIS-like people are what they are, because they are uneducated and uncivilized. Please continue to resist governmental/political interference in your life by using the Internet to reach out to people all over the world. Receive and transmit information using the Internet. This is the age of the social media. The social media people can even decide who will win the next elections. In the old days, the government decided what you will learn and be exposed to, but today you can decide for yourself using the Internet. Nobody cares about government anymore. Nobody cares about libraries anymore. This is the age of small government, not big government. Big government is a thing of the past. Therefore, English becomes first language and choice of second and third language is your own. It is also good to be multi lingual. You might have increased job opportunities by being multilingual. Before I forget, I think Sri Lanka is pretty much like India. Sometimes it takes 3 days of ceremony for an Indian to get married; while in USA a person can get married in one day, half a day, or 1 hour. Divorce is equally fast in USA. As you can see, everything is more efficient in USA. There’s an old USA saying, “There’s probably more culture in yogurt than in USA”. The socio-political culture in India is extensive and has bogged down and made economic India inefficient. The solution is that Indians please get married in 1 hour and go back to work. That’s all.

In the Indian subcontinent, during the Mughal era, Farsi or Urdu was used as the first language. Neither Farsi nor Urdu was incorporated with technology or modernism; in fact no Indian language is a match to English. Farsi or Urdu are just nothing compared to English. Using Farsi as first language alienated the majority Hindu and Sikh communities who could neither read nor write those strange unintelligible languages (Farsi/Urdu) which had no technology or modernism incorporated. Later, the British came by and defeated the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs and gave central rule, law and order, and started using the neutral language, English which replaced Farsi/Urdu. English language replacing Farsi/Urdu is a gift for India. The British brought major changes to India. English endures at the university level even today in India. The British went on to build the Indian Railways, missionary schools and hospitals. Even the late Mahatma Gandhi was fluent in English. Today, India is known for computer software and pharmacology; and she achieved it using English language. The Indians love cricket too, a game I don’t understand. Cricket was introduced by the British and is popular in other English speaking nations such as Australia, South Africa, West Indies, etc. Within a few decades, into the future, India may have the single largest English speaking population in the whole world. As far as I know, Indians have never been opposed to the English language. In India today, those who can afford to send their children to English language schools will most certainly send their children to English language schools. Those who cannot afford to send their children to English language schools, send their children to cheaper schools such as native Indian language schools. British rule and English schools have left an indelible impression in India.

Something will happen only if we pass the word around to others. Using social media to contact voters makes a lot of difference. Today’s world is the social media world. News and information that is obtained should be shared with others. Using camera phone, social media, and internet, you can share globally. Please do feel free to copy and paste the above document to others. Discuss it in the social media. Share it with others. The more Malaysians know, the better it is.

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Red Shirt, white shirt, yellow shirt, blue-black shirt, no shirt, shirtless. What’s going on? I’m a non-Muslim Malaysian. I urge the non-Muslim Malaysians to remain calm. Some Muslim Malaysians may have had a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on 16 September 2015 using the Red Shirt. Please give Muslim Malaysians time to think. Human beings need time to think before responding. As the Muslims think, they will slowly change from pro-Najib to anti-Najib.

They say that patience is golden. If you are a non-Muslim, please give the Muslim Malaysians some time. Please give the Malays some time to think. Please give the Malays some time for soul searching. In the mean time the non-Malays must wait. I am sure the Malays will eventually do something. Giving Malays time to think also means that, slowly but surely, the voter sentiments will percolate from urban voters to rural voters. The voter sentiments take time to percolate from one individual to another or from urban to rural voters. Just give the Malays some time. This is the social media age, and social media can even decide who wins in the general elections. In the old days, the government decided what you will learn and be exposed to, but today you can decide for yourself using the Internet. Nobody cares about government anymore. I have not been to a library in more than a decade because I use the Internet. Nobody cares about libraries anymore. This is the age of small government, not big government. If you are working for a library may I suggest that you seek alternative employment because the demand for libraries is reducing. We are moving from hard copy to softcopy world. Big government is a thing of the past. In the old days the government used to ban some books, but today you can circumvent that using the Internet. Please give our beloved Muslim Malaysian sisters and brothers some time to think and understand things. Human beings need some time to think before they can change their mind from pro-Najib to anti-Najib. The non-Muslim Malaysians have been serving this beloved nation, Malaysia, for about 100 to 150 years. Slowly but surely the anti-Najib sentiments will percolate. The longer you wait, the more the sentiments will percolate and build up the anti-Najib feelings. You too must do your part by passing the word around using the Internet.

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Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Md Yunos wants traders to stop selling fake goods in Petaling Street. Well, Malaysia is a capitalist nation. Commerce made Malaysia into what it is. All kinds of things happen in capitalism, good and bad, but it is still better than communism. Under capitalism, both Muslims and non-Muslims sell all kinds of things for profit. I hope Jamal Md Yunos is not a communist. If he is against capitalism, he might be a communist. In capitalism the buyer must be aware. And that’s why we say that buyer beware. I don’t think that Jamal Md Yunos will be popular among the business community. Those who support him will have a hard time getting a job with other traders because these are dangerous whistleblowers. No employer will hire a whistleblower. If you want to follow and support Jamal Md Yunos, please go ahead. Remember, no employer will hire a whistleblower. If Jamal Md Yunos leads a group of his supporters to Petaling Street, then he will be doing a disservice to his followers because no employer will hire a whistleblower. He will be doing a great disservice to Malaysia’s economy. Investors will be nervous. Just remember, in capitalism BUYER BEWARE. I will never say that capitalism is perfect. If he loves Malaysia, he will espouse capitalism and BUYER BEWARE. Anyone who loves Malaysia should immediately contact him and ask him to support Capitalism. Never act against Capitalism. Malaysia survives on Capitalism. Malaysia survives on investors. It is hard for whistleblowers to seek employment. Please contact Jamal Md Yunos immediately and persuade him to espouse capitalism. Capitalism is not perfect, but is still better than the other systems. In capitalism, we push the responsibility to the buyer and therefore we have BUYER BEWARE. Please contact Jamal Md Yunos immediately.

Both Muslims and non-Muslims are involved in selling all kinds of things for profit. Both Muslim and non-Muslim employers would be reluctant to hire whistleblowers. Each time the political power interferes in economic activity, the business community becomes nervous. Malaysia is built by capitalism. Malaysia needs the business community. Malaysia needs investors. Every nation needs investors. For example, Russia was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. China was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. Vietnam was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. It means that only capitalism eventually works. The less politics interferes in the economy, the better it is; and this is what, my friend, Jamal Md Yunos should always remember.

Jamal Md Yunos should not be hated. May be, like many Malays, he has never studied economics in his life before. He should make it his mission to educate Malays to save Malaysia by saving capitalism. As I have said, and I repeat, capitalism is not perfect but it is still better than all the other systems. Ask Russia, China, and Vietnam why did they revert back to capitalism? If

Jamal Md Yunos can transform into a saver of capitalism, he would be doing a service to Muslims and Malaysia. Besides, I cannot be educating Malays for the rest of my life, free of charge. It is time for people like Jamal Md Yunos to take the responsibility to educate Muslims to save capitalism to save Malaysia. We make mistakes but we also learn from our mistakes. Jamal Md Yunos must learn from his mistakes and transform into a saver of capitalism.

Just as Russia, China, and Vietnam reverted back to capitalism, Malaysia too has to revert back in its education policy. Malaysia has to reopen the English medium schools. Eventually Malaysia has to have English medium, Malay medium, Mandarin medium, and Tamil medium schools. Each family can decide for itself the school they want to send their children to.

I read something about the National Service in Malaysia. They plan to add on English language instructions to the National Service in Malaysia. That seems like a good idea too. Please try. I cannot say that it will be a success but please try. We will wait and see.

So for economic activity we will have capitalism and for education we will have English medium, Malay medium, Mandarin medium, and Tamil medium schools.

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I’ve been to Petaling Street/China town and also to Pasar Seni/Kasturi Walk. Both locations are about 200meters from each other. They are just outlets for sellers. Hopefully, the buyers will buy. The sellers like all people everywhere are making a living. It may be competitive. I guess, you must sell something unique to make good profits. I guess, there are some Muslim Malaysians who think that the sellers of Petaling Street are making big bucks. Looks can be deceiving sometimes. There is a feeling among some Muslim Malaysians that the Chinese Malaysian sellers of Petaling Street must share their wealth with Muslim Malaysians. This is a dangerous phenomenon. This is what the communists do. When you forcefully take wealth from others, you are a communist. The communists believe in achieving economic equality by forcefully taking wealth from the rich and giving it to the have nots. You don’t ever take wealth from the rich. On the contrary, you create your own wealth. Only the communists forcefully take wealth from others. I guess you have to sell something unique to create your own wealth. If you start taking wealth from what is perceived to be the rich, then it would make investors nervous; and that would be the end of the nation. Please stop this jealousy driven actions. Please stop this communist habits. You have to create your own wealth: don’t take wealth from others. If employers do not pay employees, then it is slavery. If employers do not pay employees, legal action should be taken against them. Make sure that the employers pay the employees.

You have to create your own wealth: don’t take wealth from others. You may not be suitable for working in Petaling Street, but you may be good in something else. Try something else. You must find your own niche.

Even Dr.M is finding it hard to obtain profits from his bakery business. I guess you have to just keep trying. Petaling Street may be competitive, or may not be competitive. I don’t know. May be you have to find another niche in another location. You cannot just look at Petaling Street and assume that they are all making big bucks. Please stop these jealousy driven actions. Making profits may be much easier said than done. We don’t want this jealousy driven politics in Malaysia. There will always be some people who are richer than others. A free market does not give equality but might give equal opportunity. It is still better than communism. I have lived in USA for years, and I have a friend who sleeps in a jalopy VW van parked in a school parking lot. Another friend of mine puts his hands into garbage cans everyday to search for bottles and beer cans which he sells for profit. Somehow, we all survive.

There is no substitute to work; and the Chinese Malaysians are a good model. They don’t waste time with religion. They don’t waste time with praying 5 times a day. Somehow some Muslims think that Islam is the cure-all. I think that money is a better cure-all. But to get money you must keep working long hours.

Furthermore, if Muslims victimize USA, other Muslims are so happy. Muslims are happy when USA is targeted. Muslims must work more hours. I have seen many pictures of Muslims sitting in groups and smoking shisha; and when they are intoxicated with shisha, that’s when the political discussions ensue. I don’t know anything about shisha discussions, but I bet the shisha discussions revolve around discrimination, being short-changed, anti-USA rhetoric, pro-Palestinian rhetoric, etc. The Chinese, on the other hand, are so engrossed in their work, that besides their own business, they almost know nothing else. They have no time for anti-USA rhetoric. After 30 years, the Chinese are ahead of Muslims economically. At this juncture the Muslims transform into Communists and find ways to forcefully take wealth from the wealthy.

Educationally, we have to go back to what we used to have in the 1960’s: English medium schools, Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, and Tamil medium schools. In short, we have to reopen the English medium schools.

So, economically, we must continue to support free market economy; and educationally, we must reopen the English medium schools.

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We need to use Muslim whistleblowers to penetrate the mosques and the discussion groups. We need to know what they are discussing. Muslims almost always are obsessed with discrimination, being politically, and socio-economically short-changed, support anti-USA/anti-Israel activities, support pro-Palestinian activities, etc. In sharp contrast, the Chinese Malaysians only care about work. Besides work, the Chinese Malaysians don’t know or care about anything else. So we need to use Muslim whistleblowers to penetrate Mosques and Muslim discussion groups to find certain things about Muslim views. Are the Muslim preachers inside the mosques rabblerousers? We need to find out, using Muslim whistleblowers, if the Mosque people are giving anti-USA, anti-Israel, speeches. What topic do the Muslims talk about when they are sitting in groups and chit-chatting. Somehow, many of the Muslims become anti-USA, anti-Israel, in their views. Why? We need to find out. It baffles me. We need to use Muslim whistleblowers to find out about Muslims. What the Muslims do affects us too, so we need to find out why they are anti-USA and anti-Israel. I know that numerous Muslim Malaysians who have used Malaysian government scholarships to get a good education in USA, but they still become anti-USA.

What abhors me most as a Malaysian, is to see Muslim Malaysians(MM) socializing with Muslims from other countries. I fear that the MM will learn the bad habits of the foreign Muslims. The MM will learn very little from foreign Muslims. I strongly recommend the MM not to learn the habits from foreign Muslims. Sitting in groups and chit-chatting for long is not the best habit.

The Chinese and Indian communities have lived in Malaysia for 100 to 150 years. Over the past 150 years, the nation has changed so much. Over the past 150 years, both the Muslim and non-Muslim Malaysians have benefited and by the 1960’s Malaysia had the 2^nd highest standard of living in Asia, below Japan.

As regards to Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Md Yunos, we need to find out more about him. Is he just another Malay who never bothered to be fluent in English? If he doesn’t know English, I hope that he will make sure that his children are fluent in English. Jamal Md Yunos, wants the government to take action against Chinese Malaysian traders in Petaling Street. I have been ripped off by Malays, Chinese, and Indian sellers. For example, many times I give my money to a Malay bus conductor but never get a bus ticket in return. I’m sure many other Malaysians have experienced this. Targeting the Chinese Malaysians alone is wrong because it’s like selective persecution. There are many sellers who use tricks of the trade, including Malay bus conductors, to make profits.

So, economically, we must continue to support free market economy; and educationally, we must have English medium schools, Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, and Tamil medium schools.

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The Johor Sultan has plans to follow Singapore and use English to unite cosmopolitan Johoreans. If there were English medium schools in Johor, then may be Singaporeans could be attracted to buy real estate in Johor and live in Johor. Singaporeans can live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute daily, Johor-Singapore-Johor. The same Singaporeans will also send their children to English medium schools in Johor. It will enrich Johor with lots of Singapore Dollars. This will be a big plus for Johor. The Sultan, in an interview, gave the example of China-Hong Kong-China daily commuting. He said, “Over 200,000 people cross to Shenzen each day in just 45 minutes. That is how the cross-border culture has changed dramatically”. I guess Shenzen is a modern metropolis that links Hong Kong to China.

After having explained the plan of the Sultan of Johor, I must add that Sarawak has overtaken Johor. The Sarawak state government has made English an official language on par with Malay language inside Sarawak. How will this affect the Sultan of Johor’s plan? I don’t know. We have to wait and see. I guess each state should have its own plan for its own progress.

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I don’t know what that organization is called. Is it Daesh, IS, ISIL, Islamic terrorists or what else. I don’t care about them. I think they desire an Islamic state. May be they are extremists. Is the word shariah connected with them? I don’t know. These extremists may be responsible for a grenade attack on a night club in Puchong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 2016. . These Daesh people must be stopped. All Malaysian citizens must join the fight to crush the Daesh. I also read the report some Bangladesh citizens have infiltrated the Malaysia Daesh organization. All the Daesh people must be crushed.

After the Second World War, Malaysia was one of the first nations in the world to experience the Communist insurgency; and she was one of first nations in the world to crush the Communist insurgency. I am proud that this was Malaysia’s finest hour. Many years have passed. Now we are on the verge of Insurgency 2.0. Insurgency 1.0 is the Communist insurgency. Insurgency 2.0 has to do with Daesh. We will deal with the Daesh just as we dealt with the Communists. I have to give thanks to British, Australia, NZ, some African troops, even Fiji troops, the Gurkhas, etc, etc. to help Malaysia in her hour of need. Now we have an hour of need again. Now as we face the Daesh, we will not surrender. Just as some communists ended up in graveyards, the Daesh may too. We will encounter the Daesh and they will end up where they should. To Malaysians I say that this may be your finest hour. We will move forward, and there will be no retreat. Please flock to the military recruiting station. I’m Hindu Malaysian. I suggest that we have an army recruiting station in Batu Caves. I’m Hindu Malaysian, but too old to join the army. But my heart is with Defence of Malaysia. I’m unwilling to become a refugee. Therefore, if you are Malaysian citizen, and young enough to join the army, please do so. You join the army because you do not want to become a refugee. If you do not want join the army, then leave the nation and become a refugee. If you do not want to become a refugee, then join the Malaysian army. Daesh deserve to be put in graves like the communists. The Hindu Malaysians have served this nation for about 150 years; and together with other communities (by the1960’s) gave this beloved nation the second highest standard of living in Asia, below Japan. The anti-communist vigilance of the 1960’s consumed half my energy. Now it is the anti-Daesh vigilance. Most parts of Europe have come to rest with the ballot box. Most parts of the Americas have come to rest with the ballot box. Most parts of Asia have come to rest with the ballot box. However, the Islamic world still has many failed states. Just about every 30 years, the older generation die and the younger generation take over. It brings change. And change is a constant. Being glued to old books like the Old Testament, New Testament, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist scriptures and so on runs contrary to the every 30 years the older generation die and the younger generation take over concept. We should accept change as a constant. There is no such thing as word of God. There is only word of Man; and change is a constant. Every 30 years the older generation die and are replaced by the younger generation; every 30 years change is palpable.

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I never have believed in History. I am sure it has been fabricated. It is something between fact and fiction. It seems Muslims ruled and invaded parts of India and they destroyed Nalanda university. May be. It would be difficult to prove or disprove. Some people consider it as the biggest crime of Islam. May be. It seems in AD 1194 Muslim invaders burned the university and reduced it to ash. Centuries of manuscripts were reduced to ash; and with that act, India irreversibly lost her greatest wonder. But I think her greatest wonder is yet to come.

Modern India became independent in 1947. We need to look to the future. There are more universities today than ever before in India. There are more graduates today than ever before. India's economy is improving. Politically democracy has firmly established itself. There are advantages about making mistakes. We learn something from mistakes. Something will come out of mistakes. Black Africans were enslaved by Muslim Arabs; and then Black Africans were sold to Christian Whites who transported them across the ocean to the Americas, particularly Brazil. Black Africans have the unique distinction of having been enslaved by both Muslim Arabs and Christian Whites. Many nations have sob stories. Whatever the past, we have to keep working. There is no substitute to work. India is improving day by day. Keep working. Forget the past.

Hopefully, basic training in the army will instil discipline and turn you into a tough person. A tough citizen is an asset for the nation. A tough citizen is an asset for the economy. We don't want any sob stories. Keep working. When you are tired, you sleep. When you wake up, you work. A tough citizen is an asset for the nation.

A tough citizen is an asset for the nation. A tough citizen is an asset for the economy. We don't want any sob stories. Keep working. When you are tired, you sleep. When you wake up, you work. A tough citizen is an asset for the nation. India lost Nalanda University because she was weak. India's record is nothing to be proud of. Many smaller nations get more gold medals in the Olympics than India. Promote basic training in the military. Keep pumping iron to be tough. When you are tired, you need sleep. When you wake up keep busy with work.

Reduce your daily activities to sleep and work. Distill your activities to sleep and work. If you reduce and distill your activities to sleep and work, you will stink like a raccoon or is it a camel's breath. To stink is a good think. To work long hours means you never wasted your time. The 3 day marriage, common in India, has to be discontinued. Don't waste time. Sleep or work. Life is about work and sleep. Slowly your body will strengthen and you can work even longer hours. This is how you attract investors.

Nalanda University may have disappeared forever. But there are more universities today in India than ever before. There are more graduates today than ever before. India has come a long way since Nalanda. Every nation has sob stories. Forget the past. It is a changing world. Please keep physically fit. The best training is a few years in the boot camp in the military. No time for sob stories. Boot camp, yes. Recommend the military.

The late Michael Jackson hardly saw this world because he was always busy training or performing. For the same reason, the late Albert Einstein hardly saw this world too. There are many successful people who hardly see this world because they are busy working. They have reduced their life to work or sleep.

In sharp contrast, the 3 day marriage in India; it has to be discontinued. It would be hard to prove that the 3 day marriage is brief. It would be hard to prove that it is efficient. I think Indians must lead simplified lives. Everything is complex in India. Just think of two words “work” and “sleep”. That’s all. Or maybe three words, or may be four words. That’s all. You know what I mean. They have everything in India; the only problem is that everything is complex. They need to simplify life to two words or three words or may be four words. That’s all.

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There are only 365 days in a year; and if you spend 3 days per marriage; 6 days for 2 marriages; and 9 days for 3 marriages; then add on birthdays, and other days, it would hardly attract investors in a competitive world. So what do they do for 3 day marriage? Obviously they sit in groups and talk. Talking is something they enjoy doing. Compare this with Michael Jackson and Albert Einstein. May be Indians prefer to talk than to work. But I said work and sleep. Let me tell you about sitting in groups and talking. Lots of fights break out from sitting in groups and talking. One of the most important things is to learn from your mistakes. Even if you just accept learn from our mistakes, you are on the right track. Yes, you can ignore everything I post, but all of us should learn from our mistakes. I make mistakes, but try to learn from mistakes.

I am sure you cannot deal with the whole world. You cannot deal with the whole of India. You cannot even deal with half or quarter of India. In fact you cannot deal with 0.01% of India. You can try to deal with your own work. That’s all. They say that reading is the key to knowledge; but I’m not convinced. What do you want to be? A bookworm? Creating a nation of bookworms is not an asset. Through trial and error slowly come to rest with two words, or three words, or four words. That’s all. I think we should divide the world into nations where the people have many words in their mind; and nations where the people have minimum words in their mind. Maximum words or minimum words in the mind. Currently we divide the world into developing nations and developed nations. However, we should divide the world into maximum words or minimum words in the mind.

Malay supremacy or Malay versality?

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Malay supremacy or Malay versatility? We need a broad coalition, a rainbow coalition.