Adorable Ganesha

Eventhough Lord Ganesha is only my second favorite god after My Dear Lord Murgan, I got to admit that this are the most adorable pictures of Lord Ganesha.  I loved the middle one most, he has hair and has someone to do his home work!

Best Use of Face Book

Life's Lesson!

A friend of mine forwarded me with 45 life's lesson written by 90 years old Regina Brett which, I thought of sharing with all, especially with people who blames god and faith for almost everthing.

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you, really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone, everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift

ps: i love dthe higlighted on most

Some Brainless Malaysian!

I received this anonymous email and was rather annoyed that some people have got nerve to send such article to non bumi government staff to office email. I wanted to share that with my friends but unfortunately the email cant be send so i have post it on my blogs for everyone to see how stupid and ignorant some fellow Malaysian can be:

Salam shuba
Sumber - http://www.pembelamelayu.com/

Saya bukan hendak bermain politik atau menyokong UMNO di Permatang Pauh. Objektif saya ialah memastikan manusia yang bertopengkan syaitan seperti Anwar dan merupakan agen DAP kafir harbi (US, Yahudi dan DAP) ini dihalang daripada memasuki Dewan Rakyat.

Ini kerana jika Anwar berjaya memenangi Pilihanraya Kecil Permatang Pauh, maka dia akan menggunakan wang yang akan disalurkan oleh Yahudi dan US melalui syarikat Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad (KDEB). Wang-wang daripada Yahudi dan US yang ingin melihat kejatuhan kepimpinan umat Islam ini akan dibawa masuk sebagai satu bentuk pelaburan untuk mengaburi mata rakyat. Hakikatnya ianya adalah salah satu cara "money laundering" untuk membeli ahli-ahli parlimen BN yang mata duitan.

Tidak dinafikan juga ada juga di kalangan ahli-ahli BN bukan Melayu dan bukan Islam akan mengambil peluang ini untuk melompat parti demi menguatkan bangsa mereka serta mula menuntut segala hak-hak istimewa orang Melayu dan Bumiputera dihapuskam. Mereka akan mengambil kesempatan daripada pepecahan bangsa Melayu dan umat Islam untuk menghancur kita. Ini tentunya didalangi oleh DAP kafir harbi yang sememang sejak awal penubuhan mereka anti Melayu dan Islam. Mereka ini sememangnya tidak pernah senang dengan kemajuan yang telah dicapai oleh bangsa Melayu dan agama Islam sejak kemerdekaan.

Seterusnya, jika Anwar anak Ibrahim ini berjaya membayar ahli-ahli parlimen BN untuk membentuk kerajaan baru dengan majoriti mudah.Kemudian, Anwar akan mengisytiharkan dirinya sebagai Perdana Menteri yang baru. Maka, kita akan melihat bertapa kejinya manusia bernama Anwar anak Ibrahim ini menggunakan politik wang demi kepentingan peribadi. Dengan wang daripada Yahudi dan US ini, Anwar akan membentuk kerajaan paling korup kerana kerajaan dibentuk menggunakan ahli-ahli parlimen mata duitan yang sanggup menggadaikan segalanya.

Anwar anak Ibrahim ini akan mula melantik di kalangan pemimpin DAP kafir harbi memegang jawatan penting seperti Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Menteri Kewangan, Menteri Pertahanan, Menteri Pendidikan dan Menteri Dalam Negeri. Dengan jawatan penting ini, DAP kafir harbilah yang sebenarnya menguasai negara Malaysia. Mereka akan meminda dan menggubal polisi pendidikan yang baru, memastikan lebih banyak peruntukan untuk pembangunan agama selain Islam dan bukan Melayu.

Seterusnya, mereka akan menggunakan kuasa yang ada sebagai Menteri Pertahanan dan Menteri Dalam Negeri untuk melemahkan angkatan tentera dan polis supaya mereka tidak memberontak. Ini termasuk melantik golongan bukan Melayu pro-DAP kafir harbi untuk memegang jawatan penting dalam kedua-dua badan beruniform itu. Mereka akan mula mengurangkan peruntukan dan menjual asset-asset penting yang dilihat mungkin dapat digunakan untuk mengulingkan kerajaan boneka DAP yang dipimpin oleh Anwar anak Ibrahim.

Anda tentu tertanya-tanya kenapa Anwar selaku Perdana Menteri akan membiarkan perkara ini berlaku? Hakikat yang sebenarnya semua rahsia Anwar anak Ibrahim ini berada dalam tangan Karpal Singh semasa dia menjadi peguambela Anwar dalam perbicaraaan kes liwat yang terdahulu.

Sememangnya, DAP kafir harbi ingin Anwar Ibrahim menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia kerana dengan rahsia yang dipegang oleh Karpal, dia akan menjadi PM boneka sahaja. Anwar akan menjadi PM boneka yang takut rahsia sebenar yang dipegang Karpal terbongkar. Sifat Anwar yang suka menjadi popular dikalangan rakyat memudahkan lagi DAP kafir harbi menguasai dan memperkudakan Anwar. DAP melihat Anwar adalah pemimpin Melayu yang mudah diperbodohkan kerana kelemahan IQnya serta sikapnya yang terlalu gelojoh untuk menjadi pemimpin no 1 Malaysia dengan apa cara sekali pun.

Ini sebenarnya percaturan dan strategi yang telah lama dirancang oleh DAP kafir harbi. Mereka sedar amat mustahil untuk mereka menguasai Malaysia sekiranya bangsa Melayu dan umat Islam bersatu. Satu-satunya cara untuk menguasai politik di Malaysia ialah dengan memastikan pepecahan bangsa Melayu. Mereka mempelajari perkara yang sama daripada Yahudi yang berjaya menguasai Palestin kerana rakyat dan pemimpin mereka berpecah. Begitu juga, Amerika berjaya menguasai Iraq dengan menggunakan alasa kekejaman Saddam Hussien untuk meraih sokongan daripada rakyat Iraq. Lihatlah apa yang berlaku di Palestin dan Iraq hari ini, dan cara yang sama sedang digunakan oleh DAP kafir harbi untuk menguasai Malaysia.

Anda mungkin tertanya-tanya mengenai pemimpin PAS. Tidak mungkin PAS akan hanya berdiam diri melihat keadaan ini. PAS yang hanya menang 16 kerusi Parlimen hanya akan ditawarkan jawatan Menteri yang tidak penting seperti Menteri Belia dan Sukan serta Menteri Perpaduan Rakyat dan Wanita. Dengan jawatan di kementerian yang tidak penting ini, tiada apa yang dapat dilakukan oleh PAS untuk memulihkan keadaan. Sikap sesetengah pemimpin PAS seperti MBB Nizar dan Hassan Ali yang gilakan kuasa akan menyebabkan PAS semakin goyah dan akan berlaku pepecahan di dalam PAS sendiri. Antara mereka yang benar-benar ingin berjuang atas nama Islam dan pemimpin yang gilakan kuasa seperti MBB Nizar dan Hassan Ali.

PAS yang mungkin tidak puashati dengan keadaan itu dan cuba keluar daripada Pakatan Syaitan. opps Pakatan Rakyat. Tetapi disebabkan PR sudah makin kuat dengan sokongan MP bukan Melayu daripada BN yang melihat kejayaan DAP kafir harbi mengawal dan membonekakan Anwar Ibrahim serta melakukan banyak pembaharuan yang memihak kepada bangsa dan agama mereka. Saya tidak hairan jika MP daripada Gerakan, MIC dan MCA akan turut sama menyertai Pakatan Rakyat kerana desakan oleh pengikut mereka yang mudah terpengaruh dengan dakyah DAP. Kejayaan DAP mengubah dasar dan polisi yang selama ini hanya dalam mimpi sahaja Gerakan, MIC dan MCA serta parti komponen bukan Islam Sabah dan Sarawak sekiranya mereka terus berada dalam BN. Pada masa tersebut, Pakatan Syaitan. ops Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan hairan jika PAS yang hanya memenangi 16 kerusi Parlimen meninggalkan mereka. Jika ini berlaku, maka DAP kafir harbi telah berjaya menguasai politik Malaysia sepenuhnya. Mereka akan mula meminda dan menggubal mana-mana perlembagaan yang memihak kepada agama Islam, bangsa Melayu, bahasa Melayu dan hak keistimewaan orang Melayu. Pada ketika itu, orang Melayu Islam hanya dapat berputih mata kerana tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa pun. Jika hendak melakukan pemberontakan tentera pun mungkin akan susah kerana DAP kafir harbi sudah pasti akan meminta bantuan Singapura, US dan Yahudi untuk membantu mereka mengekang kebangkitan pihak tentera.

Oleh sebab itulah, saya merayu agar setiap umat Islam dan orang Melayu berjuang memastikan Anwar anak Ibrahim ini gagal dalam Pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pauh. Anda boleh menyumbang dengan menulis artikel yang berguna dan menggunakan PembelaMelayu.com sebagai medium untuk menyampaikan idea anda.

Not enough with that they have this as well:

The current governemnet goes around condeming about blogs, what do they have got to say to this? It seems the opposition have better quality readable blog then them. Sigh!

PS: For those who dont understand Malay Language, i am glad as i dont want you guys to know how stupid some Malaysian can be!

Must change lifestyle

Change! Change! Change! Wow, this is going to be my third topic on changes in less then 2 weeks! Even my sis did article on this called "The "New" Hannover Re". Isn't it bizarre(said with the effect of x-files)!

Ok, enough with that! Lets get serious. The topic of my discussion today is of course "change" and has some links with my previous topic "Cutback! ". Couple of days ago, i came across this article written by Mohsin Abdullah on (Must Change Lifestyle). The article is simply superb! He actually penned down what been bugging on every Malaysian 's mind. Ok not all, most Malaysians. The best part of the whole article is the naive remarks from the daughter as quoted below:

“But dad, that’s what’s we been doing all this while. Mum goes to the market and buy the cheapest goods possible. We eat low-grade rice. We don’t watch TV or play computer much. Our house don’t have air con. We don’t use electricity much. We seldom eat out and it’s been years since we go for holidays. We have never been overseas. And we drive a Kancil. Isn’t that small enough already? So what’s there to change?" she asked.

Government has urge the rakyat to save and spend less. But isn’t that what we have been practising for the past 11 years ever since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis breakdown. Even though the fact and figure show improvement in our financial state but the facts is, we are merely surviving. Ask the middle class rakyat, they tell the story behind their sufferings and survival.

Let say, hypothetically, an educated middle class man earns about RM3,500 per month. His income will be roughly spend as stated below:

RM750 for rental or housing loan
RM500 of car
RM500 for toll/petrol,
RM400 for insurance and other payment
RM300 for phone, electricity, water and astro bill
RM300 for study loan
RM300 to eat

RM 200 credit card
RM250 groceries

The question now is, how will he survive when he get married to homemaker and has 3 kids? Something to ponder right? This is how some fellow Malaysian been surviving.

Firstly, despite having less money, the government has urged the rakyat to spend to improve our economy. Hence, started with the mega sales 3 times a year urging people to spend more. Nevertheless, the motion seems silly when there isn’t any money left to spend? Even if we choose to shop, the only items on sale are merely t-shirt, jeans (and its not even branded) and funny looking flat sandals from Thailand/China. Unless, the government changes the current policy of allowing the civil servant to wear jeans, T and sandals on Friday, I don’t see a point of buying one when either you get free or buy while you go for holiday!

Secondly, many claims that people today are spending lavishly on food. But are we? Those days, we can easily buy roti chanai and tea in less then RM1.00 or small packet of peanuts for RM0.50 or water for RM0.10/free. Nevertheless, today one full set Indian meal with drinks can easily goes up to RM15 per head. And above that, all items that are given as courtesy such as peanuts and papadum and water being charged. Hence, the rakyat today have opt for something yummier and cheaper like western food such as McD’s and Pizza hut which will cost lesser. For example, 6 set of large pizza, 4 set of cola and side dishes cost about RM150 at domino's or rice dhall and 2 lousy vege and chicken curry for RM150 for 10 people! So which one will you prefer?

Of course some of you might suggest to stay in the house and eat. But my friend, cooking at home is not cheap as all Malaysian made products are expensive. The prices of chicken, mutton fruits and even vegetables has raised up though they are produced locally. It seems the vege's and fruits that come from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and china are a lot cheaper then what produced locally. Not only that, all locally manufactured food are expensive and low in quality. Many of the products today taste awful because they are not genuine. The skimmed milk taste like oil, butter taste like nothing, the flour (when made to kuih) taste and feel like bubble gum, the rice are fat, sticky and tasteless, the oil are reused oil, the bread smells more of yeast and above all even the Maggie sucks despite the whole lots of MSG in it. May be, even the MSG is not genuine today and need be flavored up. Sigh! Above that, the essential imported food such as onion, various dhals, nuts and spices are also highly priced. So with the increase in electricity and gas, the only other option we have is to go back to basic, "rice, ketchup and ulam/ hot chilies".

As for leisure, many Malaysian despite having less money in their pockets, opt to go for holiday and spend quality time with family. With our friend Dato’ Tony (CEO of Air Asia) and his cheap flight, now everyone can fly abroad. But it doesn’t mean that flying abroad indicates that cost of living has improved. It simply means we Malaysian has finally learn to survive and make smart decision. Most of the time the flight booked are cheaper then the fuel and toll when travel by road. Many times lodging, food and tour abroad are cheaper compare to Malaysia. Many believes that to spend RM1,000-RM2,000 going to Sabah, Sarawak, Langkawi etc, they opt to go to Thailand or Indonesia to shop, where things are way cheaper then Malaysia!

So to say that we are not affected by the economically down turn is not true. We are merely surviving. The most effected of all are the middle incomers especially the lower middle income which have just enough money, but are exposed to the materialistic world and have little to spend. The poor wouldn’t realize and the rich wouldn’t mind with price hike, but the middle incomers will suffer.

So what happens when what we earn is not enough specially with the price hike? The educated family man of RM3,500 pay will soon have 3 to 4 set of credit card to spend on groceries and eating out, don’t pay 2-3 months rent, cut on the insurances, frequently go for open house or party for free food and at times open nasi lemak stall at housing area. And when even that fails, need be afraid as we have our mighty big brother “ALONG” to loan us money.

So how to stop this nonsense? Its all depend on the decision makers. The first intelligent step would be by cutting away road taxes, tolls and all subsidies crap. Why impose on subsidy when others are getting benefit out of it. Almost half of residents in Malaysia are foreigner. So the only way to stop this is to have ration card as impose in India. It’s a redeemable paper coupons where every family will be issued a set number of each kind of stamp based on the size of the family, ages of children and income to get essential items such as “ rice, wheat, sugar, edible oils and other non food products such as kerosene, coal, standard cloth at below market prices to consumers. Or even practice fuel ration cards imposed in Germany.

So mean while waiting for that to happen, this is what can be done:

comics taken from: http://www.cartoonstock.com/

note:

Along- illegal money lender

Rakyat: the civilian

Ulam: type of Malay salad

kuih: various type of Malaysian desert

nasi lemak: coconut rice with peanuts, cucumber and spicy gravy eaten mainly for breakfast

roti canai: Indian pancake/paratha

Sand Art

This is superb. I never know, a single drawing can be transformed into different forms. Do enjoy this piece of art accompanied by superb saxophone music.

It's a Bird, No its a Plane..No its SUPERMAN!

Have you ever wonder how life of a journalist is always exhilarating compared to our 9 to five office job? Hmm, want to live life of Lois Lane from The Daily Planet, involving with adventure, mystery and romance with dashing Clark Kent? Try to catch him and the job is yours....and him as well, ;)

This is the coolest game ever! If this doesn't drive you crazy-- nothing will. Have Fun!!!

Click here: Superman Returns

This is the coolest and the best superman lived! Sigh!