democratic or autocratic

i believe all of us knows the difference between the 2 words in the title arent we? n supposedly malaysia is a democratic world right? then y the tv3 is having a poll on whether or not the government need to call upon ISA to control the condition? if it is a democratic nation, there's no need of the establishment of ISA, there's no need to call the police in order to disperse the rally participants 'gently' (quote Datuk Zainuddin).

autocratic or democratic?? it's up to u guys to decide.. after all this is a 'fair n just' country

it's time

i bet u all still remember the news on the ministry of sports decided to build a rally track for the "mat rempit"s to curb the day-by-day accident cases caused by the group. wat would u think when u heard of this news? my first response was "oh yeah, all the money from the tax payers will be flushed down the the south china sea once again."

u would never heard of this when Datuk M was ruling, u wont even heard of one of the minister suggesting "giving the mat rempits a brand new bike to catch the snatch theives in collaboration with the police force." this seriously hit me right on my face n send me wondering y is this happening to us right now? wat happened to malaysia nowadays. to "rempit" is an offence, not sth to be proud of. not sending them to face judgement, be it traffic summons or few months jail for the hard cores, but to build a track or giving them a new bike? my inner self was like "WTF??", well of course I can't say it loud, or else someone will man-marked me n send me to the deepest misery. do the government knows how much they need to spend on building a race track with all the contractors providing them first-class price n 5th class quality piece of work? if the race track seriously is built(which now is not), then the government either sending in a huge pile of cash to maintain it or let it be another white elephant like some other sports complexes.

another thing is once the race track project is on, then we can expect more n more mat rempits each day by the road side. reason? "aku nak gi join org2 kat race track tu, nak training jap." or "nak try true feeling sebelum gi try true racing."

happy 21st

yeah it's finally 21st nov. im officially 21 yo to date. no more lepak-lepak with work anymore i guess. gotta be serious! :D anyway, im off to langkawi to enjoy b4 start to get serious. :) more updates will be flooding in after the langkawi trip if im not lazy to blog it up.

Starting XI

Wenger - My problem with player quotas

By Richard Clarke

Arsène Wenger believes quotas on foreign players are a thing of the past.

The issue has hit the headlines again after Fifa president Sepp Blatter proposed starting XIs be restricted to just five overseas stars in order to nurture home-grown talent. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has lent his support to the idea.

However Wenger argues that the global nature of modern football has made such restrictions obsolete and, crucially, he suggests the influx of foreign players raises — not lowers — standards in England.

“I always felt that sport rewards quality and does not hide behind artificial rules,” he said ahead of the Champions League tie at Slavia Prague.

“If you put the level of the class down, it does not necessarily make the bad students better. It makes them worse.

“To compete with the best players in the world is a chance to improve your level. In Europe we are very rigid and difficult to move forwards because we are all [different] countries and are a bit conservative.

“But if you organise a golf tournament people go to watch Tiger Woods, whether that is in Scotland or anywhere else. When you go to Wimbledon, you want to see Roger Federer.

“That is what people want today. The world has moved. People demand to see the best in the world and you cannot get them to watch a level down anymore.”

I agree with wateva wenger juz said. a person will onli flourish when they feel pressure and in order to have the attention tat they r seeking, they have to strive hard to get it. The simplest example, Thomas Elva Edison, a person tat I believe no one will claim tat they do not know this person especially in this modern world of technology. Being labeled as a annoying brat by the teachers in school, he strived hard to obtain the knowledge tru his mother who is home-schooled him after he was dismissed from the official school. He doesnt give up on experimenting after his hearing senses were taken away by train conductor's struck after his chemical lab was caught fire in a carbox. Thousands n thousands of materials he tried b4 he successfully found the element for the long lasting light bulb tat will burn for "hundreds of hours" even though his lab partners were all half hearted in the middle of their research.

Another example will be a little bit unheard to the public unless u all know arts very well. Vincent van Gogh, a dutch post-impressionist. Mayb some of u had heard bout the tales of his, but for general information, van Gogh had cut off his left ear ear lobe and had halucinations after the breakdown in his friendship with Paul Gauguin. From then onwards, he had painted several world renowned piece of art namely the Potrait of Dr Gachet, The Starry Night, Still Life with Absinthe and others.

Wat if Thomas Elva Edison and Vincent van Gogh did not pick themselves up from the fall n continue their journey? mayb we wont have florescent light tube, dun have Potrait of Dr Gachet tat sells at 82.5 mil USD n went missing after tat, dun have sound recorder and dun have modern impressionism drawings. Same as the footballers, dun b happy juz because u r in 2nd team hopping tat sepp blatter's wish to impose the players quota will come true n sit there waiting for the good news. If tats the case, I would recommend u to go become the water boy of the team. Try hard, prove urself to the manager tat u can be better than the foreigners. Show some effort, no more sitting there waiting for luck fallin down from the sky.. :)

quotes from the football world

It won't protect the best players, it will protect the mediocre ones and you don't win a World Cup with mediocre players

Arsene Wenger
Arsenal manager

It does not matter where you are born, it matters who you are

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger

"It depends where you're looking from - whether you're on the beach in the summer and you're concerned about the national team, or it's Saturday and you're at Chelsea or Arsenal. You can't have it both ways.

"We benefit as individual fans because we see world-class players. But the price for that is that the national team is suffering."

David Gold, Birmingham City Chairman

another loser comment from man u boss

well, congratulations to sir alex ferguson as he is the red devil's boss for 21 years. it's a wonder tat u can live up till so old. back to business, i kinda enjoyed myself reading the comments from fergie after his men's effort went down the drain after the dramatic match between arsenal n man united last sat night malaysian time. a typical ferguson i would say, whenever his men won, i can expect words like "we did well today", "definitely is a sweet victory for us", "the effort had definitely paid off",on the other hand when his side lost, words like "howard webb is a good referee, but in this game, he favored the home side", "the referee had been pressured by the home side fans" and etc from ferguson is a norm.

if anyone of u r up to date with the news of football, u definitely will know tat the england fifa had asked each n every club to impose a foreign quota tat limits onli 5 foreigners to play in their start up 11 way back weeks b4, mayb even b4 man u beat chelsea down to 2-nil. the problem is y alex ferguson din voice out his support to the "brillian" idea from the fifa by then but now. is it because he felt the pressure from the gunners? or juz a sudden liking to the idea of the foreign quotas. lets face it, manchester united also had their own squad of foreign players although the manchester academy is producing some local talents for the future, like chris eagles. the list of foreign players tat currently serving the red devils will be as below:

1) Edwin Van Der Saar (Goalkeeper) - Holland
2) Patrice Evra (Defender) - France
3) Christiano Ronaldo (Winger) - Portugal
4) Anderson (Forward) - Brazil
5) Luis Saha (Striker) - France
6) Ryan Giggs (Midfielder) - Wales
7) Park Ji-Sung (Midfielder) - South Republic of Korea
8) Nemanja Vidic (Defender) - Serbia
9) Nani (Winger) - Portugal
10) Gerard Pique (Defender) - Spain
11) FangZhou Dong (Striker) - China
12) John O' Shea (Defender/Midfielder) - Republic of Ireland
13) Johnny Evans (Defender) - Northern Ireland
14) Darren Fletcher (Midfielder) - Scotland
15) Mikeal Silvester (Defender) - France
16) Darron Gibson (Midfielder) - Northern Ireland
17) Carloz Tevez (Striker) - Argentina
18) Tomasz Kuszczak (Goalkeeper) - Poland
19) Craig Cathcart (Defender) - Northern Ireland
20) David Gray (Defender) - Scotland
(Information from www.manchesterunited.com-the official website for manchester united)

now the start up 11 of man u consist of of van der saar, giggs, evra, ronaldo, tevez and vidic which to be exact is 6 foreigner players in the start up 11. even in the last arsenal man u clash, anderson also played in th starting 11 which makes it 7. is it sir alex ferguson failed his math since elementary level or wat?? there's no point talking about supportin the idea of foreign quota if u r not following it or rather onli supporting it after the effort given by ur team was flushed down the toilet bowl after the wenger's team enjoyed it.

Think before you act, Sir Alex Ferguson. Dun think by just using your lower half of the body.

P.S: sorry la ruud_away, I am a noob in football mah. hope u like it. peace.. :)

pekerjaan atau perbuatan???

semalam, ruud_away bagi aku tgk satu petikan mengenai sama ada berdosakah seseorg remaja menonton vcd lucah yg telah di"label"kan sbg perkara maksiat sepanjang masa ni. tp dlm petikan tu, ada sesuatu yg tak kena pd tempatnya. "Menonton filem lucah merupakan pekerjaan yang sia-sia malah berdosa lantaran melihat aib orang lain dengan sengaja. " sejak bilakah menonton vcd lucah menjadi sesuatu pekerjaan dlm masyarakat Malaysia yg telah mancapai kemerdekaan yg ke-50 pd tahun ini? Dlm borang2 rasmi Malaysia, pd ruangan "pekerjaan" mananya dtg pekerjaan penonton vcd lucah?? kalo pun ada, apakah gaji bulanan tuk org-org yg bekerja sbg penonton vcd lucah ni?? RM2000 sebulan tau RM3000 sebulan??? korg bleh tanya pd KEMENTERIAN PENDAPATAN DALAM NEGERI(KPDN) sama ada dlm registry kementerian ada tak jawatan tuk penonton vcd lucah.
kalo ada, aku tak kisah tuk menjadi salah satu drpd penonton-penonton vcd lucah yg leh menerima gaji bulanan sambil goyang kaki. senangkan? tonton vcd saje, takyah pikir susah2 ttg plant design ke, process dynamics ke, tau engineering econs. tak yah buat planning, tak yah pergi konference, tak yah berhimpit-himpit dgn org lain masa nak pengangkutan awam pergi kerja. hanya kena ada satu tv, biar dia sama ada lcd ke, plasma ke tau crt screen, dgn vcd player. kalo nak sound effect, pakai je sound system yg canggih2. kerja ni tak yah keluar dr rumah, tak yah bayar lebih tuk pangangkutan, mungkin je kena bayar tuk snek2 masa menonton. lebih menguntungkan dr pergi pejabat mematikan sel2 otak memikirkan meeting dgn design, lagipun kena pressure dr bos2 yg hanya tau ttg golf dgn cigar je.
biarlah bahasa anda tepat sebelum anda memberi nasihat kpd org lain. takkan nak bagi nasihat anda sbg bahan lawak je kan? berikutnya petikan yg aku dpt dr ruud_away.

"Soalan:
Saya selalu melakukan perkara-perkara maksiat seperti menonton vcd lucah dsb. Apakah perkara yang boleh saya lakukan untuk mengubah tabiat buruk saya itu?

Hamba berdosa, Banting

Jawapan:
Dorongan syahwat dan ingin mengetahui perkara yang berkaitan dengan perkara tersebut biasanya sangat bergejolak bagi kaum remaja. Dorongan dan kecenderungan itu merupakan fitrah bagi seorang remaja yang normal. Di dalam Islam dengan jelas ditunjukkan cara remaja untuk mengatasi gejolak syahwat tersebut. Rasulullah SAW menganjurkan jika seseorang belum mampu berkahwin hendaklah berpuasa agar syahwat mereka dapat dikawal dengan baik.

Menonton filem lucah merupakan pekerjaan yang sia-sia malah berdosa lantaran melihat aib orang lain dengan sengaja. Kesan yang paling besar dalam melihat perbuatan yang tercela tersebut adalah melemahkan daya fikiran dan menumpulkan hati. Kesan untuk jangka panjang jika telah berumahtangga nanti dikhuatirkan mengurangkan rasa ghairah dan nikmat bersuami isteri kerana telah terbiasa melihat dan menyaksikan perkara yang melemahkan daya fikiran tersebut"

a month's gap

after all the hanky-panky with the month's workload, now the semester had ended juz with the finals looming ahead waiting for the great battle btw the brains n the papers. yesterday went out for the arsenal-man u match, n lucky to say tat man u deserve the draw. dunno y but i freaking hate it when man u wins, maybe because the Indians will start boasting bout how brilliantly the players played(cheated) for the victory. n another great news is Chelsea had triumph over Wigan for a sweet 2-nil victory, once again proved Chelsea is moving ahead after the sorrow of jose mourinho had left the club.

hanged out at ipoh shark until 2am partying enjoy the moment b4 the real study kicks into my life. cyber cafe session n last but not least, some light eating after all the jack daniels, carls and partying b4 headed back to uni. reached room around 521 in the morning n hit the sack straight away till a student of utp sms-ed me tat woke me up frustratingly. it had been my 2nd time clubbing in the 20 years 11 months and 14 days since i was brought to this mother earth. i had to say i enjoyed both clubbing experiences. mayb is because the first time everything looks new to me, n 2nd time there r more uni fellas join in n bring up the joy of partying. :)

after few hours of hangover, now it's time to get kicked into real study mode. hope this sem ill b in the deans list award ceremony. pray hard~~~~~