6 hours from now, thousands of kilometres from Moscow, a nation will experienced high electricity loadings very early in the morning. The national power company from years of experience will have anticipated this situation and will not scheduled any maintainence work at this hour. So we all dont have to be worry about electricity disruption. No its not gonna be a any fireworks display or anything like that. No, its not going to be any warfare between 2 giants either as implied in the title bar. Its the football's EUFA Champions league Final Between "Red Devil" and "Blues" more commonly known as Manchester United and Chelsea, respectively.
What makes this match special is that both finalist are from the English Premier League that has strong followings in Malaysia and in the Asian region. Most Malaysian footbal fanatics knows these 2 teams by hard, from managers, players, substitues, jerseys, track records, goals scored, goals against, injury list,players diet, last medical check up, marital status, size of underpants, last parking fines not paid, favorite food, etc etc. Most of us will be watching this match from our living room but for added thrill some will watch this games at cafes, "mamak" stalls, complete with jersey of their team and all.
Well quite normal you say, but its gonna be 230 am in the morning in Malaysia when this game is played in Moscow. Expect the day after that most Malaysian men will be at work with bleary eyes, mis-button shirt, fly undone,wear underpants wrong way round,different coloured socks, hairs combed the wrong way, brought wife's briefcase to office, wallet accidently left on the breakfast table etc etc. For should the match goes to penalty kicks it will only be done by almost 6 in the morning, what with the medal presentation, interviews, replays etc. So there will be only enough time to shower, do the subuh prayer, have breakfast, send kids to school(hopefully the right school) and off to office praying very hard that there will not be a traffic jam. If there is one, then pray that you dont fall asleep and knock into the bumper of the car in front of you or worst still the bumper of a fan of the losing team.
So why do we keep doing this, year in-year out between May to July every year???
Do drop me something to share...
For the final, I think "Yang Biru" will win this one because in Moscow "Setan Merah" will be off colour. What ever it is lets enjoy life and deal with tomorrow after the match. If we are lucky the government will declare a public holiday....
Jebat_Siber
May 21, 2008
May 20, 2008
David vs David - American Idol Season 7
So, as we Malaysian faced another season of bored to death Akademi Fantasia, season 7 of American Idol will draw to conclusion this week. So its gonna be a David vs David finale much to the delights of the fans of the show. I only recently started to focus on the shows, thanks to Star-World marathon of Idol last weekend over Astro.So what is so special about American Idol that we Malaysian thousands of miles away are glued to our TV screens following up on the fate of David Archuleta and David Cook? American really knows how to market for one, and the tremendous talents of the contestants is another, not to mention the stinging comments of Simon Cowell, the always professional Randy Jackson and the big sister attitude of Paula Abdul and lastly the ever enthusiastic fans of the show, cheering, clapping and ever supportive of all the talented singers. For a country of more than 200 Million people, USA is blessed with talents of all sorts including in music and singing.So who will win?? I will put my money on Archie who at 17 is very talented and has carried himself well over the whole shows. He has a great voice of honesty in it when he sings and sounded so good in all the ballads that he belted out in the competition. I am looking forward to him rendering more ballads in the final. As for the other David, he is also good, talented rocker and a potent match for Archie, however where Archie will win over will be his ever smiling boyish face that will attract all the grandmas and grandpas, moms and dads and young boys and girls to vote for him.So good luck to both Davids and may the better David win.......I am looking forward to the final, how about you??
A Note to Tun Mahathir
Tun,
In the wake of your resignation from Umno, there are many speculations and theories as to what prompted your decision to quit Umno. However being Umno’s and the country’s once nomuro uno, your action can lead Umno and the Malays into further factions and may just back fire in your desire to resurrect the fledgling credibility of the present Umno’s leadership.
Tun,
You have been the biggest leader seen by this country. Your contribution has been immense and beyond expectation. We are indebted to you for leading the country from the 80’s into the millennium transcending economic barriers and political upheavals. You have carried the country through numerous crisis and has always came out tops, thus saving Malays, Umno and Malaysia from catastrophes. We are proud to be Malaysian and were having the best time of our lives during your leadership. You deserve to be in the all-time "Malaysian Hall of Fame" and be remembered for all the excellent things that you have achieved for yourself and the country. We were all glad when you retired for here is a gentleman, a leader, a statesman who has fulfilled his life to the fullest and deservedly retire to spend quality time with the loved ones that he has sorely missed when he was in office.
So why are you doing this Tun? Resignation from Umno will not solve the Malay crisis overnight. I have pondered and can’t rationalize what made you do it??
When you handed the baton to Pak Lah (AAB), many people (in fact it’s the majority’s opinion) were concerns because we didn’t see him as the first choice candidate to succeed you. However we thought through it and concluded that there were always smooth transition of powers in Malaysian politics and somehow the outgoing PM had what it takes in them to analyze the candidate’s capabilities and to successfully handed over the baton to their successors. It was the case from TgAR to TAR, TAR to THO, THO to You. Alas we thought leave it to Dr M, coz he knew what he was doing. He was closer to the politicians and knew them well for him to make his choice. So why Tun are you now creating all this issues to get back at somebody you put into PM’s office and in the process is threatening the political stability of the Malays??
You have to isolate the issue of Umno and AAB. Yes! its connected but still it’s a separate issue. Maybe it escaped you but the leadership of Umno has always been continuously challenged before, what with Umno-46, Tg Razaleigh, Musa Hitam and all. Umno and Malays today are facing similar challenges to that when it was under your leadership. Not all Malays are supporters of Umno, same when Tun was leading Umno then. Therefore what is new? What is it this time that require us to react differently? Umno/ BN may have lost ground in the last election but it was much due to MIC and MCA as well. Therefore that being the case, Umno being status quo its must be something to do with the leadership of Umno. But then the leadership of the present Umno was handed over by Tun !! So does that means that Tun will have to interfere to make good the short-coming?? What will it cost to rectify the mistake?? Will a permanent Malay disunity pay for this mistake??
AAB is not the greatest leader but if that is what we have then that’s what we have!! until democracy remove him from office or another great leader turns up in Umno to lead this country to another height. What good are we for condemning each other over an issue that we cant resolve democratically??
The Malays are weak because we are not united. You remove the word united from Umno and it reads Mno. ( In Negri slang “mano?” or “di-mana?” or “where?”) People don’t even know we exist….and Tun what you did is contrary to being “united” and again we don’t understand your action in destabilizing the already weakened Umno and the Malays. Therefore in the show of the highest order in you Tun, you have actually shown the world the disunity amongst Malays. We are sorry but that’s how we see it……
We are all sad at this turns of event and sincerely hope that you will not further aggravate the situation that is already bad as it is. We still need your leadership Tun but please see the issues from the perspective of others. Others that are not great leader like you or politician like you or veteran Umno members like you…others as in farmers, teachers, workers, professionals, children etc etc, i.e Malays that have elected our leaders through a democratic election process to be our voices in parliament and the government. We have exercised our rights in all the elections and the recent election and we deserve the right to be represented and our voices heard through the democratic windows.
We wish you the best and we hope that you will think the issues over and react wisely!!!
regards
jebat_siber
.
In the wake of your resignation from Umno, there are many speculations and theories as to what prompted your decision to quit Umno. However being Umno’s and the country’s once nomuro uno, your action can lead Umno and the Malays into further factions and may just back fire in your desire to resurrect the fledgling credibility of the present Umno’s leadership.
Tun,
You have been the biggest leader seen by this country. Your contribution has been immense and beyond expectation. We are indebted to you for leading the country from the 80’s into the millennium transcending economic barriers and political upheavals. You have carried the country through numerous crisis and has always came out tops, thus saving Malays, Umno and Malaysia from catastrophes. We are proud to be Malaysian and were having the best time of our lives during your leadership. You deserve to be in the all-time "Malaysian Hall of Fame" and be remembered for all the excellent things that you have achieved for yourself and the country. We were all glad when you retired for here is a gentleman, a leader, a statesman who has fulfilled his life to the fullest and deservedly retire to spend quality time with the loved ones that he has sorely missed when he was in office.
So why are you doing this Tun? Resignation from Umno will not solve the Malay crisis overnight. I have pondered and can’t rationalize what made you do it??
When you handed the baton to Pak Lah (AAB), many people (in fact it’s the majority’s opinion) were concerns because we didn’t see him as the first choice candidate to succeed you. However we thought through it and concluded that there were always smooth transition of powers in Malaysian politics and somehow the outgoing PM had what it takes in them to analyze the candidate’s capabilities and to successfully handed over the baton to their successors. It was the case from TgAR to TAR, TAR to THO, THO to You. Alas we thought leave it to Dr M, coz he knew what he was doing. He was closer to the politicians and knew them well for him to make his choice. So why Tun are you now creating all this issues to get back at somebody you put into PM’s office and in the process is threatening the political stability of the Malays??
You have to isolate the issue of Umno and AAB. Yes! its connected but still it’s a separate issue. Maybe it escaped you but the leadership of Umno has always been continuously challenged before, what with Umno-46, Tg Razaleigh, Musa Hitam and all. Umno and Malays today are facing similar challenges to that when it was under your leadership. Not all Malays are supporters of Umno, same when Tun was leading Umno then. Therefore what is new? What is it this time that require us to react differently? Umno/ BN may have lost ground in the last election but it was much due to MIC and MCA as well. Therefore that being the case, Umno being status quo its must be something to do with the leadership of Umno. But then the leadership of the present Umno was handed over by Tun !! So does that means that Tun will have to interfere to make good the short-coming?? What will it cost to rectify the mistake?? Will a permanent Malay disunity pay for this mistake??
AAB is not the greatest leader but if that is what we have then that’s what we have!! until democracy remove him from office or another great leader turns up in Umno to lead this country to another height. What good are we for condemning each other over an issue that we cant resolve democratically??
The Malays are weak because we are not united. You remove the word united from Umno and it reads Mno. ( In Negri slang “mano?” or “di-mana?” or “where?”) People don’t even know we exist….and Tun what you did is contrary to being “united” and again we don’t understand your action in destabilizing the already weakened Umno and the Malays. Therefore in the show of the highest order in you Tun, you have actually shown the world the disunity amongst Malays. We are sorry but that’s how we see it……
We are all sad at this turns of event and sincerely hope that you will not further aggravate the situation that is already bad as it is. We still need your leadership Tun but please see the issues from the perspective of others. Others that are not great leader like you or politician like you or veteran Umno members like you…others as in farmers, teachers, workers, professionals, children etc etc, i.e Malays that have elected our leaders through a democratic election process to be our voices in parliament and the government. We have exercised our rights in all the elections and the recent election and we deserve the right to be represented and our voices heard through the democratic windows.
We wish you the best and we hope that you will think the issues over and react wisely!!!
regards
jebat_siber
.
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