East Meets West

Blogger Lina Soo is PKR Protem Chairperson of Batu Kawa – N13 from Sarawak. Together with Ben Martin, they dropped by to say “hi” to the peninsula bloggers.

There is no doubt about the much needed liaison among bloggers between east and west Malaysia, and to be in the flesh, there seems to be so much in common, politically speaking.

On hand to welcome them over lunch is our charmer – Benz a.k.a. Tuai Rumah, and the other bloggers and friends. Also not forgetting the one and only – rakyat@work!

Note: The audio of the video clips is too distorted for posting.

In A Jiffy

This is how you can learn a trick or two. Quick and easy!

Contributed by : Estrelita

The Cry For Justice

Kugan 28 May 2009

N Indra, the mother of the deceased (Kugan), filed the suit at the Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning accompanied by lawyer, N Surendran. It is really a very sad state of affair to see parents have to live with the loss of their child with no avenues to seek for the truth in justice.

Justice for Kugan is like an elusive dream despite the Attorney General who remarked the incident as “murder.”

Of course Kugan's father, G.Ananthan, wants justice because if his son is guilty then send him to court but not to kill him in the police station which in the first place is to provide protection to the citizens.

Kugan's mother today filed a suit against the police for seizing items from the office of Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) pathologist Dr Prashant N Sambekar.

She named the following police top brass in her suit:

1. ASP Mohd Marzukhi Bin Mohd Mokhtar
2. ACP Arjunaidi Bin Mohamed
3. Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Bin Mohd Zinin
4. Ketua Polis Negara

Dr.Prashant had performed the second autopsy which revealed that the youth had been beaten, burnt and starved.

Kugan had died on Jan 20 at the USJ Taipan police station, five days after he was picked up in connection with a car theft case.

The crowd was unbeliever during Kugan’s funeral but those who came this morning to show consolatory support could be counted. It was a pathetic sight!

Day 3 At Ipoh (28 May 2009.)

# Bubar Dun signature campaign with YB Nizar and YB Lim Kit Siang.
To Meet at Heng Kit Restaurant at Jalan Besar (next to Menglembu market).

# Closing of Hunger Strike campaign and press conference at Wisma DAP 6.00 pm.

# Majlis buka puasa solat hajat at PAS Perak, Istana Raya at 7.00 pm.

All are welcome!


Reported by : Noh - Ipoh.

What Is It About?

School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays.

Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die rich.


Nurse: A person who wakes you up to give you sleeping pills.

Marriage: It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.

Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.

Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either"

Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

Dictionary: A place where success comes before work.

Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.

Father: A banker provided by nature.

Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.

Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.

Classic: Books, which people praise, but do not read.

Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise after death

Taking Precaution Is Always Wise

Women Drivers – Please Take Note

I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's parents have always told her never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc..

Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called #77 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was and there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on the way.

Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes.

I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet place. You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( i.e. put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did.

Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little bit of wonderful information. *Speaking to a service representative at ** Bell ** Mobility confirmed that #77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let your friends know about #77.

Contributed by : Angela Ooi

We all know that fire is a good servant but a bad master. So, when something burns on the stove, do not panic but to remember what you have just seen from the video clip.

Be calm, cool and collected, and to be in controlled.

Contributed by : Sokewong.