The Rise of the....Dead

Hmmm..Do you think i should revive my blog? LoL

The Second State

I can't imagine what is going to happen to America for the coming 10 years.

Right now two states have been declared gay and lesbian states. The recent one is Connecticut.

The lawyers who banned this state from same sex marriage in year 2004, now cleared the state and allowed same sex marriage!!

Ergh!

What Happens Next?

After the victory of Obama, immediate effects take place.

Abortion bans lose. Ban on abortion defeated.

That's why i don't support Obama.

Why Not Obama?

Well the election is finally over. And unfortunately, as predicted, Barack Obama did win the election.

From the beginning i have not supported Obama. Just by simple reasoning from his policies, you will know that his policies are not of God's policies.

We don't have to go too deep to understand how good or bad the candidates were. Just look at their policies.

There is no need to go into too many policies. Just by taking two would do.

1) Obama approves same sex marriage.
2) Obama approves abortion.

These two policies which i saw when he was running to be candidate against Hilary Clinton have got me set my eyes off Obama. These two policies are all against God's will! Not counting the liberal jurisdiction that Obama will implement if he is elected President, which i will further learn about. Just these two policies can suggest whether or not he is God's chosen one.

Now the Republican Party has been labelled as a party who has failed the Americans. But one thing i need to remind. I can say that their plans and policies for that great nation have been according to God's will.

There must be a reason why God chose Bush to be President, and President for two terms! Not many Presidents in the history of America have won two terms. One thing i am assured of, is that Bush has been a devout born-again Christian. Although there were mistakes that he has made, but who doesn't make mistakes.

But the most important thing in politics, in my opinion, is the spiritual level of one politician. We are not sure of whether Obama is a true Christian, which he claims. But there were many articles that suggest otherwise.

I hope i am all wrong about Obama. I really hope i am wrong. What i want to see is a strong America that trusts in the God Almighty, and to follow His ways.

But what has happened stays happened. We can't change the election results. But one thing we need to do, is to keep praying hard for the America.

I'm hoping that Obama will change to be a Godly President. I really hope, leaning to a slight chance, that he can change.

A Day to Decide

I wish i do not have to worry for the US Presidential election.

But i have no choice when the result now shows the otherwise of what i wish for.

I'm praying that John McCain will win the election. I'm hoping that the Americans will realize what they are in for.

From the beginning i have always rooted for McCain. Not a single moment i would go for Obama. Not a single moment.

Oh Lord please save your country America.

God save the president.

"I Will Not Be Corrupt"

The MCA Presidential election has been on quite a journey. Both Datuk Chua Jui Meng and Dato' Ong Tee Keat do have great manifestos to bring about change and brighter future for MCA, Chinese, and the nation.

Manifestos will still be manifestos and will remain a piece of trash talk if fruitfulness and productivity do not come about. We want to see results. What you claim you will do will only be seen after and if you do them.

But in this election, i brush off the manifestos aside. What we should look into is the character of potential presidents. In this case, i support Datuk Chua Jui Meng.

The main reason is he is a born again Christian. Back then while he was still a minister, he wasn't a strong Christian. Until he was sacked as Health Minister, he stopped politics for 3 years. During those 3 years, i thank God that God has shown Himself once again to him and has changed him. Right now he is a tough character. A person more like God, and has guaranteed to be God-fearing in his MCA leadership.

Nobody has ever done anything like him: Standing in front of the public, with his right hand lifted, and proclaim that "I will not be corrupt!".

Tell me, it takes a man and guts to swear that in front of the public. That is the leadership we long for in this 21th century. Someone who has integrity, courage, and most importantly, the fear of God.

We are lacking people like Datuk Chua. That is why i fully support him as MCA President. May God continue to bless his endeavours.

Carefree!

Well, petrol prices decreased to RM 2.20. Not good enough for us. But grateful for the action.

Other than that, i've just started by final semester of the degree course. I really thank God for seeing me through my 3 years of studies at higher education. Studying in university is not easy, yet it is a privilege and i thank God for that.

I've enjoyed my 3 years of studies. Great friends and great experiences have i gained. Now, the step forward is the hard part.

Seeing the global problem, especially in the financial sectors, worries and anxieties arise. What a way to graduate! Graduating when the world economy is slumping! What a way to enter to the market!

Countries are now very pessimistic about hiring fresh graduates. Even my wish to work in Singapore is shattered when hearing news that Singapore is now in recession and will soon retrench a lot of Malaysians.

What makes things worse is that analysts forecast that year 2009 will be a more terrible situation! My goodness! I'm entering the market in 2009 and they're telling us that 2009 will be worse.

But you know what, i have always had faith in God. It's not that i am a carefree person, not worrying and thinking about things, but my faith in the Lord allows me to be care-less.

It doesn't matter if the global economy and market are rolling downhills. But i have faith that my future doesn't depend on the economy nor the market, but my future depends on the Almighty God!

It's not the world that holds my hope, it is God that holds my hope. And the best thing is, my God holds the world!!

So seeing myself graduating, after a hard-fought 3-year journey in university, i am truly grateful to God. Really, it was His grace and mercy that enabled me to complete my journey. While i look forward to entering the market, i all the more look forward to seeing what God can do in times of global difficulties like what is happening now.

In God I Trust!

Lower The Prices!

Woohoo! I'm happy that the oil price is now USD 76 per barrel.

Does it mean we will get back our RM 2.00 per liter petrol? I remember it was still RM 2.00 per liter when the oil price was USD 78 per barrel.

What if the oil price drops again? Will we get cheaper petrol price? Or the government will still decrease the price by 10cents? If so, then we're being cheated!

We want our RM 2.00 per litre back! If not cheaper!

Outstanding Person

Hari Raya is a special festival for the Malays to celebrate new year. A celebration that should be filled with fun, bonding, and forgiveness among families, relatives, and friends.

The streets of KL are so clear and empty, and everywhere is filled with immigrants! Mostly Bangla people, Indons, and some ASEAN countries people.

Different leaders also conveyed their Hari Raya greetings. And most of them wish to see a more united Malaysia, without racial and cultural prejudices. People like Najib, Samy Vellu, Ka Ting, Anwar, Karpal Singh, and Guan Eng all wished a more united nation.

But this stuntman, not only conveyed a Hari Raya greeting, plus he added that the government abolish ISA and free the Hindrafs and Raja Petra.

This stuntman is Lim Kit Siang. Everybody wished good stuff, this fellow, even during Hari Raya, still wanted to talk about politics and free people.

I salute you lah bro. Not afraid of what people think of him - his annoyance and irritation.

Good job stuntman!

Where Is Our Promised 15cents?

Today the Government announced a decrease of 10cents for the fuel price.

Hooray for that!...but wait!

I remember the government promised that they would reduce 15cents if the crude oil price remains low, or at least maintain. I remember the promise was made when the crude oil price was USD 108 per barrel.

Since then, the crude oil price has been going down, and most of the time stayed below the 100 dollars mark. Right now, at this time, the crude oil price is USD 105.43 per barrel. It's now below the USD 108 mark!

So why did we only get 10cents decrease? And not the 15cents? I am grateful for the decrease, i am really.

But i am just disgusted that the government promised something and could not deliver. 5 cents can make alot of difference.

A Better Tomorrow?

Sorry for this post, but i have to say this, that i am sad to see many financial companies, especially in the U.S. are having trouble.

Lehman Brothers has filed for bankruptcy, while American International Group (AIG), also faces financial difficulties and is taken over by the Federal Reserves.


AIG is the Group that sponsored Manchester United. But looks like Man Utd are still doing business as usual, no negative effect on them.


But i want to say this, we are seeing one of the worst financial slumps in history. Lehman Brothers and AIG are both great and big financial and insurance companies respectively. AIG is the biggest insurance group in the world, and Lehman Brothers is one of the big investment institutions.

It's sad to see the downfall of the world economy. We as futures of this world, are to enter our future seeing all these results. It will somehow affect our confidence, making us wonder what worse thing can happen to our future, career, children, and children's careers.

Hope to see a better future. It sounds ironic, because we all know the world is going to get worse, with the end time nears. But, we can still hope, we can.

Arresting The Wrong People Perhaps?

It's funny how bias and how unfair this nation and the government has become.

Teresa Kok and Tan Hoon Cheng were alleged to have caused "racial disharmony".

The one thing i really don't understand is how can a reporter, Tan Hoon Cheng, who was merely reporting on the news of Datuk Ahmad Ismail, be arrested? I agree with that Datuk Ong Tee Keat said. If Tan Hoon Cheng is to be arrested, let alone the starter of the racial disharmony, Datuk Ahmad Ismail.

Shouldn't he be arrested all the more? Just because he is a Division Head, and one of UMNO's members, doesn't mean he could get away with any arrest. The police only said they would arrest him, but nothing has happened.

Teresa Kok is also the MP, also one of DAP's members, and she is arrested for causing racial conflict. With no concrete proof.

Actually, both Tan Hoon Cheng and Teresa Kok have not caused big disharmony in this nation. I wasn't even aware of what Tan Hoon Cheng was reporting. But one thing i know, the whole nation knows abt the racist remark by Datuk Ahmad Ismail, and yet he was not arrested under ISA!

Where art thou justice? Where art thou?

I shall not comment too much on this kind of issue. Or else some of you will see me in papers being arrested under ISA also. But i really can't hide my feelings, there is little, or no hope for this country. May God intervene.

911 Memorial

Can we have a 1-minute silence to remember those who lived great, and died 7 years ago.


*1 minute passed*

Imagine it was a normal day. You went to work, thinking it was just another work-loaded hectic day. You stepped into the office about 9am and started doing your work, or at least started off with a cup of coffee at the coffee room.

Out of a sudden, you heard a *BANG!*. The whole building was shaking. People screaming. And you looked down, you saw smoke coming out from the floors under you.

It was one fine day, 7 years ago, when people thought it was just another working day. Little did they know they would end up, well, either in hell or in heaven minutes after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, and also the Pentagon in Washington.

The wickedness of the Al-Qaeda stunned the whole world. That incident changed the world, at least it changed the America. People became more religious. Churches became packed a few Sundays after the incident. Suddenly everybody cherished and treasured their families and loved ones even more.

A total of 2998 people died in both the locations of attacks. Close to 6500 people got injured. A few more missing. But millions and millions of hearts were mourning.

These kinds of incidents will happen even more. When the end time draws nearer, wickedness of people grows stronger. What are you going to do about it? What happens if something like that happens to you? Are you ready to go?


Today we remember those who lost their loved ones, those who braved themselves to save thousands of lives, and especially those who witnessed the incidents and have yet to know the Saviour of the world.


"Even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff,
they comfort me."

Psalm 23:4

Good News About Oil Price!

Good news!!

As of today, 9 September 2008, the price for oil is now USD 101.81 per barrel!

If this continues. our petrol price in Malaysia will become RM 2.40! Pray pray pray!

But surprisingly gold price is also dropping constantly, with current price at USD 782.

Funny, the demand for these two commodities are dropping. hmmmm

Rich getting richer, Poor getting poorer

You must have heard a saying that goes : the rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

It firstly applied to the business world, then society. And now, that phrase applies to the football world as well.

Take-overs are now becoming very popular in the world of football. Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and many more football clubs have very rich owners. Billionaires are now more interested at football take-overs.

The recent purchase of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) has made things worse in football. Billionaire owners are willing to spend millions and millions of Euros to buy players from around the world. The worse part is sometimes players don't worth that much.

The rich clubs like Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, can buy players they want. They are able to offer high prices for their targeted players. But with the addition of Manchester City, i'm assuming that things can become worse.

There will be inflation in football. Players will now demand more, in wages and transfer fees. The rich clubs can afford, but what about the poor clubs?

The market in football is now more expensive. The poor clubs cannot afford, because good players now are demanding higher. Even the clubs are demanding higher prices. With good players at the clubs, they have higher chances of winning competitions, getting advertisements, commercials, and many more. As a result, they are also getting money from there, which will make the club even richer.

So directly or indirectly, the rich are oppressing the poor. The rich clubs get richer, the poor clubs get poorer.

So, now football is also like that, what's next? I wonder....

Ungratefulness

The (racist) comment by Datuk Ahmad Ismail towards the non-Malays has created anger among the non-Malays. The worse part is, he doesn't want to apologize.

To me personally, i wasn't very much affected by it. These comments have been said over and over again by different groups of Malays.

Perhaps what they should do is to go back and look at history. It doesn't matter who step foot in this land first. But the effort poured out to protect this land is what that matters. By right this country belongs to the Orang Asli, who are now living in the forest. Malays are originally from Indonesia. So there shouldn't be matter of who came to Malaysia first.

Before our Independence, different races of Malay, Chinese, Indian, worked together to fight for independence for this country. Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Tan Cheng Lock, and Tun Sambathan, just to name a few.

Different races have worked hard, and have died to fight for independence. I don't think the Malays alone could have done it without the help of everyone is this country. So why boast about your so-called "ownership" of this land?

Today we can see that our nation is developing, fast and rapid. I dare to say that a large percentage of this development comes from the effort of Chinese and Indians. Look at the companies and you would know. Look at the top 10 richest man in Malaysia and you would know. How many Malays are in the list? Generally none!

Chinese and Indians have contributed to economical growth of this nation alot! Malaysia wouldn't be Malaysia today without everyone. If the government were to take away the special right (hak keistimewaan) of Malays, i guarantee you all the Malays would fall!

So there shouldn't be any racist remarks, or even thoughts. Malays should be grateful to have a peaceful and harmony nation to live in, despite the races. We need each other to build this nation. Without us, where would you be right now?

Why These Happen?

Wow, i almost couldn't recognize my blog. It was left stagnant for so long. But it's ok, i took time out of my revision for my finals to say something that is relevant, and applies to almost every aspect of the world issues.

Inflation is a hot topic these days. US economy downturn is a hot topic these days. National crises are definitely hot topics for most countries in the world.

Prices are going up. Food price, oil price, let's just say, everything is going up! Shortage of food and water in many countries is happening.

Professional economists and analysts are trying to put up theories of why all these are happening. Demand and supply is certainly one of the most concrete reasons behind these issues. People are coming out with reasons and complicated analysis of why are all these happening.

There's no need to put up complicated theories. There's only one reason behind : GREED

People just want more supplies for themselves. China is keeping all the oil for itself and thus increased the demand for it, that's why oil price is now USD 108 per barrel, as compared to USD 78 two years ago.

People are fighting to become the economic power and thus neglecting their environmental responsibilities of protecting this beautiful earth that God has created. As a result - climate change has caused disasters of bigger sizes, and the inability for crops to be produced effectively. Thus increasing the shortage of food, and food prices.

We can go on and on discussing the different issues happening today. Political instability, economical underperfomance, and social issues do not need complicated theories to explain why they happen.

The reason is GREED.

Day 1: Palace of the Golden Horses

Finally, i got to see Chelsea players face-to-face!

Here are the updates: Joel, Salby, and myself reached Palace of the Golden Horses at 6.30pm! We were so gung ho. Didn't want to lose out any nice strategic location to meet the players.

However, we were told that Chelsea players would arrive at 7.15pm. But they reached at 8pm!

No problem. In the end we really came! Everyone was busy taking pictures and getting autographs. Situation was exciting! However, we couldn't get any signature, because the players had to go straight up to their rooms. But...i've got some pictures! Here they go.

Chelsea coach : Luiz Felipe Scolari


Michael Essien (My favourite midfielder)


John Terry (Chelsea captain)


Andriy Shevchenko


Michael Ballack


Scott Sinclair


Ricardo Carvalho (My favourite defender)

Deco

Florent Malouda (white t-shirt), and Ashley Cole (white t-shirt behind the blue)

Petr Cech, best goalkeeper in the world (white t-shirt)

Frank Lampard, everybody's favourite (white t-shirt)

That evening was really exciting! The wait was long, but in the end it was worthwhile. My first time getting to see them face-to-face. There were a few more pictures taken, but not so clear. So didn't post up. These are the few quality ones. More than sufficient! hehe

3 more days!

It's down to 3 days! Chelsea will be playing in 3 days' time!

But to me, my day starts tomorrow. Where i will be greeting them and meeting them at their hotel. They would be staying at Palace of the Golden Horses for their tour in Malaysia.

For members of Chelsea Supporters Club, privileges are given to members to greet them at their hotel. Yes only for members.

That's the time where we try to get their autographs and pictures. Hopefully i'm able to get some personal pictures with some of my favourite players.

So to me, my day starts tomorrow! All the way until Tuesday. Looking forward to the best days of my year.

By the way, they will be touching down at 6.30pm at KLIA (Sunday). So if you are gung ho about Chelsea you can catch them at KLIA at 6.30pm on Sunday, which is actually today, since it has passed midnight. But i'm writing as if it's on Saturday night. haha

5 - Michael Essien

Michael Essien, one of Chelsea's midfield heroes!


The number 5 of Chelsea is, i would say, the best midfielder in the last season. Compared to Ballack and Lampard, or even Joe Cole, Essien stood out the best.

Scoring critical goals and providing precious chances, Essien is the midfield engine for now. He is also one of my Chelsea favourites. Can't wait to see him play.

From Ghana, he was bought from Lyon by Jose Mourinho, and has since been an important player to the Chelsea squad.


With only 5 feet 10 (that's about my height), he is stronger than a 6 foot giant. He has recently extended his contract to another 5 years with Chelsea. That shows how committed he is and how serious he is to stay with Chelsea.

May he continue to flourish!

On the other hand, this evening was the Chelsea Fan Club meeting and briefing. We were given the training pass, and the tickets. Free gifts were given such as posters, mugs and lucky draws. Joel Wong was lucky to be drawn to meet with two Chelsea players at Pavillion on Monday! Lucky boy!

But i have to say that the training pass is really nice. Very professional and classy. It will really make you feel special!