Standing the "test of time"?

Time has gone by extremely "fast" this year eventhough the fact is time is constant and never changing since the dawn of Creation.

However, the feeling of time "flying by" is directly related to events that are happening around you. Country, work, relationships with family, friends and colleagues, health ...etc are always in a "struggle" for your attention in addition to things we totally have no control over.

Things that means dearly to me seemed to be changes but it doesn't mean it has never been this way before. As a get older and older, I do pray and hope that I get wiser as well. I realize more and more that life is a "marathon" and not a "sprint".

Just like "blogging", everyone seemed to have lots of enthusiasm to blog about everything that happens around them and dear to them but as the years gone by, the enthusiasm dies down as well and it is even evident in my very own blogging patterns.

Perhaps, there was not enough "views or likes" on my blogs to feed my enthusiasm to blog more frequently but that's a the very nature of human beings - seeking attention always. Then I realize, perhaps one day after I am long gone, my thoughts would still be around on the Web and who knows someone else may be encouraged by some of the thoughts and words.

Nevertheless, many things that are dear to my heart remains there, only that they are sometimes and more frequently be buried by "worries", "material possession", "power/fame"...etc but we must give up in "spring cleaning" of our hearts and minds or we will be sucked into idleness, ignorance and one day our spirit and mind will not stand the test of time as like our physical body.

From the ancient past during the times of Egyption Pharoahs or Chinese Emperor, the idea of "standing the test of time" is synonymous to immortality and scientists are still looking for that "path of immortality" till today.

So, how do we really stand the "Test of Time?"

1. Building wealth? 

- (How many generations can it lasts?)

2. Building a statue? 

- (How to make sure it is not teared down after you are gone?)

3. Have many sons and daughters?

- (How do you know if your great-grandchildren can even remember your full-name?)

In fact everyone of us have a desire whether hidden or not to be able to "Stand the test of time" and majority of the youths today that would be a equivalent to "beauty, energy, smooth and fair appearance" and majority of senior citizens today it would means "health and energy" but these desires are pretty much just a delusion given the present logic and nature of life. This very "desire" alone reflects and in agreement with what C.S. Lewis has said that we were created with "desires" which "there are fulfillment" for those "desires".

“The Christian says, 'Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex." ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

This explains why humans are in constant pursuit of "anti-aging" (also known as "immortality" in ancient civilization). So if this desire cannot be fulfilled, C.S. Lewis said the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it, that does not prove that the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only to arouse it, to suggest the real thing. "― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

So, this desire of "anti-aging" or "immortality" whatever  you would like to call it can only be fulfilled in another "world".

"If that is so, I must take care, on the one hand, never to despise, or to be unthankful for, these earthly blessings, and on the other, never to mistake them for the something else of which they are only a kind of copy, or echo, or mirage. I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that country and to help others to do the same.” ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Therefore, I would like to encourage all readers to pause for a moment and think about life and of our loved ones, are we really made for another "world"?  Or should just carry on with our lives with our endless pursuit of material possession, wealth, power, fame which can never ever satisfies our desires?

Do have a great week ahead.

May God's blessings be with all of you always.

Joshua

Congratulations to Disney's Frozen for bagging two Oscars Awards.

Jimmy Fallon, Idina Menzel & The Roots sing "Let It Go" (featured in the animated film "Frozen" and won the Oscars Academy Awards for Best Original Song)

It's been ages since I last blogged. The song "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen animated film captivated since I last watched it. Frozen also recently just past the USD 1 Billion world wide gross, making it the second-highest grossing animated film after Toy Story 3. 

Notable animated-films which Frozen surpassed include The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Shrek 2, Ice Age...etc.

So, have fun watching it :)

God bless.

Joshua

Hope everyone's 2014 so far so good :)

The original version from the film.

Part 2 - 10th Christmas of a Remarkable Journey

I would like to dedicate the song "The Heart of Christmas" to all my loved ones (You know who you are) and to all out there who are trying to find the meaning of life again, trying to discover hope again and trying to believe in love again.

The Heart of Christmas

"The Heart Of Christmas"

I’m gonna make a wish this Christmas
I’m gonna say a little prayer
I’m gonna stop here for a moment
Before the moment disappears

The world’s in a hurry this December
City streets and shopping malls
I wish we could slow down and remember
The meaning of it all

Wherever you are, no matter how far
Come back to the heart, the heart of Christmas
Live while you can, cherish the moment
The ones that you love, make sure they know it
Don’t miss it, the heart of Christmas

Let’s make it feel the way it used to
Let’s find that wonder of a child
You can see the magic all around you
Come on, and open up your eyes

You can find it in the warm embrace of your family
Or calling up a long lost friend
You can even find it in the eyes of stranger
When you reach out a helping hand

Wherever you are, no matter how far
Come back to the heart, the heart of Christmas
Live while you can, cherish the moment
The ones that you love, make sure they know it
Don’t miss it, the heart of Christmas

In the shadow of a steeple
In a star that lights the way
You will find Him in a manger
The heart of Christmas has a name

I’m gonna make a wish this Christmas
I’m gonna say a little prayer

Wherever you are, no matter how far
Come back to the heart, the heart of Christmas
Live while you can and cherish the moment
The ones that you love, make sure they know it

Wherever you are, no matter how far
Come back to the heart, the heart of Christmas
Live while you can, cherish the moment
The ones that you love, make sure they know it
Don’t miss it, the heart of Christmas

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Christmas is a time when all of us should be reminded on all things that truly matters in life.

Let's light a candle,

for peace we pray for every nation,

for joy we pray for every child

for faith we pray for every man

for hope we pray for the world

for love we pray for every heart

My Christmas Tree 2011

Lin's Christmas Tree 2011

Lin's Christmas Cake 2011

My window decoration Christmas 2013 (At night)

My home decoration (Christmas 2013)

Blessed Christmas to everyone and to all people that God loved so much that He gave His only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, that who so ever believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Come back to the Heart of Christmas which is Christ our saviour.

Joshua

Part 1 - 10th Anniversary of a Wonderful Journey

Hi everyone,

1st November 2013 is a significant milestone in my journey of life, as it marks the 10th Anniversary of the beginning of a remarkable chapter of my life.

I have Alopecia Areata since young and then it rapidly developed to Alopecia Universalis within a several months just before my 17th birthday in 2001. The hair on my scalp fell off significantly (>90%) followed by my eyebrows, eyelashes, arm hairs and the rest is history.

It was extremely tough to deal with the sudden massive hairloss psychologically and socially as I retreat myself in the comfort of my house and a baseball cap whenever there is a need for me to go outdoor. I never know why I loss my hair, never know that there were people out there who shared my condition for almost two full years until 1st November 2003.

1st November 2003 was the day when I first discovered and officially get in touch a wonderful group of people sharing my condition on a support website called "Alopecia Areata Support Community".

From the online community I've met a group of wonderful people where the seeds of friendship were planted into our hearts and lives.

From then, friendships have been blooming like spring. Many thousands of miles have been traveled to spend quality time together including special events like, group gathering, wedding, New Year's celebration and Christmas Day.

Sunflower is symbol of my friendships and it has been my favourite flower since. The Lord has been kind enough bless my life with so many people that has never fail to touch of my heart many times.

There is so much share on this milestone and days till Christmas 2013. A very special Christmas indeed as it marked the 10th Christmas together in spirits and thoughts with my friends from all around the world.

Joshua

My love for the flower began when one of dear friends Dotty sent me some sunflower seeds from the United States.

This teddy is named "Josh". It reminds me of a very dear couple of my life- Uncle Wilf & Aunty Kath. Aunty Kath has since gone home to be with the Lord in 2012.

The Holy Bible

Post 13th General Elections: Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat

Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Beyond GE13

By Ding Jo-Ann | 13 May 2013 |

AND so the Barisan Nasional (BN) is still in power. Those hoping for a change in government are still coming to terms with the results of the 13th general election since our independence (GE13). The Nut Graph asks political scientist Wong Chin Huat how the BN won, why it would racialise the poll results, and what needs to happen next.

TNG: So, the BN is still in power. How did that happen, considering that there was such an upsurge in support for the Pakatan Rakyat (PR), as reflected in the increase in popular vote for the PR?

The PR’s vote share has risen from 36% in 2008 to 51% in 2013, but its seat share merely increased from 36% to 40% and the BN continues to rule despite more voters rejecting it than supporting it. This is the outcome of malapportionment where constituencies are of unequal electorate sizes, and of gerrymandering – manipulating constituency boundaries to benefit certain parties.

An overview (Source: Facebook)

This results in an over-representation of the BN. In other words, if a vote were compared to a bank note of RM1, a vote for the BN is overvalued, allowing it to buy RM1.27 worth of seats; while a vote for the PR is so undervalued that it can only buy RM0.78 worth of seats.

This violation of the one-person-one-vote principle is an old issue but it has been overlooked. In 2004, when the BN was so popular with Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s ascendancy, a vote for the BN was worth about three votes for the DAP, eight votes for PAS and 26 votes for PKR.

Malapportionment and gerrymandering get much less attention because procedural cheating through impersonation by phantom voters, multiple voting and ballot stuffing is much easier to understand. I hope the concern over a minority government’s lack of legitimacy in terms of votes leads to two things: firstly, high public interest in the constituency re-delineation process which the Election Commission says will be done at year end. And secondly, to a change of the electoral system being put on the electoral reform agenda.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has described his losses as the result of a “Chinese tsunami“. Subsequently, Utusan Malaysia ran a front-page headline “Apa lagi Cina mahu?” which the prime minister defended. Why would Najib and an Umno-owned daily resort to racial polarisation at a time like this? And what impact do you think it will have on Malaysia?

For Utusan Malaysia or Umno politicians to ask questions like “What more do the Chinese want?” is really nothing new. This is the standard operating procedure whenever the BN is rejected by Chinese Malaysian voters. Never mind that Umno was rejected by Malay Malaysians in southern Johor, Selangor, Terengganu and pockets of Pahang and Malacca, or that there was also a moderate Kadazandusun swing.

Subconsciously for Umno, Chinese Malaysian voters are “guests” whose rights depend on Umno’s mercy rather than citizens with constitutional rights. Hence, the Chinese may negotiate with the BN on their demands, but their role in the elections is really as voting machines, at least one third of whom are meant to support the BN.

The rejection of Umno-BN by Chinese Malaysian voters is seen as a rejection of Malay Malaysians. In 1969, that and the MCA’s subsequent withdrawal from the new cabinet were seen as a sign of the Chinese challenging the Malays’ political dominance. This triggered the 13 May tragedy.

Najib’s attempt to ethnicise this election and his defence of Utusan Malaysia’s provocation means he has decided to throw his 1Malaysia brand out the window in a desperate move to seek the return of Malay Malaysian votes. He must have hoped that the Chinese could again be the convenient bogey, as in 1969 when that enabled his father, Tun Abdul Razak, to take power away from Tunku Abdul Rahman for himself.

Unfortunately, for Najib, this is 2013, not 1969. The threat of violence – from the dodgy bombing a few days before polling to the call for another 13 May by some quarters such as pro-Umno blogger Papagomo – has not worked.

On 8 May, reportedly 120,000 Malaysians – including teenagers – flooded the Kelana Jaya stadium to register their protest against election fraud. The mood was jovial and carnival-like. While Najib may think he has won the election, he may also have lost a generation. When youngsters start going to opposition political rallies as if they were going to dance parties, the BN government has been abandoned by the future.

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said his work is not done and held the 8 May rally at the Kelana Jaya Stadium to dispute the election results because of electoral fraud. The evidence shows that it is not a level playing field for the opposition and much electoral reform is still needed. However, would you say there is “electoral fraud”? And is holding another mass rally especially when there are rising racial tensions appropriate?

Fraud has clearly happened. The “reform” of postal votes left a substantial number of police and military voters on the postal ballot. It also added a substantial number of election workers as well as journalists as postal voters. Unlike advance voting, postal voting is completely non-transparent, which opens up the possibility of fraud.

A section of the turnout at Kelana Jaya Stadium. (Pic courtesy of Alexis Wong)

Then, the indelible ink, which the EC was said to have spent some RM10 million to purchase, turned out to be washable, making it impossible to prevent multiple voting or impersonation by police and security voters. Finally, the counting and tallying processes are questionable. Opposition polling and counting agents in certain constituencies were harassed or threatened, and, most importantly, denied the signed Form 14 which officially records the outcome of counting in a polling stream, also known as a saluran.

Without all these flaws, plus the rampant vote-buying through handouts, treating and outright bribery, before and during polling day, the BN could have won even less than 47% of the popular vote.

I think protest rallies are necessary to send a message that the people do not recognise the federal government’s legitimacy. Without such protests to make more people aware of the flaws and to pressure the BN to clean up the electoral system, history will repeat itself come GE14. As shown by the turnout on 8 May, the protest was national and representative of all walks of life. Those who tried to paint it as an ethnic issue must feel that they have been slapped by the peaceful protesters there.

What needs to happen next with regard to electoral reforms? How likely is that to happen?

We will need to reconsider changing the electoral system. If the seats are allocated in proportion to vote share, cheating by ways of impersonation and double voting will be much less attractive to the election criminals. Why? To increase one seat (0.45% of the size of Parliament) may require some 50,000 phantoms, which is clearly cost-inefficient.

More than ever before, Malaysians are now interested in revisiting the electoral system. If you leave electoral reform to the politicians, they will only pursue it when they are weak enough to worry about being a victim of the system, or when they are strong enough to mobilise public support to push for change. In the 1980s and 1990s for example, the opposition was simply too weak that they just dismissed the flaws in the system rather than advocate for change.

For electoral reforms to take place before GE14, we will need more citizens to speak up and force it on the agenda, at least on the PR’s agenda. Otherwise, GE14 would be the same story again. 

WITH its strong showing in the 13th general election since our independence (GE13), should the opposition leader come from the DAP? Will PAS continue with its calls for an Islamic state and hudud? And why didn’t Sabah and Sarawak deliver much-needed votes to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR)? Wong Chin Huat explains.

What does it mean that the DAP is now the strongest party in the opposition coalition? Should the opposition leader in Parliament then be somebody from the DAP?

Although the PR did not get to register itself formally as a coalition, it ran its GE13 campaign in that way. It should, therefore, act as one. The parliamentary opposition leader in the Westminster system is the prime-minister-in-waiting. Since the PR agreed that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would be prime minister when it takes over, the opposition leader position should also go to Anwar.

There is also no reason to particularly fear the rise of a particular party. While the DAP is the largest party in the PR by parliamentary seats, its 38 seats is less than half of the PR’s 89 seats.

With PAS’s performance in GE13, what does this mean for the hardliners who want to establish an Islamic state and implement hudud?

PAS’s next congress or muktamar must indeed be watched. With the defeat of the party’s mainstreamers/moderates like Mohamad Sabu, Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Salahuddin Ayub and Datuk Husam Musa, the puritans/hardliners would likely push for the party to return to its advocacy of an Islamic state rather than a welfare state.

Umno will certainly exploit this to lure PAS’s hardliners in the name of religious unity. In 1974, Najib’s father managed to bring PAS into the BN. But within four years, PAS left with bitterness when it realised that Umno had been undermining its power base in Kelantan. Many PAS old-timers, including spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, will never allow PAS to rejoin the BN.

Why didn’t Sabah and Sarawak deliver the votes that were needed to help the PR secure Putrajaya?

For those who want change, the election outcome in Sabah and Sarawak was indeed disappointing. Despite the PR’s gains in seats particularly in Sarawak, it picked up only those seats from cities and towns, where the DAP performed tremendously well in the 2011 state elections. Unlike Sabah where at least one bumiputera-dominated seat changed hands, the opposition has failed to make any inroads into inland Sarawak.

Why didn’t Sabah and Sarawak voters vote against the BN despite the fiasco of the Sulu invasion of Lahad Datu, and the Global Witness expose of the land sale scandal involving Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s family and cronies? Poverty has made inland voters susceptible to vote-buying. Lack of resources further clipped the opposition’s campaign in these large states, where some constituencies are the size of a West Malaysian state. 

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Wong Chin Huat  is a political scientist by training and was a journalism lecturer prior to joining the Penang Institute, a Penang government think tank. If readers have questions and issues they would like Wong to respond to, they are welcome to e-mail editor@thenutgraph.com for our consideration.

Post 13th General Elections of Malaysia : Fight for democracy continues on...

There are overwhelming issues raised regarding the final outcome of the just ended Malaysian's 13th General Elections.

The fight for democracy, justice and freedom from oppression and corrupt practices continues.

The majority of genuine Malaysians have spoken and stand up together.

and beware that any "democratic" government that comes into power through deceit and fraud in the elections is indeed a very fragile government because it does not have the support of the majority of genuine rightful citizens.

Please follow news update on major news portal.

May God bless this beloved nation of ours.

Joshua

5 May 2013: The Hope of Malaysians is in your hands/ Harapan Rakyat Malaysia adalah pada tangan kamu

This is the last five must watched videos before you go to the polls tomorrow. 

Ini adalah lima video terakhir yang anda harus tengok sebelum mengundi esok.

[Perubahan di tanganmu: Bahasa Malaysia dan Mandarin]

[This is it change! Ini kalilah! Ubah!]

[Kebangkitan rakyat dan perjuangan Pakatan Rakyat: Bahasa Malaysia]

[Compilation of Anwar's speeches with English and Mandarain subtitles]

[Short clip urging us to vote for the future of Malaysia: Mandarin with English Subtitles]
Another version with proper English and Malay subtitle is faulty due to unknown reason

Vote for Mother earth

Vote for Democracy

Vote for Integrity and Honesty

Vote against Racism and Religious bigotry

Vote for Justice and Freedom

Vote 

As an appointed Pakatan Rakyat Information Officer with no allowance and no salary by Anwar Ibrahim along with hundreds of thousands fellow officers out there, I would like officially end my online campaign for Pakatan Rakyat  for the upcoming 13th General Elections. We must have faith in God, and we must believe in hope, believe in justice and believe in change.

May God Almighty bless this beloved nation of ours.

Pakatan Rakyat leaders, members, supporters and volunteers have worked extremely hard for the past two weeks and beyond. It's over to the people now. Change is in your hands.

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Sebagai Pegawai Penerangan Pakatan Rakyat yang dilantik Anwar Ibrahim bersama ratusan ribu Pegawai Penerangan PR yang lain tanpa diberi gaji dan tanpa allowance. Saya ingin mengakhiri kempen online saya untuk Pakatan Rakyat untuk Pilihanraya Umum ke-13. Kita perlu percaya pada Tuhan, percaya pada harapan, percaya pada keadilan dan percaya pada perubahan.

Semoga Tuhan mecucurkan rahmat kepada negara tercinta kita.

Pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat, ahli, penyokong dan sukarelawan telah bekerja paling kuat sekali untuk dua minggu kebelakanagan ni dan lebih. Sekarang, segalanya terpulang kepada rakyat jelata. Perubahan di tanganmu.

Joshua

p/s: Will be back after the Malaysian 13th GE and results.

My Final Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 5 / 5)

Rakyat Malaysia yang dikasihi, ketibaan 5 Mei 2013 adalah lebih kurang 24 jam dari sekarang. Setelah meneliti isu-isu yang dibincangkan pada ke-empat empat blog saya. Sekarang, saya telah sampai isu terakhir yang saya ingin bincangkan sebelum Pilihanraya pada 5 Mei. Dalam pendek kata, apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei 2013, kita perlu undi dengan kesedaran dan nurani dari hati kita.

Bahagian 4: Kebebasan daripada kezaliman dan menuntut keadilan

Seorang pemimpin pernah berkata “Apabila kita memilih untuk berdiam diri terhadap situasi yang tidak adil, we telah pun memilih untuk berpihak dengan orang yang melakukan kezaliman”.

Banyak rakyat Malaysia telah mati tanpa pembelaan dan keadilan yang dikembalikan kepada mereka dan keluarga mereka. Contohnya, Aminulrasyid, Teoh Beng Hock, Kugan and Altantuya Sharribu. Tiada seorang pun diantara mereka dibuktikan atau disabitkan dengan jenayah yang boleh dijatuhkan hukuman mati tetapi mereka telah mati dan tiada lagi di dunia ni.

Bagaimanakah mereka mati? Siapa bunuh mereka? Dimanakah pembunuh? Dimanakah keadilan? Siapa dapat member kehidupan kepada mereka? Siapakah boleh pulangkan mereka kepada keluarga dan kawan mereka?

Apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei 2013, kita sebagai manusia yang berhati nurani dan beragama, kita perlu dan mesti mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan kepada semua yang ditindas dan dizalimi.

Dari nurani hati kamu, memberitahu Aminulrasyid bahawa kamu akan mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan untuk dia.

Dari nurani hati kamu, memberitahu Teoh Beng Hock bahawa kamu akan mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan untuk dia.

Dari nurani hati kamu, memberitahu Kugan bahawa kamu akan mengundi untuk menuntut keadilan untuk dia.

Undi untuk semua yang telah dizalimi atau ditindas di bawah rejim korup yang angkuh dan zalim.

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My fellow Malaysians, the dawn of 5th May 2013 is just slightly over 24 hours away. After pondering about the issues I raised and discussed in the previous four blog posts. Now I have come to the last issue that I would like create awareness about. At the end of the day, when we cast our vote on 5th May 2013 we should cast our vote with our conscience deep within our heart.

Part 4: Freedom from oppression and fight for justice

Desmond Tutu once said “When we choose to be silent in situations of injustice, we have already chosen the side of the oppressors”

Many Malaysians have died with justice to them. Just to name a few, Aminulrasyid, Teoh Beng Hock, Kugan, Altantuya Sharibuu. None of them were proven guilty or convicted for any offences that demand mandatory death sentence but yet they are dead now.

How did they die? Who kill them? Where are murderers? Where is justice? Who can give back their lives? Who can return them to the loved ones?

We as people of conscience and faith, when we cast our vote this 5th of May, we should and must vote to seek justice for all that are oppressed and down-trodden. 

Tell Aminulrasyid with your heart that you will vote to seek justice for him

Tell Teoh Beng Hock with your conscience that you will vote to seek justice for him

Tell Kugan with your mind that you will vote to seek justice for him

Vote for all who are oppressed and abused under the corrupt regime of tyranny and arrogance.

Vote for Justice

Vote for Change

Joshua

My Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 4 / 5)

[English version after Malay version]

Warga Malaysia yang dikasihi, 5 Mei 2013, hari di mana semua pengundi Malaysia akan menentukan pimpinan negara yang seterusnya. Terdapatnya 5 perkara yang kita semua patut teliti dengan sepenuh minda dan hati yang murni apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei (505).

Bahagian 4: Harmoni, tolenrasi dan kepercayaan diantara semua rakyat Malaysia tanpa mengira kaum dan agama

Seorang pemimpin yang inginkan kuasa untuk penyelewangan akan memecah-belahkan rakyat dan seorang pemimpin yang inginkan kuasa untuk berkhidmat akan menyatukan rakyat. Sejak kebelakangan ini rakyat Malaysia telah dibubuh pemikiran cetek untuk memainkan perasaan ekstrem kebencian, tidak harmoni diantara kaum dan agama. Malaysia adalah sebuah Negara berbilang kaum dengan melayu-islam menjadi majority lebih daripada 60% di kalangan rakyat Malaysia. Pemimpin yang bermasalah, demi untuk mengekalkan kuasa telah menggunakan strategi “pecah dan perintah” dikalangan rakyat Malaysia.

…di samping menyemaikan ketidakpercayaan dan syak-wasangka diantara masyarakat dan agama. Parti komponen yang berbeza dalam barisan yang sama telah memainkan isu kebencian diantara masyarakat dengan parti MCA dalam Barisan Nasional yang terus menghina undang undang Islam dan nilai-nilai Negara berkebajikan yang berlandaskan Islam yang diperjuangkan oleh PAS (satu ahli dalam Pakatan Rakyat) di kalangan kaum cina. Sementara pada waktu yang sama, parti UMNO dan rakan seperjuangan PERKASA dalam Barisan Nasional menaburkan sentiment ekstrem dan penghinaan pada bangsa dan agama lain di kalangan kaum melayu  jika masyarakat melayu menyokong  ahli Pakatan Rakyat yang lain seperti DAP dan PKR.

Protest terhadap pembinaan kuil Hindu di Shah Alam oleh Kerajaan Selangor Pakatan Rakyat. (Protest against the building of an Hindu temple in Shah Alam by Pakatan Rakyat Selangor State Government)

Protest terhadap pemimpin DAP Lim Kit Siang dan Lim Guan Eng yang juga merupakan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang (Protest against DAP leaders Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng who is also the Chief Minister of the Penang State Government)

Protest terhadap pemimpin BERSIH Ambiga Sreenevasan yang memperjuangkan pilihan raya yang bersih dan adil. (Protest against BERSIH leader Ambiga Sreenevasan who fight for clean and fair elections in Malaysia)

Protest dan kencing atas gambar pemimpin Islam PAS (Protest by urinating on the potrait of PAS Muslim leader and spiritual leader)

Bahan kempen pilihanraya yang menyamakan pemimpin PAS Nik Aziz seperti babi (Election campaign material that equates PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz as swine)

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My fellow Malaysian brothers and sisters,  5th May 2013, a day when all Malaysian voters determine the next leadership of our nation. There are 5 issues that we can all ponder on with our mind, heart and conscience when casting our votes this 5th May (505).

Part 4: Harmony, tolerance and trust between all Malaysians regardless of race and religion

A leader who wants power to abuse will divide the people and a leader who wants power to serve will unite the people. Malaysians of late have been sowed with seeds of hatred, racial disharmony and fed with extreme racial and religious sentiments. Malaysia is multiracial nation with muslim-malay made up a majority of over 60% of the country’s population.  It seemed that tainted leaders who are on the brink losing power continue to resort to “divide and conquer” strategy.

…sowing mistrust between communities and religions.  Different parties in the same coalition incite hatred between communities with one party (namely MCA) in Barisan Nasional insulting Islamic laws and Islamic view of welfare/benevolent  state as suggested by PAS  (a member of Pakatan Rakyat) among chinese communities while another party (namely UMNO and ally Perkasa) in Barisan Nasional inciting distrust and insults on other religions among muslim-malay communities if they support other Pakatan Rakyat members of DAP and PKR.

Amaran terhadap mengundi (PAS) Pakatan Rakyat yang akan merosakkan bangsa dengan sembahyang di gereja, sekaligus menghina agama Kristian yang akan menghancurkan negara. (Warning against voting for (PAS) Pakatan Rakyat which will destroy the nation, religion and race by seeing future generations praying in churches, thus insulting the Christian faith of destroying the country)

Amaran terhadap mengundi (DAP) Pakatan Rakyat yang  akan  mengadai hak bukan  bukan-Islam di Johor seperti di Kelantan, dimana MCA/ BN menuduh rakyat Kelantan yang 95% terdiri Melayu memilih kerajaan negeri diterajui PAS untuk menindas orang bukan Islam sekaligus menghina nilai-nilai Islam. (Warning against voting for (DAP) Pakatan Rakyat which will turn Johor into another Kelantan, where MCA/BN accuse the people of Kelatan whom 95% are muslim-Malay of electing a state government led by PAS to oppress the non-muslim there, thus insulting Islamic values in the state.

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Undillah untuk MENOLAK parti satu kaum UMNO, MCA, MIC dan kawan-ekstrem PERKASA (Barisan Nasional) yang memecah-belahkan rakyat Malaysia.(Vote against a race-based party of UMNO, MCA, MIC and ally-extremist PERKASA (Barisan Nasional) who divides the races and conquer Malaysians)

Undilah untuk parti DAP, PAS dan PKR (Pakatan Rakyat) yang berbilang kaum.

(Vote for a multi-racial party of DAP, PAS and PKR (Pakatan Rakyat) who unites all Malaysians)

Undi untuk Ubah

Vote for change

Joshua

Vote for Pakatan Rakyat where its ethnic-chinese leader asks Malaysians to fulfill the dreams of a great Malay leader, Dato Onn Jaffar who once dream on a multi-racial political party. Where Malaysians from different background will proudly called themselves Malaysian first and last.

My Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 3 / 5)

[English version after Malay version]

Warga Malaysia yang dikasihi, 5 Mei 2013, hari di mana semua pengundi Malaysia akan menentukan pimpinan negara yang seterusnya. Terdapatnya 5 perkara yang kita semua patut teliti dengan sepenuh minda dan hati yang murni apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei (505).

Bahagian 3: Pengurusan Ekonomi yang baik dan menangani rasuah

Dalam kepimpinan Najib Razak, CPI (Index Tanggapan Rasuah) sedunia telah menjadi daripada teruk ke parah. Pada tahun 2003, Malaysia berada di Tangga ke 37 (Tangga pertama- paling kurang rasuah, and tangga tertinggi- paling rasuah) apabila Tun Dr. Mahathir meletak jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri. Diikuti pada tahun 2008, semasa Tun Abdullah Badawi menjadi Perdana Menteri, Malaysia merosot ke tangga ke 47 dan pada 2011 setelah di bawah kepimpanan Najib Razak , Malaysia merosot ke tangga 60 yang lebih parah. Sekali gus, menunjukkan kepimpinan beliau gagal memerangi gejala rasuah.

Tambah pula, laporan Global Financial Integrity 2012 menunjukkan Malaysia adalah Negara ke-3 tertinggi dalam aliran keluar wang haram diantara 2001 to 2010 pada jumlah dianggarkan pada USD$ 285 Billion!

Malaysia juga telah melihat 15 tahun bajet deficit yang berturut-turut. Tambah pula, hutang Negara yang mencecah RM 500 Billion pada tahun 2012. Halatuju ekonomi negara seterusnya ditentukan oleh undi anda pada 5 Mei nanti.

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My fellow Malaysian brothers and sisters,  5th May 2013, a day when all Malaysian voters determine the next leadership of our nation. There are 5 issues that we can all ponder on with our mind, heart and conscience when casting our votes this 5th May (505).

Part 3: Accountable Economic Management and Anti-Corruption

Malaysia's global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has gotten from bad to worst under the premiership of Najib Razak since 2009. When Dr. Mahathir stepped down as Prime Minister in 2003, Malaysia’s ranking drop from 23rd in 1995 to 37th place. Followed by Tun Abdullah’s premiership till 2008, Malaysia’s ranking plunged further to 47th place. In 2011, under Prime Minister Najib Razak, the ranking fell to all time low of 60th concluding that his leadership has failed to combat corruption miserably.

In addition to that, Global Financial Integrity 2012 reports that Malaysia is the 3rd Highest Nation for cumulative illicit financial outflow from the year of 2001 to 2010 at a colossal amount of USD$ 285 Billion!

Malaysia observed a continuous 15 years of budget deficit and all time high national debt at about RM 500 Billion by 2012. The future of the nation's economy will be determined by your vote this 5th of May!

Vote against corruption

Vote against corrupt, tainted and arrogant leaders

Vote for accountability, competency and transparency

Vote to “Ubah”

Joshua

My Appeal , this 13th Malaysian General Elections / Rayuan Saya untuk Pilihanraya Umum Ke-13 Malaysia (Part 2 / 5)

[English version after Malay version]

Warga Malaysia yang dikasihi, 5 Mei 2013, hari di mana semua pengundi Malaysia akan menentukan pimpinan negara yang seterusnya. Terdapatnya 5 perkara yang kita semua patut teliti dengan sepenuh minda dan hati yang murni apabila kita mengundi pada 5 Mei (505).

Bahagian 2: Menjunjung semangat demokrasi

Index Demokrasi  2011 dilaporkan oleh Unit  “The Economist”  dalam 167 negara, Malaysia berada di tangga 71, sama dengan Zambia dan di dalam index ini, Malaysia berada dalam kategori “Demokrasi cacat”. Walaupun Malaysia mengadakan pilihanraya pada setiap 5 tahun, pilihanraya Malaysia masih tidak cukup bersih dan adil.

Gabungan Piliharan Raya yang Bersih dan adil atau gabungan BERSIH merupakan satu respon kepada “Demokrasi Cacat” Malaysia. Gabungan BERSIH telah mengadakan himpunan besar sehingga ratusan ribu orang di seluruh dunia terutamanya pada Julai 2011 dan April 2012 minta pilihanraya yang bersih dan adil.

Walaupun Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya berjanji untuk memperbaiki system pilihanraya di Malaysia, pilihanraya masih mengalami kontroversi seperti senarai pengundi yang dipertikaikan, pengundi hantu, pemberian IC untuk undi seperti yang dibincangkan pada Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja di Sabah kebelakangan ni dan masalah dakwat kekal terkini.

Adakah kamu ingat Auntie Bersih? Kenapa Makcik ini keluar untuk disembur air pemedih mata?

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My fellow Malaysian brothers and sisters,  5th May 2013, a day when all Malaysian voters determine the next leadership of our nation. There are 5 issues that we can all ponder on with our mind, heart and conscience when casting our votes this 5th May (505).

Part 2: Preservation and respect for democracy

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2011 ranking of 167 countries, Malaysia was ranked 71, tied with Zambia and under this index, Malaysia is also categorized as a “Flawed Democracy”. Despite holding elections at a regular interval, Malaysian elections are still far from clean and fair. 

This “Flawed Democracy” has prompted the BERSIH coalition- a coalition for clean and fair elections in Malaysia. The BERSIH Coalition has held mass rallies of tens of thousands to hundred of thousands across the world in the past, notably in July 2011 and April 2012 demanding for clean and fair elections. 

Despite some reforms pledged by the Election Commission, the elections are still marred by several contentious issues such as fraudulent electoral roll, phantom voters, ICs for vote in Sabah as revealed by the recent Royal Commission of Inquiry and latest the indelible ink fiasco (happened with the advanced voters- mainly involving security forces and their spouse voted on 30th April).

Remember those times? Remember “Auntie Bersih”…why would she choose to be sprayed with chemical-laced water?

Vote for democracy

Vote for leaders that uphold the sanctity of democracy

Vote to “Ubah”

Joshua

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