Sinatra_Z - Penanti dan Barisan Nasional

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Assalamualaikum dan Salam Muhibbah,
Barisan Nasional telah mengesahkan tidak akan bertanding di Pilihanraya kecil Penanti. Ini diumumkan oleh Pengerusi Barisan Nasional Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak.
(halamak macam Berita di Klasik Nasional pulak)

Seperti biasa laman-lama web pro pakatan rakyat mula memanggil dan mengherdik tindakan ini dengan mengatakan Barisan Nasional takut kalah, pondan, tak berani berdepan rakyat dan macam-macam lagi.

Memang ada antara penyokong BN sendiri terutama di Penanti kecewa dengan tindakan ini.
Mungkin ada yang mempersoalkan mengapa Barisan Nasional seolah-olah menidakkan hak demokrasi rakyat di Penanti.

Tapi sebelum kita buat kesimpulan saya pohon masa sejenak saudara saudari untuk mendengar pendapat dari pihak yang lagi satu. Kalau anda bersetuju tidak mengapalah tetapi berikanlah peluang untuk membaca dan mendengar hujah pihak lagi satu sebelum membuat kesimpulan.

Bukan hendak memaksa untuk bersetuju, tapi cuma minta peluang memberi penjelasan.

Saya ingin bertanya siapakah yang Pondan atau pengecut sebenarnya. Adakah tindakan meletak jawatan tanpa sebab kukuh satu tindakan yang berani dan gagah? Bukankah arahan parti menyuruh Adun meletak jawatan walaupun tiada kes rasuah atau salah laku satu tindakan yang agak pengecut.

Pondan atau tidak seseorang ahli politik itu meletak jawatan dan membuang mandat rakyat yang telah diberikan kerana tidak tahan dengan politik dalaman parti?

Bagi saya itu lagi pondan, pengecut dan tidak menghormati prinsip demokrasi. Bukan senang ya untuk mendapat mandat rakyat. Setelah ribuan janji masa ceramah pilihanraya lepas dan mendapat kepercayaan rakyat kini nak lari dari tanggungjawab saya rasa itu lagi tidak patut.

Pilihanraya Kecil bukanlah satu perkara yang kecil sebenarnya. Ianya bukanlah ibarat Sarkas atau "FunFair" yang boleh dengan mudah dan sesukahati buka tutup di mana dan masa yang kita suka. Pilihanraya Kecil dilakukan apabila wakil mandat rakyat di kawasan tertentu sudah tidak dapat lagi berkhidmat untuk kawasanya kerana sakit, meninggal dunia atau sebab yang tidak dapat dielakkan.

Seolah-olah ada agenda tertentu atau agenda tersembunyi dari seseorang apabila kita melihat bukan main banyak pilihanraya kecil yang seolah-olah DISENGAJAKAN dari pihak tertentu.

Mengadakan Pilihanraya Kecil semata-mata hendak tunjuk hebat dan kuat adalah tindakan yang sangat menghinakan proses demokrasi.

Apatah lagi kita dalam keadaan yang tidak menentu dengan cabaran ekonomi masa kini. Memang pilihanraya kecil namanya kecil tapi kosnya adalah tidak kecil.

Masihkah kita ingat tak berapa lama dahulu berapa banyak wang, masa dan tenaga dilaburkan oleh BN dan Pakatan Rakyat di Permatang Pauh (tempat yang sama) kerana Anwar ingin masuk kedalam parlimen.

Bukan sahaja banyak kos dari segi SPR, Polis dan Parti-parti lawan tetapi kos yang lebih besar adalah Kos Tersembunyi.

Yakni ketika pilihanraya kecil dijalankan pastinya Orang-orang kuat dari kedua-dua belah akan turun dan berkempen.

Orang-orang kuat yang turun berkempen dari pihak Barisan Nasional seperti Presiden Umno, Timbalan, naib presiden, Orang kuat MCA dan sebagainya. Mereka ini kebanyakan adalah Menteri. Ini bererti masa dan tenaga berkerja banyak dibazirkan ke dalam satu pilihanraya yang sepatutnya tidak perlu. Menteri-menteri kita sibuk berpolitk dari kerja.

Dan kes ini sama untuk pihak Pakatan Rakyat juga. Yang pasti Menteri Besar Pulau Pinang, Selangor, Kedah dan Kelantan pasti akan turun ke penanti untuk menarik undi. Apatah lagi penanti merupakan kawasan Anwar Ibrahim yang tak lama dulu baru sahaja diadakan pilihanraya.

Malah kebanyakan penceramah hebat Pakatan Rakyat terdiri dari exco-exco negeri. Nampaknya dengan bukan main banyak pilihanraya kecil ini Menteri-menteri, MB dan exco-exco lebih sibuk berpolitik dari berkerja.

Saya ingat perlulah kita kurangkan aktiviti berpolitik yang tidak munasabah.

Lagipun apa guna banyak masa, tenaga dan wang dihabiskan ke pilihanraya kecil yang tidak membawa perubahan. Kalau BN menang sekalipun, bukan tukar Menteri Besar atau kerajaan.

Saya berpendapat tak usahlah kita sibuk mengikut rentak permainan politik berlebihan yang disengajakan oleh individu tertentu hanya kerana hendak mengejar cita-cita yang mementingkan diri.

Jangan lupa bertapa menyusahkanya kempen September 16 dahulu yang akhirnya tin kosong.

Maka baguslah BN tidak mengikut rentak yang songsang untuk melibatkan dalam Pilihanraya Kecil Penanti.

Pastinya akan ada yang akan mengherdik dan memberikan maklum balas yang langsung tidak ada kena mengena dengan penulisan ini. Tidak mengapalah itu hak dan pendapat individu, kalau nak kata BN pondan lah tak berani lah suka hatilah.

Tapi apa kata saya tinggalkan dua rangkap pantun ini buat buah fikiran para pembaca sekelian.

Dulu kata fitnah konspirasi,
Konon BN nak cuba hakis,
rupa-rupanya arahan parti,
Pilihan raya macam buat sarkis.

Orang Malaysia gemar berpantun,
Seni bahasa cukup indah,
kalau susah sangat jaga adun,
Saya nasihat bagi PAS je lah...

Tak gitu?

Sinatra_Z - Mari Belajar Speaking England

Harrow,
apa khabar semua, pada hari ini kita akan belajar Speaking England supaya Aunties-aunties dan Uncles-uncles sekelian akan lebih internationer dari sebelumnya.

Apekah internationer itu pasti ade yang bertanye. Internationer itu adelah antarabangsa, kita mahu agar rakyat lebih internationer macam kita punya airport lah, boleh campur sama pelbagai orang maka sebab itulah kita mesti belajar Speaking England.

Sebelum itu biar saya memperkenalkan diri saya adalah Tutor ande hari ini,

My Name is Miss Orange.

Maksudnya nama saya ialah Cik Limau ehh silap Miss Orange. Tadi saya saja buat kelakar sedikit. Sungguh England bukan nama saya, ahh sebab itulah saya menjadi guru.

Kite mulakan pelajaran kita yang pertama. Apabila kita berjumpa dengan seseorang yang bukan rakyat Malaysia macamane kita hendak menegur dia itu... Haaa kita perlulah cakap

"Harrow How are U?"
Maksudnya "Assalamualaikum, apa khabar anda."

Baik semua ulang yea, Harrow How are U....

Kemudia katelah ada orang lain bertanya kepada kita soalan itu bagaimanakah kita hendak menjawabnye... Caranya adalah dengan berkata-kata

"Oohhh I'm fines tanks U."
Maksudnya ye tuan-tuan dan puan-puan ialah "Ohh saya baik terima kasih"

Ahaa macam itu la kan bagus. Baik bagaimana pula kalau sudah kita menegur mereka-mereka itu apa pula hendak kita kata bukan? Ahh itulah dia permasaalahanye tapi jangan risau, kita bolehlah bertanya kepada mereka-mereka itu

"Haf U eatening oreddi?"
Adakah anda sudah makan.

Kalau dia jawab Yes maknanya sudahlah jadi kita pun tak perlulah bertanyakan lagi tapi kalau dia jawab No maksudnya tidak bolehlah anda-anda semua berkata

"Ohh lai dat, would U like to eat together-gether?"
Maksudnya ye "ooh macam itu, adakah anda mahu makan bersama-sama?"

Jadi bolehlah anda kemudian membawa dia ke rumah untuk sama-sama makan kuih raya ke, maggi goreng ke ataupun makan angin sahaja.. hahahahaha saja berjenaka sedikit.

Kemudian ah,
katalah kita sedang memakan bersama-sama tentu anda mahu tahu apa dia suka atau tidak jadi bolehlah anda tanya

"Are you Enjoice?"
Maksudnya adakah anda suka.

Kalau dia jawab yes maksudnya baguslah tapi kalau dia jawab No anda cakaplah..

"No? Oh My Gots, Why la lai dat?"
Maksudnya "Tidak? Astaghfirullahhalazim, mengapalah begitu."

Selain dari makan, ye lah cowcher kita kan macam itu suka buat makan makan tapi katalah selain dari makan bolehlah kita cakap mengenai benda lain seperti

"How is de whether?"
macamanakah cuaca sekarang.

"haf U see the Tugu Negara Oreddi?"
Sudahkah anda tengok Tugu Negara.

"See there that is a Malaysian Mutton eating the grass."
Nampak itu kambing malaysia sedang makan rumput.

"You can check your traweler chek at cimbbeng over there."
Bolehlah anda pakai Cek Musafir anda di CIMB dekat sana.


Tapi kadang-kadang ahh ada yang itu orang luar datang adalah mereka dari repoter laa atau itu tulis suratkhabar punya orang dia mahu bertanya tentang keadaan politik laa. Jadi anda juga kena tahu the England word la... senang saja jangan takut

Barisan Nasional dalam England is "National Queue"

Pakatan Rakyat pula anda sebut Saja "Anwar Ibrahim"

Dia mesti tahu punya.

Baik buat masa ini kita belajar sampai sini saje. Ingat ye perkataan-perkataan baru kita belajar hari ini iaitu.. Harrow, Enjoice, Whether dan Oh My Gots.

Kalau anda mahu belajar dengan lebih lanjut bolehlah tengok di sini.


Selamat berEngland....

P/S
How dare they koyak my gambar drop my waterface! No Jalan and No road, I don't know whether I am in heaven or hell. I ada lain jalan.

Sinatra_Z - TOMMY SKY

I have a friend by the name of Encik Soh Kee Yoong!

He is now known as Tommy.


Hi My name is Tommy! You can call me Tom.

I get to know him from school when we were in the same class in form 2, 2 dinamik was the name of our class. Back then he was only known as Soh Kee Yoong or SOH for short.
Once I called his house and his mother pick up..

"Hello can I speak to Soh please?"

"Ehmm... Which Soh?"

Sekali aku lupa laaaa... Nevermind.

Anyway Soh Kee Yoong like many other teenagers were under the influence of Peer Pressure. Back then (and still is now) it seems to cool to have an England (English lah tu) name before your chinese name even though if you are not a christian.

So Soh wanted to be cool as well,
he wanted to follow the footsteps of Hong Kong singers and actors like Jacky Chan, Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong, Leslie Chung and Jay Chou.


2 Dinamik. Soh is behind the teacher. Photo Courtesy of Encik Lim Yik Ting

When we were in form 4 Soh decided to take the leap and get a new name.
So after some thought Soh Kee Yong approached his fellow friends who was also his gambling and betting kaki's and told them of his new name.

"From now on I shall be known as Thomas Soh!"

Damn gaya right!! Well that's what he thought untill his friends replied..

"Thomas Soh? Hahahaha Why not Thomas Cup? We can give you a nickname wei, Badminton Soh!"

Soh was Broken Hearted.
The name that he thought so hard was became a joke to his friends, what more it is also a name of a Badminton Cup.


Encik Lipas and Encik Tommy.

But Soh being the positive person that he is decided to take it as CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.
So he went back and rethink his name. If the old name sounds like a Badminton Cup then he shall Improvise!!!! BERIMPROVISINGKAN!

Next day Soh came back to his friends and he REannounced his new name.

"From now on I am known as Tommy! Tommy Soh!"

Though it sounds as Ah Beng as one can get but Soh being Soh he manage to hit it up a notch when he also declare that his nickname is..

Tommy Sky, bersempena Tommy Soh Kee Yoong = Tommy Sky

OMG!!! If he dye's his hair blond, I swear I am going to buy VCD from him.

And from then on he would usually introduce himself as
"Hi my name is Tommy Sky, but you can call me Tom."

And even though he was teased by his fellow peers for his peculiar name with jokes like Tom and Jerry lah, Tom Yam lah, Tommy Hilfiger lah, Tommy Sky Kingdom lah and many more. Soh Persevered and gung-ho-ly move on with his life using the name that he choose. Tommy.

Now you might be thinking that Tommy is the derivation of Thomas his earlier name right?
You see I thought of the same thing too. If Thomas sounds like Thomas Cup then Tommy lah, at least it sounds less Badminton. But apparently I was wrong.

years later I found out from where did the name Tommy came from.
And that Soh or Tommy is actually a very thoughtful person thought people may perceive him on the other way.

One night in the car (or van) he told me from where his name came from.

The name Tommy came from here..


Tommy and Laura were lovers he wanted to give here everything Flowers presents and most of all a wedding ring He saw a sign for a stockcar race a thousand dollar prize it read He couldn't get Laura on the phone so to her mother Tommy said Tell Laura I love her tell Laura I need her Tell Laura I may be late I've something to do that cannot wait

He choose that name Tommy,
because he wanted to be like Tommy in the song. A person who when falls in love will give all his heart away and never regrets it.

Indeed there was more to Tommy Sky than first it seems.
It may sound like a corny name but actually it's a thoughtful romantic name.


Encik Choong Meng Fook bersama Tommy (Right).
Don't worry girls Tommy is straight, I'm not sure of Choong though.


Oh and by the way.
Like all hopeless romantic, Tom is still single.
He is 25 years old, funny, naive, loves meeting new people and can karaoke very well.

I mean who knows.... You could be his Laura.

Interested?

mail me at bathroomkaraoke@gmail.com

Sinatra_Z - Where do dead Dreams go.

A few months back I wrote something about how dreams die,
and after the conversation I had tonight it got me thinking...
What happened to those dreams that die?
Will it just evaporate like a black hole that has run out of matter for it to suck?
Or will it turn to something else?

I have a thought,
It may be wrong. Maybe there is some truth in it.

You will be the judge.

When we were young (well I still am) we all have dreams don't we. Some wanted to climb the highest mountain, some wanted to save the world, contribute to the society, be a professional football player and etc. As times go by and things happened we fall into the mundane routine of life. Particularly true when one gets married and have kids. Though not necessarily true but I guess generally that is the usual plot.

We get married, we have kids and we go in to the routine of paying bills, paying off the mortgage, cleaning the house, cooking, going to the office and the usual stuff. From badminton on Wednesday night to grocery shopping every two weeks. Little by little we tend to forget what we wanted to do back then and somehow evolve ourselves to fit the current need. Pursuing in becoming a professional football player at the age of 29 with 4 kids may not be as romantic as it sounds when you were 19.

So a friend commented that she didn't want her life to be just all about that. About paying bills and routines. I wouldn't want that either. But it got me thinking, what happened to those dreams we once had?

As I mentioned above sometimes the answers or thoughts can originate from the most unexpected places. This came from a comic book named Dik Cerdas. It was the time when Shin Chan's dad was having a conversation with Misae's younger sister.

I'd like to think dreams are like a tree, a living thing. Like all living things, dreams die, but not necessarily a meaningless death.

I suspect that these dead dreams turn into compost or fertilizers, yes it sounds quite bad but just play along. When an old tree dies it rot's and turn into compost, mashed into tiny bits and pieces and absorbed by the earth. But then these fertilizers would then nourish new trees so that a new generation of trees may grow prosperous, strong and proud. Dreams like trees, when they die may turn into nutrients for other dreams to grow.

I notice that many parents,
who have somehow abandon their dreams because of circumstances do not feel all that bad or broken hearted about it. It's because they place their hopes and dreams on to their children. That is why they do what they do, falling into the same routine of life. It may be labour... but it's labour of love.

That he or she gave up their dreams so that it may nurture the dreams of these future generation, their offspring. It's fine that they may not achieve what they wanted but they truly hope and pray that their children may grow up and do something, be someone. It is quite a spectacle to watch and nurture a dream, to see it grow from a tiny pulp into a strong tall tree. Which is why parents are very proud of their child's achievement because in a way it is a testament of their own hopes and dreams as well.

Which explains why,
one of the most heartbreaking for a parent is to witness their children going to the path of destruction and what not.

So maybe your dreams are lost, maybe it's dead but fret not, what matters is what you do or make out of it. You can either fret and mourn about it or you can pick up the pieces and turn it into fertilizers so that it may nurture other dreams.

Just like the footballer who didn't win the world cup and became a coach.

The hardworking father who was once a shining athelete.

That balet teacher who had that terrible accident.

Or Alfred Nobel who used the money from his invention that became a tool of destruction to award ideas that contribute towards making this world a better place.

So where do dead dreams go? We'll it's mostly up to you. Whether it may be hidden in the dark sectors of your mind

or

It may be turned into something that will nurture other dreams.


It really is up to you.


All these from a comic book.... Rm 4.20... Pretty worth it no?

Sinatra_Z - Sajak buat kawan-kawan

Bukan sajak,
puisi mahupun gurindam yang mampu memperkasakan bangsa.
Tetapi ilmu dan pengetahuan untuk menghasilkan sesuatu yang akan menentukan masa depan kita.

Biarlah sehebat mana kita menyelami perasaan bersajak,
Sekuat mana semangat kita teriak,
semerdu mana kata-kata kita diulit puisi,
seindah mana simpulan bahasa penuh berisi,
semuanya tidak berguna kalau kita dangkal,
cetek ilmu dan tidak berpengetahuan,
kalau masih merempat dan mengharap kepada orang lain.

Betul,
Seni itu makanan jiwa zat rohani,
tapi tak guna kita bercakap tentang yang batin,
kalau yang zahir pun kita masih terumbang-ambing.

Aku bukan pengkhianat bahasa,
aku cuma mahu bermimpi,
lebih dari apa yang ku lihat hari ini.

memang benar,
bahasa jiwa bangsa,
tetapi jiwa sahaja tidak cukup,
untuk meniti cabaran masa depan,
demi memastikan kesinambungan.

Sinatra_Z - Tunes

I know most of you are somewhat tired of politics,
and it's Friday. I really shouldn't ruin you weekend so I decided to write about something more mellow.

I find it quite tiring to be angry and protesting all the time.
I wonder how some of the bloggers manage to do that all year long.

Anyway,
When I was in primary school, KRU was a huge hit. Especially when I was 11. Girls in my class (and they are kind of cute back then) would ogle and worship Yusry, Norman and Edry. Norman is seen as the leader of the group, the most mature, Norman is seen as the nice looking fellow and of course Edry being the youngest sibling was the cutest. The youngest (anak bongsu) is always the cutest. Trust me, I know.

So the boys and the girls would sing "Parappap AWAS parappap AWAS parapp AWAS kerana kamu wohoooo.." and of course who could not forget Feminin's "Angin bayu membawa diriku, sepintas lalu ku terkenang kan mu memori silam meresap malam..." Admit it, you were singing it weren't you? This were the days Exist were known for their vocalist named Mamat and his famous song "Oh ibu... Kau disiram bayu pagi..." There was no need for Akon, back then Malaysia had Nico, they were still calling themselves "Rappers" at that time.

I do love them,
but when I was a kid, when kids were singing their tunes and chorus I had a rather peculiar taste. Back then, I think I was 11, I fell in love with Jazz and Oldies. I would listen to Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and even P-Ramlee. Back then I didn't even know their name, all I knew was their voice and their song. My source of music was Radio 4, this was before they become TRAX fm. Sucks big time!

Their beautiful voices would reverberate in the middle of the night, I would turn off all the lights and just listen to them. I remember buying a 90 or 120 minute blank cassette and record these songs and play them back again and again and again. Back when there was a rewind, forward, play and pause button.

It is interesting to note, that unlike KRU, Feminin, NICO or Britney Spears I didn't know what they looked like. I had absolutely no Idea, reminds me of Elvis, when he first was heard in Radios across America they thought he was black.

Isn't it somewhat romantic that you truly appreciate an artist (singer) purely base on their voice. Without the bias of looks or style, it is quite an honour when you judge and love them purely by their work and it is quite a work for them to do that. Frank Sinatra may look good but how about Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and many others. Remember I don't know how they looked like, the first time I know how Louis Armstrong looked like was when I bought his first cassette.

It was quite a feeling (and still is) listening to What a Wonderful World in the dark, I am open to all sort of Genre's but Jazz have a special place in my heart. It is because unlike others, I get to know them though my ears before my eyes. And even though I may move on to listening to Michael Buble, Pink Maritini, Janet Seidel, Norah Jones and other current jazz artistes, they just can't replace the hauntingly brilliant voice of these evergreen folks.



Have a great weekend folks...


P/S
And I sincerely wish you a Moonlight in Vermont.

Sinatra_Z - Insignificant Memories

It is interesting,
to note that our mind can remember the most random thing.

Quite amazing when we wonder about how our minds recollect memories , on how we can not remember some of the most important things in life yet remember some of the most mundane or insignificant events.

For instance I could not remember being born.
Nor could I remember the first time I learn to walk, how did I talk or the first word I said.
I can't remember my first birthday, my first hari raya nor did I remember how did I learn to read.

But I do remember,

Just after Odeon movie theatre while riding Len Seng 191 bus on Jalan Doraisamy there is a small sundry shop called S. Alapitchay. I don't even know who is S Alapitchay in the first place.

I remember that the birthday gift that I treasure most was a Torch Light I got when I was 5. It was an eveready torch light.

The price of chicken rice in school was RM 2.

I can't remember the name of my form 3 math teacher but I know the name of the man who cooks the burger at canteen. His name is Meor by the way.

The king of Siam grant the title Phya Songkeram Rammu Wissit Willis Phya Asmara Phya Perlis to Sultan Muhammad Jiwa to recognise him as the official ruler of Perlis.

I main character in the hit Japanese TV series (when I was 9) Ultraman Ace is Hakuto and Minami.

Shin Chan's father's full name is Hiroshi Nohara. Semashi Nohara is Hiroshi's older brother.

The colour the of slide (which is now no more) in the padang (filed) behind my house is yellow.

The name of the dog that would always chase the kids at the padang is Kacang, his owner home faces the field.

my house uses armitage shanks, the office Johnson Suisse, R&D dept uses Inax, so does FKE UTM's toilet, my friend's house uses american standard while the old toilet at surau permata uses Pakai.

Bata rubber slippers (Selipar Jepun) is the most comfortable, Osaki is abit rubbery, Pacific is quite popular and the size is quite diversed.

I memorize the theme song of Nini cokelat celup.

Ramesh used to have a dog, beagle, named brownie.

In the movie TORA-TORA-TORA on the way to Hawaii one of the Japanese pilot notice that there was a beaufiul son rising amongst the cloud to which he note that it is a good omen. They then captured some beaufitul hawaian hula song on their radio receiver and the captain orders everyone tune to it to signal that they are near to Hawaii.

hmmph.......

you got any?