Reality TV, not?

So I'm into this whole idea of dancing and dancing and dancing lately. Couldn't get enough of it. And if that's not enough, apparently, whenever I drink coffee, I feel charitable, as in morally and physically charitable, not monetary-wise. (Yes, I'm still a cheap-skated bugger)
Kinda just watched So You Think You Can Dance? and it was really nice. Especially with one of my favourite stand-up comedian, Ellen DeGeneres as one of the jury. She's just so witty. Wish I could be more of a joker like she is. And this brings the question, why didn't Malaysia have such a great platform for budding dancers on national cable? Oh sure, we have lame-ass programme that promotes dances, but guess what? Nobody watches it. It's called Sehati Berdansa which is honestly, really lame. I don't intend to watch silly programmes bounded to religious rulings and culture bindings. When you dance, wear comfortable and good-looking clothes. I actually once saw the advert for this reality show on tele and guess what? I almost died seeing a couple dressed in clown attire, complete with make-up dancing. Wrapped up from head to toe, I'm seriously impressed that they didn't die from heatstroke.
Okay, before anyone start flaming me, yes, I know, we had "So You Think You Can Dance? (Malaysia)" back in 2007 and 2008. But what happened?
And what happened to "Malaysian Idol"?
WHY IS "AKADEMI FANTASIA" STILL GOING ON?! That's like one of the lamest untalented-show on earth. Those singers can't really sing! They croaked! I guess we all know the reason why these lame programmes are still going on while epics like "So You Think You Can Dance? (Malaysia)", "Malaysian Idol", "Project Runway Malaysia", "One In A Million", "I Wanna Be A Model", "Project Superstar", and god knows what happened to this one reality show that made quite the buzz, "The Firm", an alter-ego of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice".

Okay.. for some unrelated post, god forbid I might die from excessive caffeine intake from my habit of drinking coffee everyday. But at least coffee makes me feel and do good. Haha~

That's all for now. Keep an eye on my blog ya?

How about free hugs everyday?

Yes, how about giving free hugs everyday to random people everyday to make at least someone happy everyday?
I would kinda love that, not only at the receiving end, but also on the giving end. lately, this one smack of spiritual wave hit me quite hard and I felt compelled to do something nice at least everyday, then I'd feel reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll good. Maybe it's the coffee.. Iono. But if coffee could make me feel good, worthy and happy every time I drink it, I'm sure as hell gonna drink at least a cup everyday.

Some time ago, there was this one guy in New York who decided to stand in the busy streets, offering nothing more than a free hug. You might think, "Hey, is this guy nuts? And what's the big deal? It's only a hug."
Truth being, this man has not only offer something so sincere that it comes from the bottom of the heart, he has also made life for someone seem more colourful for that particular day. Lemme ask you guys now, how many of you guys ever had a hug in the morning? Surely it felt good, didn't it?

So how about we do it in my campus? Haha. I would love to be the pioneer to extraordinary things like these. Mob flash, free hugs, free dancing classes.. Haha.
Any takers?

HOLLYWOOD! STOP REMAKING ASIAN ANIMES AND GAMES!!

Like as if the high time ever-failing Dragonball and The Legend of Chun Li of Hollywood wasn't enough.. Here comes... AVATAR! THE LAST AIR-BENDER! And if that didn't quite blow you away, then upcoming, TEKKEN!

Look, it's not like I don't like these genres being brought to life by Hollywood, but at least, do it right. Let's see where they have gone wrong.





And as if those two blunder wasn't enough..



And now this?!



NO! HOLLYWOOD! NO MORE!!!! PLEASE!!!

If it's Asian, it's Asian! If you HAVE to remake it, use the original race of the cast! If it's an Asian, USE AN ASIAN! ASIANS AREN'T THAT UGLY!!
Oh dear... Thank god I haven't quite watched all of those movie save for The Legend of Chun Li.. Was watching that movie just for the sake of mocking it anyway.

Still, I call for a boycott of the two new movies. ><
Work with me people! Let them know that the anime coffer is not simply up for grabs.

The week that was... Certainly a busy one indeed.

So, another week has passed and I have yet to write anything new. This is promising of me.. ==
Anyway, I had quite a week since the last. Monday started with a Chess Club HiCom meet at 9.30 pm right after the weekly chess practise that starts at 8 pm. Then I went home late because of after-hour meet.
Another meeting was conducted on Tuesday, along with an interview for MILE. Tuesday's meeting's about Chess Week which starts at 8pm and duly ended at 10pm with after-hour meet right after that too. Went back late again..
Wednesday morning, meeting on MMU Chess Closed, 10 am to 12 pm at the library. Then it's class and more after-hour meet.. Went home late again.
Thursday, was supposed to have a Chinese Chess Tournament meet, skipped it. 8pm to 10pm with definite after-hour meet again.
Friday, too, was supposed to have a International Chess Open meet, but apparently their director was kind enough to let me off the hook and once again I didn't attend any meet. And thank god for that I had more fun on Friday than I expected. Haha.
So yes, I've been busy lately, so sorry about the delays in my posting. Will try to update it more often this week.
Stay tuned!

ISA, The Last National Weapon In Case Any Political Firepower Failed.

Lately in the news, I can't help but somewhat laugh at some really preposterous manner of the politicians. Note the "s" at the back, because many of them, mainly from the Government bloc, are behaving like asses.

Senator Wee, was threatened to be tried under ISA.. Wait, why am I saying "tried"? ISA doesn't try you. It's imposed on you. You get no trial, no testimony, just a cold, damp room, locked away from public to keep you out of nonsense.

The ISA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Security_Act_%28Malaysia%29

Section 73(1) Internal Security Act 1960: "Any police officer may without warrant arrest and detain pending enquiries any person in respect of whom he has reason to believe that there are grounds which would justify his detention under section 8; and that he has acted or is about to act or is likely to act in any manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia or any part thereof or to maintenance of essential services therein or to the economic life thereof."

Section 8 ISA: Power to order detention or restriction of persons. "(i) If the Minister is satisfied that the detention of any person is necessary with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia or any part thereof or to the maintenance of essential services therein or the economic life thereof, he may make an order (hereinafter referred to as a detention order) directing that that person be detained for any period not exceeding two years."

Section 8(1) theoretically restricts detention to a period not exceeding two years but this limit is readily circumvented because under Section 8(7), the duration of the detention order may be extended indefinitely in increments of up to two years The extension of the detention order may be made on the same grounds as those on which the original order was based or on different grounds. In delivering the judgment of the Court, Steve L.K. Shim CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) in Kerajaan Malaysia & 2 Ors. v Nasharuddin bin Nasir (2003) 6 AMR 497 at page 506, ruled that the powers extended to the Home Minister are valid under the Malaysian Constitution. In addition, preventive detention is also now allowed by the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 and the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969. The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) has recently recommended that the ISA be repealed and replaced by new comprehensive legislation that, while taking a tough stand on threats to national security (including terrorism), does not violate basic human rights.

A detenu can make representations against his/her detention if an order of detention has been made against the detenu by the Minister under Section 8(1) of the ISA but under Section 73 however, the detenu seems to have no such right. Generally, the attitude of the Malaysian courts in respect of detention under Section 73 is that the courts have jurisdiction only in regard to any question on compliance with the procedural requirements of the ISA and they seldom grant any substantive rights to the detenu.

Article 151 of the Malaysian Constitution gives to any person detained without trial (under the special powers against subversion) certain administrative rights. By the terms of Article 151 the authority, on whose order a person is detained, shall, as soon as may be, inform the detainee of the grounds of detention and the allegations of fact on which the order is based. The detainee shall also be given an opportunity within three months, of making representations against the order to an Advisory Board . The Advisory Board as the name implies is not a court. Its determinations are also mere recommendations that the government is under no obligation to accept. It may also be handicapped in its deliberations by the discretionary power of the government to withhold facts, the disclosure of which would, in the executive’s opinion be against national interest.

Any person may be detained by the police for up to 60 days without trial for an act which allegedly threatens the security of the country or any part thereof. After 60 days, one may be further detained for a period of two years each, to be approved by the Minister of Home Affairs, thus permitting indefinite detention without trial. In 1989, the powers of the Minister under the legislation was made immune to judicial review by virtue of amendments to the Act, only allowing the courts to examine and review technical matters pertaining to the ISA arrest.

So, get the point now? ISA is used when you somehow are thought of to be threatening the securities of Malaysia. So, Senator Wee (from MCA, a coalition of the National Front, ruling party of the current Government), in fact, not only him, even Senator Ibrahim Ali (Independent, formerly a contender under the PAS ticket who later on abandoned the PAS ship and now is the senator for Pasir Mas) from the Independent Bloc is now currently in the news because some egoistic and brainless politician from the main Government Bloc kept the constant chanting of

"Dia patut dicuba di bawah ISA!
("He should be tried under ISA!")

I mean like, come on, grow up. From here, right now, from the stupid bickering, we can already see how this small time politicians are cashing in on the spotlight and trying to be overlords by invoking the usage of the decade old draconian law of ISA albeit it's still worthy of keeping. This tyrant often times keep this last resort as a measure to improve their ratings by playing the racial card and at the same time using the ISA card as a chain link. I don't know about some of you guys, but remember "Yugioh"?

"You activated my trap card!!"





So it's all pretty much a trap for politicians to step one other politicians' heads to climb higher.

Peace out for now.

Water... Water everywhere....

Yesterday, my house was flooded.. again. Haha. Not really a big deal, not really a small one either.



This pic was taken somewhere outside at the street before turning into my house. Out in the street, it wasn't that deep.



Somewhere nearer to my home,



It's almost past my ankle. At the front of my home, it was like.. shin deep.



Yes, I managed to camwhore a bit.. Haha. Well, I took some a lot of photos but I'll spare you readers of the misery.

And the McDonald's that I bought that night for my supper.. ended up being my breakfast.. T_T