sleepless in minneapolis.

One of the problems with traveling across time zones is the fact that one tend to wake up at local times when one should be sleeping.

It is 5am here, and i have been up since 3am...tried to sleep at 11pm last night, and ended up tossing and turning...switching channels on the TV..watching talk shows, rerun of Star Trek.. and trying to keep a level head.

Got to go...they are showing a cool paid commercial on show incredible onion chopper!!..

dog killers...

Anyone with even a whim of sympathy or emotion would have been revolted by the senseless killings of the dogs belonging to the alleged criminals in the case gripping Malaysia now. (latest news here) .

The saddest part, as far as dogs are concern was the merciless ridding off of hungry pedigrees at the farm of the alleged criminals after their human handlers were bundled off to police remand.

Why must the dogs be killed is up for debate. If the law enforcers do not know how to handle the dogs why didn't they called in people who knows how to do this work? The dogs were hungry.. and a hungry dog would respond quite readily to food. Surely, they would be not so difficult to be neutralized?

Reports from papers also stated that at the farm there were other exotic animals and these were handled well because they were jungle fowls, which otherwise known as ayam hutan, aka food. I suppose these are easily handled/cooked.?

the sickening picture of the killed dogs...

Justice..for whom?

There are times when justice does not seem to be applied with common sense or with dignity, compassion and love in mind.

The case of the teenage who refuses to leave his father and forced to go to her mother because the mum has managed to convince the court that she should be given custody of the child is heart wrenching.

The girl Bi-Anne cried her heart out to be allowed to stay with her father, the man who has literally gone to jail for her because he did not hand her over to the court to be given to her mother; he defied a court ruling and was jailed.

(From the Star)

Tuesday September 21, 2010

Dad seeks stay order to stop Bi-Anne from leaving for Britain

By M. MAGESWARI
mages@thestar.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: A real-estate negotiator who lost custody of his daughter to his former wife is applying for a stay order to stop the girl from being taken to Britain.

Low Swee Siong, 40, filed the application for an interim stay order through his lawyer Pushpa Ratnam at the Court of Appeal registry yesterday.

The application was in relation to the orders made by Family Court Judicial Commissioner Justice Yeoh Wee Siam against Low.

Pushpa told reporters that the stay order was needed pending disposal of her client’s appeal at the Court of Appeal.

She said she had filed six appeals for Low at the High Court registry here at 2pm yesterday in relation to the custody battle case.

The appeals were on the Family Court ruling allowing the mother Tan Siew Siew, 37, – a restaurant manager in London – to take their daughter Bi-Anne to Britain; ordering the surrender of the girl’s passport; dismissing Low’s interim access to the girl; finding and convicting him for contempt of court and refusing a stay order.

“The father is the equal guardian. Where are his rights?” Pushpa told The Star earlier.

She said there is an application pending at the High Court to vary the custody order given to the mother.

“The court will not hear this application until the father returns the child to the mother.

“It is not the case where the father does not want to return the child to the mother but it is the child who is refusing to go back to her,” she said.

Pushpa added that the court made the order without speaking to the child and not allowing her to express her wishes.

The couple married in 1999 and divorced in 2006 and custody of Bi-Anne was given to the father but two years later, Tan applied and won custody and Low was given reasonable access.

However, the order could not be executed because Bi-Anne did not want to go to her mother.

On Sept 13, Low was cited for contempt of court and jailed for failing to pay a fine for not obeying the court order.

He was released after a friend paid the RM20,400 fine.

Is the court so impartial? Is the court so strict in applying laws that it forgets the humanity and feeling that should somehow be included?

As a father, it is really heart breaking....

Ungrateful Citizens

Frankly, I am getting sick and tired of being told again and again by politicians and powers that be that citizens should be grateful to the government for providing 'this and that' when the 'this and that' happens to be basic amenities which is the obligation of any self conscious and responsible government would do it utmost to provide.

This article , once again highlight the narrow mindedness and arrogance of government officers/ministers who are elected to serve the people and to provide for the people. This Minister said "rural dwellers in Sabah should be thankful because the state’s participation in the Federation of Malaysia 47 years ago was a worthwhile decision made by past leaders".

Why am i suppose to be grateful? Did the minister think for a moment that after 47 years such basic amenities is unexpected? With the amount of natural resources that were present 47 years ago, shouldn't Sabah be more well off today that what is the current situation? Has the Minister ever visited the poor who virtually live from day to day? has he spoken to poor villagers who bring their bunch of bananas, a papaya or a chicken to the market in the hope of selling them so that they can then buy a small pack of rice or some sugar maybe?

I get so sick every time these Ministers open their big trap and said stupid things.

Listen to me and listen well: It is the government DUTY and RESPONSIBILITY to provide basic amenities and the people should not be told to be grateful. That is so absolutely WRONG.

Joke of the year

One Chinese person walks into a bar in America late one night and he saw Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over to him, and asks for his autograph.

Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says "You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here."

The astonished Chinese man replied "It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbor, it was the Japanese".

"Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same," replied Spielberg..

In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and says "You sank the Titanic; my forefathers were on that ship."

Shocked, Spielberg replies "It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me."

The Chinese replies, "Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you're all the same."

Toyota HiLux recall???

It would seems that the problems at Toyota (the car maker!!) is still not yet over.

There is now a recall on HiLux!!

Read this.

Wonder whether this affects vehicles sold in Malaysia, since if it does, the HiLux I am using will be included...

The indestructible is not so immune after all.

what booze looks like...

Being a casual occasional drinker, this article really caught my eye.

Ever wonder how your drink looks like under the microscope? Well, wonder no more...

The way these pictures were taken remind me somewhat of experiments during my days at University. I took heck a lot of pictures of PE at various point during solidification. All pictures were taken under polarised lens, and the colour variations is due to different reflection and refraction angles.

Find the picture of your favorite yet?

1Malaysia One Malaysia Anti Racism Rap!! (Dedicated to Malaysians)

There is Namawee and there are others.

Perhaps Namawee voiced out his thoughts and points very loudly and certainly brashly.

Listen to this guy...