So is the Malaysian government still playing the same old song or is there a new lets get ready to rumble mp3 available? Or is everybody still smiling like what the Malaysian tourists always say when they visit Malaysia? Who wouldn’t be smiling as long as they can make profit out of you

Back to the Malaysian politics: well: there are a few rumbles:

1. sultans pointing their own leaders in their states in stead of following the government’s recommendations
2. 1 of the leading party’s youth delegation asked the prime minister to take the blame and step down. Yet he was not politically punished for making a statement like that.
3. here and there some politicians are starting to make noise that Badawi should step down.

Now how does the rumble go down for the leading party:

1. sultans can choose their own leaders, as stated in the constitution made by the ruling party: so be it. Although Badawi had a conversation with one of the sultans, that sultan didn’t change his mind. Why should he: Badawi isn’t the constitution, is he?
2. the youth delegate is not "punished" in any way… or so it seems. We already know that Badawi isn’t a man of many words. Speaking his mind and showing his cards got him in big troubles many years ago under the Mahathir reign. Seems Badawi learned his lesson well: speaking your mind openly is no guarantee for success.
   Mahathir loves to sing it out in "I did it my way", for Badawi silence is golden…
3. what about those politicians that now say Badawi should step down but yesterday said they fully stand behind Badawi? Today say this, tomorrow say that… a great way to loose your credibility… what are you going to say tomorrow? Will anybody be listening still?

Show your true colors…

Ok, it’s true: the leading party lost a lot of their seats but bottom line is: they still hold the majority.

So if you want Badawi to step down… why you want that to happen now and you kept quiet all the 5 years that Badawi was in power? What is your message when you say you want Badawi to step down?

• or you never agreed with Badawi but you never spoke your mind?
• or you always agreed with Badawi but now when things look bad, you point the finger to him and have no blame yourself? (Keep in mind: the entire party lost, wouldn’t it be more logical that the entire party should step down?)
• or is it in your personal interest when somebody else than Badawi is in power, therefore: who is really concerned about the country and its citizens?

Is there a problem in the streets? Oh yes there is: prices are going up, education is still poor, safety is still a feeling everybody is craving for.

Is there a solution?

It’s easy to point fingers but can you really come up with a transparent plan where everybody can see where the money goes and what kind of spending is wasted to the politicians in stead of using it for the country?

And do we really have the political party to sing a new lets get ready to rumble mp3? Maybe Penang now ruled by the opposition can show the way to a better Malaysia for every Malaysian citizen.

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I just noticed a comment that was never approved at my Siti Nurhaliza Datuk K post, asking me what I was trying to say actually?

The comment did point out that I was touching a hot topic, but also that I didn’t make my point very clear.

Talking about hot topics and gossip, that reminded me on Paula Abdul on American Idol who also goes on and on and on and in the end nobody knows what she was saying either…

But it wouldn’t be nice to start blogging like Paula is talking

I wanted to point out 2 things:

1. Siti was marrying a man who was hardly divorced. Being a westerner we know that people that divorce a woman and marry a few months later, most likely will divorce the new woman again. But here you could argue: well: this is Malaysia so your logic could be wrong. Ok, I rest my
   case here
2. Datuk K being successful yet only paying a bridal gift of RM 22.222… again for me as a westerner that sounds cheap. Especially if you are marrying the most successful female singer of the entire country. Being business minded myself, that just sounds like a good business deal for Datuk K.

Anyway, Siti was the first Malaysian singer I got to know when I arrived here, so I have kept an eye on her ever since. Because those days she was at the beginning of her career, and I was at the beginning of my stay in Malaysia. Siti surely became more famous than I did

Being in the spotlight, Siti could have been a role-model. In my opinion, marrying to a man who is still in the process of being divorced is not setting a good example. But on the other hand: she is a singer, and she never claimed to be a role model.

Hope that clears a bit the confusion, if I am not clear again, please do leave a comment.

Look at the Beijing Torch in Kuala Lumpur held by Torchbearer Tunku Imran Tuanku Ja’afar yesterday.

It shows you that some of us in Malaysia due need to exercise more and eat less of the delicious yet oily Malaysian food. There were all in all 80 torchbearers, which indicates that there isn’t much extra exercise per person involved to get the torch from Merdeka Square at 14.00h to KLCC at 18.00h.

But with the torch incidents in London and other parts over the world, I was most afraid for teargas and the kind. For those following Malaysian politics: if you voice your voice on the street, you had to swallow some teargas last few months.

Anyway, seems that when there are no national politics involved, teargas is not on the menu either

So all went peaceful, which leaves me to wonder how come Malaysians can organize a peaceful torch run and other countries can’t?

Are we that good, and if so, then why do we need to use teargas on political demonstrators and not use the means used now in order to keep all things peaceful?

Or is it that the western countries deliberately reduce their security in order to get China in a negative spotlight?

Being a western expat myself, I am quite sad and embarrassed that western countries cannot or do not provide the security the Beijing Torch deserves.

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