12/11, Battle Royale!!!

Here's another ongoing battle. Between JPK & CIDB. The skills race. JPK under MOHR. CIDB under the Works Ministry. The National Occupational Skills Standards comes under JPK's rule, but then again CIDB's green card and other basic construction accreditation is also recognised. Overlapping? Definately, just look at ASEAN Skills Competition to be held on this 14th, under the patronage of the Works Ministry??? So.... what is JPK? A joke? What they should do is... centralise everything BUT leaving the construction skills to CIDB to develop and manage.

Another issue. Lets say level 4 or 5 of SKM is equal to a diploma (efforts are being made for recognition), one with skills... on with knowledge and a 'proper' universiti diploma... who would an employer choose? Someone who can talk about engineering problems and make calculations solving them or one who can directly solve problems based on technical expertise and do the labor work themselves? I'm not sure about you but for me, i'd take the latter anytime of day.

Another issue. The syllabus for recently made NOSS have been done by considering input from the academia, the industry and also the workers themselves. I'd still say some of them were made rather coarsely and could have been fine tuned. However, for these new NOSS, a misconception done by the instructors; they made the syllabus as the CURRICULUM. Big mistake, syllabus's are only 'guidelines'. Another issue is regarding instructor competancy. They excell in some skills but direly lack others. We have a long way to go regarding skills development.


Owh, RPK is out. So is Razak. Some sort of arrangement was made i guess. The Judiciary system is just a tool for the executive. If you are a bin tan sri sumthing, you can even get away with murder. Or if you're the son of an MIC top gun. Corruption? Hah, thats an easy one. We've made corruption into an art form, up to the stage that we even have our own dummy institution against corruption for cosmetic and feel good effects; the ACA. Its main objective is to highlight low level acts of corruption, sensationalise it like hell and divert attention from the real big stuff. So far, it has done its job so well that Malaysians feel satisfied (the stupid ones, of course).

Another institution whereby to make us feel safe is the police force. The percentage of serious crimes increased dramatically, even murders are a norm nowadays... but hey, the IGP said everything is ok. Yeah, i geuss it is ok since there are also more and more cases of policemen involved in robberies and break ins. Can't fight em, join em?



Lets talk a bit about UMNO. I admire UMNO as being one of the strangest political party existing. Lets see some things that might sound impossible in other sane countries.

1. Our current Minister of MECD was once charged by an Australian court of bringing Millions (?) in undeclared CASH while boarding a flight. No need to ask what for or where the money came from, rather consider his answer or excuse; he claimed he couldn't read nor understand English. UMNO loves stupid leaders as long as they have cash to spare. Also running for vice presidency.

2. An ex-MB and ex-Federal Territory Minister was charged and found guilty by the UMNO diciplinary board(which doesn't really effect anyone since we all know the board is just a joke and filled with toothless old buggers given face to be a member since they outlasted their function). Guilty as in he really did practise money politics, and charged by his own. Scapegoat or not. Now, he's running for the naib Presidency after serving his 3 year ban. Yes, UMNO loves corrupt leaders, the higher the position, the more corrupt. Proof? After found GUILTY of money politics, UMNO members still nominate filthy and tainted leaders.

3. An ex-MB that was shooed to the side due to an UNDERAGE scandal. UNDERAGE as in STATUTORY rape. Yes, UMNO preserves and protects the rights of children by allowing their leaders to have sexual relationships with underage kids. Hidup Melayu!!! Now he's also vying for a naib presidency seat. UMNO leaders can rape kids, and get away with it, the last i remember was an UMNO diciplinary action, not even legal action was made. I can just imagine the diciplinary board shaking their heads and muttering;"Lucky bastard".

4. The current UMNO president dubbed the sleeping one recently commented about money politics. He mentioned more or less, if the delegates didn't want or refused money give aways, money politics would die off... as long as the demand is there, money politics will remain. In other words all UMNO members love corruption and love recieving money, it was admitted by their president on national TV.

5. Lets racap other ministries. 10,000 taxi permits approved single handedly and given to rather dodgy persons. Hmm... thousands of car AP's given to 3 people only? Works ministry giving contracts to PROVEN lousy contracters. Special schemes and monetary aid on the form of loans, facilities etc... all screwed by proxies... UMNO rocks!


New topic, The N.ajis's. Jamal & Raf.

Lets say a few words on Jamal. He's semenanjungs own Bung, they call him Bung Najis now. All flares with no substance. I love Bung (not from the tv series) more since he, despite talking nonsense most of the time, has elements of being entertaining. Bung Najis on the other hand just exudes hatred from observers. I expect even from his own home base. The problem is, don't these types of MP's have better issues to talk about? When the opposition brings out important issues to the house, even the Speaker scoffs it as irrelevant. How can a fiscal budget valued at 7 Billiion not be debated fairly? How can legislation be approved without proper debate? And even if debated, most of the time the right answers never come out? The art of diverting a direct answer has been mastered by Hisham, Anak Akob, Mustapa, Shabery and a few new faces. Hats off, it aint easy screwing the Dewan on national TV.

Raf Najis. Now this entity is as prehistoric as Samy Vellu's toupe. I strongly believed Sharizat was screwed good by Raf for asking the transition plan to be brought forward. I also believe Raf is trying to ensure her influence is still left behind by carefully planning and strategising relevant positions within Wanita. The exco are mostly for Raf, but the ground roots... are rooting for Sharizat. Removing the current exco would not be a problem during the next party elections. Replacing them is another story, she should be careful. I also see no reason why Sharizat shouldn't compete NOW. The transition is in place, so more or less the number one spot is hers. Letting Raf going unopposed is much more dangerous, at anytime before the transition she could launch a smear campaign and try to remove Sharizat and in place, put in a bitch she favors.