The Hai-O Exodus!!!!

Here's some stuff about Hai-O.

Ni definisi syubhah menurut huraian ringkas petikan dari IslamGrid;

http://www.islamgrid.my/qna/index.php?cari=Syubhah

Saya pernah dengar orang Hai-O selalu cakap, keuntungan tidak bercampur.... ini bukan soal pendapatan dari mana ke mana... ini soal syubhah sebuah c/o jual arak memiliki 100% sebuah c/o MLM... itu aje. Macamana kita nak kata tiada kaitan langsung, kalau hak milik 100%. Shareholder dia yang Akitan, Daritan & Excellant Communication Sdn Bhd pulak shareholders semua the Tan's kecuali Ng Ming Han... listed as 'investment holding' dan 'commissions agent'. lain2 adalah Bank Nominees... also rasanyalah, hedges/investment arm termasuk Kenanga.shareholders dia banyak from commercial banks (nominees), individuals yang mungkin kebetulan non muslim... dan semua yang tersebut terlibat dengan riba. itu mmg confirm la... conventional bank, futures trading etc. shareholders untuk Hai-O Ent Berhad... maksudnya... duit masuk untuk shares kemungkinan ada unsur riba and the main point is... it sells alcoholic beverages medicinal or not ada beza ke? tengok elok2 kat section RED WINE dia... aku baca pun aku dah tau the notes or comments are terms used by sommeliers or wine tasters... tak tau lak medicinal wine siap ada comment camtu;

http://mall.hai-o.com.my/stores_app/...arent_ids=0,47

Secondly... Hai-O Ent Berhad OWNS 100% Hai-O Marketing. So amacam? it means the major sole and the only share holder is Hai-O Ent Berhad that sells wine & alcohol!!! Tadaaa, kan senang nak paham. Hai-O Raya pun sama, walaupun bukan milik 100%, Hai-O Enterprise masih major shareholder. Ada beberapa petikan dari KPDN... hish, kan nampak sangat takde kaitan??? >.<;

http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my/index.php?o...422&Itemid=460

http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my/index.php?o...415&Itemid=460

http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my/index.php?o...401&Itemid=460

Jadi hakikatnya secara kasar la, terlibat bermaksud CUMA membeli barang & mendapat bonus dari c/o yang jelas syubhah, membeli barang menyumbang kepada c/o syubhah VOLUNTARILY.

Tadi tentang syubhah... ini tentang issue halal...

Try checking this out;

http://www.hai-omarketing.com.my/haio/ifrc_1.asp

Cert from IFRC Asia (Bahtera Lagenda Sdn Bhd) about the products. It is POSSIBLE that JAKIM acknowledges certs from members of WHC, meaning no need to apply JAKIM's own Halal cert (mind you, only for consumables/food). Now go here;

http://www.halal.gov.my/directory/index.php?lang=BM

and check if SG Global Biotech Sdn Bhd (the manufacturer in the IFRC Asia cert) has a cert from JAKIM for food manufacturing premises. Tadaaa!!! I rest my case regarding loopholes in the system.

Unlike this one;

http://www.hai-omarketing.com.my/haio/eurycohalal.asp

Yanling Natural Hygiene Sdn Bhd does have HDC/JAKIM premise status. Please check one by one since i can only find one product (Euryco) that has both consumable & premise Halal recognition.

This one;

http://www.hai-omarketing.com.my/haio/hfci_1.asp

is given to Hai-O Marketing by Halal Food Council International... but the premise has no JAKIM recognition. Check it out.

Hmm... i am not sure kalau2 budak2 Hai-O ni tau ke tak maksud PDA License which Hai-O Ent Bhd ada. It doesn't state which type of license... but i generally know of PDA1, PDA2 & PDA4. PDA1 is basically for petropumps, skid tanks & barges (floating?). PDA2 if not mistaken is trading of petroleum products & PDA4 is for storage (maybe terbalik). No ordinary c/o can get such licenses. Most of the time its linked to high profile businessmen and politicians or people within the corridors of power.

Maybe this explains why some of the shareholders of Hai-O Ent are investment holdings & one of them a commissions agent. Do you have any idea how much commission one gets for petroleum product trading??? Adakah kebetulan investment holdings dan commissions agent yang menjadi shareholder Hai-O Enterprise Bhd dimiliki oleh orang yang sama yang juga kebetulan non-Muslim?

ok, just mau tambah info. Hai-O is listed as non-syariah (jual arak) compliant kat Bursa main board. Shareholders semua non-muslim, nominees local & international banks (investment) dan beberapa Sdn Bhd seperti Kenanga, Akintan, daritan & Excellant Communication... mostly investment & futures most possibly hedges as well;

http://www.klse.com.my/website/bm/li...f_companies/#H

Hurm... since it isn't syariah compliant... just a conventional MLM plus parent/fellow subsidiary c/o sells alcohol. Setakat dapat lesen MLM conventional dari Kerajaan... sama ke dengan HALAL dari hukum syara'? Kenapa tidak ambil kira asal usul syarikat tersebut, shareholders dan agihan keuntungan serta c/o charges atau sumber capital asal since 100% dimiliki Hai-O Ent?

Bagi saya, isu sebenarnya adalah kesedaran tentang kepenggunaan dari sudut hukum syara'. Masalah utama adalah bila orang yang mempunyai ilmu agama setakat ilmu orang awam macam saya... mencampur adukkan conventional legality dengan syara' halalness. In the end its just a matter of choice... kita nak kekal ignorant atau tidak tentang hhukum.

Bacalah beberapa article ini sebagai rujukan, nak paham baguslah, buat-buat tak paham sukatilah.

http://baheis.islam.gov.my/web/musyk...D?OpenDocument

http://www.islamgrid.gov.my/qna/index.php?cari=syubhah

http://www.zaharuddin.net/content/vi.../#comment84873

Ini semua facts and available on public record. Siasatlah sendiri kalau tak yakin. Apa yang jelas, melibatkan diri dengan MLM syubhah sedangkan ada option lain (takkan la nak kira join MLM ni sebagai darurat sepertimana issue sin tax government, lawak ***** la tu) amat jelas diulas oleh mana2 org yang betul2 arif tentang muamalah..

Ciri-Ciri Usahawan MLM

Disebabkan target group ramai orang berbahasa Melayu, kali ini saya buat posting dalam bahasa pengantar kebangsaan.

Saya ingin mengolah beberapa ciri usahawan MLM berdasarkan beberapa encounter dengan baka-baka ini. Seperti yang saya post sebelumnya, memang saya tidak bersetuju dengan syarikat-syarikat MLM yang jelas ada unsur syubhah tetapi menggunakan Islam sebagai marketing strategy dengan mensasarkan orang Islam yang kurang dan cetek pengetahuan asas agamanya. Sebenarnya orang-orang beginilah yang amat-amat gullible dan mudah dipergunakan terutama sekali bila upline menyentuh soal ke'halalan' secara conventional tanpa mengambil kira aspek agama langsung. Bagi yang sememangnya jahil, ini sudah cukup menjadi 'dalil'. Sedihnya melihat umat akhir zaman...

ok... ciri-ciri yang pertama;

1. Tak paham konsep halal dari hukum syara'... dan menganggap conventional system sebagai gold standard 'halal'.

Ini yang sedih dibuatnya. Bila tanya tentang syubhah c/o MLM berkaitan dengan parent c/o atau subsidiari lain yang jual alcohol... diorang akta mana ada profit itu dan bonus ini berkait dengan c/o MLM tersebut. Ini bukan soal profit atau bonus, ini soal syubhah. Peduliklah siapa yang jual alcohol, asalkan berkaitan dengan c/o MLM.... syubhah la tu!!! kenapa bengap sangat usahawan MLM ni, kita pun tak paham. Apa yang diulang-ulang sebut... kami ada sijil MLM dari government, kami disenaraikan dalam top meletop sekian-sekian. Senang cerita la kan, kalau betul-betul syraiah compliant, tentu ada dalam list ini;

http://www.klse.com.my/website/bm/products_and_services/islamic_capital_market/ICM_Shariah.html

download la PDF tu, cari la nama MLM c/o tuh takpun nama parent c/o. Nak syariah compliant kejadahnya... menjual alcohol. Orang-orang MLM ini langsung tak menafikan memang ada c/o dalam groupnya yang menjual arak.... jadi diorang dah mengaku sendiri ada unsur SYBHAH, apa lagi yang nak disoal???

Ada pulak tu, cakap apa tau bila kita terangkan bahawa shareholder parent c/o memang kebanyakannya dari background keuntungan berasaskan riba... dia cakap eh, kami bukan melabur dalam syarikat!!! Jawapan saya.... apa la bengap sangat dan buta corporate governance dak2 MLM ni..... habis tu.... menjadi ahli, menjual, mempromote dan merekrut ahli bukan ke menyumbang pada c/o yang ada subhah dengan alcohol??????? Agaknya sense of Halal/Haram dah terlampau confius. Lepas ni ada la yang jual HALAL PORK.

2. Ciri kedua orang-orang MLM ni... pandai meyakinkan orang yang sama bengap dengan mereka.

Ye la, dah masuk MLM, kena la rajin rekrut dan marketing. Kena la putar-putar belit terutama putar belit halal. Sebut la sijil itu sijil itu sijil ini. Kebetulan pulak yang mendengar orang yang sama buta hukum dengan mereka, cantik lah... orang jahil mengajar orang jahil tentang syara'. bagus la tu. masalahnya ada kawan saya sendiri terus menyepi bila berdebat. mungkin dah nampak kesilapan? kalau camtu bagus la, ada la effect saya bising2 ni.

Bagi yang belum terlibat, tolong pahami konsep syubhah. tolong selidik tentang muamalah asas. tolong jangan terlibat dengan c/o yang menjual alcohol. tolong jangan bagi makan pada mak ayah anak2 makanan dari sumber syubhah. dapat pulak ADA PILIHAN berkenaan sumber tersebut.

3. Orang-orang MLM langsung tak selidik berkenaan status halal product yang dipromote kepada Muslim lain.

Haaa.... ini yang paling best. Ini halal, itu halal.... sedangkan
tak paham konsep halal itu sendiri. Senang cita beginilah...

Antonio menjual air tebu. Semua tahu air tebu memang halal, boleh minum. Tapi... Antonio menyediakan air tebunya dalam tandas belakang rumah yang kotor sebab dia senang buat kerja kat situ. Selain itu dia menjual pulak air tebu ni pada orang2 lain yang berniaga...

End of metaphor. Maksud saya disini..... halal bukan sahaja dari segi end product. Bagaimana dengan processing/manufacturing???? Bagaimana dengan modus operandi atau operations???????

Ambil contoh yang ni la senang... kurang2nya yang betul2 bengap boleh paham;

http://www.hai-omarketing.com.my/haio/ifrc_1.asp

Cert from IFRC Asia (Bahtera Lagenda Sdn Bhd) about the products. It is POSSIBLE that JAKIM acknowledges certs from members of WHC, meaning no need to apply JAKIM's own Halal cert (mind you, only for consumables/food). Now go here;... Read more

http://www.halal.gov.my/directory/index.php?lang=BM

and check if SG Global Biotech Sdn Bhd (the manufacturer in the IFRC Asia cert) has a cert from JAKIM for food manufacturing premises. Tadaaak!!! I rest my case regarding loopholes in the system.

This one;

http://www.hai-omarketing.com.my/haio/hfci_1.asp

is given to Hai-O Marketing by Halal Food Council International... but the premise has no JAKIM recog Check it out. MUngkin la syarikat ni ada kilang kat Wisma dia kan? Ye la, order bulk dari orang dan repack.

4. Tak paham apa itu profiteering dan tak tahu asal usul produk

Ni confirm la... ye la, bagi orang2 MLM, business is only from the MLM point of view. Dalam erti kata lain kepala otak mereka Kulup2 belaka. Contoh la ye... since some MLM ada big capital dan dah buat market survey berkenaan kelarisan sesuatu produk... mereka akan beli in bulk dan rebrand sesuatu barangan. saya bagi contoh simple... katakanlah penapis air. saya order dari manufacturing c/o 1000 unit (sebab biasanya akan ada MOQ). Kos 1000 unit at RM300/unit is RM300,000. Sampai kat storage... letak logo skit upah orang... tambah la additional cost RM2-3. How to make money out of this... hmmm.... carikan sijil halal and tell Muslims to sell (which is typical of most MLM nowadays). Jual pada harga RM2083/unit. that sums up to RM2.03 million. Cool kan? This is profiteering for you. Profiteering dibolehkan ke dalam Islam??? Anyways, confirm ahli2 MLM langsung tak tahu berkenaan benda2 ini.

5. Bila ada dibahaskan benda2 yang tidak menunjukkan ciri-ciri halal dari hukum syara'... mereka akan keluarkan ayat2 syahdu, 'menutup periuk nasik' dan 'dah ramai orang Islam masuk' dan paling clasic 'habis tu, kerajaan tu tak guna duit haram ke dari tax?'.

Camna nak cakap bagi paham eh... choice. Pilihan. Ada akal, guna, jangan kulup sangat. Kalau darurah dan tiada pilihan, Tuhan akan tahu. Kalau ada pilihan tapi pilih jugak syubhah dengan c/o yang berkaitan arak, Tuhan akan tahu jugak. Kalau nak halang orang macam saya bersuara dan beri pendapat, nampak sangat la pihak lain tu guilty. Kalau betul2 apa yang saya cakap ni mengarut, apa takut? Kalau halal sangat, teruskan jela. Kendian2 nanti jawab la sendiri.

Buat penutup, bacalah link ini;

http://baheis.islam.gov.my/web/musykil_new.nsf/0/DABF84558E1BAC36482576300067430D?OpenDocument

Behind the Hai-O Business

Pleased refer to these sites for some idea;

1. http://mall.hai-o.com.my/stores_app/browse_dept_items.asp?Shopper_id=913276214649132&Store_id=102&page_id=17&categ_id=47&parent_ids=0

2. http://www.hai-omarketing.com.my/haio/profile.asp

here's some text from Hai-O Marketing's site;

Established since September 1992, Hai-O Marketing Sdn Bhd is a 100% owned direct sales subsidiary of Hai-O Enterprise Berhad. It has emerged as a leading direct selling company in Malaysia.

Due to its outstanding performance, Hai-O Marketing has been selected by the media as one of the top ten direct sales companies in Malaysia. The other reputations it earned include: ¡°The most impressive company,¡± ¡°The fastest growing direct selling company,¡± and ¡°The most established company¡±.

Today, we at Hai-O Marketing are serving a distributorship of over 34,000 through more than 50 stockist/distribution centres throughout Malaysia, where the distributors obtain their products.

SO to say in simple words, the c/o that so many muslims are in selling mlm products, is owned by a c/o that sells ARAK.So they have around 34,000 distributors, 50 stockists... assuming Malays LOVE MLM so much... lets say 70% are Malays... and assuming so they are Islam wether by name or by faith... hell yeah! I'm sure all of you have seen their TV commercials... kinda irritating since they portray people in kopiah and haji's and using the words Alhamdulillah, rezeki, umrah... even though there is clear syubhah since Hai-O Marketing is owned 100% by a c/o that sells liquor.

how can i explain this simply... even though bio-aura is certified as HALAL (the product or end product)... it doesn't mean the modus operandi of the business is. These are loopholes JAKIM/HDC fail or possibly choose to ignore (so many powerful people and so much money involved maaa...), its the same with food outlets... is the Halal cert for operations/methods/processing or for foodstuff/menu? Yes, i know there are some minor differences and maybe some dismissible or debatable khilaf/acceptable options... crap... but Liqour?!

Anyway, don't compare the issue with Islamic Banking. Heck, i still don't believe theres a 100% Islamic Banking system as yet. No offense but Bank Islam despite being the pioneer... now pays non-muslims to head a few of their integral departments. Anyways, when it comes to banking, what choice do we have? Unlike daily consumer products which Hai-O sells... we do have a choice.

Another crude example...

Lets say Abu sells drugs/coke/ice... the profits he uses to buy lembu or kerbau... the kerbaus/lembus proliferate... and we buy them and eat them... even if they were bred, reared and sembelih according to syariah.... Get the idea?

Para Hai-O usahawans (which are Islam in name)... LU PIKR LA SENDIRI. Pergi la umrah haji guna duit syubhah, bagi la makan anak bini... tambah lak pengaruhi orang Islam lain.

Just some research and observations i made since it pissed me off watching those TV commercials fooling Muslims so casually. Feel free to comment. Better still if you have a masters or PhD in Islamic Finance or Muamalah or whatever (could give better insight).

Heres an email i got after asking PPIM's (Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia) views;

assalamualaikum wbt...

terima kasih kerana berinteraksi dengan PPIM dan pertanyaan anda. untuk makluman Hai-O adalah milikan Cina. oleh yang demikian, pihak kami tidak menggalakkan pengguna Islam menyokong perniagaan selain daripada perniagaan Islam. berbalik kepada prinsip kami, sokonglah perniagaan Islam di samping dapat menaikkan ekonomi Islam. antara perniagaan Melayu seperti HPA, SURECO dan Sembang - Sembang Cafe.

--
" Bersama Kembalikan Hak Dan Maruah Dengan Bijaksana "

Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia
Tel : 03-42566618 / 42577222
Faks : 03-42566617
Hotline PPIM : 019-359 1000
www.muslimconsumer.org.my
http://sembangcafeppim.blogspot.com

Untuk GROUP SMS PPIM, taipkan ON GROUP PPIM dan hantar ke 33886

Boikot barangan Belanda dan belilah produk Muslim di Pasaraya Mydin sebagai jihad ekonomi Islam!

What crap is PPIM babbling about? I'm not asking about Chinese Indian or Malay products!!! What, PPIM thinks that Islam is based on race? This is just a small example on how so called 'Islamic' NGO's shallow thinking (and stupidity) can give a bad impression on Islam. I think PPIM is dysfunctional and has no professionalism handling consumer issues in general, whatmore issues sensitive to Muslim consumers. Don't get me started on ABIM or JIM...

Toodles.

The Pillars of 1Malaysia

Ya Aiyyuhal lazi na UMNO;

Athi'ul PM, wa athi'u zaujatu PM, wa Athi'ul Raisul Bahagian wa Cawangan...

I think that should be suitable enough. Heard the story about how Najib's husband came to Rembau just after Bini Rosmah was apponted PM? Every few meters there was a banner congratulating and welcoming her... makes us wonder who our real PM is. Since the Rembau sect itself was divided, it could've been arranged by KJ (to suck up) or the opposing groups (who got cut out due to KJ's father in law).

Just wanted to summarize the pillars of 1Malaysia;

1. 1Malaysians should believe in lies
2. 1Malaysians are not bound by any religion except 1Malaysianism
3. 1Malaysians should at least bomb a foreign model at least once in their lifetime
4. 1Malaysians should uphold corruption & power abuse but prosecute opposing party members



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Sahabat Alam Malaysia, a tool, nothing more, probably les.

Took this from their website;

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) adalah sebuah badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 1977. Perjuangan SAM adalah untuk memelihara alam yang dianugerah dan diamanahkan oleh Tuhan daripada dieksploitasi dan dimusnahkan oleh kegiatan manusia dalam pelbagai bentuk atas nama pembangunan dan kemajuan.

Dalam mengembangkan wadah perjuangan alam sekitar ini, SAM telah di beri penghargaan dengan penganugerahan Global 500, Honour Roll 1978, Alternative Global Price 1988, Goldman Award 1991, Conde Nast Travel Environmental Award 1998 dan The Right Liverhood Award.

What year is it now? Think by now they've become political tools. Take a note on where and why they were involved with certain protests/memorandums. Notice which state? Opposition controlled, and only RECENTLY.

Recently their clown of a president made a few statements regarding the swiftlet industry, calling for a clamp down on all swiftlet ranching activities and at the same time making baseless accusations regarding zoonotic diseases claimed to be caused by swiftlets. Honestly... the fact that these people are supposed to be protecting the interest of wildlife surprises me, don't they have any basic knowledge of biology or at least zoology? It just shows how typical a Malaysia NGO is, full of talk, no substance. Refer to the Star Friday 28th August page N56 (its time to ban farming of swiftlets).

The swiftlet industry has the potential of becoming Malaysia's next highly
sought commodity. However certain issues and quarters have many
misconceptions that end up becoming accusations which are not based on
proper data collection or research. For instance, it is not logical for a
specific arthropod with a specific habitat throughout its life cycle (for
instance a mite or tick which lives in cave like environment, feeding off
nesting cave birds) somehow ended up biting or having contact with a human
living in a well aerated 2 story terrace house which obviously has no
birds nor nests. If Sahabat Alam Malaysia has any scientific proof of bird
flu zoonotically transmitted by A.fuciphagus, please inform WHO since even
they haven't proven so. It is agreed there is poor documentation and
research.

The swiftlet industry needs more research done. Even the previous GAHP was
made in a rush and was not properly thought out what more enforced. Red
tape must be reduced, and even the UNDANG-UNDANG MALAYSIA, AKTA 76, AKTA
PERLINDUNGAN HIDUPAN LIAR 1972 needs to be revised since it states no
specific criteria nor even a proper definition of how the wild animals
stated in schedule 1 to 4 are selected. It would be logical that protected
or fully protected animals are defined so due to their population and
epidemiological status. Population is of no issue for Aerodramus
fuciphagus since the boom in bird ranches this past decade has
exponentially increased their numbers. Bird ranchers have in fact
contributed to conservation, the issue that PERHILITAN should handle are
cave nests/birds and not properly planned bird ranches.

Here was a response from one of PERHILITAN's staff when i questioned the Act;

Terima kasih atas maklumbalas tuan. Secara spesifik definasi dari sudut
> populasi sesuatu spesies di bawah Perkara 3 tidak terdapat dalam Akta
> Perlindungan Hidupan Liar 1972 [Akta 76].
> Namun demikian Akta ini menyenaraikan spesies-spesies binatang dan burung
> liar sebagai yang diperlindungi dan diperlindungi sepenuhnya sebagaimana
> Jadual Satu, Dua, Tiga, Empat dan Lima, tanpa mengambil kira populasi
> darimana ianya boleh ditemui atau secara semulajadi terdapat didalam
> Semenanjung Malaysia mahupun dibawa daripada luar negara samada ianya
> matang atau tidak atau boleh dijinakkan atau dibiakkan dalam kurungan.
> Dari aspek peruntukan Akta ini semua spesies yang tersenarai adalah
> tertakluk di bawah Akta ini. Sebarang aktiviti yang akan melibatkan
> spesies di bawah Jadual mestilah terlebih dahulu mendapat kebenaran
> daripada Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara (PERHILITAN)
> samada dalam bentuk lesen, permit atau permit khas mengikut mana yang
> berkenaan.


heck, if the Pengarah of PERHILITAN suddenly went mad and put not fully tamed cattle in the list... we'd be in a fix since theres no way we can challenge his authority.

Having said so, it is true there are errant bird ranch owners that do not
abide by the GAHP. If proper guano management, scheduled harvesting and
proper audio playing was done, there would be less biased misconceptions.

I would also like to highlight to SAM regarding the Mukah (and Sarawak in
general) incidents whereby bird ranches were broken into, items and nests
seized and hundreds maybe thousands of baby birds left piled on the ground
and ended up dead. Why did this happen? Out of thousands of bird house
operation permits applied, only a few were approved. Why so would be
anybody's guess. Where was SAM during times like this?

Several proposals about the industry has popped up here and there, all
containing ways for certain quarters to control and monopolize the birds
nest industry. Hopefully we are not continuously governed by biased and
corrupt officials.

Last but not least, we should promote more bird ranches on agriculture
land. Eco-Parks and the sorts might possibly lead to limitation of food
supply once the population becomes saturated.

Mentor 3 and the Kings concern

Found myself watching mentor 3 last night... the theme was something-something sifu whatever crap these tv shows can churn up with. i always thought that there were too many entertainment shows on tv. so many reality shows. too many related to singing, dancing, acting... despite all that theres not even one high quality movie or soap worth commenting on. what a waste. one would think with that much stress put on our local artists (whom are mostly perasan and have this disillusions of being quality artists) we should be able to come up with something like... say... La Usu Padora?
Even the hosts had enough fucking arrogance to say "mengundi adalah tanggungjawap anda untuk memastikan pujaan anda menang!!!". WTH... she should have said menutup aurat adalah kewajipan anda or sembahyang adalah wajib, minum arak adalah haram, berzina adalah haram etc... eh... that should be the ketua agama Islam and the relevant agencies doing right? i wonder what they are doing... really.

The problem with these 'arts' people is, they tend to believe they are up to par with international standards. just like our soccer team. always harping that we are ready for the olympics but can't even beat a country whose name i never heard of and i didn't know existed. its almost the same setting... both claim to have rich traditions and a string historical background dating back to God knows when... both have massive support from a corrupt government and tons of money spent on both industries. Also, both have never gone far. The barks are impressive but the bite... aaahh, pathetic. Both are seen as political tools. one targeting the mass fan base of soccer, one to be seen as 'trendy' and to be surrounded by good looking fresh 'meat' or aspirants who wanna make it big in the entertainment industry.

to me, the biggest breakthru in Malaysia's entertainment is; NOT the actors (i think if a stray diseased dog was trained, it can act better), NOT the quality of story/script/props/choreo (again, if an endangered orangutan was trained for 1 week, better results could be seen) but in our animation. Animation needs creativity & hardwork... Upin & Ipin is the hallmark of Malaysia's entertainment industry's achievement for this new century. Actors/tresses please buck up, or just stop acting and get married to a datuk or tan sri or just leave the industry and become whores/gigolos, you'd be doing us a favor.

The recent string of drama or soaps... was a bit too much. too much sexiness from Malays whores, too much disrespecting Islam. Eh, i forgot, it is permissible to INSULT Islam right? That is what most people are doing on TV nowadays. All the related agencies and so called enforcement bodies are too busy watching soaps than to take action. ah, the ketua agama? sama la tu.

One reason why i am a bit disappointed... Mentor 3 aired last night... a statement by Awie... yes... the rocker... sounded more or les like this..."Nak nyanyi lagu rock kena ikhlas and kena ada feel. Tu sebab penyanyi rock yg akan masuk syurga" au kama qall. Something like that. Yes, from As-Sayyed Hafiz Al-Perkida Sheikh Rockers Awie. On live TV, cool ain't it? It took much less than that to put someone in ISA. Talking about Awie, he is a member of the famed Perkida, an ayahanda by rank. I think Perkida should remove the Islam as well since most of its members now are either mat rempits, lousy rockers, two-tongued politicians and gangsters. Heard stories on how Awie would be the first to flee from any conflict or incident. Ayahanda penakut. haha!

800 people were conferred titles by the Perak King. The speech touched on how some political parties are taking advantage and using the so called royal institution which is clearly non-partisan when in comes to politics... NOT!!! WTF, if they were so non-partisan, then why mention it at all and obviously condemning the opposition??? And all this while the kings were the ones USED by umno assholes. Huh... non-partisan my ass.

Since the police, the judiciary and government agencies are all biased... it is hard to be frank and honest. corruption, power abuse and obvious misuse of funds are rampant. Now i understand what Najib meant by 1 malaysia, people first, performance now... it means;

One Malaysia (My Malaysia)
People First (My People)
Performance Now (Please forget the 1st 50 years)

I dont believe UMNO can reform, unless all the bad people are removed, and if done so, not many will be left in umno. I dont believe in the promises made to be unbiased. I do not believe the commission to monitor commissions of commissions made for certain problems is effective. I dont believe umno can remain relevant. I believe it is time to remove the racist system and move on to a greater purpose.

Also re recently... on forum perdana... held somewhere i Perak i think... was about kampung people. how this and that and this is what should be done, on income generating activities and stuff. it was too obvious none of the panel speakers were really aware of the real issues. most of them just babbled about motivation and how God said do this and do that. To me, it was just meaningless crap. They should've brought in social researchers and people from YBK involved in training programs, not people who just talk but not walk the talk.

A friends view

Recently had a chit chat with a brother about the Perak state fiasco. My bro said it really isn't the Sultans fault since maybe he considered it was the best means to preserve the Malay folk of the state if things were returned to um-no. the reason being that um-no protects Malays. i agree. um-no protects malays.

secondly, he dissed at PAS for using the word Islam as a party name. He said it shouldn't be so if the party causes disharmony and divides Malays whom are mostly Islam by name.

Two views... i disagree on both. Um-no protects malays.... but only um-no malays. try wearing a serban and claiming your a PAS member and apply for MARA or TEKUN assistance. Or maybe wear a PKR hat while asking for the welfare departments assistance. Anyway, when the hell has umno ever helped the people?

Second view... i'd like to make the same request to other institutions... why not remove Islam from their jurisdiction? Ketua Agama Islam. yeah right. Why not Ketua Agama only? Lemme geuss, the king actually unites all Muslims and Malays? Owh... what the hell happened in Perak my bro..... owh... Malaysia Negara Islam? yeah right. quit joking please. At least PAS carries the burden of actually fighting for an Islamic state, carries the image of a Muslim movement, and actually is serious about it. Owh... ketua/jabatan agama islam on the other hand? nothing much i guess... just the increase of social problems among young malays/people born into Islam, increase of murtad cases, more and more tv shows where both women and men bare their aurats, more and more cases of deviant teachings (i consider Sisters In Islam as deviant since they don't acknowledge aurat and support a number of clearly deviant rulings), cases of illegitimate children among muslims... a bloody long list if i were to continue. the ketua agama islam themselves? ah, you guys know better.