More updates on UMNO's enroach into Sarawak

From an article in the Borneo Post dated April 24, 2007:

Pseudo Umno promoters taken to task
By Churchill Edward

KUCHING: The so-called Jawatankuasa Penaja Umno Negeri Sarawak (JPUNS) said to be promoting the entry of Umno into Sarawak, apparently had a rival with a similar objective in the late 1990s.

The rival group yesterday disapproved of the way JPUNS, headed by pro-tem chairman Affendi Jeman, was addressing or handling the issue when it was clear that Umno has no plans of spreading its wing to the State.

Suhaili Hamid, former pro-tem secretary of the group, claimed that JPUNS had no strong backing, unlike the movement back in the 1990s.

“If they have no strong backing from Umno, they are just talking only,” he told The Borneo Post.

Umno, through a letter dated Feb 16, 2000, and addressed to him, suggested that any intention to bring Umno to Sarawak should be discarded otherwise it would cause public confusion and strain the relationship among Barisan Nasional component parties, Suhaili said.

The letter was signed by the then Umno president and Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who demanded that the group to call off a scheduled gathering of Umno members at the Padang Merdeka, he disclosed.

A copy of the letter was also believed being extended to Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) president, Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, and the then Unmo secretary-general Datuk Seri Khalil Yaakop.

He said his group was formed in 1996 when it applied to Umno for approval and recognition but to date, the approval was still pending.

JPUNS has opened an office in Matang Jaya commercial centre with the party’s flag and emblem hung outside the window.

The Borneo Post visited the office and found it was opened in March this year following JPUNS formation on Sept 11, 2006.

JPUNS was at the centre of some controversy last November after it announced its formation at a press conference, claiming it had 100,000 registered members in Sarawak.

But Umno secretary general Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad poured cold water on JPUNS as soon as it made the announcement.

He told Utusan Malaysia the party never gave anybody permission to set up Umno in Sarawak.

“Whoever wants to open Umno in Sarawak, I don’t know at all. We never gave permission to anyone,” Radzi, the Home Minister, told the Malay language daily when asked about JPUNS.

PBB deputy president Dato Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg too described JPUNS’ claims as a “joke” and “stale news” because it was clear that Umno would not spread its wings to Sarawak.

On Sunday, Johari even suggested that JPUNS’ act of opening its office with a very visible signboard was a matter for Registrar of Societies (ROS) to act on.

He claimed JPUNS was only a de facto organisation badly wanting attention.

He pointed out that his friends in Umno were not aware of this particular group of so-called Umno promoters and did not even know who its members were.

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And 3 articles in The Borneo Post, Eastern Times and The Star, which are essentially the same press rewritten in 3 different ways:

The Star online, 23 April 2007:

The Star Online > Nation

Monday April 23, 2007

Has Umno made inroads in Sarawak?

KUCHING: Has Umno decided to set foot in Sarawak?

Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu’s (PBB) deputy president Datuk Abang Johari Tun Openg wants the Registrar of Societies (ROS) to look into media reports that a group of people had set up Sarawak Umno.

“It is very glaring. We leave it to the ROS and it has to look into it,” said the state housing minister.

Yesterday, local newspapers reported that a Sarawak Umno pro tem committee had set up an office at the Matang Jaya Commercial Centre here and photographs showed an Umno signboard with the party emblem and flags hung outside the premises.

The news report also quoted businessman Affendi Jeman, who claimed to be the Sarawak Umno pro tem chairman, as saying that he had started Sarawak Umno last September based on popular demand.

He also claimed that the pro tem committee had helped to form 35 branches throughout the state.

Admitting that Sarawak Umno had yet to get official endorsement from Umno headquarters, Affendi said the pro tem committee members had met Umno leaders regularly and that the latter “know what we are doing.”

Johari, who earlier opened the Red Crescent Kuching Chapter’s charity food sale, has often dismissed talk of Umno setting up shop in Sarawak as Umno leaders had often said in the past that the party would not spread its wings into the state.

PBB is one of four parties in Sarawak Barisan Nasional. Sarawak is the only state where Umno has not set foot in.

Johari said Umno officials had asked him about people claiming to be from Sarawak Umno helping out at the recent Machap by-election, and, now, the Ijok by-election.

“They asked me these people are. We know who they are.” (Who are they? Back stabbers?)

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Eastern Times, 23 April 2007:

Up to ROS to act against false UMNO promoters

KUCHING: PBB deputy president Dato Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said it was up to the Registrar of Societies (ROS) to take action against a group claiming to be Umno promoters in Sarawak and who had opened an office in Matang Jaya Commercial Centre here.
The group had hoisted two Umno flags and put up a signboard with the word “UMNO” and the party’s emblem outside the window of the office located on the first floor of a shoplot.
Abang Johari, who is also the Housing Minister, said that the matter should be better left to the ROS to deal with because there was no Umno branch in Sarawak.
He said this when asked to comment on the news reports of the setting up of the office during the Malaysian Red Crescent Society Kuching Chapter charity food and jumble sale yesterday.
It was an old story and further comment on the matter would only give credit to those who initiated the action, he said.
Umno was not spreading its wings to Sarawak as PBB still remained the backbone of the Sarawak Barisan Nasional, he added.
The “Umno office” was reportedly opened last month by a group that called itself Jawatankuasa Penaja Umno Negeri Sarawak.
Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad was reported in a national daily Utusan Malaysia as saying that Umno never gave permission to anybody to set up a branch in Sarawak.

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The Borneo Post, in an article dated 23 April 2007:

Leave Umno signboard to ROS: Johari
By Alexius Barieng

Minister describes so-called JPUNS a ‘de facto’ organisation badly wanting attention

KUCHING: The issue of a group claiming to be United Malays National Organisation (Umno) promoters in Sarawak, and who recently set up an office in Matang Jaya here, should be left to the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

LUCK OF THE DRAW: Johari (left) holds up the number for the Charity Food Sale lucky draw contest, together with (from second left) Dr Rauf, Karim, Chuo and Dr Chou. - Photo by Johnathan Bullet.

Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president Dato Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said as the group, which calls itself ‘Jawatankuasa Penaja Umno Negeri Sarawak (JPUNS), was only a ‘de facto’ organisation, their act of opening up an office with a very visible signboard was a matter for ROS to take action on.

“With signboard, ask ROS-lah…if I comment it would only give credibility to them, I don’t want to comment much on this (because) it’s an old issue,” he told reporters yesterday, after officiating at the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) Kuching Chapter’s Charity Food Sale.

He said this when asked whether PBB would lodge a police report or file a complaint with the ROS regarding the matter.

Johari, who is the Housing Minister, insisted that Umno had not set up a branch here, saying that if this particular group of so-called Umno promoters had made a “glaring” mistake with their office and signboard, the ROS should then have to look into the matter.

He also stressed that his friends in Umno were not aware of this particular group and did not even know who its members were.

Johari said members of these so-called Umno promoters in Sarawak even appeared in Machap and Ijok by-elections and questions were asked as to who they were.

“Some Umno members, a lot of my friends in Umno, were asking who these people were,” Johari said, adding, “Maybe they (JPUNS) just want to attract attention.”.

The issue of JPUNS was highlighted in thesundaypost following public queries about the group’s office in a commercial centre in Matang Jaya that came complete with Umno’s party flag and emblem.

JPUNS, which opened its office here last month, was set up on Sept 11 last year. It was reported in thesundaypost that the promoters had yet to receive any “green light” from Umno in Kuala Lumpur.

Johari on Saturday also described JPUNS’ claim as Umno promoters in Sarawak as a “joke” and that it was “stale news” because it was clear that Umno would not spread its wings to Sarawak.

But JPUNS appeared unaffected and this was apparent when thesundaypost interviewed its protem chairman Affendi Jeman, protem deputy chairman Mohamad Maulana Magiman and protem information chief Abu Bakar Hassan at their office yesterday.

Affendi claimed that the group’s formation was based on “popular demand” and not for personal reasons.

He also said JPUNS had 34 branches and that it would be working closely with the State and federal BN parties because it was “pro-BN”.

Meanwhile, earlier Johari presented certificates of participation to the volunteers and non-governmental organisations that set up stalls at this year’s MRCS Kuching Chapter Charity Food Sale.

The Kuching Chapter vice-chairman Titus Chuo, who is also its fundraising committee chairman, said the food sale was one of its three major fundraisers for the year.

MRCS Kuching Chapter hoped to raise RM50,000 from yesterday’s event and the funds collected would be used mainly for blood donor recruitment and community service activities.

Among those present were Assistant Minister of Environment Dr Abang Abdul Rauf Abang Zen, who is MRCS Kuching Chapter’s chairman, its advisor Datuk Abang Abdul Karim Tun Openg, and the chapter’s vice-chairman Dr Chou Chii Ming. (BTW, Dr Chou Chii Ming is one of the directors of the KTS group, who owns the Borneo Post)

When UMNO comes in to destroy us, remember you saw it here first!

Optus needs a English lesson

Can some one tell me what there trying to say?

Outarge in Matang!

Saw this from the Borneo Post: (Things are great now they're online..)

Umno flag flies high in Matang

Posted By Web Master On 22nd April 2007 @ 10:00 In TheSundayPost

KUCHING: A group claiming to be Umno promoters in Sarawak has opened an office in Matang Jaya commercial centre here complete with the party’s flag and emblem hung outside their window.

English 101

Yes, living with Indians and Arabs dont help much in the hygene deparment.....

Die you Semenanjung immigrants!

Saw this very true article a few days back. I've reproduced it below:

SKY's MK-Column:Beautiful Sarawak
Jan 29, 2007 at 06:26 PM

IT is a reflection of our East-West chasm that most of my friends living on the peninsular side of Malaysia have never stepped foot in Sarawak and Sabah.

Many West Malaysians have travelled all over the globe, for education, business and pleasure. Names of glamorous foreign places and cities roll off their tongue with an envious familiarity. Ask these sophisticated well-wheeled jet-setters whether they have ever been to that part of Malaysia towards the direction of sunrise, and you will draw a blank.

Now that 2007 is touted as a Visit Malaysia Year, I want to do my bit for my home state and sell you readers the idea of a visit to Sarawak. Domestic tourism will save the country valuable foreign exchange and give Sarawak tourism a boost. But seriously, should you not know something of your own country first, before you trot all over the world for novel experience?

No, I have no intention of setting up a tourist agency, and neither have I been commissioned by the Sarawak Tourist Promotion Board to do this little advertisement for them. One must be so careful these days, and make this kind of clarification. After all, West Malaysians are more motivated to do things out of self-interest, rather than goodwill.

Let me appeal to your self-interest then. A good long visit to Sarawak with the right attitude will enrich your life, more than a week-long flirt with London or Paris can ever do.

Sure, you have heard horror stories from new graduates from our teaching colleges. They have been posted to rural schools in Sarawak, and within a week, they would flee like the Devil, and return to their comfortable homes in Damansara or Petaling Jaya, with tales of primitive quarters, head-hunting parents, and the scarcity of flush toilets in Sarawak's jungle.

Attitude and interest

That is what I mean by the "right" attitude". One would think that teaching is a noble vocation, and such trained school teachers from comfortable homes in KL should first think about their students in remote Sarawak villages. How would these deprived students and their parents deal with lack of flush toilets? How do they do their daily sanitation? How to teach them so they can have a good life like people in KL, Penang and Johore Baru?

Of course, there are those West Malaysian government officers who have been posted there and loving it. In fact, quite a number have elected to stay on in Sarawak forever! As long as there are only few such Sarawak-lovers from the West, it is alright. We do want to keep our typically pristine social ambience pure and clean in the Land of the Hornbill.

Again, back to attitude and interest. Those who are addicted to orgies of shopping, dining and nightlife should give Sarawak a wide berth. Of course Sarawak is not that primitive. Sarawakians do not live on trees, and so large cities and towns do offer the usual hedonistic epicurean attractions. But you can get that sort of distraction anywhere in the world, and the experience is pretty much the same everywhere.

Official promotion by the Sarawak state government also bandy about tourism mantras such as eco-tourism, adventure holidays, Borneo wildness, etc. They are just part of the sales pitch on the tourist market place, and that is alright. If you think you are a nature lover, Sarawak does have a lot to offer.

After all, Sarawak has one of the world's remaining tropical rain forests. The forest there has taken one million years to evolve. At one time, I travelled extensively through these forests and can vouch for their magnificence and majesty. An ancient living tree, the trunk of which will take 4 or 5 persons to encircle from arm to arm, and that rises more than ten stories high into the blue sky, is a sight to remember for life. An encounter with the plants, animals, birds and insects - including that much feared leeches - is also a cap in your social feather when you relate the experience to your city-slicker friends later.

If that is your interest, then go armed with a copy of the Lonely Planet and a great deal of insect repellent. The basic infrastructure and the tour guides are there to serve you, and allocate a week at least to get to see the most interesting places.

Perhaps the vast expanse of land and water available in Sarawak is what makes possible the most attractive uniqueness in Sarawak: the people.

For those Malaysians who think that there are only Malays, Chinese and Indians in Malaysia, they would be in for a pleasant surprise when they first stepped onto this forgotten land.

Of course there are Malays and Chinese there. But visitors who live all their life in West Malaysia will be shocked to discover that the Malays in Sarawak are certainly different from the Malays in other parts of the country. They speak a kind of Sarawak Malay dialect which is almost incomprehensible for Peninsular Malays. Though deeply religious as well, they have never embraced the kind of Islamic radicalism that has turned politics in Malaysia upside down. PAS has never established any foothold there.

Same human beings

You would think that the Chinese people are pretty much the same everywhere in the world. At least, they tend to look the same, and feel the same about steadfastly being Chinese. That may be partly true in Sarawak. But there, the Chinese are unusually tolerant of other races though. Inter-racial marriages with native people are socially accepted most of the time. Many Chinese can speak one or more indigenous languages.

There are very few Indians, though the few there are do not have the kind of social problems that have plagued the Indian community in West Malaysia.

Then there are the 30 or so indigenous communities generally classified by officialdom under the vague and insulting category of "others". In Sarawak, they are referred to as "Dayak", and a sub-category has been created to cater for the 'Orang Ulu'.

They form the majority of the population of Sarawak, and so they are everywhere. The "right attitude" is not to regard them as anthropological curiosities, human museum displays, or cultural showcase, as some people are wont to do to them. They are human beings all the same like you and me, though they look a little different and speak a wide dizzying array and their own tongues.

The Penans are world renowned of course, for being one of the last hunting and gathering tribes. But they live in the headwaters of the Great Rejang River and the Baram River. It is not easy to gain access to them. Also they are quite shy of strangers.

The other indigenous communities though, spreading over 5 thousand far-flung villages and longhouses, are best known for their hardy lifestyle, their legendary hospitality, their independence, and their free spirit. The so-called developed civilised world tend to look upon these people as primitive, but believe me, the world is a poorer place for not learning from the wisdom of the natives of Sarawak.

Eventually, first-time visitors from West Malaysia will be struck by the exemplary race relation between all the local ethnic communities in Sarawak.

There are no strangers

Once you arrive in beautiful Kuching, and start to make your tentative foray into the rural heartland, the stress and strain of living in West Malaysia will have lifted from your shoulders. The peace and tranquillity exists in the land, the mountains, the rivers and the sky. But it is also on the open friendly faces of the Sarawakians going around their business.

In Sarawak, there are no strangers, posing as the menacing, alien, and sub-human Other. In Sarawak, there are only neighbours whom you have yet to meet and befriend.

Visiting Sarawak and making friends there will enrich you in this respect. You get to realise that there is another way for people of different ethnic persuasions to live together beyond mere condescending tolerance stretched to the limit by suspicion and hatred. There, you will find that a great degree of integration has been achieved even before Malaysian independence, and the people there have willingly embraced their celebratory co-existence. Pluralism is very much alive and well there, despite the bad politics, and the odd bigots and racists.

Nowadays, the government is spending hundreds of millions of public funds to send our young people into isolated boot-camps, to encourage discipline and integration. I think that is a laughable idea and a huge waste of money. I could have told them to send these youths to Sarawak and Sabah, to live there among the locals for 3 to 6 months.

But then, my views would probably be dismissed by the typically arrogant decision-makers in KL as coming from the attitude of a provincial parochial Sarawakian anyway. So for a long time to come, Sarawak and her natural and human beauty will remain as the best kept secret of the nation.

Then again, perhaps the allure of Sarawak should remain a secret, before the massive arrival of tourists can have a chance to pollute her innocence.

Source: Malaysiakini via PKR

"perhaps the allure of Sarawak should remain a secret"?? It should remain a secret, period! We Sarawakians are a world away from the Semenanjung "immigrants". So far, the South China Sea has been a very good barrier. We have been spared the evils of Mat Rempits, Indons, Islam, Utusan newspapers and kereta potong. And let me tell you why:

1) Mat Rempits. While the so-called "moral" guradians of Utusan Malaysia and "Minguan Malaysia" denounce the west, their influence, their culture, their "boshia barat", they're quite happy to embrace people who are a menance to legal, road abiding users. Who pay taxes to treat these cocaine fueled maniacs when they inevitably end up in hospital. And export them to Sarawak under the cover of "national intergration". Look, if shorts skirts in Terenganu are a "boshia barat", isn't Mat Rempit one too?

2)Indons. Just as NZ imports India Indians to keep the population from dropping below 4 million (Breaking news! Apperently, the Indians can speak English), Malays import no-good Indons to keep the "bumiputera level" high enough to make the 60:30:10 ratio 100:0. In the process, they get snatch thieves, kidnappings, copper theives and rapists in the name of building government buildings that go crack. Thankfully, we still have enough Dayaks to build the airport flyover. For now.

3)Refer to "Malaysia harus menolong Iran" Utusan Malaysia. Then look at the Middle East. Then look at PAS held Kelantan. Any attempt to impose rules on what I can wear is just going to plain fail. What those Semenanjung bastards don't (want to) know is that Malays in Sarawak are usually Melanaus. They we have the Ibans, Bidayu's, Lun Bawangs. And get this: Muslims are acctually a minority here! The SIB church rules, followed by Buddhism/Taoism, then christianity, then Islam. Its only coz they installed Taib "白毛” Mahmud and poured so much money in building mosques every 500m in Petra Jaya that they think we are "Islam" enough. Well, hate to break you out of your miserable world, but Taib is a Melanau. Not they Malay you think he is that will push your Ultra Malay agenda.

And they keep going on this "gejala barat" crap. We also have our own "boshia barat". From Malaysia Barat!

4)Utusan newspapers. Refer to 1) and 3), gejala Barat and all-anime-is porn. The if Johor floods, blame Singapore for reclaiming land in the Straits of Johor. Even if the river than busts its banks flows to the South China Sea. I knew we should have kept Geography a compulsury subject until Form 5...........

5)kereta potong. Well, thanks to the "west", we dont really have roads in the first place. All our road money is spent building the Putrajaya highway. refer to point 2. And with Proton giving out 3.9% interest rates for their cars, the only reason Sarwakians will buy a kereta potong is because Proton cars are plotong in the first place anyway. And we dont have 120km/h highways to stress out the wields. Acctually, the average long-distance driving speed in Sarawak is 80km/h. 100km/h is a wonder on our JKR roads, never mind those Kancils who seem to be doing 150km/h on the KLIA-KL highway everytime I go there. Its a fact. The (legal) taxi pulls out of KLIA, we pass the signs, and we see kancils, kelisa's and Protons passing us. And I'm like, man, he's slow. I look at the speedometer and we're doing 120km/h! (The legal speed limit). And this Kancil just zooms past us.Tell me what to think.

Its amazing we Sarawakians put up with this abuse. If this was the balklands we'd be declaring independence yesterday!

The (controversial) Melbourne Model

Some very good articles these past few days about Melbourne Uni to make most of their degrees post graduate. A must read for anyone thinking about studying in Australia really.

A matter of Degrees.

Scholarship blitz as uni ditches old-school model.

Melbourne Uni denies lack of funding

For Australian PR's: HECS places to go as uni looks to a model future

To be continued......

One day trip to Mt Tamborine

More pics at my new photo log here. Please leave a comment in the blogger comments section or the shoutbox.

Audio log no 1

My first audio log for ninghua.blogspot.com.



All comments welcome.

The Great Wall of China was built by a Malaysian in 1930's Germany

Remember Nazi goreng?

Well, guess who (apperently) built the great wall of china?



People usually don't like Telstra. But I'll give them some slack here.

The real truth behind the governments (failed) attempt to register bloggers

Just listen to it:



From here. Worth spending 3 mins of your life on.

I can tell you, this will be nothing other than to make a mokery of our country in the international press.

At least AAB has maintains some sense. Common sense our single celled apes in the government seemingly fail to have.

Send Mat Rempit to motivational camps

From thestar online, mirrored here:

The Star Online > North

Friday April 6, 2007

Send Mat Rempit to motivational camps

THE Kulim/Bandar Baharu Belia 4B movement is proposing that Mat Rempit and youths nabbed for traffic offences be sent for motivation courses at Biro Tatanegara training centres nationwide.

Its chairman Abdul Kadir Kasim said sending Mat Rempit to motivation camps would make them realise the futility of their activities and make them more responsible and useful ci-tizens.

“The motivation camps will definitely stir some response in these youths and hopefully will help them change their mindsets,” he said at a mass cooking of bubur asyura (green pea porridge) at Kampung Sungai Bu-loh in Sedim, near Sungai Petani, re-cently.

“We can impose punitive measures on these Mat Rempit and youths but to what extent?

“Why don’t the authorities ap-proach them through other softer but effective means. The motivation camps might be effective as the exercises and talks will surely make them think and realise their wrong-doings,” he added.

In lauding the bubur asyura cooking community activity, Abdul Kadir said tradition such as this would be forgotten if the village elders did not pass it down to the younger generation.

Asyura is the 10th day on the Mus-lim calendar of Muharram. It is the day when Muslims are encouraged to fast.

Muslims are encouraged to cook bubur asyura for their meal after a day of fasting on that day.

How much is that Proton in the window?

The one that is less than $20,000?

How much is a Arena, Savvy, Gen-2 and Satria Neo in Malaysia?

Apperently, Nerds and geeks make good boyfriends

So says the "Research Institute for Unicultural Visual Art". I had to make some comments however. The original post is reproduced below. My comments are in between the lines. Some points in the original article I have removed for space and clarity. Plus, I'm too lazy to type so much anyway......

I know most of us here are nerds. And single. But why? Nerds make great boyfriends, as expertly pointed out by this article which I’ve reproduced here. [RIUVA's] own comments are in red. Naturally, the article is full of generalisations and assumptions but taking the average, it’s a pretty damn spot-on.

Reproduced from the Best of Craig’s List:

In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds, and less attention to the flashy boys.

1.) While geeks and nerds may be awkward, they’re well-meaning 9 out of 10 times. That smooth dude with the sly grin and the spider hands? Wonder what HIS intentions are… plus, I’ve never had a geek guy not call me when he said he would. Score major points THERE.

Nerds are idealistic in general. This is because they are always indulging in fantasy worlds, where osananajimis, childhood promises and other sweet anime cliches prevail. This means their standards are generally in sync with the sincere and selfless fictional characters of say Honey and Clover, Love Hina etc.

And we're constantly in denial. We don't do the real world very well. Getting a job? Finding a place to live? SSSCCCAAARRRRYYYY. And yes, we spend our time watching Suzuka and Kanon. So we're very happy in our bubble world where the girl we get stays with us.

2.) They’re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it’s great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.

This is very true. In fact, as I’m writing this, the wife complains that "my IE just crashed. I lost all my pictures. I can’t use firefox cos when it saves pictures, there’s a 30 second hang." To which the reply is, "Check your downloads tab and click the cleanup button." If it was a normal guy, the answer would probably be, "UH? Farriire fux? Is that some animal?"

Anyone care to dispute this? Unfortunately for me, I've yet to see this become a asset. I've made some nice people thanks to my "usefulness", but the computers of all the nice girls never seem to need any help. I just don't know why. Yet, the people I know (too) well keep dying. Why?

3.) They’re more romantic than they’re given credit for. Ok true, their idea of romance might be to make up a spiffy web-page with all the reasons why they love you, with links to pics of you and sonnets and such… but hey. It lasts longer than flowers, plus you can show your friends.

In this day and age, where capitalistic romance is the norm and romanticism is measured in dollars, we splendid nerds are always creative and unique in our expressions of romance. For example, we may print a 150 cm body pillow of the wife and hug it to sleep.

I need that pillow, minus the printing part. Doesn't anyone sell bolsters in this place and day and age?

4.) Due to their neglected status, there are plenty to choose from. You like ‘em tall and slender? There are plenty of geeks/nerds who are. You like ‘em smaller with more meat on their bones? Got that too.

This is very true. Nerds come in all shapes and sizes and generally, all are available for selection.

And not all of us are bad in sport. Sure, we're no champions, but we like a nice, non-competitive game of badminton and ping pong now and then. Is that too much to ask? And believe me, some things are hidden in this world..........

5.) They’ve got brains. Come on now, how can intelligence be a bad thing?

Nerds actually know more about safe sex, sexually transmitted diseases, the menstrual cycle and its driving hormones, than most people. Even girls. Then there are regular folks who write in to magazines asking if "his girlfriend will get pregnant if she drinks his sperm".

Then there are people who claim to be journalists and write how anime = porn. Its all TJ Han and gang's fault. Not all of us like eroge. Some of use are cleaner than the average guy. We're 100% straight, but we're also stick to our (religous) belief's strongly. And face it, one night stands don't happen with us. Really.

8.) They’re relatively low-maintenance. Most can be fueled on pizza, Twinkies and Mt Dew. No complicated dinners needed here, so if you’re not the best cook, eh. Can you order a pizza?

I loled at this point. When was the last time us nerds visited a restaurant? As Madarame says, "eating is a luxury." We are thrifty creatures when it comes to living expenses.

I have to disagree on this point. But only beacuse I'm "Asian". I need rice. Take my internet away from me, but not my rice bowl! I'm not refuelable on pizza and Mt Dew. Through I don't mind 100 PLUS now and then.... But yeah, if you can cook, or at least pay for take-away's we're happy.

9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won’t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his “groove” on with club hotties because, frankly, he’ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won’t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he’ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I’ve seen this happen.
Me: “Eww. Victoria Secret’s Models… They’re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!”
Geek Guy: “ooooooo…”
Me: “Hey!” *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*
Geek Guy: “What?”
Me: “Never mind…”

I have never clubbed before in my life. Only the occasional (annual) pub visit for football viewing. Most nerds are also homely, we’ll much prefer staying at home than going out especially to crowded places. You know the nerd mentality is all about picking one girl, just look at all eroge. There may be a harem but there’s always only one girl per route. And for School Days, if you don’t make up your mind, they kill you. So yeah, loyalty is the nerd way.

Loyality is in our blood. I am loyal to AMD all the way. Then you get people who would rather die than use a Windows PC (usually there Mac addicts). Then in the Linux world, a small comment on word processors (Vm, VIM, OO) can become a full fledged flame war with people on all camps.

10.) Although he may not want to go to every outing with you, you can arrange swaps, as in, you’ll go to his Gamer Con dressed as an elf princess if he’ll take you to the ballet. Plus, if he doesn’t want to go someplace with you, you won’t have to worry much about what he’s up to. You’ll probably come home to find him asleep on his keyboard in a sea of Mt. Dew cans with code blinking from the screen. It’s ok. He’s used to this. Just toss a blanket over him and turn out the light.

As stated, nerds like to stay at home. We also don’t get lonely at all because we’ve been alone for most of our lives in a room. So girls don’t get any of this stickiness and possessiveness that some other guys have. And yeah, other guys find cosplayers weird. We find them very very hot.

Depends who there cosplaying. There are good cosplays. Then there are people who use their Form 6 uniform to humiliate the nation in the eyes of the world. But you can be assured we're usually at home wasting out data cap on youtube, rather than being wasted in the streets.

11.) His friends aren’t jerks. I can’t stress this enough. You’ll more likely get “Omg! A GIRL!! Can I see?!” than “Hey hot stuff back that ass up here and let me get some grub on…” They’re awkward geeks too and will, 9 times out of 10, treat you with the utmost respect and, more than likely, a note of awe. A cute girl picked one of their clan to date? It could happen to them! Hope! Drag some of your single girlfriends over, open up a pack of Mt. Dew, crack open the DnD set and get working. Nothing impresses geek guys more than a girl who can hack-n-slash (well ok maybe if she can code… a geek can dream).

This is sooo true.

Amen. Girls are an endangered species in our lives. Its amazing that geeks have survived for so long. Usually living creatures who can't get a girl face extinction. Just look at the panda.

12.) They’re rarely if ever possessive. They trust you, so you can be yourself around them. You like to walk around the house in a ratty t-shirt for comfort? He won’t care. He does too! They won’t get pissy if you don’t wear make-up or don’t want to bother primping your hair. If you gain a few pounds, they won’t try their best to make you feel like crap.

Nerds don’t dress up. And they can’t really tell what is fashion. Anything looks perfectly fine. In fact, rags are MOE. Skirts and leggings are MOE. Gothic is MOE. Casual is MOE. Swimsuit is MOE. School Uniform is MOE.

I have to draw the line here. Sure, I'm 100% ignorant when it comes to fashion. People have been traumatised just by how I dress. Long skirts are MOE. Short skirts are MOE. Goth, in ANY WAY, is NOT MOE! Honestly, I'll never understand what people see in goth. As far as I can see, its all about dark, moody and heavy colours with too many frills, literary. And the fanboys have destroyed the real meaning of gothic.

Look at the Christ Church Cathedral in Christhurch (no pun intended at all). Its a architectual wonder. It is a good example of 19th century gothic design. But no one in their right mind will call the Cathedral "cute" or "Moe". I know TJ Han takes a figurine on a trip to the zoo, but honestly, by and large we're very down to earth and sane. The fanboys have destroyed the true meaning of Gothic. And I don't even do architecture.

13.) They’re usually very well educated. Physics majors and the like. See #5. You won’t have to listen to him blathering on about his car (ok maybe a little), he’ll have loads of other interesting things to talk about. Politics, world events, how much the chicken burgers down at the local place rock, so long as you douse them in hot sauce…

If you look at #animeblogger channel, which is full of geeks, you’ll notice that half have degrees while the other half are in college. Then if you look at #teens or something, 90% of the people there are dropouts doing odd jobs.

Physics is life. Everything in this world can be explained in physics. Dont ask me why I didnt take up engineering.But ask me anything. Malaysian politics. AirAsia. Tune Hotel. MAS and Idris Jala. Why Queen St mall is full of smoke. Why hard drives are very fragile. Lee Kuan Yew. The weakness of the internet.Proton and our tax money. Ask me. When I'm awake and sober enough at least.

14.) You’ll almost never have to hear, “Yaw dawg whazzap!!” plop out of their mouths. Unless it’s in jest. They spell properly, use correct punctuation, and are able to tell the difference between the toilet and the floor. They almost never get “wasted”, so you won’t have to worry about coming home to find him and his friends passed out on the floor amidst a pile of beer bottles. Mt. Dew cans, perhaps…

We don’t ever type like, "y00 h0u r u 2daE, mi feeLZZ veri siAnzzz lehx." It’s disgraceful. And most of us don’t drink, smoke or indulge in other vices.

Neither do we use leet speak and use Myspace. Real geeks use IRC. Real geeks have their own hosting. Real geeks use proper queens English. Reall geeks are eloquent. Real geeks hate fanboys. Real geeks dO noT aBuSe tHe PLacIng of cApiTal letters.

15.) And the final reason why geeks and nerds make great boyfriends: They actually give a damn about you. Not how you look (though that’s a plus), not how skinny you are, not how much make-up you primp yourself up with, but they like you for you. That kind of thing lasts longer than “DaMN baby you got a fine ass!!!” Believe me.

This is because of scarcity. Nerds have it hard when it comes to getting girlfriends so they treasure them a lot more. It’s like how affluent people can’t finish their food and toss them away but the starving in Africa will lick every grain up.

So girls, what are you waiting for? Get a nerdy boyfriend now!

I'm still single. And avaliable. Contact details in the "contact me" section of the right side pannel. Or just leave a comment. This one is still avaliable. While stocks last!

Ninghua, random edition

I'm feeling completely randon as I wait for my fish to defrost before I can cook the damn thing. So, first, there are some facts on geeks:

-We're not masters in D and D
-MC Fletcher is not my fav MC. Who the hell is he anyway?
-I dont mind a nice cup of Earl Grey Tea
-We don't drive Toyota Priuses
- We are too poor to have any action figures
-Steven Hawking is only in my library to help me sleep
-Real geeks dont use Myspace
-I dont know pi to a thousand places. Only 7. Honestly.
-I dont mind braces
-I like mayonese on my sandwiches
-Were lousy players in Minesweeper
-And no, we cant play it for days. (who can?)
-We dont do vector calculus for fun. We do it coz we like it
-What the hell is a siren gun?
-"Happy Days" is not my favourite theme some
-I like nothing better than a nice game of ping pong
-I like trivia
-I suck in programming, not just javascript and Klingon
-I dont collect X-men comics
-I like pens. Espically when there free.
-We like egronomic keyboards, coz we spend too much time with them
-We dont vandalise wikipedia
-The holy grail is funny
-And yes, we can make you ROTFLOL by saying it
-Yes, friends always call me when they need something done on their computer
-I can do HTML for them all
-No, our dogs dont have a website of their own
-We dont spend our nights in a roll of bubble wrap
-still, we hope no one sees us
-I wasn't in the AV club. The photography club yes.
-WTH is a glee club?
-Chess is evil.....
-There are harder questions than "Do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?" in our life
-We dont spend our weekends at the renaisance fair
-We dont have our name on our underwear either
-Star wars? The Revenge of the SIM is better!

Theres more randomness if you feel up to it....

Paralympic athlete Chantal Petitclerc

A few weeks ago, during the QUT Open Day, we had a honoured guest. All the way from Canada.



I'm usually not very knowledgeable in the Olympics, other than it happens every 4 years and its huge. What most people forget is the Paralympics. A time where the disabled get a chance to compete in the world stage.
Since Chantal Petitclerc can't run, she pushes her way to victory. I wouldn't go too much into her history, as it is well documented around the internet. Suffice to say, an accident at the age of 13 left her paralyzed waist down, and she was in the wilderness for many years before she took up this sport.

She's not bad, being able to rise up to such a high rank in wheelchair racing after so much hardship. She didn't consider university initially, but eventually went on to pursue her education in social sciences (very interesting she said!).


She's got a fair bit of achievements under her belt, coming 1st on many paralympic events and having a impressive collection of gold medals, one which she brought with her to QUT. It was my first time touching and seeing a REAL olympic gold medal (sakai) and I must say it looks nice. Its not that heavy as I imagined to be through. But the thought of it being pure gold (coated at least) fills me with awe. I mean, how many people from where I come from will have the privilege of touching a real olympic gold medal?



Unfortunately, it was one of those days where I forgot to bring my camera, so no pics other than the small flier I got. Still, I'm honoured to meet someone of great rank and achievement. Its something you don't get everyday.

Orz....I'm sleepy...

Weeeeeeeee.....

Taken while I was in Changi....

Dont you just love Singapore? :)