Happy And Prosperous 2013

Hantu Laut

Majestic Kinabalu and a rising moon.

Let this year be a year of peace and prosperity for the nation.Let us stay secular and continue to progress under the system we have always valued and cherished. 

Think of our own poor and the less fortunate first before we care for the Arabs who have brought tragedy onto themselves and even greater tragedy as is now happening in Egypt as one man tried to change the constitution to turn the nation into a theocratic state.

Egypt will see new round of violence between the secularists and the Islamists and a foregone conclusion that she will end a theocratic state. 

Let not our Malaysia become one, set back the clock of progress for one man's insatiable greed for power.

Do we have a better alternative? 

See who are the rats jumping ship to join the so-called anti-corruption crusaders? 

Is it for want of deliverance, disenfrancising corruptions and build a better nation as they claimed, or for want of personal advantage and one own nefarious intention?

Wish all my friends and all Malaysians a Happy 2013.

HAPPY 2012

TO ALL MY READERS,FRIENDS,ACQUAINTANCES AND EVERY LIVING BEINGS ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH LET THERE BE PEACE AND TOLERANCE OF OUR DIFFERENCES.

RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHOULD DO WHAT GOD FORFENDS.STAY WITH RELIGION AND STAY AWAY FROM POLITICS.

May the New Year bring peace and harmony to our beloved nation.Malaysians are more divided now than ever before. We must stay together as one and not be divided by those who has no temperance in seeking political power and we must not allow them to destroy the peace and harmony that we, the people, have built since the birth of this nation.

We, must not allow those who preaches religions to divide us.We must not allow those questioning the constitution to fool us.

If the constitution was a bad contract, a fait accompli, change it, when you have the numbers, otherwise, don't try to fool us Malaysians to think you care for us.

Kung Xi Fa Cai

TO ALL MY CHINESE FRIENDS AND CHINESE PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY ARE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hantu Laut

GREETINGS FROM HANOI.

Out of action the past five days, down with food poisoning while in Phnom Penh.

Horrible! Horrible!

On drip for 12 hours at private hospital in Phnom Penh. The joke is, I think, got it from the 'baked moule' at one of the renowned French restaurants (can't name it, in case they sue me) in Phnom Penh.

Missed my Air Asia flight on Tuesday 8.35 a.m, ticket washed out. Luckily, with friend at MAS in Phnom Penh managed to catch MAS 11.15 a.m to KL same morning, spent two nights in KL to recuperate.

Left for Hanoi Thurday morning and staying at one of the hotels in the Old Quarters.Weather fantastic. Halong Bay on Monday.

Hanoi is gearing up for the big bash tonight.Can see huge preparations for the countdown all over the city with stages and huge sound systems erected in many places.

WISHING FRIENDS AND ALL MALAYSIANS A HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hantu Laut



HAPPY NEW YEAR TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALL MY READERS.

SPECIAL THANKS TO SM AND EDDY WHO HAVE FAITHFULLY FOLLOWED THIS BLOG AND HAVE BEEN REGULAR COMMENTATORS EVER SINCE.

WE MAY HAVE AGREED OR DISAGREED IN THE COURSE OF OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE BUT THEY HAVE ALL BEEN IN UTMOST CIVILITY.

ONCE AGAIN MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHERE EVER YOU MAY BE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2010.

Having A Good Time: Sex Party ?

Hantu Laut

The Year 2008 was a momentous year which many of us would be glad to leave behind.The year ended with even more tragedies, the bombing of Gaza by Israel that killed hundreds of innocent civilians and a tragedy that took the lives of about 60 New Year's Eve revellers in a nightclub fire in Bangkok.A night of merry making that ended in tragic consequence.The nightclub owner should rot in jail for a long time.

I feel for the parents and loved ones of those who perished in the fire.Danger do not forewarn us and we accept acts of God as something beyond our control but when human failings were the cause of our grief, the pain, the anger and the desire to hit back persist for a long time.The pain of losing someone you love, those of your own flesh and blood is a torment that not many can endure.It's a stab in the heart that reposes in silence.For some of us time is a great healer but for some the wound would never healed.

New Year's Eve has always been a traditional and universal display of joy to usher in the New Year with resolutions and expectations.Alcohol is the spirit for those who needs it to trigger their adrenaline rush to meet this joyous occasion. The police have always warned revellers not to drink and drive.Good advice not many of us took seriously.

As we live far from where we are going for the evening and being law abiding citizens my wife and I checked into a hotel at 6.30 p.m.The first stage of our evening was dinner at a friend's house, a doctor by profession and a gourmet cook with a passion when he is not dissecting patients.Sumptuous food, good wine, good spirits and enduring conversations with doses of intellectual intercourse and unintelligible talks that went on till the wee hours of the morning.There were so much talking among friends and families, the drone of conversation actually drown the sound of music played in the background which finally died by itself and forgotten.There were so much to talk about even 'Auld Lang Syne' was forgotten at the stroke of midnight.

We left our friend's house at about 2 a.m. and both truly at 60 and still full of energy decided to go to our regular watering hole, our favourite club, and what a pleasant surprise most of our friends and people we know were still there.It was a jolly good New Year's morning.Went back to the hotel as the cock was crowing.We have never spent New Year's Eve this late, it must be a good omen.Checked out of the hotel 8 a.m.Slept only three hours, old people don't need much sleep, and we are old by any measure and poorer by about RM400.00 for a room that we only used for four hours but happy and glad to be alive.

Don't drink and drive ? Yes ! If you have too much,take it seriously, killing yourself may not be as painful as you killing others.

Well let me get to the real gist of the story. Most Malaysians would probably have read this hot item in the news.I could not but feel apprehensive about the whole thing.Was it really a sex party or just a group of friends getting together for a New Year bash and where alcohol would be consumed and the danger of drink driving was taken seriously hence the renting of the service apartment for the party.As usual Malaysia's main stream media including the worst of the lot, Bernama, can never publish a complete story. This kind of reporting print a pretty picture of the standard of journalism in this country.

How did the police stumble on the private party,was there a tip-off, were they caught red-handed having sex orgies, were there complaint from the public of them being public nuisance and disturbing the peace? How can you called a party a sex party when there were no actual fucking and screwing and the people were found fully clothed.

The worst is the media reporting of personalities involved which can be narrowed down to identifying the persons concerned.Other than the drug taking which I am against, the police has no business busting a private party.Don't we Malaysians have anymore personal liberty?

Where their effort are much needed in crime prevention and solving crimes they pay little attention, so much so, the rape and murder of so many young girls were still unsolved.The thieves and robbers are getting bolder, violent crime is on the rise, organised crime are getting more organised and the police are more organised catching people who were having a good time, probably on a tip-off from a spurned lover or from someone out of envy and jealousy.

In Pahang, over-zealous enforcers from the Islamic Religious Council, who had nothing better to do other than raiding budget hotels hoping to get a hard on catching unwary couple in bed and hoping to make video of it and post it on the Internet.Around 56 people were detained in early morning raid.I wonder how many were forced to strip to face the camera as evidence they were screwing each other.There have been reported incidents of such appalling behaviour of these enforcers of God's laws.

In another news, Malaysiakini reported a man was tortured by police by pouring boiling water over him.He was badly scalded.Bukit Aman is investigating.We have to wait what Bukit Aman have to say about this gruesome action of the police if the allegation is found true.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HANTU LAUT

"A new year is unfolding.

Let this year be filled with the things that are truly good—with the comfort of warmth in our relationships, with the strength to help those who need our help and the humility and openness to accept help from others.

As we make our resolutions for the year ahead, let us go forward with great hope that all things can be possible and let us work toward making this world a safe and better place to live in"

WISHING A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY READERS IN MALAYSIA AND WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.

This blog is on HIATUS for the next few days to welcome the New Year.