DiGi got this online greeting for all of Malaysian for our first Malaysia Day!

Everybody love it – Zalif of KRU Berhad so cute in it – its remind me of how effective is Yellow Coverage Fellow (YFC)!

Somehow instead of fighting for slot during Hari Raya, DiGi goes on different marketing strategy and choose for Malaysia Day greeting instead.

Did anyone saw the hugging YCF with the blue bear & MAXIS logo (ball) on local newspaper – that’s cute too!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWOaq0XCBXw

“chak de patte – chak de patte” – We’re all different. But still same-same.

Happy Malaysia Day everyone!

*Check out also the post-ads dance & Zalif’s interview on Quickie TV3

I received this newsletter by Malaysia Airlines last week – they have tonne of new thing-y available online at malaysiaairlines.com

Last month, I went to Bali with them – I got a great bargain via their online deals channel – Get-the-Deal – which only cost me MYR300 something for return tickets – I booked it within one before one month of my travel.

You can check out some of the features below:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6WUNR2X8n4

Happy Merdeka, Malaysia!

For the past one year, global economic meltdown kind of making every single sector  of industry affected and most of the company are taking drastic action by laying off some of their worker to cut company expenses.

And this also goes to our political parties lately, especially among the PKR collation.

First Scene

[Scenario 1]
[Location] Jeff Ooi’s House (probably)
[Act] Jeff Ooi, the DAP’s Jelutong statesman surf over the net and stumble upon Jemaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) website and saw his fellow statesman of PKR’s Mohd Razali Abdullah who is in that Islamic missionary organisation.

[Jeff Ooi to Penang CM] Dia patut kena pecat!

[Scenario 2]
[Location] Office Lim Guan Eng at Komtar
[Act] Islamic NGO representative handing over a memorandum to Penang Chief Minister, DAP’s Lim Guan Eng requesting the Chief Minister to sack Jeff Ooi for making such remarks.

[Groups of Penangite to Penang CM] Kamu patut pecat dia!

[Pause]

Second Scene

[Scenario 1]
[Location] Pejabat MBSA
[Act] Dr Hassan Ali of Selangor PAS give a press conference about the Beer Gate incident which MBSA raid the 7-Eleven outlet in Shah Alam and taken all the alcohol beverage from the store – reason as Beer ban on Muslim populated area. Ronnie Liu of DAP requested all the confiscated beverages to be return back. Dr Hassan Ali was furious since DAP’s Ronnie Liu getting involves in the Islamic regulation matters

[Dr Hasan Ali to Selangor MB] Kamu kena pecat dia!

[Scenario 2]
[Location] Selangor DAP Office
[Act] Tony Pua, the state DAP deputy chairman has requested disciplinary action against Dr Hassan Ali for “unwarranted and unjustified” acts

[Tony Pua to PKR] Dia patut kena pecat!

[The story continues....]

I’m not saying anything but I was wonder, where did Khir Toyo be in this scenario?

[Khir Toyo] Khir Toyo is filling up an application form for a new jobs since by the next 3 years all PKR statesman is all out of jobs because of ‘PECAT’ disciplinary action.

[The End]

The story begin like this…

On Thursday night, a few of Melayu who work and earn our living in the city centre, all gear up for another troublesome two days ahead of us.

There is neither thunderstorm nor tsunami going to hit the city of Kuala Lumpur.

Instead it was a peace gathering by another Melayu NGO (Non-supporting Government Organisation) which largely come from many part of Melayu town all over the country  - to sent a written templated memorandum in Bahasa Melayu with a title ‘ISA Abolishment‘ to the King (also a Melayu too) at the Istana Negara (which previously a Chinese Tycoon Mansion).

This peace rally will start from many parts of the city centre such as Masjid Negara (Muslim’s Melayu prayer place) and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (a shopping haven for Melayu).

By Friday morning, a multiple road block ready on all major roads leading to the city centre. The authority is getting concern about the rally since there no permit was approved.

You can see two or three young graduated Melayu police officers guarded and checking every car passes by. Even a few of Melayu driver who obviously going to city for work have to be check too.

Luckily there is a few highway still empty, heading to the city centre for some smart drivers is still ok. Then by afternoon, an SMS starts to fly around about the warning to avoid coming to KL on Saturday.

To some of Melayu who rather not to get involve in this political playing field have to be wonder again, are this another Melayu Anwar Ibrahim‘s people power get together gathering?

Somehow, it wasn’t their choice but they have to face it the name of other Melayu and this time it was the ‘Internal Security Act’ also famously known as ISA.

News spread, multiple radio station starts to play an announcement about the warning by the IGP Police not to get involved in this ‘illegal’ gathering.

A few FB’s and Twitter’s status slowly starts to popping-up about the traffic chaos marking the anxiety of the event tomorrow and by night time on Friday, back-lock  traffic in the city become bad to worse and start to define itself as totally new meaning of ‘massive traffic jam’ on that Saturday.

Sun do comes up gorgeously that Saturday, some Melayu plan to have family shopping get-together, some Melayu plan to go to work in the city and some Melayu going to city for those plan gathering.

Everybody pack their things and leave their house hopping for a success day ahead of them. Nobody knows their path would collide in the most significant way and that’s what happen on that Saturday.

To cut the story short, all this characters and plot line do get involved later on; there is a Melayu FRU officers, there is a Melayu BAR Council watchdogs, the tear gas, the water cannons, the handcuff exchange hands, the retailers trap in the shopping malls, the marching towards the Istana Negara, the ‘ALLAH MAHA BESAR’ shout and the long stand-still traffic jam.

And the story would end the same way; the police brutality, the anger, the dissatisfaction and the International Press quoting the opposition leaders blaming the government for the failed gathering.

The same old blame game! What a boring story do you think?

Melayu’s story plot-line is always will be like that, it’s the same tone act by same Melayu characters.

Perhaps without knowing we just love to be in the same story again and again.

Like one of the International press news quoted today – Saturday’s rally was less about ISA than to show Anwar’s political strength.

Why haven’t other Melayu wake up and realise his personal agenda or perhaps I’m just the minority one.

Yesterday, I saw a full  page size ads by Air Asia placing a warm gratitude of the late Yasmin Ahmad.

I think it’s another smart brand placement exercise, especially replacing their normal promotional discounted air fares ads which has been running for the last few days.

It’s bad (logically) but it’s nice gesture. Think about it, it’s a such sweet thought of them since nobody ever did before for a filmmaker or creative person except if you’re big tycoon or politician; remember when Badawi becomes PM (can’t remember what year is that) – I was like, can they just give that money  for charity instead (to pay for a full page ads cost would be around something like a cost of one car).

BUT this email marketing I received today by one DVD maker company, make me so angry.

Disrespectful!

It’s such an immoral way of making money out of people death; I think that’s why some Malaysian company are just like scum-bag!

Judge it yourself!

I wasn’t sure the other day to write about the late Teoh Beng Hock but with countless times stumbling upon an entry about him on anyone blog which some – I would just ignore it and some I would spent a time reading it.

Sadly, some of us – love to politicking any speculation and some, love to bang on the racial door.

How pathetic!

However, I just want treat the late Teoh Beng Hock as a 30 years old guy who spend most of his 24/7 around his work as similar with most of us in the early 30s.

Establishing ourselves in this world.

It’s such a crazy world where we live in, working late, plenty of job, demanding boss and probably many more other challenges.

Sadly, most of us wasn’t ready, and I might think the late Teoh Beng Hock was the same – a victim of his career.

Yeah, I know some of us think it was a conspiracy theory – he love his job.

But, I think the greatest lost of a family is loosing a son who so eager to be some where or to be in some place which he would fit in.

Conspiracy Theory is just Hollywood flick – we’re living in the world where there is no right or wrong on this!

I didn’t know him personally and even I didn’t know who he is before the incident so I’ll ignore what he do, what he probably done and who he working with.

The greatest story never told is the late Teoh Beng Hock is just a guy who stuck in currently demanding world of ‘Asia’s Working Enviroment’ and like me and most of us, how many of us being truth to acknowledge we are in the most stressful environment.

We’re no longer a fresh graduate, we’re not leveraging on what we’re earning yet – we’re just living day in and day out.

And that’s the late Teoh Beng Hock, you saw on the photo all over the news; shows he was crying for help to be safe!

Sad – his gone that way or the other way;

I’m pity the guy, especially working in this Malaysian political line – the most challenging career path of all – I’m sure its required integrity, confident, problem solving and many more other skills which some of other bloggers (who very opinionated) don’t have.

To create speculation about his death is just silly – news will basi, anger will subside and election will comes again – nothing will change;

I hope any parents who reading this, might just stop judging or speculate about his death – take your time to look over your son or your daughter;

A cry for help doesn’t mean – “Dad, I need money” – it could be just anything;

And when a coffin is in front of you, it’s not a time to put the blame on anyone else except yourself.

This morning I read a piece of news by LA Times online and my thought was this would be nothing but bad for Malaysian.

By noon, the worse happen and it’s now all over the news media.

This one guy, Noordin Mohammed Top, born and educated in Malaysia, turn into a bombmaker that was involved in the many bombings through out Indonesia between 2002 and 2004, which has now become the Most Wanted Man in Asia.

And after the Jakarta’s JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton hotel blast yesterday, he once more becomes the headline in any part of the world.

Check out this headlines;

Report: Malaysian fugitive suspected in hotel bombs – CNN International
Malaysia fugitive terrorist linked to Jakarta’s suicide bombing – XinHua
Malaysian suspected in Indonesia hotel attacks – Los Angeles Times – LA Times
Malaysian extremist behind Indonesia attacks: official – Calgary Herald
Malaysian extremist Noordin Top blamed for Jakarta attacks – France 24

Imagine people in northern part of Germany, eastern part of China or southern part of Chile will sat in front of their TV news channel and see or read the news and what they will focus at, the word of ‘Malaysia’ or ‘Malaysian’.

As Malaysian, this kind of publicity totally isn’t good for us; PERIOD.

Why?

Linking the evil act of him to Malaysian (generally) – as a mastermind – is like poking the needle on all of us Malaysian.

I think the media always like to associate a country to any of the act of terrorism.

The problem is, Nordin Mohammed Top is always suspected living large in Indonesia – at most of the time – and he always targeted his act of terrorism in matter of Indonesian interest.

So why does the media still using the word ‘Malaysian’ or ‘Malaysia’ again and again – he wasn’t doing this act of violence when he was in Malaysia – so he wasn’t a fugitive from Malaysia or Malaysian extremist.

All the headlines sound so biased and making it’s like Malaysian are a sort of an enemy to Indonesian.

Making this matter worse, Malaysia and Indonesia always have this sibling’s rivalry and with the recent event of cold domestic relationship, it would create more tension between the two countries.

I think, the headlines should just said, the Bali’s bomber suspected again in the recent hotel bombs and should snippets in the brief description as Malaysian-borne, perhaps.

However, you can’t just control juicy headlines – it’s sold;

And this makes me wonder, does he still a Malaysian (in spirit of a common people in Malaysia like me and you)?

I think he is no longer a Malaysian and in my opinion he doesn’t practices and believes in our Rukun Negara anymore;

So, what should a country do when one of its people (or once its people) do an act of violence like this?

Should we just ignore it or maybe quoting on a news media like this by local BERNAMA, Malaysia Seriously Views Allegation On Bomber

“If there is any information, please pass (it) to our authorities. We are keen to know and will cooperate fully as we always do with our neighbours when it comes to terrorism,” said Wisma Putra

Is that good enough?

I don’t think so.

That was not enough to counter-attack the damage which has been done from the above headlines.

Is like there are two people inside the elevator and the person who fart say to another person, “It wasn’t me!”

Bugil [Bow-Gayle] illustrates the virginity and purity of the human soul as cleverly captured in black and white sensation;

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45 seconds Online Ads

Poster & Billboard

This new fragrance will be in the market hopefully by end of November 2009;

Anyone want to buy?

[Transcript:

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a sensation for Fall '09]

Found this on TV Squad, what a lame advertisements – they should just give up making comparison with the ‘Fruit of Eden’;

Who is the smarter ass between John McCain and Barack Obama? My vote goes to Paris Hilton! With a great message from her - See You at the Debate, Bitches!

I think the people behind McCain presidency ads campaign never thought the people behind Paris Hilton would be so smart to revert the unauthorised use of her image with the most greatest spoof in history of US presidency election.

The fact is she is the greatest celebrity of all times in this era for creating a brand and image; Even her release day from jail was mark as one of the day most people waited in days prior to her release. Her crying face was among the most downloaded images of all times and commented by all kind of people; either good or bad at the highest length of any web browser scroll bars.

She is Paris Hilton; to put her at the level of comparison with Barack Obama is like making her look really lesser celebrity status. She is way to high up there!

Making mockery of her is really just a slap to the face for that wrinkly white-haired guy;

I’m laughing out loud since what she said about the energy policy is so interesting (it is a work of comedy writer but she act good tho) and this guarantee her more popularity vote in the next couple of days compared to McCain!

A bum of respect for you Ms. Hilton!

The ads by Paris Hilton

The ads created by John McCain using unauthorised photo of Paris Hilton

Check this out! Creepy do you think?

A group of faceless people are spotted at Wimbledon tournament!

I’m loving this viral marketing…

Remember about this Ball Girl…

Or maybe…

“I heard CIK is looking for me? – THE BLUE EYED MAN”

ANSWER (Highlight to view)

1. LOTUS
2. GATORADE
3. PROPERTRACK.COM