Studying in office

I am finding it so difficult to concentrate on my preparation for actuarial exams at home. The temptations to switch on my laptop and read news from my Netvibes, play Scrabulous with strangers from Facebook prove to be too much to handle. Or rather, it's the urge to avoid studying at all cost.

So, I had to come up with a desperate measure - study in my office over the weekend. And it worked. I studied for 5 hours continuously, a feat yet to be done thus far for this year's April exams preparation. Going there again tomorrow and hope to do 7 hours tomorrow.

Took the opportunity to snap a photo of my workstation with my handphone.

Bloomberg mystery

Can anyone who is using Bloomberg tell me why the historical AUD/USD exchange rates on 26 March and 20 March are different? The only difference between the two screenshots below are the date of the screen generation - one on 26 March and the other on 27 March. Both are from the same source (NY). The impact of using these rates can be quite serious for a multi billion dollar fund. I've never used Bloomberg before and these screenshots are provided to me from colleagues from AIG (AIA) Malaysia and Hong Kong respectively.

Click to view the whole screenshot

Click to view the whole screenshot

Scrabble & Scrabulous

I've been hooked to both Scrabulous and Scrabble on Facebook lately. Scrabble is still in beta.

If you love the word game too, let's have a game.

It's time of the year where I'm going through the agony of studying for actuarial exams. This is the time where I play a lot of scrabble, surf the net a lot, watch more TV than usual, read news and refresh my Gmail every few minutes. Do you have this habit too?

Kurang ajar betul

Who are these penderhaka in Terengganu?

Photos from KLpos.com

United trashed Liverpool 3 - 0

It was my first football match for a long long time, maybe 4 months?

Even though the screen was only a few inches wide - I watched it over the Internet, United's form on the day was more than enough to bring me a lot of joy. Whether Mascherano's red card was justified were irrelevant. United controlled the game well and fully deserved the victory. I think Rafa's days at Anfield are numbered.

Meanwhile, in London, Arsenal's young boys seem to have crumbled under the pressure. A few draws in a row is good enough for United to overtook the leaderboard. The loss to Chelsea is akin to a nail in the coffin for the Gunners.

Yoohoo!

Can your baby do this?

Interesting Updates from Terengganu

Malaysian politics have reached a new height. This time around we see UMNO taking on the King.

To be fair, the Sultan of Terengganu (our King at the moment) should not have appointed the Menteri Besar of his choice without consulting the winning party, according to the constitution. However, the Sultan has the prerogative to reject any candidate which is deemed unsuitable. The Sultan should have rejected Idris Jusoh and asked for an alternative candidate to be submitted instead. The Sultan must have strong valid reasons to reject Idris. UMNO, on the other hand, must have millions billions of reasons to stick with Idris. I'm sure it has something to do with "where has all the oil revenue gone?" since Terengganu is blessed with oil fields.

Ever since the huge defeats suffered by Barisan Nasional in the General Election, a lot of drama have unfolded, e.g. in Perlis. The monarchs have chosen to be more vocal about the affairs of their states and people. UMNO, on the other hand has been very bold to challenge the monarchs head on. It's too early to tell what will be the outcome. Within UMNO, there must be a lot of plots behind the scene by various opposing parties despite most leaders still trying to show their 'support' to their 'naked emperor'. Crisis is always an opportunity. The next few days/weeks are going to be very interesting.

UMNO Biadap?

When DAP did it, Utusan was quick to front page 'DAP Biadap'. Now, what about UMNO? Can't stand this sort of double standard by Utusan Malaysia!

A letter to Lim Kit Siang from Md Asmawi Md Nor says it all. Please read the context here and here. Also, interesting hypothesis on the whole issue.

Letters
by Md Asmawi Md Nor

Saya bersetuju bahawa Saudara telah tersilap dalam isu majlis angkat sumpah MB Perak tetapi saya juga sangat hormat apabila Saudara dengan cepat menyedari kesilapan tersebut dan dengan segera memperbetulkannya dan melakukan tindakan yang tepat dengan memohon maaf kepada pihak istana secara peribadi. Tahniah atas tindakan anda tersebut.

Nah, sekarang Terengganu pula menghadapi isu yang sama dimana 23 Adun dengan segera mengumumkan untuk memboikot majlis angkat sumpah MB Terengganu yang dijangka akan diadakan esok sebaik sahaja ayam tambatan mereka Idris Jusoh tidak terpilih sebagai MB. Seperti biasa, media UMNO Utusan Malaysia akan bersikap ‘double-standard’ dalam menanggani isu ini. Maksud saya secara spesifik ialah bila mana Saudara mengeluarkan statement dalam isu MB Perak dulu, Utusan Malaysia dengan segera dan ‘bold’ terus dengan muka depan “DAP Biadap’, dan dikuti dengan pelbagai rentetan propaganda dan provokasi lagi. Saya sebagai rakyat Terengganu mahukan perkara yang sama kali ini dilakukan oleh Utusan Malaysia dalam menanggani isu 23 Adun yang biadap ini termasuk Idris Jusoh. Tajuk yang perlu keluar dimuka depan mereka sekurang-kurangnya ‘23 Adun Biadap’. Mereka semua juga perlu memohon maaf seperti mana yang Saudara lakukan dahulu.

Saya amat berharap Saudara dapat memantau isu ini dengan diberi perhatian istimewa agar UMNO khasnya sedar jangan hanya pandai melihat orang lain biadap tetapi mereka sendiri boleh bersikap biadap dan bertindak sesuka hati mereka. Macamlah negara ini tiada undang-undang.

Sekian,

Flickr Marathon

Ever since I lost my high bandwidth broadband connection in London last year, I haven't been updating my Flickr.

Hence the first task I've aimed to complete when we finally got our high bandwidth broadband is to upload all the photos since October last year - probably around 6GB of them. It's good that upload is not counted towards my monthly bandwidth usage of 50GB.

Anyway, finally completed all the uploads moments ago. Please visit my Flickr for the updates.

Our Apartment

Finally got all the furniture delivered and set up. Now this place truly feels like home. Wish I have a wider lense to shoot these photos.

Living room







Master Bedroom



Study



View from outside

F1 weekend

It was such a sweltering weekend, with the mercury reaching 39 Celcius! Coupled with the crowd and the amount of fuel burnt from so many racing events over the weekend, the temperature around Albert Park must be more than 40 degrees. Not to mention the noise from different type of cars racing on the track - there were many different races taking place since Thursday, such as Formula Ford and GT. But the loudest of them all is the F1 car, only to be outdone by fighter jets exhibition prior to flag off. The most surprising event is perhaps the advertisement by Qantas - a 747 plan hovering slowly right above the park. What a sight. Too bad I didn't manage to capture this would be priceless photo.

As for photos for the F1 action, dissapointingly I've got none from my 2nd floor apartment as the organisers have made every effort to ensure very limited viewing from outside the park. The residents living on high-rise apartments were exceptions. They must have enjoyed the race from their balcony.

Johanna and I have to catch the race from TV screen, but with the loud engine noise coming live from the park. Exciting and eventful race indeed as only a handful of cars finishing the maiden race. Perhaps it's due to the withdrawal of traction control? Ferrari had quite some misfortune this weekend. Hope they can make it up next weekend in Sepang.

Our apartment is the tiny red dot on the track map


Some roads were closed, to be used as entrance to Albert Park


Merchandise stalls


Managed to take this from our apartment. The cars were way too fast though.


Fighter jet exhibition, right above our apartment


Helicopter making live telecast of the race

Proper Internet Connection Finally!

I am so elated now! Finally got a proper Internet connection at home. It has been more than 5 months since I lost my broadband connection in London.

I'm currently on a 30+20GB (peak+off-peak) plan which only count uploads. Hope the connection will remain good all the time.

Woohoo!

Guests at home

I invited my colleagues Chit Wai and Daren over after work last Friday.

Chit Wai is from Penang while Daren is from Sabah.

I prepared some lamb chops to cook during lunch time. I started cooking upon arriving back from work while Chit Wai and Daren were in the living room.

Unfortunately, the lamb chops I made that evening was something I would rather forget for a long time. Since I'm not experienced with red meat, I still don't know whether I undercooked the meat or the quality of the meat was not good as the lamb was very chewy. The aubergine sides I tried to make for the first time also tasted bland and dry. It turned out very different from the one I've made for Duane few weeks ago. I felt really bad that my guests have to finish the dinner.

Anyway, after dinner, we watched Mr and Mrs Smith on TV while chatting. Dessert was chocolate chip ice-cream. Good that it was not made by me.

Actuarial Department Dinner

It was probably the latest Christmas dinner ever - 6 March. But I would be the last one to complain as I would not have been part of it if it was held earlier.

My department had the dinner at the same place as the previous year - a restaurant in Southbank called Number 8. Our partner/spouse was invited too, so I brougth Johanna along. Initially she was quite reluctant to go as she has been through quite a few actuarial gatherings and just didn't enjoy the things we talk about - work, actuarial exams, studying for exams, etc.

This dinner turned out to be very different. We sat right next to Tim Chambers and his wife. Tim is the head of my department, also the Chief Actuary of the company. It was my first time really sitting down and have a good chat with him as he has been very busy since I joined. On my other side is my colleague Chit Wai, who is also from Penang. He has helped me a lot to settle down at work since I joined on 29 January. The dinner conversations turned out to be very interesting. Tim told us about his interesting experience in London (he originated from there) and Toronto and why he moved to Melbourne.

Chit Wai was very nice to send Jo and I to the dinner and back home too. He also fetch my other colleague, Anh and his wife to the dinner.

Many thanks to Elena for organising the great dinner and bringing along her camera so that we have something to remember by.

From left: Johanna, Tim, Tim's wife, James (my manager), Stephen, Elena, Daren, Anh's wife, Anh, Chit Wai and myself.

Cooking

I've been a very lucky guy lately. Not only I work so near home, I get to eat lunch at home too since Johanna is not working.

She has been downloading many recipes from the Internet. Most of them turned out very good and I have been enjoying my lunches and dinners at home - sweet and sour chicken, kong pou chicken, chili chicken, tom yum soup, black pepper beef, tangy sauce chikcen, etc. Top that off with her favourite ginseng soup. Yum!

The only downside is I get fewer chance to cook. Also, she only cooks Malaysian/Chinese dishes as she don't quite like Western food. Hence I have to make use of the very few precious opportunity to warm up my grill pan. The Scanpan titanium wok and grill pan we bought on Boxing Day last year are really impressive. However, my cooking has been less than impressive lately. Perhaps it is something that requires a lot of practice. And practices are difficult to come by ever since Johanna rules the kitchen.

The very few things I've cooked since last month...

My usual grilled chicken, with grilled broccoli and tomato, substituting ground coriander with steak spice


Swordfish with grilled asparagus and tomato. Johanna said not nice.


Tuna with grilled asparagus and tomato.

F1 begins...

Albert Park has been closed to public since last weekend.

The new F1 season finally announced its arrival today - and a loud one it is. However, the noise are mostly made by some GT cars on the race track, as what I could see from my apartment. Maybe a GT race is going on. Only once during the day I could hear the distinctive engine noise from an F1 car while in the office. It was a lot louder than the GT cars. Will need to endure that from tomorrow onwards until the race is over. Too bad there are too many trees blocking the view of the race track from my apartment. Otherwise it'll be a great experience watching F1 from home since the track is merely 200m away.

It'll definitely be a hot race, at least the weather - have been close to 40C for the part few days and expecting to be above 35C for the next few. So hot!

The former Minister who thinks bloggers syok sendiri

Funny bits from the interview with Dr. Mahathir... On our former Information Minister who thinks bloggers merely syok sendiri.

Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)?

Mahathir: He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn't change. But I think that a face that doesn't change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry.

He was telling everybody "Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar". Who is interested in his ‘wajar’? If he was Britney Spears, then….

Managing the burden of victory

A great article written by former Bar Council President. Taken from Malaysiakini. Opposition also has to keep its promise and deliver, above all to avoid internal fighting and work harder to form a more united coalition that represents Malaysians regardless of race and religion.

Managing the burden of victory

Yeo Yang Poh

The 8th day of March 2008 was a milestone in Malaysian history, and the 9th witnessed a new dawn.

For half a century, Malaysians - for reasons both real and imagined - have got accustomed to living under a political monopoly, believing and fearing that any substantial change would be detrimental to their own interest. It was, in part, an indoctrinated fear.

That psychological shackle of fear has now been broken.

The Barisan Nasional (BN and predecessor Alliance), having ruled since Independence, is naturally wondering why its iron-fisted monopoly has been so suddenly and unexpectedly breached. For the sake of moving the nation forward, this inquiry, if it can be carried out with brutal and painful frankness, will be a meaningful one.

The reasons for this moment of truth are multiple and complex, almost too numerous to list. But I suggest that they include the following factors.

(a) There is no denying that the coalition formula was necessary for the attainment of independence. The spirit of working together, as equal partners, was both admirable and essential. Equal, that is, though not in terms of numbers, but in terms of rights and responsibilities. However, over the years, the gradual erosion of this spirit, brought about by the greed for power and wealth, has betrayed the essence of the coalition formula, and turned it from a winning formula into an oppressive one.

(b) To maintain power and control, it became expedient to arrange politics according to race, in order to divide and rule, first along racial lines, and then along religious ones. The coalition became equal only in the payment of lip service. It was increasingly difficult to convince the affected persons that this was a partnership of equals, while their representatives were compelled to continue insisting that it was one.

(c) The preoccupation of the ruling elite in pursuing personal power and wealth, fuelled by an unbroken string of successes no matter how audacious their conduct, had entrenched a culture of ignoring the genuine needs and wishes of the people. The citizens’ voices of appeal grew louder and louder, but were met with either with a deaf ear or insincere promises that were repeatedly broken. Those who dared to turn up the volume of their complaints were harshly dealt with. But the people could not be fooled forever. Carrots delivered just before each election might have worked for a while, but could not work indefinitely. And the people could not be cowed forever.

(d) For decades Malaysians with genuine grouses or who wished to offer solutions for societal problems were paternally told: ‘If you want something (that ought to be yours in the first place), come and work within the system’. That might have been acceptable if the system in fact works. For most, the experience of working within the system soon became one of ‘begging the system’, with small successes and huge frustrations. Is it surprising, then, that a time came when the people said that enough is enough?

(e) A system of this nature allows sycophants and leaders with personal agenda to thrive, while those who wish to reveal the truth and improve the lot of the people are at best ignored and at worst persecuted. Such is the perfect recipe for an eventual downfall.

(f) This phenomena, and many others, manufactured a host of fatal problems such as endemic corruption, depletion of national resources, inequity in the distribution of resources, abuse of power, and the like; in short, it spawned an unfair society. It was only a matter of time before simmering discontent acquired an erupting force.

(g) Arrogance on the part of the ruling elite (again because of their unbroken record of successes and the fear tactics that they had no reservations about using) made them blind to the repeated warnings that things were about to boil over. The use of threats, splashed on the front pages of newspapers in the days leading to the election, sickened many, and probably backfired. Some of those threats had clear racial undertones. Malaysians surprised the BN by rising above the racial divide (such as in Penang and Klang). The BN had underestimated the growing maturity of the electorate.

There are of course many more reasons and causes than these. If the BN wants to regain lost ground, it has to pay sincere heed to frank advice, and remedy its serious shortcomings.

Victory of the people

Now that the political monopoly has been broken in a number of states, and the future prospect of breaking the same at the federal level has become an attainable goal rather than a dream, the opposition (now the ruling party in five states) has a mountain of work ahead. So much hope is pinned on their shoulders.

Among the most important things that its leaders must do are:

(i) Never to forget, not even in their sleep, that their much-improved victory is not their victory, but the victory of the people; thus they must serve the people with humility and dedication; they should be proud, not of their success, but of the people who have enabled them to succeed;

(ii) To quickly learn the ropes of governing, although teething problems are inevitable; be transparent and frank with the people, and remedy any errors as soon as these are discovered - while the people expect perfect honesty, they will be forgiving about imperfections in the execution of tasks, when things are done transparently;

(iii) To identify and divide tasks into various categories: those that require urgent attention, short-term goals, long-term policies, and so on; set timelines for each task, though not cast in stone, and make every effort to keep to them; engage or employ the right people for the right jobs and outsource if need be;

(iv) Pay immediate attention to the most burning issues, such as the economy, poverty, equitable distribution of resources and opportunities, security, etc.

(v) Set up effective oversight mechanisms immediately, especially in relation to financial matters, the processing and granting of permits and contracts, and corruption in the public sector; this must include strict monitoring of the members of the Opposition themselves, to ensure that no corruption or cronyism is practised;

(vi) Set up an effective mechanism to receive and address complaints from the public; and

(vii) Ensure that there is no in-fighting among leaders, for this will quickly destroy the faith that Malaysians have placed in them by giving them this unprecedented opportunity.

The challenge for the opposition in the coming months and years is a huge one. There will be many more ways to fail in this challenge than to succeed.

The parties have to be always vigilant, honest and humble. Their members will not be exempt from frequent visits by the demons of human weaknesses.

But the same people who have put them there can as easily reverse the decision if they should betray the faith. Checks and balances are essential for any system of government.

Whatever their political persuasions may be, Malaysians will benefit from the change. Let us all get down to hard, honest work.

Perak MB

According to this article in Sin Chew Daily, the Perak constitution does not allow a non-Malay to hold the position of Menteri Besar unless permission is granted by Sultan of Perak.

As a result, despite being the biggest winners in the Perak state elections, DAP will have to allow PKR or PAS to nominate a Malay candidate as the new MB, since all its candidates are Chinese, unless they wish to request for special permission by the Sultan.

The latest election marked a new dawn for Malaysia. I hope the opposition parties, whether PKR, DAP or PAS will be sincere in dismantling race-based politics in the coming years. They have surprised us with their performance in this election. Let them take up the challenge of creating one identity for Malaysians. Many Malaysians think it is difficult but many countries have managed to do so, hence it is not impossible.

Wind of change

The wind of change was a lot stronger than I thought. Opposition has managed deny BN of 2/3 majority and gained control of 5 states - Kelantan, Penang, Perak, Selangor and Kedah, compared to only 1 in the previous general election. Not only they have managed to win, they have won it with a handsome margin. Similar results were also obtained in parliamentary seats, with Opposition nearly clean sweeping KL.

I was quite skeptical that this election is going to make too much of a change as the mainstream media is usually biased against the opposition due to the hidden hands of Barisan Nasional. It's good to know that we do not blog in vain.

Khalid Ibrahim is likely to be the next Menteri Besar of Selangor, Lim Guan Eng the new Chief Minister of Penang, while the MB for Perak, Kedah and Kelantan has yet to be announced.

I hope this will teach the 4th floor boys a good lesson for their arrogance and ignorance. Malaysians have finally realised that they could make a difference at the ballot box.

Election jokes

Got these from Malaysiakini website. The first one is really funny!

(1) Barisan has announced that its new national symbol is the Condom, because it accurately reflects the government stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks and gives us a sense of security while we're actually being screwed!



(2) Pak Lah and Samy Vellu were in a helicopter looking down Kuala Lumpur. Pak Lah said, "Samy, if I throw two RM100 notes down, two people will be happy."

Not wanting to be outdone, Samy said, "If I throw 200 RM1 notes, 200 people will be happy."

The pilot heard the conversation and said, "If I throw the two of you down, 27 million Malaysians will be happy."



(3) Three guys were arguing as to what race Adam and Eve were. The Malay guy said they must be Malay as they are so good looking. The Chinese guy said that they must be Chinese as they are so calm even with a snake.

The Indian guy said that they must be Malaysian-Indian as they have no shelter, no clothes, no money, share one apple, advised by a snake who told them that they are living in paradise!



(4) Pak Lah, Najib, Shahrizat and Anwar were sitting in a KTM train heading up to Penang for campaigning. Near Ipoh, the train goes through a tunnel and it gets completely dark.

Suddenly there is a kissing sound and then a slap!

The train comes out of the tunnel. Shahrizat and Pak Lah are sitting there looking perplexed.

Najib is bent over holding his face, which is red from an apparent slap.

All of them remain diplomatic and nobody says anything.

Pak Lah is thinking: "These guys are all crazy after Shahrizat. Najib must have tried to kiss her in the tunnel. Very proper that she slapped him."

Shahrizat is thinking: "Najib must have moved to kiss me, but kissed Pak Lah instead and got slapped."

Najib is thinking: "Damn it, Pak Lah must have tried to kiss Shahrizat, she thought it was me and slapped me instead."

Anwar is thinking: "If this train goes through another tunnel, I could make another kissing sound and slap Najib again."



(5) Barisan wins the election. To celebrate, they decide to send more angkasawan to space. Najib calls together a group of Umnoputra cosmonauts.

Saudara saudara sekalian, we successfully sent our man Muzaffar to space using tax payers' money the last time. Since we have more than enough tax payers' money, the Cabinet has decided that you will all now fly to the sun.

But Datuk, we will be burnt to crisp.

Jangan takut, the Barisan government has thought of everything ... you will fly at night!



(6) Today's election brings to mind the old Northern Ireland election slogan - "VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN"

DAP Ceramah in Penang

I could never imagine such a big crowd at DAP's ceramah in Penang (estimated between 20,000 to 30,000). Wonder what are the sizes of DAP's ceramahs in PJ? Some of my relatives went to listen to Tony Pua.

No more indelible ink?

Election Commission has cancelled the use of indelible ink on polling day citing public order and security reasons.

After such a huge debate and spending so much of taxpayers' money on the indelible ink, the rules are suddenly changed on the 11th hour.

???

Motorola 'bribed' to stay on

As a Penangite, I have been disappointed with its development for the past decade. Without sufficient effort in restoration and maintenance, George Town is living only in its past glory.

Quite a number of international companies which have operations in the Bayan Lepas Industrial Zone have pulled out of Penang for cheaper options in China. As the whole country is struggling to move up the value-chain, this is not surprising.

But I would never imagine the state government and federal government will stoop so low to offer 'bribes' to Motorola to stay on. The RM1 billion comes from the federal government coffers, meaning taxpayers' money. A highly confidential, 3-page letter dated 3 December last year, signed by CM Dr Koh Tsu Koon was sent to the PM seeking for 'help'.

In return of RM1 billion, Motorola agreed to invest RM350 million in the state last Tuesday. You do the maths.

A panic RM1 billion gamble to avoid bad press in the running up to general election? Do you think Motorola is the only company?

Even if it's done in the excuse of protecting jobs, how can this sort of arrangement be sustainable in the long run. Multinationals will probably come to Malaysia for free money.

Warkah untuk PM

In response to the Warkah untuk PM website launched by the Deputy PM.

Dear PM,

I would like to raise my concern on the crime rates in the country. I've been worried for my parents (who are in their golden age) lately as they have been victims of a two counts of theft within 3 weeks.

On the 2nd day of Chinese New Year, a thief attempted to break in to their house. He failed to do so, but managed to fish my father's wallet from one of the rooms through the window. The thief managed to withdraw a significant sum of money from 2 of his bank accounts. My father was deeply disappointed with the inspector who handled his case. He showed no interest in investigating the case at all. Imagine how many more people who are going to fall victim to this thief?

Sometime last week, my brother lost his bicycle from within the house compound. A theif has climbed into the compound to steal it at around 5am. My mum have been unable to sleep in peace due to these two events, combined with many other crimes suffered by the neighbours.

Everyday they hear of many other crimes in their housing area. The worst one involved a man who was robbed by Mat Rempits. He didn't have enough money on him and hence he phoned his son. His son was killed in a road accident on the way to help his father. There are many other cases of robberies and theft in the neighbourhood, a lot of them involving motorcycle gangs. As a result, residence in the area has paid a team every month to patrol the area, since there is not enough police presence. Despite this, the number of cases is still increasing. Many are living in fear.

Few months ago, my mother-in-law was robbed of her handbag in broad daylight. Not too long ago, one thief tried to steal my cousin's motorcycle but was caught. The most disappointing part is the police were reluctant to take action on the thief. Instead they tried to inconvenient my cousin by requiring him to leave his motorcycle at the police station for a few weeks in order to prosecute the thief.

My neighbours in PJ have also been victims of crime. Thieves have broken into the house of my left neighbour, ransacking the whole place while they are at work. The crime was committed at around noon time. A gang of motorcyclists attempted to steal the car of my opposite neighbour's friend in the middle of the night. Luckily my other neighbour woke up and raised the alert. Even so, the gang came back a few times to try their luck. Right before this year's Chinese New Year, my right neighbour's house was broken into while they are sleeping.

The list goes on... But the worst thing is the attitude of the policemen in handling criminal cases. Most of them have the tidak apa attitude. You promised IPCMC few years ago to improve the police force but until today nothing has been done while the crime rates have increased to a worrying level. Your son-in-law even open endorse Mat Rempits for his political gain.

This is just one of the many promises you've made to Malaysians after the last election. Please tell the rakyat why you deserve our votes for failing to fulfill most of the promises you have made?

You said you have big ears. But you have chosen not to listen to the grouses of many Malaysians in the past few months.

How can you convince me that this warkah is going to be read? How can you convince me that even if you have read this warkah, you are going to act on it? To me Warkah untuk PM is just another political gimmick, just like the newly tarred roads, new schools, etc. I can only hope that nothing more serious will happen to the people I love while you sleep on your job.