Ringgit Malaysia is losing fast

Recently i visited Thailand and shocked to find out that our currency is lower in value than Thai Baht. We use to get good exchange rate that makes our purchases worthy but now we need to think twice about spending overseas. I did not have any data to back my claims but today an article in Malaysian Insider proved my point. Malaysian currency sucks!Tks to Mahathir,Pak Lah and Najib's leadership.

The Malaysian Insider, an online Malaysian news website, examined the purchasing power of Malaysians in comparison to nationals of other countries. The website cited a 2010 Prices and Wages report by UBS AG, a Swiss banking giant.
Here are the highlights:
The purchasing power of KL residents is 33.8% of New Yorkers; 42% compared to London, 33.7% to Sydney, 32.6% to Los Angeles, and 31.6% to Zurich.
KL workers need to labour 22 minutes for a bread loaf. In comparison, Los Angeles counterparts take 18 minutes. In Sydney, it's 16 minutes. In Tokyo, 15 minutes. In Zurich, 12 minutes.
The Malaysian Insider also compared broadband prices in Malaysia to those in countries. Even after currency conversion, Malaysia comes out on top... in expensiveness. Here's the summary:
Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40
New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95
Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:
In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.
In Melbourne & London, the price is respectively AUD25,000 and GBP19,000 - 3 times an auditor's average monthly earnings in those places.
People what else do you need to throw out this BN?

Understanding Islam thorough Sufism

I read this interesting article by MAGICK RIVER which made me understand Islam better compared to what I hear and see in Malaysia.
Many years ago I met a Sufi master whose profound understanding of Islam truly impressed me.But before I continue with this story, let me state that almost all the Muslims with whom I have had close friendships have either been Sufis - or were gravitating towards a mystical interpretation of Islam. The mystical approach is experiential and private; whereas ritualistic religion is regulated by public behavior and therefore tends to be tribalistic in nature.
I find it impossible to have an intelligent conversation with fundamentalists of any persuasion - whether Muslim, Christian or whatever. This is because fundamentalism is antagonistic to intelligence. Wherever violence erupts over religious differences, fundamentalism is invariably the root cause. Brawn and brute force override brain and heart when independent thinking is suppressed.Looking up the word "fundamentalism" in my trusty digital dictionary, I found this concise summary:
"Islamic fundamentalism appeared in the 18th and 19th centuries as a reaction to the disintegration of Islamic political and economic power, asserting that Islam is central to both state and society and advocating strict adherence to the Koran (Qur'an) and to Islamic law (sharia), supported if need be by jihad or holy war."
There you have it. Fundamentalism is basically an outward manifestation of ego insecurity. An entire tribe or nation can suffer from ego insecurity and seek refuge in hardline dogmatism and fanaticism. You could say it's a pathological condition and, as such, can be quite easily cured - once the hidden hand behind the reactionary forces is revealed and surgically amputated.
In every case you will find that the chief puppetmaster isn't even a believer. He cynically exploits the gullibility of the mindless mob and manipulates its collective pain-body through control of the mass media and law enforcement. Coming back to my Sufi friend who enlightened me about the essence of Islam. He pointed out the significance of a triconsonantal syllable in Arabic and Hebrew which expresses peace, harmony and wholeness: the Arabic SaLaM and Hebraic ShaLoM are the commonest embodiments of this key to being truly muSLiM.Sin-Lam-Mim (Arabic: س ل م‎ S-L-M; Hebrew: שלם‎ Š-L-M) is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The root itself translates as "whole, safe, intact."
Note that this triconsonantal syllable forms the root of the words "Islam" and "Muslim." This places the frequency of peace, harmony and wholeness at the very core of Islam and any sentient being that consciously aspires towards attunement and harmonization with the Whole of Existence is intrinsically Muslim.My learned friend explained that the word, written as Al-Lah means The Great Void - or The Nothingness from which Everything was born. In other words, Source.

To read more: http://magickriver.blogspot.com/2011/04/yay-ive-converted-to-islam-now-can-i-be.html

Go Sami Go

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7: The Malaysian Insider — Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu earns just over RM27,000 per month plus allowances as special envoy for infrastructure to India and South Asia, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) disclosed today. In a written reply to Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng, the PMO said the former works minister is paid RM27,227.20 to help Malaysian construction firms break into the South Asian market.In addition to that, the government gives Samy Vellu “conveniences and other allowances” in line with his status as special envoy, which carries with it a ministerial rank.He also has a staff of six and works from the special envoy’s office in Plaza Sentral, Kuala Lumpur.
wow, what a life for Samy! Way to go Samy, PM ada kerja kosongkah?

Malaysian Indians Worth

I was shocked to hear in the radio of "An evening with the premier and the first lady of Malaysia" and they are saying that free food, goodies, lucky draw,entertainment with a grand prize motorcycle for the lucky winner!wow what a deal for the Indians just throw them free food and entertainment.that's good enough to garner their vote anyway this is what BN is thinking! Don't the Indians have any pride, how low would they stoop to sell their pride, shouldn't they be boycotting such programs which implies that they cheap? Have they forgotten of 2007 incident when thousands of them were treated like animals by the BN government and the many deaths in police custody or the latest interlok issue. The government has always paid lip service to the Indian community and when they throw a piece of bone with little meat they go running to BN. When will they ever change and take some pride in how they could make this country a better place for all of us.Think lah!

In the name of god

Shariatpur, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Hena Akhter's a 14 year old girl was found guilty of having an affair with a married man and sentence to 101 lashes, She dropped after the 70th stroke and was rushed to the hospital bloodied and bruised, where she died a week later. The imam from the local mosque ordered the fatwa, or religious ruling, and the punishment 101 lashes delivered swiftly and deliberately in public. The initial autopsy report cited no injuries and deemed her death a suicide. Hena's family insisted her body be exhumed. Alya, Hena sister said that Hena was walking from her room to an outdoor toilet when Mahbub Khan gagged her with cloth, forced her behind nearby shrubbery and beat and raped her.Hena Akhter's last words to her mother proclaimed her innocence and the family wants the world to know what really happened to their daughter
Take the religion out of this issue, on a humanitarian ground how could the so called religious and pious Iman order 101 lashes on a 14 year old girl. What kind of religion is that which orders such a punishment upon a young girl? What compassionate and merciful god are they referring to? Is this the kind of religion that mankind needs? Or is it man’s interpretation of religion in ignorance!