Why is STPM a Phobia to SPM Graduates?

This article is written regarding the drastic decrease in the popularity of STPM as the choice for SPM graduates to further their studies.

STPM. Why STPM?

Is it hard? Is it easy to pass?
Do we gain alot of knowledge in STPM studies?

But one thing for sure, STPM is longer in the wish-list of SPM graduates like before. It has become a phobia to so many nowadays that the number of STPM students throughout the country has dropped significantly in these few years of time. Why is this happening? We shall look into this problem to its root of the problem, and whether you agree with me or not, all these I'm about to say are the facts.

If you listen to your dad or mom, for those who were well educated, they will boast how hard it was to sit for HSC(High School Certificate, now STPM); and for those who did not receive much education due to bad times years ago, they'll encourage the new generation to go for STPM. Some called it the " 11th Class". We have seen so many seniors especially from SMJKs like Jit Sin, Chung Ling, Sam Tek, producing top scholars every year, and the number of students scoring a 4 flat results (4.0 CGPA) had never stopped rising by each year. And of course, that doesnt mean that excellent results in STPM is easy to score.

Just a few years before I entered secondary school, our STPM seniors were still taking 5 subjects, in this case, science student would be required to register for Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Pengajian Am. Now, only 4 subjects are made compulsory for the 'regular' science or commerce students. When I was so small that I didnt even know what STPM is, I had heard people wishing to get into STPM, but not until the industry of Private Colleges started to blossom.

The reason is simple, because government would not support non-bumiputra student in any other means besides STPM. MARA colleges, UiTM, Matrikulasi, MARA scholarships and even JPA scholarships are heavily 'protected' by the quota system. To me the quota system has already crippled our education system because there is not a healthy competition among new generations. Although not all, I can say most of the qualified non-bumiputra students are indirectly being 'filtered out' from the local university even before they manage to enter Pre University round. The only option our seniors had then was STPM. STPM is hard, at least, for me and my cohort as science students in form six. That is a fact. That is why Matrikulasi is there to 'educate' bumiputra students so that they can secure a place in the local university Without having to compete with STPM students.

All along students have struggled so hard to pass STPM. I'm not being boastful or what, but STPM is practically one of the hardest Pre university exam available in Malaysia, if not in the world. You can do a very simple comparison between the syllabus of STPM and the syllabus of ANY OTHER PRE U Program, AND, dont forget to try out the actual STPM papers as well.

In the midst of fear for not being able to score well in STPM, (so that to get into university eventually), private colleges came into 'rescue'.

KDU, Inti, Sedaya, Taylor, UTAR, PSDC, IMU, AIMST, Binary, Curtin Sarawak, Nottingham, Disted-Stamford..... These are only the BIG ones. What about hundreds of other 'micro-colleges'? Why the heck does Malaysia needs this number of private colleges? Who are these colleges catering for if not Malaysians? It was just recently that these private colleges started to enjoy rising popularity among oversea-rich-kids-from-saudi-china-and-africa. That is also another reason why big colleges like KDU and Inti can afford to set up their branches in a few states in Malaysia.

These colleges are practically squeezing money out of the desperate SPM graduates who certainly didnt want to study STPM, and did not have any other alternatives to further their studies through government institution. These SPM graduates mostly consist of non-bumiputras, and they have only two choices, STPM or private colleges. Few had the chance to make it into Matrikulasi or to get JPA scholarships that offer only 10% of its places to non-bumiputras. UiTM? Forget about it. It’s for Indonesians and bumiputras only.

For your information, critical courses in local universities like Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy have LESS than 10 % of STPM graduates in each of the courses. Believe it.It's a FACT.

Instead of gambling their future by studying form six that is a lot harder compared to their competitors like MARA college and Matrikulasi, many opted for private colleges in order to pursue their dreams. But sadly, not every parents are rich enough to do that. And obviously NOT EVERYONE who went to private colleges knew that their future holds. I'm sure that, many college students overestimated what their private colleges can fulfill them.

Why is that SPM graduates seem to resist STPM so much? And why has the number of STPM students steadily decrease every single year? WHY.

I presume that you and I knew who the culprit is.

Still don’t get it? Besides the government’s effort to sideline STPM graduates, another obvious factor is the booming of Private College Industry.

Please stay tune with JitSinExpress for the next entry

"Private College, a Good Choice?"



C Guevara

Former Deputy CM of Penang Resigns

The ex-deputy Chief Minister of Penang has finally issued his resignation letter from his state representative (ADUN) post, which is effective on 16th April 2009.

Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin also said in the official statement that his resignation is due to his plan to continue his further study and also to "clean" himself of the corruption allegations.

This would mean another by-election in Penanti within 60 days' time.

C Guevara

PAS, KeAdilan won Bkt.Gantang & Bkt.Selambau

Good News! It's almost certain that opposition parties (Pakatan Rakyat) have won both the plarliamentary and state seats out of the three by-elections held today.

CONFIRMED - Nizar from PAS won Bukit Gantang with a majority of 2789 votes against Barisan Nasional candidate. PAS -21860 votes BN-19071 votes

CONFIRMED - KeAdilan is leading with Majority 2,403 votes over Barisan's candidate. S Manikumar (PKR) 12,632 S Ganesan (MIC) 10,229 in Bukit Selambau

CONFIRMED - Malcolm Mussen from Barisan Nasional won Batang Ai, with over 1854 votes.


Resources from MalaysiaKini.


C Guevara

MALAYSIAN REJECTS RACIST UMNO

Go Go RAKYAT MALAYSIA, vote AGAINST BN! Let's give them a wake up call...

Let the PEOPLE WIN ALL THE THREE ELECTION, NOT UMNO!


Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau and Batang Ai, please, vote for Pakatan Rakyat!
Dont be blinded by the release of a few ISA detainees!


C Guevara

What's After SPM? Your Stories Are NEEDED!

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30th April 2009!

Project What's After SPM: A Hundred Different Journeys

One book. One hundred stories.
For you. For hundreds of thousands of Malaysian youths.

(Yes you heard that right - hundreds of thousands of readers!)

For most of us, the end of secondary school education (or the lack of it) marked a turning point in our lives where we moved from studying together under an umbrella education system (SPM) to embarking upon vastly different pathways.

The transition process for the more fortunate among us would no doubt have been aided by the various resources made available to us: school counselors, advice from worried parents and knowledgeable seniors, counsel from helpful relatives, visits to campus open day sessions, mountainous stacks of college brochures, education sections in local newspapers, education resource websites etc.

The same, however, cannot be said of hundreds of thousands of kids all over Malaysia who have no regular access to the internet, are not blessed with well-informed family and friends, and who complete secondary school with little or almost no awareness of the opportunities that abound for them, as well as kids who are simply ignorant of the opportunities that surround them or just do not possess the faith and self-confidence to pursue their passions.

Therefore, we have decided to spearhead this project in hopes of reaching those kids and sending them this message: "Look, kids, now that you have completed secondary school, there are a million opportunities out there for you, a million pathways that you can undertake, a million places to visit, and you should explore those choices as much as you can. You can do anything you set your mind to. All it takes is keyakinan, a little bit of strategi, a little bit of tuah, and lots and lots of semangat dan usaha."

We are now looking for a plethoric collection of stories of young Malaysians who have pursued different pathways after SPM. The stories will be published in a book to be distributed to as many students and secondary schools as possible (tentative target: to distribute at least 2 books to each of the 5000 secondary schools in Malaysia). And we would like to invite you to participate in this project by submitting your story, or persuading your friends to submit their stories.

It does not matter whether you are a scholar with stellar results and a 3-inch thick resume, a typical student who went to a local university after finishing Form 6, or a youth who has to work in the pasar malam at night to foot your technical college fees in the day. It does not matter whether you have chosen the oft-beaten path or the road less travelled. We believe that there every education background offers its own boons and banes. And we believe that there are merits in telling any story.

Topics

Participants may touch on all or concentrate on a few of the following topics:

(a) What socioeconomic/education background did you come from and how did it contribute towards making you the person that you are today?

(b) What obstacles did you face in pursuing tertiary education and how did you overcome those obstacles?

(c) What prompted/who inspired you to pursue the pathway that you have undertaken/are currently undertaking?

(d) How did you find out about the pathway that you have undertaken/ are currently undertaking?

(e) What are the advantages and disadvantages of pursuing the pathway that you have taken/are currently undertaking?

(f) If you have had had a unique education background, please elaborate on your unusual circumstances (Examples: kampung boy who ended up in Yale University/home-schooled girl who faced difficulty persuading university admissions officers to admit her/student who pursued cosmological astrophysics at Cambridge under the prestigious Gates Scholarship/teenager who dropped out of school and pursued full-time modelling/youth who took a gap year after SPM to participate in humanitarian missions in Tibet/boy who has worked as a professional computer hacker since age 14/youth who entered a seminary to pursue priesthood/student who designed a new degree course at Smith College).

(g) If you have succeeded in securing a rare/prestigious scholarship/ undergone a rigorous university application process (Examples: Kofi Annan International Scholarship), please elaborate on the application process.

(h) What advice would you give to someone who hopes to pursue the same pathway that you have undertaken/are currently undertaking?

(i) How was the experience at your previous/current place of study and how has it changed your life? If you have had a non-academic pursuit (s) (establishing your own restaurant/working full-time as a social worker etc), how has your pursuit impacted other people?

(j) Is there any other issue regarding post-SPM education that you wish to discuss? What other pertinent advice would you give to someone who is about to complete SPM/secondary school?

Reminder: Remember that the purpose of writing your story is not to flaunt your achievements, but to share your unique experiences with your readers. as you write, rememebr to try to retain the relevancy between your experience and the reader's interest.

Malaysian children: dreams come in all packages (image from pro.corbis.com)

Participation rules

1. Participants must be Malaysian citizens.

2. Participants must be of age 35 or below as of 2009. (We have changed the age limit from 30 to 35, as of 13th March 2009).

3. Each entry will consist of a photo (to be printed in black & white), an introduction blurb written in 3rd person perspective and a main article written in 1st person perspective.

4. The introduction blurb is to be between 30-50 words, and must mention the participant's age and place(s) of study/pursuit (see below for examples).

5. The main article is to be between 600-800 words.

6. All articles are to be written in English. Participants who struggle with English may write in Malay/Chinese and have their articles translated by the committee members.

7. Articles may be edited for clarity, brevity and/or intelligibility, though the committee will strive not to tamper them.

8. All participants must use their real names. Pseudonyms will not be allowed.

9. About 100 entries will be selected for publishing. The committee's decisions will be final.

10. Photos may be of any style as long as it shows the participant's face, though black & white photos will be preferred as the book will be published in black & white.

11. All participants will retain the copyright of their articles and photos.

12. All entires are to be sent to whatsafterspm@gmail.com.

Deadline

April 30 2009

Diversity

We encourage young Malaysians from all walks of life to participate in this project. We strive for inclusivity and diversity in terms of:

(a) Socioeconomic, ethnic and geographical background of participants

(b) Secondary school background of participants (national schools, vernacular schools, international schools, private schools, religious schools, boarding schools, home-schooling, apprenticeship, dropouts etc)

(c) Pre-university education background of participants (STPM, matriculation, A Level, IB, SAM, ICPU, AUSMAT, ADP, foundation program, diploma, home-schooling etc)

(d) How did you find out about the pathway that you have undertaken/ are currently undertaking?

(e) What are the advantages and disadvantages of pursuing the pathway that you have taken/are currently undertaking?

(f) If you have had had a unique education background, please elaborate on your unusual circumstances (Examples: kampung boy who ended up in Yale University/home-schooled girl who faced difficulty persuading university admissions officers to admit her/student who pursued cosmological astrophysics at Cambridge under the prestigious Gates Scholarship/teenager who dropped out of school and pursued full-time modelling/youth who took a gap year after SPM to participate in humanitarian missions in Tibet/boy who has worked as a professional computer hacker since age 14/youth who entered a seminary to pursue priesthood/student who designed a new degree course at Smith College).

(g) Fields of interest of participants (pure sciences, arts & humanities, social sciences, medicine, law, engineering, entertainment, culinary arts, business, entrepreneurship etc)

Samples of introductory blurbs

(a) Mohammad Ghazali, 18, is currently setting up his own football memorabilia business at Berjaya Times Square with his ex-classmates after completing SPM at SMK USJ14. He spends his free time coaching orphans in football for free. He also owns a personal collection of jerseys autographed by over 50 Manchester United players, and wants the Devils to reclaim the English Premier League


(b) Tee Le Yin, 26, a former national swimmer and philately enthusiast, studied A Level at Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore under the ASEAN scholarship prior to pursuing War Studies in King's College, UK. The former national swimmer is currently pursuing her MBA at INSEAD, France under the Maxis scholarship.

Book specifications

1. The book will be printed in black & white to minimise production cost and market price.
2. The book will be between 200-300 pages thick.
3. The book will be published by end of 2009.

Royalty/Payment

1. As this is a community service project, none of the participants, project committee members and project advisors will receive any form of royalty or payment.

2. A fund raising campaign will be held later to raise money for the project. However, all excess funds will go towards distributing the books to students and secondary schools for free.

Contribute

1. We would greatly appreciate anyone who wishes to contribute towards our publishing fees.

2. We also welcome anyone who wishes to help in translating the book into Chinese and Malay after the first edition of the book goes into print.

Enquiries/Contact

The organising committee members, Chen Chow Yeoh, Chong Yong Wei Gabrielle, Goh Jing Pei, Kimberley Mei Kay, Tara Thean, and Charis Loke are not committed to any organisation. They were simply brought together for this project and are bound by their sincere enthusiasm for community service.

Participants, parents, interested sponsors and translators, as well as general inquirers may contact committee at whatsafterspm@gmail.com.

Maxis Undergraduate Scholarships - For STPM / A-Level Graduates

If either you or your parents are the Maxis postpaid subscriber, then this might be the one for you. Two rounds of interviews will be conducted for those who succeeded in first round of selection.

The criteria for this scholarships is quite simple:

• STPM - minimum 3 As or
• Matriculation / Diploma - CGPA 3.5 or above or
• A Levels - minimum 3 As or
• Australian TER - minimum 90.0 or
• Recognised foundation/Pre-university courses – equivalent to CGPA 3.5 or above or
• Current 1st or 2nd year university students must have a CGPA of 3.5 or above

Other requirements:

• Possess a good command of the English language, both written and oral;
• Team player;
• Excel in extra-curricular activities and sports; and
• Possess leadership qualities.

Applicants must be Malaysian citizens aged below 23 years old.

Applicants must not be bonded to any body and must have secured an unconditional offer letter from a local or foreign university prior to receiving the Maxis Undergraduate Scholarship award. Applicants currently in their 1st or 2nd year of undergraduate studies may also apply.

The local or foreign university must be recognised by the Public Services Department of Malaysia. For local universities, there is no restriction to field of studies; for foreign universities, preferred field of studies are those related to the telecommunications industry.

• Business Administration / Management / Marketing / Accounting / Finance / Communications / Human Resources Management;
• Engineering – Electronic / Electrical / Power / Computer Communications / Telecommunications / Civil and Mechanical;
• Computer Science / Information Technology / Information System / Science Quantitative
• Mathematics / Actuarial Science
• Law

Click HERE for the official website.


C Guevara

Local University Entry Information for STPM Students

PLEASE HELP SPREADING THIS INFORMATION TO STPM GRADUATES!

请把此网站传给STPM毕业生！

全国大专升学辅导组电话热线服务

想要进入国立大专就读，却不了解各大专的科系？不知道成绩放榜后，该如何选择科系？全国大专升学辅导组即将在以下日期举办电话热线服务。欢迎你拨以下的电话号码给我们，让我们帮忙你们找出解答。

全 国大专生学辅导组(全升)成立于1989年，是由北大(UUM)、理大(USM)、博大(UPM)、国大(UKM)、马大(UM)、工大(UTM)、登大 (UMT)、沙大(UMS)和砂大(UNIMAS)九间大专升学辅导组所组成。今年更是加入了新成员--彭大（UMP）。我们通过各大专升学辅导组之配 合，提供正确、快捷及完善的升学资讯 (以国立大学为主)予在籍中学生及相关人士。除此之外，全升也加强社会人士对本地大专学府的正确认识以及深入了解，并且从中灌输正确观念。此电话热线服务 是开放给各界人士拨电话进来以询问关于如何选择科项的问题。

除此之外，我们也提供电邮服务。以下是各大专所提供电话热线服务的时间及热线号码。请浏览我们的网站 以获得最新的资讯。

Blogger's comment on QuanSheng.org ：

I would strong recommend any STPM or Matriculation graduates who have just received their results, to visit QuanSheng Counseling Service for any inquiries or doubt about getting your desired course in Local University.

This website has been established in year 1989, providing thousands of STPM graduates with all the information they need about getting into Local University. This includes statistics of the scores or CGPA a non-bumiputra student needs to achieve in order to get a course they want. Although these info are only for reference and are NOT official data from the local uni itself, it reflects a pretty accurate reality of what has been happening all these years.

As everyone knows, STPM is a tough course, and not many can manage to score well in the end. STPM students, especially non-bumiputras, have to compete with hundreds of 4.0CGPA scorers from Matrikulasi and Mara, and hence, there is a unfair yet existing comepetition going on every year. Personally, the main aim of this website is to feed STPM graduates with facts and reality they NEED TO KNOW before making their choices and decisions on what university or course to choose eventually.

Another interesting features about QuanSheng.org is that it has got many links to various type of scholarships(government, private sector, non-profit organisation, state government), and also the links to official websites of all the local universities in Malaysia. Besides, the interactive forum and news updates will give you a chance to speak out your problems and at the same time sharing it with thousands of local university applicants across the country.

Contacts of representatives from most of the local university will be provided(phone number and emails) so that students with any questions regarding a particular university can have a reliable first hand information from a senior.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER QUANSHENG.ORG

Please bear in mind this website is for reference purpose only, and it may provide you with plenty of reliable information regarding local university, but in the end, you're the one that has to make up your own mind and move forward.

Good luck to all! ;)


C Guevara

2008 SPM Results for SMJK Jit Sin

Incredible results by Jitsinese who sat for SPM last year. Congrats :) As usual,

Information from Khaw Kim Seng's Blog

Total students sat for exam:551

67.7% students scored 5A's and above

100% passing rate

1 student scored 13A's

16 students scored 12A's

77 students scored 11A's

71 students scored 10A's

63 students scored 9A's

36 students scored 8A's

39 students scored 7A's

33 students scored 6A's

37 students scored 5A's

大山脚日新国民型中学
2008大马教育文凭放榜
大山脚日新国民型中学于今日放榜的大马教育文凭中 成 绩 辉 煌，保持100% 及格率.日新国民型中学考生共有551名,其中有1名考生考获13科特优, 他是 罗 凯 文 同 学。
日新国民型中学考获12A 的有16名,11A的77名,10A的71名,9A的63名,8A的36名,7A的39名,6A的33名,5A的37名.日新国民型中学考获5A 以 上的 考 生共有373名,占总考生之67.70 %.
值 得 一 提 的 是 日新国民型中学 的 华 文 科 成 绩 特 出，打 破 历 年 的 记 录，共 有131 名 考 获A1。 这 是 历 年 来 最 优 异 的 成 绩。

C Guevara

STPM Results 2008 (2)

6 students scored 4.0 CGPA in SMJK Jit SIn Highschool for 2008's STPM, and one of them is Pei Hoon! Congrats! And Chow Chia Eu managed to score 5As and emerged as one of the best student in Penang! Congrats! And same to Yun Lee, Congrats!

However, overall results of STPM students all over the country this year recorded a significant decrease in term of the number of students scoring 4.0 CGPA. One thing to blame, PRIVATE COLLEGES!

More detailed updates next...


C Guevara

STPM Results 2008

It will be released tomorrow, and I would like to wish all juniors who had underwent the tough examination last year GOOD LUCK! All the best to you guys! Especially to Chia Eu and Pei Hoon, I know both of you have done exceptionally well and regardless of the results, you all will still be one of many proud STPM graduates of SMJK Jit Sin!

C Guevara

Khir Toyo Sounds FISHY

Instead of standing out against privacy invasion on Elizabeth Wong recently, Khir Toyo, the ex Menteri Besar put more pressure on the victim to resign from her current post.

Khir Toyo was infamous for his false allegation against Teresa Kwok, and had incited riots and protest against Teresa last year. Khir also spread false rumours through Utusan that has undermined the foundation unity of Malaysians. He manipulated issues on Islam, Race, and now SEX, to put somebody into trouble.

His defamation towards Teresa Kwok had caused enough hurt and anger to the people, and now he sounds a little bit fishy by urging Elizabeth Wong to resign regarding the nude photos issue.

Khir looks like a teddy bear, physically, but the heart stinks like rotten fish.



C Guevara

Najib Proved Himself a Corrupt PM-to-be

Can we trust this man to rule Malaysia?

I mentioned in the last posting that Najib would do anything to lure Pakatan Rakyat's state assemblymen to cross over, by any form or way, even though it may cost us the people a very expensive price tag.

Three Pakatan Rakyat's state assemblymen have voiced out their support for Barisan Nasional yesterday, after being approached by Najib.

Somebody sent Saiful to throw false allegations on Anwar's court case.

If Najib can bribe voters and even reporters in Kuala Terengganu by-election using taxpayer's cash, why not these three?

Najib may be able to win Perak back to Barisan Nasional, but he sold his very last dignity left for him to be our Prime Minister in the future.

Being involved in Altantuya murder case and many other corruption allegations, espcially in firearm deals, this man is nothing less than a bribed and corrupted racist like his father, Razak.

Remember how his powercrazy father get to become the second PM of Malaysia? Plotted racial clash then followed by forcing Abdul Rahman of his seat, lawlessly.

Malaysians will never forget all these stinking records of your family, we will neither forgive them.

Najib's wife has been exposed that she shipped back all her luxuries during a shopping spree in UK by MAS, at the expense of Malaysian Embassy in London.

Thousands of ringgits spent in each shopping overseas, this is the
successful and laudable outcome of Dasar Ekonomi Baru(NEP).

C Guevara

Two By-elections in 60 Days

Two state seats of Perak have been left vacant today after the State Speaker, Sivakumar received resignation letters from both Behrang and Changkat Jering state assemblymen.

Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu and Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi were earlier involved in a bribery and sex scandal and were said to have been approached by Najib (Barisan Nasional), and being offered a chance to clean themselves of the serious court charges.

This is perhaps the one last chance for Barisan Nasional to seize down two state seats from Pakatan Rakyat following the rumours of more UMNO assemblymen to cross-over to the ruling party of Perak.

These two fellas could have been given two choices by Barisan Nasional, one to crossover to BN, another one which is to create by-elections by resigning from their current political posts.
The federal government obviously has nothing at all to lose, and this outcome of this incident might favour Barisan Nasional MORE as they will, again, use hundreds of millions ringgit of taxpayers money, and injecting them into these by-elections like what they had done in Kuala Terengganu.

They might even bribed the reporters or voters once more, this time maybe with even more money and "gifts" or " incentives". Who knows what a mad dog would do next right?



C Guevara

Nasarudin Joins Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)

The cross-over of ADUN Bota(Perak), Nasarudin from UMNO to PKR has been confirmed in Anwar Ibrahim's blog today, after the former UMNO member posted a press address for immediate release to the media, publicly.

This cross-over has led Pakatan Rakyat to further strengthen their authority with 32 state seats, after a period of uncertainty whether they could still hold on in Perak, and Barisan Nasional 27 seats.

The below is the statement claimed to be written by Dato Nasarudin himself, as posted in Anwar's Blog.

DATO NASARUDIN BIN HASHIM

ADUN BOTA NEGERI PERAK

—PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—

PETALING JAYA, 25 JANUARI 2009

Assalamualaikum,

After taking into consideration the development of the political atmosphere, specifically the direction of the public’s support since the 12th General Election in March 2008, and also the condition that exists now in Umno and its leadership, I have taken the decision to leave Umno and join PKR, one of the parties in Pakatan Rakyat, effective today.

This decision has been taken after a long study and consideration of the public’s interest in general, especially my supporters and voters in the state assembly area of Bota.

1. I am very confident in the leadership of PKR that has the will and strong idealism to fight for the rights and interest of the multiracial public in this country.

2. I am confident that PKR will uphold and respect the rights that are enshrined in the Federal Constitution especially the position of Bahasa Malaysia as the official language, the sovereignty of the Malay rulers and the position of Islam as the official religion.

3. I believe that PKR and its partners in Pakatan Rakyat can establish a stronger coalition of component parties for the interest of the general public.

4. This will enable me to be a more effective assemblyman and to offer the best service to the local residents, seeing as Pakatan Rakyat has already established government in Perak.

DATO NASARUDIN BIN HASHIM

PERAK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN FOR BOTA

Barbarians in Malaysia

Satu Lagi Demonstrasi Di Bawah Kebenaran Barisan Nasional.

At Masjid Tanah, Melaka. 2008.

No police. No force. Only "Peace". :)

I suggest these people in the photos love Siew Bak/ Char siew, that is probably what they're trying to do with the poor pigs.

By the way, where are the Police to disperse these racists?
WHere is the law enforcement?
WHERE THE FUCK IS I.S.A? WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT?

If you ever wonder why I said Malaysian Government is RACIST, please, take a look at these photos. They were taken at Masjid Tanah, Melaka recently, in a "mass demonstration" against the pig farms around that areas. Where are all the jackass policemen? Where is Musa Hassan? Where the shit did you hide?

These people thought Pigs are rared and raised in Chinese and Tamil School. They learned this from their schools that "promotes integration among Malaysians".

That is why they want Chinese and Tamil schools to be shut down.

And yea, these people LOVEEEEEE relating Pigs to themselves. Dont ask me, I dont know why.
When people rare pigs, they say those people are bad people.
When people eat pigs, they say those people are not halal.
When people love pigs, they say those people tak bersih(not clean).


BUT, WHO CREATED PIGS IN THE FIRST PLACE? Then you gotta ask these racists about that. They'll probably hate him/her too.

Well, these morons can't even get the facts right. Their school teachers taught them that Malayan Union is our independence day; and so, they claim that non-malays are traitors. I dont remember my teachers teaching me how to hate others like their teachers did.

I believe these are merely some stupid actions by a tiny part of people of our Malaysian population, but they're the ones who often cause turbulences and distrust among Malaysians, just like Ah-Mad Ismail. Mad!

Who "touched" your "ketuanan"? Did the pigs do that to your "ketuanan"? Is that why you people came out marching on the street?
Non-malays NEVER fought for DEAD BODIES to be BURIED in non-malays graveyards.

This banner reads " Because the PIGS scattered around, and Malays are fighting for powers, The master became the servants, and Malays suffer the most".
Because of PIGS they become servants
Because of PIGS they suffer
What do you mean huh?

The upper banner reads " Pigs Pigs Pigs, Malays are being sold because caring for pig-eaters"
The lower banner suggests that they wanna become richer, quicker! Wow! No wonder these demonstrators love skim cepat kaya!

We eat pigs, yes we do. And we NEVER INTEND TO FORCE ANYBODY TO EAT PORK, allright?

* No offence to All Malays and Muslims. These stupid acts are of a FEW people only.*

C Guevara

Bad Cop

My comments on the issue whereby policemen injured a young man by brutally hitting him, has been published in Vox Populi in Malaysiakini.

Kind of excited because for the first time, I voiced out in that website.



And at the same time, I would like to express my resentment on how the government is abusing their rights to exert control over the police forces.



C Guevara

219 Scores 8A's in PMR 2008 for SMJK Jit Sin

Sorry for updating the release of PMR results late, was not able to online for a few days.

It's glad that another year of PMR students did an excellent job by scoring nearly 1% of the total students with full A's throughout the country. Below is the name list for high achievers in PMR of SMJK Jit Sin, extracted from Kwong Wah online.

9科A：哈比思。

8科A：洪忆銮、蔡子扬、陈翠雯、谢巧柔、陈建中、杨立妮、吴育洁、王国帆、王凯娴、黄嘉 琪、康欣怡、许秋雯、莫慧娴、郭征澔、赖圆睿、李家毅、李思惠、李伟营、林欣洁、刘茹韵、伍倩燕、黄致烜、黄显鸿、王莓茵、黄盼临、温锦梁、沈俊弘、黄 敏、陈震峰、陈劲融、陈明丽、陈玮琳、陈彦君、陈宗尉、杜亿峰、黄俊安、黄敏盈、叶勇庆、陈佳盈、巫嘉乐、陈子扬、陈立干、邹永欢、张瑜芝、黄俊铭、倪琇 婷、吴宣蓉、方智慧、何经纶、杜春霖、邝贤祖、邱佳骏、葛秦溧、刘泳祥、李智升、林苛沁、林湘凌、林欣仪、林欣慈、罗卉仪、刘庆慈、吴佩恩、黄柔馨、黄桂 妮、黄馨柔、黄素钧、王慧筠、王庭炎、黄仟蕙、黄歆词、陈镁音、陈施伊、陈奂妤、郑慈妆、赵伊雯、张佩芬、谭恩薏、叶馨雯、杨绵恩、洪志强、曾颖怀、陈文 正、钱欢、秦佩婷、朱辉阳、杨燕善、吴昀哲、邱鼎盛、吴凯琳、王韵淇、方妙晶、何兴隆、许健丰、许媛绚、官慧智、林祖儿、李紫嘉、李咏壅、李智培、李祖 莹、刘铭洁、林楚婷、林湘楹、龙甫信、刘慧婷、梅惠雯、黄采薇、黄慈譞、黄慧韵、黄苇琦、王伊君、黄允斌、沈健祥、陈洁庄、陈俊颖、陈婉媚、陈彦庄、戴庆 瑜、郑佳仪、李紫羚、黄雪雯、尤素娟、郑曦、苏淑敏、王伟权、许陖峰、许孜洁、刘佳浍、刘欣宁、李佳敏、林伟燊、骆佩晶、罗永兴、刘皓升、张淑雅、杨嘉 惠、伍康杰、黄薇薇、黄佳玲、萧荣隆、陈建宇、陈楚婷、陈依雯、陈慧榕、陈矜朆、詹淑媚、朱玮骏、陈佩莹、符祥进、魏凯元、黄丽娟、许婉盈、李昊哲、李佳 骏、李诗琪、林珮琦、罗思培、刘塑煊、黄宝珊、黄雪莉、黄闻结、王性 贤、黄靖绮、冯威敏、陈科里、陈美妍、陈施妤、张婉婷、郑炘铭、黄燕嫦、叶上诚、钟乙康、郭家秀、辜慧颖、李国耀、李连豪、李贤毓、李育诚、林虹伶、林诗 涵 、黄 甜惠、王莉榕、余玮甜、黄猷堡、潘慧洁、陈枷锜、陈凯梨、陈立豪、陈丝霓、张志珏、雷淑钦、罗珮文、余哲旭、陈以晴、陈依雯、蓝佩瀞、郭竞壬、马苇萍、陈 靖彤、庄雅薇、周礼贤、颜春璇、伍柔蒽、黄佩铃、陈凯毅、洪浚川、张志强、蔡慧芳、黄幸榆、连慧宁、黄梓曜、冯翠红、潘柯心、沈初娥、陈泇心、陈可欣、陈 舒琦、陈欣蔚、游谨银、邱俊杰。

7科A：朱凯优、庄惜蓓、李雪瑜、黄楚慧、陈家薇、陈淼霖、张胜鸿、陈秀芹、杨坤煌、翁雪艳、陈子豪、郑梓 仪、杨海凝、马谨优、周地布、吴谨全、吴政辉、余子维、张 秉谦、许维得、高瑞彬、林俊明、林利扬、谢美仪、黄国裕、王茀明、谭靖雯、杜佩玲、洪诗育、洪玉锦、冯丽伊、许慧敏、李斾颖、卢楷欢、黄亮豪、薛韵儒、陈 灏哲、陈欣元、张秋双、张晋峯、张贝颖、谢佩琪、曾凯文、谢美萍、李爱美、何勤健、李翊菁、江莉环、纪建标、林玮雄、马慧敏、马明泽、吴盈盈、黄诗涵、张 嘉薇、洪薇婷、曾 佩欣、邱炜良、孔翠珊、李汶倢、梁志权、黄翊溦、伍永杰、王楚杰、殷玉莺、彭文富、黄贻莨、陈欣怡、叶君芸、叶得兰、夏征得、方怡婷、许佳敏、林奕歆、黄 竟恩、黄嬿谕、黄元煜、陈恩洁、陈柏宏、陈桂花、麦慧莹、詹天和、周美群、庄淑盈、蔡明劭、方紫萍、邱德旺、赖元焱、黄婉菁、谢勇志、陈泇溢、陈恺鸿、陈 安娜、张瀚怡、洪鸿川、马偈凯、冯玮竣、许隽永、许亦敏、许毅镇、罗诗敏、陈瑞雯、陈紫嫣、张玮任、董倩妘、叶劲慧、吴芯沅、余建利、林爱媚。

Manikavasagam, you're free to go, anywhere.

It's tiring to see a small number of the opposition party MPs threatening to leave their parties since 308.

Perak Opposition MPs used to have such problems before this, but have already been settled. And each time those people bark around wanting to leave their parties, believe me, they're just acting around. They're like threatening their boss for not giving them enough benefits I guess?

Excuse has been given by Manika why he wanted to quit PKR, through The Star. But you see, The Star has always been a government-controlled press that has just proven so in the recent KitSiang-TeeKiat issue. The Star had obviously sided Barisan Nasional(TeeKiat) by reporting the reply from the MInister, while had totally filtered out replies from KitSiang(DAP).

Manikam could have been presuaded by BN already to create tension among Pakatan Rakyat's members. That is another reason why this fella is using The Star as a medium to "voice out" his "point of views".

Two possibilities here,
1. Manikam quit Pakatan Rakyat and join Barisan Nasional immediately,and be given a post.

2. Most probably, he wont move a step away from his party at all !

So, I'll be waiting here and see, where will you be going Mr Manika.

C Guevara

Zaid Ibrahim Sacked

Latest updates from UMNO supreme council; the resigned ex-minister Zaid Ibrahim has been sacked from the party after attending KeAdiLan's party gathering last Saturday. Besides, Zaid had also written a letter to Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi earlier to urge the government to abolish ISA. UMNO considered these rebellious acts as unacceptable actions and hence, Zaid is now officially sacked from UMNO. The decision made my UMNO supreme council is final and cannot be appealed.


Other than that, Zahar Hashim, the head of UMNO Petaling Jaya Selatan division was ordered to have his party membership frozen for 3 years, but without proper reasons why he deserves such punishments.

Zahar Hashim was responsible for uncovering Najib's suspicious EuroCopter deal which had cost government to pay more for the machines. Besides Zahar had also reported to the Anti-corruption Agency on Prime Minister Abdullah abuse of power in the party election.


Mukhriz suggested that Chinese and Tamil schools should be closed down and replaced with SMK. He has reveal his true color which is no difference from his Daddy, Mahathir who had implemented racist policies throughout his regin before PM Abdullah Badawi took over his place as UMNO president. Say No to Racism. Say no to Mahathir ! Say no to UMNO!

Tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa perlembagaan itu tidak boleh dicabar oleh sesiapa pun. Melayu memiliki Hak Keistimewaan dan bukannya Ketuanan. Kaum-kaum lain pula memiliki hak kerakyatan dan hak-hak asasi mereka.

Tiada apa-apa pun daripada kenyataan di atas boleh dipersoalkan.

CGuevara

Deputy Education Minister of Malaysia Dies

It's sad to announce that our Deputy Education Minister of Malaysia has passed away just now at 6.30 p.m., and according to reliable sources, this tragic accident happened while he was playing badminton.


He collapsed on the badminton court, and eventually failed to be resuscitated.

Razali was the only fellow who replied to my JPA scholarships appeal letter; the rest of the ministers just ignored it. Too bad.

Rest in Peace mate. Life is just so unpredictable.



C Guevara

Attention to All Bio One 06/07 Graduates

It has been decided that Bio One will hold a gathering on this coming 3rd December 2008, while almost everyone is back home on term break.

Please, everyone I beg to you all, please please try your best to attend this gathering!

Details


Date : 3rd December 2008

Time : Whole day

Avenue : JUSCO Seberang Prai



C Guevara

Fuel Price Dropped Again

Starting 12am midnight today, the price of fuel in our country will experience another minor reduction.

97 unleaded petrol = RM2.00
93 unleaded petrol = RM1.90
Diesel = RM 1.90

(per liter)


Reduce more maths-sucking-government, we're paying extra for the fuel now!


C Guevara

Raja Petra to be Freed

Raja Petra Kamaruddin is to be freed this afternoon(4pm) after Shah Alam High Court ruled that the detention of the detention of the famous blogger under ISA is Illegal and against the constitution. An order for immediate release of RPK has been issued, which means the second appeal for Habeas Corpus by RPK has been a success.

The high court judge Syed Ahmad Helmy also said in the verdict, that the action taken by the infamous liar minister Syed Hamid Alba to detain RPK is unlawful, and this shows that he had total disregard for the Law of Malaysia.

"The reason for the detention of RPK given by the Minister(Alba) does not have any regards with the authority within Internal Security Act no.(8). Ministers have to carry out their duty lawfully. Any illegal orders or activities will not be protected by the ouster clause." Syed Ahmad Helmy said.

To me personally, Syed Hamid told lies, and the worst of all he abused his power as a minister to put false allegations on people they "think" are "national threats".

Syed Hamid a LOW CLASS MINISTER.


More than 50 RPK's supporters gathered outside the highcourt today together with his wife Mariana Lee, cheering at the judge's brave decision to go against the will of the government, which is not a norm in the jurisdiction of Malaysia in the older days.




Cheers Malaysians.... We do not need a hooligan government!



C Guevara

Pres. Obama on January 20

By winning a strong majority here in this election, Obama hurdled over another myth that, the American Black can never become the US president.

He conquered Florida, Ohio, Colorado(home of the religious right), and also Virginia(was a 40-years-republican strong hold), in which all of the them are the victories that had led Obama towards the White House.

Obama also gave a triumphant speech to the crowd after winning the race to the White House ,“Young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans have sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of red states and blue states,”

“We have been and always will be the United States of America. "
“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,” he said these when faced with an excited gigantic crowd.

The people of America has changed their own destiny by electing an American Black as their country's President, and this made me wonder WHEN will our country progress into a less racism era, and WHEN will the mentality of Malaysian will change with it.




P/S: Congrats, my fellow Obama :)

C Guevara

Razak Baginda Freed

The third accused of the Altantuya murder case has been acquitted today, bt the other two policemen will be charged.


C Guevara

Ban Utusan, Not Hindraf

Government caused further furore in the Indian and non-Indian communities by banning Hindraf. Hindraf was an organisation which aimed at voicing out the voices of Malaysian Indians, but was declared illegal by the Barisan National government yesterday.

However, and suprisingly, after the ISA hunting spree(caused by irresponsible reports in UTUSAN) few weeks ago, Utusan Malaysia tried to provoke racial tension again, by publishing articles that constantly defamed Teresa Kok, insulting her as the "Queen of Dogs". Besides, whats even more disgusting about this "pencetus minda" (mind-provoking) press Utusan is that they published a cold-blooded novel that used YB J (indicating YB Josephine) as main characters. In that story, eventually, YB Josephine was assasinated. Chamil Wariya, the "novelist" responsible for producing that racist novel, wanted to make fame for himself, and at the same time undermining that little bit of trust left among all races in Malaysia.

I do not understand whether these writers are cheapskate story tellers or real columnists. These incidents have again proved that Utusan has been used by the Barisan National to launch personal attacks against the opposition parties. Utusan Malaysia is a press that report fake news, mostly fabricated by the columnist and reporters themselves. They want to instil hate and anger in the Malay communities in Malaysia by using PIGS, DOGS as their themes in attacking non-Muslim opposition leaders.

They want to create this intense situation, so that the Malays would feel insecure, afraid of trusting non-Malays anymore. They insulted non-Muslims using vulgar words, and UTUSAN THINKS IT IS HALAL TO DO THAT. I guess the Utusan and its extreme columnists are merely a bunch of low-class guard Dogs waiting to bark at Barisan's enemies. Cheers doggies. WOOF!


The reporter(Tan Hoon Cheng) who was illegally detained by Police under ISA was merely reporting FACTS. And UTUSAN is still out there to destroy Unity in Malaysia. WHY IS THAT?

Ban Utusan, Not Hindraf!
I WARN YOU UTUSAN, STOP SPREADING HATE!

C Guevara

Petrol Price Drops 15sen, Diesel 20sen

The decrease of fuel price will be in effect tomorrow. So, the new fuel price would be RM2.30 for unleaded 97 petrol. Diesel price dropped to RM2.20.

Man, I just pumped my freakin' car yesterday!

LoL

"Najib - Shafee" SMS Allegations

Even though Raja Petra is still in captivity under ISA in Kamunting, MalaysiaToday did not cease to reveal shocking news about the Altantuya murder case.

This time it is the Short Messaging Service (SMS) sent between these two people, Najib and Shafee was being posted up in MalaysiaToday website. Shafee was the famous Lawyer for Razak Baginda ( the third accused in AltantuyaMurder Case), but was changed later.

In the entry "Abuse of Power by The Deputy Prime Minister" in RPK's blog, Najib's conversation with Shafee in SmS-es was recorded with exact time and date. In the "conversation", "Najib" was trying to interfere the trial of Altantuya Murder Case.

"Those who seek the truth should challenge Najib and Shafee to deny that this correspondence took place between them. Perhaps a record of the messages still resides in the server of the relevant telecommunications company.", MalaysiaToday commented on the "SMS Scandal"
For further information, please CLICK HERE to view the full revelation of Najib - Shafee conversations.

This is sooo freakingly spooky... Najib is our future PM man.... Fuh!




C Guevara

The Inspired Video Maker

When I'm in YouTube, everyone knows I'll have only two things to watch,

1. Music Videos


2. MilMilxx's Videos
   

The scene in Possessed by Joker (A must see!)

Well, you and I knew what a MV is, but.......... milmilxx vids?

Dennis Lim, the director of all the MilMilxx videos in the YouTube and also a current JitSin sixth former, was once my childhood friend back in Grace Church more than 10 years ago. I did not keep in touch with him until I noticed his video production in YouTube one day, and I thought to myself, "Man, dont tell me these are his videos!?"

Erm.. Seriously, his mother looks as young as I used to see her ten years back, but Dennis....? All I can say is time flies! He is now no play play OLEDI! haha

Dennis ( Right ) and his actor in his earlier works.

Yes, Dennis was already directing his own movies when I met him last year, mostly short videos portraying the contemporary schoolboy and his daily life. And now he is already progressing into fabricating quality comedies that will make its viewers burst into laughters. Besides, from some of his self-recorded videos, Dennis exhibited his passion and talent in musics; in which are must-watch Vids for Piano lovers.

You might wonder why Dennis Lim uses "milmilxx" as his name in YouTube. Dennis is the director of all his videos, but what about the crews and the cameraman? He has his sister as his full-time cameragirl instead, and in this case, there are two Lim's in the production line. So, Lim <> miL . Two Lim's or LimLim <> miLmiL.

So, you get miLmiLxX lar of course :D haha

PLKN - Penat Letih Kau Nanti - A Popular PLKN Vid in the YouTube

He has just started his own personal blog, Dennis which provides updated information on his videos production to all his schoolmates, friends and YouTube followers.

To View ALL of his cool vids, please click here for his YouTube site.

So far, there are a total of 18 short movies under his YouTube account, and in which almost all are of his own guinuine work; and more are coming into completion soon. Among those films are:

Home Video : To the Beach

Mysterious Barbie Doll

Short - Short Lunch

Bro Vs Sis - My Brother's 5 Loudest Scream

Possessed by Joker ( one of my all-time favourite of his vids)

Short CLip - Friends Can Change

Chage for Form Six

Specially for Ah Herng - Happy Birthday!

Disappointment

Penat Letih Kau Nanti (PLKN)

Dennis ft. Ah Herng - Forgiveness

My School Life - Part 2

My School Life - Part 1

Dennis & Zhong Kai Graduated at Home

5S6 毕业生杰作 － 我可以

5S6 毕业生杰作 － 模范生

不能说的秘密 － 斗琴二

Our Story by Jackken

JitSinese, Go Go GO!

C Guevara

A Letter To PM ~ by Zaid Ibrahim

THe first ever Malaysian cabinet member to resign due to disagreement to the administration has written a letter to our PM, Abdullah, to urge him not to hesitate in abolishing the misused ISA (Internal Security Act) before his expected step-down in the near future.

According to Zaid, by doing this, PM can at least do something that all Malaysians will remember forever before ending his own career as the head of Malaysia.

I do not have time to translate it into English version, so below is a copy of what Zaid has mentioned in his letter to the PrimeMinister of Malaysia.

Sources from Malaysiakini

Sewaktu mengisytiharkan kemerdekaan negara, Perdana Menteri pertama kita telah melaungkan aspirasi dan mimpi indah rakyat Malaya: bahawa Malaya adalah diasaskan di atas prinsip-prinsip kebebasan dan keadilan serta di atas janji bahawa kita beramai-ramai akan sentiasa berjuang bagi meningkatkan lagi kebajikan dan kebahagiaan rakyatnya.Bertahun telah berlalu sejak peristiwa penting itu berlangsung, namun aspirasi dan mimpi tersebut masih benar dan masih relevan kepada kita hari ini sepertimana ia benar dan relevan kepada kita sebelum ini. Ini dimungkinkan dengan adanya satu pegangan teguh terhadap asas-asas negara pada peringkat awal kewujudannya. Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan undang-undang yang dibuat sehubungan dengannya diletakkan di atas asas yang kukuh di mana ia menggabungkan elemen-elemen penting demokrasi yang dibina di atas Kedaulatan Undang-Undang.

Satu ketika dahulu, Kehakiman Malaysia sangat dihormati oleh warga Malaysia malah turut dijadikan panduan oleh negara-negara lain. Perdana Menteri-Perdana Menteri kita yang terdahulu, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak and Tun Hussein Onn, adalah pemimpin-pemimpin yang sangat berintegriti, adalah pejuang-pejuang mengikut cara mereka yang tersendiri dan, yang paling penting sekali, adalah individu-individu yang serba sederhana. Mereka mempunyai kepercayaan terhadap prinsip-prinsip dan nilai-nilai yang terkandung dalam Perlembagaan kita dan membina negara ini berpandukan kepadanya.Tatkala mereka terpaksa meluluskan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), 1960, sekalipun mereka melakukannya dengan sangat berhati-hati dan dengan bersikap apologetic mengenainya. Tunku menyatakan dengan jelas bahawa tujuan Akta ini diluluskan adalah bagi menangani ancaman komunis.

'Saya dan rakan-rakan saya dalam kabinet berjanji kepada Parlimen dan kepada negara bahawa kuasa-kuasa luas yang diberikan kepada Kerajaan di bawah ISA tidak sesekali akan digunakan bagi mengekang bangkangan dan ketidaksetujuan yang dibuat mengikut undang-undang' adalah apa yang diucapkan oleh Tunku dahulu. Ketetapan ini dikukuhkan lagi kemudiannya oleh Perdana Menteri ketiga kita, Tun Hussein Onn, yang menyatakan bahawa ISA bukanlah dimaksudkan untuk mengekang bangkangan politik yang dibuat secara sah atau untuk menyekat aktiviti demokrasi rakyat.Beberapa peristiwa yang berlaku tiga minggu lepas bagaimanapun telah memaksa saya mengkaji semula cara ISA digunakan. Sungguh menyedihkan sekali kerana kesimpulan yang saya perolehi darinya ialah bahawa Kerajaan telah berulang-ulang kali menghampakan rakyat negara ini dengan berulang-ulang kali juga memungkiri janji yang dibuat oleh Tunku Abdul Rahman tersebut.

Ini berlaku kerana Kerajaan dan undang-undang yang digubalnya telah dengan secara tidak betul memberi kuasa kepada Menteri Dalam Negeri untuk menahan sesiapa sahaja atas apa sahaja alasan yang difikirkannya perlu. Budi bicara yang subjektif ini telah disalahgunakan bagi menjaga kepentingan-kepentingan politik tertentu.Sejarah adalah guru agung yang dapat menjelaskan banyak perkara dalam hal ini. Semakan sepintas lalu ke atas cara ISA digunakan sejak ia diluluskan sekalipun akan mendedahkan betapa tujuan asal ISA telah dikesampingkan oleh keperluan politik semasa.

Adalah dikesali yang Tunku Abdul Rahman sendiri pun telah memungkiri janjinya. Pada 1965, pentadbirannya telah menahan Burhanuddin Helmi, iaitu seorang intelektual Melayu yang cukup hebat dan seorang nasionalis yang kebetulannya juga turut menjadi seorang pemimpin PAS. Dia telah diletakkan dalam tahanan sehingga dia meninggal dunia pada 1969.
Helmi hanyalah seorang musuh politik dan tidak dapat dibayangkan yang dia boleh dikatakan terlibat dalam pemberontakan bersenjata atau komunisme yang ISA dirangka untuk menangani. Penahanannya ini adalah sesuatu yang menyimpang dan menjadi satu detik menyedihkan di mana kepentingan politik telah dibenarkan mengatasi Kedaulatan Undang-Undang.

Ia malangnya seakan menjadi satu 'precedent' dan banyak lagi penahanan ke atas individu-individu yang dianggap menjadi ancaman kepada pentadbiran waktu itu menyusulinya tahun demi tahun. Malah tokoh kesusasteraan kita, 'sasterawan negara' Allahyarham Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail juga telah ditahan di bawah ISA pada 1976. Bagaimana mungkin beliau boleh menjadi satu ancaman kepada keselamatan negara?Tidak perlulah saya mengingatkan anda mengenai impak dahsyat Operasi Lalang 1987. Kesannya menghantui Kerajaan sepertimana juga ia menghantui rakyat negara ini yang cintakan keamanan kerana ia menebarkan kegelapan ke atas setiap dari kita. Terdapat banyak soalan yang masih belum terjawab mengenai detik-detik gelap tersebut bila lebih daripada seratus orang telah ditahan kerana dikatakan menjadi ancaman terhadap keselamatan negara. Sebab mengapa mereka ditahan tidak pernah dinyatakan dengan jelas kepada rakyat Malaysia.

Begitu juga tiada penjelasan diberikan tentang sebab mengapa mereka tidak pernah didakwa di mahkamah. Termasuk dalam senarai mereka yang ditahan ini adalah beberapa Ahli Parlimen kanan pembangkang yang masih lagi aktif dalam Parlimen hari ini. Sesatunya perkara yang benar-benar jelas mengenai tempoh itu adalah UMNO pada waktu itu sedang berhadapan dengan satu krisis kepimpinan. Apakah ia bukan satu kebetulan yang tangkapan-tangkapan di bawah ISA baru-baru ini berlaku bila UMNO sekali lagi mengalami satu krisis kepimpinan?
Pada 2001, aktivis-aktivis 'reformasi' Keadilan telah ditahan dalam satu tindakan yang kemudiannya diisytiharkan sebagai dibuat secara tidak betul dan tidak sah oleh Mahkamah Persekutuan. Penahanan berterusan mereka yang tidak dibebaskan lebih awal di pusat tahanan Kamunting hanya dibolehkan kerana ISA telah dipinda dalam cara yang meragukan pada 1988 bagi tidak lagi membenarkan semakan kehakiman dibuat ke atas arahan Menteri untuk menahan. Rakyat Malaysia dimaklumkan bahawa tahanan-tahanan ini telah cuba menggulingkan Kerajaan melalui cara-cara militan dan demonstrasi-demonstrasi liar.
Tujuh tahun telah berlalu sejak kejadian ini berlaku tetapi hingga kini belum ada sebarang bukti bagi menyokong dakwaan ini dikemukakan. Menambahkan lagi kekeliruan rakyat, salah seorang daripada mereka yang dikatakan "ganas dan militan" itu ialah Ezam Mohamad Noor. Inilah orangnya yang baru-baru ini disambut kembali ke dalam UMNO dengan sambutan besar-besaran, seolah-olah ianya merupakan satu kejayaan besar.Lebih kurang pada masa yang sama, ahli-ahli PAS juga telah ditahan kerana dikatakan menjadi militan dan kerana kononnya mempunyai pertalian dengan rangkaian pengganas antarabangsa. Mereka yang ditahan itu termasuklah Nik Adli, anak kepada Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat Menteri Besar Kelantan. Kerajaan ketika itu berjanji akan mendedahkan kepada rakyat Malaysia mengenai bukti kegiatan-kegiatan ganas dan pertalian tahanan-tahanan ini. Sehingga sekarang tiada bukti sebegini pernah diberikan.Formula yang sama telah digunakan pada akhir 2007 bila 5 pemimpin HINDRAF ditahan. Rakyat Malaysia dimaklumkan sekali lagi bahawa individu-individu ini terlibat dalam aktiviti-aktiviti penggulingan Kerajaan dan mempunyai perkaitan dengan gerakan militan Pemisah Tamil Eelam Sri Lanka. Sehingga sekarang tiada bukti kukuh pernah dikemukakan bagi menyokong dakwaan ini.

Jadi apa yang boleh dilihat ialah kelima-lima mereka ditahan kerana melibatkan diri dalam aktiviti-aktiviti yang membawa kepada satu mobilisasi masyarakat India Malaysia bagi meluahkan secara aman kekecewaan mereka ke marginalisi yang dilakukan ke atas masyarakat mereka. Perjuangan ini kemudiannya telah diiktiraf sebagai satu perjuangan yang sah. Demonstrasi HINDRAF bukanlah sesuatu yang luar biasa kerana perhimpunan-perhimpunan seperti itu diiktiraf di seluruh dunia sebagai satu cara pernyataan yang sah.Dalam nada yang sama, asas-asas yang diberikan bagi menyokong penahanan terbaru Tan Hoon Cheng, Teresa Kok dan Raja Petra Kamarudin menimbulkan banyak persoalan. Penjelasan bahawa Tan Hoon Cheng ditahan bagi menjamin keselamatan dirinya adalah melucukan. Kenyataan bahawa Teresa Kok telah menyalakan sentimen-sentimen keagamaan juga adalah tidak berasas sebagaimana terbukti oleh pembebasannya selepas itu.Mengenai pengkritik tersohor Kerajaan, Raja Petra Kamarudin pula, semakan ke atas tulisan-tulisannya akan menunjukkan bahawa dia mungkin telah menghina Kerajaan dan individu-individu tertentu di dalam Kerajaan. Bagaimanapun, bersikap kritikal dan menghina tidak boleh dalam apa cara pun dianggap sebagai satu ancaman terhadap keselamatan negara. Jika tulisan-tulisannya dianggap menghina Islam, orang-orang Islam atau Nabi Muhammad (saw), dia sepatutnya didakwa di bawah Kanun Keseksaan dan bukannya ditahan di bawah ISA.

Apa pun, dia juga telah didakwa atas kesalahan menghasut dan melakukan fitnah jenayah berhubung dengan beberapa kenyataannya. Dia telah meminta dibicarakan, dan ini menunjukkan kesediaan serta kemampuannya untuk mempertahankan dirinya sendiri. Cara terbaik bagi memastikan keadilan terlaksana adalah dengan memberikannya peluang mempertahankan dirinya di mahkamah lebih-lebih lagi di mana dalam pandangan umum Kerajaan adalah dalam satu kedudukan konflik kerana telah menjadi sasaran kritikan kerasnya.Contoh-contoh yang diberikan di atas menjadi petanda jelas bahawa Kerajaan yang ada sekarang adalah sebuah Kerajaan yang tidak demokratik. Perspektif inilah yang telah sejak lebih 25 tahun lalu membawa kepada Kerajaan kelihatan dengan sewenang-wenangnya menahan musuh-musuh politik, pejuang-pejuang pertubuhan sivil dan kepenggunaan, penulis-penulis, usahawan-usahawan, pelajar-pelajar dan wartawan-wartawan yang kesalahannya, jika ia boleh dikatakan sebagai kesalahan, adalah bersikap kritikal terhadap Kerajaan. Bagaimana individu-individu ini boleh dianggap sebagai ancaman terhadap keselamatan negara adalah di luar dari kefahaman saya. Realiti yang terbukti adalah ketidaksetujuan yang dibuat secara sah telah dan sedang dikekang melalui penggunaan secara semberono ISA.Terdapat mereka yang menyokong dan memperjuangkan bacaan secara 'carte-blanche' ISA ini. Mereka akan berusaha untuk meyakinkan anda bahawa kepentingan-kepentingan negara memerlukan kuasa sebegitu dikekalkan dan bahawa keamanan dan kestabilan yang dinikmati rakyat Malaysia adalah disebabkan oleh kewujudan undang-undang seperti ISA ini. Ini bagaimanapun gagal mengambil kira fakta asas bahawa rakyat Malaysia dari semua kaum mengagungkan keamanan. Kita hidup bersama secara aman sejak 400 tahun lepas bukan kerana adanya undang-undang ini tetapi walaupun adanya undang-undang ini.Saya percaya rakyat negara ini sudah cukup matang dan bergeliga bagi membezakan di antara tindakan-tindakan yang merupakan satu ancaman 'sebenar' terhadap negara dengan tindakan-tindakan yang mengancam kepentingan-kepentingan politik. Rakyat Malaysia telah mengetahui bahawa ISA digunakan terhadap musuh-musuh politik dan kelihatannya bila kepimpinan sedang menghadapi cabaran sama ada dari dalam parti pemerintah sendiri atau dari elemen-elemen luar.Rakyat Malaysia hari ini mahu melihat sebuah Kerajaan yang komited terhadap proses mahkamah bagi menentukan kebersalahan atau ketidakbersalahan walaupun untuk tindakan-tindakan yang dikatakan mengapi-apikan sentimen perkauman atau keagamaan. Kini mereka tidak begitu mempercayai bahawa hanya seorang individu, iaitu Menteri Dalam Negeri, yang paling tahu mengenai soal-soal keselamatan negara walaupun mereka sebelum ini pernah mempercayainya. Mereka menghargai kebebasan dan perlindungan ke atas kebebasan-kebebasan sivil dan ini pun benar bagi rakyat negara-negara lain juga.YAB Perdana Menteri, keputusan-keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum lalu adalah petunjuk jelas bahawa rakyat Malaysia sedang menuntut satu pemulihan semula Kedaulatan Undang-Undang. Saya telah dilantik sebagai menteri yang bertanggungjawab ke atas hal ehwal undang-undang dan reformasi kehakiman, walaupun hanya sekejap. Dalam kapasiti itu, saya dapat memahami dengan lebih mendalam betapa ramai dari kita mahukan reformasi, bukan semata-mata atas kepentingan reformasi itu, tetapi atas tahap di mana institusi-institusi kita telah dilemahkan oleh kejadian-kejadian dan impak yang dihadapkannya kepada masyarakat.Dengan restu anda, saya telah cuba menggerakkan reformasi. Berada di atas dalam senarai keutamaan saya adalah satu pemulihan semula ke atas kuasa kehakiman (judicial review) yang boleh dilakukan melalui satu pengembalian semula satu peruntukan penting perlembagaan ke bentuk sebelum ia dipinda secara kontroversial pada 1988. Tidak perlulah saya mengingatkan anda bahawa pindaan perlembagaan itu didorong oleh satu siri peristiwa sama yang membawa bukan hanya kepada Operasi Lalang tetapi juga kepada pemecatan Ketua Hakim Negara dan dua Hakim Mahkamah Agung pada waktu itu.
Salah satu keutamaan saya ialah cara dalam mana bidang kuasa dan kuasa Mahkamah-Mahkamah untuk membuat pembetulan ke atas tindakan wewenang dan di luar perlembagaan Eksekutif telah dikeluarkan oleh Parlimen dan tahap di mana ini telah menyebabkan berlakunya kemerosotan ke atas kebebasan-kebebasan sivil rakyat Malaysia. Pindaan perlembagaan inilah yang telah membuka jalan kepada peruntukan 'ouster' dalam ISA yang secara efektifnya memberi imuniti kepada Menteri dari semakan kehakiman, di mana ini adalah satu peruntukan yang menjadi contoh betapa pindaan perlembagaan 1988 telah membuka ruang untuk berlakunya ketidakadilan.Saya juga telah cuba memperkenalkan cara-cara dengan mana langkah-langkah boleh diambil bagi membantu Kehakiman memperolehi semula reputasi kebebasan dan kecekapan yang pernah dipunyainya dahulu. Malangnya, ini dianggap tidak diperlukan oleh sesetengah pihak kerana Kehakiman yang bebas akan membawa makna Eksekutif akan menjadi kurang 'berpengaruh'.Saya telah cuba melakukan perkara-perkara ini dan perkara-perkara lain kerana menyedari Kedaulatan Undang-Undang dan tradisi-tradisi demokratik di Malaysia sedang terhimpit. Apa pun, tiada orang yang rugi dengan memberikan setiap rakyat negara ini sebuah Kehakiman yang bebas dan peluang ke atas satu perbicaraan yang adil. Ini adalah konsisten dengan norma-norma sejagat mengenai hak-hak asasi manusia dan ia juga adalah konsisten dengan ajaran-ajaran Islam, iaitu agama bagi Persekutuan.
Kuasa tidak terbatas untuk menahan atas kehendak seorang individu adalah penindasan yang paling tinggi. Malah, di Israel, iaitu sebuah negara yang sentiasa berada dalam keadaan berperang sekalipun, kuasa untuk menahan tidak diberikan pada seorang individu seperti di Malaysia dan arahan-arahan penahanan memerlukan pengesahan daripada seorang hakim.Jika terdapat pertimbangan-pertimbangan keselamatan negara, maka ini boleh ditangani tanpa mengenepikan kawalan-kawalan keselamatan yang dimaksudkan bagi melindungi rakyat dari dihukum secara tidak betul. Dalam bidang-bidang kuasa lain yang terlibat dalam konflik-konflik bersenjata, perbicaraan-perbicaraan dikendalikan secara sulit bagi membenarkan penelitian kehakiman dibuat ke atas bukti yang dianggap terlalu sensitif untuk didedahkan kepada umum bagi memenuhi kehendak-kehendak keadilan. Jika ini boleh dilakukan dalam bidang-bidang kuasa lain, mengapa tidak di sini di mana pertempuran bersenjata terakhir dapat kita saksikan, yang menjadi punca kepada wujudnya ISA, telah berakhir pada 1980-an?
Sebarang keraguan mengenai kerelevanan ISA dalam bentuknya sekarang sepatutnya sudah terhapus oleh rekomendasi Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia (SUHAKAM) bahawa ISA perlu dimansuhkan dan bahawa sebuah undang-undang anti-keganasan yang bersesuaian dengan masa kini perlu diluluskan bagi menggantikannya. Mengandungi satu klausa 'sunset' dalam masa asalnya, ISA tidak pernah dimaksudkan untuk menjadi satu ciri asas dalam landskap perundangan Malaysia.Melalui penggunaan berterusannya dalam cara yang diterangkan di atas dan berhadapan dengan sentimen umum, adalah natural bahawa ISA telah melekat di dalam fikiran orang ramai sebagai satu alat penindasan dan Kerajaan yang ada sebagai satu Kerajaan yang membuka ruang untuk berlakunya penindasan. Penggunaan berterusannya tidak menjadi petanda baik bagi sebuah masyarakat yang sedang berjuang untuk mencari tempatnya dalam arena global. Ia juga tidak menjadi petanda baik bagi demokrasi yang sangat penting bagi membolehkan kita membangun secara berterusan.YAB Perdana Menteri, saya mengingati dengan sangat jelasnya apa yang anda sebutkan dahulu, iaitu bahawa jika seseorang itu mempunyai kesempatan untuk melaksanakan apa yang baik dan betul untuk negaranya, maka dia mestilah melaksanakan tugasan itu. Saya sangat menghormati anda kerananya. YAB, anda masih lagi Perdana Menteri buat masa ini dan masih lagi mempunyai kesempatan untuk meninggalkan jejak anda dalam sejarah Malaysia. Saya menyeru anda berbuat begitu dengan memansuhkan terus ISA.Marilah kita cuba memenuhi janji yang dibuat oleh Perdana Menteri pertama kita yang dikasihi kepada rakyat negara ini.



Yang benar
ZAID IBRAHIM

The 100th Entry ~ Selamat Hari Raya

This is the one hundredth post of JitSInExpress since it was set up two years ago, for 06/07 Biology One of Jit Sin High School. Many things happened, and these special events accompanied me through these days. This blog isnt my first one, but I consider it the best of all i have. From the earliest purpose to blog about Bio ONe activities, till the political news and even some bakua gossips, I believe it can still play its role to unite SOME jitsinese together, no matter where they are now.

Besides, as long as you're a Jitsinese, or someone else that have passion towards posting any news about JitSin school activities/.announcement/alumni reports here, please do not hesitate to let me know, I am more than willing to share JitSinExpress with others, and to make it a livelier schoolblog. Ex students, or current students, teachers and staffs, please simply drop your comments here so that we know this blog is still functioning! :P

Lastly, I would like to use this opportunity to wish all my Muslim friends, especially Ashraf, Ikhsan, Mizwan, Afif, Hakim, Anis, Sayuti, Shazanaz, Izzati,.... everyone i know, and of course their family members, A Very Wonderful Hari Raya.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri ;)


C Guevara

2010 Power Transition at Stake

The plan to pass over his Prime Minister post to Najib in 2010 is not likely to happen, but instead everyone is expecting an early transition after the emergency supreme council meeting.

Abdullah told reporters, "This (postponement of the AGM) is to facilitate an early transition," which probably means that he would step down during or before the party meeting in March.

The date of the party polls will be extended to March.

Some say that he has to quit before the UMNO party polls to avoid embarassment of being ousted by his own party members.

Can't imagine what would our country become under Najib's ruling.... A dark-ER age for Malaysia , maybe? A C4 Era? Ah no no no... jz kidding lar Najib bro... :D

C Guevara

Petrol Price Reduced by 10 Cent

It has been confirmed that petrol and diesel price will be reduced to 2.45 Ringgit starting tomorrow.

10 Cents only ar? haiz..

When international fuel price hike, Gov raised the price to as high as 80cent increase. When the fuel price dropped below 100 USD per Barrel, they reduce a mere 10 cents. Pity Pity.

Remember, dont pump your car tonight!


C Guevara

Down and Deep We Shall Think About This

Wah.... Hazard..... I takut lor.

Wah... Ini ar? hehe.... U punya pasal lar..

First of all, this post is about some bad news in these few days, let alone what had happened to me a couple of days ago.

Politics, politics is so dirty in Malaysia. Perhaps filthy, nasty, cruddy,are some easily fathomable terms I can use to describe the social illness and also a big part of the politics of Malaysia.

Raja Petra, a blogger who revealed important documents that might be potentially harmful to certain politicians. Jailed in Kamunting, for at least 2 years, under ISA. Read back to all the posts I've pasted down here, and you know how many other civillians were being victimised, and more is about to come.

Our police force is so powerful that they can get orders from Syed Hamid Alba and arrest "potential hazards" of the countries, while they're such a frail and corrupted system that could not even provide Malaysians a better place to be.

Thor Joo Lee, the wife of an ex-Penang Exco member Lai Chew Hock, were brutally stabbed to death in Bukit Tambun yesterday night by 4 robbers. Approximately 2 hours before that, a famous seafood restaurant was also robbed of 8000 ringgit at least, by the same four suspects.

An Indian press boy was shot to death, in a suspected robbery as well, today.

A poor girl being killed and burnt after being abducted in Johor.


Perhaps its time for us to ponder, to think deep enough why the safety of Malaysians are being put at risks such as robbery and murder everyday, while the puppet-police have so plenty of time detaining "potential hazards" under ISA and spent a whole day questioning the Negarakuku artist.

Why?

Why cant our minister use their brains for greater good of Malaysians? I'm somewhat surprised by the stupidity of our untouchable Ministers that they proclaimed themselves working for the people, but why are we here to suffer for their selfishness?

Why?



I'm sad and down recently. I'm just sad.






C Guevara

Tan Hoon Cheng from Jit Sin ?

That is a question that somebody from Los Angeles asked, in the Google. I guess another caring JitSinese far away in the States. Well anyone who has further information about the Reporter caught under ISA please leave a comment here. Was she a JitSinese? We shall find it out.

By the way, Teresa Kok, one of the three ISA detainees, has been released today.
Teresa Kok complained about the food provided to her during the seven-days-jail-term, and even revealed that she was fed 2 boiled eggs for lunch, and another 2 boiled eggs with cucumber slice for dinner. "It is even worse than dog foods" She said to the reporter. Well dogs around my house certain eat better meal than you did ,Teresa. :P

Now Raja Petra is all alone in the jail. Haha. All the best RPK!


CGuevara

Abdullah Takes Over Defence Minister Post

I'm watching you darling....

Abdullah and Najib both made a swap in their ministerial post just now, which has sparked another wave of speculation on the future of the current Prime Minister.

Najib Razak was the Defence Minister, but now is given the Finance Minister I post which was previously held by the Prime Minister.

Is this a sign of the worsened internal strife among the UMNO ministers? Or could it be a precautionary step for the PM to prevent himself from being toppled down?

Personally I think it has nothing to do with the threats by Anwar Ibrahim to change the government, but its more like a Abdullah-Najib affair.

Lets sit back and watch this draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaama!




C Guevara

Ready, But Not Yet

Facing tens of thousands of supporters, Anwar Ibrahim reassured his supporters that D-Day will come, asking them to wait patiently and expect a peaceful transition of government.

-Sources from Malaysiakini.com

The leader of the opposition party said today during the 916 countdown that Pakatan Rakyat is now ready to form a new government by 16th September 2008 and will approach the current Prime Minister to discuss about the handover of power.



"Tomorrow, we are ready. But the best time, I tell you, is when we have met the prime minister. A peaceful transition is paramount," he said.



So, most probably, the "Best Time" is obviously not on 916. It may be any other day in these few weeks. He did not reveal the numbers of defectors from BN but, with confidence, he said to the journalists, "I believe that the government will fall in the next few weeks."



I wish all Malaysians a peaceful and quiet 916, and at the same time, would like to urge everyone of you to be patient, as I believe the reformation of our country's politics is somewhere not far away.



C Guevara