Sharing my thoughts again if anyone cares.

Just thinking and figuring out ??.

,,,,,we are in the same boat-lah O.K. ??.

,,,Just thinking out loud as to Why and Where and When events happened and What we all have to be aware of from PAST, PRESENT and hopefully for the FUTURE of our beloved country, beautiful & wonderful Malaysia !.
,,,By nature, I seek clarity first b4 we would move forward together to find possible solution, as such pls read on if you are interested-lah,,,,,,,,,,!!
,,,Mind you, this world has NEVER been at peace since time memorial. Too many great wars have indeed shaken nations and perhaps some lesser conflicts that have afflicted the world at large have indeed sometimes subsided BUT again and again flared up with MONSTROUS conflagration....Wars have never ceased ever yaa !!. Unfortunately bitter animosities between countries still persist and blindly or cunningly or silently frantically or even unknowly preparing for new war !!.
,,,More than 40 odd countries presently in the world are in the unshaking grip of war, rebellion, foreign infiltation, terrorism or endemic banditry. Great many are just holding on or just maintaining a fragile peace that could/would shatter at any moment in time. Timing is the only factor holding things together or perhaps apart !.
,,,The bloodiest of the most recent conflicts on the civilian population must be the foreign infiltation in Iraq, now followed closely in Alghanistan, next in line Pakistan. (Lets just skip the Middle East for a break !!....never ending human tragedy) So far NOTHING decisive been accomplished, at enormous cost for almost NOTHING. Both the political or military solutions are not working and problems remain unsolved, in fact increasing by the hour. NIL lessons learnt to-date from past experience - rather frustrating plus unfortunate but that's the reality in humanity....perhaps even God forbids peace for human beings ?....only God knows !.
,,,Mind you, there have been at least 90 wars since 1945 only if you care to count. Resulting in the deaths of between 20 to 40 million people according to UN Count alone, guess in reality the numbers can be anywhere higher ?. Tens of millions been driven from their dear homes and homeland. Apparently there are well over 40 millions more refugees in the world today at this very moment in time !. The UN again estimated that about 20 millions of internal refugees in foreign lands and about 20 millions of internal refugees - that is people having to fled their homes to escape danger or even death and in some cases extreme poverty just for basic survival needs.
,,,YET, again most UNFORTUNATELY from data gathered, most of the conflicts in the world today are between PEOPLE and RACES as compared between nations and even fewer are ideological. If anything, the world has become more violent, indeed with each succeeding decade since World War 2 onwards until today in real time.
,,,HUMANITY is still adapting to the DISAPPEARANCE of the empires that kept the so called peace before the Second World War - a tranquility imposed at the point of a bayonet, intended to prevent the EXPLOITATION of brown, black and yellow people by white man !!. As so being claimed by the then master race or victors of other nations. Such were the glories of victory to satisfy one's ego or to justify one's misdeeds, in actual fact an act of piracy, seconded by greed to rob, plunder the world for their selfish hidden agenda.
,,,The eventual decline of the empires was inevitable !. It just only required a small or tiny class of people in any of these colony to ask itself, as to WHY it should be governed by foreigners, and that the advance of education that produced that challenging class everywhere. An educated class can act as an hazard at the right time and place, anytime, anywhere too. (Should I remind the POWERS in high offices here that we now have great numbers of such class too ?.)
,,,Wars between nations are generally caused by territorial disputes, ideological rivalry, a strong lust for conquest by their swell headed leaders, and occasionally by just plain stupidity plus diplomatic imcompetence by those in position. There have been indeed wars of all these kinds since the Second World War but unfortunately the threat of more hangs over a good part of the globe today. Indeed, again humanity has not changed its ways in the art of wars and killings.
,,,FORTUNATELY as for ideological war, they have very much diminished in recent years. What changed is the new term called "TERRORISM" has taken centre stage and a new role in war.
Terrorism is indeed the cancer of our modern world using primitive methods to instill fear to everyone. No state is immune to it. Similarly like cancer, unless properly treated drastically, its growth is inexorable, until it poison and engulfs the whole society on which it feeds and drags it together to final destruction. "Terrorism is said to be the deliberate and systematic murder, maiming and mancing of the innocent to inspire fear for political ends". The usual apologia for terrorism is that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter", which is perfectly true and perfectly irrelevant ; I would say, "MURDER is not justified by sticking a different label on it yaa !!"
,,,The political justification - the claim that the end justiflies the means - is a debate crucial for fighting terrorism, and unfortunately it has not been resolved as yet to-date.
,,,Also there are many differences between terrorist groups. Some seek out what they would consider as "enemy targets", usually military/police. A few take great pains to avoid killing innocent people but others deliberately choose civilians as their primary targets. By all counts, they are all terrorists, however many might misconstrue the situation. The very word terrorist itself comes from "TERROR" - shall I need to further explain ?. (o.k. lets dig deeper into these new hazards or what some calls war against terrorism b4 it spread its wings into our society at large).
,,,There are three basic broad bands or categories (in fact more so-lah) of independent terrorist movements in the world as it is ; those inspired by Political fervour or even Fascistism movements; those inspired by Nationalism or Ethnic grivances and finally those inspired by Religion or in most case so identified or called/termed by the existing western culture, i.e. Islamic Jihadist. Maybe, If i can add the fourth category is terrorism directed/supported by Governments in the latest term it justifies itself as WAR AGAINST TERRORISM by invading other nation or state !. Geeee.
AND finally but not the end as yet, a new treat from individual lunatics or self proclaimed revolutionist and they are by far worse than the other types of terrorists as mentioned above. A growing numbers, if you care to read some of their crazy/lunatic comments in the internet nowadays. The authorities should rightfully vet them and sent them for proper medical treatment for their own good as well for sane reading peace for the rest of us. !!.
,,,O.K.-lah, lets just get back into our country's brief and short history within the last century only. The last traces of the communist insurgency warfare sputtered along the jungles at the Thai/Malaysian border area or frontier and the final communist party signing of a treaty just in 1989 to end their bloody arm struggle with the Malaysian government. The "Confrontation" with Indonesia that subsided, very much ended before it really started into a full blown war, however both countries are now allied in ASEAN. There were serious Racial riots in Kuala Lumpur in particular in May 1969, in which unfortunately hundreds of innocent people from all sides of society were killed or injured, but then the 3 main so called malaysian communities have worked pretty hard to reduce social inequities plus racial tensions which were fueled by opportunists, taken advantage of by the communist party of Malaya, gangsters/thugs and indeed by racist politicians of the worst order. Also, not to forget that during the Malayan emergency period that the Dayaks Trackers from Sarawak/Borneo then helped to battle the communist insurgency with the British forces in peninsula Malaya. (Thanks brothers !.)
,,,FORTUNATELY we all Malaysian have been notably more successful than for example the people of Sri Lanker with their on-going war with the Tamil Tigers. At this moment in time, Malaysia is still in a bastion of stability and that ethnic harmony in a dangerous world....but will it last forever ?. Malaysia has a special role in an account of comtemporary conflicts. The only country in the world to withstand or defeat an communist insurgency. Indeed the Malaysian experience is truely unique. The essential or main difference with the Malaysian experience was that the majority of the Chinese did not actively support the communist terrorists and were just trying their level best to survive in their new adopted land and were proactively separated from them terrorists in their "New Villages", while the majority of the population Malays, actively opposed the communists as anti-Islamic. Generally the Malays were the bulk of the military personnel plus in the Police or as government servants, they formed the "Home Guards" and defended their villages/kampungs and with help from the Dayak Trackers plus the British Forces drove the communists by the time of Independence, the communist terrorists were driven across the border into Southern Thailand as their safe heaven. The majority of the communist terrorists were generally Chinese but there were also Malay too in their party's armed struggle which unfortunately until today our local Malaysian are not really fully aware of or just in the state of denial. To be fair and honest, the Malaysian government has always treated the various separatists movement in Southern Thailand and closer to Sabah, the Phillipine separatist, more so bandit elements very cautiously and kept an arm length away from direct involvement, in fact playing a Moderator role as and when requested to do so. Rumours have it that certain politicians then, were directly involved but apparently it was on a private agenda that the Malaysian government would like not to get involved with or perhaps kept an blind eye on ?. Politics being politics, I have much reasons not to trust any of them as such would remain apolitical.
,,,As in many anti-terrorist campaigns, the Malaysian Armed Forces and Police are faced with a real dilemma, in-order to combat terrorism effectively and "restore law and order", they have to resort to measures in winning "Hearts and Minds" of the local people plus the chinese workers of the plantations and tin mines into "new villages". All the squatters along the jungle fringes plus plantations/mines provided the "SEA" in which the CTs "FISH" would/could swim un-noticed and by relocating them into new villages, securely under government control would eventually deplete the waters for the fishes. Indeed, technically very sound manner or smart strategy to starve off the enemy and keep their supply chain away since in the CTs warfare, its the hidden enemy which makes it very difficult to war on. The Malayan Emergency began in 1948, when the communist terrorists first victims were the European plantation managers and which later spread to government posts, police and military patrols in the rubber plantations and mining areas. In actual fact, it was really the "Hearts and Minds" that won the fight against the communist terrorists. It was never the the bullets or weapons that killed the spirit of the enemy, they were indeed a dedicated bunch of characters whom believed in their struggle and were also willing to sacrifice their freedom and life in the jungle where food and shelter plus medical facilities are on bare survival state at most. Unfortunately there were some that were conned into their fruitless struggle started off with the chinese fighting against the Japanese due to the continuation of animosities stirred up by the Japanese in main land China and after which after the Second World War, the Communist Party was banned by the British and Malayan Government as a political party. Before which, the British were actually arming/training these jungle fighters against the Japanese forces as their common enemy !.
,,,Very similar to terrorism but not so correct is the act of PIRACY !. Again its showing its ugly head in the Gulf of Aden plus not so frequently nowadays in the Straits of Malacca and South China Seas after the Tsunami in 2004 since the pirates lost most of their boats to mother nature herself !.

,,,HUMANITY's capacity for hartred/violence/murder/killings, not really plots of foreigners, will still ensure that the blood of the innocents will continue to flow. Hatred is not new !!.Hatred can be manifested in many different ways/means and many different places too.
,,,To all the POWERS ABOVE in name of politics/politicians, may I remind you guys that when the ordinary but educated citizens suddenly realised that they do not have to put up with it anymore, and that the government discovers that it no longer has the nerve and authority to impose it will. We might just end up with some major changes/reforms for better or for worse with or without the government direct control and it can be bloody dangerous if not realised or corrected immediately.
,,,Domestic political oppression cannot be maintained indefinitely......even the Soviet Union's collapse is perhaps inevitable just like the British Empire before it !!.

I would like to rest my case yaa,,,,,,thanks for reading, am now able to put to rest this subject issue and hope that the people of our beautiful country, Malaysia will again stand united and work together for the future generation and STOP this stupid political game of self interest and selfishness b4 its too late. The individual self too has a role to play in fairness, determination, perseverance and single-minded pursuit combined with focus, job-loving, spiritual flow, dedication, industriousness and the going for the extra miles.

,,,A life based on good attitude, discipline, religion, morals and righteousness is the basic foundation for love, peace, grace, gratitude, contentment, fulfilment, joy and lasting success.

,,,Finally, VALUES are equally commanding, cos what you value is what you think about, what you think about is what you bloody become !! ........yaa my brothers/sisters malaysian, we are in the same bloody boat-lah....same team same crew ,,,,,Yeop Oii !!!!!!. and am the PirateKing Yoohohoo !!....don't ever forget that hehehe ..well I might sound like a Preacher at times too !...Holy Shit !!.

,,,Just Relax be Cool.....yaa-lah I need a break too. Ha.Ha.Ha.

Sharing 'my secret' experience on an Alouette 111

Rotor Diameter: 36ft (11.02m)Fuselage Length: 33ft 4.5in. (10.17m)Overall Length: 42ft 1.5in. (12.84m)Powerplant: 1 x 870shp Hal-Built Turbomeca Artouste 111BMax Take-Off Weight: 4850lbs (2200kg)Max Seating: 7Max Cruise: 113ktsRange: 270nm (500km)

Capt's Longhouse said...

,,,guess some of us would like to forget and forgive the past events that we all went through while in the service when times were indeed very hard plus losing many buddies killed in action !.
,,,in fact, i lost more than 20 pilots friends from the Airforce alone plus many many more from the Army and Police Field Force.,,,logged in my flying log book are 387 mercy flights alone if am not wrong if i can still remember correctly the numbers. The numbers of medevac/bodyvac/casevac are indeed frustrating to count or sad to recall cos. many were friends/buddies that i had made prior to their misadvanture while fighting against the god damn CTs, whereby nowadays there are people willing to bring back their killer leader Chin Peng back as an bloody hero !!
,,,guess, you can appreciate my inner feelings on this subject issue, i am willing to kill any of these guys on behalf of those that were killed back in those days.
,,,so why are we or people like me keeping to ourselves ?. We have served for King and Country i.e done our part, time is passing and theworld is changing. As such not much time to look at the past, its the present and limited future am living for. The business of life is to go forward..the world is advancing in the super fast lane-lah. Mana ada masa to go backwards my friend ??. ,,,Today's success may become tomorrow's ingredients for stagnation ..Yeop oii !!.
,,,we can't be trailing in the wake, otherwise we will be tools that have gone absolute, good only for the scrap yard.
Note ; in actual fact, i have many many stories of incidents/events that have yet to be penned down.
,,,Perhaps one of these days ? ....perhaps,,,,perhaps !!..but a lot of my past working records are still available and being utilized as protocols/standards etc presently,...plus also nowadays incorporated into Aviation Safety Management System and Global Logistics Management Systems software too. (ASMS & GLMS)
,,,GUESS, am just taking a short break right now on the island b4 (if ever ?) coming back to the main stream as an active player in the game of living life in the city. hahaha !!. But but island life and living is keeping me healthy and much much more than in the real world out there.....yooo !
November 2, 2009 9:23 PM

Capt's Longhouse said...
,,, buddies !!... yoo again,,,sharing another 'untold experience' of an young Alouette pilot from 3 Sqn. Butterworth - back in 1974!...Date/time to be reconfirmed, till I find my log book again-lah....Was on special detachment with the Special Branch Chief himself at Fort Gemala for 2 x weeks in the jungle base as stand-by Alouette recce chopper but nothing happened for the first week and was invited for some fishing trip by the orang asli/police field force officer. So off I went, stripped down just in my shorts plus T shirt on their wooden sampan for fish bombing !.
,,,wow !!.. the ikan kelah was struggling after the 1st underwater blow-up and I jumped into the river to bring the fishes back but the strong current swept me across the other end ! Upon taking a BIG fish in hand, I stopped at the river edge for some rest and noticed some movements in the jungle!. Holy SHIT !!..CTs were watching us and I immediately swam across to the orang asli guide plus we all made our way back to base camp safely!!. The special Ops. was immediately launched and within the next couple of weeks, the security forces managed to kill/capture a few of the 40 odd CTs at that area.
,,,Guess what ??. One of the captured CTs a Malay guy (he looks like Mej Kalid Ali no kidding !.... hahaha !) from Kelantan, told me that he had his gun sight at me while I was on the sampan but thought that I was an orang asli and if only he knew that was the chopper pilot (meself) he would had pulled the trigger !. We had a great laugh and apparently he is now serving in the SB too, probably retired by now !!.
,,,So its not too bad to be with curly hairs and dark skin too hehehe..saved my day that day too.Very very stupid of me going out fishing but that was the normal thing to do by the SB personnel plus orang asli guides at all the jungle forts that we used to fly in/out then. Kept this experience or rather incident a personal secret from the Sqn/Flt. Commander, too scared that they might stop me from flying alone into the jungle again in support of Ops. Bamboo etc hahaha....boy OOO boy !! .....that was one crazy experience kept in my heart for the last 35 odd years ...Geee !!....now its no more my secret anymore....hehehe !!....am glad its out now...yooo !
November 10, 2009 10:32 AM

Sharing more "NURI" helicopter experience.

"Close Shave With Death"

Capt's Longhouse said...
,,,Yes, indeed Lt Col(R)/Capt. Chong Keng Lay is someone very special !. I remember first meeting him when I attended the Mines Warfare Course in PULADA, his men plus himself taught us how to disarmed booby traps (before joining RMAF he was with the Army Engineering Core). I was even invited for lunch at his home and got to know his beautiful family too !.(perhaps convinced him there to join us in the RMAF ! hehe but seriously, he was already very interested in flying then)
,,,Later, he surprised me when he joined us as an aircrew and flew bravely together into the heat of many battles against the CTs without fear or regrets. He as always will be there come rain or shine, with that smile in his face ever ready to serve or rather fly.
,,,Again, after his retirement from the Armed Forces, he joined us in the civil helicopter, 'dog eat dog' environment as an offshore helicopter pilot serving the nation indirectly/directly to nationalise the local helicopter market from being too dependent on foreign pilots that cost an arm and a leg of tax payers money !.
,,,I have lots of time and respect for this guy, he is an example to the rest of young Malaysian and if the nation needs an hero, please don't look too far !. We have got one typical guy here-lah. The real thing, not Hollywood/Bollywood stuff !!.I rest my case..and my salute to Capt. Chong again !!.

,,,O.K.-lah Guys !,,,while we awaits Capt. Chong KL to write his, perhaps you might want to know more about late Capt. Choo Yok Boon ....ref ;"The nation recognised our sacrifices by conferring bravery awards,,,in 1979; few received posthumously, eg, PGB for the late Capt (U) Choo YB and PTU for the late Lt (U) Chung Min Tat." ????....

,,,YES, indeed the late Capt. Choo YB relief aircrew from 7 Sqn. Kuching before being killed at Ops. Gubir, he was involved with another Thai/M'sia border Ops. with me from 10 Sqn. whereby he volunteered to be the "Dummy" chopper for the CTs to take pot shots at so that we can determine where from the damn CTs were shooting our chopper from !!. (actually he over-ruled me, for being more senior to take that particular role !!) Now, can you ever beat that ?. Talking about sacrifice and bravery and total dedication in defending this beloved country ??..this guy sandbagged his chopper and hovered just to be shot at !! ....and radio across for y chopper to abseil/winch down the troops accordingly to attack the CTs.
,,,with the Nuri carrying protective sandbags for the 12 x troops on board, my chopper was grossly over weight to hover out of ground effect as such we had to rest her belly on the tree branches, while the troops were abseiled/winched down or else we can't take-off safely or just have to jettison the sand bags in a hurry !.
,,,this technique of flight support were never written anywhere in our SOP as such we kept it to ourselves (o.k. am only now disclosing it ! hehe)but the troops were happy to have these kind of crazy Nuri aircrews that gave them the maximum support beyond the call of duty !.
,,,Indeed, it was Capt. Choo's idea to place his chopper as the target so that we could safely deploy our troops and surround the enemy. That special Ops. was indeed a big success and we brought back a couple of dead CTs as trophy.
,,,Unfortunately a few months later his chopper was shot down at Ops. Gubir and were killed together with everyone onboard.
,,,In fact, we were together that morning at RMAF Butterworth, all three of us - meself, Capt Choo and Lt (U) Chung were discussing "When, Where and How" to crash land the chopper in case of being shot down while we were having our morning shower !!. Maybe I will write more about the Ops. Gubir flight support whereby 21 of our choppers were shot at and Capt. Murad's 139 x bullets holed chopper that Capt Choo was supposed to help ferry back was unfortunately in vain on 27th April'76.
,,,Darm the CTs !!..you bloody guys killed my dear flying buddies..and if any body were to bring Chin Peng back, am still awaiting to settle the score !.. that is/was my last promise to late Capt. Choo & Lt(U) Chung, Kapt(U) Mustafa Kamel, Lt(U) Wan Munsif and Sgt Leong (Nuri helicopter was shot down in Ops. Gubir - 27/04/76)
November 3, 2009 9:13 PM

Sharing my "NURI" helicopter experience

combat !!!!! yoo.ho.hoo

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,my flying office ??. yoo.

Capt's Longhouse said...

,,,,just to tell you more about the Nuri and some of her hidden hazards, mine caught fire while night flying overhead PK (Pekan) with co-pilot Mat Sulong, firstly, we lost No.2 Gene as such were down to essential buss, remember it was pitch dark nite, yoo and then the Primary Hyd. was also lost !
,,,things were getting bad to worse and the smell of burning oil plus smoke covered the cabin/cock-pit too ! From "Pan to Mayday call" were made BUT we could not make an immediate emergency landing since we also lost the No 1 Generator soon after !. Geee...!!
,,,nil ac electricity except for dc emergency buss bar and no landing lights to aid for an landing away from the Kuantan airfield, which we were aiming for and snaking in !! ...using the street lights plus moving cars and finally the airfield lightings as ref. ,,,,,,(it was the craziest flight of my entire life..Yeop Oii !!,,,,,but I flew the darm ass burning chopper for God's sake,,,"just fly her" I kept telling meself all along the ride of Hell !!)
,,,Crew chief could not contain the fire at the rear of the MGB cos. of the bottom cover...so I ordered him to axe it away, which he managed to with almost bare hands plus me having to fly without AFCS and only stand-by horizon with smoky cock-pit blinding eyes & lungs !

,,,To make it even worse,.......the MGB was also making funny rattling noise since we were fast losing gearbox oil too. (In fact, later we found out that the gearbox would had kaput if flown more than 3 - 5 minutes after our emergency landing at the airfield !)...phew OomakDatok !!.
,,,It does NOT ends there mate !!..upon landing as instructed the co-pilot jumped out of the Nuri side window to fight the fire at the rear from outside the chopper and I had to perform an emergency shut-down alone. The fire fighters arrived alongside and they sprayed foams at the rear, inside the cabin plus when they saw smoke from the engine exhausts due to the stray foams,,,,,,,,,,guess what ??,,,,,,,both the engines were foamed up !! So now we also lost two bloody good engines too .......while safely on the ground Geeee !!
,,,Well the co-pilot is still in the RMAF, you can ask him more about the incident-lah. Had a hard time coaching a turtleman with the likes of him too hehehe !!....but guess he made it, now a 'one or two star' Dato General Mat Sulong !! ......Yoooo.....good for you buddy...well done !.

October 11, 2009 10:02 AM
Capt's Longhouse said...

,,,,its the accessories gearing's at the rear of MGB that could cause such multiple-failures since the over heated bearings/gears would affect the others since they are grouped closely together-lah.
,,,we nearly lost the secondary hdy pump too, very very nearly and close to it! ...if that had happened it would be the end of Uban.
,,,the leaking MGB gearbox oil gave fuel for the fire and lucky me, the aluminium did not burnt out cos. the metal bearings were red hot.
,,,the foaming of the cabin area caused further damage to the AFCS controllers positioned at the bottom of the broom closet. This was again unfortunately only discovered many months later during its 1st test flight !. ( the flight controls went hay wired, moving on its own due to electrical shortings !!)
,,,so in future, don't take it too easy even for a single gene. failure yaa !!... if its the bearings not electrical causing its failure, don't continue flying as per checklist but land asap and check-out the primary cause of failure. (Electrical fire Vs Oil base fire smells different too.)

October 11, 2009 11:16 AM

The unreal world nowadays,,,,Geeee.

hi buddy,,,hahaha is there a real world out there ?.

,,,indeed, coz. there are plastics everywhere washed ashore on my island paradise everyday, yet we have only greens around !!.

,,,just feel sorry for the poor turtles, thinking its dinner of jelly fish but end up dead eating man mades !!.

,,,even the sun sets are not the same nowadays, funny haze/pollutions ?!;.........geeee !!

,,,Air pollution via our human introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment, into the atmosphere.

,,,Haze also via human untraditional, yet intentional change to atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky.

,,,Our earth's atmosphere is a complex, dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Don't we human cares about it ?..its almost too late !!

,,,Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth's ecosystems..is now here for good, unfortunately making things from bad to worse !!.

,,,hahaha..pls tell the real world its becoming so unreal !! yoo.

You can learn even from an Ant.

,,,,,,yummy !!....had that crazy Ant for Lunch hehehe !!!!

THE ANT PHILOSOPHY !!

(,,,hahaha..you will like this,,,,,,, am pirate sure !! yooo buddy ...hehehe.!!)

1st PART PHILOSOPHY ANTS NEVER QUIT !!
...If they’re headed somewhere and you try to stop them, they’ll look for another way. They’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, they’ll climb around.
...They keep looking for another way.
LESSON: To never quit looking for a way to get where you’re supposed to go.??.

2nd PART PHILOSOPHY ANTS THINK WINTER ALL SUMMER ?!.
,,,You can’t be so naïve as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering their winter food in the middle of summer.
,,, You’ve got to think rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun.
LESSON: It is important to be realistic. Think ahead !!.


3rd PART PHILOSOPHY ANTS THINK SUMMER ALL WINTER-lah !
,,,During the winter, ants remind themselves, “This won’t last long; we’ll soon be out of here.” At the first warm day, the ants are out. If it turns cold again, they’ll dive back down, but then they come out the first warm day.
LESSON: Stay positive at all times.


4th PART PHILOSOPHY ALL-THAT-YOU-POSSIBLY-CAN !!
,,,How much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that he possibly can.
LESSON: Do all you can….and more!

IN A NUT SHELL... FOUR-PART ANT's PHILOSOPHY

,,,Never Give Up !!.. Look Ahead !!.. Stay Positive!!.. Do All You Can ??...

“Don’t be encumbered by history, just go out & do something wonderful”...Hohohoo !!!!

Just be like an ANT....its not that bad !!....in fact, its bloody GOOD !!.

BUT just watch out for 'Joe' the Snake too !! Yoooo.

Religions and my take....to a buddy.

"Faith in GOD"

Ivan
,,,,same here buddy, am not that religious too myself in practice but strong in faith in all religions in/across the world at large.
,,,for some practices, like meditation, yoga and vegetarianism, are undertaken for a spiritual purpose. This tends to be thought to characterize Eastern religion more than Western. Perhaps this comes from the perception that Eastern religion is more marked than Western religion by mysticism. This perception might be true to some degree,but even Western religious traditions that eschew mystical practices often have many practices and rituals which could count as a 'spiritual practice.'
,,,In any case, Western religions, speaking generally, tend to focus on professed theological ideas more than in the east. The Islamic salat, for example, confesses the shahada, and Christian prayer in its many forms often focuses on God, God's character, Christ, or the surroundings of the person praying.
,,,By contrast, Buddhist meditation focuses on deepening our experience and understanding of the mind or of Buddha, these things often being understood to be the same thing. In Zen practising koans focuses on the contemplation of unsolvable paradoxes as a tool for the emptying of the mind or no-self.
,,,am lucky in the sense that I was brought up in an open minded family, my dad sends all his children to various types of school, in my case to ASC Ipoh where-by I attended christian classes in the morning and islamic studies in the evening, it was not compulsory for me to attend the christian classes but was encouraged by my dad to learn other religions while at that tender age too !. There is a Hindu temple close to our home too and I was allowed to participate in many of their religious activities with my hindu friends. My mother's side of the family has Thai blood and some of her relatives are still Buddhist and I learn more about Buddhism too later in life for better appreciation of the good teachings of Lord Buddha too. In fact, I brought my wife to Bangkok way back in 1983 to study more about the teachings too. She studied in the Convent School in Alor Star, Kedah, as such is very open minded on religious matter, she is a very devoted Muslim both in ritual & practice as compared to myself-lah !.
,,,For all the troubles in the world, its the individual not the religion that causes trouble and hardship to fellow human beings. I silently hope and pray for all to open their hearts to GOD and to practise kindness to fellow beings/animals/plants and be greatful at all times while/for being born to taste the fresh air and sunshine as one live b4 one pass away finally.

,,,Life and living is/are very precious and time limited. Lets make the best of our day and have peace of mind and best of health always.
,,,One of my best of friends is a Jew and we don't have any issues regarding religion ?!.
,,,Mind you, am color blind too ,,,,,hahaha !!.,,,,,,perhaps an Adonist on an island in the middle of the South China Sea somewhere ?. hohohoo !!

Regards,,,,to your other half too yaa !!.

Capt.

My take,,, to Blogger buddy "mind NO EVIL"

my take,,,on our existing POLITICAL Masters !

,,,some of the best lessons we learn, we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.
,,,lets see if our new leadership will learn from past experience cox there's one thing more painful than learning from past experience, and that is not learning from experience !

Question Datok ?..how do we help push this message across !. I just had a talk with the Trengganu UMNO Youth Head yesterday about issues raised by most bloggers, like yours as an example BUT I don't see any positivity or any proactive action to change their mentality !. Its a fund raising business as far as they are concerned, which is corruption to our eyes !! Geee !.
,,,Ali Baba is the right word for UMNO ?.

I rest my case.

October 21, 2009 10:24 PM

ArshadRaji said...
Dear Capt Longhouse,

Our voice is being heard loud and clear. Just wait and see!

October 22, 2009 11:24 AM

Capt's Longhouse said...
QUESTION again Datok ?; ANY MORALITY and CHARACTER in UMNO leadership line-up presently !?.

,,,unfortunately, i don't see much of MORAL values with most if not all of existing UMNO leaders presently !
,,,Moral values are written by GOD within one's hearts, and as a result we all have the individual power to recognise right and wrong. We must maintain a strong conscience and uphold solid morals all of our life. Only with a complete set of moral values, we can acquire grace and virtues/altruism/truthfulness and finally strength of character.
,,,can't name a single person in the present line-up that i can termed as a wonderful person, to be loved and respected by all Malaysian and be blessed from God.
,,,Again where is the INTEGRITY ? dON'T ANYONE OF THEM realised that there is no substitude for truthfulness and there will be no real success in life without it ?.
,,, In my 58 years of living, I have seen people prosper through shady manipulations of facts and figures or by taking undue advantage of others and bloody true enough, their success did not last their life time !.
,,,my take here is you can fool some people sometimes BUT PRESENTLY with IT technology, you just can't fool any of us any longer !.
,,,Its real sad to admit as a MALAYSIAN that tricks/cheats/corruptions are indeed so rampant in our societies, that many people suffer losses or even poverty unfairly.
,,,I preach to my children only just 2 simple things i.e. honesty and knowledge, you are powerful and bloody rich.

In summary, "the spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - they are the pillers of society."

Datok, after reading through your blog, I salute you SIR !! Am apolitical by nature and served as a professional soldier (o.k. Pilot) and does not take sides to whom is the political masters, in fact I don't give a rat shit ! All am interested is a fair game with rules to be followed. Just can't play football with rugby rules yaa ??.
,,,about time, we kick some balls ?? hehehe.

Capt.

October 22, 2009 2:35 PM

Capt's Longhouse said...
,,,Geee !! while some people have swimming pools, many others are just struggling to keep their heads above water. The few cry tears of joy while many lament in sorrow or even starve. ,,,"Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how other's can be in want".
,,, The income gap in our country is indeed widening, yet many are oblivious of it. Unfortunately ruthless ambitions and moral decay is also becoming widespread. In fact amidst economic abundance in our beloved country, many of us still are hungry, not just in physical sense but more so in spirituality.
,,,This lack of spirituality shows in the present expenditures on the uncalled for arms race. Why we humans are wiser and more intelligent than animals, yet still use guns and bombs to settle disputes.
..Martin Luther bemoaned this, "War is the greatest plaque that can afflict humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families".
,,,Why can't we just prick on our conscience for the millions of needy and suffering rakyat with such funds rather spent on worthless arms expenditure for killings.
,,,It is high time MORALITY and RELIGION are embedded in our economic and political policies.,,,or are we conned into the arm race by our enemies or are we to fight against the enemy within.
,,, my take,,,Its the 'musuh dalam selimut yang jadi punca ini' !!.Salam.
November 14, 2009 8:43 PM

The Greatest Father, my father.

What Day is today ?,,,,,,,,,Ouiiiiiiiiiii,,,,,,,,,,!!.

Why is the sunset so beautiful and never the same every other day ?.
Indeed, while am still able to appreciate it, with the back ground sounds of the Murai Bukit plus the catty calling from Mr. Kingfisher, telling the world that he is back from the days roaming with fishes fresh caught from the sea along Port side of Kapas Island.,,,,that’s the KPIs that am still sane and happy/healthy too....lah. Hehehe.

Life had been a long hard journey from the days when I swim/swam/almost drown!!,,, at the Sungai Pari River behind Birch Gardens, Connally Road, Ipoh. The standard Government House/Quarter my daddy lodged all his 9 children and that many of us kids, fast up-growing and proactive coaching from Tuan Haji Abbas Mohd. Ariff plus,,,, busy Mama Puan Hajah Sophie Asha’arie, homemaker, cook, dresser and teaching all of us too. She was a strict lady, cum teacher plus but really a friendly mama.,,,,,,,, “Mama, I love you and missed you tons !!”
The house was full of loud laughters, with all of us fooling/playing/teaching each others on knowledge read/gained from books our daddy provided us with. The house was also full with books from all over the world and on all subjects!!!.
Indeed, daddy gave all the knowledge plus encouragement and life leadership skills from observing/questioning him forever and ever with ??????? WHY,,,why ? ,,,,,plus doing what was supposed to be done and doing right first time at all times. Its your way daddy, get it right 1st time !!,,,,i will always do so.

YES,,,,daddy you are the BEST !. And now while you rest in bed day in day out,,,,am kind of stuck on the island while worrying/thinking/writing about you. Daddy I miss you as always yaaaaaa !!. But don't worry, you have trained me well.
Daddy thanks so much and I will make my way to see you soonest !. We can talk about the many journey/travel we had together,,,,and about any subject that cross your mind.
When I look at you, I see myself in every expect plus "likes and dislikes" but never any bias against anyone or whatever issues,,,,,,a rational man and a real worldly man. But I can never be you daddy,,,,,you are a great person and father and friends to many and also to me your son.

YOU and Your generation created this beautiful Nation and we are all so greatful,,,,,,,, I SALUTE you SIR !!.

Happy Father’s Day daddy yaaaaa !!!. You are my man daddy dearest.

Your forever & thankful son,

Capt. Shariff Abbas.

Happy Father’s Day to my father, Tuan Haji Abbas Mohd. Ariff. (91 years old, born;16th Aug,1918)

Nuclear Proliferation

Threat of nuclear annihilation.

One thing that I can safely and confidently predict in 2009 is that nuclear weapons will not be abolished as yet!. Would it be just wonderful in theory to remove the threat of nuclear annihilation once and for all in this modern era?.

While there this growing talk about out-right abolition is the world’s failure to achieve the much more modest objective of preventing new countries from joining the nuclear club.

The haves (USA, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan) must learn that unless they themselves talk about their own eventual disarmament, how can the have-nots will agree in preventing further proliferation in the nuclear race ?.

The basic grievance of the have-nots is that the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty does not require the haves to give up their nuclear powers and existing arsenals!.
Indeed, if the haves show no sign of living up to this side of the bargain, the haves-nots’ resentment will only grow bigger.
Countries like Iran and North Korea will become less and less willing to agree to the sharper inspections that will be needed as nuclear know-how and materials spread more widely across the world at large.

In fact, if the haves decide to abolish their nuclear weapons, the practical difficulties of doing so would be really immense.

Is abolition just a pipe dream ?.

Unfortunately, I see lots of hypocrisy, the haves will pretend to believe in abolition and the have-nots may pretend to believes them. ,,,,,,,hahaha what a big laugh yaaaaa.

Yooooooo.

The EXTREMISTS

By Capt on May 28, 2009 11:29 PM

Tun,

For the Extremists it is necessary to turn the country into a cementry in order to pacify it !.

What we all Malaysian must remember is that the fall of any empires is always dangerous and seldom leads to the tranquil properity that their enemies anticipate !.

Lets all right thinking Malaysian, ensure that the extremists wish list be checked in the bud.

Please,,,,,,, take it easy TUN, we all are indeed listening/watching very closely what our politicians are a calling nowadays !!!!!!.



Regards,
Capt.

Alternative Energy in Malaysia

Dear Tun,

Slowly but surely, alternative energy technologies are starting to become mainstream.

Even on Kapas Island we are using Solar Energy for our electricity-lah nowadays but unfortunately its rate at rm1.60 per unit is really too bloody expensive for us poor islanders to shoulder !. Can you help us here ? ,,,,,hahaha.

Wind power is also growing and about 1% of the World's energy is already generated by the wind too.
Apparently, it is expected to rise to 10% by 2020. Your Vision 2020 does not cater for this unfortunately !!! yaaaaaa.
Another good sign is the use of electric car and more and more models are becoming available and perhaps you can advise Proton to seriously look into this too ?.

The idea is to end dependency on import oil or trying to get it from nuclear ways plus to achieve zero-carbon sources.
In Malaysia there is plenty of potential for solar power, which will be environmental friendly plus benefiting too.
With our abundant sunshine, solar power should grow in importance. If NOT why NOT ?.

Perhaps with a special plant that works by employing heat from the sun to make steam and thus drive a generator, rather than using expensive solar cells to produce electricity directly ?.
In fact, solar cells are not going away, they are being deployed faster than wind turbines and apparently the amount of electricity they generate is growing by the day.

Biofuels, the other green alternatives to petrol and diesel, are also made ultimately from sunlight, via the plant-building process of photosynthesis !.

No doubt, we will see some interesting changes in the World of Energy-lah.

KapasPirateKing

Mahathirism ,,,,,"The Good, Bad and Ugly ?"

By Capt on May 23, 2009 2:46 PM

Dear Tun,

Firstly, you are my/our hero,,,,,,,a true Moderate Malaysian Revolutionish in your own special ways !.

Like many other revolutions, there are constant competition between relatively moderate leaders and the extremists, and most unfortunately normally the extremists always won.

BUT, not in your case, you/we WON as a true moderate in the Malaysian manner and style.

I salute you Tun,,,,,,,,,, YES indeed, you are like a father to all of us.

We fought against the Japanese invasion/Communist terrorists/Confrontation/Racial Riots and all of us loyal citizen won, and now all Malaysian can live in peace, so I call for all citizen that we all have a stake in the success of Malaysia.

Lets play our part proactively for the future generation to live in peace and end with our success story ,,,,O.K. ?.

Be proud of your Mahathirism !!!! ,,,,,,,,,,its an honour TUN. Be proud and stand tall always yaaaa.

Regards,

Capt

http://kapaspirates.blogspot.com/

The perils of sharing and socialising as a Blogger.

In this timeless plus borderless human activity of socialising via the net, it has begin to cause a lot of grief to some ,,,,,,,,,unfortunately !!!!!!!.

The fashionable term for it is "sharing". In the process and new context, one starts to volunteering personal information that previously used to be considered off-limts/private to all but the most intimate friends/relatives but that is now taking on a life of its own yaaaa !!!!!.

People have always tried to manage their reputation and indeed today's IT tool plus network give them powerful tools to do just that.

So most people participate and share enthusiastically as a rational action,,,,,but the problem is that they quickly lose that control. Some of the information will be eventually be used for something else from its original intent and purpose.

Trust me, if you are the "Paranoia Type" about privacy don't be a blogger in this internet era !

Who and how to hold anyone accountable for any breaches of privacy ?.

The enemy within and the most ignored of the bigger danger is ourselves !.

Does that mean that it is prudent to opt out of Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Flickr, You Tube and the likes ?. Probably not bcas participation has indeed become almost automatic and its the "in" thing,,,,,,,,,hahaha.

The only remaining choice is whether or not to inject our own perspective, within our blog, into this never ending stream of narratives, to preserve whatever control remains in presenting our own image.

The wise will still share things about himself/herself but one must also become more hyper-sensitive about sharing collateral information about others, in the hope that reciprocity and a new etiquette will eventually limit everybody's vulnerability, including one's own.

Criticism in Malaysia but be constructive-lah !

Can I shut-up for once ?. Will you too !!!!!!!

There are of course times when it is prudent to say nothing, but there are also times when it is better to voice what's on your mind. To say we should always shrink from criticism is just as wrong as saying that nothing positive should ever pass our lips.

The main problem is not criticism, but understanding how to deal with it and build on it. Malaysians often can't deal with criticism because those who criticise only know how to criticise, and the criticised don't know how to respond. Because we are so averse to dissent and disagreement, we do not know how to handle it gracefully, and we rarely see the right response as fixing the problem which led to the issue in the first place.

There is a lot of criticism out there that is simply not right — criticism from people who are just out there to be jerks and assholes, rather than actually contribute. But that does not invalidate criticism from people who do want problems solved. The trouble with our society is that we often appear not to realise this.

The appropriate response to criticism is to see if the problem is real, and try to solve it. If we can do something about it — whether that be writing to the Education Ministry or organising a dialogue with a local councillor — great. If we can't, too bad.

Let's not take criticism personally; let's not take it as an insult, even when it is.

Ignore the useless criticism, and be glad for the useful brickbats you do get. Our country will be much better off for it.

Let’s take criticism as something constructive rather than destructive,,,,,,, yaaaaaa ?.

Note to Blogger Rocky Bru & all Malaysian

Anonymous said...

We must stop talking about our differences either by race/color/faith but just concentrate on moving forward positively !

Am not trying to hide anything but there are better issues that you/me/us can discuss rather than making matters from bad to worst-lah.

Malaysia plus life with-in her, is what we make out of it, opportunities aplenty, just be creative to survive and stop blaming others but to look within oneself.

Its just that simple and you ,,,,,,,Mr. Rocky can lead such forum effectively from today onwards. You have lots of readers/fans/friends plus some not so friendly characters reading/commenting on your blog, so grab this wonderful opportunity to make this World n Malaysia a better place for all.

Am apolitical by nature but just cannot run away from it, politiking in Malaysia has lost its direction unfortunately, I pray everyone will realise this soonest/asap and concentrate on contributing their fair share for the sake of our future generation and country.

I love Malaysia and everyone bcas we are a big family, lets seriously work to make everyday really worth it.

Dear, Brothers/sisters/fathers/mothers we are a BIG Malaysian family. Yooooo man !!!!

Capt's Longhouse

KapasPirateKing
1:22 PM

Reply to Matt Candana 287

Capt Says: March 31, 2009 at 9:31 am

Hi all,,,

The beauty in Matt’s write-up is the way its put across !. From deep down his heart and bloody sincere and truthfull about it.

As for me, am just leading my own life and opening to those that wants to change for the better !. I enjoy living and challenges/adventures but at the same time sharing it with friends new or old.

“Been there done that ” is one of my motto in life.

Can be dangerous too at times bcas certain events are very very challenging plus very technical like diving/flying/para/caving/hunting etc.

With regards to people - am kind of committed to assisting those substance abuse individuals since having the sad experience of loosing family members to its battle. But its up to the individual, we can’t force the issue or on corrective action. They must want to change b4 it can happen.

How ?,,,best by showing respect to all and set oneself as a living example kind of,,,Yes, just be your honest self !. Never try to be a hero or someone different yaaaa.

In fact, I never preach but just practice,,,walk the talk ?. Kind off-lah, come live with me and lets earn the food on the table together.

Fortunately, money is not important to me as long as we have enough to keep our ship afloat.

In actual truth, I have not made any profit in terms of $ and cents but have to constantly dig into my savings all these years to support my lifestyle/others there,,, hehehe.

But am happy and bloody healthy !!!!! that is enough for me, what more can a man ask ?…other than free fresh air n sunshine !!!!

And YES,,,,,,,,, am learning from everyone everyday too.

Now learning to be a sport fisherman too from the experts in Trengganu.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,Just fish for our own consumtion only and not for the market-lah.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Life and Living is great,,,,,,,,,,,Allah’s gift, don’t waste it.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Bershukor-lah selalu yaaaaa.

And Matt,,,,pls don’t reply immediately,,,YES to say “NO” hahaha. We all understand-lah.

Am no hero too,,,,just remember that.

Economic crisis and our investment options.

By Capt on April 24, 2009 8:32 PM

Dear Tun,

You are right but guess there are other options to consider too.

In any investment there are risks involved but one must be smart about it.

The stock market is indeed a gamble most time, you win some you lose some.

The trick is to spread the risk about in a few options.

As an investor, we have 4 simple basic options ; Equities (shares), property, collectables or indeed cash-based investments.

However the value of cash base investments can be effected by inflation and falling interest rates, so you/me/we should seriously consider spreading the risk by investing some of the money in shares/property and to a much lesser degree/extent, in collectables.

The major benefit with these types of investments is the potential to gain capital growth that cash-based investments cannot provide-lah.

Cash-based investments does indeed has its advantage too i.e. it specify in advance the rate of interest. We can therefore, culculate the amount that is normally fixed throughout the period of the loan and is guaranteed, even if interest rates fall.

Furthermore, the capital will be protected against any sudden downward movements in the money markets, which could affect the value of other types of investments, such as shares and property.

The feeling of certainty can indeed be very reassuring to some of us.

Investors who buys assets base such as shares or property can also increase their wealth in one of the two ways - either from income from dividents or rent, or as a direct result of capital growth.

By contrast, cash cannot, by itself increase in value at most time, we have frequently seen its purchasing power be eaten away by inflation !.

Somehow, I still feel its kind of safe for investing within the local market but our local Politicians should stop being silly because it will effect the investment atmosphere in Malaysia.

We really need some rest with politiking and get into the real business of economic stability plus growth asap !.

Lets all, THINK Malaysian for our beautiful Malaysia !!!!!!,,,,,and the future for all of our children....YES please aaaik ?. ,,,,,,,,,,Darm it for God's sake !

Money Politics and KJ the Guilty.

By Capt on March 27, 2009 11:06 PM

Indeed, I can't understand why when found guilty of money politics, this guy, KJ was still allowed to be voted in as Ketua Pemuda UMNO ?.

And for all those that voted for him, you guys are as guilty too plus what were you guys thinking !.

This is really wrong and hopefully he would be brought to court for justice to be done.

Am ashamed, bloody shameful for we Malays plus all other Malaysian to accept this nonsense !

Why is he, KJ above the law ?. What so damn special about him ?.

If this is how UMNO is going to run or manage the country, am sad to say, all of us Malaysian will face a black future !.

If am KJ, I will resign from the post and face the music as a man.

What is WRONG is wrong !. KJ,,,,, You have been found guilty so you have to face the music.

There should not be another ruling against someone who is found guilty.

Those found guilty should be arrested and jailed accordingly to the law.

Why can't the police take such action ?.

This man is a criminal as far as I am concerned.

Money politics is political corruption and its a bloody crime.

How can we accept such a person as our UMNO Youth Leader @ Ketua Pemuda UMNO who would eventually end up as our PM ?.

Is this the kind of leadership or person we want to run our country in the future as our PM ?.

I have never expected for Pemuda UMNO to sink to this level, ever in my life time !. Geeee man !.

I cried for UMNO. What a bloody shame yaaaa !!!!!.

Am sorry,,,,, In fact, am very very sad.

It would appear as if Malaysia has not become enough of an international laughing stock in recent times chalking up a lengthening list of most shameful episodes.

Will I still vote for UMNO ?,,,,,at times, I ask myself, why should I ?. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,Ummmm,,,NO ?

If I were to be PM !.

Just thinking out loud again about our country, her problems and future,,,,, plus what I would do if am the PM. Wishful thinking some might say but why not, after all its free for one to just imagine yaaa !.

My first priority is to creat and promote "National Unity" plus "creat a sense of Pride and Patriotism in Malaysian Society".
Also creat an environment to alleviating poverty irrestive of race,,,,why/how ?,,,, by "getting rid of divisive ethnic policies and politics" and to professionally examine the root cause of Poverty.

We really need both cultural transformation and proactive government action - a change in values and policy i.e.,,,,, to promote the kind of society we all want as malaysian. to instill the values of hard work and gratification, our communal values, our sense of mutual responsibility plus social solidarity.

I strongly believe that our government has a role to play in shaping that culture for the betterment or for the worst !

All Malaysian should not feel threatened by what may be considered to be mainly a "one way process of encroachments into so called traditional economic fields",,,,, guys lets share the cake so to say or ,,,,,,,everyone might just starve together ?. Lets be a big family again and help each other.,,,,,, o.k. brother/sister dearest !!,,,,,lets be fair yaaaa ?. ,,,,we are one family-lah.

To guarantee success, all of us should be committed not to personal profit BUT to the welfare of the people first and all of us should NOT tolerate corruptions and mismanagement.

The next important agenda is to plan to be completely self sufficiency in rice instead having to import >20% of local requirement would still be imported as at the moment.
Just imagine, we Malaysian spent over RM20 billion annually on imports of food products !,,,,we must address this as a national issue or threat and as such to creat an environment of opportunity to fellow Malaysian in this potential business area !. ,,,,,lets all encourage domestic production for local consumption ,,,,,,o.k ?.

Its not at all difficult, everyone can get involved here-lah. Just start with what you have, grow your own vegetables, open a makan shop, breed your own fish/chicken/goats,,,, etc etc !!!!!.
As a leader, I will get rid of huge profits reaped by MONOPOLISTS too,,,,,,,lets be fair to the rakyat.

,,,,,,,,BUT key to my success as the PM, is by getting rid of corrupt practices and other hanky panky plus all the existing scandalous characters too !. Perhaps isolate them at Pulau Bidong ?.

,,,,,,,NOW, how do I get to be voted in ?. ,,,,,Yoo Ho Hoo,,,,, or just be the KapasPirateKing ?.

In fact, the traditional pirate style of management might just be the answer to handle this challenging and difficult times,,,,,so guess who is the best bet, with this special leadership style to lead the country ?.

Yours truly-lah,

Capt.

To my dear, Dato Najib via 1Malaysia

Dato Najib,

Its most depressing to see the UMNO Youth behaving like thugs recently in many incidents around the country !. What has happened to our Malay "sopan santun" ?. As a Malaysian, am ashamed with what is happening around the country, with regards to malaysian crazy politicking and winner take all attitude !.

Why don't all the elected politicians sit down, compromise and workout a common solution to manage the economy and welfare of the rakyat ?. That's the very reason we elected you guys for in the first place, for God's sake !.

Opposition or Ruling Parties, after all are Malaysian and should not attack each other like an enemy,,,,once after the election process, just forget about politics but work together as a common MALAYSIAN Team to manage the issues and future of the Nation.

As a leader, you have to show Moral Courage plus Moral Leadership to go beyond local politics for the Nation's good and our future generation.
There are lots of housekeeping and changes that you must put in place without fear or favour !
I have seen you growing up and being groomed for the PM role ,,,,,,in fact, had flown you around the country many times before and as such will closely monitor your progress forward too.

This is my take for you at the moment in time ;

Please "walk your talk",,,cas. all of us are watching/listening to what you are saying very closely,,,,,,you are our new leader to lead this beautiful country of ours for all MALAYSIAN. Don't ever forget this !,,,,,,,for all Malaysian.
Don't ever fail us ,,,,,,it would be a bloody shame to our founding fathers and to the rest of the World.
Make the CHANGE and make history !.

Capt.

Help train,,,New Young Malaysian Leaders

We desperately need new young visionary leaders with charisma and credibility, otherwise, their message won't stick — no staying power. (tak boleh tahan lama)

We need bold leaders who can paint the injustices of our society in stark and glaring colours. We need smart leaders who can paint a future for our country which is leaps and bounds better than anything presently conceivable.

We need honest leaders who can passionately speak/communicate about how we can right these wrongs and reach out for that future. And this is the kind of young visionary leaders that all Malaysians need if we are to have a grassroots movement to change our country for the better.

We all have to help train/coach/mentor this kind of new young leaders, it could be from the grassroots — it will be just another Mat, Chong or Muttu, who realises "YES we CAN" and that he/she has the passion and power to communicate the nature of these wrongs and how to right them.

There are at least 27 million people in Malaysia, and is indeed a lot of Malaysians currently. The young leaders we need are out there. The answer is, ACT now, we should identify and help coach them in whatever ways we can ?. The time is now to spread the word, to reach out to everyone we know, and do our part in coaching/training the new leaders, who shall tomorrow change this country for the better.

This is not a task we can afford to just leave to the politicians or to the political parties. This is a task for every Malaysian who loves his country, who knows something is wrong with it, who knows something has to be done. If we do not find the new leaders we need, for change — and thus our country itself — we are to blame ourselves.

We've been on a downward trend since independence as far as leadership goes. ,,,,,,,It is not yet too late to redeem ourselves, and redeem the brilliance of our founding fathers.

Malaysia is still a young nation, but we cannot remain a nation for long if we do not reverse this trend and return to the basics of nation-building.

Let's not give up on finding and nurturing new leadership,,,,,,, let's challenge them to live up to and exceed their successors !.

Let's keep our ship of state afloat.,,,,!!!! and also PLEASE ask yourself,,,,,,what have you done ?.

Am doing mine by constantly coaching/mentoring many young leaders for the Nation's future.

The Judgement of the Ruler

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IT IS ENTIRELY up to THE JUDGMENT OF THE RULER as to who is LIKELY to command or ceases to command!

HRH The Sultan of Perak had made HRH's JUDGMENT which in simple term means:-

HRH The Sultan did not agree to the DISSOLUTION of the State Legislative Assembly.

HRH The Sultan has delivered his own judgment and had decreed that Nizar had ceased the confidence of the majority in the Perak Assembly.

HRH The Sultan had decreed that Nizar is FIRED in a very diplomatic way by asking him to tender his resignation.

DAULAT TUANKU!

DAULAT TUANKU!

DAULAT TUANKU!

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I rest my case.,,,,,,, Yoo Ho Hoo. !

To Che Det on Muslim Unity for an Economic War.

By Capt on January 15, 2009 10:00 PM

dear Tun,

firstly we must also blame ourselves for lacking in muslim unity.
because we muslim are not united, others are taking advantage of it.
perhaps, if you can advise our muslim brothers and sisters on how best to achieve this unity, it would be more effective than going to war with the USA/Israel ?.

However, with your connections and networks, am pretty sure many would listen and act for an economic war perhaps ?,,,,indeed would be more effective too !.

The Israelis, who once demanded that their enemies negotiate with them, now themselves refuse to negotiate. This is indeed a simple tactical ploy. They have no wish to make peace with the Palestinians because there are no concessions they are willing to offer. They will concede nothing, neither land nor political authority. On the contrary, they insist on the Jews' continued right to seize more land from the Arabs to build new settlements.

PirateKing

Gaza bleeds and so should we.

The tragedy is not the brutality of evil but the silence of the good people.
It is a perplexing sign of sheer stupidity, blindness or massive collective amnesia among Israelis today that they cannot see the parallels between their Jewish liberation struggle in the historic land of Palestine and the current liberation struggle led almost solely by Hamas. They cannot crush, eliminate or decapitate Hamas; they can only come to terms with it and negotiate an end to violence by both sides. The Israeli invasion of Gaza, wreaking death and destruction, chalking up a death toll of more than 510 people, mostly civilian casualties including women and children, is a crime against humanity
Thank God that finally Malaysia has given the United Nations Security Council an ultimatum to come up with a resolution to condemn Israel on its brutal aggression against Palestine.

Gaza bleeds and so should we..... Might is not Right,,,,,STOP the Killings !!!!! for God's sake man.

The Malay Achipelago

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO' (variously called Malaysia, the Indian Archipelago, the East Indies, Indonesia, Insulinde), the largest group of islands in the world, lying south-east of Asia and north and north-west of Australia. It includes the Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and the Philippine Islands, but excludes the Andaman-Nicobar group. The equator passes through the middle of the archipelago; it successively cuts Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes and Halmahera, four of the most important islands. A. R. Wallace (who includes the Solomon Islands as well as New Guinea in the group) points out that the archipelago "includes two islands larger than Great Britain; and in one of them, Borneo, the whole of the British Isles might be set down, and would be surrounded by a sea of forests. Sumatra is about equal in extent to Great Britain; Java, Luzon, and Celebes are each about the size of Ireland. Eighteen more islands are on the average as large as Jamaica; and more than a hundred are as large as the Isle of Wight." The islands of the archipelago nearly all present bold and picturesque profiles against the horizon, and at the same time the character of the scenery varies from island to island and even from district to district. The mountains are arranged for the most part in lines running either from north-west to south-east or from west to east. In Sumatra and in the islands between Sumatra and Borneo the former direction is distinctly marked, and the latter is equally noticeable in Java and the other southern islands. The mountains of Borneo, however, rise rather in short ridges and clusters. Nothing in the general physiognomy of the islands is more remarkable than the number and distribution of the volcanoes, active or extinct. Running south-east through Sumatra, east through Java and the southern islands to Timor, curving north through the Moluccas, and again north, from the end of Celebes through the whole line of the Philippines, they follow a line roughly resembling a horseshoe narrowed towards the point. The loftiest mountain in the archipelago would appear to be Kinabalu in Borneo (13,698 ft.). An important fact in the physical geography of the archipelago is that Java, Bali, Sumatra and Borneo, and the lesser islands between them 1 For more detailed information respecting the several islands and groups of the archipelago, see the separate articles Borneo; Java; Philippine Islands; Sumatra, &C.

The most notable fact in the geological history of the archipelago is the discovery in Java of the fossil remains of Pithecanthropus erectus, a form intermediate between the higher apes and man. In its structure and cranial capacity it is entitled to a higher place in the zoological scale than any anthropoid, for it almost certainly walked erect; and, on the other hand, in its intellectual powers it must have been much below the lowest of the human race at present known. The strata in which it was found belong to the Miocene or Upper Pliocene. Among the rocks of economic importance may be mentioned granite of numerous kinds, syenite, serpentine, porphyry, marble, sandstones and marls. Coal is worked in Sumatra, Borneo and Labuan. Diamonds are obtained in Borneo, garnets in Sumatra, Bachian and Timor, and topazes in Bachian, antimony in Borneo and the Philippines; lead in Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines; copper and malachite in the Philippines, Timor, Borneo and Sumatra; and, most important of all, tin in Banka, Billiton and Singkep. Iron is pretty frequent in various forms. Gold is not uncommon in the older ranges of Sumatra, Banka, Celebes, Bachian, Timor and Borneo. Manganese could be readily worked in Timor, where it lies in the Carboniferous Limestone. Platinum is found in Landak and other parts of Borneo. Petroleum is a valuable product of Sumatra and Java, and is also found in Borneo.