I dont want Najib's 100 storey tower!

A short update for a poinient reason!

My blog is effectively dead and I doubt anyone ever reads it anymore...

Oh well by now surely everyone knows of najib's dream of a 100 storey tower Menara Warisan Merdeka or whatever. More money for croneys! I for one dont see why the taxpayers should spend RM5 bil. or whatever for another megalomaniacal landmark soley to outdo Mamakthir's Petronas Twin Towers.

Now I love skyscrapers and Im sure the tower will be beautiful (I hope!) like the petronas towers (Esp at night) but this isnt a private enterprise! This is a POINTLESS taxpayer funded building.

So I say NO to the 100-storey tower. Najib - build it with your own private money or dont build it at all.

Join the facebook campaign here to register your protest!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/1M-Malaysians-Reject-100-storey-Mega-Tower/162774653750749?v=wall

Back in Malaysia! Yet I can scarsly call it home...

Yup got back on Sunday evening. Dosen't really feel like home for some reason...Just feels like this place I visit every now and then. Maybe its the fact that i never really fit in in the first place, or it could be something else. At any rate, while its all familiar, it dosent feel like 'home'.

Im bored cause there dosent seem much to do (a perfect testimonial would be the fact that im even bothering to update this unread blog!), my face is swelling up since I had to get my wisdom teeth extracted, and I cant eat for the same reason. The ONLY plus side is my dog =)

IM OLD!!!!! - 20 years old to be exact :/

Im old.... my life is withering away.....ive passed teens into 20 so byebye life its now downhill all the way! :P

PS: what I did for my Birthday? - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. (Typically me eh?)
Ive been doing maths all day.

Earth Hour 2009 - be part of something amazing!

Hi guys! Long time no post! Yes its time for Earth Hour 2009!! I hope you will be part of this fantastic GLOBAL event this year. Earth Hour gets bigger every year, and 2009 is the biggest yet!! Its simple, at 8.30pm (your local time) on Saturday the 27th of March, simply switch off your lights for 1 hour. Millions of people, organizations, and cities across the globe are coming together to make this spectacular event. So please show your support, after all its not like its alot of effort! You could organise a torch-light party or a barbeque with friends and family or something!





So please be part of something special - switch off your lights at 8.30pm this Saturday!

I flew my plane into a tree :(

Well like my title says...its been almost two weeks now, but I took my plane out a sunday afternoon and withing 30 seconds of it being in the air, a gust of wind caused me to lose control of the plane and sent it right in to a very evil tree, nice and high up.

The tree is evil because its almost as if its designed to capture anything that gets into it and never ever release it. The hold on my plane (and anything else i threw into it for that matter) s unbelievably strong. In a vain attempt to get my plane back i flung sticks at it while moving the flaps and knocking the engine around, but to no avail. All i suceeded in doing is lowering it slightly, and possibly breaking the tail boom.

Sigh...so thats the end of my plane i guess. 12 days on and its still there, exactly as I last left it....

Ive installed MacOS X on my notebook!

Im a very lazy person... I like to procrastinate...more like I like to do nothing, and then hate the fact that im doing nothing LOL. Blogging is just an example of this.

Anyway...I just want to say that ive successfully installed leopard (MacOSX 10.5.5 for those of you who dont know) on my notebook. In fact im writing this post fromOSX. I was lucky...it was a straightforward process, and someone had written up a tutorial for hardware not so different from mine.

So whats my take on the all famous macintosh? I dont think much of it to be honest. years of windows has made me comfortable with a particular way of using the computer. A way thats somewhat alian to mac.

I find it to be a very 'mousy' OS lacking even the simplest of keyboard conviniences such as home, end and DELETE!! Yes the snobs at apple pride themselves in not including a delete key for mac's...a fact which irks me as its a favorite key of mine (im thinking back to my early days of the 386 when my aunt used to scare me...NEVER TOUCH THE DELETE KEY!! she used to thunder lol...)

Anyway, it does have its perks...I quite like the convinience of spaces and of courset heres the clean and simple (un)installation of applications by simply dragging or removing the file (yes usualy one file! - or a contained folder to be more accurate) to the applications folder. Yup its really as simple that! Though the lack of customisability of application location installation (or perhaps my lack of knowhow) is something that concerns  me. I suppose most macs just have a single partition, so its not really an issue i guess...

Anyway, OSX is just my current 'experiment' or 'toy' and I still use windows for a lot of things. 6 months down the line when I get bored of mac, id probably remove it and install solaris or something... a statement that would absolutely mortify mac-heads and even linux fanatics. That I would choose to stick with windows, and simply play around with other operating systems as I fancy...

Happy New Year from London!

Well time certainly flies dosent it?

Today is the 1st of January 2009, and Id like to wish everyone a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR from merry old London!



yes ive gotten my new notebook, but Ill blog about that some other time.

Ill blog about my london trip later as well. so far Ive had a very good time. Been staying at Ian (Han)'s place with Derek, and I got to meet some of Hwee yin's friends. Tomorow my brother is coming down, and ill have to "jaga" him till the 4th, after which its back to Notts to prepare for my exams, so in the mean time ill leave you with this pic of the fireworks, which isnt mine, but i stole from the BBC, because ive yet to transfer any pics from my camera.

Stupid Dell, Stupid Nvidia

Heys I have some stupidly bad news.

Got back from Scotland on the 20th of December. The next day, as I was playing Sid Meier's Pirates! my GPU overheated and died...Now my pc is stuck with no graphics what-so-ever... Turns out this is a design flaw with the GeForceM 8400GS, and the inspiron 1420 (my model) has the tendancy to burn out the gpu-> meaning i need to change my mobo.

This is possibly the worst time for this to happen...Christmas just round the corner, my stupid bussniess nonsense report, BBC and U-21 applications due in january, my EXAMS!! no i dont really study on the comp but still...

Anyway, Dell support is USELESS. After hours on the phone, they finaly agree to send someone over with a new mobo the next day. I was like finaly thank god... BUT a few hours later they call me up and tell me tht becuz its a Asia-Pacific model which they dunt sell in the UK they cant fix my pc...WTF!!

Im thinking of DHLing my lappie home for a "measely" 75 quid and having my dad get dell in malaysia to fix it. Yes my warranty is still valid because i thought it would be a good idea to get 3 years extended warranty. All in all it would probably take 3 to 4 weeks before i get my compy back if i do that.

The other option is to just buy a used mobo of the 1420 from ebay (about 150 quid) and do it my self, voiding the warranty, but at least i will get my comp back up in maybe 5 days (except that im going to london on the 30th and wont be back till the 4th so what happens if i dunt get my mobo before the 30th?) But also id have to spend more time on my pc at a time when i need to be revising for my exams.

The final but completely out of the question option is to wait for 3-4 weeks while Dell transfers my details from malaysia to UK since i bought the pc in msia and did not transfer it before this problem happened). THEN they will take my notebook and send it for repair (US or asia i presume since this is not a UK model)..all in all thats what 5,6,7 weeks?

Im seriously thinking of just getting a new notebook (still from dell since i can customise it the most). I figured out a way to back up all my data (quite literally in the dark) but it will involve a little trial n error. hopefully i have enuf space on my external HDD

sigh...n i was hoping to reinstall vista and maybe install dual boot with OSX this xmas break.....

Irrelavant Friends

I wonder just how many people realise that they are quite irrelavant. Not just to the world, or country because you just a nobody - like another ant going about its businiess in this big wide busy buzzing world. Thats fine because hey, as long as you truly matter to your friends and family and co-workers...who cares right? Not everyone can or aspires to big things or to be a somebody.

But being an irrelavant friend??! What on earth is that supposed to be? Heck people are probably wondering whats up with me right now. Im bound to get questions from whoever cares and can be bothered to read my blog occasionnaly(if there are even such people anymore - a consequence of not updating my blog)

Before I continue. No i dont want such questions. Youd just piss me off. If there was something wrong with me, I douldnt tell you because you asked me. Id tell you in my own time if I felt like talking to you. Chances are im not interested in talking about anything that bothers me to you - ie: you are an irrelavant friend.

Im not sure which is worse, having untrue friends, or having irrelavant friends. With untrue friends, well their not really your friends anyway....Theyd be the first people out the door the momement you cease to be an asset and are in a spot of REAL trouble.

Ok what am I saying! Having untrue friends is B-A-D! Its probably the worst thing to trust someone very much, only to have them betray you and scoot in the moment of your greatest need.

But most of us dont have untrue friends (I hope! - choi! pantang! touchwood and whatever other mumbo-jumbo the supersticious lot yell out the moment something bad or unlucky is uttered) Having irrelavant friends is well.... i suppose its up to the individual to decide what it is.

The thing is about irrelaveent friends is that...they dont actually matter or make much of a difference when your in need. Not because they dont want to help you or they run away. Im sure they mean well and will sympathise with you if your down. But really? they are irrelavan.

Hmm i bet im not making much sense am I? No im probably not. Think of it this way then. They are friends who you hang out with and have fun. You may or may not get close to them, but chances are your not going to get very close.

You cant really depend on them help you out when your down, because you woud'nt really want to talk to them about it, and you'd rather not go through the hassle of their comments or sympathies. At times when you need someone, its not that they wont be there for you, but rather that it dosent matter if they are there or not. Maybe youd rather they wernt there.

You cant trust to open up too much with them, and thus you cant really depend on them. They are the decorative dummy pillars that hold no weight. Pretty but strcturally irrelavant.

So whats the point of this rant??
*shrugs* Dont Know!

~Baron Out~

I wana go out SOMEWHERE for Haloween...

Hi long time no see! This is just a short post...

yup...basicly I wana go out somewhere Haloween night. ISIS is having a student nite for haloween...only 4 quid. Im sure Ocean Oceana n all the other clubs are doing the same. Sad thing?? CANT FIND PEOPLE TO GO WITH ME!!!!!!

Odd right? People are either not around (for some strange reason??) or broke or..wana go out with their boyfriend :S

sad.....

So Im back in the good city of Nottingham...

Well, as its typically me, this is a delayed post!
Well I planned to blog in dubai with my 4 hour transit n all that....didnt happen (sleepy/lazy)
Then I thought Id blog on the train from London to Nottingham...didnt happen (no wifi even though there was supposed to be)
Then I thought Id blog once I got back to my room. Well technically im doing that but its alrdy Monday night and I arrived on saturday evening.

So.... 2nd year is about to begin...*groan* its supposed to be ALOT more work than last year...and well with my brain rotting away for three months in Malaysia....NOT GOOD!!!

On the plus side...I finally managed to meet up with Hwee Yin!! Ya i know its been YEARS. Guess what we met up at London St Pancras. Dumb huh? we had 3 months to meet up in malaysia and it didnt happen. So i went for a BurgerKing with HY n her friends. Stupid thing was that I had to rush off after like 15 mins just after we started catching up (face to face for a change!) because my train was due to leave at 3.30. So at 5.10 i rush across the street back into STP and run all the way from the international terminal to the EastMidlandsTrains side.

I go to the ticketing counter...and get a ticket printed for 3.55pm instead!! LIKE WTF MAN>>> I finnaly meet up with Hwee Yin and have to rush off only to find out later I could have spent like half an hour more with her n her friends had I printed my ticket FIRST...BAH!! Anyway, she should be coming over for the Notts Games (like any other good malaysian in the UK would!) so well have more time to catch up then.

Still I was very happy with the train service. Very new very comfortable (nice bathroom too! >.<) and it still arrived at 5.30 in Notts.

Got to HuStu..n Steve the porter was there to greet me! Got david to help me lug my stuff up from the basement to my room. (belive me some of the stuff was HEAVY - I could not have done it without help). Then we headed over to the 'clubhouse' to chill for awhile.

I came back to my room bout 9.30pm and well just brushed my teeth and CRASHED! I didnt even put my sheets on. I was tired but not really sleepy. thought id just lie for a moment..n before i knew it i was asleep. Hey travelling for more than 24 hours + jetLag is goanna take a toll on you ya know!

I woke around 3am and started unpacking.....then I went back to bed around 7am as the sun was rising. but no I hadnt finished unpacking. In fact the last bits of unpacking have yet to be done even at the time of writing.

Let me see...what did I do on Sunday...hmmm leme see since i slept at 7 am it was only natural that I woke up around 1pm. Took a shower, and by then many of my new neighbours had started moving in. Got to know them. More like just introduce ourselves n chat a little. Im rubbish with names anyway!

Then took one of them to beeston for a subway (my lunch) and sainburys. Sorry cant remember his name...think it was mike :p

After that..more unpacking before dinner and the warden's address. Didnt bother going for the fresher's stuff after dinner. Headed over to the 'clubhouse' instead (if your wondering what the clubhouse is..ask me sometime and ill tell you ;)

Slept over there and came back this morning. been lazing and unpacking all day really. Went to the bank to get some stuff done and thats about it.

Oh yea! All the stuff i stored in the basement has a very funny smell. And alot of the organic stuff (clothes wooden spoones etc) are pretty moldy :S aigh. Looks like im gona have to wash some of my clothes even before Ive worn them. Oh well should have occured to me that it would happen when you put it in a very OLD basement for 3 months!!

So anyway..Im back in the good city of Nottingham...the land of Robin Hood, and life goes on.....

~Baron Out~

Stay Calm, Don't fall into their trap

You've probably been bombarded with this type of message ever since the ISA crackdowns, first on RPK, and then on the Sin Chew reporter Tan and Teresa Kok. No idea who else is on their hit list but rumors are of Haris Ibrahim and LKS. Anyway I cant repeat it enough STAY CALM and dont do anything stupid. Please please please spread this message around to as many people as you know.

Last I heard the situation at Bukit Mertajam was extreamely tense, im sure thats how it is in KL. The Poor Orang Asal couldnt go ahead with their march to the King's Palace (but we didnt actually expect it to be allowed did we??)

Anyway our protests and outbusrts go out in intelligent civilized ways:

1) SIGN THE PETITION ON THE JUDICIARY NOW!!!

Click Here to go to the petition site

As of 2.44pm 13/9/08 only as miserable 25334 people have signed. This is only HALF of the hoped 50,000 people!! Cummon! RPK has asked for 150,000 signatures! Go sign it if you havent and ask your family and friends to sign it. and MAKE SURE that they spread the word. Blog about it, and put it up on facebook even! You want to do sumthin meaningful? THEN DO THIS

2) ATTEND THE CANDLE-LIGHT VIGILS TONIGHT AND SPREAD THE WORD

DAP is holding a Candle-light vigil at the headquaters in PJ at 7.30pm tonight.

GMI (the Abolish ISA Movement) is holding a Candle-light Vigil infront of Bukit Aman police Headquaters at 8.30pm tonight.

A vigil will be organised in front of the Sin Chew Jit Poh office in Macalister Road, Penang from 2.00pm to 6.00pm today. The vigil is to express solidarity with the Sin Chew reporter, Tan Hoon Cheng, who was detained last night. Hopes are rising that she may be released soon.

I cant attend these, and if you cant either at least do this. Spread the following SMS around:

RPK, Teresa Kok and Sin Chew journalist Tan Hoon Cheng arrested under ISA. Join us tonight, 8.30pm at the entrance of Bukit Aman, in peaceful solidarity vigil for them. Let us be free from ISA. Please spread the word

RPK, Teresa Kok dan wartawan Sin Chew Tan Hoon Cheng ditahan bawah ISA. Datanglah ke pintu depan Bukit Aman pd 8.30mlm ini sbg tanda bersatu hati bersama mrk. Mari kita bebaskan diri dari ISA. Sila sebarkan SMS ini

You can also call a few friends and have your own small Candle light vigils at your padang or in your house. Whats the point of this? Its the spirit of the act - All of us coming together for that which is most important right now.

Finaly id like to refer you to The People's Parliament.

Thanks
~Baron Out~

ALIRAN's Statement on the RPK Arrest

RPK’s detention is unjust as it denies him his democratic right to defend himself. He should have been charged in open court in relation to the earlier charges made against him under the Sedition Act. By resorting to the ISA, his innocence can no longer be proven. This is indeed undemocratic, unjust and un-Islamic.


That is why we, other civil society groups and concerned Malaysians have opposed the use of undemocratic and unjust laws such as the ISA and the Sedition Act. Even individuals who express and do things that may cause anxiety and pain among the people and possibly inflame ethnic and religious sentiments should be accorded their right to natural justice and be allowed to defend themselves in an open court. They deserve this in any democratic society.

Moreover, the government’s drastic action makes us wonder whether this is a politically motivated prelude to a 1987-type of political clampdown, which involved mass detentions of innocent individuals most of whom were not even remotely involved in creating the supposed ethnic tension at that time.

The government’s latest moves reinforce the suspicion that these are desperate measures taken to undermine what is seen as the unstoppable Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat mounting a real challenge to the Barisan Nasional..

Whatever the case may be, we urge the government to release Raja Petra unconditionally and also retract the show cause letters issued to the three brave newspapers so that democracy can flourish and justice be served.

Aliran Executive Committee
12 September 2008

RPK arrested under the ISA!! (updated)

SOS!!!

At around 1.10 pm today, the Police showed up at Raja Petra's house in Sungai Buloh to arrest him under Section 73(1) of the Internal Security Act.

SPECULATIVE (meaning that its just what people say and that theres nothing to give any proof of truth) word on the net is that this is part of a wider plan by UMNO-BN to rile up people and trigger mass protests (and subsequently arrests...Ops Lalang II??) giving excuse for the government to declare Emergency Rule and Martial Law.

So please spread the word for all people to remain CALM but VIGILANT. Updates will be available on http://mt.m2day.org/ and http://www.malaysiakini.com/ as news trickles in.

update: Pakatan Rakyat is celebrating the anniversary of Malaysia Day on 15th September 2008 at Kelana Jaya Stadium. It starts at 8pm and all are invited to join. A show of solidarity is being organised at that event for RPK. At the very least please spread the following SMS around.

'RPK detained under ISA. Pls come to Kelana Jaya Stadium 8pm 15th September, 2008 to show solidarity for RPK. Plz forward.'

or

'RPK ditahan bwh ISA Tolong dtg Stadium Kelana Jaya 8pm 15 Sept 08 utk tunjuk dan beri sokongan kpd RPK Sila forward kpd kawan2'

currently unkown where RPK taken but he was removed from his house by around 1.50 pm. Police have also confisicated some books VCDs and his computer (again)

MORE IMPORTANLY: Id like to extract abit off the People's Parliament (http://harismibrahim.wordpress.com) emphasis is mine.

I’ve received sms’s asking if we are going to take to the streets.
People, do not play into the hands of the authorities.
Let’s not knee-jerk.
If we are going to do any vigils or peaceful demonstrations, let these be planned.
Will keep you posted on these, if any.

The following incidents have lead me to believe the speculations stated above:

1. A band of PKR fellows heading over to Taiwan today to meet the BN prospective crossovers
2. Racial Sentiments being flared up by U-Must-Noe-whO
3. Army General coming out with a warning recently
4. Show Cause letters sent by Ministry of (mis)Information to Sin Chiew, theSun, and SuaraKeadilan

I cant further emphasise the significance of these turn of events and therefore the ever increasing importance of signing the "Save the Judiciary" Petition to the DYMM Yang Di-Pertuan Agong. PLEASE.

ON THE LEFT YOU WILL SEE A NEW PRANGE POSTER FOR THE "SAVE THE JUDICIARY" PETITION. CLICKING ON IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WEBSITE OF THE PETITION WHERE YOU CAN READ IT AND SIGN IT.

Please spread the word to your family and friends. Ask the to ask people to stay calm and to sign the petition.

At the very least DO THIS FOR RPK. P-L-E-A-S-E

Joint Press Statement by National Alliance of Bloggers (AllBlogs) and Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI)

SOS on Raja Petra Kamarudin to Fellow Malaysians

During the last few days there has been an ominous and increasing crescendo of messages – written and verbal – indicating the imminent arrest and detention of fellow blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin under the Internal Security Act (ISA).

We hope that the Government is not contemplating this action. To alleviate the widespread public uproar and concern – national and international – that this shortsighted action will precipitate, we call on the authorities that may be planning this action to take heed of this SOS; to immediately cease all targeting of Raja Petra through the ISA or any other repressive measure; and to come out instead with an assurance that

1. no such ISA order is being envisaged to be served on Raja Petra
2. Raja Petra is free to continue his writings on the vital matters affecting the country
3. the draconian legislation of the ISA will not be used on Raja Petra or any other Malaysian blogger to punish them for their dissenting views and opinions.

In our view - and if the Government should care to undertake an independent survey, in the view of the great majority of Malaysians and non-Malaysians - Raja Petra in no way poses a threat to the country’s peace and security. Rather, he poses a threat to those individuals and organizations that he perceives as engaging in unconscionable and dastardly acts and activities that are bringing ruin to the nation. Many Malaysians too are of the opinion that his website contains some of the most incisive analysis on the ills that beset our nation. Further attempts to take down his website or to shackle his freedom of expression is not only an attack on a fearless, principled and ethical patriot but they will also be construed as an attempt to restrict our freedom of information and expression, a move that will take the country further down the road of authoritarianism.

While we respect the right to freedom of speech and information, we also advise all Bloggers and other online writers to exercise the same high ethical standards expected of journalists in the traditional media. We do not condone lies and malice in the Internet and should not only stand by what we write - we must be able to defend the truth of what we write.
We emphasise that in our view the current laws pertaining to Sedition and Defamation apply equally to print and online media and should be deterrent enough to check "irresponsible" writings. Hence we urge that there be no resort to a draconian law such as the Internal Security Act to hold peace-loving Malaysian writers to ransom."

A democratic government should not for one moment entertain - let alone pursue - the charges that have been leveled against Raja Petra. To isolate those forces in the system that are bent on using the repressive instruments of the state against various opponents for their own benefit, we call on

1. all fair-minded and honest leaders from the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat parties to speak out - privately and publicly - against any attempt to use the ISA against Raja Petra;
2. component parties of the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat to publicly oppose any intended incarceration of Raja Petra under the ISA;
3. civil society, professional and other organizations and private individuals to demand that the Government guarantees Raja Petra’s freedom of expression and undertakes not to use the ISA against him now or in the future.

We hope that good sense will prevail in our country’s leadership. Any act of repression against Raja Petra especially at this particular time will not go unquestioned or unanswered. We are confident that hundreds of thousands - if not millions of Malaysians – will stand firmly to make their dissenting views known should the Government choose to silence Raja Petra through the use of the ISA.

Statement released by:
Ahirudin Attan -Interim President, National Alliance of Bloggers (AllBlogs)
Dr Lim Teck Ghee- Director, Centre for Policy Initiatives.
Kuala Lumpur, 9 September 2008

Plant a tree or two! Do your bit to save the planet

Hello everyone! Its been a loooong time since my last post hasnt it? 2 months to be exact!
Why? A combination of lazyness, and the sheer fact that so much has been going on recently that if i were to blog about them all...well you know. So i ended up not blogging at all! LOL

Well today, i've decided to take a break from the whole Anwar's not-so-tasty Sodo-Mee fiasco, the shambles the economy is in, the Proton vs Terrenganu 'gomen' and their Mercs, and what other shitty nonsense going on in Ma-lai-see-ah.

Heck im not even posting about more personal stuffo (despite the fact that it would have been more expected) such as my trip to Shweiz or how things are going with my summer job, or even about my darling dog!

This post is ment to be breif. The goal? plain and simple!
To ask and encourage you to pledge to plant a tree or three (and actualy carry out that pledge)

Well. I suppose the title of the post speaks for itself. Anyway, when I came back in easter, I pledged to plant some trees to offset my carbon footprint due to those 'evil' flights to and bck frm Malaysia that produce so much of CO2 and all else. I did abit of research and came to the conclusion that 2 trees is a resanoble estimate for a one way flight to Msia frm UK. Thus i planted 5 trees in various locations. 2 for departing, 2 for returning, and 1 spare just for the sake of it.

I did a check last weekend when i returned to Malacca to see how they were coming along. I found that 3 of the 5 have sprouted and are growing healthily. Anyway, i thought I would plant a few more trees as my bit to stave off climate change as well as increase the shade in oh so hot n sunny Malaysia.

Im hoping that you will join me. Its simple. Just take a seed or two, any seed will do. If you have a particular tree in mind (eg umbrella tree for shade in frnt of ur house, or mango for fruits) go out n get that seed. Then find a nice spot where it will not be a nuisance. (no point planting a tree only to have the stupid government cut it down later, then again they cut trees down for no reason whatsoever).

It would be best to plant a tree in an area thats open and could do with a bit of shade, howabout on the opposite side of your house to block out the evening sun, and as a place for your visitors to park their car? Also, do be considerate and dont plant it in fornt of other peoples lawns without first consulting them (even though its public property, the tree is likely to annoy them if they didnt want it there).

Dig a shallow hole with a spade and put the seed in and cover it up. Wet the soil throughly and then put some stones as a perimemter so that the grass cutter wont cut the little sapling as it has just started to grow :)

Its fast and simple! Maybe you could go to your local park, or just plant a tree in open areas that could do with some trees instead of just lalang! (Thats what I did anyway)

So do take up the tree pledge (http://passport.panda.org/campaigns/campaign.cfm?uNC=76553998&uCampaignId=1761) and plant a tree! An effortless task which is still your bit to help save the environment :)

Im back in Malaysia

Yup Im back! Actuly ive been back since thursday, just been too lazy to do anything realy esp blog....I had a good time in Switzerland though it was rainy. Too lazy to blog about that now, maybe some other time. In the mean time you can view some of the pics on my Facebook. Anyways I start work next monday, and finding a place to stay has been Hell, since I only need it for a short time...
Cant think of anything else to say for now
~Baron off~

Im going to Switzerland Tomorow!

I know its been a LONG time since ive had an update ....Hehehe Im going to Switzerland tomorow! Weee!!
For those of you who dono, im going from the 4th to the 8th on a whistle stop tour of Geneva, Zurich, Lezern, and Bern (in that order) LOL. 4 days 4 cities! Hope the weather will be good.

oh yea, NO ASKING FOR GIFTS!! I will entertain no such requests hahah! This is a blooody expensive trip as it is...

Okay! Baron Out!

First RPK, now Haris???

Word on the net is that the Gestapo (aka Polis DiRaja Malaysia) came for Haris this evening while he was at Dataran Merdeka for a personal candlelight vigil for RPK. I underlined PERSONAL, because its just him doing his own thing. He posted that he would be at dataran merdeka, and invited all who wished to join him. From what I gather, Haris was just minding his own bussniess, perhaps waiting around for more ppl to come, when the Gestapo came and dragged him off to Dang Wangi 'Police' station, for god knows what....

This police nonsense is realy getting too much. This morning Lim Kit Siang brought up the issue in parliament is the move against RPK is the begining of "The Empire Strikes Back", after BN's humiliating loss at the march 8 polls. Im becoming more and more inclined to think LKS is right.

So to all you idiots out there who can say to me "No la! How can you say that malaysia is a police state??!!" and then say something so stupid and contradicting like "Careful! They will throw you into ISA!!" go back to blissfully burying your stupid heads in the sand.

Haris was later released from the police station, after what they Gestapo claimed to be a 'misuderstanding'. RPK ahs also agreed to post bail and has called off his hunder strike. He is expected to be released frm Sungai buluh Prison tomorow.

Free RPK Now!

If you have no idea of what the title of this post is about, for the love of Malaysia PLEASE take your heads out of the sand! Raja Petra Kamarrudin has been charged for Sedition for his article "Lets Send the Altanthuya Murderers to Hell", which directly implicated Najib and his wife in the Altantuya murder. Read the article on Malaysia-Today (you may have trouble accessing it because of high traffic hehe): http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/6604/84/

Now its an open secret that Najib is involved in Altantuya's murder. Theres realy no need to go into details (and it might be considered seditious too!) but the Taxi-driver, Pisang goreng man, the Towkay and the marketing manager all have one thing in common: they will tell you that the government (or gomen) is desperately trying to cover up Najib's involvement. I mean cummon-LAH, malaysians are doing what they do best! Spreading half-truths, rumours and 'Official Secrets" in the kopitiams and mamak stalls.

Anyway, Im all for Najib to clear his name. (Though im another ordinary malaysian who wont believe him either way!) But to bring down the full weight of the governments machinary, the police, the AG's chambers; on RPK will only serve to enforce the public's opinion AGAINST Najib. The speed and ferocity of the government stinks to high heavens of a politically motivated charge that seeks to silence RPK. Who knows, this whole drama may turn into another Anwar Ibrahim cum CorrectCorrectCorrect! if you know what i mean...hehehe...The foreign media has already started to play up the issue, and im sure RPK is gona become another media darling.

Ok I dunwana say too much la, but its clear that the UMNO led government still dosent understand how the court of public opinion works. so bottom line...

FREE RPK NOW!!

Oh of course Lim Kit Siang brought up the issue in parliament. he tabled the whole fiasco as "The Empire Strikes Back" LOL! You should watch it if you can, though im abit upset that LKS only uploaded 4 parts of it. He didnt upload the rest of it, leaving us hanging... :(