Lower 6 Arts 3 of 2009

 Yeah, this is really one pieve of helluva article that I'd regret if I failed to publish:


OCT 9 — Today, Barisan Nasional promises us change and reform — a stark difference from its previous insinuations that Malaysians want and need more of the same. But Barisan has blatantly failed to deliver, even under the leadership of Datuk Seri Najib Razak. All we keep getting is the same old — pardon my French — crap.

Barisan says it will clean house, tossing out the corrupt and criminal. It’s said that before; Tun Dr. Mahathir entered office promising a slew of reforms, as did Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. We know what they gave us; their protégé, Najib, is giving us more of the same. I need not elaborate on Isa Samad’s rehabilitation; that speaks for itself.

Just permit me to add that we have known about the multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone debacle for years now, and that to date, nobody has been collared and held in the MACC offices overnight for non-stop questioning. We can question a lowly state assemblyman’s aide about the petty sum of RM2,400, but we can’t even bring ourselves to hold ministers and tycoons accountable for wasting billions — this has been the case since the time of Mahathir, and it remains the case today.

Barisan promises to unite the country. Again, we have heard this before. Dr. Mahathir’s Bangsa Malaysia has gone down the drain, with nothing accomplished. Abdullah promised to work for all Malaysians, but try as he did, he delivered nothing except a handful of intensely racist Umno party conferences. Until you walk the walk, you’re just talking cock.

Perhaps the most telling incident under Najib’s regime so far has been that of the cow’s head protest. I dare not imagine what would happen if an Indian group had done the same to a Quran — if they had mutilated it, dragged it along a road and then trampled on it. This is exactly what laws like the Sedition Act are meant to prevent — and yet the incident met with terribly muted response from Umno leaders, who are content to pretend they speak for all Malaysians, while really only speaking for their own kind.

Najib promised instant action on the cow’s head incident — and yet nobody has been jailed, no Umno member has been reprimanded. The standard refrain of “Let the courts and police do their job” rings hollow when it is used to cover a multitude of injustices and sins. Does anyone honestly doubt that if something similar had been done to the Quran, the men behind it would be languishing right now in Kamunting, or worse?
Barisan, you ask us for the benefit of the doubt, to give you another chance. How many more bloody chances do you need to prove that your party is just too stricken by arrogance and graft to govern? We have given you more than enough chances — we have returned you to power in every general election since Independence.

We need to stop pretending that Barisan is worthy of consideration because of all these nitpicks you can find with Pakatan Rakyat. Yes, Pakatan is not perfect. But I would much rather have an imperfect Pakatan government than vote for the perfectly consistent dishonesty of Barisan. The biggest corruption scandal in Pakatan to date involves a few cows and petty cash amounting to a few thousand ringgit here and there; the biggest scandal in Barisan involves a multi-billion ringgit white elephant. Let’s not even talk about racism — not when the ideology of Barisan’s largest component party is Ketuanan Melayu, and the ideology of Pakatan’s largest component party is ketuanan rakyat.

There is absolutely no reason to keep voting Barisan back into power. Barisan is as predictable as clockwork; each prime minister promises us the things we want, and each prime minister delivers the exact opposite of his promises. There is no dilemma here; we know exactly what a Barisan government will deliver. We have yet to learn what exactly Pakatan can accomplish. If you really are fed up with billions of your ringgit going down the drain, if you really are fed up with leaders more obsessed about the colour of your skin than the content of your character, you ought to vote for Pakatan.

Author: John Lee
http://www.infernalramblings.com./

Well, I guess after some sudden hiatus, we've decided to hit back on track. Now we're bringing you the pictures that we took recently (okay, maybe not recently), but it was taken right before the Raya holidays when the class decided to get something for our form teacher, Pn. Halina a hamper for her Raya celebrations. Here are the pics:

Now that the class positions are out already, lets congratulate our honours list:

Top 10:

1. Chun Keong
2. Jayson Ooi
3. Janice Tan
4. Eric Ong
5. Kai Wei
5. Choon Yang
7. Fazil
8. Han Seong
9. Yi Juin
10. Shahul

Analysis from our class shows that the passing marks are 27% for Economics, 4% for Business Studies. This is what I've gathered so far. =)

Following the earlier post titled Some fun agreement among the members of the class,
here is the updated version of the agreement and the accounts statement from as of 1/9/2009:

The balance brought forward now stands at RM70
- RM10 by Mr. Ong for Top 3 Economics student (Eric, Kai Wei, Janice)
- RM25 by Janice Tan for topping Accounts, PP and MUET and being in the Top 3 of the class.
- RM15 by Run Yang for coming in last for Accounts, PP and Economics respectively.
- RM5 by Eric for topping Economics
- RM5 by Chooi Pheng for coming in last for MUET
- RM5 by Kean Chung for topping PA
- RM5 by Krystle Khoo for coming in last for PA.

Here are the results among the the 7 of us:

The editorial team of the Lower 6 Arts 3 of 2009 would like to wish a Happy Independence Day or Selamat Hari Merdeka to their readers. May this great day marks the beginning of a 52-year anniversary of the end of a colonial rule in Malaysia. In fact, the meaning of Merdeka is based on democracy and not replacing colonial masters with local leaders who do not respect freedom, justice, truth, people’s welfare and piety to God.

Lets be hopeful that our politicians and leaders could uphold these principles so the people can enjoy the fruits of the economy, share the nation’s wealth and overcome the country’s economic problems.

In our prayers, we pray that justice, truth, freedom of expression, democracy, equality and good governance is uphold for a better Malaysia. God bless.
 

Written by,
Eric Ong

Among members of the class, some of them had come out with an idea or suggestion to compare amongst themselves their examination results. At the end of the entire agreement, the money collected would be channeled to the Jom Makan! Foundation Fund for a big feast. Here is the contract:

On the 16th of August 2009, these people had an agreement in accordance to the Contract Act 1950:

~ Wan Kai Wei (signed)
~ Janice Tan Pei Ting (signed)
~ Chong Kean Chung (signed)
~ Eric Ong Ghee Tat (signed)
~ Teoh Chooi Pheng (signed)
~ Poh Run Yang (signed)
~ Krystle Khoo (signed)

that if anyone of the 7 managed to:

- be the Top 3 student in the class
- TOP or LAST for PP, PA, Economics, Accounts and MUET amongst the 7

would have to fork out RM10 for the top 3 students in the class and RM5 for each subjects.

Accounts Statement as of 21/8/2009:

The balance brought forward now stands at RM50
- RM10 by Mr. Ong for Top 3 Economics student (Eric, Kai Wei, Janice)
- RM15 by Janice Tan for topping Accounts, PP and MUET respectively.
- RM15 by Run Yang for coming in last for Accounts, PP and Economics respectively.
- RM5 by Eric for topping Economics
- RM5 by Chooi Pheng for coming in last for MUET

(PA results not yet out)


This agreement was witnessed by Mr. Daniel Lim.

P.S: If anyone of the seven would want to defy the contract, a person is liable for RM50 fine =D

Written by,
Kai Wei