Beauty Asian Idol: May 2009

Zhang Ziyi 's Fall From Grace

Zhang Ziyi 'The Horsemen' could be banned in China

THE recent spate of criticisms aimed at Zhang Ziyi's role in upcoming Hollywood thriller, The Horsemen, might lead to the film being banned in China.

The Chinese actress came under fire recently from Chinese netizens who spoke out about her portrayal of an alleged serial killer who, according to Oriental Daily, was reportedly "ravaged" by a Caucasian male in one scene and kneels before American actor Dennis Quaid in another.

After watching these scenes, netizens claim that the roles were demeaning and called for the movie to be banned in China.

Conversely, fans of Ziyi defended her and said that she was doing the country proud by accepting roles in Hollywood. They also said that she was merely playing the part as an actor.

This is not the first time the 30-year-old actress has been labelled as a "traitor".

She was first criticised four years ago for her role in another Hollywood movie, Memoirs of a Geisha.

But it did not stop there. Early this year, Chinese netizens were again outraged by semi-nude pictures of Ziyi sunbathing at a private beach with fiance Vivi Nevo.

She was called a "shameless woman" and berated for "behaving badly".

Strong reactions from Chinese netizens and fans could affect the decisions of China's film censorship board as to whether the movie would be released at all.

This was exactly what happened to Memoirs of a Geisha - it was banned in China for fear of anti-Japanese reaction as netizens called her "the prostitute of the Japanese".

Such controversy from the Chinese Internet community could see The Horsemen following the same fate as Memoirs of a Geisha.

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Ziyi's rude antics exposed

Japanese entertainment magazine Jyosei Jishin carried an exposè of Zhang Ziyi's allegedly boorish behaviour in the air.

As reported in Shin Min Daily, a Japanese air stewardess spilled the beans on her encounters with the international star after being subject to her rudeness and difficult demands more than once.

The stewardess said that she was very excited when she first met the star on one of her flights, but soon grew disenchanted with her imperious behaviour.

On one particularly memorable ten-hour flight to London, the 30-year-old actress requested for instant noodles three times, on top of the meals provided by the airline.

Each time, she simply tasted two or three mouthfuls before putting down her chopsticks. She then lifted her chin to indicate that she wanted the noodles to be cleared away.

The stewardess also said that the actress sat with one foot on the seat when eating her noodles, with total disregard for decorum.

She says that the Chinese beauty also expects the flight crew to bring her bags down from the luggage rack when she alights, and her diva-esque attitude is the subject of many complaints by the flight crew.

When contacted, her manager replied in an sms that "Ziyi does not eat instant noodles".

Zhang Ziyi is no stranger to controversy and has repeatedly raised the ire of the Chinese public. The most recent being her role in Hollywood thriller "The Horseman" which was criticised by her countrymen as "degrading" for Asians.

Earlier this year, Chinese netizens were also outraged by nude photos of her at the beach with her Israeli fiance Vivi Nevo.

She was recently named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
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Fann Wong - Singapore Top Actress

The latest news from this Singaporeans' idol is that she, Fann Wong and co-actor from Mediacorp, Christopher Lee are now married - Wedding of the Singapore Superstars. More photos and pictures of the wedding at http://fann-wong-fan.blogspot.com.

IGP have u got your priorities correct?

From: "haji ariffin"
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 19:41:39 +1000
Local: Fri, May 29 2009 5:41 pm
Subject: IGP have got your priorities correct?

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said that the police is now
looking to turn to the Interpol to track down Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the
editor of Malaysia Today as he is known to have left the country. this came
about after another arrest warrant was issued as he failed to attend court.
He said "We will cooperate with our counterparts' to track him down but if
necessary, we will ask for Interpol's help,"

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From: b...@b.com (Polar Bear)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:01:57 GMT
Local: Fri, May 29 2009 6:01 pm

poooh, the IGP, has he got any credibility left?

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From: adrian chin
Date: 29 May 2009 18:49:34 +0800
Local: Fri, May 29 2009 6:49 pm

RPK is now a wanted man ?? The IGP can always write RPK a message on
Facebook if need to .

Child actor Yumi Adachi's mom to debut as a porn star at age 51!

Everyone, meet Yuri Adachi. She is a new porn star — her first DVD comes out in July. Apparently, the 51-year old spend $60,000 getting full body cosmetic surgery and increasing her bust size by 3cm to get ready for her big debut.

The most interesting thing about Yuri Adachi is that she is the mother of Yumi Adachi, one of the first and most famous child actors in Japan. Yumi Adachi debuted in 1993 at the age of 11 as a pop singer, and then became really really famous after starring in a drama about an orphan a year later. Actually, scratch that. Yumi Adachi made her debut at the age of zero, when she started modeling for baby magazines.

So now everyone in Japan is gossiping about how screwy the parents of child actors must be to want to have their kid in the spotlight from such an innocuous age — Yuri Adachi has quickly become the epitome of that bad parent. I bet all the hype will drive a lot of people to watch her porn though.

Source : Tokyo Mango

Horikita Maki @ Kindai (June 2009) Magazine

Otsuka and The Rolling Stones

This isn’t a “real” collaboration, but I thought it was pretty neat. Ai-chan has put together a new T-shirt representing her and the Rolling Stones.

On the front, it has a “maru-bero,” which is basically the Rolling Stones logo with Otsuka’s typical circle around it. On the back, it says “The Rolling Stones,” but the O’s have been replace with the “maru-bero” and the I has been replaced with the “maru-ai” (which is supposed to be the kanji 愛 inside a circle, but at this resolution it’s hard to tell.

I’m digging Ai-chan’s outfit with the shirt and skirt here:

The shirt’s on sale this month, available online and at the shows on her upcoming tour. It apparently comes in different colors, and is being sold in both men’s and women’s sizes.

Source : Tokyograph Blog

Obama Sushi

President Obama Illustration?? This is, in fact is sushi!

The ingredient is made from small shrimp and rice for the skin, black sesame seeds for the hair, and processed fish paste for the teeth. Let’s take a look at the final product, plus how all the little pieces were made.

This right here, though it doesn’t quite look it, is one of several cars which appear on the main platter. The window is made of cucumber, and the lights are made from mountain burdock root (山ゴボウ).

The American flag portion was made with lots of raw fish (what else?). The red stripes are made from Tuna, and the white made from raw squid. This is going to be the best portion, for sure.

Of course, nothing is complete without a big “USA” somewhere in it. To do this, leftover cooked egg was put in a food processor (will it blend?) with some rice. Let me tell you now, that’s only one way to make yellow rice. Back in my day…

Also made from the “yellow rice” were these smiley faces. Won’t be so happy when they get eaten. Well, it’s about time, let’s look at the finished product!

There it is with the master himself (Mr. Kawazumi). So, Are u interested to make this sushi? :D

Source : MSN Japan

Oldest Hotel on Earth

The Ryokan (japanese word for "traditional hotel") Hoshi is the oldest hotel in the world, since it was build in year 717! And the same family have run it all along this centuries. Placed in Hokiruki (Japan), the Hoshi Hotel looks like the perfect place to have a japanese old style vacation, including thermal baths, being one of the few places where both men and women can entered the baths together. Ok, it's 300 euros (385 US$) per night, but it's definitely a place I would like to visit before I die.

Source : Mymodernmet

Pepsi Shiso

There`s a new launch from Pepsi company in Japan..it`s called Pepsi Shiso.It`s been a discussed before by pepsi company, Two summers ago, it was Cucumber Pepsi. Last summer, it was Blue Hawaiian Pepsi. The disgusting novelty Pepsi flavor of this summer will be: Shiso-flavored Pepsi! It will hit convenience stores across Japan on June 23rd and be available for a limited time only.

Kiguchi Aya 木口亜矢 popular gravure idol, race queen, singer and actress

Kiguchi Aya 木口亜矢 (born 11 Oct 1985) is a popular gravure idol, race queen, singer and actress. She was one of the “4 ☆ TUNE” Super GT Image Girls (SUPAJITIIMEJIGARU) promoters with Kikichi Asami, Marui Sayaka and Enemi Sachi. She has also starred in numerous TV shows and commercials, DVD’s and photobooks. Pictures from Young Sunday Visual Web.

Malaysiakini win against Taib

From: "DKNVIJAEB"
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:25:15 +0800
Local: Thurs, May 28 2009 12:25 pm
Subject: malaysiakini win against taib

malaysiakini win against taib in the case of
publication of taib's corruption, a true account.

now taib must sue the japanese government if he wants to redeem himself.
japanese government waiting.
now taib issued order not to sell to japanese
that he nearly bankrupted ta ann, his company held by proxies
main earner of ta ann is export of logs to japan
taib banned all publication of the matter and also have to withdraw
defamation suit against PR taib talking to japanese
ambassdor to try to get japan to retract their
allegation the japanese ambassador gave taib mahmud a kite made in japan
in his sorrow, taib can consol himself playing it .

From: adrian chin
Date: 28 May 2009 13:35:43 +0800
Local: Thurs, May 28 2009 1:35 pm
Subject: Re: malaysiakini win against taib

Personally, I don't see why Taib is so incensed about the article. It's
not like anything will happen to him wat. You think the Govt is going to
remove him from office because of that article ?? Life will go on as
normal for everyone, so I don't see why need to be so sensitive

Telling your wife she's not pretty may soon be an offence

From: b...@b.com (Polar Bear)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 03:41:00 GMT
Subject: Telling your wife she's not pretty may soon be an offence

Winn nagging be made an offence, LOL

Wed, May 27, 2009

By MUGUNTAN VANAR

KOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA: A husband telling his wife that she is no longer pretty
in an attempt to humiliate her can be classified as an emotional violence
offence if amendments are made to the Domestic Violence Act (DVA)1994.

The plan is to amend the DVA for the inclusion of a clause on emotional violence
against women.

Currently, they are only protected only against physical abuse, Women's
Development Department director-general Datuk Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur said.
She said on Wednesday that the aim for proposing the amendment was to safeguard
women both physically and emotionally.

Dr Noorul said emotional violence was a form of abuse that would deeply scar a
woman and lower their self-esteem, dignity and self-confidence.

It could be a case where her husband tells his wife she is ugly or humiliates
her until she feels emotionally pressured,? she told reporters at the end of a
seminar on how to curb violence against women at Wisma Wanita here.

She added they were in the process of bringing the proposed amendments to
Parliament.
State Community development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun
closed the seminar organised by Sabah Women?s Affairs Department.

Azizah, in her speech, said that there was a need for the law to protect
emotional violence against women.

Azizah said there were a total of 99 cases of violence against women in Sabah in
the first quarter of 2009 compared to 220 cases during the same period last year
which was reported to the police.

From: adrian chin
Date: 28 May 2009 13:43:38 +0800
Local: Thurs, May 28 2009 1:43 pm
Subject: Re: Telling your wife she's not pretty may soon be an offence

I hope they don't include telling my wife that she's fat. I better start
collecting and keeping before and after marriage photos now, lest I end
up in court for uttering that she's fat now.

MALAYSIANS facing Recession Big Time!

From: "DKNVIJAEB"
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:19:23 +0800
Local: Thurs, May 28 2009 11:19 am
Subject: M'SIAN facing true outlook, ITS RECESSION BIG TIME

the BN gov'n had lied again
najid had lied again
we had contraction since last qtr.
huge one and also the 1st qtr. also huge one
we are in recession, big time
the government now must print tons of money for stimulus package
if the money keep on going into croynist pockets
this will be big time devaluation of the ringgit
can najid prints more money without giving to croynists
impossible, when he dare not even to go for election
najid is an extremely weak leader
with investors running, devaluation of ringgit and more mismanagement from
politic falls out
malaysian is in for big time recession
probably depression

From: Juli Edison
Date: Thu, 28 May 09 04:24:14 +0000
Local: Thurs, May 28 2009 12:24 pm
Subject: Re: M'SIAN facing true outlook, ITS RECESSION BIG TIME

we are tiny/small economy.
as such we have no need to print more money
money supply within the economy is enough to ride us out of this recession
let those cronyists flee
the gunmen do not print money, only national bank does that
malaysia is in moderate recession

From: b...@b.com (Polar Bear)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 05:01:37 GMT
Local: Thurs, May 28 2009 1:01 pm
Subject: Re: M'SIAN facing true outlook, ITS RECESSION BIG TIME

make sure he is the last PM from BN

Lindsay Lohan's dad arrested

Lindsay Lohan's father Michael was apparently arrested last month for threatening to kill his fiancee and himself when she tried to dump him. Page Six reports:

Michael was quietly arrested on April 6 for a phone threat cops said he placed to off-again, on-again gal pal Erin Muller, 34, on March 18. Lohan, 48, flipped out yesterday when he walked into Central Islip court and spotted Post reporter Kieran Crowley and photographer Dennis Clark. "Michael! Plan two!" shouted Lohan's lawyer, Anthony Grandinette, as his client fled. "Plan two" consisted of Lohan and Muller hiding in her car while Grandinette appeared on his behalf. Lohan faces up to a year behind bars.
While we've got the "Lindsay's Life is a Flaming Pile of Shit" ball rolling, Asher Roth shot down her request to dance onstage during a recent concert, according to NY Daily News:

When Linds discovered the "I Love College" rapper would be performing at the University of California's Santa Barbara campus, she drove three hours from L.A. to see him. But Roth wasn't feeling her.
Says an insider, "Lindsay was bugging both Asher and his management team to get onstage during 'She Don't Want a Man,' but Asher was so annoyed by her requests that he actually skipped performing the single."
You know who has to feel great about this post, Gary Coleman. Seriously, he's probably at Kids 'R Us right now celebrating with a new pair of pants instead of his usual routine of aiming a gun at his face in the bathtub. Oh, geez, I'm sorry. Too soon, Michael Lohan?

Why the world hasn't collapsed: Fareed Zakaria

From: "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Hj. Ahmad"
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 22:37:49 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, May 17 2009 1:37 pm
Subject: Why the world hasn't collapsed: Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria is a favourite editor of mine. When all the other
editors of Newsweek, a magazine that I used to subscribe, had made
mistakes, especially about Islam, Fareed Zakaria was the only one
sounding the words of wisdom.

His analysis of the current economic and health disasters is an
excellent article. Don't be fooled by the "wolf cry" at the first
paragraph. Read on and find out how we should be vigilant while
finding out why the world is still safe now.

In summary. It is not that there are no threats but the world has
progressed far in responding to them but it is the fear of these
historic disasters that made the world respond the way it is.

A lot of people dismiss the current Swine Flu as a normal flu very
remote from the Spanish Flu but it is not true. The reason why there
are few casualties are due to the advancement of our health care
systems.

Similarly for the depressionary effects of the collapse of banks
currently. The impact is not as great because there are now social
security benefits given out by governments in addition to the massive
support given to banks.

It certainly looks like another example of crying wolf. After bracing
ourselves for a global pandemic, we've suffered something more like
the usual seasonal influenza. Three weeks ago the World Health
Organization declared a health emergency, warning countries to
"prepare for a pandemic" and said that the only question was the
extent of worldwide damage. Senior officials prophesied that millions
could be infected by the disease. But as of last week, the WHO had
confirmed only 4,800 cases of swine flu, with 61 people having died of
it. Obviously, these low numbers are a pleasant surprise, but it does
make one wonder, what did we get wrong?

Why did the predictions of a pandemic turn out to be so exaggerated?
Some people blame an overheated media, but it would have been
difficult to ignore major international health organizations and
governments when they were warning of catastrophe. I think there is a
broader mistake in the way we look at the world. Once we see a
problem, we can describe it in great detail, extrapolating all its
possible consequences. But we can rarely anticipate the human response
to that crisis.

Take swine flu. The virus had crucial characteristics that led
researchers to worry that it could spread far and fast. They described—
and the media reported—what would happen if it went unchecked. But it
did not go unchecked. In fact, swine flu was met by an extremely
vigorous response at its epicenter, Mexico. The Mexican government
reacted quickly and massively, quarantining the infected population,
testing others, providing medication to those who needed it. The noted
expert on this subject, Laurie Garrett, says, "We should all stand up
and scream, 'Gracias, Mexico!' because the Mexican people and the
Mexican government have sacrificed on a level that I'm not sure as
Americans we would be prepared to do in the exact same circumstances.
They shut down their schools. They shut down businesses, restaurants,
churches, sporting events. They basically paralyzed their own economy.
They've suffered billions of dollars in financial losses still being
tallied up, and thereby really brought transmission to a halt."

Every time one of these viruses is detected, writers and officials
bring up the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918 in which millions of
people died. Indeed, during the last pandemic scare, in 2005,
President George W. Bush claimed that he had been reading a history of
the Spanish flu to help him understand how to respond. But the world
we live in today looks nothing like 1918. Public health-care systems
are far better and more widespread than anything that existed during
the First World War. Even Mexico, a developing country, has a first-
rate public-health system—far better than anything Britain or France
had in the early20th century.

One can see this same pattern of mistakes in discussions of the global
economic crisis. Over the last six months, the doomsday industry has
moved into high gear. Economists and business pundits are competing
with each other to describe the next Great Depression. Except that the
world we live in bears little resemblance to the1930 s. There is much
greater and more widespread wealth in Western societies, with middle
classes that can withstand job losses in ways that they could not in
the1930s. Bear in mind, unemployment in the non-farm sector in America
rose to 37 percent in the 1930s. Unemployment in the United States
today is 8.9 percent. And government benefits—nonexistent in the '30s—
play a vast role in cushioning the blow from an economic slowdown.

The biggest difference between the 1930s and today, however, lies in
the human response. Governments across the world have reacted with
amazing speed and scale, lowering interest rates, recapitalizing banks
and budgeting for large government expenditures. In total, all the
various fiscal--stimulus packages amount to something in the range of
$2 trillion. Central banks—mainly the Federal Reserve—have pumped in
much larger amounts of cash into the economy. While we debate the
intricacies of each and every move—is the TALF well -structured?—the
basic reality is that governments have thrown everything but the
kitchen sink at this problem and, taking into account the inevitable
time lag, their actions are already taking effect. That does not mean
a painless recovery or a return to robust growth. But it does mean
that we should retire the analogies to the Great Depression, when -
policymakers—especially cen-tral banks—did everything wrong.

We're living in a dangerous world. But we are also living in a world
in which deep, structural forces create stability. We have learned
from history and built some reasonably effective mechanisms to handle
crises. Does that mean we shouldn't panic? Yes, except that it is the
sense of urgency that makes people act—even overreact—and ensures that
a crisis doesn't mutate into a disaster. Here's the paradox: if
policymakers hadn't been scared of another Great Depression, there
might well have been one.

Zakaria’s latest book, The Post-American World, about The Rise Of
India, China And Òthe rest,Ó has been released this month as a
paperback by W.W. Norton & Co.

Malaysia racial ties fragile 40 years after riots

From: RichAsianKid
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Subject: Malaysia racial ties fragile 40 years after riots

The most pragmatic reflex is that racial tensions wouldn't and couldn't
exist if there simply aren't different races living side-by-side
competing for the same territory and resources to begin with.

Japanese practical wisdom resonates. As usual.

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Ethnic Indians are
sprayed water by riot police during a street protest in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia marks the 40th anniversary of the riots, an explosion of
violence that was never repeated on that scale, new squabbles over
racial rights are bubbling up, blocking hopes of turning this veneer of
harmony into true camaraderie among ethnic communities. (AP
Photo/Vincent Thian, file)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The last time Lee Hung Poh walked unassisted
was 40 years ago, before a bullet fired in the heat of Malaysia's worst
race riots sliced through her spine and shattered her future.

Neither the 57-year-old Lee nor her country has ever completely recovered.

To be sure, Malaysia, a Southeast Asian nation of 27 million people, has
been remarkably stable since the weeklong mayhem that began May 13,
1969. But as the country marks the 40th anniversary of the riots, its
uneasy racial detente is coming under stress.

Ethnic Chinese and Indians, the two largest minorities, have become more
vocal in demanding racial equality in part because of growing economic
hardships, and Indians staged unprecedented public protests in November
2007. Mindful of the mounting disenchantment, a new prime minister is
proposing a partial rollback of a main legacy of the riots, an
affirmative action program for the majority Malays.

If change goes smoothly, it may be for the better. As Malaysians have
grown wealthier and better educated, they have demanded a more open
discussion of race, and the government has acquiesced to a degree. But
the shift is also stirring old passions - the Malays and Chinese in
particular don't fully trust each other - and therein lies a risk.

Several Malay ruling party officials have pledged to defend affirmative
action "to the last drop of blood," and a top Malay newspaper urged
Malays last month to "rise and unite."

"All of us want peaceful lives, nobody wants to fight each other. But
you read the newspaper and keep seeing problems with racial issues,"
said Lee, who locks herself at home every May 13 for fear of breaking
down in public if the memories overwhelm her.

The bloodshed of 1969, which took at least 200 lives, erupted when
Malaysia was still emerging from the legacy of colonial rule, only a
dozen years after attaining independence from Britain.

Racial divisions ran deep. The Malays held political power but were
largely poor. The Chinese, many of whose ancestors immigrated in the
18th century, had prospered through trade and tin mining. Indians,
mostly laborers, had little say in politics or business.

The riots were sparked by politics. Chinese opposition supporters, whose
parties made sweeping election gains, held a victory march in Kuala
Lumpur and jeered at residents in Malay neighborhoods. The Malays staged
their own rally, and in ensuing clashes, mobs armed with pistols and
knives roamed the streets, killed people of other races and torched
their homes.

The carnage changed Malaysia's course.

Seeking to curb economic disparities, the government launched an
affirmative action program in 1971 that enabled Malays to get into
universities more easily, buy homes at reduced prices and enter business
through rules requiring many companies to be partly Malay-owned. The
main government-funded schools teach in the Malay language, while
schools that use Chinese and Tamil get less aid.

Many Malays prospered. Their share of corporate wealth surged from 2.4
percent in 1970 to about 20 percent today, and they make up nearly
two-thirds of the population.

The minorities say it is time to wind up the program. Chinese make up a
quarter of the population and own about 40 percent of corporate equity.
Indians are about 8 percent of the population and have a stake of less
than 2 percent, while the remainder is mostly foreign ownership.

Complaints about affirmative action and religious disputes - such as the
demolition of Indian Hindu temples on illegal sites by Malay authorities
- became more apparent during the tenure of former Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who governed for five years from October 2003. He
is credited with allowing more space for discussions of long-sensitive
issues in the government-controlled media and on independent Internet
forums.

"There has been a maturing of Malaysian democracy in trying to resolve
disputes," said Denison Jayasooria, a researcher at the Institute of
Ethnic Studies at the National University of Malaysia. "What people want
is more public openness and intellectual discussion on race."

The wider freedoms led to clearer expressions of dissent, such as a
street protest in Kuala Lumpur two years ago where tens of thousands of
Indians demanded economic fairness. Police quelled the protest with tear
gas, and five organizers were jailed under a security act that allows
indefinite detention without trial. Two were freed recently.

Minorities also voiced their discontent through the ballot box. In the
March 2008 general elections, Chinese and Indians overwhelmingly voted
against the long-ruling National Front coalition, which now governs with
its lowest parliamentary majority in more than 50 years. Abdullah took
the blame for the loss and stepped down, handing power to his deputy
Najib Razak.

Many high-profile disputes are religious in nature. Minorities have
complained that Islamic courts - not secular courts - are given
jurisdiction in family disputes that involve both Muslims and
non-Muslims. Some Malay Muslims consider these complaints as a threat to
the status of Islam, the country's official religion.

Nonetheless, even some Malays agree that it is time to at least review
affirmative action so that it benefits all the poor. Advocates of this
include Nazir Razak, the prominent banker brother of new prime minister.

Najib, who took power in early April, says affirmative action is still
needed but can be diluted. Last month, he scrapped a requirement for 30
percent Malay ownership in several sectors, such as health and
transport, to lure foreign investment to the floundering economy.

He also mounted a massive publicity campaign called "1 Malaysia" to
promote racial solidarity and made several surprise appearances at
religious festivities of Indians.

"No one should assume that they are second-class citizens in this
country," Najib said.

In a bid to display fairness to all religious groups, Najib's Cabinet
announced last month it would forbid religious conversion of minors
without the consent of both parents. This followed high-profile legal
spats in which people who embraced Islam changed their children's
religion despite protests from non-Muslim spouses.

Najib's administration has shown "some kind of intention to break with
the past," said Ibrahim Suffian, director of the independent Merdeka
Center research firm. "People will be watching to see if it is backed up
by effective implementation."

The recent disputes about race have raised concerns about upsetting what
has long been a delicate balance. As Ibrahim puts it: "On a
people-to-people level, the relationships feel quite positive. There is
the sentiment that everyone has a shared fate. Agitating the situation
would only ruin it for everyone."

In the capital of Kuala Lumpur, office workers from all races work
together relatively amicably. Lunch crowds include Chinese women in
skirts and Malay women draped in multicolored, loose-flowing dresses.
Very often, they can be seen tucking into "dosa" rice pancake and curry,
an Indian favorite.

Though most people still have friends predominantly of their own race,
there is interethnic interaction and respect. For example, many Chinese
avoid eating pork in the presence of Malay companions.

"There are still racial and religious differences, but there's no
widespread chaotic situation," said Jayasooria, the National University
of Malaysia researcher. "It's a live-and-let-live situation, where
nobody will be shouting at other races on the street."

History textbooks, referring to the May 13 riots, warn that racial
harmony must be nurtured. The last deadly clash - between Malays and
Indians - was in 2001 when six people were killed.

Lee, the Chinese woman shot in the riots and paralyzed from the waist
down, believes that if she can shed the bitterness that once consumed
her, others can too.

"I used to hate (the Malays) because of what happened to me," she said
in a wheelchair behind the counter of a tiny grocery store that she
opened several years ago.

"Time hasn't made me well again. I never got the chance to get married.
I'm lonely and I live by myself. So of course I'm sad but I'm not angry
with anybody anymore."

Beyonce Hot Photo Gallery - Pt 2

how i live in m'sia and live happily

From: "just a thought"
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:41:59 +0800
Local: Tues, May 12 2009 5:41 pm
Subject: how i live in m'sia and live happily

my expectation is very low

i expect streamyx to work 10% efficiently and working 50% of the time

i do not expect to make anything from the government or any ybs

i do not want to be in any business that depend on licenses or quota

i do not want to have account with any local malaysian bank

i do not want to borrow any money

i do not want to go to posh places to meet or see any of those corruptors or
dishonest in the government

i treat most things in the newspaper as jokes

i treat najid as a joker worst then me

i treat the bn government as a pack of free for all

i treat the opposition as a lost cause

i treat fellow malaysian as mental, retard or just useful

always telling myself, i am a nomad

i am an EXPARTIATE, a tourist, on sightseeing, looking at the funny movies
going on

i do not invest

i do not want to own a car

i do not want to own any property

for money, i earn it daily from oversea and get some to use from née foreign
credit card

i treat the police like thieving monkey and just avoid them

hopefully there is always runners for me to use dealing with civil services

in general, i treat the whole place like a mud pit.
everywhere is messy dirt, you just stay quietly in a corner
and watch the never ending bullshit going in front of you

i enjoy the perak episode a lot
i thought this plot is only found it movie
in malaysia you see it in front and unveiling dramatically

END, IN MALAYSIA YOU JUST DO NOT CARE
YOU LIVE LONG AND HAPPY

IT IS THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING THAT SOMETIME ANNOYED ME
BUT I AM ALWAYS STRONG ENOUGH TO NOT TO GET INVOLVED

Do you agree with the Appeal court's decision?

From: "samsuddin"
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 08:38:16 +1000
Local: Sun, May 24 2009 6:38 am
Subject: Do you agree with the Appeal court's decision?

Do you? Should there be a re election called to let the public or citizenry
of Perak decide who is to govern?

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BN 's credibility had just moved a rung lower with this latest judgement (or misjudgement?).

Raiding Opposition PAP HQ

Newsgroups: soc.culture.malaysia
From: b...@b.com (Polar Bear)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 06:08:36 GMT
Local: Sun, May 24 2009 2:08 pm
Subject: Raiding Opposition HQ

Pui, Najib is just another UMNO fucker

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Najib will start another May 13 soon, just like his father did in 1969.

Horikita Maki Docomo`s CM collection

Download Horikita Maki Docomo`s Cm :

Video 1 : Download Here
Video 2 : Download Here
Video 3 : Download Here

~Kitano Kii~ gallery 1

Some gallery of Kitano kii from her Blog…

Kitano Kii

New Idol!...i put a new idol link for this site..and she`s "Kitano Kii". ^_^

here`s some biography of her from wikipedia :

Kii Kitano (北乃きい, Kitano Kii, born on March 15, 1991 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a gravure idol and an actress in Japan. She is under the Foster agency. Her real name is not disclosed. Her main hobbies include shopping and playing piano.Her favourite foods are melon, nattō, moyashi, galbi, tamago kake gohan and fried prawn. Kitano's manager chose to call her Kitano Kii because her manager thought she had an image of yellow. Kitano is a former member of the celebrity girls futsal team Miss Magazine. In 2005, Kitano won a Miss Magazine Award, becoming the youngest (age 14) to receive that award. In 2007, Kitano was chosen for the first time star in the drama Life. To properly portray her character, Kitano saved up and bought every volume of the manga, which the drama is based on. With Kofuku no Shokutaku, she has won 31st Japan Academy Award in the New Actor category. In February 2008, she has also won the 29th Yokohama Film Festival with the same film. After acting in Life and Kofuku no Shokutaku, she gained popularity, and then she was chosen to appear in the promotional video for the single released on October 10, 2007 by Little. Between December 2007 and January 2008, she was chosen as the third cheering manager for Japan's Highschool Soccer Tournament, following Maki Horikita and Yui Aragaki, who became so notable in 2005 and 2006, respectively, starring in drama series. She is too fond of watching MMA and a heavy fan of the Thai K-1 kick boxer Buakaw Por. Pramuk. She described Buakaw as her ideal man.

Carina Lau 劉嘉玲 Hot Photos

It is time to take a serious look at this Hongkong Superstar's past glory. Let's go down memory lane and see for ourselves what a beauty Carina Lau was, and let that be forever embedded in our mind.

Rachel Kum - Miss Singapore Universe

On the Miss Singapore Universe 2009 finals event held at Shangri La Hotel Singapore, Rachel Kum has been selected as Miss Singapore Universe 2009. Miss Singapore Universe 2009 Rachel Kum is 24 years old.

Rachel Kum
Age: 24
Height: 1.70 m

石井香織 Kaori Ishii - Hot Japanese Model Actress

When I create this new Kaori Ishii post I thought that it would gets a few page views but to my surprise the Kaori post climbed into my top 10 most popular posts, while it doesn’t come close to many of my other posts, Kaori has gotten several thousand unique page views. So, among anime fans there is obviously a demand to see some real-life 3d beauties, so in honor of Kaori’s 18th birthday last February, here’s some more Kaori pictures placed in a video. Now that she’s eighteen you can enjoy without guilt, it is legal around the world. Can expect more in future from this pure beauty from the Land of the Rising Sun.

Long Version

Soon there will be no voting in Malaysia

From: "Ir. Hj. Othman bin Hj. Ahmad"
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 19:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, May 23 2009 10:53 am
Subject: Soon there will be no voting in Malaysia

Those of you who hate voting will realise your dreams. The recent
appeal court has decided that it is not necessary to vote in order to
make a decision regarding "confidence of the majority" since there is
no mention of it in the phrase that any voting is required.

Similarly for all elections. There is no such word in the phrase in
determining that an assembly man has the confidence of the registered
voters which is to be decided by the Election Commission.

You may argue that votes are to be counted in an election but
similarly for all elected house assemblies. Votes should be counted.
Now a show of hand is sufficient. Similarly for the Election
Commission just because there is no word in the sentence that voting
is required in order to determine the person who has the confidence of
the voters.

The court is very clear in stating that this applies only to the Perak
Assembly which implies that the Federal Assembly is a different case
but the wordings of these constitutions and Election acts are similar.
There are no specific words which state that voting is required in
order to determine the person who has the confidence of the voters or
members.

Of course it should not be applied to all cases, but what stops the
judges from declaring similar judgements? Nothing at all.

Many of you will be happy that you don't even have to vote. Maybe just
write a piece of letter or petition in return for huge sums of money.
It will be more beneficial for most Malaysian voters and much cheaper
for the Election Commissions.

Hasn't the Elections Commissions and especially BN government
complained that Elections COST TOO MUCH??? Many voters even complained
the voting is too much hassle and costly.

Soon your wish will be answered. But Malaysian will fall into the
drain much worse than Zimbabwe because even Zimbabwean judges dare not
make such a judgement, and voting is still practised despite all the
costs in money and lives.
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Dirty Dancing at Cannes

Paris was busy in Cannes filming her new documentary: My dirty sexcapades Part II (she’s building a trilogy). Looking like Rudolph the Red-Nosed-Reindeer she straddled her equally wasted boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, she rubbed herself against him she gave him tongue and she fondled her bangers while attempting to seduce him with a strip dance…all in the VIP Room and all while he and probably another 50 onlookers were clutching their handhelds and pressing hard on the record button.

In between shooting breaks, she was harassing director Quentin Tarantino telling him she should be in his next movie. Quentin assured her that if she ever decided to go into porn she’d be the first to receive the call (although he did tell her to give him the website address to her new sex tape once she decided to release it).

Megumi Yasu 安めぐ - Top Actress and Model from Japan

Megumi Yasu is a popular 26 year old Tokyo born actress and model who was voted the ideal celebrity marriage partner in 2007. Megumi is a variety show regular who is considered by men as an “iyashi-kei” or “healing/stress-relieving type”. It also helps that she is very pretty and has a good sense of humour. More of her after the break.