Yes, today we are gonna eat nasi lemak and drink bandung with some Msian pals!!!!

Hidup Malaysia!

Good luck with you all, God* be with you all





* Whatever God you believe in it could also be a materialistic God if you're an atheist.

And not even one greeting from a Malaysian.

Merdeheka!

Sorry Malaccan!

I did wish my friends a Selamat Hari Merdeka but somehow I lose the spirit to do so in this forum. No doubt I'm thankful for the well wishes by non-Malaysian AFers. Anyway, while I'm at it - Selamat Hari Merdeka, Malaysia. And I wish you a speedy recovery from all this mess we're going through now!

Growing pains CD, growing pains.

something is rotten in the state of Malaysia my friend... there's so much racial hatred stirred up these days cloaked with jargonism it's difficult to spot the evil from the confusion of crap floating around

I'm sad to say that I never believed that racism in Malaysia was as bad as what people were saying until I started here. There are people here though who give me hope for a better future.

Malaysians should be proud to celebrate their independence.

Probably that, or midlife crisis perhaps?

Nevertheless I'm still very positive that this does not spell the end for Malaysia. I think we've been sweeping too much under the carpet, we have too many skeletons in our closet in the past and it's merely the time for all that to spill out, naturally. Sometimes a good shaking up can teach a country many more things than trumpeted harmony can.



I myself was rather surprised, swingdoctor, eventhough I live in Malaysia. Maybe it's got to do with where one lives - I notice that in West Malaysia things can be vastly different from the East. All the best to my West Malaysian brethrens though - the rakyat and those involved in the political frontlines.

Malaysia Merdeka on September 1963 not 1957 .

CD, I went to Kuching for the first time earlier this year, I liked the old world feel that's there in places. Stayed at the Damai Puri Resort and Spa. Took ages, I mean ages to get from the airport (looks like KLIA much? ), it was near Teluk Penyu.

Speaking about political frontlines, I thought it was interesting how Lim Guan Eng left Malacca for Penang. Bandar Melaka had always been a DAP stronghold ever since independece, sans one election when Tan Siew Sin (or was it Tan Cheng Lock, cant rememeber) won.


Something than bears some semblance to discourse. Still, TROLL.

Oh my malaccan, was there any way that we could've crossed paths without knowing it? Senyap-senyap datang, apa ni :P

You lucky guy, staying at Damai Puri Resort! How do you find it? I've been living in Kuching for 19 years now and I've yet to go there - haven't really had the chance really. And yes, I think the new Kuching airport really looks like KLIA; albeit ours is the 'golden' version, if you are to take into account the lighting. And actually, it was meant to look like KLIA. No scores for originality, but it certainly looks more like an international airport than it did before.

Glad to know you like Kuching the way it is! I wonder if you got to roam around the Waterfront, and especially at Gambier Street? There used to be a wet market there dating back to colonial times. In June this year they were ordered to move to a newly built market building in Stutong, to make way for the extension of the Waterfront. It was really sad, because that means the death of a vital part of Old Kuching.

On a side note, I'm afraid our traffic is beginning to resemble KL's infamous ones.



That's interesting. But do you think that's also a method to expand DAP's influence? Look at who gets Penang's CM seat now.

Maaflah ye, didn't look you up but I did think about you, honest! I was keeping an eye out for Kenny Sia though Wished I had the time to see more of the town; there was a conference at the hotel which took all of time and my impression of Kuching mostly consists of the trip to and from the airport. I did ask the taxi driver uncle to drive me through some parts of Kuching from which i could see the old colonial architecture, but he didn't take me to the waterfront unfortunately. I didn't know though that Kuching was made of two parts! And traffic wasn't all that bad really.

Lim Guan Eng knew that he could have a stronger power base in Penang. Even had he won Bandar Melaka, Pakatan Rakyat would still not get enough votes in the state to form the state government. The southern states including are still Barisan territories.