A Penny For Your Thoughts, Current Issue

Only once a year…

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Again, instead of going out for lunch I stayed in the office again to start working on an article that’s almost due, and I’ve been approached by a group of people in my office yesterday. I have no idea how they are allowed to gain access to the office as usually people are only allowed in after being approved by the security or if they have an appointment with any of the staff or administrators in the company, so I guess, ‘security’ issue in office area should be addressed sooner or later.

But it’s not security issue that I want to bring up today, but the activities that the group of people were doing, or probably still doing today. The activities that these group of people were doing irked me to no end yesterday. What activities, you ask me? Well, they are asking for donations for the orphanage. And I’d like to say, I shamelessly condemn such activities.

You guys must be wondering why I condemn their work for charity, and furthermore, it’s for orphans. Well, firstly, it’s not Rm1, or Rm10 they are asking, but it’s in hundreds! I was shocked to the very core when I was asked to ‘donate’ Rm350 on the spot for the orphans in a rather ‘persuasive’ manner.

I really would like to call the security and chase these people away, but I was curious on what type of charity and what kind of goal they are trying to achieve by collecting such huge amount of donations for the orphanage. I could not understand why donations must be made in huge amount, because to me, the term ‘donations’ are voluntary, and so, any amount of money would do sufficiently as long as you are sincere in donating the money.

One of them made herself at home by sitting down on the chair in front of me while the two men who are accompanying her opt to stand, and I must say, I was quite intimidated by the whole situation. I glanced at the clock as the girl proceed to introduce herself and the body that she is representing and explain to me what ‘their charity activity/event’ is all about. Apparently, the ‘donation’ that she is asking for is for the purpose of buying ‘tables’ for selected orphanage and treat them for ‘buka puasa’ in hotels.

And as you probably guessed, I was uninterested. Not because I’m stingy…well, maybe I am, Rm350 is a huge amount for me to ‘donate’. It’s almost my one month expenses on food and parking. I told them that I could not possibly donate because I do not have the cash with me. And obviously, they can’t seems to take no for answer or easily dissuaded by my refusal. The girl then told me that it’s all right if I don’t have the cash with me, as I can always give them my bank account number and they will automatically deduct the bloody money from my account upon approval of bla bla bla (Sorry, I could not remember what she was saying because honestly, I did not plan to give her my account number)

So, I told them that I could not remember my bank account number and told them to ask someone else for the donation. They were still not pleased with my answer, and continued to persuade me to donate by telling me the benefit of donating like I’ll be tax exempted as well as my name would be on the table that I donated, etc etc.

Pissed off and lost my cool, I finally smirked at them and told them that actually I’m a volunteer for two orphanage during the weekend for the past few years, and told them off honestly that I do not condone their activities, because as much as I believe in promoting charity and making the lives of the orphans better, I do not believe in participating in such ‘self promotion and tax exemption’ event in the name of charity. I explained that I have always believed in contributing my time and energy by educating the orphans to help them get out of poverty in the long run instead of participating in just a mere 1 hour buffet glory to feed the orphans.

They were quite speechless when I told them off that way, and to avoid them from asking me to give donation further, I dig out 3 piece of paper from a folder that I usually carry around. The paper was 3 piece of brochure and attached to it is a form for people who wants to volunteer at the orphanage.

I handed them the paper, smiled at them sweetly and said ” Maybe you can join me in volunteering in the orphanage instead. This one will benefit orphans of all race and religion, and you don’t even have to pay so much money to be ‘recognized’. When you volunteer, the kids will even come to love you!”

A grumbled escaped from one of the guy’s mouth while the girl blush for some reason. As expected, they are not interested in volunteering.

Realizing that they could not possibly persuade me to give ‘donations’ they stood up and left, probably to look for some other people who are willing to donate for such charity events. I saw them approached my colleague on their way out. I chuckled softly as I knew that my colleague would not be so nice to spend some time to listen to their ramblings. She’s been having mood swings due to her pregnancy and most of the time, it’s her hormones that’s doing the talking instead of her intelligence. Oh boy, won’t those people get some harsh brush off.

I sighed and ponder to myself. Why must charity be done this way? Treating the orphans in some hotel for ‘buka puasa’ may give them a moment of joy, but will it help them in the long run? Will such activities benefit the orphans or the ‘sponsors’ of the table more? I’d say, this is also a form of advertising for participating ‘sponsors’, and as a bonus, they are tax exempted too. I’d say, such ‘buka puasa’ event is more to promoting oneself in the name of charity. And, most importantly, how do we tell that such thing is not a scam?

Cleffairy: A lot of people only do charity only during the presence of media and press to gain publicity. If they are truly charitable, why not do charity the whole year through without trying to gain free advertising and publicity? Why only once a year?

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A Penny For Your Thoughts, Current Issue, Fairy's Tale

Oh, baby, Moo Moo me one more time!

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Dear children, this is the continuation of my previous tale, entitled ” The Mighty Cow Has Spoken”. It’s been some time now since I spin the tale for you, and you must be dying to find out whether the cow finally submit to his master, Pak Dollah and apologizes to the rest of the farm animal for his degrading and obnoxious statement that only cows are supposed to reign supreme in the farm while the rest of the animals in the farm are supposed to be treated like dirt just because the mighty cow himself thinks that the rest of the animals are immigrants, and definitely have no rights in any juicy grass in Pak Dollah’s farm.

Pak Dollah is not really impressed with the fat cow’s “I am bigger than everyone, including you, master” attitude, because as a consequence of the cow’s action, other animals has been telling Pak Dollah off, and they are threatening that if Pak Dollah refused to get rid of the asshole of a cow, they will without a doubt go on rampage, destroy whatever Pak Dollah owns on his farm, and move to a new farm next door, owned by Pak Anu.

Now, Pak Dollah is really terrified with the animal’s threat. He couldn’t imagine how his farm would end up if the rest of the animal farm really did what they had threatened to do. His farm would be deserted, and he could not be a farmer anymore once the rest of the farm animals get out of his farm and serve in Pah Anu’s farm. He couldn’t let that happen now, could he? He cannot let Pak Anu cackle with joy and see his downfall now, could he? So Pak Dollah decided to do something before all of the animal really goes on incontrollable rampage and leave his farm.

Pak Dollah told the cow to apologize to the rest of farm animals before they really leave his farm and make him go bankrupt. Reluctantly, the cow held a press conference in Pak Dollah’s farm, and summons the rest of the cows who supported him to attend his press conference. Pak Dollah was pleased at this point, because he thought that the cow finally come to his senses, but boy, was he dead wrong about the cow.

Instead of apologizing and taking back his words on what he said about the sheep and the chickens that had been imported into Pak Dollah’s farm, he made another obnoxious statement, saying that the rest of the farm animals are nothing but scum and dirt and told them that the cows still reigns supreme, and he’ll do anything in his power to uphold the supremacy! In fact, it’s the sheep and the rest of the farm animals that’s supposed to kneel down and apologize to him. Wow! Such passion, such patriotism that the cow displayed.

The rest of his kind, other cows cheered in joy and delight as they listened to what their oh so high and mighty leader had said. They mooed in agreement to the mighty cow’s statement, and they went berserk and crazy as they supported their leader. Please don’t be surprised of their action, children, cows do tend to get crazy every now and then. Besides, the hand mouth and foot disease is in their blood veins. The mighty cow’s statement must have somehow activated the dormant virus inside their vein, hence, their moo moo-ish action.

And to show that they are fully backing up their mighty leader, they went to the sheep’s place and tear down the sheep leader’s portrait that is sticking on the wall. The leader of all the sheep over there was really pissed off with the cow and his supporter’s action, and so is the rest of the sheep.

The sheep are usually gentle creature, but now they are restless that they have been insulted that way by the oh so mighty cow. They are well aware of the fact that they may be weak, and far less in quantity in comparison of the cows, but they do know one thing, which is if they speak up their mind, and encourages the rest of the animal farms who are already not satisfied with Pak Dollah’s farm to leave the farm and go to Pak Anu’s farm that seems to promise more advantage to them, the rest of the animal there would definitely follow. And this would without a doubt lead to the downfall of Pak Dollah’s farm.

The sheep are actually not satisfied with Pak Dollah for some time and now the leader of the sheep is secretly grinning with joy as in actual fact, the mighty cow had given them a very good reason to leave the farm without being labeled traitor.

So, the leader of the sheep stood up before Pak Dollah, and told him that they are considering to leave the farm if Pak Dollah refused to take action on the asshole of a cow who is so full of himself. The leader of the sheep said that there’s no point staying in Pak Dollah’s farm and they have decided to cut off whatever relationship that they have in Pak Dollah’s farm and be prepared to leave the farm soon.

Pak Dollah panicked. He knew that he if did not do anything and send the mighty cow to be butchered and served the cow’s meat as curry on people’s plate, the sheep will really leave his farm, and he’ll definitely go bankrupt and can never be a rich farmer again.

So, Pak Dollah announced that he is not pleased with the mighty cow’s action, but do nothing to harm the cow yet. It seems that Pak Dollah is quite reluctant to take any action on the mighty cow, because the cow too, had huge supporter base, and if Pak Dollah make any wrong moves, he’ll get into trouble not only with the sheep, but the cows too.

From afar, one could almost hear Pah Anu’s evil cackling. Pak Anu must be smiling from ear to ear as he sees the farm animals in Pak Dollah’s farm is on rampage and absolutely uncontrollable. He knew that soon enough, the sheep will turn to him and ask for shelter in his farm, and then, he’ll definitely be the greatest farmer of all.

The thing is, children, will Pak Anu be the greatest farmer of all? Will Pak Dollah ‘s farm goes bankrupt with the absence of the group of sheep? Well, that’s one thing that you’ll have to wait to find out. So now, tuck in, have a good night sleep. We’ll continue our little tale next time.

Cleffairy: In the midsts of horrible animal rampage in Pak Dollah’s farm, one tend to wonder if the mighty cow is actually Pak Anu’s friend. Is the mighty cow Pak Anu’s friend? Did he do all this and flare species sentiments between the cows and sheep so that Pak Dollah will be destroyed eventually?

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Wassup with ‘Malay& Islam’?

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As most of you are aware of, each time we talk about Islam and ‘Muslim’ in Malaysia, it’ll definitely be associated with MALAY. What’s up with that? I find this particular formula, Islam=Malays, is not accurate at all. Just because the majority of people who profess this particular faith in Malaysia are Malays, does this means that the rest of the people who shares the same faith but do not share the same skin colours are not Muslim and should be brushed off rudely away without considering their feelings?

I have friends who came from China. They came down to Malaysia for holiday and look typically Chinese, with small eyes, flat nose and very fair skin. And yeah, you guessed it right, they are Muslim, not by embracing the faith when they’re a grown adult to get married or anything, but they are Muslim by birth. They belong to a family that had already profess the faith for a few generation, which means, they’re raised as a Muslim, and practices whatever the religion taught them to do. Which means, they too, pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan and every now and then, will go to mosque to perform the prayers. And yeah, like the ‘Malays’ they can’t take alcohol and definitely cannot eat pork too. Basically, they’re no difference from any other Muslims in Malaysia, except maybe for their physical appearance.

I feel that it’s very hard to play hostess for these friends, not because they are being difficult and demand a lot of me and my family, but because the Malay Muslims as well as the non-Muslim in Malaysia tend to stereotype and consider these people as non-Muslim. Honestly, this kind of stereotyping kinda embarrassed me.

When they give ‘salam’ (religious greetings) to the Malays, they would get awful glares from the Malays. And instead of answering their religious greetings there’ll be a question instead. And usually it’ll be, ” Are you a Malay or Chinese.” and without fail, these friends would tell people that they are Chinese, and again, they will be asked why the hell are they giving religious greetings when they are Chinese. And without failed, they would irritate and agitate me to no end.

Why? Because these people are stereotyping the Chinese as non-Muslim! Duh, excuse me, must you be a Malay to be a Muslim? Is it written somewhere in the Quran that you must be a Malay in order to profess Islam that I don’t know of? I even hear complaints from these friends that when they go to the mosque to perform tarawikh (a special prayer during Ramadan nights), they’re given strange glares and some even have the cheek to ask if they’re ‘Malay’. Eh? I must be missing something here. If you’re not a Malay then you cannot enter the mosque to pray? What the hell is this?

Same goes to the non-Muslim. Every now and then, my friends would be asked why they cannot take beer or why they refused to eat the pork meat that had been placed in front of them. When they inform people that they are Muslim, they’ll get strange look or one of those “Eh, you’re not Malay, right?” speech in return.

Then there’s halal Chinese food issue. Coming from China, most of these friends could not really adapt to Malaysian food yet, and so, they had requested me to bring them to Chinese-Muslim food centre. It was just a simple request, but I was actually aghast with their request, because I came to realize that I do not know any Chinese-Muslim food centre or any restaurant that serve certified halal Chinese food. I know there’s some halal Chinese food restaurant, but there’s too few of them, and definitely not in my area. If there’s a restaurant that are serving Chinese food, commonly it won’t be halal because there will be pork or lard in it.

I apologized to these friends, and suggest to them that they will have to settle for a Chinese vegetarian food restaurant if they don’t want to eat the spicy Malay food. They gladly accepted my suggestion, but I really feel bad for them, because they are Muslim too, but generally, the people and the environment in Malaysia is not so Non-Malay Muslim friendly. 🙁

Playing hostess for these friends for a few days really is challenging, and it really hits me that the lives of the non-Malays who converts into Islam is not so easy too. Every now and then, they’ll miss the food that they used to eat too, and imagine how they feel when they can’t eat the food that they used to eat just because they can’t find any halal restaurant that served the food that they used to eat. And to make things worst, the Malays and non-Malays don’t make their daily lives easier too because of the typical ‘Muslim must be Malay’ stereotyping attitude.

It irks me to see each time the leaders talk about about Islam, there’ll always be MALAY MALAY MALAY in their goddamn speech. What’s up with that? Are they blind or too ignorant that they do not realize that there are non-Malays who are Muslims too? There are a lot of converts who are Chinese, Indians and some belongs to other ethnicity that I doubt I can pronounce the word properly. Why is it when they talk about the rights as Muslims, they will automatically just talk about the rights of ‘Malays’?

I really would like to tell off the leaders and whoever talk about being a Muslim MUST be Malay. Shut your fucking mouth up and stop making Malaysians think that there’s only Malay Muslim out there! It’s because of you bastards that the citizens have the stereotyping attitude and make Malaysia a not so friendly environment to the Muslims who are not Malays, as well as the converts who are trying hard to adapt to an Islamic life!

Cleffairy: Tell me that everyone who goes to Mecca to perform ‘Haj’ are all Malays, then I’ll stop bitching about this bloody issue.

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Wassup with ‘Malay& Islam’?

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As most of you are aware of, each time we talk about Islam and ‘Muslim’ in Malaysia, it’ll definitely be associated with MALAY. What’s up with that? I find this particular formula, Islam=Malays, is not accurate at all. Just because the majority of people who profess this particular faith in Malaysia are Malays, does this means that the rest of the people who shares the same faith but do not share the same skin colours are not Muslim and should be brushed off rudely away without considering their feelings?

I have friends who came from China. They came down to Malaysia for holiday and look typically Chinese, with small eyes, flat nose and very fair skin. And yeah, you guessed it right, they are Muslim, not by embracing the faith when they’re a grown adult to get married or anything, but they are Muslim by birth. They belong to a family that had already profess the faith for a few generation, which means, they’re raised as a Muslim, and practices whatever the religion taught them to do. Which means, they too, pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan and every now and then, will go to mosque to perform the prayers. And yeah, like the ‘Malays’ they can’t take alcohol and definitely cannot eat pork too. Basically, they’re no difference from any other Muslims in Malaysia, except maybe for their physical appearance.

I feel that it’s very hard to play hostess for these friends, not because they are being difficult and demand a lot of me and my family, but because the Malay Muslims as well as the non-Muslim in Malaysia tend to stereotype and consider these people as non-Muslim. Honestly, this kind of stereotyping kinda embarrassed me.

When they give ‘salam’ (religious greetings) to the Malays, they would get awful glares from the Malays. And instead of answering their religious greetings there’ll be a question instead. And usually it’ll be, ” Are you a Malay or Chinese.” and without fail, these friends would tell people that they are Chinese, and again, they will be asked why the hell are they giving religious greetings when they are Chinese. And without failed, they would irritate and agitate me to no end.

Why? Because these people are stereotyping the Chinese as non-Muslim! Duh, excuse me, must you be a Malay to be a Muslim? Is it written somewhere in the Quran that you must be a Malay in order to profess Islam that I don’t know of? I even hear complaints from these friends that when they go to the mosque to perform tarawikh (a special prayer during Ramadan nights), they’re given strange glares and some even have the cheek to ask if they’re ‘Malay’. Eh? I must be missing something here. If you’re not a Malay then you cannot enter the mosque to pray? What the hell is this?

Same goes to the non-Muslim. Every now and then, my friends would be asked why they cannot take beer or why they refused to eat the pork meat that had been placed in front of them. When they inform people that they are Muslim, they’ll get strange look or one of those “Eh, you’re not Malay, right?” speech in return.

Then there’s halal Chinese food issue. Coming from China, most of these friends could not really adapt to Malaysian food yet, and so, they had requested me to bring them to Chinese-Muslim food centre. It was just a simple request, but I was actually aghast with their request, because I came to realize that I do not know any Chinese-Muslim food centre or any restaurant that serve certified halal Chinese food. I know there’s some halal Chinese food restaurant, but there’s too few of them, and definitely not in my area. If there’s a restaurant that are serving Chinese food, commonly it won’t be halal because there will be pork or lard in it.

I apologized to these friends, and suggest to them that they will have to settle for a Chinese vegetarian food restaurant if they don’t want to eat the spicy Malay food. They gladly accepted my suggestion, but I really feel bad for them, because they are Muslim too, but generally, the people and the environment in Malaysia is not so Non-Malay Muslim friendly. 🙁

Playing hostess for these friends for a few days really is challenging, and it really hits me that the lives of the non-Malays who converts into Islam is not so easy too. Every now and then, they’ll miss the food that they used to eat too, and imagine how they feel when they can’t eat the food that they used to eat just because they can’t find any halal restaurant that served the food that they used to eat. And to make things worst, the Malays and non-Malays don’t make their daily lives easier too because of the typical ‘Muslim must be Malay’ stereotyping attitude.

It irks me to see each time the leaders talk about about Islam, there’ll always be MALAY MALAY MALAY in their goddamn speech. What’s up with that? Are they blind or too ignorant that they do not realize that there are non-Malays who are Muslims too? There are a lot of converts who are Chinese, Indians and some belongs to other ethnicity that I doubt I can pronounce the word properly. Why is it when they talk about the rights as Muslims, they will automatically just talk about the rights of ‘Malays’?

I really would like to tell off the leaders and whoever talk about being a Muslim MUST be Malay. Shut your fucking mouth up and stop making Malaysians think that there’s only Malay Muslim out there! It’s because of you bastards that the citizens have the stereotyping attitude and make Malaysia a not so friendly environment to the Muslims who are not Malays, as well as the converts who are trying hard to adapt to an Islamic life!

Cleffairy: Tell me that everyone who goes to Mecca to perform ‘Haj’ are all Malays, then I’ll stop bitching about this bloody issue.

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Wassup with ‘Malay& Islam’?

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As most of you are aware of, each time we talk about Islam and ‘Muslim’ in Malaysia, it’ll definitely be associated with MALAY. What’s up with that? I find this particular formula, Islam=Malays, is not accurate at all. Just because the majority of people who profess this particular faith in Malaysia are Malays, does this means that the rest of the people who shares the same faith but do not share the same skin colours are not Muslim and should be brushed off rudely away without considering their feelings?

I have friends who came from China. They came down to Malaysia for holiday and look typically Chinese, with small eyes, flat nose and very fair skin. And yeah, you guessed it right, they are Muslim, not by embracing the faith when they’re a grown adult to get married or anything, but they are Muslim by birth. They belong to a family that had already profess the faith for a few generation, which means, they’re raised as a Muslim, and practices whatever the religion taught them to do. Which means, they too, pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan and every now and then, will go to mosque to perform the prayers. And yeah, like the ‘Malays’ they can’t take alcohol and definitely cannot eat pork too. Basically, they’re no difference from any other Muslims in Malaysia, except maybe for their physical appearance.

I feel that it’s very hard to play hostess for these friends, not because they are being difficult and demand a lot of me and my family, but because the Malay Muslims as well as the non-Muslim in Malaysia tend to stereotype and consider these people as non-Muslim. Honestly, this kind of stereotyping kinda embarrassed me.

When they give ‘salam’ (religious greetings) to the Malays, they would get awful glares from the Malays. And instead of answering their religious greetings there’ll be a question instead. And usually it’ll be, ” Are you a Malay or Chinese.” and without fail, these friends would tell people that they are Chinese, and again, they will be asked why the hell are they giving religious greetings when they are Chinese. And without failed, they would irritate and agitate me to no end.

Why? Because these people are stereotyping the Chinese as non-Muslim! Duh, excuse me, must you be a Malay to be a Muslim? Is it written somewhere in the Quran that you must be a Malay in order to profess Islam that I don’t know of? I even hear complaints from these friends that when they go to the mosque to perform tarawikh (a special prayer during Ramadan nights), they’re given strange glares and some even have the cheek to ask if they’re ‘Malay’. Eh? I must be missing something here. If you’re not a Malay then you cannot enter the mosque to pray? What the hell is this?

Same goes to the non-Muslim. Every now and then, my friends would be asked why they cannot take beer or why they refused to eat the pork meat that had been placed in front of them. When they inform people that they are Muslim, they’ll get strange look or one of those “Eh, you’re not Malay, right?” speech in return.

Then there’s halal Chinese food issue. Coming from China, most of these friends could not really adapt to Malaysian food yet, and so, they had requested me to bring them to Chinese-Muslim food centre. It was just a simple request, but I was actually aghast with their request, because I came to realize that I do not know any Chinese-Muslim food centre or any restaurant that serve certified halal Chinese food. I know there’s some halal Chinese food restaurant, but there’s too few of them, and definitely not in my area. If there’s a restaurant that are serving Chinese food, commonly it won’t be halal because there will be pork or lard in it.

I apologized to these friends, and suggest to them that they will have to settle for a Chinese vegetarian food restaurant if they don’t want to eat the spicy Malay food. They gladly accepted my suggestion, but I really feel bad for them, because they are Muslim too, but generally, the people and the environment in Malaysia is not so Non-Malay Muslim friendly. 🙁

Playing hostess for these friends for a few days really is challenging, and it really hits me that the lives of the non-Malays who converts into Islam is not so easy too. Every now and then, they’ll miss the food that they used to eat too, and imagine how they feel when they can’t eat the food that they used to eat just because they can’t find any halal restaurant that served the food that they used to eat. And to make things worst, the Malays and non-Malays don’t make their daily lives easier too because of the typical ‘Muslim must be Malay’ stereotyping attitude.

It irks me to see each time the leaders talk about about Islam, there’ll always be MALAY MALAY MALAY in their goddamn speech. What’s up with that? Are they blind or too ignorant that they do not realize that there are non-Malays who are Muslims too? There are a lot of converts who are Chinese, Indians and some belongs to other ethnicity that I doubt I can pronounce the word properly. Why is it when they talk about the rights as Muslims, they will automatically just talk about the rights of ‘Malays’?

I really would like to tell off the leaders and whoever talk about being a Muslim MUST be Malay. Shut your fucking mouth up and stop making Malaysians think that there’s only Malay Muslim out there! It’s because of you bastards that the citizens have the stereotyping attitude and make Malaysia a not so friendly environment to the Muslims who are not Malays, as well as the converts who are trying hard to adapt to an Islamic life!

Cleffairy: Tell me that everyone who goes to Mecca to perform ‘Haj’ are all Malays, then I’ll stop bitching about this bloody issue.

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Wassup with 'Malay& Islam'?

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As most of you are aware of, each time we talk about Islam and ‘Muslim’ in Malaysia, it’ll definitely be associated with MALAY. What’s up with that? I find this particular formula, Islam=Malays, is not accurate at all. Just because the majority of people who profess this particular faith in Malaysia are Malays, does this means that the rest of the people who shares the same faith but do not share the same skin colours are not Muslim and should be brushed off rudely away without considering their feelings?

I have friends who came from China. They came down to Malaysia for holiday and look typically Chinese, with small eyes, flat nose and very fair skin. And yeah, you guessed it right, they are Muslim, not by embracing the faith when they’re a grown adult to get married or anything, but they are Muslim by birth. They belong to a family that had already profess the faith for a few generation, which means, they’re raised as a Muslim, and practices whatever the religion taught them to do. Which means, they too, pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan and every now and then, will go to mosque to perform the prayers. And yeah, like the ‘Malays’ they can’t take alcohol and definitely cannot eat pork too. Basically, they’re no difference from any other Muslims in Malaysia, except maybe for their physical appearance.

I feel that it’s very hard to play hostess for these friends, not because they are being difficult and demand a lot of me and my family, but because the Malay Muslims as well as the non-Muslim in Malaysia tend to stereotype and consider these people as non-Muslim. Honestly, this kind of stereotyping kinda embarrassed me.

When they give ‘salam’ (religious greetings) to the Malays, they would get awful glares from the Malays. And instead of answering their religious greetings there’ll be a question instead. And usually it’ll be, ” Are you a Malay or Chinese.” and without fail, these friends would tell people that they are Chinese, and again, they will be asked why the hell are they giving religious greetings when they are Chinese. And without failed, they would irritate and agitate me to no end.

Why? Because these people are stereotyping the Chinese as non-Muslim! Duh, excuse me, must you be a Malay to be a Muslim? Is it written somewhere in the Quran that you must be a Malay in order to profess Islam that I don’t know of? I even hear complaints from these friends that when they go to the mosque to perform tarawikh (a special prayer during Ramadan nights), they’re given strange glares and some even have the cheek to ask if they’re ‘Malay’. Eh? I must be missing something here. If you’re not a Malay then you cannot enter the mosque to pray? What the hell is this?

Same goes to the non-Muslim. Every now and then, my friends would be asked why they cannot take beer or why they refused to eat the pork meat that had been placed in front of them. When they inform people that they are Muslim, they’ll get strange look or one of those “Eh, you’re not Malay, right?” speech in return.

Then there’s halal Chinese food issue. Coming from China, most of these friends could not really adapt to Malaysian food yet, and so, they had requested me to bring them to Chinese-Muslim food centre. It was just a simple request, but I was actually aghast with their request, because I came to realize that I do not know any Chinese-Muslim food centre or any restaurant that serve certified halal Chinese food. I know there’s some halal Chinese food restaurant, but there’s too few of them, and definitely not in my area. If there’s a restaurant that are serving Chinese food, commonly it won’t be halal because there will be pork or lard in it.

I apologized to these friends, and suggest to them that they will have to settle for a Chinese vegetarian food restaurant if they don’t want to eat the spicy Malay food. They gladly accepted my suggestion, but I really feel bad for them, because they are Muslim too, but generally, the people and the environment in Malaysia is not so Non-Malay Muslim friendly. 🙁

Playing hostess for these friends for a few days really is challenging, and it really hits me that the lives of the non-Malays who converts into Islam is not so easy too. Every now and then, they’ll miss the food that they used to eat too, and imagine how they feel when they can’t eat the food that they used to eat just because they can’t find any halal restaurant that served the food that they used to eat. And to make things worst, the Malays and non-Malays don’t make their daily lives easier too because of the typical ‘Muslim must be Malay’ stereotyping attitude.

It irks me to see each time the leaders talk about about Islam, there’ll always be MALAY MALAY MALAY in their goddamn speech. What’s up with that? Are they blind or too ignorant that they do not realize that there are non-Malays who are Muslims too? There are a lot of converts who are Chinese, Indians and some belongs to other ethnicity that I doubt I can pronounce the word properly. Why is it when they talk about the rights as Muslims, they will automatically just talk about the rights of ‘Malays’?

I really would like to tell off the leaders and whoever talk about being a Muslim MUST be Malay. Shut your fucking mouth up and stop making Malaysians think that there’s only Malay Muslim out there! It’s because of you bastards that the citizens have the stereotyping attitude and make Malaysia a not so friendly environment to the Muslims who are not Malays, as well as the converts who are trying hard to adapt to an Islamic life!

Cleffairy: Tell me that everyone who goes to Mecca to perform ‘Haj’ are all Malays, then I’ll stop bitching about this bloody issue.

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The mighty cow has spoken

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Once upon a time, there lived a farmer by the name of Pak Dollah. His farm was big and had variety of farm animals. There are local farm animals as well as imported ones. Majority of the farm animals were local cows while the rest are imported farm animals. One day, these animals had an argument on who is the best on the farm and who should get the greener part of the grass.

Feeling that he’s superior than other animals in the farm, one fat cow spoke up, saying cows are the best, and should get the greener part of the farm to chew on. Other animals, the sheep and chickens disagreed of course, because they felt that they are all just the same, and one day all of them will end up on the people’s plate as food once Pak Dollah decided that it’s time to sell them off to generate income for his household.

When the cow heard that other animals who are smaller in size than him saying that everyone on the farm is just the same, the cow went berserk. He was pissed that other farm animals compared his masculinity and supremacy with the small imported sheep and the chickens who lay eggs.

The cow was so angry that he shouted loudly so that the entire farm can hear what he has to say. He mooed that the rest of the animals on the farms are imported, and so, he does not need to respect them at all, and he thinks that other farm animals doesn’t even deserve to be treated so well because they are just immigrants.

The cow’s statement caused an uproar in Pak Dollah’s farm. Now the sheep and the chickens are very unhappy and angry that the cow thinks that way. So, the leader of the sheep and chickens send their representative and told the cow that they are not satisfied with what he said, and demanded him to apologize, or they will make Pak Dollah&co sell him off to be slaughtered and served as beef burger patties.

The cow, being himself, a cowheaded animal, refused to apologize, because he thinks that he is bigger and better than the rest of the animal on the farm. This is what he said,” Why should I apologize? I didn’t do anything wrong. Those who do wrong should apologize but I haven’t done anything,”

Now the sheep and chickens are in rage! The sheep refused to grow more cotton to be shaved away while the chickens refused to lay eggs. Pak Dollah’s farm is now in havoc, and the earnings in the farm has gone from bad to worst. Pak Dollah can no longer sleep in peace thinking that his farm is in havoc. And so, Pak Dollah decided to asked them why are they doing this.

So, the animals told Pak Dollah what happened. Even though Pak Dollah feel that the cow was right, he doesn’t want his farm to be in havoc further, and so, he apologize on the cow’s behalf so that everyone on the farm can be happy again. But of course, the animals are not pleased, because it was not Pak Dollah who made that statement in the first place. They want the COW to apologize for his words.

But, a cow will always be a cow. Cows will never apologize for what they said. So, children, what do you think? Was the cow right about him being better than the rest of the animals in the farm? Or was the cow wrong, because all animals in the farm has the same function, which is to help the farm grow and earn?

Cleffairy: Sing with me now…

Old Pak Dollah had a farm, e, i, e, i o,

And on his farm he had a cow, e, i, e, i, o,

The cow goes moo moo here, moo moo there, moo moo everywhere, moo, moo

Old Pak Dollah had a farm, e,i,e,i,o.

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Pre- Merdeka story

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Yours truly over here is feeling a nostalgic over the whole Merdeka thing. And you can safely conclude that I am categorized in the ‘ I need to get some rest since it’s Merdeka today’ group. But, Merdeka never failed to remind me on pre- Merdeka stories my late grandmother used to tell me when I was a little girl. And so, I find it’s appropriate to share her story with you guys today since it’s Merdeka.

Now, when I was a little girl my father would often go back to his hometown to visit my grandmother, and I was quite a fussy eater back then. I would want chicken and all sort of seafood as a side dishes in my rice, because being a firstborn child in my family, my father and mother ensure that I was properly nourished with varieties of food.

As a result, each time we go back hometown, my late grandmother would have trouble trying to feed me with the simple ‘kampung’ food that she cooked for my meals, because it usually consists of fried eggs or some salted fish. Meals in my grandmother’s place are usually kept simple, unless there’s festive occasion or birthdays. Being a wise woman she was, she would try to persuade me to eat the simple food that she cooked by telling me stories on how her life was during the Japanese occupation. She would try to spoon feed me while telling how hard it is during her youth and how lucky I am to be born after Merdeka.

Asking her why, she’d tell me that when she’s younger, she lived in terror every day, and would have to hide at home for fear getting raped or murdered by the Japanese soldier. Sometimes, when the Japanese soldiers goes to the village to get their suppliers, my great grandfather would rush all of his daughters to hide in the underground bunker that was built to shelter the entire family from bombs that the Japanese drop from their aircraft.

My grandmother and her sisters would then stay in the small bunker quietly, not even daring to sneeze out of fear for the Japanese soldiers. Sometimes, they would have to go into hiding for more than one day, and they would have to go hungry because back then during the warring state, food was very scarce. I was told that each time they go into hiding, my great grandfather would only give them some water and some corns and boiled tapioca which was grown in the backyard so that they won’t starve to death. They were told not to eat the food that’s given to them unless they are really hungry.

My grandmother and her sisters knew that if the Japanese soldiers found out that their father has been hiding them and refused to hand them over to be used in bed as sex slaves, their father’s head would be rolling if the Japanese soldiers decided not to shoot him to death. So none of them voiced out complaints, even though they have to stay in the dark bunker and go hungry for a few days. Imagine how horrible their life was back then. They can’t even stay in their own house feeling safe.

When the Japanese soldiers finally went back to their base or to battle, my great grandfather would go to the bunk and tell his daughters that it’s safe to come out and stay at home, and they would resume their daily lives by helping him out in the garden. Back then, people have to plant or hunt their their own food, otherwise they’d go hungry. And trade among the villagers are not done by using money, but they bartered their goods to get what they really need.

Every now and then, my great grandfather would treat his family with good food to eat. Good food that my grandmother meant was porridge and fresh eggs cracked into it with some fish that my great grandfather fished out in the nearby river. I was told that my great grandfather goes fishing often, but usually the fishes that he caught would be bartered with other basic necessities that’s deemed more important for the family’s usage.

Porridge was considered a luxury, because they cannot afford to cook rice out of the grains as rice was so scarce back then. My grandmother’s family would be jumping with joy each time they’re able to eat porridge with eggs and fishes. It’s a gourmet meal to them as they usually survived on boiled potatoes, corns and tapioca served with some sugar or shaved coconuts.

Maybe most of you were wondering why rice was so scarce back then. Well, most of the rice produced have to be handed over to the Japanese soldiers. If the villagers refused to hand over the rice that they produced, oh boy, they’ll get into trouble…or rather, buried six feet underground after being shot to death.

During the Japanese occupation in Malaya the Japanese soldiers were downright cruel, and most were under the influence of Shabu, a drug used by the Japanese government on their soldiers to make them more courageous during their battle with the enemies. That actually explains why most of the soldiers back then are as heartless as a predator hunting it’s prey. They were actually turned into a crazy fighting machine by their government.

The meals that’s been put on the table in my grandmother’s household did not improved much until years after Merdeka, probably during Tun Abdul Razak’s time, where things started to get better as Malaysian economy started to improve slowly and steadily.

My grandmother’s pre-Merdeka’s story usually manage to coax me to eat almost everything that she cooked for me back then. Thinking back, I really do liked the way she tells her stories that sometimes, I would give her hard time on purpose during my meal time just because I wanted to listen to her stories.

As my trip down the memory lane ended, it hits me. We’re actually very lucky to be born and raised in an independent Malaysia. We should thank God that we do not need to go through what our ancestors had to go through. They had to suffer insecurities and starvation in their daily life. Being born as an Anak Merdeka, I could not imagine their hardship, as standard of living today is way different from my grandmother’s time.

I may not know much about the times before independence, but I know one thing, which is we should not allowed what our forefathers fought so hard for be destroyed by unscrupulous and corrupted leaders. Malaysia will also slowly sink if youngsters today are not aware of what’s going on in Malaysia and only leave the ‘nation building’ responsibilities to the old folks. Malaysia was not built in one day, but it can easily be destroyed in one day if all the leaders of today and tomorrow think is their own benefit and pleasure instead of the nation’s interest.

Cleffairy: Whatever ‘Merdeka’ means to you, let’s uphold our nation’s sovereignty by doing our part as Malaysians in our own small ways and never forget to teach our children good moral values so that they will know that Malaysia was not built overnight. This way, they would be more grateful and appreciate what they have today better. Happy Independence Day, everyone.

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Merdeka? My Ass!

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I hereby declare that Malaysian government is a dimwit twit that takes everyone as either brainless, or our brain has been stuffed by all sort of poops and smelly garbage. Why? Take a look at this! The article below was taken from The Star Malaysia, Thursday, 29th August 2008.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia or SKMM) was “only exercising its power” when it ordered the 19 Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block the Malaysia Today website.

“Everyone is subject to the law, even websites and blogs,” said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

“We do not intend to curtail people’s freedom or right to express themselves.

“But when they publish things that are libellous, slanderous or defamatory, it is natural for SKMM to act,” he said in Parliament lobby on Thursday.

Earlier Thursday, SKMM confirmed that it had instructed ISPs to block Malaysia Today.

When contacted, SKMM chief operating officer Mohamed Sharil Mohamed Tarmizi, who is currently overseas, confirmed the order but declined to elaborate, saying a press conference would be held to explain why action had been taken.

It was reported on Thursday that notices to the ISPs were sent out on Tuesday in accordance with Section 263Communications and Multimedia Act. of the

Section 263 falls under the National Interest Matters part of the Act which states that an SKMM licensee would prevent their facilities from being used in, or in relation to, the commission of any offence under any law of Malaysia.

It also states that upon written request of the SKMM or any other authority, the licensee would assist to prevent the commission or attempted commission of any offence under any written law of Malaysia, including but not limited to the protection of public revenue and the preservation of national security.

Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin said that blocking access to his portal was a breach of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) charter and that he would turn it into “a big issue.”

Under MSC Malaysia’s 10-Point Bill of Guarantees, it is stated that that Government promised to “ensure no Internet censorship” as part of its commitment to ensuring the success of MSC status companies.

SKMM’s move was also roundly criticised by most bloggers, who said SKMM must immediately lift the block or it will rattle investors’ confidence in the country.

National Alliance of Bloggers interim president Ahirudin Attan said it was the first time that SKMM had gone against the spirit of the promise that the Government had made.

“The promise was made not only to Malaysians but to the world that there will be no censorship of the Internet in the country.

“Google is planning to build a multibillion-ringgit datacentre here. If this is the way the Commission behaves, it is as good as telling Google to please go away.”

Ahirudin, who operates the Rocky’s Bru blog, said while it was obvious that the Government would say it was not censorship, the blocking of the popular website was definitely considered censorship.

Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi, also a blogger, noted in his Screenshots blog that SKMM has neglected Section 3 of the Act, which ends with the statement, “Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting the censorship of the Internet.”

“The Commission is not the final judge to decide what is good and what is bad for Malaysians.

“Malaysians who are online are mature enough to discern between what is good and what is bad,” he said.

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) condemned the blocking of the site saying the action went against national commitments spelt out under MSC Malaysia’s Bill of Guarantees.

“The Commission and the Government should acknowledge that the problem at hand is the failure of the mainstream media to fulfil its duties in reporting information adequately, truthfully and fairly,” CIJ executive director V. Gayathry said in a statement.

In his blog, MCA vice-president Datuk Ong Tee Keat said he hoped that the SKMM would reconsider its decision and that he was a “little surprised and disturbed” about what had happened.

“Under the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Bill of Guarantees, the government promised there would be no censorship of the Internet. I do not understand why the SKMM is resorting to this.”

Ong said Raja Petra was already facing several charges in court.

“We should let the courts decide his fate,” Ong said, adding that forcibly blocking access to the website would only lend more credence to his writings.

“In fact, it is foolish to think that online censorship works effectively. There are still many other ways for surfers to access the portal.”

Telecommunications expert Dinesh Nair said it would be extremely difficult for SKMM to completely block the website although there were more technical ways to make the site inaccessible.

“All he (Raja Petra) has to do is to change the website address. If they want to block it again, they would have to issue more letters. He may have lost some viewers for a couple of days but it would be back to normal soon.”

Dinesh added that although he did not agree with what SKMM had done, he could see “where they were coming from.”

“It is one thing when you are saying something and it’s an opinion but something else when you are putting it across as fact when it isn’t,” he said.

Also at Parliament, Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum said he was not aware of SKMM’s directive to the ISPs.

“SKMM may have briefed the minister on the issue but not me,” he said, adding that minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, currently in Bali, Indonesia, would return to Malaysia either later Thursday or by Friday.

Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, when asked to comment, said, “I am aware of the issue but it is not under my jurisdiction.”

It is understood that only TMnet, the nation’s largest ISP, has complied with SKMM’s directive. Other ISPs contacted by The Star have declined to comment.

TMnet users can still access Malaysia Today through a mirror website however.

While unusual, SKMM’s move was not unprecedented.

For example, last year, in a concerted effort with the Securities Commission, Bank Negara Malaysia and CyberSecurity Malaysia, it closed down several websites which were suspected of being involved in fraudulent investment schemes.

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First thing I saw on the newspaper today after getting back from my long and tiring business trip in Melaka is THIS bloody news. That’s it, I feel like bitching, and it’s not like my day has been all jolly and cheerful either, so pardon the language. If thoughts and imagination could kill, the whole Putrajaya and and all of it’s population would be reduced to nothing but mere ashes flying in the sky. One thing that I hate about our government is that they take us, the citizens as puppets and brainless twits. We must not see, hear or talk any evil things about them. Our mouth and fingers must be zipped and zapped up, and only utter nothing but sweet stuff about them. If we hear anything bad about us, the government would be badly undermined. Why? because they thought that we don’t know how to use our brain to think.

The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia or SKMM) was “only exercising its power” when it ordered the 19 Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block the Malaysia Today website.

So that’s what Botak said. I’d say, YOU ASSHOLES are taking our rights to alternative news, news that is probably have more truth than whatever rubbish YOU people are trying to feed us. Why bother ordering MCMC to make all goddamn ISP in Malaysia to block the bloody website if the news inside holds no truth in it? Oh, slanderous, you say, but isn’t asking your retarded joker Sai Fool going around yelling and ranting like a lunatic goon that his asshole has been recently abuse by your opponent is not libel and slander? What happened to ‘innocent til proven guilty’? Oh sorry, I forgot. In Malaysia it doesn’t seems to work that way. It’s always ‘guilty til proven innocent’, isn’t it?

Don’t deny that you goons did not hire that feller to swear his ass out to tarnish your opponent’s reputation, it’s clear that he’s just another of your political toy, or rather, sex toy.

Amboi, amboi, amboi! So nice to be the one wielding power. You can easily trample anyone you think that is in your way by using law. What’s this? Government is legal gangster? So it seems. So, Botak, tell me, are you living in the stoneage or the godzilla age blocking whatever information is is on the net? Dude, your baldy head is too cooked under the sun issit? Poor thing, cannot think properly. Why not just close down all ISP instead of just blocking one site if you want to prevent malicious news that is directed at the government? It’ll be better, isn’t it? No one can online and so, no bloody, filthy and dirty news about you creeps can be circulated.

Botak, have you heard of proxy, or you’re still stuck in godzillaage? Even if the ISPs blocked the site from being accessed by the users in Malaysia, but there are many other ways to access it if you’re IT savvy enough to do so. But of course, I’m sure you’re not aware of that, because you probably still stuck in your limestone cave somewhere.

You goons sure know how to lie your butt out. You people go around halfheartedly, trying to promote Merdeka, but the truth is, you guys are not liberating the minds of the citizens. Merdeka (Independence) should cover all context, including the mindset of the citizens. Merdeka? Merdeka my ass! Of all the things, you are trying to immobilize Internet technology as one of the crucial information tool. Must be you government prefer to have rempiting bastards who can’t even think to save their life as citizens rather than thinkers who puts the country’s interest before their own.

I I haven’t been looking forward to Merdeka since that sleepyhead leader of yours steps into office, but I was still patriotic enough to fly the flag every year without fail. This year, though Botak, I’m not sure if I want to even look at it and fly it. Even if I do fly the flag this year, I’ll be flying it UPSIDE DOWN!

The nation is indeed in distress. You people have been doing nothing but disgracing and smearing mud to Malaysia’s name since the recent GE. What is so glorious about Malaysia now? Fucking assholes, Botak man who is trying to block whatever web that goes against government or a sleepy jackass as the head of the country? It is not those ‘websites’ that is undermining the government and the citizen’s way of thinking, but it’s the way that the government govern the country that cause all that. If the government have reigns over the citizens by showing good control over the economy, education, as well as citizen’s welfare, that alone would command respect from the people, and any malicious news that is directed at the government would be nothing but smelly fart in the air that will be gone in a few minutes. First they censored Tv shows and news, now it’s the Internet, what’s next?

Now the people on the ‘top’ have to do everything they can to stop people from hearing dirty things about them because the public’s trust has long ago been washed down in the drain. With a FLIP FLOPPING sleepyhead as a PM, who would trust the government any further? They don’t even have credibility to even begin with…

Cleffairy: He who commands himself, commands others.

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Wicked, twisted and wacky fairy tale

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Again, yours truly is in the mood for fiery tales. This time, it’s all about Snow War and his wicked witch stepmother, the Sleepy Witch. So, here goes, children, drink your milk and get in bed while I lull you to sleep with one of a very famous fairy tale of all times.

Once upon a time, there live a not so handsome prince, Snow War. He may be not so handsome, but he’s well loved and a very powerful prince among his people in his kingdom that his stepmother, Queen Sleepy Witch gets very jealous of his popularity.

Queen Sleepy Witch is not so popular among her people because ever since the old king has passed away, she’s been doing nothing but sleep,sleep and sleep and allows her filthy son, a punk horseback racer wannabe to mess up the kingdom. After a good while, the kingdom is pretty much neglected and she finally realized that she could not afford to buy her favourite toy, the Magic Mirror from a kingdom far far away. She decided that she must raised the price of all apple in her kingdom so that she can earn more and buy herself a magnificent magic mirror for herself to look at. And so, she decided.

And so she raised the price of all apples in her kingdom by 70 gold leaves each, making all of her people hate her very much, and her people will stop at nothing to throw rotten eggs and squishy tomatoes at her and get her down from the throne, and replace her with her not so handsome stepson, Prince Snow War. People had hoped that Prince Snow War would make a difference in their declining and sinking kingdom, and Prince Snow War had given his words to the people that the very next day he sits on the throne, he will ensure the the price of apples would be dropped by 50 gold leaves so that the people can continue to enjoy baking and eating delicious apple pies every day without burning a big hole in their pocket.

The people had no chance of getting rid of the wicked queen, but one fine day, came a fairy godmother who announced that there will be a Royalty Idol, where the winner can win themselves a huge luxurious castle, complete with a harem of beautiful and skillful slave boys and girls as well as loads of fluffy pillows made from finest duck feathers and water bed for the winners to sleep on. All they need to do is sing and parade themselves on the stage every week, and earn sms votes from the citizens. The ones with highest sms votes will win the Royal Idol.

Now, both Queen Sleepy Witch and Prince Snow War are both tempted with the price the Royalty Idol had to offer, and so, they enroll themselves in the competition, giving their best shot, and luck is on their side, they both made it to final.

It’s final round, and both Queen Sleepy Witch and Prince Snow War realized that if they want to win, they must not just use their sexual appeal, because some of the sms voters are quite immune to beauty. Both wanted to win, and being the jealous and wicked witch, Queen Sleepy Witch seek advice from her Evil magic Mirror on how to win the Royal idol. The Evil Magic Mirror told the queen that if she want to win, she’ll have to play dirty. And so, the sleepyhead queen decided to listen to her evil Magic Mirror and play dirty.

The queen will stop at nothing until she win the Royal Idol, and so, she hired a court jester to spread horrible saying that Prince Snow War loves to play with people’s asshole. The court jester toured around the kingdom and scream his head off trying to convinced people that a prince who loves to play with other people’s asshole is not worth wasting a vote on during the Royalty Idol. But it seems that the people are not convinced with the rumours that the court jester is spreading, and the queen gets pretty agitated. So she sent her punk son’s people to create havoc in Prince Snow War’s weekly concert so that people will not dare to vote for Prince Snow War but no avail.

Realizing that spreading rumours about Prince Snow War and making havoc in his concerts can’t make her earn more votes, she decided to ‘bribe’ the citizens by announcing Apple Relief Plan, where she lowered the price of apples by measly 15 gold leaves 3 days before the Royal Idol competition, in hopes that she will get more votes in comparison to Prince Snow War and finally win the Royal Idol and all of it’s galore.

The queen didn’t really want to lower down the apple price, but she figured, what the heck, she can always readjust the price again during the yearly kingdom budgeting event, and it’s four days after the Royal Idol competition end. She figured that if she loose in the competition, she can always get back at the citizens for voting for Prince Snow War instead of her by raising the apple price again during the budgeting day, after all, no matter what, whether she win or loose in the Royal Idol, the throne is still hers to keep.

My advice to all of those sms voters who will need to make your decision tomorrow, please choose wisely. Our pocket is at stake. Let’s stay tune on who will win the Royal Idol tomorrow, and in the meantime, tuck in, and get a good night sleep, children. Sweet dreams.

Cleffairy: Excuse me while I go and stock up on apples so that I can continue having nice and sweet apple pies at a slightly reduced price before some wicked queen decided to make it more expensive again.

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