Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Bersih 3.0: You have to admit, it's hard to beat this guy
From FaceBook: How the northern barricade was really breached
Debate on 'Allah' on AlJazeera- 'both sides' invited
A must watch video. This video punches holes into the current 'Allah' issue.
Inside Story presenter Nick Clark is joined by Khairul Faiz Morat, the vice president of international affairs of the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement, Reverend Herman Shastri, the general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia, and Zachary Abuza, a professor of political science at Simmons College specialising in the politics of Southeast Asia.
Inside Story presenter Nick Clark is joined by Khairul Faiz Morat, the vice president of international affairs of the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement, Reverend Herman Shastri, the general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia, and Zachary Abuza, a professor of political science at Simmons College specialising in the politics of Southeast Asia.
April 7 By-Elections in Batang Ai, Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau
Not many words in this post, just the video 'I Dreamt of Change' a blurry flashback from my video archives on the March 8 General Elections last year. Recut and remastered with A.R. Rahman and Suzzane's haunting score, Latika's Theme, from Slumdog Millionaire thrown in. Dedicated to the coming triple by-elections in Batang Ai, Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau on April 7 2009.
I was there when the Wangsa Maju election results were announced and Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong won by a margin of 150 votes. I think this is the only election results in Malaysian history where the postal votes worked in favor of the Opposition rather than BN.
What's the big deal about Negarakuku
I had almost forgotten about this guy Namewee who spawned some controversy with his home-cooked rap version of our national anthem uploaded to You Tube on July 15 2007. This video was a runaway hit, grabbing over 100, 000 views in a short time- sparked some uproar with the Malaysian public and authorities; and had several MCA personalities defending Wee. I still remember catching over the news Namewee with Chua Soi Lek in the latter's office over this issue. Chua was the Health Minister then, whom ironically in the later part of 2007 had his blackmail-video thingy hitting the JB streets and You Tube as well. I never did really catch Namewee's video, subject matter of the controversy, until he appeared again in The Star on the same issue again. I thought the police was over-reacting- this time around he's being investigated under the Sedition Act, prompting me to check out his Negarakuku video. Look at this no-brainer interview here:
The Negarakuku postings in You Tube also sparked off ugly racist comments - I found one video posting accompanied by 25,000 ugly comments traded between You Tube fans. The video does have intentional racist and blesphemous undertones, but the rap is a refreshing departure from the serious pre-1992 Wah Idris-reengineered version of Negaraku. The review is here, in this wiki. I came across versions of 'Mamula Moon' (Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders) and 'Terang Bulan', the local cover version, which the Negaraku is based on. Read the 'Terang Bulan' story here. My favorite 'Terang Bulan' (Rudy Van Dalm) version is here, dedicated to all bloggers fighting for a true and just cause. Strangely, the lyrics to this song, if you catch them, does reflect our political scene.
The Negarakuku postings in You Tube also sparked off ugly racist comments - I found one video posting accompanied by 25,000 ugly comments traded between You Tube fans. The video does have intentional racist and blesphemous undertones, but the rap is a refreshing departure from the serious pre-1992 Wah Idris-reengineered version of Negaraku. The review is here, in this wiki. I came across versions of 'Mamula Moon' (Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders) and 'Terang Bulan', the local cover version, which the Negaraku is based on. Read the 'Terang Bulan' story here. My favorite 'Terang Bulan' (Rudy Van Dalm) version is here, dedicated to all bloggers fighting for a true and just cause. Strangely, the lyrics to this song, if you catch them, does reflect our political scene.
Has history been rewritten by fools?
Dear fellow malaysians,
I urge you to watch this video here . In my student years not too long ago, I do not recall any of these events in the history books that we studied. All I recall was how UMNO struggled in freeing our nation from the clutches of the British. If this video documentary is true, and I believe it is, judging by the personal accounts of the people interviewed; then we may have been fed with inaccurate historical facts of the struggle of our nation towards 'MERDEKA'.
And judging from the political tactics used by the present government, I am not very much surprised that the British did use the same ploy, and the successors of them are now using the same ideas. Remember, ISA was used to suppress "communist threat" in this country by the British.
After watching the whole documentary, and make sure you watch it, one starts to wonder whether there was any real threat from the communist in the first place...
I urge you to watch this video here . In my student years not too long ago, I do not recall any of these events in the history books that we studied. All I recall was how UMNO struggled in freeing our nation from the clutches of the British. If this video documentary is true, and I believe it is, judging by the personal accounts of the people interviewed; then we may have been fed with inaccurate historical facts of the struggle of our nation towards 'MERDEKA'.
And judging from the political tactics used by the present government, I am not very much surprised that the British did use the same ploy, and the successors of them are now using the same ideas. Remember, ISA was used to suppress "communist threat" in this country by the British.
After watching the whole documentary, and make sure you watch it, one starts to wonder whether there was any real threat from the communist in the first place...
Syed Hamid Albar: Use of ISA necessary to protect Malaysian public
Courtesy of Malaysiakini
Necessary to protect BN is more like it.
Latest update on Raja Petra
Plucked from Wee Choo Keong's blog posting at 11:09am today- RPK remains in Sungai Buloh prison at his own will and have started a hunger strike. He has voluntarily refused to post the RM5,000 bail and chose to remain in jail.
Meanwhile, the international and local press have picked up the news in detail- at this point in time there over 120 articles on RPK's charge.
OK, live telecast on parliament proceedings is on again
It was off, and now it's on again. Off because the PM was 'ashamed' of the 'how ' the proceedings went. Well I thought it went on fine except for the '...duduk, duduk...' ('...Seat down, seat down..') pleas from the chief speaker, What the heck- even the BN MPs want the live telecast to go on.
Live blog: Victory pics
YB Wee waves to supporters who have been waiting for the 'official' news. Most of them have been waiting for 3 hours for the recount.
Mobbed. Excited crowd rush to shake Wee's hand.
YB Wee addresses crowd after winning the Wangsa Maju and Parlimentary seat. Crowd goes frenzy. Democracy is alive!
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