So I met up with the two Alexes again to get our band (Friends of the Enemy - not the unnamed one) moving again after the boys were on hols. I was led to this forum thingamajig at a website called punkas.com. Something about the New Zealand punk scene and all that jazz.

The post mentioned something to the effect of the rest of the band-members bullying this poster in high school and starting a band. Apparently, because of that we suck. Here are some gems which proves stupidity is not limited to Americans.

"fakes. And i havent even listened to the music"

"Here's the tab for all their songs:
power chord at 5th fret, up, down, left, right.
Except the poingant ballad they wrote for their mums, which goes:
power chord at 5th fret, up, left, right."

A few posts later, the same person writes: -
"That was the point. I didn't even bother going to their myspace."

However, this one was really funny: -
"i'm curious as to which ones actually bullied chris? all five of them? even mild mannered Ben Lee, with his slender asian build?
and what exactly did they do to you chris? wedgies? toilet dunking? poo in your backpack?"

Finally, after much pushing the initial poster says: -
"I think it was more the fact that (in my own opinion) they suck."

So in conclusion, the internet makes you stupid.

And ladies, according to some people on the internet I don't know, I am mild-mannered and have a slender Asian build.

Oh yeah....

For the record, this was way back in April and I just find it quite funny. Apparently, several people have added us on Myspace *because* of the publicity generated. No wonder Britney Spears and Paris Hilton do such stupid public things.

Have you ever been poked in the eye by a microphone?



I have.

So in the last couple of days, Najib threw a tantrum. We all know he and Anwar are at loggerheads - and as much as I dislike Anwar (for his shenanigans with Al Gore), I like Najib even less. At least Anwar's a charismatic man.

But anyway: in one of his childish tantrums, someone I know (relatively well) got caught in the crossfire and got sent to jail. Long and convoluted story later (which included a whole lot of people vigilling and doing the usual activist activities), he's free though chances are Najib's looking at him with a hawk-eye hoping for another chance to bugger his old pal, Anwar.

What do I learn from this?

Politics is fucked.

I was just bitching about Malaysia the other day, about how we are so racially segregated (tell me honestly, how many people of other races you really have? I don't mean the ones that switch culturally to your style, I mean those hard-out people not of your race). About how the non-Malays are treated like second-class citizens in their own land (fuck Bumiputra rights, I'm a fifth-generation Malaysian - and Muzaffar Shah is a bloody fourth-generation immigrant. Khir Toyo is first-generation.), about how the non-Malays are so petty against the Malays.

Our country is fucked. The leaders are fucked, the people are fucked - hell, even I am fucked.

Everyone and their dog bitches and moans about BN, but look at the alternative. Do you honestly think PKR has any set plans for the nation? They'd be just as bad as BN, probably and we only replace horseshit with cowshit. PAS? Sorry, as much as I respect the religions of others I had enough of religion shoved down my throat (Catholic priests and all that). DAP? Communists, they'd turn us into Singapore if they had a bleedin' chance - and remember Singapore does NOT have a secret ballot and is about as totalitarian as they come. So yeah, Malaysia is in a quagmire.

To those who say we're one of the best in SE Asia, well that's like saying syphillis is the best of the STDs.

My thoughts are going in random directions now simply because I'm just pissed off at the lack of hope for Malaysia. Racial segregation may not be the end of the world (it did work for 50 years after all) but till we get over that shit, we are fucked.

Ah, for steps to be taken in the right direction. Alas, I hope in vain.