30 YEARS OF YEARNING.

What a wonderful way to close a lost 3 decades.
In a much earlier era, my late father was similarly separated from his Taiwanese father, a Japanese university graduate.
His father spent many years teaching in different Chinese Association "night schools" moving from Singapore to Kedah in the then Malaya and had to depart in a great hurry to his homeland just prior to the outbreak of the 2nd World War.
He left everyone, his Peranakan wife, his family and everything behind.
It must have broken his heart.
My uncle did visit Taiwan a few times in search of their secretive father but details of him were just too sparse.
Yak Eng Wai's grandchildren will now have their grandfather back.
So it is really nice to hear of a happy ending after 30 years of yearning.

Businessman Yak Eng Wai, who finally found his frst wife and son after more than three decades, is planning a reunion in Brunei.
The 62-year-old Singaporean, who runs a successful auto service and parts centre in the tiny oil kingdom, said he hoped the family would be able to reunite away from the public eye.
“We want it to be a private affair away from the media spotlight.

THAT IS WHERE THE INNER ROT BEGAN.

These are the days of many instant political geniuses. They now demand their pound of political flesh for they have deemed themselves to be the movers and shakers of the 12th election in 2008.
While these opportunistic low lifes have the right to speak out loudly, the executive branch of each Pakatan Rakyat state must not kow-tow to them.
PR must never be beholden to greedy warlords and misled-napoleons. That is where the great inner rot began for the Umno run federal government.

Hindraf plans protests outside DAP offices in six states at 4pm over the High Chaparral issue. Ten Hindraf representatives met Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to hand over the memorandum on problems faced by villagers in Kampung Buah Pala.
Hindraf leader P. Waythamoorthy’s seven-year-old daughter was also with them. Lim said that the Penang Pakatan Rakyat government had never approved the demolition of Kampung Buah Pala. He said any action taken was done by the private developer via a court order.

The Penang state executive council has sacked municipal councillor Johari Kassim, the controversial Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) whip who led a boycott of the swearing-in ceremony of council president Mokhtar Mohd Jait. State Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the state executive council unanimously agreed to revoke his appointment under Section 10 (4) of the Local Government Act 1976 during its weekly meeting last Friday.

SMOOTH CRIMINAL..

This dance the Ardha is performed by the Bedouin tribes of the Arabian peninsula.
A little tweaking of the music by a person who goes by the name GalagBasha has turn this traditional dance into a fully choreograph Michael Jackson jig.



Compare this traditional beat.



And talking about smooth criminals.
Najib is alleged to have raised the keris and also alleged to have declared "Bathe the keris with Chinese blood" in 1987.
Today he calls for unity and equality with his 1Malaysia.

Karpal alleged that Najib, during a rally in the run-up to the 1987 Operasi Lallang, had waved a keris in challenge to the Chinese community.
“If it was true, are you prepared to ask for forgiveness from the Chinese community?” Karpal demanded.
The allegation did nothing to dampen Najib’s mood.
“The incident did not take place. I have never said that. The one who should apologise is the YB concerned, not me,” he said.

Hat tip: AhmedAl Omran