Fireworks explode above George Town at the stroke of midnight and illuminate the sea around the island - Photos taken from mainland Penang
Malaysians are ushering New Year tonight, making the most of the start of what will be a difficult year ahead. Jobs are likely to be lost as the economy slows or even sinks into a recession. In the meantime, we are entering an equally uncertain period of political transition.
Still, amidst all the gloom, perhaps it would not be too much to hope that we can come up with creative, sustainable solutions to empower workers and marginalised communities and to transform the economy, promoting social justice and self-sufficiency while protecting the environment.I wish all of you a very happy new year and peace and blessings in the coming year. I know you may not always agree with me but I hope this blog encourages a rational discussion of the issues that matter and we can continue to learn from one another despite our differences of opinion.
Happy New Year, Anil! After spending many hours visiting your blog, it would be remiss of me not to send wishes! God bless!
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happy new year anil, and remember i am always with you in any efforts towards the betterment of anything.
Regards,
Dalbinder Singh Gill
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happy new year, anil.
yeah sad… 2009 will be a bleak year as recession comes a calling.
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How very true, there is nothing much to celebrate. The global financial crisis has certainly put a dent of a promising year. Retrenchment and unemployment will increase, as we enter deeper into the new year. Malaysia is not immune to this crisis, may even, goes into recession.
What measure has this UMNO-BN administration done so far to counter this unavoidable problem and to boost the economy…so far NOTHING!
Still playing politics and revealing just half truth to the nation, it is a joke.
In Australia, with a relative strong economy for the past few years, has now predicted a rise of 6% unemployment, may even reach as far as 8%, making almost 1 million unemployed. Malaysia with almost the same population should take this figure as a pointer.
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Wishing you a happy and successful New Year 2009!
Good luck with the good fight for peace and justice for ALL – you can’t help but win in the end!
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.
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Happy new year 2009. Good health and peace. “Another chance for us to get it right”-Mark Twain. Happy New Year.
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Anil, A very Happy New Year! Thanks for allowing us to share your thoughts.
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2009 is going to be a tough year but let’s hope that the typhoon will wash away most of the crap and leave us clean, lean and mean!
Best wishes to all!
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ENTERING YEAR 2009
In the year Two Zero Zero Nine
May everything in your life be fine
Free from all unnecessary man-made fines
As we seek peace for this world of yours & mine
“Wishing All Bloggers & Blog Visitors
A Happy & Blessed New 2009 Year!”
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng – 010109
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Thur. 1st Jan. 2009
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While you people in Bolehland have many things to complain about, you have not ponder to count your blessings. You are too negative. Look things at the positive angle. When compared to our southern neighbour, Singapore, we are truly very fortunate indeed.
While Singapore continues to add up more world-class achievements to their laurels, this is normal and expected. Anything that is predictable is not exciting. Life needs to be unpredictable and full of fun.
In Singapore everything is so clinical, tidy and well-oiled; and mind you, there are many things that Singaporeans cannot do that the denizens in Bolehland can. Try throwing a cigarette butt in the street and you would fined immediately. In Bolehland we can throw all types of rubbish in the streets, in the drains, in the rivers, in the parks and we can still live happily without being burdened with fines. Rivers in Singapore are sparkling clean all the time but that is nothing to shout about. Our rivers outdo those in Singapore: one moment it can be like teh-tarik and the next moment it can change to kopi-oh, milo or sparkling mineral water.
In Singapore the politicians are very predictable and dull. They are efficient, their hand are very clean, they are intelligent and of high caliber, and they don’t talk rubbish in Parliament. So what? It’s all predictable and dull and devoid of colour and entertainment; but that is expected of them. But in Bolehland we don’t need to have politicians of high caliber and intelligence, but they must be colourful and entertaining. We have all types of politicians: …. name it we have all of them. In Parliament we can see all types of … antics from such colorful characters such as Nazri, Bung Moktar, Khairy, Botak Hamid, and the Sleepy Beauty who can sleep peacefully while pandemonium broke out in the august house. Do you find such entertainment in the Singaporean parliament? No, it’s so business-like and so boring. In Bolehland our politicians need to be clowns and entertainers of every imaginable stripe. And best of all, in Bolehland we can enjoy such high-quality entertainment live on TV.
Singaporean politicians are not allowed to amass anything that they cannot account for. Not so in Bolehland. Politicians especially of the UMNOputra breed can grab everything and anything that they can lay their hands on and it’s legal because the Anti-corruption Agency can never find any dirt on them. One colourful character is Zakaria Deros of the Klang istana fame. From a humble gatekeeper, this guy can run rings around the local authorities and boss over everyone in power. He can even … holiday in Malacca when he said that he was sick and cannot meet the Sultan when summoned. Singaporean politicians are really green with envy since they cannot practice such hanky-panky and escape scot-free in efficient and squeaky-clean Singapore.
We have entertainments and circuses aplenty all year round in Bolehland. We have the sequel of the Great Sodomy trial – all with the same plot, the same characters, and a new star: Saiful who … got top billing in the Pematang Puah by-election. However, part of his fame was stolen … when the imam who presided over his swearing revealed… Then we have the 40 BN politicians who jumped out from Anwar Ibrahim fishing-net and escaped to Taiwan to learn the science of agriculture and came back with nothing to show of their expensive trip, which was sponsored by the good people of Bolehland.
Next, the big jam-up of the traffic in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor based on faulty intelligence of the police. Contingents of policemen were deployed to prevent a non-event. There was no demonstation as blown up in the MSM and there was no arrest. But the people of Bolehland wasted million of gallons of expensive petrol in the wake of the great hike of petrol prices. Prices of everything spiralled out of control with this hike and yet remained in the stratosphere even after oil prices drop like a ton of bricks 3 months later. Why, only in Bolehland profiteers and blood-suckers can thrive. How lucky and fortunate!
Accompanying these developments is the murder of a Mongolian beauty. Only in Bolehland, a suspect decided to swear on the koran…
And the most unexpected thrill of all was when the people of Bolehland woke up one fine morning in March and found that the undestructible BN Titanic that have ruled the Malaysian waters for half a century struck a coral reef and is sinking fast. The sky suddenly became clear and the air became less suffocating. Malaysians were walking more briskly with an unseen bounce in their stride. This was the most exhilarating experience that Malaysians have enjoyed in a long, long time.
Singaporeans are still stuck with their old and trusty PAP… How unfortunate!
All over the world, people are bracing for a recession. Not so in Bolehland. Our top-rated economists and ministers have declared that Bolehland is immuned and can carrry on business as usual. So we people in Bolehland are very fortunate that our great and wise leaders have not needlessly frightened everyone out of their wits. Carry on, the happy people of Bolehland while the whole world sinks and quakes in a state of depression and fear.
If indeed there are any awards that Bolehland can win we can sweep all the Oscars presented by Hollywood and Bollywood combined. It’s no accident that Malaysia is better known by its moniker, Bolehland – the land where everything is possible.
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Happy New Year Anil!
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Nice fireworks on top… Penang is still very dirty down there. Today’s article in The Star on the negative comments of the tourists to Penang vindicated the statement by Tourism Minister Azalina Osman. Happy New Year to all Penangites, let us not throw rubbish everywhere, can or not?
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BELT UP OR ELSE…
When you’re in a car you better wear your seat-belt
To avoid getting a ‘belting’ with fine and prison
And to see your precious financial resource melt
All because of better road safety as the official reason
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng – 010109
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot
Thur. 1st Jan. 2009.
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These are my wishes for you in 2009…
May peace and love break into your house.
May thieves come to steal only your debts away.
May your pockets be magnets for only RM/$/etc 100 (or more) notes.
May laughter assault you on your lips (with every sip or swing of hip)
May happiness slap you in your face (with enough grace to make you amazed)
May your tears be that of sheer joy (without any ploy to be deployed)
May all your health problems be snatched away by the time you finish reading this sms…
AND May 2009 BE THE BEST YEAR YET!!!
[Sharing via sms by Benny Loh of Malaysian Cartoons, slightly expanded...]
Samuel Goh Kim Eng – 010109
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Thur. 1st Jan. 2009.
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A very happy new and cleaner 2009 year is wished for you over there Anil.
Some here are busy today awarding some gratuitous End Of Year (EoY) honours so here is your well-earned EoY award of a three three-star cheers for your good mind-food postings in 2008.
So it’s:
HIP HIP HOORAY for ANIL!*** x3
Now please post more such good mind-food thoughts in 2009 okay.
WE SAY YEAH!
AND HARIS FOR AG & RPK FOR IGP! AND GO FOR DSAI FOR PM & LKS FOR DPM & KIND WAN AZIZAH FOR HOME MINISTER.
New Year Resolution: Seek out garbage and recycle or dispose.
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“Happy New Year” to all my brother and sister Penangites, wish 2009 is a year of change for the better for Penang under PR. You all are making a different to the rest of us from other states.
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Happy New Year, Penang!
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