Blood Is Thicker Than Water

Relevant Bible Verses

1) John 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear; and immediately there came out blood and water.

2) 1 Peter 1:19 But with precious blood, as a Lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ

3) 1 Peter 1: 20 Who was foreknown before the foundation of the world but has been manifested in the last times for your sake

Is blood really thicker than water? Maybe. Maybe not.

A good friend in Australia invited me to stay with him when he heard that I was taking my family for a short holiday in Melbourne. He also knew that my brother-in-law resides in Australia. In any case, I do not really mind where we were going to stay as it was going to be a short trip. I had to politely reject his invitation because I knew my the other better half (wife) would prefer to stay with her brother during our visit to Melbourne. He was very understanding when I rejected the offer, but made a cheeky comment by saying, "I suppose blood is thicker than water".

If you were to physically examine, blood is definitely thicker than water. However, in this instant, it means that the bonds of family and common ancestry are stronger than those bonds between unrelated people (such as friendship).

Jesus was hung on the cross and died on the mount of Golgotha, a place of a skull. When the Romans soldiers came to Jesus, they noticed that Jesus was motionless hanging on the old rugged cross. But to ensure and to complete His death, one of the soldiers actually pierced Jesus with a spear. According to the Bible, blood and water flowed out from the pierced side of Jesus.

We read that Jesus' death was planned even before the foundation of the world (1 Pet 1:20). But the meaning behind the water and blood that flowed out from the Lord's pierced side is even more enlightening.

Blood is for redemption, to deal with sins of the world (Heb 9:22). The blood of Christ is also for redemption of the churches today (Act 20:28).

Water is for imparting life, to deal with death for the producing of the church. Thus, by drinking of the water of life, we shall be given "fountain of water gushing up into eternal life" (John 4:14).

The Lord's death did two things for the human race. Firstly, it takes away our sins. Secondly, it imparts life into us. Therefore, the blood and the water that flowed out from the Lord's pierced side provided two aspects, i.e the redemptive aspect and the life-imparting aspect.

Thus, the question if blood is thicker than water, in this article is not really the issue. But that the results of our Lord's blood and water on that old rugged cross have provided us with the full redemption of our sins and the imparting of eternal life!

Prodigal Son (Part 2) Typology

Relevant Bible Verses

Luke 15:11-32

In the Prodigal Son Part 1 we discussed on the extent of God's love for the people of this world through our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. We are going to expound on the typology and symbolism of events/things in this parable. Most of the notes below are extracted from the Recovery Version Bible.

1) Luke 15:15 -"....to feed hogs."
Hogs are considered unclean (Lev 11:7). So to feed hogs is a dirty job, it signifies the unclean business of this satanic world.

2) Luke 15:17 - "But when he came to himself...."
This was due to the enlighthening and works of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. The conviction within us that makes us realise we have to come back to God.

3) Luke 15:18 - "I will rise up and go to my father...."
The conviction, the works of the Holy Spirit within us causes us to turn to God.

4) Luke 15:19 - "I no longer worthy.... ran and fell on his neck and kissed him affectionately."
The son did not know the father's love for him and that was why he said, "I no longer worthy". Sometimes we feel the same and not knowing how great God's unconditional love is for us. In effect, the father did not even think of the son's unworthiness but instead was only longing to see the son's return.

5) Luke 15:22 - "...the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet."
The word "the" is to identify a specific item. Thus, by saying "the robe" in this verse, it indicates that a particular robe has already been prepared for this particular purpose at this particular time.
"robe" here signify Christ the Son of God being the satisfying righteousness to cover the penitent sinner.
Puting a "ring" on the hand in this instant signifies the sealing of the Holy Spirit promised by God upon the acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Savior. (Eph 1:13).
"sandals" signify the power of God's salvation to separate the believers from the dirty earth. Both the ring and the sandals were signs of a free man. The adornment, consisting of the robe on the body, the ring on the hand, and the sandals on the feet, allowed the poor prodigal to match his rich father and qualified him to enter the father's house and feast with the father. God's full salvation adorns us with Christ and the life giving Spirit that we may enjoy the riches in His house.

6) Luke 15:24 - "...was dead and lives again; he was lost and has been found..."
All lost sinners are dead in the eyes of God (Eph 2:1,5). When they are saved, they are made alive (John 2:24-25; Col 2:13)

7) Luke 15:23 - "...fattened calf; slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry."
"fattened" signifies the unsearchable riches (Eph 3:8) supply of God's grace (Christ), killing on the cross for the believer's enjoyment. God's salvation has two aspects: the outward, objective aspect, signified by the best robe, and the inward aspect, subjective aspect, signified by the fattened calf - needed to be killed and consumed. Christ as our righteousness is our salvation outwardly; Christ as our life for our enjoyment is our salvation inwardly. The best robe enabled the prodigal son to meet the father's requirements and satisfy this father, and the fattened calf satisfied the son's hunger. Hence, the father and the son could be merry together.

8) Luke 15:25 - "...his older son was in the field..."
The word "older" signifies the Pharisees and scibes representing the unbelieving Jews, who pursue the law of righteousness (Rom 9:31-32) by work, signified by in the field. We ought to instead be pursuing righteousness by faith.

God bless you.

Prodigal Son (Part 1)

Relevant Bible Verses

1) Luke 15:11-32 Parable of the prodigal son.

A friend once asked me, "How do your children know that you truly love them?" I could not really answer him. But I know deep down inside me I truly love them and somehow they can feel my love for them. As a matter of fact, instinctively they also know I am supposed to take care of them, love them, support them (morally and financially) and to be hero over all aspects in their lives.

Do you still want to be parents and be put under such trememdous heavy responsibilities? Yes, of course! The joy you derive out of these little people is immensely satisfying that the heavy reponsibilities become so insignificant. As parents, we'll continue to shower our love upon our children as long as we can, without any slightest hesitation and expectations in return. This is parental love.

However, the parable of the prodigal son illustrates the higher God's unconditional love for the people of this world.

In this parable, there was a certain rich man who had two sons and how one of the sons (younger son) wanted to have his share of his father's wealth to be brought forward. To satisfy the son's wish, the father divided and distributed to him the portion of his share. Upon receiving the portion of his father's wealth this son immigrated to a distant country and there he squandered his money in living excessively.

When he has spent all, a femine came throughout the country and there was a very bad recession. People were suffering during that time and he was not excluded. In fact, he was so ruined and broke that he had to work in the field to feed hogs. The life in the field was depressing and it became so dire that from one point in time, he was satisfied eating the food meant for the hogs.

When he came to his senses, he told himself that many of his father's servants were having better and more delicious food than what he was eating. After much thoughts and reflections, although feeling shameful, he reluctantly decided to pack up and return home. He was even willing to be hired as one of the servants to his own father.

While he was still a long way off to the house, his father could see and recognised him immediately. The father was so moved with compassion, he ran to him and fell on his neck and kissed him affectionately.

At this moment, the son felt even more condemned and said, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, I am no longer worthy to be called your son". The father probably did not even hear what the son was saying, due to his overwhelming joy in seeing his son again. But instead instructed the servants to quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet. He further instructed the servants to bring out the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let everyone eat and be merry. The father was so happy and he said, "Because this son of mine was dead and lives again, was lost and was found!"

The elder son was still working in the field. After a hard day work, he returned home. Just before reaching the house, he heard music and dancing coming from the house. Being curious, he asked one of the servants what was the occasion. The servant answered, "Your younger brother from overseas has come home, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf, because he was so happy to have him back to the house, safe and sound". Upon hearing this, he was quite disturbed and refused to go into the house. The father then came out and persuaded him to join them in the celebrations. He felt that his father was being unfair as he had been so faithful working in the fields, following every instruction for years and that his father had not celebrated in the manner as he did for his younger brother.

The older brother even accused the father that despite the younger son receiving his portion of his share of the father's wealth earlier, living in excessiveness, living in sins, and indulged in all the bad things while he was overseas, was so willing to slaughter for him the fattened calf and had a big celebrations.

But the father explained to the older son that his younger brother was once "dead" and now has come to "life", and he was lost and has been found and has returned home.

This story illustrates to us the extent of a father's love for his children. The father was willing to distribute the portion of his wealth to the son even though the time is not up yet. Despite of the son spending all his share of the money, not only in excessiveness but indulging in all the immoral activities. The father was so willing, without a slightest hesitation to accept the son back to the home and was so overwhelmed with joy that he even celebrated his son's return.

God's love for us is like the story above. We were once dead and lost but because of God's unconditional love, we are alive and now found in the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ..

Salvation Assured

Relevant Bible Verses:

1) Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

2) John 3:15 That everyone who believes into Him may have eternal life.

3) John 10:28 And I give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.

4) Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, And yet have fallen away, to renew themselves again unto repentance, crucifying again for themselves the Son of God and puting Him to open shame.

How sure are we that we have the full salvation when we accepted Jesus to be our Lord and personal Savior? I am still hearing Christians (even older ones) engaging in discussions if they will ever lose their salvation.

Romans 10:13, John 3:15 and John 10:28 above are straight forward and clear. For those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved and the by no means we shall perish forever. So, you are saved for eternity.

Lets affirm our stance further with Hebrews 6:4-6. When I first read these verses, I was quite disappointed. In my early Christian life, I was quite active in God's work and faithful in attending church services. I must acknowledge it was by God's grace and the Holy Spirit that I could live a heavenly life on earth and partake of the divine holiness. As partaker of the Holy Spirit, I partake of God as my enjoyment. A few years after, I actually gone cold and backslided.

If you literally follow these verses, then it is impossible for me to come back to God again - because i have once fallen away. However, on my third reading, the Holy Spirit begun to reveal to me the actual meaning behind these verses.

What it really mean is that Christians who have fallen away (backslided) when they come back to God, there is no need to renew unto the repentance that has been made already. The day you accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior, is the day when the foundation is laid. The foundation of God's grace has already been laid - no need to build the foundation again. We just have to carry on building from where we stopped.

Therefore, since the foundation of salvation throught Christ has already been laid and it is the foundation of God's Grace (Christ's seed planted in our life), the foundation in us is eternal!

Iron Sharpens Iron

Relevant Bible Verses

1) Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

2) 1 Corinthians 14:26 What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.

3) Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

4) Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

The above verses emphasize the basic principle for Christians to build up one another, not only for ourselves. Hence we must consider others when we meet up, be it in cell meeting, church service, over a cup of tea, etc. It is not how much we say that matters, but whether or not what we say builds up others. Be sensitive to one another and your speaking must be for the benefit of the meeting.

Always seek the building up of others. Remember "Let all things be done for building up."

So, let everybody come to the meeting with a goal in mind,

I AM THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF.

Integrity & Credibility

I remember a story entitled, Crying Wolf from a book I read to my son some months ago. It was about this boy who was trying to fool the farmers in the village.

The boy came up with this mischievious idea. He went up to the top of the hill and started to shout, "WOLF, WOLF, WOLF......". Upon hearing the loud pleading voice of the boy, all the farmers quickly ran up to the top of the hill with sticks, spades, forks, staff, rods, etc to extend help but only to find they were being fooled. There was no wolf and the sheep were happily grazing the grass. The farmers were very angry with the boy. He did the same trick on the second day and again the famers raced up to the top of the hill, but there was no wolf. The farmers were very up-set with this boy's irresponsible doing.

On the third day the farmers again heard the boy shouted, "WOLF, WOLF, WOLF, PLEASE HELP, PLEASE HELP, THIS IS FOR REAL!", but this time no body believed him. People ignored him and continued to work on the farm. However, in this particular instant the wolf was actually there and it ended up hurting the boy and killing all the sheep.

This is a lesson on the integrity and credibility.

The Seputeh MP Teresa Kok was arrested last Friday under ISA. She was released after being detained for 7 days under the ISA, despite the fact that the police had earlier issued a 28-day remand order. "The flip-flopping doesn't inspire confidence", according to former Health Minister and also former MCA vice-president Datuk Chua Soi Lek.

From the general public point of view, her arrest under the draconian ISA has already affected the government credibility. A country that uphold democracy cannot simply detain a civilian without first ascertaining the grounds of arrest and later release the person and pretend nothing has happened. This will leave a very bad taste in the mouth.

With the recent arrest under the ISA and the uncertainties created, the government continues to cast serious doubts and the lost of confidence into the minds of the people.

I believe the integrity and credibility of our government will continue to erode should this flip-floppings and injustice treatments not reversed.

Immigration

Somehow the grass always look greener on the other side of the pastures. However on the contrary not all glitters are gold as well.

We humans are creatures of habits. We can be so comfortable with our life that we become so complacent holding on to our cozy lifestyle making us indifferent to any opportunity before us. We see no reason to change fearing the worst may happen should we decide to act. It is quite natural to feel nervous, anxious and uncomfortable when we are faced with a situation that demands decision to change the way we live. We fear of losing the things we possess and enjoy, we fear of the uncertainties in the future, we fear of losing someone we truly loved, fear of anything that may harm us and sometimes we even fear for no reason. Afterall, we are only human beings with feelings. However, because of the fear and thus the reluctance to take up any challenges in life and holding on to our possessions and cozy lifestyle, we loose golden opportunities for better things. It is like a statement I heard, "if you do not pull the trigger, you will miss the target totally". Take some risks!!!!

We are the creation of God and each one of us is created very specially with unique set of preferences and likings for things in this world. Therefore, each person's level of tolerance towards a decision process also vary from one to the other. To some, decisions making may be part of their working life, while some may take the decision process very differently. In the extreme case, some may even have sleepless nights when face with a tough decision. In scientific term we called it insomnia.

Making decisions in our routine daily living is easy. For example, the option to have sugar in my white coffee or the choice to opt for the white or blue blouse, etc. These are easy decisions to make. But when we are faced with the decision to purchase a house, then to many i believe is a big decision. A house to many may be the single largest investment made in our life time. So more time and thoughts are needed to make such decision. From my personal view, shifting/moving house can also be a very stressful exercise. That is why some people live and die in the only house they owned. Due to the high level of stress, people refuse to make a decision to move house. I've heard of comment such as, "moving house is the second most stressful thing in life, after divorce". I am only talking about moving within suburbs or maybe within states. Keeping this thought in mind and the already high level of stress one will face in moving house, I can confidently say that the level of stress to be many many more times higher when one is moving overseas for good.

Immigrating to other country can be a very very stressful event. The anxiety of migrants and uncertainties in the new country, the new environment, the languages, the people, their culture, the food, the way of life, etc are way beyond one can imagine. They are so many unanswered questions only time will help. These days, I must admit, due to the globalization and the ease in air transports, particularly the budget airlines have made the world smaller. The availability of internet access has unlocked wealth of information. As a result, people are more informed and educated. The stress in immigration is therefore reduced significantly.

Despite of these, migrants are still subjected to a tremendous high level of anxiety and stress in immigrating to other country. To some, immigrating to other country may be imminent for reasons only they can answer. So, please share your secrets in handling the stress level........

Fishing Chemistry

I had the opportunity to be exposed to chemistry subject when I was in upper secondary school. Chemistry was one of the compulsory subjects i needed to study in the science stream of upper secondary school. As a matter of fact, to be selected to continue in science stream for the lower and upper six (pre-university) during my time, you needed to obtain an aggregate of 9 or less credits in any of the three science subjects, namely, Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry from your MCE examination (Malaysian Certificate of Education) result. MCE was an equivalent qualification to the British "O" (Ordinary) Level. If you scored a distinction in a subject, you will get a 1 grade/credit and the grade number will go up when you do not score too well. A fail will receive a 9 grade/credit. So, to be selected and qualified to pursue in the science stream, you need at least a 3 grade in each of three science subjects mentioned earlier.

To be frank, Chemistry was the subject I feared most particularly the organic chemistry topic. With the little knowledge I gathered in my two years of lower and upper six classes, and despite the struggle in the Chemistry subject and the difficulty in understanding it, I managed to at least experiment and learned how certain chemicals reacted when put together. Some chemicals simply do not mix very well, for example oil and water, while some mixed so well that they form into a new substance, for example zinc with copper into brass.

I believe God has created each one of us very specially and truly we are made to have our very own unique likings and preferences for things in life. So the saying that goes, "one man's food is another 's poison" becomes apparent.

The chemistry, the special preferences which God has given us and many other factors also contributed to the people we like to associate with in our daily life. Ever heard of someone's commented, "I hate this guy and just do not wish to see him again" or "I really like this Mr X. When I am with him I feel like I've known him for years". To the extreme, I have heard of comment such as, "When I look at him, I feel like SLAPPING him!"

When fishing is concerned, the "chemistry" amongst the regular clique is no different. As a matter of fact, due to the liking each angler has in sport fishing, the "chemistry" to be able to mix and mingle becomes even more important. I've heard many comments in the course of my fishing trips with some of my regular keen angler friends and started to analyze why some of them simply refuse to continue going out fishing with one particular person after a few fishing outings with him.

Time is scares these days, and time waits for no one. So time becomes so important that anglers do not want to waste their precious time with people they cannot really click. In addition, passion is built in anglers that most of the time, they can be so mesmerized and engrossed during fishing sessions. The presence of that particular person they do not like to go fishing with may disturb their concentration and enjoyment of their hobby. Thus, anglers are very selective of who become their fishing mates.

Since we are all born special, everyone has a set of characters which are difficult to change in a short period of time. So, naturally, we humans just do not like to hang around with people who do not have characters or habits which do not quite suit our taste. We enjoy being with people whom we are comfortable with and who have common interests. Once, I have heard comment from a fellow angler, "The haruan was really big and it was as big as your thigh!" The fact that haruan in excess of 1.5kg is hardly to come by these days and by passing such comment is just going to rub salt into the wound.

So, anglers are a bunch of people with a set of common peculiar characters. Sometimes words cannot express.......

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Walk The Talk

If someone has passed a comment on your particular behavior, the comment made may either be true or it may not be true or it may be the combination of both. The truthfulness of that particular comment depends very much on that person’s perception and opinion of you. There are of course many other factors, which contributed to the formation of that opinion and comment. In view of the factors and personal preferences, the comment made may have the tendency to be more skewed towards the combination of both, i.e. some true and some not so true elements associated with the statement.

Extending this further to include what has been written, be it a direct translation of what people said or what has been interpreted by some journalists. The same principle shall apply. However, in every situation there is always exception to the general rule. One of the exceptions to the general rule would be the credibility of the person making the statement. Credibility of a person, I believe is closely linked with his position, his background, his educational qualifications, his wealth, his past track records, his family history, and strings of other factors etc.

Zaid Ibrahim was made the Law Minister of Malaysia in March 2008 when Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Prime Minister of Malaysia reshuffled his cabinet after the just concluded 2008 General Election (GE). As the Law Minister, his main task is to oversee legal affairs and judicial reform. With the judicial system been riddled with scandals, especially following the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam Video Clip, which allegedly revealed fixing of judicial decisions and graft in the judiciary system of Malaysia.

Born in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Zaid started his law studies in University Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam by taking his LL.B (Hons.) External Programme which was conducted by the University of London. Upon graduating from UiTM, he went to London and was accepted as a Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple. In 1987 he founded Zaid Ibrahim & Co., which as of 2008 is one of the largest law firm in Malaysia.

In 2000, he joined UMNO, becoming Kota Bharu, UMNO division chief a year later. He was later suspended but became Kelantan Umno deputy liaison chief two years later. Zaid contested and won the Parliamentary seat of Kota Bharu in the 2004 GE. However, UMNO dropped him as a candidate in the 2008 GE. It suffered heavy losses, including the 2/3 majority necessary in the Dewan Rakyat to pass amendments to the Constitution of Malaysia.

Zaid is well known for his criticism of the government's handling of legal issues such as the judiciary, human rights and Islamic Law. Within days of his appointment as Minister, Zaid stated that the government had to openly apologize for its handling of the 1988 Judicial Crisis, which saw the sacking of the then Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat. Zaid called it one of his three main goals: "In the eyes of the world, the judicial crisis has weakened our judiciary system." However, he rejected the idea of reviewing the decision: "I am not suggesting that we re-open the case. I am saying that it’s clear to everyone, to the world, that serious transgressions had been committed by the previous administration. And I believe that the PM is big enough and man enough to say that we had done wrong to these people and we are sorry."

So, with the comments made thus far by this vocal and outspoken Law Minister, which saw a slide improvement in the judiciary system. Recently Zaid has again made a comment and has expressed his disagreement with last Friday's Internal Security Act (ISA) dragnet where DAP parliamentarian and Selangor senior exco Teresa Kok, controversial blogger king Raja Petra Kamaruddin and Sin Chew Daily reporter Ms Tan Hoon Cheng were held for allegedly being a threat to national security. Following his statement, he has even tendered his resignation over the government’s use of the ISA on civilians. Zaid further said, "We have a government that commits to laws and reforms, we can't be using old-style politics or resort to creating fear. We have laws and they (the detainees) should be charged in court."

Think About It!!!

If such a person who is so closely linked to the Prime Minister office and has been entrusted to the reform of judiciary system of Malaysia with such a fantastic background, experience, educational qualifications, good track records, etc has come out to criticize the inconsistency application of ISA, even to the extent of giving up this important Law Minister portfolio – This warrants some ATTENTION and CREDIBILITY on the comments of this person from the people.

You be the judge. And you should as it is your BASIC CITIZEN RIGHTS to demand JUSTICE and ACCOUNTABILITY!

Hold The Fort

I set-up this blog mainly to express my personal view of any issues, particularly the current happenings in Asia. The topics discussed can be politics, hobby, life in general, food, travelling, fashion and more. Looking at the current events that are happening around Asia, one topic that is iron hot to talk about is the political situation in Malaysia. The ruling coalition party, namely Barisan Nasional (BN) looks like is going through some turmoils. With the last 2008 General Election and the Permatang Pauh (PP) by-election just concluded, we could see how the voters switched in favour for the opposition parties - PAS, PKR & DAP, denying BN 2/3 majority in the parliament.

The people have spoken against the long ruling BN which have been controlling the parliament for the past 51 years since independence. The gross disappointment of the continuous perceived eroding and accused corruption within the Malaysian Government from the Rakyat has created the deep desire amongst the people for change. The silent voice of the people is way far too loud, even the deaf can hear.

With the petrol price increased from RM1.97 to RM2.70 per litre recently was enough for people to assume the mis-management of funds, especially when Malaysia is the net exporter of petroleum. Logic will tell a simple layman that the increased petroleum price will bring in more profit for the country. So why should the people of Malaysia have to pay more for petrol? The worst part was when the increased in price happened only 5 months after the GE 2008. The results of this has caused inflation to crept into the systems causing further dissatisfaction amongst the people of Malaysia.

Dato' Anwar Ibrahim the former Deputy Prime Minister after 10 years of disappearance from politics scene, mainly spending time in jail after being sacked in September 1998 from the cabinet. Beaten up by the chief police almost to death, has now come back with even more determination to topple the Malaysian Government. He has targeted to take over the government on 16th Sept 2008 by way of persuading some Barisan Nasional MPs to defect to his side and enough to command at least a simple majority in the parliament. He was recently sworn in as member of Malaysian Parliament after winning a staggering majority margin from the PP by-election following his wife vacating the constituency position. So far Anwar has been riding on the waves which are in his favour. This is not helping the ruling party which is having internal power struggle among the few top leaders in UMNO. The charismatic politician, Anwar Ibrahim using his charm and dynamic vocal speeches has managed to form a coalition opposition party with DAP, a predominantly Chinese opposition party and PAS, a predominantly Muslim Malay opposition party. The art of putting these two parties together working under one roof is amazing and mind boggling, since the DAP has always viewed PAS as being a fanatic Muslim party planning to change the country into an Islamic state, which is most feared by most Chinese.

There have been many incidents boiling lately in the Malaysian Politics. With the previous long ruling Premier of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir resigning as member of UMNO as a step in pressuring his hand picked successor, Dato’ Ahmad Badawi. Just within 5 months after resigning, Tun Mahathir has announced to rejoin UMNO. I am assuming he is switching to plan B to force Badawi to step down since his plan A did not work that well. The persistency and determination of this man to oust Badawi as UMNO President is beyond anyone's imagination - love UMNO more than Country or hate Badawi more than UMNO???? I'll leave this to your imagination and conclusion.

Other major and relevant exciting recent events need to be mentioned are the Penang UMNO chief, Ahmad Ismail's racist comments, the 2nd arrest of blogger king Raja Petra Kamarudin under ISA, the recent arrest of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok and Sin Chew's journalist Ms Tan Hoon Cheng under ISA, the surprise Muhyiddin's U-Turn remarks, the Mongolian beauty's murder saga, the Taiwan's "agriculture tour", the Pulau Batu Putih's ICJ case, and many others. These are events the people of Malaysia are questioning and has lately become a hot topic in all walks of Malaysian lives - from the "teh tarik" table to the boardroom table. People are watching like a hawk from all corners. It seems like every Malaysian has somehow turned politician lately. The lack of crystal clear explanation and the incomplete flow of proper and honest information have casted serious doubts in the minds of the people, which have caused the lost of confidence in the ruling coalition.

So, with these unfortunate events that are happening and the lost of faith in the ruling coalition government, can BN still continue to hold the fort?

You be the judge. And you should as it is your BASIC CITIZEN RIGHTS to demand JUSTICE and ACCOUNTABILITY!

Initialization

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