Stevie Wonder is playing his first gig in Tokyo and the place is absolutely packed to the rafters.
In a bid to break the ice with his new audience he asks if anyone would like him to play a request.
A little old Japanese man jumps out of his seat in the first row and shouts at the top of his voice "Play a Jazz chord ! Play a jazz chord!".
Amazed that this guy knows about the jazz influences in Stevie's varied career, the blind impresario starts to play an E minor scale and then goes into a difficult jazz melody for about 10 minutes.
When he finishes the whole place goes wild. The little old man jumps up again and shouts "No, no, play a Jazz chord, play a Jazz chord".
A bit pissed off by this, Stevie, being the professional that he is, dives straight into a jazz improvisation with his band around the B flat minor chord and really tears the place apart. The crowd goes wild with this impromptu show of his technical expertise.
The little old man jumps up again.
"No, no. Play a Jazz chord, play a jazz chord". Well and truly pissed off that this little guy doesn't seem to appreciate his playing ability Stevie says to him from the stage "OK smart ass. You get up here and do it!"
The little old man climbs up onto the stage, takes hold of the mike...
and starts to sing ....
" A jazz chord to say I ruv you..."
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Stevie Wonder in Tokyo
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Monday, 26 November 2007
Penari Seksi di Kapal Maksiat
GEORGETOWN: Hanya dengan bayaran serendah RM60, kaki judi beragama Islam mendapat lesen besar untuk melepas gian di dalam kasino manakala kaki maksiat juga bebas menjalankan aktiviti tanpa bimbang ditahan pihak berkuasa.Penari Seksi
Inilah ‘kemudahan’ yang ditawarkan sebuah kapal persiaran mewah yang beroperasi dari pelabuhan negeri ini dengan perkhidmatan dua kali sehari pada waktu pagi dan malam bagi pelayaran sepanjang 11 jam.
Difahamkan, kapal yang membuat pelayaran dikenali ‘Island Trip’ (Pelayaran Pulau) itu mempunyai lesen sah tetapi yang dikesalkan ialah perkhidmatan dan aktiviti perjudian serta maksiat disediakan di atasnya turut dibuka kepada orang Islam.
Hasil pengalaman wartawan Metro Ahad menaiki pelayaran berkenaan selepas mendapat aduan daripada orang ramai, dapat dirumuskan ‘Island Trip’ lebih kepada satu platform untuk kegiatan judi dan maksiat bebas daripada kawalan pihak berkuasa dan bukan khidmat pelancongan sebenar.
Pada mulanya penumpang akan menaiki sebuah bot laju dan dibawa ke kapal berkenaan yang berlabuh kira-kira setengah batu nautika dari pantai pulau ini.
Sebaik tiba di atas kapal, penumpang diminta menyerahkan kad pengenalan dan pasport untuk aspek keselamatan sebelum dibawa menjamu hidangan makan malam di restoran di tingkat lima kapal berkenaan.
Kapal sepanjang kira-kira 200 meter dengan lebar 30 meter dan mempunyai seramai 100 kru pelbagai negara itu kemudian dikatakan bergerak ke perairan antarabangsa.
Tinjauan mendapati di sebalik ada tanda amaran supaya umat Islam tidak memasuki kasino di luar premis berkenaan, namun pengawal keselamatan dan kakitangan bertugas hanya mengambil sikap ‘pejam mata’.
Malah, pemantauan mendapati kira-kira 25 peratus daripada 400 penumpang kapal itu adalah orang Islam dengan sebahagian besar mereka ligat mempertaruhkan nasib di kasino.
Kasino dipercayai memberi pendapatan terbesar kepada kapal itu kerana setiap pelanggan diberikan kupon RM20 percuma seolah-olah galakan penumpang berjudi.
Ini menyebabkan ramai umat Islam mengambil kesempatan berjudi berikutan undang-undang yang ketat di Malaysia dengan umat Islam tidak dibenarkan memasuki kasino di Genting Highlands.
Kasino di tingkat dua kapal itu memiliki 15 meja pertaruhan. Ia membabitkan permainan ‘Banker & Player’, ‘Roulette’ dan ‘Black-Jack’.
Selain itu, di tingkat dua dan lima kapal berkenaan turut menempatkan kira-kira 100 mesin jackpot di tempat terbuka dengan sesiapa saja boleh bermain. Malah, di papan kenyataan kasino mengenai pemenang jackpot sepanjang minggu lalu, dua nama orang Islam tertera di situ.
Bagaimanapun, berbeza dengan mereka beragama lain yang gambar mereka terpampang di dinding berkenaan, umat Islam yang menang jackpot antara RM18,000 hingga RM25,000 itu tidak ada gambar mereka.
Bagi pelayaran malam, kasino itu dibuka kira-kira jam 11 malam, iaitu sejam selepas pelayaran. Ia dilengkapi sistem kamera litar tertutup (CCTV) yang cukup ketat bagi memantau pergerakan penumpang selain kakitangan kapal juga menggunakan walkie-talkie.
Malah, penumpang juga dilarang merakam gambar sama ada menerusi kamera atau kamera telefon bimbit di dalam kasino atau sudut jackpot.
Selain kasino dan jackpot, ruang arked permainan video di tingkat lima kapal itu turut menempatkan lima mesin slot kuda yang diharamkan di Malaysia dengan polis menggempur aktiviti perjudian haram itu secara besar-besaran tiga tahun lalu.
Selain aktiviti perjudian, kapal itu turut menyediakan khidmat urutan berharga RM66 untuk setiap 45 minit. Empat wanita Thailand berusia dalam lingkungan awal 20-an didapati bekerja di premis berkenaan.
Siasatan kemudian mendapati wanita terbabit menawarkan juga perkhidmatan seks dengan bayaran antara RM150 hingga RM200. Bagaimanapun, `perkhidmatan tambahan’ itu dipercayai dilakukan secara persendirian tanpa ada kaitan dengan kapal itu.
Berdasarkan maklumat yang diterima daripada penumpang kapal itu, ‘tarian bogel’ turut disediakan pada malam tertentu. Bagaimanapun, ketika wakil akhbar ini menaiki kapal itu, pertunjukan lucah itu tidak diadakan sebaliknya hanya ‘sexy show’ dengan penari agak seksi.
Kapal itu turut menyediakan bilik dengan kadar bayaran RM60 untuk sepanjang pelayaran dan bilik rehat (RM15) untuk mana-mana penumpang melelapkan mata sekiranya penat atau mengantuk.
Bilik berkenaan dipercayai mendapat sambutan hangat daripada pasangan bercinta di kalangan orang Islam untuk melakukan maksiat tanpa perlu berasa bimbang serbuan pegawai penguat kuasa Jabatan Agama Islam (JAI).
Difahamkan, pada hujung minggu, tempahan bilik perlu dibuat lebih awal berikutan permintaan tinggi.
Antara kemudahan lain disediakan termasuk refleksologi, salun, bilik tayangan filem, kedai cenderahati serta bistro yang beroperasi 24 jam untuk menikmati hiburan.
Tinjauan mendapati kebanyakan penumpang dewasa berusia antara 20-an hingga 60-an dengan kebanyakan ‘warga emas’ banyak menghabiskan masa di kasino.
Bagaimanapun, bagi pasangan muda, mereka hanya kelihatan ketika mula menaiki kapal dan kemudian waktu bersarapan sebelum pulang.
‘Pelindung’ operasi
GEORGETOWN: Alasan beroperasi di perairan antarabangsa dan tidak mengeluarkan sebarang dokumen hitam putih, termasuk resit kepada penumpang dipercayai menjadi ‘pelindung’ kapal persiaran mewah mampu bertahan sejak lima tahun lalu tanpa operasi mereka diganggu.
Ini kerana operasi kapal berkenaan hanya tersebar di kalangan kaki judi dan maksiat yang bimbang melakukan kegiatan mereka di dalam negara berikutan penguatkuasaan tegas pihak berkuasa.
Seorang pekerja industri yang hanya dikenali sebagai Didy, 45, mengaku ramai rakannya sering membawa teman wanita mereka menaiki bot berkenaan untuk ditiduri kerana selamat tidak ditangkap khalwat oleh penguat kuasa Jabatan Agama Islam (JAI).
“Kewujudan kapal ini mungkin agak asing kepada kebanyakan orang, tetapi bagi ‘kaki judi'’ dan ‘kaki betina’ memang ini tempat kesukaan mereka. Memang tak akan kena tangkap basah.
“Kalau tak ada ‘girlfriend’, mereka akan main judi kerana bayaran untuk naik kapal ini bukannya mahal cuma RM60 pagi dan RM70 malam,” katanya.
Sementara itu, Jabatan Agama Islam Pulau Pinang (Jaipp) mengaku sukar mengambil sebarang tindakan terhadap umat Islam yang dilaporkan melakukan maksiat termasuk berjudi di atas kapal persiaran.
Ketua Unit Penguatkuasanya, Faizal Ibrahim, berkata pihaknya tidak boleh mengambil tindakan kerana sukar untuk mendapatkan sebarang bukti yang menunjukkan golongan itu berbuat demikian.
Menurutnya, pelbagai andaian boleh ditafsirkan sama ada kehadiran umat Islam di atas kapal berkenaan semata-mata untuk bercuti atau sebaliknya kerana pergerakan mereka sukar dikesan.
Katanya, lebih merumitkan kawalan keselamatan yang terlalu ketat oleh pihak pengurusan kapal akan menimbulkan kesulitan kepada penguat kuasa agama untuk mengambil sebarang tindakan ke atas mana-mana individu.
“Sama ada umat Islam berjudi atau melakukan maksiat sukar untuk dikenal pasti kerana segala aktiviti berkenaan didakwa berlaku di perairan antarabangsa.
“Setakat ini, Jaipp belum menerima laporan tetapi tindakan tegas akan diambil sekiranya mereka melakukannya di perairan negara mengikut enakmen Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah Negeri Pulau Pinang
Source: Harian Metro
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Forceps left in woman's abdomen
She dismissed it as a possible side-effect from a hysterectomy she had in September.
It was only on Deepavali day, when the pain became unbearable and she vomited incessantly, that the assistant nurse suspected that something was wrong.
When she was rushed to the private hospital where she worked, doctors suspected food poisoning but an X-ray revealed a more shocking reason for her pain.
There was a foreign object in her abdomen.
She had undergone the hysterectomy after she was diagnosed with a cyst in her womb.
Following the X-ray, her doctor referred her back to the hospital which had conducted the hysterectomy.
She underwent another three-hour surgery on Nov 11 and found out that the foreign object was a 20cm-long forceps.
The forceps had ruptured part of her intestines and doctors had to remove 5cm of the damaged intestine.
"It has been more than 10 days since I was warded. Now, I feel better and there is no more pain. But I am afraid that there may be problems in the future," said the single mother of one.
When asked if she was going to take legal action against the hospital, Kalaiyarasi, 44, said her focus now was to get well.
The hospital director could not be contacted.
Source: The New Straits Times
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Tidur boleh, seks jangan
KUALA LUMPUR: Lagak seperti perempuan jalang, namun mereka digelar ‘Minah ringan-ringan’ kerana hanya menawarkan perkhidmatan seperti menemani pelanggan bersuka ria dan menonton wayang.
Mereka juga boleh diajak tidur di hotel tapi dilarang melakukan hubungan seks.
Hubungan mesra bersyarat itu dikesan dilakukan segelintir pelajar kolej yang bersedia menjadi teman sosial kepada lelaki baru dikenali sama ada melalui rakan atau laman sembang.
Bagaimanapun, lelaki yang mahu melanggani mereka hanya dibenarkan melakukan tiga perkara iaitu memegang tangan, memeluk atau melakukan ciuman ringan tanpa membabitkan hubungan ranjang, termasuk seks oral.
Usaha mendekati Fara mulanya menghadapi kesukaran berikutan dia curiga bagaimana penulis memperoleh nombor telefon bimbitnya dan banyak bertanya berkaitan latar belakangnya.
Dia yang dipujuk berulang kali akhirnya bersetuju dibawa keluar dengan menetapkan beberapa syarat, antaranya hanya boleh membawanya keluar antara jam 8 malam hingga 8 pagi esoknya.
Selain itu, penulis perlu memastikan hotel yang diduduki selamat dan bukan hotel murahan atau rumah tumpangan kerana bimbang dicekup pihak berkuasa.
Fara menetapkan perkhidmatannya RM100 selain memberi amaran jangan cuba-cuba melakukan hubungan seks kecuali adegan ringan-ringan.
Ditanya kenapa dia sanggup keluar atau tidur dengan lelaki tetapi tidak membenarkan hubungan seks, Fara sekadar memberi jawapan dia belum bersedia untuk ‘itu’ dan hanya mahu menjadi teman berbual kepada lelaki yang kesunyian.
Fara bersetuju berjumpa di sebuah lobi hotel di Jalan Sultan Ismail sebelum diajak menjamu selera sebelum dibawa masuk ke bilik hotel.
Dia yang berseluar jeans dan kemeja-T dengan potongan badan menarik mudah diajak berbual tanpa rasa kekok walaupun kali pertama berjumpa.
“Saya bukan bohsia atau pelacur! Saya cuma tawarkan khidmat menemankan lelaki kebosanan dan inginkan rakan berbual,” katanya sambil menyedut rokok.
Menurutnya, dia boleh berlagak seperti kekasih, malah ada antara pelanggan hanya menggunakan khidmatnya untuk ‘menunjuk-nunjuk’ di hadapan rakan sekerja kononnya mereka mempunyai teman wanita cantik.
“Ada yang kata saya sama seperti perempuan pengiring tapi saya bukan pelacur. Biasanya pelanggan cuma mahukan teman berbual kerana kesunyian.
“Duit yang mereka beri jarang dianggap macam duit perkhidmatan, sebaliknya lebih kepada duit makan atau tambang teksi pulang saja,” katanya sambil membancuh kopi yang disediakan di bilik hotel.
Penulis seterusnya bertanya sama ada dia pernah melakukan hubungan seks dengan pelanggan di hotel, namun Fara segera menepis andaian itu.
“Saya masih suci. Setakat kiss (cium) biasa atau peluk saya tak kisah...tapi tak boleh buat ‘love bite’ (gigitan cinta)...takut nanti family (keluarga) tahu...nahas!”
Disoal sama ada dia bimbang jika ada lelaki yang ditemani tidur bertindak ganas atau cuba memperkosanya, Fara memberitahu, dia tidak teragak-agak melawan atau menjerit.
“Pernah satu ketika saya menendang seorang lelaki yang mahu membuka zip jeans saya sebelum saya terus berlari keluar dari bilik hotel. Saya sudah biasa dengan pujuk rayu lelaki dan ‘kebal’ dengan godaan.
“Malah, kebanyakan lelaki akan berhenti selepas saya mengugut untuk membuat laporan polis dirogol jika ada yang mahu meneruskan niat terbabit,” katanya sambil tidak henti-henti menghisap rokok.
Dia turut menolak jika diminta membuat onani atau seks oral walaupun ditawarkan bayaran lumayan.
“Saya tak mahu jadi perempuan simpanan...cukup keluar suka-suka. No commitment! Saya sudah ada pelanggan tetap yang boleh dipercayai,” katanya yang menganggap lelaki sekarang mempunyai banyak pilihan dan cita rasa.
Dakwanya, pelanggannya bukan mengejar seks tetapi cuma mahu teman wanita berbual dan keluar bersantai.
Lebih menarik sepanjang perbualan itu, Fara nampak jauh lebih matang berbanding usianya dan mampu memberi pendapat bernas dalam pelbagai isu sama ada membabitkan dunia hiburan, kerjaya, sukan hingga kepada model kereta terkini di pasaran.
Ini terbukti apabila dia mendakwa amat meminati lakonan Jessica Biel dalam filem I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry yang dianggapnya mempunyai daya tarikan seksual kepada lelaki selain Simon Cowell juri American Idol’s.
Dia tidak kekok bercakap mengenai kereta kegemarannya seperti Honda Civic Hybrid yang boleh menggunakan petrol atau bekalan elektrik selain bercerita mengenai kereta mewah model Audi Q7 atau BMW X5 yang berharga lebih setengah juta ringgit.
Selepas berbual lebih dua jam, penulis yakin kepetahan serta pengetahuan dimiliki gadis seperti Fara menjadi kelebihan serta daya tarikan utama kepada lelaki untuk mendampingi mereka.
Seorang lagi rakan Fara dikenali sebagai Sofea, 20-an yang dihubungi mengaku ada antara lelaki dikenali lebih gemar mengisi masa lapang atau berbual di bilik hotel sambil menonton televisyen.
Menurutnya, lelaki seperti itu hanya mahukan pelukan manja sepanjang malam selain mencurahkan isi hati serta masalah dihadapi.
“Untuk itu, kami tidak hanya perlu mempunyai penampilan menarik, malah bijak membelai jiwa lelaki seperti memicit bahu atau kepala mereka untuk ketenangan,” katanya.
Untuk kelihatan menarik, dia mengutamakan penampilan diri dengan memilih kosmetik berjenama seperti Clinique atau Lancome selain wangian Christian Dior.
Source: Harian Metro
Friday, 16 November 2007
Samy Vellu Famous Quotes
FM: A friend of mine emailed me this funny collection of quotes by Datuk Sri Samy Vellu. Not really sure whether he actually said them or merely jokes circulating in cybespace. Damn funny...
1) On Pos Laju
“BESOK KIRIM, HARI INI SAMPAI”
2) The one on TV when in trying to say he was ashamed,
he said:`Kemaluan saya besar` (kemaluan means your private parts, lah! )
3) On drugs, “Jangan hisap dada” (dada means breasts)
4) SV said in a ceramah “Kita akan bina satu
jambatan untuk orong-orong kampong disini”, one pakcik
asked, “Datuk, sini takde sungai,buat apa bina
jambatan?” and SV glorious replied,”Kalau takde
sungai, kita bina sungai!”
5) SV’s favorite quote on national television “Toll
naik sikit, manyak marah saya. You ingat semua ini
toll saya punya bapa punya kah!”
6) During the water shortage crisis : “semua orang
diminta jgn membuang aiyerr..!” (membuang air means to wee-wee, what he wanted to say was membazir air)
7) During blood donation campaign in Sg Siput:
“..marilah kita semua menderma dara..” (dara = virgin)
8 ) During the opening speech of various function:
“…selamat datang saudara-mara semua..” (actually is
“saudara-saudari”)
9) At an opening ceremony: “mempersilakan Datin Paduka
Rafidah Aziz naik ke pentas utk membuka kain” (this one is famous already)
10)Commenting about his modesty: “sebenarnya, kemaluan
saya sangat-sangat besar”
And lastly u know why our N-S Highway concessionaire
is named PLUS.
PLUS = Pungut Lebih Untuk SB
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Funny Music Video from India
A music video clip from India. Some dude with plenty of time to spare, did a funny 'translation' of the music video. It is not the actual translation of the lyrics but how it sounds in English.
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‘Broom award’ draws criticism
KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Mentri Besar's awarding of brooms to under-performing local councils and state agencies to remind them to buck up has drawn flak from many quarters.
Many find his “broom bouquet” for poor performance in poor taste and crude.
The “broom award” was even brought up in Parliament on Tuesday.
The civil service umbrella union Cuepacs said it received calls from its members from other states complaining about the broom.
Cuepacs president Omar Osman said members asked if there was indeed no other way for Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo to express his dissatisfaction.
On Monday, at an excellence awards ceremony Dr Khir gave a broom each to the Hulu Selangor District Council and Hulu Selangor Land Office for failing to collect assessment for 2006 above the stipulated 50% mark.
Dr Khir also warned agencies that failed to hit the target for 2007 to expect the same “present”.
“We can understand the feelings of the civil servants attending the ceremony. The brooms were given openly, without even trying to disguise these by wrapping them,” said Omar on Tuesday.
“We cannot accept such an act. Although we support the Mentri Besar’s intention for all civil servants to improve their performance, there is a better way of doing it, such as giving the agencies a low star ranking or a reminder letter.”
As civil servants who form the backbone of the Selangor state government were loyal staff, they did not deserve such a treatment in public, Omar said.
Public Services director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam declined to comment, except to say that “there are many ways of telling civil servants how to do their jobs.”
“You can tell them directly or issue them a directive. There are many ways to ‘skin a cat’ but you have to find one that is appropriate,” he said.
In Parliament, Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Haji Omar (BN-Larut) questioned whether presenting a broom, which is linked to bad luck, was appropriate as an award.
“There must be other ways to motivate the staff. Certainly not a broom,” said Raja Ahmad.
Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun, in her reply, also said that she did not agree with giving out brooms.
“But I am sure the Selangor Mentri Besar, who is intelligent, would know its suitability,” said Azizah (BN-Beaufort).
In Penang, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad said that when a person had done something good, he should be praised in public but if he has failed to perform, then he should be rebuked in private.
Source: The Star Online
Related story: Two state depts in Selangor get brooms for poor performance
FM: I think...what the Selangor Mentri Besar's "initiative" is a brilliant idea. I think public 'shaming' may be the best way to shake up the civil servants. There is no excuse for civil servants to show sub-standanrd work with the recent pay increase. I wish the rest of the State Governmnet in Malaysia follows the example of the Selangor Menteri Besar. Kudos...
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Two state depts in Selangor get brooms for poor performance
SHAH ALAM: Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo yesterday told two state government departments to buck up or face the consequences.
The brooms were given to the representatives of the two departments in conjunction with the Quality Month 2007 of the state government.
Last year, the Hulu Selangor district and land office managed to collect only 55 per cent of current taxes and 56 per cent of arrears while the Hulu Selangor District Council posted 66.9 per cent and 23.4 per cent, respectively.
However, their performance improved after an announcement was made that the award presentation would take place, Dr Khir said.
Dr Khir told reporters after the presentation ceremony that the brooms were meant as a symbol for the departments to "sweep out" their poor attitude towards work and take action against non-productive employees.
"They did not achieve the minimum collection targets and they also failed to take action against any officer, as if they tolerated the poor performance," he said, adding that the state government would act against them.
Departments which performed well were rewarded with trips overseas, as an incentive, Dr Khir said. -- Bernama
Source: The New Straits Times
Parents cheated of RM3.5 million
KUALA LUMPUR: After paying a total of RM3.5mil to get places for their children in what they thought was Manipal University, one of the best medical universities in India, 52 parents are now in a quandary. They believe they have been conned. In an added twist, one of the two agents and a Commissioner of Oaths, who collected the money from the parents, also turned up at a press conference organised by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong to protest their innocence. Chong said both parties were the victims of a K. Jayabalan, a businessman, who claimed to have been the university's appointed agent. The Commissioner of Oaths, a friend of Jayabalan, helped him recruit students. Chong said the parents, who read about the offer in local English and Tamil newspapers put in by the agents, were asked to bank in the tuition fees through the agents and the Commissioner of Oaths into a bank account registered under the Manipal Academy of Higher Education Medical Educational Advisory Consultants. “Each one of them paid a fee ranging from RM50,000 to RM200,000 for a place at the university,'' he added. It was only when one of the agents and the Commissioner of Oaths took 23 students, accompanied by some of the parents, to register at the university in September that they found out that it was all a scam. “They found out that all the documents, including the admission letters, were forged, when they met the registrar of the university in India,” Chong said. Source: The Star Online
Monday, 12 November 2007
Thailand crowned world's transsexual beauty queen
FM: Only in Thailand....
Dressed in a flowing yellow gown with matching earrings, a demure Thai business student wept and embraced her rivals after being crowned the world’s most beautiful transsexual.
The Thai’s extravagant yet elegant costumes and dedication to environmental causes helped carry the day, taking her past runners-up Aleika Barros of Brazil and Chanel Madrigal of the Philippines.
“I feel excited and so happy. Everybody enjoyed the contest and I didn’t expect anything like this,” the 21-year-old said from atop her throne after winning 10,000 dollars and the title.
In a nation obsessed with beauty pageants and famous for its sexual tolerance, this elaborate contest is taken every bit as seriously as the more traditional competitions.
“This is the night I have been preparing for my whole life,” gushed Colombia’s Melania Armenta, a 25-year-old model.
Festivities began on Saturday evening, with last year’s winner Erica Andrews performing “Mexican Aztec” — an upbeat, pulsating dance homage to her homeland complete with ancient pyramids, flashing native symbols and historic outfits.
In the costume round, Tanyarat had to compete against a butterfly, a swan and a Mercedes Benz, but the top prize in the category was given to Japan’s Beni Tsukishima for her authentic kabuki ensemble.
Tanyarat’s angelic white-beaded evening wear, fit for the grandest of galas, gave way to the more salacious floral pink bikini in the swimsuit competition, showing off her shapely legs and slim figure.
But she finally wooed the crowd with dedication to loftier issues.
“Global warming is one of the most serious problems the world faces today,” she said when asked how she helps educate people on environmental issues.
“I tell them to ’think about it’. It’s your world too,” she said.
The crowd, consisting of mostly Thais and the occasional bewildered tourist, cheered loudly for the homegrown favourite but were upstaged by feverish, flag-waving Filipinos who supported four of their compatriots.
Tiffany’s Show Pattaya, which runs the event and claims to be the world’s largest transsexual cabaret, said more than 25 million Thai television viewers had been expected to tune in.
Known in Thailand as “kathoey,” or the third gender, Thai transsexuals have slowly been leaving cabarets for mainstream success in music and other endeavours, helped in part by the popularity of beauty contests.
Participants praised Thailand for its progressive attitude towards sexuality.
“There is still a lot of discrimination against people like me in the Philippines,” said 24-year-old Rain Marie Madrigal, from Manila.
“Thailand is like a utopia for transgender people.” - AFP
Source: The New Straits Times
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Painful sucks
PETALING JAYA: What was supposed to be a nice traditional treatment ended up being a horrifying event for Liew Yooi Hean.
Instead of getting a soothing cupping therapy, the 28-year-old salesman ended up suffering from painful burns, which left marks all over his back.
Last Sunday, he went to a local massage parlour in Puchong here to get the treatment, but midway through the session he experienced an extreme burning sensation.
“For 20 minutes I was left alone in the therapy room with my back on extreme heat,” he said.
The therapy involved placing heated glass cups on the back. People believe that the treatment helps remove wind from the body.
“I noticed blisters all over my back and there was water and blood oozing out,” he added.
He only discovered some 28 suction marks on his back when he got home.
Liew paid RM90 for the therapy, which included foot reflexology.
“The blisters and marks were on my shoulders right down to my lower back,” he said, adding that he has lodged a police report and sought medical attention.
Liew has also sought the help of MCA public services and complaints department head Datuk Michael Chong.
Chong said the parlour owner has paid Liew RM500 in compensation.
“A Chinese physician told me the burning sensation and blisters only occurred if the body was too oily,” he said.
Liew said he was not informed of the “effects” of the therapy during the session.
Chong advised people to be more cautious before going for any kind of therapy.
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Boy's fingertip down toilet flushed by hospital staff
SUNGAI PETANI: A woman carefully packed her son's severed fingertip in ice and rushed it to the hospital hoping that doctors would be able to re-attach it.
A flabbergasted Zuraiza Omar has lodged a police report on the incident and is claiming that Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital was negligent.
Zuraiza's son, Muhamad Shaeidil Amir, 11, was injured on Friday when he accidentally sliced off the tip of his left forefinger while cutting off the top of a coconut with a parang at his home in Kampung Batu Menunggul, Air Putih, Pendang.
"My son was referred to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital at 11am, on Friday. I also took the fingertip, which I packed in ice," said the 35-year-old housewife.
"He looked at it and said it could not be re-attached. He went out of the room and returned a few minutes later.
"The other staff asked for the fingertip and the man nonchalantly replied that he had flushed it down the toilet. I could sense that his colleagues were shocked by their expression."
Zuraiza said the doctor was also taken aback when she informed him of what had happened.
She then lodged a report at the Alor Star police station.
State health director Dr Hasnah Ismail said the incident was being investigated.
Source: The New Straits Times
Two old ladies smoking
Jane pulls out a condom, cuts off the end, puts it over her cigarette, and continues smoking.
Arlene: What in the hell is that?
Jane: A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet.
Arlene: Where did you get it?
Jane: You can get them at any drugstore.
The next day, Arlene hobbles herself into the local drugstore and announces to the pharmacist that she
wants a box of condoms.
The pharmacist, obviously embarrassed, looks at her kind of strangely (she is after all, over 80 years
of age), but very delicately asks what brand of condom she prefers.
"Doesn't matter Sonny, as long as it fits on a Camel."
The pharmacist fainted
Monday, 5 November 2007
Yummy...Kentucky Fried Tikus
Yummy! Kentucky Fried Tikus ...Something to thing about if you have no idea where to go for your lunch this week. 
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Nurin autopsy photo culprit arrested
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have identified the culprit who posted the autopsy photographs on the Internet of eight year-old rape and murder victim Nurin Jazlin Jazimin.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, however, declined to say when or where the suspect was arrested. “You will know him when we bring him to court and charge him,” he told reporters at a Hari Raya event at the Police Training College last night.
Nurin Jazlin went missing on Aug 20 after going out to a night market alone near her home in Wangsa Maju here.
Her naked body was found stuffed in a sports bag near a shoplot in Petaling Utama on Sept 20. Several days later, the post mortem photographs that were allegedly snapped from classified documents were posted on the Internet through e-mails.
Regarding the killing of two police detectives in Sungai Buloh on Oct 25, Musa said: “Please don't ask me about this. We are still investigating.”
In the 7.30pm incident, lance corporals Jaya Balan Krishnan, 30, and Alagesan Malapan, 41, were shot dead in Taman Sri Suria, Kampung Desa Aman in what was believed to have been a drug bust gone wrong.
Source: The Star Online
Thursday, 1 November 2007
Datukship awarded to man convicted of Criminal Breach of Trust
Former international manager of Malacca International Trade Centre, Hasnoor Sdg Husin, was found guilty and convicted of criminal breach of trust and was sentenced to nine months’ jail by a Sessions Court here on April 28, 1995, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said.
He appealed and the High Court in Malacca set aside the sentence and replaced it with one day's jail and a RM1,500 fine or six months' jail, Lim said during a press conference here yesterday.
Hasnoor did not appeal against the conviction and paid the fine.
When contacted, Hasnoor said he had nothing to comment except that the award was given by the state.
He received the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) on Monday in conjunction with the 69th birthday celebrations of Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob.
Lim said he received many letters from the people who expressed unhappiness that a convicted person had been given the datukship.
Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam's officers, when contacted, said the DAP had similarly raised the issue when Hasnoor was appointed to a government post a few years ago.
Source: The Star Online
