Imperial College Malaysian Night 2010

1. It was a last minute decision to have finally gone to a Malaysian Night for years already. The last time I went, Iedil was still around, entertaining us with his spontaneous acts on stage in the UCL Malaysian Night, never failed to make an old man smile.

2. I really think the Imperial College Malaysian boys and girls did a great job. Very talented people. I was sceptical at first but along the way, they finally made this old man smile.

3. The title was Born to be Vile and the only song that I thought could be associated with it was "Born to be Wild" by Steppin Wolf... and I was right, that song did come out during the interval, and it made this old man smile.

4. All in all, it was a good performance. Singaporean diss was a classic, but received some boos from a section of Singaporean friends. 3.5 stars out of 5. That's good from a grumpy old man me.

5. However, I did notice the number of Chinese Malaysians performing is far greater than other Malaysians. I could only count 3 Malays and 3 Indians (one was really funny imitating Karam Singh Walia). My thought on this is fair because I assume it is due to Imperial College having more Chinese Malaysians than other Malaysians for their Undergraduate Programmes.

6. I might be wrong. Any Imperial College students want to object please do.

7. However, sadly, all good things must have a flaw... and this flaw I'm about to tell you spoilt everything that night (apart from Aaron Ramsey's horrific injury).

8. It was during an interval, a local British lady was asking her Malaysian Chinese friend a simple question. "Why are they all Chinese?" Like me, she was just curious of the number of Malaysian Chinese overpowering other Malaysians like Malays, Indians, Kadazans, Muruts and Ibans.

9. Her Malaysian friend simply said spontaneously, "Because they can speak English".

10. I was shocked; I looked at him, and quickly turned away. I still cannot understand there are still Malaysians out there even in the UK, even during this harmonious Malaysian Night, could be belittling other races.

11. I didn't want to make a scene that night by confronting that boy who clearly has issues with Non-Chinese. It would be a big scene since I am a Non-Chinese and my words can be very hurtful to the core for the racists.

12. I wanted to clarify to the British lady who was misinformed. However I think she is not that naive to know other Malaysians can speak English as well, like the Indian girl who was playing the daughter of the detective and the Malay Datin Kelentong.

Kahwin Misyar and Misha Omar

I've waited a few days to comment on the recent event Kahwin Misyar. I only got the chance today as my limbo-land experience is still on a roll. I've been unemployed for a few weeks now and I just can't understand how people can stand being unemployed for say.. 6 months, 5 yrs, 30 yrs?

Well, before we start our discussion about this controversial issue I would like to initiate this entry with a hypothesis: Misha Omar is more relevant than Kahwin Misyar. Let's see if we can come to a conclusion.

I know this issue started to spark when there was a case where a husband was made house-husband and the wife was the one looking for food instead. And then came the term Kahwin Misyar. In my opinion, we do not need to declare a marriage as a different marriage. All marriages are the same. There must be no special marriage like Kahwin Misyar, Kahwin Muto'ah, Kahwin Lari or Kahwin Dua?

Thus, there shouldn't be the term Kahwin Misyar in the agreement of a marriage. If I were the husband who is unemployed where my wife is an SBB Mutual Unit Trust Saleswoman who is making millions, you shouldn't judge me as a randy dirty old man who only gives sexual benefit. However, people must see it as "Ah well, they were married by mutual consent. No one force them to marry this way. And they look happy to me. What a bless!"

But you know we cannot keep some faulty holes shut. They will talk and talk and talk as if they were the most wonderful and blessed creatures on earth. There shouldn't be an issue over this marriage simply because we want to keep some negative-minded people feeling gay (happy).

It comes back to the root definition of mariage; mutual understanding. I dont like arranged marriages. As if you were forced to eat something you dislike for the rest of your life. Marriage should be done when both the guy and the girl accepts each other well. Take the earlier example as a scenario. When I got married to this successful saleswoman, she knows that I am unemployed. We are married in the name of love. And somehow I, as the husband must find ways to support the family whenever my wife is not capable i.e. preganant, injured or even permanently disabled. So, the responsibility will go back to me.

If Kahwin Misyar is implemented, we can avoid the 'maksiat'/ringan-ringan/californication/sex before marriage, (Choose your own words) as suggested by some ulama' in Malaysia lately. But I beg to differ. We can't control maksiat by just implementing Kahwin Misyar. Worse, we will create more husbands who neglect the wife and the kids simply because they cannot be forced to support the family under the name of Kahwin Misyar.

Do you really think Kahwin Misyar will totally destroy maksiat?

Suddenly the story of a senior citizen who claimed Siti Nurhaliza his biological daughter crossed my mind. Pak Ibrahim claimed he got married 7 times! And some people accused him of actually marrying 22 times! And Pak Brahim doesn't even recognise all his children leading to his imagination saying that Siti is his long lost daughter. Why? Because he gave his children to other people for adoption. Why? Because he is not capable of supporting the children; kahwin misyar.

So what if Kahwin Misyar is still implemented? I am cock sure we will create more Pak Ibrahims.

I frankly dont want to have a son that I do not know of. (It sounds a bit like a Jamaican who humps a lot-according to Russell Peters). Do you?

Again I must say that there must be no new terms in marriages. The husband must give both nafkah zahir and batin no matter what. But if the wife agrees to look for financial support, this can be done with mutual agreement between both. I dont think this is a problem. Wife or husband, both have responsibilities on the family.

Imagine again Kahwin Misyar is implemented. Suddenly the husband got a job. Knowing that he is married with the term Kahwin Misyar he will see an opportunity to enjoy without having the obligation to financially contribute to the family.

"Ahhh!! Aku kahwin dengan kau atas nama Kahwin Misyar! Apa kau nak dengan duit aku?? Kau takda hak nak mintak duit ni dari aku. Sudahlah! Aku nak pegi main golf ni!" (Padahal dia pi jumpa mistress baru. Money to burn babyy yeaa!!

Hopefully no woman in Malaysia will hear the aboved quote.

Conclusion: There is 100% confidence interval that Misha Omar is more relevant than Kahwin Misyar. (Coz she's sweet looking and friendly and bla bla bla aku angau jumpa Misha Omar LIVE. Wo Hooo!!)

Next entry: 50-50 male-female parliament quota and Samy Vellu got the spank from a sacked senior MIC leader on National TV.

UPEN's Nite

I received a call from Abang Tapa and he asked me if I wanted to go to a dinner. I asked him "Dinner apo nih?" feeling dizzy because of oversleeping. "Dinner macam dulu-dulu, dekat Holiday Villa," he added. "Ohh yang dekat Shah Alam tu ke?" I asked, obviously in the middle of blur-ness (ada ke perkataan ni?).

"Mana pulak. Dekat Subang. SJMC tu."

And so I agreed to go to this dinner that I not know of. Probably Abah arranged this. So I conveyed the messages to Nadia, Mama and Boy and booked for 4 seats.

I went upstairs to check if they were already set to go. Amazingly Boy put up a white compang camping T-Shirt as if he was not going. So I assumed he wasn't coming when suddenly he said he was ready to go. What the hell? Hang ingat nak pi Lau Wan ka? Lau Wan is a famous Kuew Tiaw kerang stall in Kelana Jaya by the way.

Then I repeatedly said, "Pakai elok-elok. Pakai elok-elok. Pakai elok-elok..."

So Nadia and Mama did wear decently. Finally Boy also got into a more 'majestic' TShirt, fortunately. And we reached the hotel at about 8.30p.m. Biasa ah. Janji melayu 30 minutes late. By the time we were about to enter the Vintage Ballroom, suddenly we heard the sound of kompang as if we were welcomed. Haha. Tetiba terasa bangga... but actually the VIP (Timbalan Setiausaha Kerajaan) had just arrived. So we quickly went to our seats labelled 36. Nombor Kudin tu.

Lah dinner UPEN ke? Last time I went they invited the Platters from America. The dinner was actually organised by the state government, UPEN to be precise. UPEN stands for Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri. So those people who were present were the VIPs from the state Selangor and the companies who are on contract or hopeful to get a contract from this state department. I guess lah.

Met Abg Tapa, Fahmi and Kak Jaja at the table. Jalil Hamid was the MC with Mek Siti. I think they really did a great job. Spontaneously. I gotta admit it is quite hard to make me laugh but i did laughed many times with their jokes. As long as it is not dirty jokes. Ceycey.

The food was OK. But bantai je ah. "I am here for the food and the girls!" I proudly said when I first arrived at my seat. But then there was more to come.

After a few uknowns who performed quite well on the stage, suddenly out of nowhere Datuk M Daud Kilau appeared. Haha. He was a great entertainer. At 67 years old of age, he seemed so strong to me. There was a few songs that I heard from TV. One I can say is the song Mazlan Pet2 sang from one slot Senario. "Banyak orang kaki judi... lalala.... judi sampai mati.." and the chorus part was damn funnee.

"SATU RINGGIT..... DUA ringgiittt... Tiga ringgitt.... AAMMPAAAATTTT RINGGITTT!!" suddenly Datuk sang with the highest tone. I laughed like hell.

Then came Misha Omar. WOW! She looked a lot prettier LIVE rather than on T.V. "Make-up, lighting.." I said to myself in order to control myself. You guys know lah how I get uncontrollable when I see beautiful girls. Hahaha. Nah, just kidding.

Misha Omar really knows her job pretty well. She knows how to interact with the audience. She was very friendly and sporting last night. While singing, she could even take pictures with the audience. Not only that, she smiled so brightly and hugged her fans as she was singing! No she wasn't miming.

The last part came when Jalil Hamid himself sang the famous Ayam song. I gotta admit I was his Kipas Susah Mati (Die Hard Fan) when I was younger. I mean that makes the whole siblings coz we had Jalil Hamid's cassettes including the Hari Raya record. Everytime balik raya, surely we would listen to his songs. Everytime. But the cassettes are nowehere to be seen now.

We headed home at about 12.30p.m. Sorry Shuen, betray William. Family first.

Imagine Boy went to that glamourous dinner with his ingat-habis-humble-lah-tu T Shirt. It would be one unforgettable moment. Hahaha!

Ayam, bermacam ayam,
Ada ayam kampung ayam hutan ayam siam ayam belanda
Macam-macam, perihal ayam..

blalala.. aku tak ingat dah.. haha. I managed to tell Jalil, "I was the famous Ayam song fan when I was small"
I dunno where did that come from. Poyo jugerr. But Jalil Hamid simply pulled his most Jawa face. Haha.