Its 107am, 1st of August 2011.
Calendar wise, it´s still Summer time here in Germany. Temperature wise.... feels like Autumn is hitting in early this year! Even the trees are shedding it´s leaves already and some, starting to get bald in the tree...... Sometimes, it sure is rather amazing looking at nature this way!
Time sure seems to fly alot. Seems just like yesterday I was packing and getting ready to leave for Germany with my daughter..... but now, looking back, we have been away from Malaysia for 6 months now! Sure is a long time we have been gone........ Feels so short though.
With us being gone for so long, I still keep tabs on back home... and I find the news of Malaysia rather disturbing at the moment, especially after the Bersih Rally. Now... many who read what I post in facebook, or certain articles that I share here thinks that I have forgotten Malaysia the instant I touched European soil etc (yea I have received these wonderful remarks... -.-) . I find these people who have actually commented and thought of me as such stupid and ironic. First of, no matter where we go, home is where our heart is. Secondly...... I criticize the ironicness of what is happening back home, but doesn´t mean I forget Malaysia or hate it. Malaysia is a great place, but screwed up people who is at the moment taking power too much for granted.... Guess this is what happens when you rule for too long huh?
I seriously hope... that this doesn´t end up becoming an international affair of sorts as I still would love to go back to Malaysia to see my parents and family... and also to see someone there (though I guess that person wouldn´t even wanna meet me anyways...) still. My history, my life, my love are all there.... so please, the government of Malaysia... don´t be so selfish and power insane..... and care for the citizens before it becomes every body´s regret......
On a more day to day basis.......
Amelia is entering her 3rd month of Kindergarten here. She´s learnt alot of new German words or short phrases, but not enough to talk a full sentence in German just yet. She´s grown taller and more beautiful...... and like every child, getting naughtier and starts expressing and experimenting on how far her limits are. So now I know the hardships and the pains of being a parent...... I remember how I used to scorn and hated my parents for nagging me..... and now, having my little girl of my own... lolx.... and with the genes of both me and my ex husband in her..... *ROFL* it sure is remarkably hard being a single mum handling her baby! But we are coping fine... even if she has to learn the hard way and her mummy have to cry in pain disciplining her.... we will survive this ordeal together......
Summer break is almost over...... my courses will be starting back once again........ so means I wouldn´t be as free as I am at the moment... though I do hope that the chaos of our new home can be settled fast... hate this... messiness and such in the new apartment at the moment. So disoriented at the moment..... some of the things can´t even be found as I can´t remember which box I packed it into! I think, the only place in the entire apartment that is neatly arranged and furniture and such is completed is my baby´s room! My daughter is very proud of her own bedroom.... as she was the one that decided to paint and design it the way she wanted...... creativity is what she has, although my dad was abit.... hahah shocked.... at the way she decided to paint it! xD
But then again, who should stop a child´s creativity? ^^
Well at least... she has better creativity than me :P
The leaked cable said that “in good times Umno can maintain control by distributing power and money to get what it wants (but) in bad times, it uses the stick.” — Reuters file pic
US ambassador James R. Keith said in a leaked cable, released by whistleblower site WikiLeaks through the Malaysia Today news portal that “in good times Umno can maintain control by distributing power and money to get what it wants (but) in bad times, it uses the stick, and for now that means intimidation.”
The document, signed by the US ambassador at the time, charged that Umno “controlled” security institutions like the military and the police by appointing “party stalwarts” to head these institutions. The cable said that while the army would remain “loyal” to legitimate leadership, the police, on the other hand, took direct orders from Umno.
“Umno leaders, united behind but also in a sense using Prime Minister (Tun) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, have made it clear that they are willing to blacken Malaysia’s reputation to ensure the end to opposition leader (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim’s political challenge,” said the cable in reference to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leader’s on-going sodomy trial where he was charged with sodomising an ex-aide on June 26, 2008.
“The ruling elite maintains control over the security apparatus through party stalwarts who run the security institutions, mainly the police but also the military. We believe the military will remain loyal to legitimate leadership and is not a likely tool to overturn an elected, royally-approved and Malay-led government from either the ruling or opposition side. The police, on the other hand, follow orders from the ruling party.
The document also stated that the government had “failed” to convince the majority of Malaysians that Anwar’s sodomy trial was not politically-motivated. — file pic
The cable added that Umno defined national security as a means to protect the party’s “superiority” and to ensure that the opposition cannot take over the reins of federal power.
“Now the criminal law is laid bare as a political tool, just as useful to the ruling party as the national security law.
“Umno leaders may fail to grasp the consequences of upping the ante; they hear what we are saying, but do not understand sufficiently well how difficult it will be for them to overcome the shadows they are casting on the country. They no doubt thought they were choosing the more palatable path in using the criminal law, and thus the sodomy charge, rather than detaining Anwar as a matter of national security under the Internal Security Act. But contrary to their intent, many in the international community will take this as escalation,” said the cable.
The document stated that at that point in time the Barisan Nasional (BN) government had “failed” to convince the majority of Malaysians as well as the international community that Anwar’s sodomy trial was not politically-motivated.
“The authorities themselves betray that fiction on a daily basis in the pages of the domestic press, and barely one in 10 Malaysians are buying into the party line a survey tells us,” said the cable.
The report recommended that the US “exploit” every possible opportunity for “authoritative bilateral exchange” to ensure the BN government understood the costs of “efforts that diminish the rule of law.”
