Thursday, September 28, 2006
The political nonsense, and the publics opinions
For the publics opinions on Labour, check out stuff .
This should pretty much cover the reaction to what I was mentioning yesterday...
This should pretty much cover the reaction to what I was mentioning yesterday...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
on a more serious note...
It seems that liberal, left-wing governments all over the world are pretty much doomed. This is most obvious in the UK, and is also either happening, or has already happened in Canada, NZ, Japan, Germany, France and Spain. The reasons are many, from rising religious-ness, tiredness of social engineering, or simply a desire for change.
In NZ's case, we have gone through nearly 9 years of the Helen Clark-led Labour governments agenda of feminisation, social engineering and now corruption. The dying gasps of her government are to be heard all over the country, with one issue after another coming up with un-ending regularity. I for one, am certainly relieved. She has lied, covered up, spun, decieved and coerced so many people, all for her hidden agenda of getting the top job at the UN, that the country would be in ruins, along with it's reputation, were it not for the fact that most New Zealanders are quite simply ignoring the governments plans and ideas. We know our country, and we certainly don't want a singapore-style nanny-state, with all the freedoms (sic) that that country enjoys.
The first signs of corruption under Labour occured some 2 years ago, when Helen Clark sold a painting supposedly painted by her for charity - only to find out that it was not painted by her, just signed by her. This wouldn't be too bad, as it's really a non-issue, but it was the start of a pattern of corruption by her that would give the opposition sooo much ammunition, it's actually hard to understand why they lost the election...
Hard on the heals of the painting episode, was her speeding cavalcade to a rugby match. She made her police officer drivers take the heat, getting suspended licences and such, while she lied on tv and in the other media that 'I didn't realise we were going that speed'... we clearly must be a very ignorant lot if we believe THAT.
In the following months, there followed corruption scandals which would make any Third World leader proud. MP's getting cheap illegal immigrants to do the renovation work on their houses,
false spending during an election to the tune of half a million dollars - which allegation was subsequently upheld by an independant inquiry; after which, Labour now proposes backdating legislation to make such spending LEGAL. If that isn't corruption, what is? Mis-managed public funds for a party's own benefit. Look it up.
Now, she has labelled the leader of the opposition 'cancerous' to NZ's political sphere, for calling Labour corrupt. She has lashed out so virulently, clearly the label fits. 'Methinks she doth protest too much'.
Labour has to go. I am, for one, ashamed of their antics and behaviour. I will be making efforts to help rid NZ of this corruption and arrogance any way I can. My country is too good a place to be let down by this greedy, corrupt and arrogant group of people.
In NZ's case, we have gone through nearly 9 years of the Helen Clark-led Labour governments agenda of feminisation, social engineering and now corruption. The dying gasps of her government are to be heard all over the country, with one issue after another coming up with un-ending regularity. I for one, am certainly relieved. She has lied, covered up, spun, decieved and coerced so many people, all for her hidden agenda of getting the top job at the UN, that the country would be in ruins, along with it's reputation, were it not for the fact that most New Zealanders are quite simply ignoring the governments plans and ideas. We know our country, and we certainly don't want a singapore-style nanny-state, with all the freedoms (sic) that that country enjoys.
The first signs of corruption under Labour occured some 2 years ago, when Helen Clark sold a painting supposedly painted by her for charity - only to find out that it was not painted by her, just signed by her. This wouldn't be too bad, as it's really a non-issue, but it was the start of a pattern of corruption by her that would give the opposition sooo much ammunition, it's actually hard to understand why they lost the election...
Hard on the heals of the painting episode, was her speeding cavalcade to a rugby match. She made her police officer drivers take the heat, getting suspended licences and such, while she lied on tv and in the other media that 'I didn't realise we were going that speed'... we clearly must be a very ignorant lot if we believe THAT.
In the following months, there followed corruption scandals which would make any Third World leader proud. MP's getting cheap illegal immigrants to do the renovation work on their houses,
false spending during an election to the tune of half a million dollars - which allegation was subsequently upheld by an independant inquiry; after which, Labour now proposes backdating legislation to make such spending LEGAL. If that isn't corruption, what is? Mis-managed public funds for a party's own benefit. Look it up.
Now, she has labelled the leader of the opposition 'cancerous' to NZ's political sphere, for calling Labour corrupt. She has lashed out so virulently, clearly the label fits. 'Methinks she doth protest too much'.
Labour has to go. I am, for one, ashamed of their antics and behaviour. I will be making efforts to help rid NZ of this corruption and arrogance any way I can. My country is too good a place to be let down by this greedy, corrupt and arrogant group of people.
stuff and nonsense...and a wedding to boot!
hey y'all!
Hamish, my very best mate, had his wedding on the 16th September - congratulations mate! I'm sorry I couldn't do the honour of being your best man; earning Malaysian Ringgit doesn't allow for too much overseas travel... especially to England!
I hope you had an awesome honeymoon in Spain, with heaps of crazy, dirty and shag-nasty sex you grotty monkey! Love that gorilla lovin'...
The house is coming along, but having some trouble with a 'little-napoleon' who is making things hard... this guy, a draftsman, believes HE is the architect and insists on being the decision-maker regarding all sorts of important LEGAL and FINANCIAL issues we face daily. If he could just do his job, and stop trying to extort us for more money, we'd be much further on.
Diana's parents come back soon, so the heat will again be off us, and we'll have a chance to see all our friends again as we will get out of town for a few days to shop, breathe different air, and leave work alone. Can't wait.
One last thing - if you visit my site, I would love to get a comment or two from you lot! I enjoy getting feedback - please please please comment or just say hi!
lots of manly feelings, no groins touching of course.
Hamish, my very best mate, had his wedding on the 16th September - congratulations mate! I'm sorry I couldn't do the honour of being your best man; earning Malaysian Ringgit doesn't allow for too much overseas travel... especially to England!
I hope you had an awesome honeymoon in Spain, with heaps of crazy, dirty and shag-nasty sex you grotty monkey! Love that gorilla lovin'...
The house is coming along, but having some trouble with a 'little-napoleon' who is making things hard... this guy, a draftsman, believes HE is the architect and insists on being the decision-maker regarding all sorts of important LEGAL and FINANCIAL issues we face daily. If he could just do his job, and stop trying to extort us for more money, we'd be much further on.
Diana's parents come back soon, so the heat will again be off us, and we'll have a chance to see all our friends again as we will get out of town for a few days to shop, breathe different air, and leave work alone. Can't wait.
One last thing - if you visit my site, I would love to get a comment or two from you lot! I enjoy getting feedback - please please please comment or just say hi!
lots of manly feelings, no groins touching of course.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
more thoughts...
Well, finally something financial has gone our way. The MATTA fair, which is the 'Malaysian Association of Tourism and Travel Agents' fair has come at the best time. We can now save over RM4000 on the airfares to NZ! Thank goodness, because flying to NZ from Malaysia is getting more expensive every year. This confirms our trip at the end of January, and no more worries about finding the best deals etc!
The house is now over 50% complete, with the roof being finished this week. That's a major milestone, because then the brickworks and internal finishing can begin, and the house will start to really look 'livable'...
Now's the time we start looking at IKEA and Freedom Furniture in NZ for ideas for the kids room and our bedroom... money aside, we think we know what 'look' we want - we're keen on the urban apartment image, and so we're looking at natural, modern colours etc.
Kaitlyn is now at that age where she's challenging everything, at all times. She can be a real bitch! Hahaha, she really can! The looks she's figured out, and the ways of talking back to us make us wonder WHERE she picked it up - but it's ok, we know it's just a phase she has to go thru before she learns what acceptable behaviour is. We are ok, we've got the patience. She'll find me to be very consistent on discipline and correct behaviour.
Caleb is chatting more and more, and is very persistent. He knows he's got most people wrapped around his little fingers, and is so lovable right now, it's hard to imagine him like Kaitlyn is right now..! Dee and I are loving the challenge, especially without so many other people in the house to contradict us and our methods - a lot of authority at the moment. My worry is that when Dee's parents get back, Kaitlyn will ignore us and go straight to Nanna, to get the wrong attention she craves... But for now, she's got to learn and do as she's told - Caleb too!
The house is now over 50% complete, with the roof being finished this week. That's a major milestone, because then the brickworks and internal finishing can begin, and the house will start to really look 'livable'...
Now's the time we start looking at IKEA and Freedom Furniture in NZ for ideas for the kids room and our bedroom... money aside, we think we know what 'look' we want - we're keen on the urban apartment image, and so we're looking at natural, modern colours etc.
Kaitlyn is now at that age where she's challenging everything, at all times. She can be a real bitch! Hahaha, she really can! The looks she's figured out, and the ways of talking back to us make us wonder WHERE she picked it up - but it's ok, we know it's just a phase she has to go thru before she learns what acceptable behaviour is. We are ok, we've got the patience. She'll find me to be very consistent on discipline and correct behaviour.
Caleb is chatting more and more, and is very persistent. He knows he's got most people wrapped around his little fingers, and is so lovable right now, it's hard to imagine him like Kaitlyn is right now..! Dee and I are loving the challenge, especially without so many other people in the house to contradict us and our methods - a lot of authority at the moment. My worry is that when Dee's parents get back, Kaitlyn will ignore us and go straight to Nanna, to get the wrong attention she craves... But for now, she's got to learn and do as she's told - Caleb too!
Monday, September 18, 2006
gym, sprains, backs and floors
I've been going to the gym recently, hope to make it permanent. It REALLY helps with my attitude, and gets me in the right frame of mind for work and study; plus, it allows me to release any stress in a productive way - I'm getting fitter and losing the flab around the gut - and putting on muscle.
But the other day, somehow I sprained a muscle in the middle of my back - no, not overdoing it at the gym, but at 10pm at night, cuddling the kids!
F--k it hurt! Put me out of order for a week! First 2 nights, I hardly got any sleep it was so bloody painful...
Anyway, I'm ok now and back to the gym. Worked out my legs and abs today - damn I feel gooooood.. I always do after a good workout...
The only way I could rest my back was to lie on the hard floor - it worked wonders! I always did like lying on hard floors, and this time it held another purpose.
Anyway, like I said, it's all good now, so back into it...
But the other day, somehow I sprained a muscle in the middle of my back - no, not overdoing it at the gym, but at 10pm at night, cuddling the kids!
F--k it hurt! Put me out of order for a week! First 2 nights, I hardly got any sleep it was so bloody painful...
Anyway, I'm ok now and back to the gym. Worked out my legs and abs today - damn I feel gooooood.. I always do after a good workout...
The only way I could rest my back was to lie on the hard floor - it worked wonders! I always did like lying on hard floors, and this time it held another purpose.
Anyway, like I said, it's all good now, so back into it...
Saturday, September 09, 2006
We're really looking forward to moving in here! More room, the kids will have their own room, we can decorate ourselves etc... 
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Decent Fooooood!
Hooray!
Secret Recipe has now opened in Sitiawan!
Now, finally, I can have a proper coffee, and some healthy food! That place is clean, efficient, has quality food and a really nice atmosphere. I look forward to a wonderful and long relationship with Secret Recipe!
I like the local food too, but it's just really oily and fatty - often deep-fried and has MSG covering all of it... and let's not forget the Malaysian obsession with sugar! Nice if you wanna die of diabetes, but that's not my bag baby!
Secret Recipe has now opened in Sitiawan!
Now, finally, I can have a proper coffee, and some healthy food! That place is clean, efficient, has quality food and a really nice atmosphere. I look forward to a wonderful and long relationship with Secret Recipe!
I like the local food too, but it's just really oily and fatty - often deep-fried and has MSG covering all of it... and let's not forget the Malaysian obsession with sugar! Nice if you wanna die of diabetes, but that's not my bag baby!
Je ne comprend pas...
This just in:
It is now the Police Department of Malaysia which is to fix the increasing cost of living in Malaysia. They now have the responsibility of maintaining the status quo, and fostering driving habits which will help bring down the overall cost of living to the ordinary Malaysian.
How will they achieve this never-before-seen feat? By giving all and sundry carte blanche on the roads... This in turn will allow the police to relax, knowing they won't be under pressure to accept all those bribes they get faced with every day... They can now leave the responsibility of maintaining safe roads to volunteer organisations such as Joe Bloggs who helps out during an accident, or the old man trying to cross the street during 'rush' hour.
By lowering the fines by at least 50%, Malaysians can now break the law without breaking the bank! Thank god, because the cost of living was sooo high, now, at least the cost of dying is dirt cheap!
Perhaps in their next ingenious move, the police can leave the homicide inquiries to the old-folks-home down the road to give them more to do!
OK, so apart from the obvious sarcasm, about 56% of Malaysians polled DISAGREED with the lowering of the fines. So why do it? Your average Malaysian knows that lowering fines DOESN'T encourage better driving habits. All the Malaysians I work with know what the result will be - more carnage.
Please don't break the law - that's the cheapest option!
It is now the Police Department of Malaysia which is to fix the increasing cost of living in Malaysia. They now have the responsibility of maintaining the status quo, and fostering driving habits which will help bring down the overall cost of living to the ordinary Malaysian.
How will they achieve this never-before-seen feat? By giving all and sundry carte blanche on the roads... This in turn will allow the police to relax, knowing they won't be under pressure to accept all those bribes they get faced with every day... They can now leave the responsibility of maintaining safe roads to volunteer organisations such as Joe Bloggs who helps out during an accident, or the old man trying to cross the street during 'rush' hour.
By lowering the fines by at least 50%, Malaysians can now break the law without breaking the bank! Thank god, because the cost of living was sooo high, now, at least the cost of dying is dirt cheap!
Perhaps in their next ingenious move, the police can leave the homicide inquiries to the old-folks-home down the road to give them more to do!
OK, so apart from the obvious sarcasm, about 56% of Malaysians polled DISAGREED with the lowering of the fines. So why do it? Your average Malaysian knows that lowering fines DOESN'T encourage better driving habits. All the Malaysians I work with know what the result will be - more carnage.
Please don't break the law - that's the cheapest option!
Sunday, September 03, 2006
New additions and new feelings!
1st, I want to congratulate Jordan and Leen Macvay on the arrival of Alisdair at 11.23pm on September 1st! Well done to both of you, and I hope you can get some much-needed rest after an obviously long and tiring day! Welcome to parenthood guys..!
2nd, Happy Father's day to my Dad in New Zealand! Our Father's Day is on the 1st Sunday of September, and I hope he's having a good one. Have a cold beer for me Dad!
In other news, our new house is coming along slowly but surely, and will hopefully be ready before Christmas, which would allow us to see in the new year in a new house! Building with concrete instead of wood takes much longer, and is a painstakingly slow process, but the house looks great.
Kaitlyn is a little 'Miss'. I love her to bits, but she has sooo many of my bad traits that I now understand my wife's frustrations! We are both easily distracted, short attention span, annoying habit of talking incessantly, and never listen to others! I am now determined to cease and desist my annoyances to others! I'll update this blog with my progress...
On another subject, my studies have begun, albeit slowly. I will finish 3 of 18 modules by the end of November, which will give me a great start to my Optical Dispensing Certificate. I SHOULD finish the course in about 24 months - that's the target. I don't want to spend too much time completing a Certificate...
Caleb, my son, is sure to be a sports star one day. At least I hope so... His natural skills are already evident at just 19 months of age. Everyone comments about his abilities when they see him kicking his ball around - his timing, skill and focus are amazing! I have hardly had to teach him anything - he has a natural liking for sport. I am needless to say pleased about this! Everyone knows how sports-mad kiwi's are! He's also the cheekiest little bastard I've ever met! He's very intelligent, like my daughter, and uses it to make people swoon!
My only gripe this time, is the lack of entertainment in Sitiawan. Diana's parents are in NZ, and we're here running 3 businesses, making sure the house building is going smooth, and dealing with all of life's little drama's. That in itself isn't so bad. What gets to us is that there isn't ANYTHING to do apart from work. It's driving a wedge between us. We get stressed and take it out on each other. I guess people here just aren't interested in spending time and money on entertainment... Sitiawan isn't a small town - there are over 100,000 people in the district. Perhaps to an Asian, that IS small, but to a Kiwi, that's the size of one of our cities! Where we'd have cinema's, malls, cafe's (the real one's), art galleries, sports fields and stadiums, parks, bars and pubs, restaurants of various culture's and all the other amenities, Sitiawan has almost ZILCH of these. I mean ZILCH. I suppose westerner's are 'richer', and spend more on life's luxuries, but come on, a small art gallery or park with a safe playground can't be TOO much to ask for? People's priorities here are on making money. That seems to be all. Surely there's more to life than money? There are TONNES of New Zealander's who are MUCH poorer than many of the people here, yet somehow have a higher standard of living... I should know - I'm one of them. I earn so little compared to many people here, and yet my life has more variation - as much as I can afford - because to me, relaxation and fun are not 'children's stuff'...
I will put up with it because I can't change it. But, I will also do all I can to have a FULL life here.
Once again, congratulations to Jordan and Leen, and we'll see you as soon as the time is right.
2nd, Happy Father's day to my Dad in New Zealand! Our Father's Day is on the 1st Sunday of September, and I hope he's having a good one. Have a cold beer for me Dad!
In other news, our new house is coming along slowly but surely, and will hopefully be ready before Christmas, which would allow us to see in the new year in a new house! Building with concrete instead of wood takes much longer, and is a painstakingly slow process, but the house looks great.
Kaitlyn is a little 'Miss'. I love her to bits, but she has sooo many of my bad traits that I now understand my wife's frustrations! We are both easily distracted, short attention span, annoying habit of talking incessantly, and never listen to others! I am now determined to cease and desist my annoyances to others! I'll update this blog with my progress...
On another subject, my studies have begun, albeit slowly. I will finish 3 of 18 modules by the end of November, which will give me a great start to my Optical Dispensing Certificate. I SHOULD finish the course in about 24 months - that's the target. I don't want to spend too much time completing a Certificate...
Caleb, my son, is sure to be a sports star one day. At least I hope so... His natural skills are already evident at just 19 months of age. Everyone comments about his abilities when they see him kicking his ball around - his timing, skill and focus are amazing! I have hardly had to teach him anything - he has a natural liking for sport. I am needless to say pleased about this! Everyone knows how sports-mad kiwi's are! He's also the cheekiest little bastard I've ever met! He's very intelligent, like my daughter, and uses it to make people swoon!
My only gripe this time, is the lack of entertainment in Sitiawan. Diana's parents are in NZ, and we're here running 3 businesses, making sure the house building is going smooth, and dealing with all of life's little drama's. That in itself isn't so bad. What gets to us is that there isn't ANYTHING to do apart from work. It's driving a wedge between us. We get stressed and take it out on each other. I guess people here just aren't interested in spending time and money on entertainment... Sitiawan isn't a small town - there are over 100,000 people in the district. Perhaps to an Asian, that IS small, but to a Kiwi, that's the size of one of our cities! Where we'd have cinema's, malls, cafe's (the real one's), art galleries, sports fields and stadiums, parks, bars and pubs, restaurants of various culture's and all the other amenities, Sitiawan has almost ZILCH of these. I mean ZILCH. I suppose westerner's are 'richer', and spend more on life's luxuries, but come on, a small art gallery or park with a safe playground can't be TOO much to ask for? People's priorities here are on making money. That seems to be all. Surely there's more to life than money? There are TONNES of New Zealander's who are MUCH poorer than many of the people here, yet somehow have a higher standard of living... I should know - I'm one of them. I earn so little compared to many people here, and yet my life has more variation - as much as I can afford - because to me, relaxation and fun are not 'children's stuff'...
I will put up with it because I can't change it. But, I will also do all I can to have a FULL life here.
Once again, congratulations to Jordan and Leen, and we'll see you as soon as the time is right.
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