However it was nice to see Malaysians of all walks of life at the anti-I.S.A. candle-light vigil in Dataran Merdeka last Saturday 27th Sept 2008.

Here’s a short report:

http://www.jerrymohan.blogspot.com

Suggestion: Why not DAP set-up a foundation / research centre say as; Patto Foundation or Patto Research Centre. Please take into considerations on other hero’s too.

Peaceful Anti-ISA Vigil-Turned-March

http://sagaladoola.blogspot.com/2008/09/peaceful-anti-isa-vigil-turned-march.html

Have any one of you read the history book being used in schools these days?

A mockery for HISTORY.

God bless his family and his soul.

p/s its great that these names are used. We have a few in Ipoh which has no meaning,like Jalan Gopeng is no Raja Bainun, Raja Nazrin Shah…i still prefer the old ones, Cowan Street, Cockman Street, Anderson Road, LOL….sometimes we still use these names as reference of the road instead of the new ones.

Today at 01: 08.42 (6 hours ago)
Gerakan joining Pakatan? If so, the seat assignment in Penang could be quite difficult, as you were once enemies to each other. The new enemy could be MCA, if MCA decided not to pull out. If MCA pulls out, that is the end of BN. The sole enemy will be racist UM-NO

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The Gerakan will be in the doldrums. The present leaders have lost the plot and that is why they lost the lot. Imagine being returned with only 2 MPs and 4 ADUNs.

Penang has proved to be the womb and tomb of the Gerakan.

Gerakan in the first 21 years did something for Penang. The last 18 years under Koh Tsu Koon was an apology for this once proud multi-racial party. It paid the price of trhe Umno embrace and was reduced into a party fielding only Chinese candidates.

Now we will see the Gerakan riding into the sunset.

He left the teaching profession in the early 1970s, joined the DAP and never looked back. During his short life, he also dealt with successes and failures. Throughout it all, he remained undaunted and steadfast.

If I may, here is a poem from Rudyard Kipling, “If.”

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream — and not make dreams your master;
If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings — nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run –
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son!

Viewed in whichever way, Patto was a Man. He was a true true son of Malaysia. Betul-betul anak Malaysia tulen …

What’s all this nonsense about “people power”? People have no power and never will. It is nothing but a legal fallacy. This is just another word bandied about by those who want to take over power.

Stop this “makkal sakti” gibberish!

What’s all this nonsence about “people power”? People have no power and never will. It is nothing but a legal fallacy. This is just another word bandied about by those who want to take over power.

His family, wife & daughters would be happy & proud that he has not being forgotten but always remembered for being a great outstanding Parlimentarian & leader in DAP. I still remember him well & the day that the sad news came that he has left us.

It is good that with Pakatan as state Govt, finally our past heroes are being remembered & appreciated in this way. Maybe, there are others that also ought to be remembered by the nation.

teacher says
Today at 21: 07.51 (1 hour ago)
Indeed its a great thought by the new MB of Perak. I salute you for remembering a fallen hero, who in our eyes fought for all Malaysians never having a thought for himself.If only we had more people like him in Malaysia today we would be a happy and contented rakyaat.
I would also like to place on record a word of thanks to the new MB Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar for starting the small changes in Ipoh and Perak. As a person being born and lived here all through the BN days, I finally see things moving in Ipoh. **

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** Have heard of the many good things & changes being implemented by the new Pakatan state govts of Perak, Penang & Selangor. With their positive actions towards improving the lives of the rakyat, come next GE they would definitely be able to stay on as the state Govt. Kudos to the MBs, CM & their people oriented teams for showing the results although they are just seven mths old.

I am just starting to get sick, of all the power struggle headlines last week: whether who should be the country’s No 1 boss, whether Abdullah should step down or not, the supreme council ultimatum, all these due to the greed of power which has caused the backstabbing and negotiations between the guys on top, whereas the interest of the ordinary people has been forgotten altogether.

Where is the direction for Malaysia? Nobody knows, I presume a random walk to the future? :)