"A Long December.."

Greetings!

Hope all is well. Yup, we are coming close to the end of 2009. One more month to go people! If your resolution is still behind, you still have another a month to go to get it done.

American Football:
My favorite team, Washington Redskins, they done it again! Yup, lose to the Dallas Cowboys and it is pretty close game. If only the kicker kicked the field goal, they would have beaten the Cowboys by 6 points. Urrrgggh....no way JOSE they'll be in the playoff.....!
On a lighter note, my college, VT Hokies won! They are surely bound for another Bowl game. Go HOKIES!

Chin Peng:
Well, he is now back on the headlines. Finally, he admitted and is apologetic to all the victims and those who have suffered during the Communist Emergency from 1948 to 1960 and 1969 to 1989.
Folks, if you don't know him, he was the mastermind behind the whole communist insurgency in Malaysia. He was hoping to change Malaysia into a communist country via warfare. Luckily at that time, the Father of Malaysia, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman was successful in getting independence for Malaysia (at that time was known as Malaya) from the British in 1957 through peaceful means.
The issue now is Chin Peng wanted to come back to Malaysia and settle down for good, well latest is the highest court of the country is not allowing him back since he cannot prove his citizenship.
Personally, of course we can go with 'forgive and forget' and 'past is past', but for Chin Peng is an exception, he was the person responsible for creating chaos, destruction, and mayhem to Malaysia. Wives became widow, children became orphan, homes became ruin, basically, there is nothing really good out of him. Thousands of lives were gone and not spared, the economy and infrastructure were damaged and destroyed. Imagine, Malaysians (Malaysans) at that time were living in fear.
I think it is best he remain where he is (Thailand) and not come back or else it will just deepen further the wound that he had already created.
This is not the subject of fairness, but actually it is about justice especially for the victims and those who have fought hard to protect and preserve Malaysia's sovereignty, security, and stability.

Bahasa Malaysia:
Here we go again, the reminder of the status of Bahasa Malaysia based from last week's paper. My thoughts; Yes, it is our national language so preserve it. It is in the constitution of the country, then what the fuss. "Cintailah Bahasa Kebangsaan Kita, Marilah Amalkan Ramai-Ramai, Bahasalah menyatu padukan kita semua..."
It doesn't meant that if one masters in English or other languages, then Bahasa Malaysia is totally neglected. Come on, Bahasa Malaysia is still our national language and that is already a part of our living heritage.
Despite our different racial background and customs, Bahasa Malaysia is what unite us. It is our 'lingua franca' to begin with since the times of the Melaka Empire!

Cheerios!