"The Ants go Marching"

Hi Folks,

Long time no hear, ha ha ha typical Malaysian English for sure!

Anyway, in less than 9 days, we will be rolling our carpet for April. Talk about March, flying fast.

Bend It Like Beckham:

On a sad note, we may not see him play the up-coming World Cup in South Africa after an injury. Not a big fan of him, but it is terribly sad not to see him play for England. These days you don't really hear much of David like before, could this mean the beginning of the demise of his football career. Will wait n see.

Parliament in session:

Yes, finally after a break Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat and this time not to mention, Independents (Bebas) will be squaring off for another interesting, winding, lengthy, debates and arguments and drama and rhetorics! We the rakyat will sit and watch and smile and ponder as usual.

Income tax:

Yup, it is approaching, the deadline that is 30 April 2010. Haven't done it yet, but soon. Hopefully not to the last minute. Kudos to the IRB guys for the improvement that they have embark on and now it is on-line. Very convenient. What is important to the rakyat is easy, seamless, convenient, transparent, and consistency in customer service! Cut the bureacratic red tape, this is not the 70s or 80s or 90s. We are in the 21st Century.

Halal in the news:

It is high time that the halal certification through JAKIM and JAIS is in recognition by the Federal government and also Selangor Government for food products and restaurants.

Yes there have been other halal certification bodies in this country, but are they really genuine or really follow strictly to the condition of Halal?

The sad reality is that there are still food products be it domestic and overseas, having variety of halal certification from many sources. What scary is that food product or restaurant declare themselves as halal, only when a thorough investigation is done by the authorities then it is realized that there are loopholes that compromise the status of halal. More must be done to combat this insensitive menace to general consumers who are taking halal food products or dining at restaurants. Creating the Halal awareness is one thing, but enforcing is also another measure that must be upholded at all times.

Halal is basically good hygiene for everybody!


Cheerios!