Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Seven of Nine warping in on 1701
yes 9 out of 10 times (with the 1 time only because people didnt hear), I get people saying to us 'what name?' or asking 'why' Seven, or 'what? Tujuh? Ah Chat? - it is a guaranteed ice breaker scenario. And since Im Catholic and have to give her an additional Baptism name, Ive covered that too by staying in-line with a 'regular/normal' name.
Kathryn of course! So for the conservatives, she is Kathryn Si Janeway. For the fan base, she is Seven Si Janeway. For the complete series, she is Seven Si Kathryn Janeway. Everyone happy (hopefully). And oh, did I not share that we worked *HARD* with my wife's Gynae to plan her date of birth to be on 170109 which *reads* as "Seven Si Kathryn Janeway, born on 17 01 in the year 09. Hence she is actually Seven of NINE warping in on 1701) -- talk about TOUGH WORK.
No I wont have NINE kids. If I do, I will be the first fan to start the Tadika kanak-kanak StarFleet education franchise.
My comments on the latest Star Trek movie which I got to preview on 22/04/09 @ Cineleisure
Comments were originally posted for the benefit of forum-ers of startrek.com.my
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Being a fan, I would give it a 4 of 5 star rating myself. Yes this movie may be watched and enjoyed by non fans too with almost equal enjoyment.
Honestly but embarassingly speaking, Im the type that can cry at the movies, so the opening scene when Kirk was being born (literally) and George is shown accepting his sacrificial death - that music score, that moment of "slow motion" - aiyo god-man, cannot fight the tears... very dramatic and too emotional indeed for me, for the lack of any better words to describe it.
Can't help it. I felt connected - not many people actually also name their first born son Riker Si James Tee Kirk for real at Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara. I mean, I too said to my wife when she was on the hospital bed - 'we'll call him Jim Kirk, and yes (greedy) we'll also call him Riker since he's our No.1 ..." So like I was there at that scene you know - in that sense it was that personal ...
Then whenever portions of the show had the camera showing NCC-1701 ... I was truly awed to tears again. So malu, no hanky just the popcorn box in hand... Not only is the - can I say 'new USS Enterprise" looking super sleek; never seen Pike or Kirk's Enterprise like *this* before. I mean make it so man, make it so... but (not to boast), whenever I see NCC-1701, I feel so *walaueh* inside - and those that know why I say so, would be able to appreciate the feelings too if in the same place.
Then finally the part I had been actually waiting for from the minute the show started - was actually a very 'please let it be' hope that these new producers would, ''follow the tradition' of Star Trek movies - which was to end the show with the original theme song. And yes, finally there was that good ol' ST TOS theme at the end - that moment really squeezed the core of tears out of my nacells ...
Wah, choking in tears that time, like watching a dramatic soap opera that-kind-oh ...
So why 4 out of 5 stars I give and not 5? Because of some of the cast's acting. But expected right, since these were not seasoned movie actors. Thought I cant help wondering what if the role of Kirk was played by that Bourne Identity fella - which he was originally supposed to. Someone care to share what happened - didnt keep in touch on the whys of it.
And not that you all reading my comments here actually care - I wish to see Captain Janeway and the crew of Voyager on the silver screen, with Seven of Nine and all. For me, surely more tears cos not everyone too would be fanatic enough to call one's eldest daughter (now 4 months) Seven Si Janeway
Make it so, engage, punch it!
RSI_PICARD out
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Being a fan, I would give it a 4 of 5 star rating myself. Yes this movie may be watched and enjoyed by non fans too with almost equal enjoyment.
Honestly but embarassingly speaking, Im the type that can cry at the movies, so the opening scene when Kirk was being born (literally) and George is shown accepting his sacrificial death - that music score, that moment of "slow motion" - aiyo god-man, cannot fight the tears... very dramatic and too emotional indeed for me, for the lack of any better words to describe it.
Can't help it. I felt connected - not many people actually also name their first born son Riker Si James Tee Kirk for real at Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara. I mean, I too said to my wife when she was on the hospital bed - 'we'll call him Jim Kirk, and yes (greedy) we'll also call him Riker since he's our No.1 ..." So like I was there at that scene you know - in that sense it was that personal ...
Then whenever portions of the show had the camera showing NCC-1701 ... I was truly awed to tears again. So malu, no hanky just the popcorn box in hand... Not only is the - can I say 'new USS Enterprise" looking super sleek; never seen Pike or Kirk's Enterprise like *this* before. I mean make it so man, make it so... but (not to boast), whenever I see NCC-1701, I feel so *walaueh* inside - and those that know why I say so, would be able to appreciate the feelings too if in the same place.
Then finally the part I had been actually waiting for from the minute the show started - was actually a very 'please let it be' hope that these new producers would, ''follow the tradition' of Star Trek movies - which was to end the show with the original theme song. And yes, finally there was that good ol' ST TOS theme at the end - that moment really squeezed the core of tears out of my nacells ...
Wah, choking in tears that time, like watching a dramatic soap opera that-kind-oh ...
So why 4 out of 5 stars I give and not 5? Because of some of the cast's acting. But expected right, since these were not seasoned movie actors. Thought I cant help wondering what if the role of Kirk was played by that Bourne Identity fella - which he was originally supposed to. Someone care to share what happened - didnt keep in touch on the whys of it.
And not that you all reading my comments here actually care - I wish to see Captain Janeway and the crew of Voyager on the silver screen, with Seven of Nine and all. For me, surely more tears cos not everyone too would be fanatic enough to call one's eldest daughter (now 4 months) Seven Si Janeway
Make it so, engage, punch it!
RSI_PICARD out
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Application for the post of first Mongolian Ambassador to Malaysia
Dear Sir,
It has come to my attention that Malaysia does not have a Mongolian Ambassador yet and the nearest Mongolian Embassy is in Bangkok. Those who wish to conduct business with Mongolia need to either contact your Embassy in Bangkok or talk to your Honorary Consul in Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Syed Abdul Rahman Alhabshi. And since Syed Rahman is now unofficially attached to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office he is not so reachable nowadays.
The purpose of this letter is to enquire whether your government plans to set up an Embassy here in Kuala Lumpur in the near future. If so, then I would like to submit my application for the post of first Mongolian Ambassador to Malaysia.
I understand that foreigners can only qualify for the position of Honorary Consul and that an Ambassador must be a citizen of that country. To qualify I would therefore be prepared to apply for Mongolian citizenship even if that means I need to relinquish my Malaysian citizenship.
I also understand that maintaining an Embassy both in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur simultaneously would be straining Mongolia’s financial resources, especially in times like these when the world is going through a serious economic crisis. And I suppose that is why your government maintains an Embassy in Bangkok and only an Honorary Consul in Kuala Lumpur.
I have anticipated this and have already started the ball rolling by launching a ‘Mongolian Embassy Development Fund’. Even if I just limit this fund raising exercise to within the Malaysia Today community, I can already raise millions every year even at a rate of RM10 per Malaysia Today reader per year. This can more than pay the cost of maintaining a Mongolian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
As for me, I do not expect any salary and would be prepared to work for free. Of course, I would expect a Mongolian passport and the diplomatic immunity that comes with the job. And I of course would want those DC number plates on my car -- not to be confused with Kelantan number plates -- so that I can park my car wherever I like and the police can’t do anything about it.
I had in mind a tax-free Porsche or Ferrari, which works out cheaper than a Proton Saga if without tax, as the official Embassy car. By the way, how many tax-free cars are we entitled to and can my friends and family drive them even though they do not work for the Embassy?
I suspect once the Malaysian government finds out I have applied for the job of Mongolian Ambassador to Malaysia it may lodge a protest and say that I want to set up a Mongolian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and that I have volunteered to work as the Ambassador for free because of the diplomatic immunity that comes with the job. They will also say that I want diplomatic immunity because I want to be able to show the Malaysian government my middle finger and they will not be able to do anything about it.
That is of course not true at all. My offer to work as the Mongolian Ambassador to Malaysia and help fund the running cost of the Embassy is a most sincere gesture and has nothing to do with whatever allegation that may arise that this is part of my plan to irritate the Malaysian government even more than it is already irritated.
Part of my job as Ambassador would be to explore tourism possibilities between Mongolia and Malaysia. I am confident we can market Puncak Alam in Shah Alam as an ecotourism destination for Mongolian tourists who may find jungle clearings a most shattering and heart stopping experience.
We can include in that tourism package a visit to the upmarket residential area of Bukit Damansara where there are many houses bought with other people’s money, probably the highest per capita in the whole of Malaysia. We can throw in a stopover in Singapore with one night’s free stay in the Mandarin Hotel where a certain famous birthday dinner was held, the photographs of that dinner which have eluded Malaysians for more than two years now.
So, you see, I have big plans and my job as Ambassador will not be just to approve visas or escort Mongolians who come to Malaysia to attend the trial of murdering policemen. I will explore all sorts of other opportunities that can serve the combined interests of Mongolia and Malaysia.
I shall be most happy to travel to Mongolia if you need me to explain in more detail as to how the setting up of an Embassy in Kuala Lumpur could benefit Mongolia. One benefit I can immediately think of would be that Mongolian girls who are being pursued by the Malaysian police on orders of Malaysian politicians no longer need to go all the way to Bangkok like in the past. Now, they would have somewhere right in the heart of Kuala Lumpur to go to.
A second benefit would be once a Mongolian national touched down in Kuala Lumpur, he or she (especially she) can report to the Mongolian Embassy and we would have records of their visit to Malaysia. Then, if the Malaysian government deletes their immigration records from the computer, we can show the Malaysian government that our records prove that that person did come to Malaysia and never left the country.
I trust you find my proposal viable and of interest to the government of Mongolia and I look forward to your reply. By the way, I don’t know where I would be at any given point of time so please just deliver the letter to Bukit Aman and they will know how to find me as I am constantly being followed by the Special Branch officers at all times.
Yours truly,
Raja Petra Bin Raja Kamarudin
-- copied from Malaysia Today's post Raja Petra Kamarudin’s letter to the Mongolian government
It has come to my attention that Malaysia does not have a Mongolian Ambassador yet and the nearest Mongolian Embassy is in Bangkok. Those who wish to conduct business with Mongolia need to either contact your Embassy in Bangkok or talk to your Honorary Consul in Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Syed Abdul Rahman Alhabshi. And since Syed Rahman is now unofficially attached to the Malaysian Prime Minister’s office he is not so reachable nowadays.
The purpose of this letter is to enquire whether your government plans to set up an Embassy here in Kuala Lumpur in the near future. If so, then I would like to submit my application for the post of first Mongolian Ambassador to Malaysia.
I understand that foreigners can only qualify for the position of Honorary Consul and that an Ambassador must be a citizen of that country. To qualify I would therefore be prepared to apply for Mongolian citizenship even if that means I need to relinquish my Malaysian citizenship.
I also understand that maintaining an Embassy both in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur simultaneously would be straining Mongolia’s financial resources, especially in times like these when the world is going through a serious economic crisis. And I suppose that is why your government maintains an Embassy in Bangkok and only an Honorary Consul in Kuala Lumpur.
I have anticipated this and have already started the ball rolling by launching a ‘Mongolian Embassy Development Fund’. Even if I just limit this fund raising exercise to within the Malaysia Today community, I can already raise millions every year even at a rate of RM10 per Malaysia Today reader per year. This can more than pay the cost of maintaining a Mongolian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
As for me, I do not expect any salary and would be prepared to work for free. Of course, I would expect a Mongolian passport and the diplomatic immunity that comes with the job. And I of course would want those DC number plates on my car -- not to be confused with Kelantan number plates -- so that I can park my car wherever I like and the police can’t do anything about it.
I had in mind a tax-free Porsche or Ferrari, which works out cheaper than a Proton Saga if without tax, as the official Embassy car. By the way, how many tax-free cars are we entitled to and can my friends and family drive them even though they do not work for the Embassy?
I suspect once the Malaysian government finds out I have applied for the job of Mongolian Ambassador to Malaysia it may lodge a protest and say that I want to set up a Mongolian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and that I have volunteered to work as the Ambassador for free because of the diplomatic immunity that comes with the job. They will also say that I want diplomatic immunity because I want to be able to show the Malaysian government my middle finger and they will not be able to do anything about it.
That is of course not true at all. My offer to work as the Mongolian Ambassador to Malaysia and help fund the running cost of the Embassy is a most sincere gesture and has nothing to do with whatever allegation that may arise that this is part of my plan to irritate the Malaysian government even more than it is already irritated.
Part of my job as Ambassador would be to explore tourism possibilities between Mongolia and Malaysia. I am confident we can market Puncak Alam in Shah Alam as an ecotourism destination for Mongolian tourists who may find jungle clearings a most shattering and heart stopping experience.
We can include in that tourism package a visit to the upmarket residential area of Bukit Damansara where there are many houses bought with other people’s money, probably the highest per capita in the whole of Malaysia. We can throw in a stopover in Singapore with one night’s free stay in the Mandarin Hotel where a certain famous birthday dinner was held, the photographs of that dinner which have eluded Malaysians for more than two years now.
So, you see, I have big plans and my job as Ambassador will not be just to approve visas or escort Mongolians who come to Malaysia to attend the trial of murdering policemen. I will explore all sorts of other opportunities that can serve the combined interests of Mongolia and Malaysia.
I shall be most happy to travel to Mongolia if you need me to explain in more detail as to how the setting up of an Embassy in Kuala Lumpur could benefit Mongolia. One benefit I can immediately think of would be that Mongolian girls who are being pursued by the Malaysian police on orders of Malaysian politicians no longer need to go all the way to Bangkok like in the past. Now, they would have somewhere right in the heart of Kuala Lumpur to go to.
A second benefit would be once a Mongolian national touched down in Kuala Lumpur, he or she (especially she) can report to the Mongolian Embassy and we would have records of their visit to Malaysia. Then, if the Malaysian government deletes their immigration records from the computer, we can show the Malaysian government that our records prove that that person did come to Malaysia and never left the country.
I trust you find my proposal viable and of interest to the government of Mongolia and I look forward to your reply. By the way, I don’t know where I would be at any given point of time so please just deliver the letter to Bukit Aman and they will know how to find me as I am constantly being followed by the Special Branch officers at all times.
Yours truly,
Raja Petra Bin Raja Kamarudin
-- copied from Malaysia Today's post Raja Petra Kamarudin’s letter to the Mongolian government
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