CrystalBall: The Satellite

I gaze and I gaze
And I listen
Putting my ears to the ground
And my eyes to the sky
the satellite is gone!
The satellite is gone!

How do we communicate?
What????? Now??!!!
Who is going to share what went on 1 second ago, 1 second later?
How was this possible??

And this in the midst of the party?
But aren’t firecrackers no longer in the market???

CrsytalBall: After Raya, After Thaipusam, Before Christmas

Mirror, mirror on the wall
who is the most licik of them all
brader, brader said the wall,
its him who is waiting to fall

Mirror, mirror on the wall,
will the people know it all?
brader, brader said the wall,
they'll know it now - once and for all!


Remember the song that it does not rain every Sunday? Or is it sunshine? Something like that....

PEace !

CrystalBall: The Wizard Of OX

To visit the wizard of OX,the Tin Man and his entourage have to take the road. But the road cracked and lo behold, the maker of the road will be axed before he reaches the wizard's place by Master Amasisi. The Master is always on the watch for the man who used cars while the Tin Man walks...he did not pay for the cars!!!

Crystal Ball: YOu SUre one of the Dwarfs?

Snow White was crying and looking absolutely sad. She could not believe that two of her seven dwarfs could..... She has not confirmed herself yet but this was told to her by the rabbit that accidentally got lost from Alice in wonderland. But Wonderland is a land of make belief and the longer you stay there, you tend to believe it is real. In the real world, real things happen as the rabbit found out.

But Snow White was just not prepared to hear the fate of her two dwarfs. How?

CrystalBall: CHANGE MUST MEAN CHANGE OR CHANGED WILL BE THE ORDER

So there has been announcements and appointments. The cabinet has been announced. The UMNO supreme council appointees and office bearers have been appointed. Next, logically should come the "changes" in the GLCs, other government institutions and especially the CIVIL SERVICE.

The concept of 1Malaysia has been announced.

People are now evaluating pronouncements, appointments and announcements with FOLLOW-UPs and actual RESULTS. People now wait - anxiously. Of course it cannot get worse than the Abdullah era but that is no consolation.

Of course everyone cannot be pleased with the appointments. But the Rakyat have voiced and are voicing. They are displeased with some things. Some find that "change" may not necessary mean "change". Differences of opinion. But does UMNO recognise which opinions matter? I have known UMNO to underestimate those outside its fold for too long.

It is just sad for UMNO if it still lives in its little world and uses its own yardstick, especially if the yardstick has jagged edges. I know that there is still a tendency for UMNO to think of itself as indestructible, a thought that should be completely alien to Muslims as only Allah is eternal.

People wait and I see fog on the horizon. Why？

Let us see what May has to unfold. It is just a feeling.

PEACE !

PUSS IN BOOTS AGAIN !

I actually received 4 emails asking me to explain “Puss In Boots”. It is nice to know people still like fairy tales. It is simple actually if you know all the fairy tales or at least the ones in play in my articles.

There was humpty dumpty. Nice guy who hurt no one deliberately. He was just sitting on the wall but unfortunately he had a great fall. He was not left uncared for after his fall. All tried. In fact ALL THE KING’S HORSES AND ALL THE KING’S MEN TRIED. But alas, they could not put him back together again. No point crying over split milk. Fairy Tale Land must move on.

Pinocchio wants center stage but his prolonging nose gives him away so easily. Then there is, Jack and Jill, tom thumb and so on. BUT in all the fairy tales, there is no character so clever like puss in boots who is completely focused over time to serve his master.

He knew that he had to serve his master and to do that he has to be creative, mobilize the people, defeat the ogre and ultimately allow the KING to honour his master so that he can rule the land. Sure, you can question the method puss in boots used to mobilize the people – creating perceptions. Some may even say he was Machiavellian in his approach. But puss-in-boots had a mission – to serve his master. And it knew that the secret laid in getting the KING’s pleasure. That's exactly what he did. With the KING on his side, puss in boots only had to eat the ogre and his master lived happily ever after.

PEACE !

CrystalBall: Six Little Pigeons

Thanks to this site for the picture.

One little, two little, three little pigeons,
four little, five little, six little pigeons,
why little, why little,why little pigeons,
why didn't you fly away?

One little, two little, three little pigeons,
four little, five little, six little pigeons,
why little, why little,why little pigeons,
one has to be caged away.

One little, two little, three little pigeons,
four little, five little, six little pigeons,
why little, why little,why little pigeons,
see the cat that is coming your way?

One little, two little, three little pigeons,
four little, five little, six little pigeons,
why little, why little,why little pigeons
five will be chased away.

One little, two little, three little pigeons,
four little, five little, six little pigeons,
why little, why little,why little pigeons
being pigeons, cant be eagle anyway.

One little, two little, three little pigeons,
four little, five little, six little pigeons,
not little, not little, not little pigeons
pigeons cause histoplasmosis by the way!

PEACE !

CrsytalBall: PUSS IN BOOTS

In ding dong bell, the naughty kid who put pussy in the well is Johnny Flynn. We don't really know what happened to him thereafter but it was little Johnny Stout that saved pussy. WE, too, do not know what happened thereafter to him either. But for years one is sung as a hero and the other as a misled kid who could not recognize the contributions of pussy in catching all the mice. This part of the nursery rhyme history will just record the events.

Puss in boots as we know is a cat given to the youngest child of a miller. His other two brothers were given the mill and an ass, which appeared as better assets. BUT, puss in boｏts was no ordinary cat - it had a crafty mind, creative methods and very diligent in pursuing its objectives to serve its master.

As we know it, puss in boots understood the psychological and economic climate of its times. It was able to create an image for its master, who later came to be known as "Marquis of Carabas". Even the peasants were persuaded to tell the King that all the land belonged to the Marquis. The correct perceptions of power was created. The King was impressed with the Pusｓ'ｓ master. But there was still one challenge - the Ogre and the castle.

Puss in boots, however also seem to understand the psychology of the wealthy and the powerful. Using this knowledge and pandering to the Ogre; ego, it managed to overcome the ogre, in fact eat it! Fairy tales are the realm of the impossible. Sｏund familiar?

And the Marquis of Carabas married the princess and ruled the land.

PEACE！

CrystalBall: PINOCCHIO AND HUMPTY DUMPTY

Fairy tales is one of those things that I read when I was a kid. Pinocchio is about a boy whose nose grows every time he lied. It will be easy to recognize liars if Pinocchio phenomenon affects humans beings.

Humpty Dumpty is another story that used to baffle me. Firstly, being fat why was he sitting precariously on the wall? Obviously, the potential of a fall must have been real. Secondly, since he was not doing anything useful apart from just sitting, why should all the King’s men and all the King’s horses put Humpty Dumpty back together again? Did they really think Humpty will change from his predisposed self?

Being an adult, I wonder if Pinocchio and Humpty Dumpty were to get together, probably Humpty may not fall at all. Why? Because Pinocchio is such a liar that he may convince others that Humpty’s sitting on the wall is actually good for the King’s men. On the other hand, if Humpty does fall, he can lie and say that it was done by Little Johnny Flynn – the kid who put pussy in the well. And if Pinocchio can show the King’s men that Johnny Flynn is so dangerous, then Humpty must be put back together again.

But how? All the King’s men and the King’s horses cannot do it. Enters the witch and her magic wand. Swoof! The scene changes. And Pinocchio did it…almost.

But Pinocchio forget about one more creative character – Puss in Boots!

Don’t you just love fairy tales and what they predict?

PEACE !

DEDICATED TO ALL READERS - FOR ONE WEEK

I have always loved Bee Gees. The melody is nice. It is also full of meaning if you understand the lyrics. Possibly, I may not be able to blog for a few days after tomorrow.




PEACE !

CrystalBall: Its here.

The hawker is coming to town. He has wares to share from and he is getting is stalls ready from tonight.

If you do not like tau fu or if you have been criticizing tau fu based products for too long, then you better watch out, you better be ready to eat them for long! Next week, there is a campaign on tau fu eating. Those who hate tou fu or tou based products, stay away from supermarkets that serve these!

Funny, tou fu which is soft rhymes with kung fu which is hostile?

Peace!

CRYSTALBALL: THE FAKE UNFAKED before the aisle of May

While he was standing on the shores of the sea with his back to the sea, he closed his eyes and tuned himself to nature. He heard sounds of or what he tought were the sounds of a bird, the waves and the wind. Holding on to his curiosity and to the interpretations of his mind for a few seconds, he then turned to confirm.

What he thought was the sound of bird was nothing more than a little boy exeprimenting with his voice in the sea.

What he thought was the sound of the wind was nothing more than his breathing.

What he thought was the sound of wave was just a boat that passed by.

The FAKE unfaked as it will be by the laws of nature.

Once the fake is unfaked, the predictable ensuing responses will be:
how could we have allowed ourselves to be fooled?
Where did we go wrong?
Ｗｈｙ　ｄｉｄ　ｗｅ　ｄｉｓｐｅｎｓｅ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｃｏｍｍｏｎ　ｓｅｎｓｅ？
Ｗｈｙ　ｄｉｄ　ｗｅ　ｊｕｓｔ　ｆｌｏａｔ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｃｒｏｗｄ？

PEACE！

［ＮＯＴＥ：＂ａｉｓｌｅ＂ｉｓ　ｎｏｔ　ｓｐｅｌｔ　ｗｒｏｎｇｌｙ］

The Horse Trick

He goes to town riding a horse expecting to be showered by scented flowers from both sides of the path. He tries a new trick which the horse has never done before. He expects the onlookers to be surprised and applaud him. The trick only killed the horse and he fell breaking his legs. The horse was never made ready for the show. Will he recover?

Peace !

BRACE OURSELVES - YET AGAIN?

The crystal ball says that come November, we have to brace ourselves again. I suppose Malaysians are being given warning after warning by the divine forces to wake up and be grateful?

PM RESIGNS?

A friend asked me last night if PMs in other countries resign.

Four months after forming a government, Belgium Prime Minister Yves Leterme has resigned in July 2008 , recognising his failure to reach a compromise over requests from Flanders to transfer more powers to the regions. (http://www.euractiv.com/en/elections/belgium-pm-resigns-throwing-country-crisis/article-174245)

Japan's unpopular prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, announced his resignation Monday 15, September, 2008 after less than a year in office. Fukuda, in a hastily arranged news conference Monday evening, said he was stepping down to avoid a "political vacuum" at the head of the world's second-largest economy. "My decision is based on what I thought the future political situation ought to be," Fukuda said. The 72-year-old has suffered from chronically low support ratings as he presided over a parliament split between the ruling party and the opposition.

Togo's prime minister has resigned in September 2008 after less than one year in office. A statement from the president's office gives no reason for Prime Minister Komla Mally's unexpected departure late Friday. The statement was read on national television Saturday. It says President Faure Gnassingbe has accepted Mally's resignation. Independent newspapers in Togo have accused the premier of lacking initiative and of being ineffective.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert intends to hand his resignation letter to President Shimon Peres the day after the September 17 Kadima primary and ask him to entrust the new party leader with forming a new government, Olmert's associates said Wednesday night. They spoke soon after the prime minister had made a somber speech at his official residence in Jerusalem in which he announced that he would not seek to retain the leadership.

OnThe ROLL2: King Of Spades

Have you seen a deck of cards? There are 4 Kings in it - the spade, the heart, the diamonds and the club. King means supreme. There can only be one King. If there are 4 Kings, there will be a struggle among them to be THE King. Alternatively, the spade, the diamond, the club and the hearts must agree among them who shall be THE King.

But a deck of cards have 4 Kings. And we know none have agreed who should rule supreme. If it is a game of poker, the one who wins is the one who calls the best bluff.

But what if it is not a bluff and the cards are all on the table? You can see it but your mind insists it is a bluff.

Hence the phrase....fall like a deck of cards.

Is it too late to put the cards back into the box?

Only if you are willing.