Survivor : Guatemala - Pre-Finale
Wow.. and I honestly really thought Cindy had the winning edit in Survivor Guatemala all along. Now I’m gonna have to eat my words. You never ever ever fuck with the car reward curse. Nobody has ever won it. Ever.
Survivor : Borneo - no car reward challenge. Richard won the car after he won the million.
Survivor : Australia - Colby won the car (who could forget Mama Colby coming over for a visit and taking photos of her son taking a shower? Eww) and lost to Tina at the Final Two.
Survivor : Africa - Lex won the car and was booted at Final Three.
Survivor : Marquesas - Sean won the car and was booted the exact same episode (Final Five). However, they were all given cars cars during the reunion (it was unclear who were the actual sponsors)
Survivor : Thailand - Ted got the same fate as Sean in Marquesas.
Survivor : Amazon - Matthew received the same fate as Colby.
Survivor : Pearl Islands - Burton won the car and was booted at Final Five.
Survivor : All Stars - Boston won the car and lost at Final Two. So did Amber, but technically, Rob was the one who actually won the challenge. On a side note, Shii Ann also ‘won’ a car during the reunion which pissed off Jenna Fucking Whore Lewis.
Survivor : Vanuatu - Eliza won the car and ended up at Final Three.
Survivor : Palau - Ian won the car and went out at Final Three (in what HAS to be the most idiotic move/decision ever made on the history of the game. Stupid douchebag)
Survivor : Guatemala - Cindy won the car and was voted out at Final Five.
So the odds are… if you win the car, you will get voted out at
Final Five - 4/10
Final Three - 3/10
Final Two - 3/10
Like I said, never ever fuck with the curse.
Anyway, Cindy was presented with a surprise twist.. and there’s lots of coulda woulda shoulda debate going on on all message boards. I have no doubt that if she had given up the car and let the others have the four cars, there was no doubt in my mind that CBS was gonna give us another twist that she wins the car as well. But anyway, what’s done is done. But what in holy fuck gives limp noodle Rafe the right to be all pissy about how Cindy SHOULD give up her car? My God. For once, I have to agree with frickin Steph. Why should she do that? Cindy fucking EARNED that reward. Survivor is no place to be a martyr. So get off your gay high horse and admit that you were just a bitter whore, Rafe. Man.. that twat really pissed me off. Cindy was right to vote for Rafe.. he is a challenge whore (who would’ve thunk?) cause if you are observant, the idiot editors at CBS has already shown us a shot of who was/will be wearing the immunity necklace in the Final Four tribal council.
With regards to the Finale this Sunday (in the States), Entertainment TOnight had a brief interview with Jeff Probst :
Mark: Last night the Final Four were revealed and the million dollar winner will be announced in a two hour special airing this Sunday on CBS. So who will be in the Final Two? We’ve got some clues.
Jeff: One played the game in a way I never thought they would be able to play. And the other played a game I never saw.
Interesting, no? Given the Final Four that we have (probably the most boring and unlikeable Foursome since Survivor Thailand), I would have to say that
(a) “One played the game in a way I never thought they would be able to play” would be referring to STEPHENIE - she was an ‘outcast’ and no one ever thought of voting her out? Does she even have a single vote to her name right now?
(b) “And the other played a game I never saw.” would be referring to Danii. I mean, seriously, if she even had a gameplan, why weren’t they shown to us viewers? She makes Vecepia look good for goodness sake. If anything, she got really really lucky.
So will Danii or Steph win? As much as I hate Steph, I have to commend her for playing this game better than she did in Palau, and this time she played it HARD. She is definitely one of the better Survivor players in this bunch. But how will she fare with the fellow jury? Cause this is a social game, and she might make the mistake than Boston Rob did in All Stars.
On the other side of the coin, Danii defeats all odds from being the ultimate underdog to being in the Final Two. She will definitely score points in social aspect of the game. She’s been pleasant and has not really betrayed any of her alliance on the jury. Her circumstance reminds me that of Charlotte’s in Survivor UK - and Charlotte won by a landslide of 7-0.
So will Danii win or Steph win? Ultimately, it depends on the jury.. and ultimately, it WILL be either a vote for Steph, or against Steph.. which is rather sad since it’s the jury’s fault Steph got as far as she did in this game. I’ve a gut feeling that Danii’s gonna win this thing. Vecepia will need to pass Danii her “most boring contestant to ever win” tiara on Sunday.
I will have a post mortem entry after I’ve seen the finale and reunion show, which will hopefully be shown this Monday on ntv7. God knows, Malaysian tv doesn’t give a shit about letting viewers know in advance if they have changes in their schedule (TV3’s the same the way they’re bumping off Apprentice 3 for the shitfest that is the Konsert Sure Hanjing).
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:12 pm
For those who are already in oversea and live comfortably. There is no reason for you to come back to Malaysia. Life in Malaysia is getting tougher each day.
Frankly, as a Chinese, I don’t see there is any future for our next generation.
Another dangerous mentor that people always use is JFK “Don’t ask what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for the country”.
Is sound nice, but isn’t how German Nazi and Japan militarism started the world war using the same mentor? Under the great “ask what you can do for the country”.
Patriotism? Yes, I understand how you feel. Your love for the country was spoilt by the political party. Since non-malays will always be a second-class citizen, so you are probably the same in any other countries, if not better.
You get cannibalised by your own countrymen, intellectually and professionally.
As someone else advised, be a Global citizen.
Patriotism does not need you to be in Malaysia to work your due. Let no one pointed at you and say you are a traitor if your true intention is to generate good deeds for Malaysia wherever you are.
Save your time about coming back to Malaysia. Nothing will change in Malaysia. At least not even in this lifetime. Racism will still be here to stay, and also everything else.
I think there is such an entrenched discrimination against the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia, that it will take probably a whole generation to undo the damage.
This is happening in whole spectrum of the Malaysian government, civil service, state governments and universities. Just look at percentage of malays in all these government bodies - 98%���.
A whole generation of malays has been brought up to think that it’s their inherited right to own Malaysia. The other races are damned.
I think the malays especially those in power, are scared right now that if they will to compete openly with other races, they will surely be the loser. You will see very strong resistance to hire other races even the most qualified.
The malays are never brought up to compete on even ground. This is fault of previous PM and now the present PM has to tread a balance ground to ensure the malays are not cast away as well as to make Malaysia competitive worldwide.
In US I never met a malay immigrant, although there are thousands of Malaysian Chinese and Indian immigrants. Why? Malays in Malaysia have an easier life where they are literately prince of the land.
We have infrastructure good enough to be considered first world or better. Look at the Cyberjaya, Petronas Twin Towers, Putrajaya?
Gleaming high-rise buildings but also in every city, dirty toilets abound, litter clogging up the drains, public telephones damaged, plus unreliable rubbish collection and disposal. We just treat public facilities badly, not caring about others.
Being an urban dweller myself, I am constantly disheartened by the poor public infrastructure and upkeep in our capital city.
Faulty pedestrian traffic signals, illogical positioning of bus stops, poor public cleanliness, poor quality sidewalks (which are paved using slippery tiles), un-integrated and poorly managed public transportation system, the list goes on.
Your children can’t even walk safely along the Kuala Lumpur streets, as they might be bags snatched, kidnapped, murdered, raped, or robbed, as they do not know the jungle laws of Malaysia. The police won’t help much as they now have a big pile of corruption cases running after them.
You owe nothing to Malaysia, you pay your due, so live on.
So, my last advice. Don’t come back unless you are really suffering in oversea.
I’m sorry this sounds very racist but I think we have to be honest in discussion.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:13 pm
Seems to me Malaysians are lucky to have Singapore to run for!
The brain drain that Singapore is experiencing, Malaysia is also experiencing. Malaysians or Singaporeans, all those who can fulfill the criteria for emigration (not “migration” - that term is used for birds, not people) to the US, UK or EU will go there if they so desire.
Except Malaysia also faces a brain drain in the direction of Singapore, whereas Singapore faces no such drainage in the direction of Malaysia!
All the non-malay Malaysians who can afford it send their children here to study to avoid the corrupt and racist education system in their own country. Malaysia is so much bigger than Singapore, so many different regions - so how come Malaysians need to come here at all?
Why are you here, instead of somewhere in your lush and plentiful land?
Two of my best friends are Malaysians Singapore PR working in Singapore. They looked at me in horror when I asked them if they’d ever thought of going back to live and work in Malaysia!
Even a weekend spent visiting their folks back home leaves them rushing back across the causeway in relief.
Malaysia has so many natural resources and a larger workforce. Singapore is just a miserable dot on a map and has so few assets. Yet Singapore is wealthier and has progressed faster than Malaysia (e.g. the standard of living is leaps and bounds better here, the currency stronger etc).
It may happen, but it is going to take absolutely ages for Malaysia to catch up, let alone do so much better (would be like Africa catching up with Europe) that it is worth the while for Malaysians Singapore PR to go back kampung!
If Singapore dies, it will be most likely due to China snatching all our Singapore business. In which case, China will also snatch all of Malaysia’s business.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:15 pm
Mahathir was telling half the truth when he said he tried for 22 years but failed to change the malays crutch-dependent mindset.
The truth is the malays mindset is firmly rooted to NEP, and he is correct on that score. But did he change the malays mindset during his term? He shed his crocodile tears, yes; but changing the mindset of malays, no.
He should in fact be credited or more appropriately discredited for making the malays formed their present crutch-dependent mindset. He used his book “The Malay Dilemma” for political advancement.
During Mahathir regime, NEP has gone perverted. Malay millionaires and billionaires were created through monopoly and state funds.
NEP should have ended after it has run its course in 1990, but Mahathir did not end the NEP. He did not bother to end NEP just because NEP protected his political interests. He left it as a baggage for Pak Lah.
Pak Lah claimed to do the right thing, to be PM for all communities. He cannot deliver because he cannot be what he said he wanted to be if the NEP hangs over his head. What was worst was his son-in-law had supported the position of that keris welding imbecile.
Was this a plan to make Pak Lah look weak? I wonder.
Mahathir could have changed the malays mindset had he wanted to, by being fair to non-malays in ending NEP during his regime. He did not.
He created enough problems for the country. Today per capita GDP of Malaysians is only one-sixth of that of Singaporeans.
When the oil and gas run dry in this Malaysia in two decades, our Malaysia per capita GDP will at best be better than Burma, although some of the government companies CEOs might still travel around in helicopters.
Mahathir should of course continue to voice his views, since Malaysians have freedom of speech, but nothing said about freedom after the speech!
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:18 pm
The 12 realities —
1. On paper, citizenship is secure - in reality, they say if you don’t like it here, you can go away
2. On paper, we solve inter-community issues by win-win consultation - in reality, issues are silenced by subtle threats of unrest made on grounds of the supremacy, of one community’s master and their unquestionable agenda
3. On paper, Malaysia can be great - in reality, ‘Malaysia Boleh’ remains just a word, an empty cry, devoid of any spirit and life to ensure the nation’s survival
4. On paper, we have the meritocracy system - in reality, quota system is still running
5. On paper, we are a multiracial country - in reality, we have one community which is more equal than other communities
6. On paper, we have the national agenda - in reality, it is the malay agenda
7. On paper, even the NEP is good - in reality, it sucks
8. On paper, Pak Lah is fighting corruption - in reality, no Umno member is standing together with him
9. On paper, we have parliamentarians - in reality, we have a zoo, and only a few are ministers, the majority being exhibited specimens
10. On paper, we are a peaceful country - in reality, the absence of conflict is superficial, very fragile
11. On paper, we have a police force to look after our security - in reality, we need some protection from the police
12. On paper, we had the report, and 125 recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Police - in reality, we have just a book, no act upon
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:20 pm
The shameful incident of Chinese detainee being asked to ear squats in the nude is just the tip of the iceberg.
When the former IGP inflicted the infamous black eye on Anwar, he knew at that time that his political master would protect him. Until the international press highlighted it.
When the police harassed the Indian IT expatriates, the Indian government retaliated. When the mistreated Chinese tourists protested, the Chinese government backed them up.
All in all, Malaysia only backtracked when a Big Brother country came into the picture.
What happens to the thousands of Bangladeshis, Indonesians, Thais, etc who are harassed daily? Nobody bothered. Why? Because there would be no political or economic fallout.
The root cause of police brutality is simply explained by famous words, “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Added to this dilemma, Malaysia has not seen a change of government since independence in 1957.
This country has been and continues to head in the wrong direction, setting it further back from developed countries and undoing the good work of others in the last four decades.
I propose a national independent commission to investigate and publicly report on the alleged widespread abuse and corruption in the police force. The police should not be allowed to investigate itself. This idea seems simply ridiculous.
The lack of any sense of discernment and the shameless politicisation of the issue is a bigger shame and even more incorrigible than the abuse itself!
Abuses of police power are just the symptoms of a sick government elected by an equally sick society. We need the cure. Change must be holistic and in a total package.
Ideally, we need a change of government with a two-party system.
Unfortunately, many don’t trust PAS with its Taliban leanings. It appears strategic that Anwar should lead a moderate coalition comprising Keadilan and DAP as the pillars that will include parties representing the minorities.
Undoubtedly this will be difficult to achieve but it needs to start now.
There is no more room for such nonsense for this country is collapsing under the burgeoning weight of all these fat and waste.
Let us improve in every aspect to build our Malaysia Boleh tag - which will not be fulfilled in the next hundred years if we continue like this.
One of the more important conclusions that we can draw from this unraveling episode is that there are policemen who are willing to lie, even when they are under oath to tell the truth in a public hearing, and even when the eyes of the entire nation are focused on them.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:22 pm
If you ever had the chance to run this country, the first thing you must do is to remove, not the deadwoods, but the termites from all the (government link companies) GLCs who are eating away the nation’s wealth.
You have to be a pest controller of the highest order then only the nation can survived. At the rate the termites are chewing away, it will not be long before the whole roof caves in, and by then it will be too late even if one needs to do damage control.
How can the country ever progresses the outcome and income do not correlate.
I am glad that as a non-malay, I had the opportunity to turn around a state GLC some years ago when two other managers before me failed. At least here the state was sensible enough to know what was wrong and to take the appropriate remedial actions.
The second thing, you need to do is to trim away the number of holidays we have. It is far too many and it has reached ridiculous proportion. The citizens should be working 7 days (yes 7 days) a week not 5 or 6?
How can a nation ever grow and prosper when the workers are always looking forward to the next holiday which is just around the corner. Commerce and trade will definitely be affected.
Thirdly, there must be open tenders and purchase orders to be duly screened by a panel whose integrity must be beyond reproached.
When a company is in a financial crisis, such items should not even be listed at the bottom of the priority list. They should not appear all together and whoever brought it up, should be shot.
I have a friend who works in MAS as an aircraft engineer, almost everyday he will come back 8 am in the morning and go back to work in the afternoon. He told me that there is hell a lot of money to make from overtime. It starts at 5 pm and ended at 8 am the next morning. According to him, they only work until midnight and the rest will be sleeping hour. I ask him how he can do that. He answered me everyone in MAS did that. The foreman did that as well.
It takes many years of bad management to come to this stage. It will take many years to turn it around, if they are successful.
This is what happened when there is gross lack of accountability, responsibility and transparency!
Malaysia is like a sick patient given lots of antibiotics for flu. Antibiotics only open up the patient for more sickness. Short-term solution to a long-term problem administered indiscriminately will only make the patient sicker.
If we do not vote BN out, only God can save our country from these government termites!
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:23 pm
There are a lot of sensitive issues that are ‘forbidden’ to be discussed with reasons being racism, national security or anything you call it. But not being able to discuss them openly doesn’t mean they do not exist and I do hope to enlighten everyone.
I am not pointing fingers but this is what is happening.
Speaking from the perspective of being a Chinese, we had to study so hard with parents working twice as hard. It is either straight As or you’ll end up in a local university much later doing a course that you don’t really like.
I achieved straight As in my SPM. I applied for local universities with my results and when I got the reply, I was granted a course totally different from the one that I’ve applied for. Computer science (applied for by me) and agricultural science (the one given to me) - two very different things.
Yet, I have malay friends who got only Bs and Cs getting into medicine, engineering and everything they applied for. So many of my peers who are fantastic students with fantastic results and great brains ended up going to colleges through scholarships by other governments like Singapore.
When other governments can appreciate our talents, why are we treated like second-rated citizens in our own country?
Perhaps some of you reading this will say, well, the Chinese can afford it because they are rich generally and the government is only doing a fair thing in supporting the malays. Well, think again. I am not from a wealthy family, a lot of us are not too. When our government forsakes us, we had to work extra hard to pick ourselves up. So don’t tell me that this is fair.
Our country is so far behind developed countries and only our pride denies us from accepting this fact. Examples? We don’t even dare to compete on even ground with our automobile industry. Everyone knows the fact that if not for the taxes that the government imposes on imported cars, Proton will almost certainly be a huge flop.
We are ‘forced’ to buy Proton. Telekom is a monopoly and we are light years in terms of Internet connections. There are countless of examples.
Now, when we grow up, we ought to contribute to our country. But what makes the government think that they deserve our services?
No one talks about things like this. Forget the press, they are government tools. This is racism of the modern days. I lived through it as a child of Malaysia. Sad but true.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:26 pm
Open communication or not does not make sense anymore - and we have to live in this Bolehland unless we got a chance and money to emigrate.
This is how they want the country to be rule and rot. Malaysians have given many comments on all this crap, but all remain unheard.
Sometimes I just felt that we are wasting our time putting up comments for a better Malaysia where the government is not prepared for and yet still dwell in denial.
In this Bolehland of denial, any effort to improve the country is considered insult and unpatriotic. There is no way it can change and that is the fact.
We only can change our own destiny and not this country by emigrating.
No wonder there are so many government-sponsored students (malays and non-malays) choose to remain overseas to work and live - to stay away from this Bolehland���.
You need globalisation to teach them a lesson - it won’t be long and soon you will see the effect - in fact the rot has already started.
What you and Malaysians want is just a transparent, fair and accountable government to equip the country to face the globalisation challenge, and yet the government take it as a plot to discredit the country.
Whatever good deeds you fight for, they label you as unpatriotic, traitor, party agenda, nonsense and communist.
Hearing all this really break my heart and many Malaysians hearts.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:29 pm
Well it just appeared on the google page when I searched for racism subject this afternoon.
I have been in New Zealand for 15 years and I have no intention to go back to Malaysia simply because there is an equal opportunity here for everyone, and I don’t feel less ranked in the society.
I am not sure if I am part of the cream but I do have both bachelor and master degrees, and I am currently serving the New Zealand community.
I love the place I was brought up in (Sungai Petani) and the memory I had when I was attending primary and secondary schools, but the way the Chinese and Indian people are treated by the Malaysia government is just flawed.
I have no intention to go back, until I see a non-malay PM.
Way to go!
Let’s celebrate the human spirit that strives against the odds!
Persistence definitely bears fruits! And certainly they are sustainable and cherish-able!
Universal truths!
One got to be prepared to look for challenges, in any areas of your interest, beyond the shores of Malaysia.
Malaysia’s economy is very small and unsophisticated.
Australia’s economy is bigger than all of the South East Asia countries combined.
Imagine USA and Europe!
To be sure, I see this syndrome with our people. I see many non-malay Malaysians at Stanford, Berkeley, etc who got their first degree from Oxbridge but feel they need to further their studies.
February 8th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
I totally agree with the above. The future of this Malaysia country is rather bleak if not doomed. Politicians here are living in their own twilight zone, harping on the success of this country, which I think very soon the northern neighbour Thailand will eventually overtake this country.
For long years ago, the Malaysia prime minister was asked by Lee Kuan Yew, “Are you concern that there is a massive brain drain happening in the country, and most of them are Chinese”?
Surprise surprise surprise, the Malaysia counterpart told Lee Kuan Yew, “Let them go if they want to���.” That is the attitude of this country.
They don’t realised that for a country to be prosper and advance, they need brains. That is why Singapore is doing all it could to attract brains all over the world. However it is different over here.
Once upon a time, I have an Indonesian maid. When she started to work, she has only a working visa. Later she informed us that she got a “Red IC” (citizens of Malaysia have blue IC) meaning she is a permanent resident. The last general election she was standing inline with me to cast votes and I did ask her, rather surprisingly elections are for citizens and why are you here. She just showed me her blue IC. Meaning to say she is a citizen.
The other part of a story, a local woman married a professional from Australia. Due to our funny system, her husband cannot work in Malaysia because he could not obtain a permanent resident. They were happy to stay in this country of the weather and environment but because of the visa thingy, they went back to Australia.
Now the story is, the bureaucrats would happily grant citizenship to those that are of the same religion (not Buddhist, Christian or Hindu) or the same race. I am not sure what is the policy of the country. Maybe the policy is to maintain labour intensive industry but not people with brains.
Would you like to know the true fact about the malay language? There isn’t any in the first place. All the vocals are translated from all sorts of other languages like English, Indonesian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Tamil���.etc.
I totally agree with emigrate. If given the chance to flee out of this country, I would do.
February 8th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
People…. The tribe has spoken. You are all fucking fucktards. Now sod the fuck off my cyber space, motherfuckers.
And while we’re on the topic of migrating, “IF” you were given a chance to flee?? IF? WHAT IN HOLY CUNT IS STOPPING YOU RETARDED FUCKERS FROM LEAVING? I say good riddance to mind numbing idiots like you assholes who can’t even get what this original blog post is all about.
Yours without regret,
Izad
February 8th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
ps. oh and another thing, the same can be said about the English language, dasar goblok. Asshat. Seriously, where do you retards come from? People with brains, indeed. Don’t give yourselves too much credit.