Sunday picnic

Sunday, 22 Jun 2008, me and friends went for a picnic somewhere outside Port Moresby.I think at 14 mile. The place is just 10 minutes from Kumar's place and it is very private.The owner of the place only allowed certain people to picnic there.Kudos to Kumar. We had a great time.All those people age 40 plus behaved like they never play in water before.Macam budak-budak hehehe.Me only 31 of age mahh...so kira oklaa...izkey and sophie also take a dip.Best gilerr...everybody also brought some food and of course Newton's rendang kambing kena attack first. It was a great trip.....

Just arrived. Terus makan mahh.

Tak tunggu lama2.kang habis plaks hehehe

Semua terjun dalam sungai.Pastu main perang air.Kelakar giler tengok orang2 tua main air.Macam tak pernah main air...hehehe...release tension beb

Dah penat.Time to sleep and minum susu

Before we left the place.Amik gambar kenang-kenangan.
Truly Malaysian. Melayu,Cina, India semua ader

A day with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister

Last Tuesday, I attended an break ground ceremony of RH's Kina 1 billion Vision City project. Had a chat and ate with PM Sir Michale Somare and other cabinet ministers including Hon. Belden Namah and Hon. Patrick Pruaitch. Great discussion with PM sharing a joke on movies he watched on a plane just before he came to officiate the event. Talk also about various issues particularly on Malaysia's investment in PNG and also YB Datuk Peter Chin visit next month. Hon. Patrick Pruaitch, Minister for Treasury and Finance has agreed to co-host the investment seminar with YB Datuk Chin. Overall, it was a great event. Tan Sri Tiong, Chairman of RH also present and express gratitude to us for receiving him at the airport.

Me with PM Sir Michael Somare

With ladies from sing sing group.The oldest just 14 years of old and just next to me is 10 years old. This is their cultural attire and have a great 'admiration' for it.

Oil Price Comparison

Why Malaysia as oil producing nation raised by 78 cents to RM 2.70 last week? You make the judgement.....please do not compare our oil price with countries that imports oil!!! Below excerpts from our discussion in the RMC yahoogroups on the oil price.

Bab naik harga minyak ni, there are 2 things to consider.. first why is there a need to increase the price since Malaysia is a net oil and gas exporter? second, where does the money go to? The first question can be justified as to why there is a need to increase since oil and gas reserve in Malaysia will diminish in 20-30 years some say by 2011 some by 2032 depends who you talk to. So we should not waste it while we have it. But the second question is of more importance. Where does the money go to? Is the accounts of Petronas audited and can it be questioned in a public inquiry say in Parliament. The fact that the accounts are not made public leads to a lot of suspicion namely corruption. Is the Petronas money being used by certain high profile personalities in this country for their own benefit. The government says that it will be used for development, but how much of it actually goes back to the people and how much of it disappears along t he way as government procurement and tenders are bump-upped, when government pays over the odds. I hope someone can suggest to our MPs to make a public inquiry on Petronas books and accounts.

Reply from my friend

Din,

As someone who works in the oil and gas industry, the reason why we pay so much is because our crude is sweet meaning there is no Hidrogen sulfide or H2S and it is light which means it does not require much refining i,e can save more money on refining costs. Also, our crude is also exported to other countries at a very nice hefty price. Our govt then buys crude of a lower quality for the usage of the people. This is how the govt makes money. Sell high, buy cheap. Also, during Mahathir's era, he had signed a long term contract with the japanese and korean and the price of the oil was locked in so we have no choice but to continue providing our crude oil to them. We are losing money because of this. The whole reason why they say our oil is subsidised is because of this. RM0.30 cents konon. Oil producing countries like Irag, saudi arabia, Venezuela, Brunei and Nigeria charge anywhere from RM0.30 to RM1.35/litre to the people. The UMNOputras are certainly living like kings because of this revenue. If only the Rakyat of Malaysia were using our own crude, we would be paying a lot less. The market price is high so they would rather sell it to the open market before letting it benefit the people of Malaysia. One of the ministers asked why the Petronas accounts are not audited. I think we all know how corrupt our govt is. They would do anything to protect the big guns. What happens to the normal guys on the street like you and me have to suffer with the increasing price of consumables.

It's a shame we didn't get to use the indelible ink in this year's Pilihanraya Umum other wise we would have a different government leading us. We need to see different faces. All this NEP bullshit does not benefit you and me. Just a select few. Why do we need to maintain this Ketuanan Melayu belief? Because they need it to protect their interests. I still see a lot of poor malays in the perkampungan areas. The NEP has not benefitted them at all. We need Ketuanan Rakyat!

Why the hell do you think Badawi wanted Idris Jusoh to be the Menteri Besar in Terengganu? Because he was their puppet and BN could continue to use the Wang Ehsan which used to be the royalty money promised to the Terengganu state govt. That Wang Ehsan at today's price is worth about RM1 billion. That's a lot of money. Something for you guys to think about if you are so worried about the opposition taking over. Just ask yourself what has the BN govt done for you and your family. We are all Malaysians born in the same country. We are no different from each other yet we are treated differently. Our religions teaches us that everyone is equal and that we should respect each other. Haiyah Mohiuddin, you got me fired up again.

Julian

Agong's Birthday

I organised our Agong's Birthday on Saturday, 7 June 2008. I invited all Malaysians to come over to my place. We had barbecue and lots of Malaysian kuih muih prepared by my wife and Fiza (Azli's wife). I think because of the long weekend, only a handful turnout at the event unlike previous years.Nevertheless, me and family enjoyed the accompany and my staff get an extra food to take away with. This would be my last function (hopefully....) as Im now reaching my 4 years stint in PNG.

My staff from left: Jack, James,Yusof, Neville

Early birds from left Mrs. Guna, Fan, Doreen

Malaysian delicacies at its best

Charity Golf

Swinging it hard baby!!

This probably would be my last MBC Charity Golf in PNG. I told Ivan (Chairman of the organising Committee) that last year would be my last considering I've been here for 3 years. Alas, turn out to be, yup, still competing under the MHC banner.My team Sam from Cakera Alam and Azli, my PA.Last year our team was in 4th overall from 50 over teams.This year unfortunately after one year of absence in the PNG Golf Club, we managed to secure 34th place out of 46 teams participating.

As usual, the next day, the presentation dinner, I was invited as patron of MAPNG to give a few words and giving out cheques to various charities organisation.My wife also presence during the dinner and help out during raffles draw.It was fun meeting up with friends and golfing fraternity after exactly one year absentee after last charity drive in May last year.It seems, every year we managed to collect more and more money which this year at Kina 300,000 (RM 310,000).Thats huge man!i really hope this money will be well used by POM General Hospital and other organisations that benefits from it.

From left: Azli, Sam, myself

Me and my better half during dinner night

Mama's 31st Birthday

We celebrated Mama's 31st birthday on 28 May 2008. Yup, a little late I would say updating the blog.Nevertheless, my wife enjoyed her day. Above pic, lowing 31 candles at RH Grand Palace Rest. Some of our friends attended though last minute invitation.

Early in the morning, my wife gets her presents from the kids and myself. Both Izkey and Sophie gave her a big and small picture frame respectively. I bought for her a glass with a bell ringer (like bicycle thingy), which states 'I'll ring when i'm horny'...hehehehee

The End Game

This is our moment......Change.....We believe....(Barack Obama)

Potentially the first African-American President of the United States, Obama has magically cross the nomination line of 2118 delegates to clinch Democrat Party candidate come November General Election. Latest wire news, Hillary has conceded and eyeing for the VP post. I remember couple of weeks ago when Hillary offered Obama the VP post as though she's in control and ahead of delegates count despite Obama's leading by 100 over delegates. Now, she has to eat her words then. Thats karma Hillary!!!! I hope she's not in denial mode as some politician in my country.