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while our ringgit free falling against the USD, bear in mind that Investors stocking their USD tighter than ever as we have two war going on.    While Bank Negara increased their OPR rates ( kononnya ) to fight inflation, they failed big time as the MYR falling faster than it should. Dont forget electricity rates increased.     Now price of beras increased and chicken subsidy removed, we going to see more business shutting down soon. With ringgit going down, expenses will be doubled as we rely on imported food.      yet we have vegetable farmers kicked out from the "rented" farm.   of all places, the farm is located in Tambun.   On paper, we have at least 6 million foreigners who powered the nation, factories, in essential services - now the govt wants to regulate them from buying subsidized controlled items.  too bad, now they are running their own sundry shops.....   now chicken prices is no longer subsidized as they are busy c...

8.5 million EXPIRED Covid vaccines  Purchased 136 ventilators 104 faulty ventilators in a time of crisis.   when the whole world fighting a new virus, our gracious banks gave us a "moratorium" which we have to pay it back while the "backdoor" government asking us to dip into our retirement savings to help ourselves. imagine the country goes to war............ imagine................ our ethics and empathy left, perhaps jumped out from the window.... never forget!

Andy, you know what is worst than being drunk with an alcohol? .........drunk with power, women and money.....these sort of drunkard never know that they are drunk, will never be sober.   

good to know, someone decided to delete the following degrees below. Wonder how they got these approved and i can only wish all the former graduates all the very best.   1.Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) -Sarjana Muda Siberologi (Animasi dan Ludologi) dengan Kepujian -Sarjana Muda Teknologi Kreatif (Reka Bentuk Komunikasi) dengan Kepujian   2. Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) -Sarjana Muda Sains Sukan (Psikologi Sukan) dengan Kepujian -Sarjana Muda Pendidikan (Sekolah Rendah) dengan Kepujian     3. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) -Sarjana Muda Pendidikan (Sekolah Rendah) dengan Kepujian   4. Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) -Sarjana Sains (Kimia) -Sarjana Sains (Matematik)   5. Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) -Sarjana Sains (Perbankan Islam) -Sarjana Sains ( Tekno keusahawanan)   6. Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) -Sarjana Muda Pendidikan (Pengurusan Pendidikan)(Kepujian) -Sar...

With the writer's strike going full steam ahead, we can see how the union going head to head with major studios to ensure the creatives safety and benefits are regulated and taken well off. With AI rapidly descending, Deep Fakes flew higher than the Uncanny Valley - soon the actors will be replaced, their images will be subjected to various manipulations by the paying studios.     Film studios no doubt will find ways to cut every corner to maximize their investments, they couldn't care to answer to paying audience but reporting to their board members, they are more concern with profits and loss. But that's Hollywood, where film are financed and engineered by the private sectors.  Come to our Bolehland, where our "creative" industries funded by tax payers money. Without fail, the govt will inject fund yearly and "producers" and "directors" and "production" companies to come begging to produce garbage.  Honestly speaking with a populati...

 

Case studies on opportunistic capitalism social anthropology. A) Open a factory, then hire the workers, pay them cheaply and you get the products.   B) Go to poor villages, hire them to weave a mat so you can sell them as an artwork, dont forget to pepper it with some abstract repetitive patterns in it ( to make it look exotic ) so you can highlight subjective issues such as colonialism and identity issues.    Exhibit it. people will try to familiarize their struggles by sipping champagne, while biting off snacks prepared by chef of the day, yes the catalogues are heavy, glossy and binded beautifully.  oh the struggles....the pity and empathy   No matter what it is - the poor will continue to be poor and subjected to various exploitation and representations.