Another Tale of 2 Cities - the HAVE NOTS v. the HYPOcrites!

A Tale of 2 Cities:

1) Whilst ISRAEL have Nukes, NO ACTION is Taken;
BUT when IRAN develops Nuclear capabilities, SANCTIONS are Imposed!!!


2) When The FINANCIAL crisis hits:-

ASIAN countries.....the IMF "Directed" Asian Central Banks to
RAISE Interest Rates to protect the currency;

EUROPEAN countries....the IMF "Suggested" that interest rates
SHOULD BE LOWERED to spur growth.

3) The West are "so-called" DEMOCRACY proponents
BUT, insists on having VETO powers in the UNITED NATIONS!!!

.......and the list, goes on and on.....and on!

MY Interview with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

On Monday, 16 January 2012 I was given the privilege of interviewing Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad - Statesman & the Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981-2003) for the TV programme I'm hosting at Channel 127, UNIFI. The programme is simply called " ISLAMiC FiNANCE @ The Capital TV " and we're currently in between episodes 6 and 7 of the First Season which started airing in December 2011.


( Discourse with Tun Dr.Mahathir on the Islamic Gold Dinar )

The Topic & Venue
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The interview is on the topic of "The Islamic Gold Dinar"...a rather delicate topic when the Ringgit is still around. The Perdana Leadership Foundation in Putrjaya was the indicated venue. Well, actually the initial venue was supposed to be at KLCC, Level 86 on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 before it was brought forward to Monday at Putrajaya.



( Costume Adjustments by Syilda@Executive Producer during the Commercial Break)


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( Photo Session after the Discourse )
Promo Video of the EXCLUSIVE :- Capital TV YouTube Channel


( Make-Up.......Aaaarghhh!!!)

Have a look at what happened "Behind the Scene":- Tun Dr. Mahathir Interview - Behind the Scene

Flashback to 2000 MSC-IAP
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In 2000, I had many sleepless night preparing my presentation to him for the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) - International Advisory Panel (IAP) or, MSC-IAP. I thought a decade down the road...when the "tables are turned" so to speak, it should be much easier - Well, I guessed WRONG!


The Planning & Preparation
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As I am a "ONE-MAN Research Team", I had spent many sleepless nights going through Mahathir's speeches on the Gold Dinar (in OIC &
IKIM Conferences), Read his books on the Currency crisis ( Doctor in The House & The Malaysian Currency Crisis-How & Why It Happened ), Go through the IMF agreement on Special Drawing Rights and familiarise myself with heaps of other materials. It felt like I'm preparing for an exam and writing a project paper at the same time.

....then the jitters. Initially, I was kind of happy when I was informed in December 2011 by Tun's office of the interview dates. Then, when meetings, site visits, fittings and research started to be put in motion.....ONLY THEN did I realise the IMPORTANCE of the Discourse.


The Interview
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The discourse on the Gold Dinar between Dr.Mahathir and I started around 4pm and ended almost an hour later...with 2 breaks in between. In the beginning, things were quite tense as some of the team were a wee bit nervous...even amongst those who were cracking jokes whilst waiting!





....(to be continued)

of " BOLEH BEEF", Bersih & Halal Certfication!

2011, a Global brand is created...the "BOLEH BEEF".

The World-renowned beef brand is KOBE Beef and to a lesser extent BALI Beef!!!
Even Kobe Beef which is famous for its massages, beer-fed cow and air-conditioned living can't beat beef reared in Condos & delivered via the iconic Mercedes Benz. A No-brainer, BOLEH BEEF will win hands down!!!

The Boleh Beef launch came after a month long campaign for the masses called BERSIH.
Have yet to see the Halal-certificate though!

2 Decades of Friendship. Have a GOOD LAUGH, on the HOUSE.

A good friend of over 2 decades since A-Levels and now an Author who happens to be a Lawyer wrote a post on his blog titled "Friends & Mothers - 2 decades of love, loyalty and compassion ".

Have a Good Laugh on the House by Reading:-

The Sinners Almanac

Cheers TK.

6,000 HITS for MY Weltanschauung Blog! TQVM to ALL.

I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH to ALL MY Weltanschauung Blog Followers, Visitors & Commentators for contributing towards the development and evolution of MY Weltanschauung.


What started as a blog to solicit feedbacks and conduct polls for my International Masters programme assignments in AEI-UM for Advanced Studies in Malaysian Politics, Government and Economics and Advanced Studies in Europe and European Integration have evolved into a Socio-Political blog. The writing adventure reached a new milestone when the MY Weltanschauung blog received its 6,000th hit on 9th November 2010.


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(Blog LATEST Statistical Report on 9 Nov. 2010)
Site: "MY Weltanschauung" [ http://amirulmohamad.blogspot.com ]

Total counter state:

Hits: 6000
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From the beginning of the month:

Hits: 94
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Last week:

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of Acronyms - NKRA, Internet & PROTON!

ACRONYM Definition:
An acronym is a kind of abbreviation. It is a word formed by taking letters from a phrase that is too long to use comfortably.
eg: LASER is an acronym of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

If the letters do not make a word, but are pronounced individually, as in the CIA or the BBC, it can be called an initialism.


Functions seems to be the place to update oneself of the latest "undercurrents".
The alphabet soup that PM Najib's administration seemed to be fond of churning out like NKEA, ETP, GTP etc led me to a comment I'd Overheard when I went to a kenduri in Bangi recently;-
NKRA - " NAJIB Kerja, Rosmah Arah "


INTERNET Acronym - For me, the sucker's price of all acronyms must be INTERNET. It was 2009 and some of us who were attached to the ASEAN Secretariat were attracted by a banner stating "WARUNG INTERNET" advertised by a roadside stall at Wolter Monginsindi Road, Jakarta. Impressed with the availability of Internet access at a roadside stall we proceeded to an empty table, sat down and placed our orders...whilst opening our respective handphones or laptops. Having difficulty accessing the internet, we seeked clarifications from the stall operator and asked for the PIN(if any).

Then only did we realise that INTERNET stands for - INDOMIE+TELUR+KORNET (Indonesian Instant Noodle+Egg+CornedBeef)....Aaaarghhh!



PROTON - PERUSAHAAN OTOMOBIL NASIONAL
Since we're on the topic of acronyms, my wife and I recently went into a National Car company (with an acronym as their Brand Name) showroom to express my/our intention to test drive their new PROTON EXORA as we were looking for a replacement model for our 7-year old KIA Carnival/NAZA Ria.

2 1/2 weeks later....after 2 visits to the showroom as they did not call me back after the first visit, 4 test drives with different companies like KIA(Rondo), TOYOTA and NISSAN(Grand Livina)...and having placed a booking deposit with one of the company I'd test drived with... I'd finally receive a SMS from the PROTON Salesman with the message.." Assalamualaikum en amirul kete exora utk test drive dh ada bleh dtg skrg. Tq " ( sent by Proton Salesman on 23 October, 12.10noon )

...with Salesman like this and irregular supervision, it's no wonder that PROTON have lost their leadership position to PERODUA (another National Car company with an acronym)

UPDATED 8 November 2010
PS: One's name can also be an acronym like an old college mate who wanted to add me on fb but I didn't approve until I found out who MOHD FAZA AZA was recently. Sorry for the delay & Cheers Mr. Onn.

...Water Under the Bridge BUT the Waves(OIL) keeps lapping on the shores!

******* of Oil, WMD & the Coalition of the Willing (aka Genocide Coalition)!*******



When Bush's "Coalition of the Willing" a.k.a "GENOCIDE COALITION" ILLEGALLY invaded Iraq (with the support of Dogs named Blair, Howard & Aznar amongst others)under the pretext of looking for WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), the Genocide Coalition not only FAILED to find the intended WMD but caused WMD of a different kind i.e. they either Killed Iraqi Women and Men or Disabled them....thus creating a brand new meaning for the "search for WMD".



Hence, its scant justice when an oil spill courtesy of BRITISH Petroleum(BP) occurred off the coast of American shores, after all they did go to war for it under the pretext of "Search for WMD!". Poetic justice then when one of their trusted dogs' corporation delivered crude oil...FOC to their shores.


WHAT oil spill of the Gulf Coast!!!???? The Genocidist Bush administration went to war for it.....just embrace it.....after all, you went to war for it! SOW....and YOU shall REAP! Let the waves keep on lapping on the shores.