Sunday, September 20, 2009

入围2009 十大推荐部落格


部落格名称 URL 推荐理由
1. 大音希声,大向希形 http://jesscheng.com 一位以攝影部落格为主的女生。拥有美术背景的她,通過攝影分享其旅行及生活周遭看到的人文景物,同时部落格里也常分享電影/音樂及艺术创作。
2. 西西留博客站 http://ccliew.blogspot.com 去年受推荐的部落格之一,凭着他常年累月努力不懈的翻译了许多大马政坛的好文章,让中文的读者們受益良多,而就憑这份坚持,造就了他今年再度入围。
3. 阿练日記 http://www.lentalks.com 攝影部落格,风格简易。一個主题一张照片,文字幽默诙谐,为博文增添不少的乐趣。
4. Pek Chek Kia的生活日记 http://pekchekkia.blogspot.com 很有個人风格的漫畫部落格。作品幽默趣味,简单不花俏。其文字/作品叫人看了=.=||| 兼好笑,问你Pek不Pek Chek!
5. 一路走來。欣怡 http://www.leexinyi.com 节目主持人/电台DJ/演员/歌手&吧啦吧啦…同时也是一名博客。感性与癫废的结合到底是一个什么样的风格?一路走来看欣怡。
6. Hi everybody, I am GRIP http://blog.roodo.com/mydslrlife 以简单的文字叙述方式来记录映像和摄影过程的部落格,也这样成为了部落格特点,让游览其部落的人更能了解记录印象的点滴。
7. kinkyskiny http://junkiewonderland.com 几个字就可以形容-文字幽默抵死,酸人不眨眼。总结:劲~!
8. 這個BLOG不好玩 http://tongkai.blogspot.com 一个从新闻从业员角度看故事的部落格,尤其从中可以看到很多关于槟城的大小事,文字简短,一目了然。
9. kongxi空想堂 http://kusou.blogspot.com/ 殿堂级败家人物的博客,不看浪費生命!
10. 如歌岁月 http://leewanyin.blogspot.com 一位老师的故事,作品较倾向自爽型,平淡中却可细嚼慢咽,细细品尝。
11. 靖岚 http://jinlan.blogspot.com 去年受推荐的部落和之一。文采丰富的造诣,配合漂亮怡人的个人照,即使博主较少更新网站,但却常让游览她的部落的访客一游难忘。
12. Journey to Remember http://bengandbuoy.blogspot.com 一位海外游子的生活杂记,里头的故事都记载了怀念家乡一切,尤其让身在海外的游子感受深刻。
13. 草棚 http://suadhooi.blogkaki.net 偶尔可以欣赏好画,偶尔可以尝试私房菜,这一切都在这个部落格里。博主把生活上的点滴以画来表达,同时毫不吝啬的分享烹饪心得,是不可多得的视觉部落!
14. 自由自在 http://jjw2009.blogkaki.net 一个饮食部落格,博主不但在部落格分享自己的食谱菜肴和试菜心得,还会把各式品尝的食物拍的很好看且加上一些搞笑手法,让人开心之余也也对食物蠢蠢欲动。
15. 流浪影子 http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com
/karenkhim
漂亮的图片+简单的文字简介就成就了一个饮食部落格。所有的美食图片都是博主花心思拍摄的,介绍了大大小小马来西亚的食物,还附上相关的餐馆地址,会是受所有喜爱美食朋友欢迎的部落个。
16. Seeyinlove http://seeyinlove.com 18岁的小女生的蜕变生活记事文字充满涵义也不失趣闻、搞笑让人时而深思时而啼笑皆非..
17. [影像力量]记事本 http://www.ifublog.com/james 一个爱好摄影的博客,除了用摄影留下回忆的点滴,亦在部落里分享摄影教学,绝对是爱好摄影之人不容错过的部落。
18. 立青雨文 http://jinwern.blogspot.com 博主以独树一格的文字与图像记录心情。章细腻之处可以让读者有身历其境的感动,让人回味不已。
19. 两个人的旅行 http://mskydream.blogspot.com 以文字与图像记述旅游的踪迹,分享旅行中的点点滴滴,同时并提供旅游质询,是爱好浪迹天涯的博客不可错过的部落格。
20. 文情并茂 http://lengkekmun.blogspot.com 以独到见解关心社会时事文章利落解剖社会政治的善与恶,值得叫人深思 。
21. 黑马王子憋疯 http://bearfoong.blogspot.com 时而诙谐,时而认真的手发来描述时事课题或生活小事,不得不佩服博主的想像力和幽默感, 认真探讨时事之余又可以开心一下。
22. 文鋒起吾 http://euwenpyb.blogspot.com 一位报业从业员,常以客观和理性来分析周遭的大小事,谦谦有理的回答和中肯的立场总是让前来游览的博客印象深刻。
23. 自兴开兴 http://zxingkxing.blogspot.com 少数可以把感情描述的比较细腻的男博客,文采不俗,相信是很多女性读者的喜欢游览的部落之一。
24. 黑色空间 http://oldtowncoffee.blogspot.com 全职的空中少爷,部落格中常介绍因为工作关系所发生的大小事和各国介绍及当地的照片。部落格圈公认的靓仔,很有耐心的回复每位游览者的留言,难怪人气超高!
25. Jane~文思路~我手写我心 http://janewstory.blogspot.com 绝对是才女一名!除了部落格的感性文采牵动着不少的女性读者,同时还经营另一个一写小说为主的部落格,是一位很用心经营部落格的博客。
26. 抗山埃保家园 http://bancyanide.blogspot.com 一个以抵抗山埃保家园的部落格,由几位不同的博客轮流更新以向世界展示Bukit Koman 村民坚决抗拒以山埃开采金矿的决心。
27. 不老的希望 http://gkpc.blogspot.com 去年有推介过的部落格,而这一年也是推荐之一。部落格绝对不是后生仔的玩意和专利,就像琦哥与宝珠那样,不但把部落格搞得有声有色,对部落格的热忱是非后生仔所及的!
28. 关于电脑 http://www.techxii.com 每一篇文章都看得出是经过用心研究写出来,文章通常都是记述时下时事和科技之类的题材。
29. 白雪不是公主 - 诱惑之香 http://www.snowxwhite.com 也是去年受推荐的部落格之一。博主除了能够维持多年不间断的更新部落格,甚至通过部落格成为博客明星,也因为这样而在去年推出了自己的第一本书,绝对是少数靠部落格而有所成就的女生!
30. 心回嘉 - 嘉慧 http://jiahui66.blogspot.com 去年受推荐之一。一位本地女艺人,在众多的文章中都感性的表露出生活的态度和感想,道出许多 “看尽人生,笑傲江湖”的启示,值得一看。
31. 我的私房地图 http://myprivatemap.blogspot.com 一個旅游者-林悅,用文字敘述一路的風景人文人物,能滿足喜欢细嚼文字和向往出走的读者,当中除了博主的实际旅程还有其他独特的见解。
32. 龟头的世外桃源- http://kennykcsim.blogspot.com 是位音乐人,虽然博主不常更新,但是一旦更新的一篇等于普通人的几篇,同时都會不吝嗇上載照片和文字。文章中多以旅行和生活小事为主。
33. 我的生活记事本 http://tzeyik.blogspot.com 一位在海外生活的马來西亚人,部落格多在记录在美國的生活300天的点点滴滴,让读者一览美国的生活方式。
34. 潇洒走一回-少俊 http://xiaosaujun.blogspot.com 一个记录了很多游记和照片的部落格里,美丽的照片加上适当的文字描述,让人觉得置身在旅程里。
35. kampung girl http://kampunggirl.blogspot.com 一位热衷于肚皮舞的肚皮舞娘,常把肚皮舞的点滴记事上载到部落格里分享。间中也加插了很多简短而有力的心情小故事,不罗嗦,简洁,照片也很贴切生活。
36. ET Philosophy http://shubenshuben.blogspot.com 文字生动有趣,有着“敢敢讲”的幽默方式,深入简出描述了一些小市民们的心声,也带动了不少的欢笑。
37. 吉安考古地带 http://jiankaogudidai.blogspot.com 马来西亚少有的乡音考古媒体人,阅读他的部落格会得到一些少为人知的乡音考古资讯。
38. 山芭佬的投资组合 http://stfund.blogspot.com 少有的以投资为题材的部落格。博主以中肯的意见,简洁的提供马来西亚股市资讯,供有意投资股票的人参考,也把自己对股市投资的心得写在部落格上与读者分享。
39. 幸福颜色 http://gside.net 博主常常会对予一些高科技产品给予一些自己的看法,让消费者做个参考,使读者获益不浅。
40. 不属星的夜 http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yokekei 博主以简短的文字配上自己所拍摄的照片,不需消耗太多眼力,适合在夜晚里细细品尝。
41. 你的创意部落 http://fufumo.blogspot.com 很有特色的部落格,主要是以创意为主。部落格介绍多种的创意设计,帮助人们找到喜欢的可爱/古怪/设计师货物/小工具,一致的服务能够捕捉并锁定游览。
42. Hmm Shan http://shan-chang.blogspot.com 一个流行文化的写作风格,精短,有诗意,具个人特色的部落格。
43. 峰流人物 http://kshblog.com 部落格内容比较倾向社会关怀的类型却又不失幽默,配搭上图片的文字生活记录,传达大众关怀社会的讯息。
44. 俊杰部落小站 http://chuinkit.blogspot.com 相当自爽的部落格,内容包容万象,自爽之余又不失资讯分享,同时有心的配搭图片,更使部落格生动有趣。
45. 海中浮萍。高谈阔论 http://joelle-goh.blogspot.com 一个很新的部落格,写作文笔不俗,具条理,反映博主的想法和作风,希望日后会有更多的作品。
46. What’s going on? 阿炳!(林德荣玩乐头条) http://www.jacklim.my 人气蛮高本地艺人,充分利用部落格平台,配上自己的名气结合商业活动,成为造就了一个成功的商业部落格模式的典范!
47. 知食份子 http://www.got1mag.com
/blogs/kimcherng.php
不平凡的美食部落格,特别之处在于食味道后的历史与故事,让人细细品尝美食之余,还上了堂美食典故!
48. 画是一張嘴巴 http://douzi.blogspot.com 非常有个人风格的部落格,博主不是一名艺术家,而是一名电脑老师。她爱教书,她爱画画,她用自己的画与文字述说着属于自己的人生故事!
49. 幸福小熊窝 http://bearlim.blogspot.com/ 博主成功把自己的肖像制作成部落格的商标,透过自己的漫画,表达生活的点滴,更运用自己肖像推出周边产品,获得许多博客们的好评!
50. 戏谈天下 http://3movieguys.blogspot.com/ 一个以3位主人翁为首,属于大马中文部落格界里少数专写电影影评的部落格。从开博至今,该部落格一直维持很好的更新状况,希望成为日后作为更多大马多元部落格博客效仿的对象,发光发热!

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入围2009 十大推荐部落格


自第二屆《大馬中文部落格祭》起,《大馬部落》籌委們決定把一些寫得不錯,但鮮為人知的 “新人” 推薦給大家。

雖然把他們稱為 “新人” 可能有點奇怪,因為這些被推薦的部落格有的已默默經營了好多年,只是他們也许沒有自薦參加《部落格祭》所以成了漏網好博。這五十個入圍推薦博客獎的部落格將角逐《十強》的名號。

於是籌委們就利用這一年一度的機會把這些博客介紹給大家,希望大家能已鼠標的點擊給予他們直接的支持和鼓勵。

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The World’s Extremes

The World’s Extremes

Take a look at Earth’s amazing Nature extremes and find out what is the longest, highest, hottest, coldest and largest of them all.

Truly planet Earth is a beautiful place to live in where Nature showcases her wonderful and awesome beauty; from green mountains, blue oceans, amazing animals and to the different plants species. One can just appreciate in awe what beauty Nature has to offer. Below is a list of Earth’s extremes that surely makes you ponder, When will I see these beauties?

The World’s Largest Rock Formation

Uluru also known as Ayers Rock is the world’s largest rock formation. This sandstone monolith, located in Australia, has a height of 348 m (1,142 ft). and around 9.4 km (6 mi) in basal circumference. Ayers Rock appears to change its color as light strikes it at different hours of the day.

The World’s Most Active Volcano

Kilauea is currently listed as the world’s most active volcano. Located in Hawaii, Kilauea is 90% make up of lava.

The World’s Lowest Lake

The Dead Sea is a salt lake located between Israel and Jordan. Considered the world’s deepest hypersaline lake, it is 1,240 ft deep and 1,385 ft below sea level. Also, it is one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water. It is located in the Jordan Rift Valley and is 67 kilometers long and 18 kilometers wide at its widest point.

The World’s Largest Coral Reef

The Great Barrier Reef that comprises more than 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands is the world’s largest coral reef system. Located in the Coral Sea, Australia, it stretches to around 2,600 square kilometers over an area about 344,400 square kilometers. In 1981, the reef was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The World’s Largest Cave Passage

Deer Cave holds the record for the largest cave passage in the world. Located in Borneo, it is one of several caves found in Mulu National Park. Deer Cave is about 2 kilometers in length and over 90 meters high and wide.

The World’s Longest River

The Nile is the world’s longest river, its streams flow through nine countries. One source, The White Nile starts from Lake Victoria, Uganda and flows through Sudan and Egypt. The Blue Nile starts in Lake Tana, Ethiopia and flows through Zaire, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzanian and Burundi. The Nile River flows for a distance of 5,584 km (3,470 mi) in eastern Africa. It discharges an average of 65 million liters of water per second.

The World’s Highest Peak

Mount Everest also called Sagamatha is the world’s highest mountain. It is measured at 8,850 m (29,035 ft) in height above sea level. Named in honor of Sir George Everest, it is situated on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, Tibet and China. Some people do believe that it rises about 4 mm every year.

The World’s Highest Water Falls

Angel Falls is the world’s highest waterfall at 979 m (3,212 ft), with a clear drop of 807 m (2,647 ft). It is located in Venezuela. The height of the falls is so great that water is turned into mist by the strong wind before it ever gets near the ground.

The World’s Hottest Place

The Sahara is the largest hot desert on earth. At more than 9 million square kilometers, Sahara Desert covers most of Northern Africa making it as large as the continent of Europe or the United States. The temperature frequently reaches 55° C (131° F). In 1922, the temperature reached 57.8° C (136° F) making it the highest temperature measured on Earth.

The World’s Coldest Place

Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent in terms of land area and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. It is also the driest, windiest and coldest continent. At 14.0 million km², Antarctica is 98 % covered by ice. A record-89.2° C (-128.6° F) was reached making it the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Proposed LRT line extensions at SJ, Putra Ht & Puchong

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) will be displaying the proposed alignment for the LRT extension line project for both Kelana Jaya and Ampang for a period of three months beginning 15th September.

The display will show the proposed extension and alignment of the two LRT lines, as well as the facilities that will be provided at the proposed new stations.

Group Managing Director for Prasarana, Dato’ Idrose Mohamed said the Ampang Line LRT extension will start from the Sri Petaling station, passing through Kinrara and Puchong areas before ending at Putra Heights, covering a distance of 17.7 kilometres with 13 new stations.

Meanwhile the Kelana Jaya LRT extension will begin from Kelana Jaya station, passing through Subang Jaya and USJ, before ending at Putra Heights, covering a distance of 17 kilometres with 13 stations.

“All stations will be equipped with lifts, escalators, public telephones, suraus and public toilets. The stations will also be equipped with facilities for the Orang Kelainan Upaya (OKU) such as ramps, lifts, tactile tiles, low ticket counter and OKU toilets,” he said.

Estimated costs for the project will only be finalised after the final approval of the proposed alignment as well as the completion of the detailed design.

Initial budgets are already estimated to be around RM7 billion.

The Prasarana MD has also stressed that the funding for the extension lines will be financed by the company, possibly through the use of bonds. The project will also be incorporating an open tender system in terms of contract deals.

Prasarana is 100 percent owned by the Ministry of Finance.

Not all quarters seemed satisfied with the proposed extension lines. Last month, residents in Subang Jaya held a town hall meeting complaining that a station should have been set up in the heart of Sunway where there is a proliferation of foreign nationals as well as students.

“We have already looked into the matter, there will be a report on the possibilities of extending the line to Sunway,” explained Idrose.

He also said that there will be an announcement in November regarding a new LRT line that runs from Cheras to Damansara but declined to comment further on the topic.

It will be displayed at the following five places; Department of Railways at Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin; Kuala Lumpur City Hall building at Jalan Raja Laut; Petaling Jaya City Council building at Jalan Tengah; Subang Jaya Municipal Council building at Persiaran Perpaduan USJ5, Subang Jaya; and Shah Alam Municipal Council building at Persiaran Perbandaran in Shah Alam.

The display hours are from 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday, and closed on weekends and public holidays.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Malay rights - a mystical myth?

Malay rights - a mystical myth?
Shaik Rizal Sulaiman
Jun 23, 08
4:29pm
The Malays are 'technically' in power governing the country but it also this same controlling group that demands the right to correct economic imbalances and disparities for its own race.

What does this say about the 'majority governing' Malay race for the last 50 years?

I dare say that most Malaysians (regardless of race) below the age of 40 would like to see all opportunities be spread amongst those who deserve it on meritocracy.

We do not need the keris anymore to tell others to be careful of what they say and do because in the survival of the fittest, the keris is of very little relevance!

If we continue to hide under the 'bumiputera' tempurung as most Malays have been in the last 50 years or more, the catch-up game will just get harder and the gap wider.

If we continue to expect without earning it, we will never learn how to be a race that succeeds on merit. There is no substitute for merit.

The Malay politicians continue to shout about Malay rights and bumiputera rights because the very nature of our local politics is sadly racially biased. In this day and age, a great nation is built upon joint success stories, meritocracy and the combined hard work of its people without any fear or favour of racial biased politics governing our daily policies.

I am below 40 and as much as I love the 'idea' that Malaysia is tanah tumpahnya darah orang Melayu, I can't help but also feel that this country is for all Malaysians alike including the Chongs, the Kumars, the Xaviers, the Kaurs etc who were born on the same day in the same hospital as me here in Malaysia.

If we feel that we deserve this country more than them, then we should have shown them a long time ago that we deserve the 'control all' status. We have to earn it. The policies failed because the very concept of Malay rights or the NEP/DEB is like a double-edged sword.

On one hand, it aims to eradicate wealth disparity but on the other, it has made the Malays oblivious of what reality is. Our success is only reflected in the 'perceived' political power which today can collapse in a matter of minutes.

I would also like to see my children succeed in their country, Malaysia, for reasons that true success should be based upon, which are merit and hard work and not because they are Malays or bumiputeras.

For as long as the Malays don't see this, there is very little point in fighting for Malay rights. It just makes us look more ridiculous. We have taken this notion of being privileged a bit too literally in that it now simply means we want this country and its fruits all for ourselves without accepting the responsibilities that come with it.

I blame the Malay politicians for this because we want to only fight the cause without strategising for the true substance and need of the cause. We have been given fish all the while without being taught how to fish.

It's funny how two different generations can be so diverse in their thinking and the recent elections proved just that. We are no longer concerned with racial problems but more so the never-ending Malay agenda issues.

The rakyat has spoken and the landscape has drastically changed. Is this change welcomed? Is it good? The answer is 'no' because we the Malays have been caught with our pants down - we are not ready to compete on any level playing field (we can't even compete on advantageous grounds!).

Even with three or five more continuing policies for Malay rights or bumiputera privileges over the next 50 years, we will still be in exactly the same position as we are in today. The truth hurts and the truth will always prevail. And the truth of what's to come will not go away.

I am cynical perhaps because I feel that Malay rights is not relevant anymore. The right to be safe, to be treated fairly, to have a world-class healthcare and education, to enjoy equal prosperity, to have good governance, to live in a clean environment and to be war-free is what I want for my Malaysia. Not for my race to be artificially powerful.

If we want the Malays to fail, then by all means continue the fight for Malay rights. Go and polish your keris.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Letter to The Straits Times (Singapore) from a Malay Singaporean

September 10th, 2009 by Press Office

Letter to The Straits Times
SEPT 3, 2009

http://teresakok.com/2009/09/10/letter-to-the-straits-times-singapore-from-a-malay-singaporean/

I am a Malay Singaporean and I am proud of it ­though the label “Malay Singaporean” often seems to make little sense to people outside of South-east Asia.

In my travels to other countries and in my current place of residence in the United States, I am often quizzed as to the meaning of this label.

“You mean, you are Malaysian?” I am asked. Or: “I thought Malays are Malaysians?”

My answer, each time, is “no”. Regardless of how often I have to repeat myself, I try, each time, to explain the differences between Malay Singaporeans and Malay Malaysians.

I say that history had united us and then separated us. Political leaderships and national policies have made us very distinct from one another.

This was not always the case. For many years after Separation, the racial and religious identities of Malay Muslims in Malaysia and Singapore took precedence over their national identities.

However, things have changed drastically over the past few decades and much of that has to do with how politics shaped the two communities.

I first realised how different I am from Malay Malaysians when I stayed in a kampung in Negri Sembilan for a week. I was there for a mini research project with some students ­ a mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian Singaporeans, plus a few foreigners. We stayed with host families in a Malay village.

After the first four days in the village, I felt something was amiss. I could not put a finger on what it was. It was only when I was hanging out at a roadside stall and saw a Chinese man that it dawned on me what I was missing: I had not seen a single non-Malay person (outside of my student group) for four whole days!

The Chinese in the area lived in a separate village across the street while the Indians lived in yet another village near some plantations. In Seremban, I saw a building for a Chinese leisure club and another for Malay games or social activities.

Singapore was once like that. But over the decades, it changed. Every day now, when we step out of our flats, we see our Chinese, Indian and perhaps Eurasian neighbours. We share the same lifts, corridors, void decks, community parks and common spaces. We go to the same schools and workplaces. Our parliamentary representatives are multiracial. Malay Singaporeans are as much a part of the everyday realities of Chinese, Indian and Eurasian Singaporeans as they are of ours. This cannot be said of Malay and non-Malay Malaysians. In short, Malay Malaysians and Malay Singaporeans live in different political and social realities.

In a recent column published in Utusan Malaysia, former Malaysian information minister Zainuddin Maidin said that Malaysia’s current racial controversies mirror the issues that surfaced in the country during the May 1969 riots. He also said that Malaysia was right to remove Singapore as it had been a thorn in Malaysia’s flesh. The “poison…spilled by Kuan Yew more than 40 years ago,” he suggested, is the reason race relations remain fraught in Malaysia.

I wonder how wanting a system that promises equality for all, as compared to one that is biased and discriminating, can be “poison”. Well, perhaps one man’s meat is another man’s “poison”. Thanks to the “meat”, Singapore has become a city state where different races co-exist peacefully and all benefit from a meritocratic system.

Should Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew have ruled Singapore using the Malaysian “model”, with discriminatory policies favouring one racial group over others, people like me might have failed to enter university though our grades are good while people of another race are admitted though their grades are poor. We would then, understandably, have felt aggrieved and over time this would have manifested itself in unpleasant social tensions.

This brings me to Datuk Seri Zainuddin’s comment that “Singapore sticks to a Third World democracy despite having a developed world mentality while Malaysia has a Third World mentality but a developed world democracy”.

I accept his point that Singapore has a developed world mentality and do not deny that Singapore’s democracy is not like that of other First World countries’. Whether we will be better off having such a democracy is another debate
altogether. However, I think Singapore has greater political, economic and social democracy than Malaysia.

There is no money politics here, and our system of equity based on merit pervades almost all sectors of our society.

Singapore has changed phenomenally since its separation from Malaysia. There are still challenges to overcome in the different communities, including among Malay Singaporeans, but we are at least at peace with one another.

History teaches great lessons – but only to those who want to learn from it.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

马华党争还关华社痛痒?

从十年前鱼头炒剩酱料
马华党争还关华社痛痒?

作者/本刊特约刘德豪 Sep 09, 2009 10:35:44 pm

【本刊特约刘德豪撰述】马华公会两派斗得“血湖血海”,中文媒体几乎每天八大版呈现,整个社会觉得马华公会党争被炒得沸沸扬扬,时事评论人迦玛(Jamaluddin Ibrahim)认为最该归功的就是媒体。

“华社也很暧昧,说不在乎,却也爱看热闹,很矛盾的心理。但其实你们都上当了。”

迦 玛(右图)感慨,蔡细历被开除隔天,中文报章上就刊载了不少党员力挺蔡细历、拉着布条抗议的照片。“其实拉布条的人可能就二十几个人,但照片看起来满满 的。有的多一点,可能上百人,但这100人可能今天在柔佛州拉布条,明天就坐巴士把布条带到怡保再拉一遍,吃顿饭再到亚罗士打拉一遍。这些人站在那也不用 说话,警察来也笑笑,记者拍完照,这些人就回去了,报纸上就是铺天盖地大肆报导。”

“一时间,就感觉到翁诗杰是四面楚歌、十面埋伏了。真的不差,都被媒体给埋伏了。”

现为988电台叩应(call-in)节目主持人的迦玛也批判中文媒体一直在消耗马华公会,把马华公会当成一个商品来看待。“如今报章每天报导多少人在吵着挺蔡挺翁,但翁诗杰就是全国到处跑,一个一个地方跑──这是‘祖传秘方’。”

迦玛是在昨天一场题为“谁在乎马华公会党争?”的座谈会上如此表示。这场在隆雪华堂举行的座谈会由隆雪华堂社经委员会与《独立新闻在线》联办,成功吸引上百人出席,另三名主讲人为《东方日报》副总编辑陈利良、《独立新闻在线》马来文版主编林宏祥、评论人王维兴。【点击:铺天盖地报道马华公会党争 林宏祥:媒体过度耗费资源】

迦马:翁蔡之斗并非党争

迦玛认为,如今马华公会挺蔡或挺翁事件根本还不至于成为一场党争。

他说:“与过往相比,马华公会如今的纷扰根本不算是一个党争。梁陈党争时候,梁维泮一口气开除十几个马华公会正副部长,一分为二,这才是真的党争。双林时代,两边更各占一批正副部长级人马。但如今的马华公会就只有开除蔡细历一人。”

对马华公会内部运作颇为熟悉的迦玛鲁丁表示,马华公会党选前后,翁诗杰都不接受蔡细历,蔡细历也一直想要东山再起。

无论如何,他认为,蔡细历没办法东山再起。第一,蔡细历没有参加大选,也不是国会议员。第二,要成为部长的话,至少要成为一名上议员。要成为上议员,必须在总会长的力挺下并通过中委会的提案。蔡细历毕竟在中委会里势单力薄,不可能东山再起。

迦玛表示,理想而言马华公会总会长与署理总会长该和睦共处,但几种可能性都发生了,如今最终只有一方会被打倒。

赞翁诗杰敢于揭露真相

迦玛为马华公会被外界评为没有改革意愿辩解:“我们没有明显地看到,不代表马华公会没有在做。”但他也承认翁诗杰上台后,马华公会公会提不出一个真正能够该变国运的政策,包括马华公会要如何转型。

他说道:“翁诗杰与过往总会长不一样的地方,在于他敢于把一些事情揭露出来。从‘三万到三千’的小案子到如今巴生港口自贸区的大案子。”

“在巴生港口自贸区事件上,林吉祥每天抛出三道问题追打翁诗杰,你不能不说翁诗杰如今是动了真格。包括他的敌人张庆信也抛出千万献金的问题,绘声绘色地描述如何三次把钱交到翁诗杰的车上,这些肯定都会成为翁诗杰的政敌攻击他的武器。”

据迦玛观察,近来巴生港口自贸区的风向有所转变,包括总警长冻结户口,纳吉显然是有其考量。

“对于巫统来说,翁诗杰不是他们的可靠伙伴,因为他太自负,不把巫统放在眼里,太过执着要揭发巴生港口自贸区的案件,动到了巫统的神经。”

“巫统会权衡翁诗杰与张庆信以及翁诗杰与蔡细历之间,哪一方最为重要,考量的不是马华公会而是国阵的政权,巫统可以因此牺牲翁诗杰。如果有更好的选择,也同样可以牺牲掉蔡细历或张庆信。”

马华内斗内行外斗外行

迦玛认为中文媒体还在维持一个平衡假象,让大家以为翁诗杰与蔡细历还在争,“蔡细历势力好像越来越大,还说已经收集了1200个代表,但就是拿不出来。蔡细历始终自认巫统就是喜欢他,否则不会给他一个国阵总协调的职位”。

然而,迦玛也不忘提醒,“在国阵的体制内,马华公会不过是一个有份量的花瓶,但终究还是个花瓶”。

迦玛对于媒体在翁诗杰与蔡细历事件上偏颇报导的看法,另一位主讲人陈利良则有些不苟同,“身为半个媒体人,马华公会党争事件上,迦玛鲁丁过度抬举媒体”。

他表示,人们都还在乎马华公会,但不在意马华公会党争的结果。“倘若没有市场、没有影响力,迦玛鲁丁的论点就不会成立。如果没人看,就不会有相关报导,证明了翁蔡之争还是有市场。”

担任《东方日报》副总编辑的陈利良认为,对大部分党外人士而言,马华公会党争究竟鹿死谁手,也没什么差别。

“人们不在意马华公会党争有三个关键原因,第一,翁蔡普遍上是个人权力之争,没多少人相信他们是为了华社的福祉或是一场改革的战争。这一场党争议题无关华社,但其结果却会影响到华社。让人感觉到很不舒服。”

“第二,马华公会党争也未免太频密,离双林之争不过十年时间。308大选后,人们希望马华公会有些改变,难免有些厌倦了。上一次马华公会党争还有‘鱼头’,虽然臭了,但总算还是鱼;到后来鱼都没了,就剩下几条‘蕹菜’;现在连‘蕹菜’都没了,就只剩下‘酱料’。”

“第三,华社今天已有其他的选择在,至少不会像以前那样彷徨。”

陈利良:马华尚有制衡力量

陈利良表示,无论喜欢不喜欢,马华公会还是跟华人社会有剪不断脐带的现实关系。

“持平而论,马华公会的确有为华社做过一些事情,否则不可能存活六十年,但做得够不够则是另一回事。”

他说,严格而言,以如今的政治格局看来,马华公会的政治功能会越来越小,但至少在这个阶段,只要马华公会肯自强、敢开声,还是有一定的功能可扮演,至少在内部还是有制衡的力量。

熟悉马华公会政党发展的陈利良(左图)也进一步分析,在乎马华公会党争的人可概括分为四类,第一类是涉及其中的既得利益者,“为什么马华公会党争越来越密集?主要是牵涉的利益太大。马华公会本身的资产就有二十亿,但它不是商业机构,也不是营利组织,但二十亿从何而来?”

他说,马华公会每年从星报投资的回酬就不只一亿元,加以马华公会由上而下的政治统治,只要一人得道,就能鸡犬升天。

“因此谁当上总会长,其部属就跟着水涨船高,譬如星报高层每年的薪金上百万。”

第二类为国阵友党与巫统领袖,“无论如何,巫统还是需要马华公会来争取华裔选票,何况民政党已经进了加护病房。但马华公会成事不足,败事绝对有余,马华公会成为民联每场补选的攻击对象,是打破国阵的一个缺口”。

第三类为在野党阵营,“马华公会内斗内行,外斗外行。如果马华公会党争,对民联只有好处没坏处,见缝插针。翁蔡之争每一个课题都是补选的很好题材”。

第四类是上了年纪且住在乡区的华人,“特别是多年累积下来的情感,还有认知的问题。今天马华公会的好坏,多少都与他们有些关系”。

依陈利良的观察,越年轻的选民越不在乎马华公会党争,反而比较期待开放型的政党,住在城市的地方居民,看热闹的心态则相对严重,“政治人物确实有极大的娱乐功能”。

马华能否扮演全民角色?

针对有观众在问答环节时疑惑民联能否把华人带出困境,坐在台下的著名时事评论人唐南发(右图)回应,即便是马来人或印裔的文化资产都跟华族文化一样被国家打压,人们应该去思考华裔政治人物如何影响马来选民。

他强调,无论是“三万变三千”或收购南洋商报事件,翁诗杰从来就只想当华族英雄,如果捍卫新闻自由是翁诗杰一贯的立场,马华公会就应该把星报与988电台交还大众。

“对我而言,华族不需要什么救星,谁能够把这个国家带出困境才是真正的领袖,无论他是什么种族。”

唐南发也质疑翁诗杰被塑造成廉洁的形象,“我亲眼见到翁诗杰在依约补选期间,乘着副高教部长的官车,动用国家资源去补选”。

他认为巴生港口自贸区对翁诗杰而言是个契机,如果翁诗杰能够把握这个机会要求首相成立皇家调查委员会,为整个国家谋福利,将来马来社群或印裔社群都会感激他,而他将不再只是华族领袖而是全国领袖。

“这是他可以做的,只在于他有没有勇气这么做。”

Sunday, September 6, 2009

JPJ vehicle registration no. update (05 Sept-09)

8月十大畅销手机 Nokia 坐拥8席 iPhone出局

瑞典知名的便携式电子设备保护套制造商Krusell日前公布了2009年8月份十大畅销手机名单.这份名单是Krusell公司根据其在2009年8月份内接获的各款手机的具体型号和智能手机的型号订单额统计得出的.

同时,该名单也是独一无二的,因为它忠实地反映了全球六大洲50多个国家手机的销售情况.据国外媒体报道,Krusell公司的此次十大畅销手机名单如下所示:

1.(2)诺基亚 5800

2.(3)诺基亚 N97

3.(4)诺基亚 6303 Classic

4.(5)诺基亚 3109/3110 Evolve

5.(-)诺基亚 E51

6.(7)诺基亚 6301/6300/6300i

7.(-)三星 i8910 Omnia HD

8.(-)诺基亚 6700

9.(8)三星 B2100

10.(-)诺基亚 E71

注:()=上月排名位置

Krusell公司总经理乌尔夫•桑德伯格(UlfSandberg)表示,诺基亚和三星完全主宰了Krusell的8月十大畅销手机榜单.而像 诺基亚这样完全控制了现在的手机市场的情形也令人十分惊讶. 在7月份的时候,Krusell发布的畅销手机榜单上排第一位的是苹果iPhone,可是到了8月份,这款手机却从榜上消失了.因此,这段时期内手机市场 非常波动,而Krusell的名单也忠实地反映了这种现象.


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项立刚:为何在日本和韩国iPhone不受青睐


有一件事情我一直非常关注,世界上3G业务发展的最好的有两个国家,一个日本,一个韩国,我们说到3G业务经常是言必 称日韩,但是很有意思的是,日本和韩国的iPhone都不是特别受到青睐,而有很多声音说,在这两个国家iPhone是很不志的,那么原因何在呢?我把我 收集的一些情况汇总起来,希望能找到一些有价值的角度,也希望能够引进iPhone的中国联通一个参考。

1.计算机文化和手机文化的不同。iPhone美国大行其道,道理非常简单,美国文化非常重要的一点是计算机文化,或是互联网文化,美国人要的是在手机上 也延伸计算机文化,美国用户最习惯的就是要把计算机上的应用搬到手机上去,他们要通过手机找到计算机的感觉。比如说邮件,他们一定要把它搬到手机上,多付 钱也没事。所以在iPhone的使用体验中,它一直和计算机紧密相联的,对于没有计算机的用户来说,iPhone如同缺了灵魂,而就是用ipod这样的产 品,和计算机的联网,以及内容更新之烦琐,也是很多用户非常痛苦的地方。这对于美国人来说,是非常正常的,他们很习惯。

但是日本和韩国这些东方国家却不同,手机就是手机,计算机就是计算机,感觉是完全不同的,他们并不一定要求计算机上的应用,就是一定要搬到手机上,或是延 伸出来,对大部分东方国家手机用户来说,手机是另一个产品,他们用手机阅读、看电视、玩游戏、交流,但是并不一定是他也在计算机上用过同类产品。更有意思 的是,目前中国相当多的用手机上网的用户,却并不用计算机上网。而用计算机和手机进行同步,对于大部分东方国家的用户来说,是一件非常麻烦的事。

2.手机电视的影响。广播制式的手机电视,一直是3G时代应用的一个重要业务,无论是日本还是韩国的用户都是非常喜爱。支持本国的标准的广播制式手机电 视,是一个大问题,没有这样的业务,用户会觉得受到了很大限制。甚至在韩国,有一些球赛、发布会,是完全在手机上直播,并不在电视节目中播放。如果没有这 样的业务,用户对于手机感觉就是缺少基本功能。

3.包月的价格。在美国,在网协议是每月70美元,这个价格我们看虽然不低,但是相对于美国人的份额却并不高,所以在美国大量使用iPhone的用户,也 会是普通人,因为这个月费对他而言并不是负担,但是功能和效果却相当不错。但是对于东方这些国家而言,合作的运营商基本上没有主导运营商,绝大部分合作运 营商是挑战者,为了拉高用户,月费总是订得很高的,对于一般消费者而言,很难接受。所以到了这些国家,iPhone就成了高端,用得起高端的人,自然是少 数了。

4.功能上不重视亚洲人的要求。比如亚洲人喜欢手机当相机用,喜欢高品质的摄像头,希望有辅助闪光,有光学变焦,这些iPhone都不是非常关注,它的研 发思维模式是美国人的习惯与思维,而它的产品又不是多系列,多用户群的,结果造成了除了发烧友之后,普通用户使用时,感觉功能上常常有问题。而这些功能却 是他们日常最需要的功能。至于多点触摸,甚至要不是触摸,那不过是开始的炫耀,实际的应用,如何连个照相功能都不强,大家就很有理由不喜欢了。

5.日本、韩国的主导运营商对于手机研发的影响,尤其是日本,主导运营商是介入手机研发的,它需要制造商的配合,要把自己的业务内置到手机中,如果制造商 太强势,运营商就很难合作。这样的氛围之下,大量的用户群还是在主导运营商手中,为了一款手机换运营商,价格又很高,就很难会成为理由。

6.日本、韩国本土手机制造商都非常强大,三星、LG、松下、日立、NEC等这些制造商都是世界上强大的制造商,针对本土用户开发的适合本土用户使用习 惯,功能强大,价格也不贵的手机,已经是这些市场的重要特征,这也影响了用户的习惯,我有好手机用,我为什么一定要用iPhone?有一个说法,在日本的 地铁里,有人拿一个iPhone在用,别人会觉得你很“瘸”。说起来,在美国手机除了是摩托罗拉,基本上别的企业不是对手,欧洲诺基亚势力还是非常强大, 日本、韩国本土的手机厂商是很厉害,而且用户的选择也更多。

中国联通引进iPhone对于企业本身是有价值的,我想提醒的:
1.别对于一个产品寄予太高的期望。
2.对于苹果的强势和合作问题要有充分准备。
3.对于中国市场和中国用户的需求要有充分准备。
4.适合本土的业务是长远致胜之道。
5.牵着苹果走,而不是被苹果牵着走。

东渡沙巴寻猴记

东渡沙巴寻猴记

二零零九年九月六日 下午五时二十八分

报道、摄影:陈雅幼

沙 巴山打根的大自然生态闻名于世,深获世界各地爱好大自然者纷纷慕名探访,为的是想亲身目睹稀有且闻名已久的长鼻猴(或称象鼻猴)和享受原始红树林的风貌。 我们在拉卜湾长鼻猴保护区(LABUK BAY PROBOSCIS MONKEY SANCTUARY)住宿了一晚,有幸看到了长鼻猴、银叶猴,以及犀鸟的出没,晚间又到溪边看点点萤火,果真不虚此行。

拉卜湾是一个自然生态的旅游景点,它距离山打根机场约38公里,驱车前往大约只需1小时左右。

猴子的喂食时间分别在上午11时30分及下午4时30分。我们在导游带领下于上午10时许抵达。等待观猴的空档,导游约略告知我们关于猴子的习性。

头顶尖竖毛发的银叶猴

11 时左右,工作人员发出了长长的呼啸声“yu-up,yu-up......”,在一声声的呼啸下,一头头的银叶猴(silvered leaf monkey)开始现身。员工丢给它们一把把的长豆,猴儿逐步跳上游客观望台,不怕生地靠近游客,让大家得以近距离观赏猴儿的“庐山真面目”。

其中一对母猴及幼猴最引人注目,因为银叶猴都是呈灰黑色的,而母猴怀中的幼猴则是橙色的,因此,颜色的区别就特别的显眼。根据导游解释,不足6个月的幼猴是橙色的,超过6个月后,幼猴才为逐渐转为灰色。大家可不要误会,这绝对不是母猴“偷汉”产下的异种!

银叶猴头顶上的一撮尖竖的毛发最引人注目,就像英格兰球星贝克汉姆(Beckham)的发型,煞是有趣。

银叶猴最爱吃长豆,只见它们坐在地板上,手抓着长豆啃呀啃的,吃得津津有味。

最 逗趣的是,笔者衣袖上有只红色耀目的甲虫,其中一只猴儿看着看着,伸手欲抓,笔者在自然反应下往后退缩,后来察觉猴儿的目标是那只甲虫,便把手臂趋前,果 然猴儿举臂把甲虫拨掉了,笔者莞尔一笑,向猴儿鞠一躬,说声“thank you”,周围的同伴也不禁失笑。正当笔者在聚精会神地拍摄猴儿的镜头时,突有一只猴儿从笔者的头上“飞跃而过”,吓得笔者失声惊叫,大伙儿见了,也都哈 哈大笑起来。

犀鸟闻声而至

接着,工作人员要大家安静下来,他们要引犀鸟出现了,只见他们发出另一种迥异的呼声,大家屏息静待犀鸟到来。不久后,果见4只犀鸟拍着翅膀闻声而来,它们渐渐飞近树林,跟着停歇在观望台的栏杆上,啄食工作人员所放置的香蕉。

这4只犀鸟有着巨大,弯弯的黄色长喙,身上的颜色就黯淡了一些,只有黑白相间的羽毛。

上午时段,我们只看到了银叶猴,却不见长鼻猴的踪影。

群猴聚集如花果山

下午4时30分,我们再回到现场,这次,它们终于成群出现了,约有百只之众,宛如《西游记》花果山里的群猴聚会,好一幅壮观景象!

银叶猴嗜吃长豆,长鼻猴吃的则是面粉薄烤饼(pancake)及黄瓜。只见双方各司地盘,各吃各的,井水不犯河水。话虽如此,面对体型比本身大了许多的长鼻猴,银叶猴自是好汉不吃眼前亏,当大批长鼻猴趋近时,银叶猴就乖乖回避,让出"地盘"。

妻妾成群

成 群结队的长鼻猴群集在食台上享受员工们为它们准备的美食与饮品。所谓“猴以群分”,它们是以“家族”来区分,每个家族必有一头特大的猴子,也就是“一家之 主”,约莫10多只为一个家族。公猴的体型特大,约莫20到25公斤,母猴则只有公猴的一半体型。每个家族只有一只公猴,其余皆为其“妻妾”或孩子。

公猴的鼻子特长,固有长鼻猴的称号;母猴则呈尖削,稍短。长鼻猴的腹中毛发为浅棕色,背部及上臂为深棕色,从背面望去,就活脱脱是著了一件短上衣(jacket),大腹便便的,长尾巴,端坐的样子像极人类。

猴儿施家法?

其中一个家族,也不知一只母猴犯了什么错,就被一家之主揪了下来,声威俱下,其余猴儿一只只服服贴贴地不敢声张。

猴儿用餐时间,也有1、2只小松鼠来参与,群猴也乐于与它分享。群猴在饱食满足后,开始嬉闹,追逐玩乐,时而爬上树梢荡秋千,时而互相追逐,种种逗趣的动作,令人忍唆不禁。

得以窥探猴儿的生活习性,大家都乐在其中,开怀忘忧,暂时抛开闹市尘嚣的烦恼。而这个下午,大伙儿算是满载而归。

夜赏闪闪萤火虫

我们住宿的渡假屋是半独立式的木屋,竖立在红树林泽地上,就像间马来高脚屋,宁静凉爽,周围时而传来唧唧虫声。

屋后备有绳帜吊床,躺了上去,就不禁忆起儿时住在乡下,在大树下午睡纳凉的情景。

中午时分,突有一只不速之客造访,我们被“拍拍”的巨响惊动,遂好奇地绕到屋后观看,原来是只犀鸟用它的巨喙敲打着屋顶上的玻璃。住在丛林中,就有这般的惊喜。

夜幕低垂时刻,我们成群结队,在工作人员拿着手电筒照明下,沿着崎岖的小径,走了约莫1公里,到小溪流旁看那萤光点点。

根据那位工友说,有时萤火虫很多,绕满整棵树,就像棵圣诞树般,他们就会跟游客唱起圣诞歌。原来该名工友却不是马来族,而是当地土族,信奉基督教。当地人讲的马来语,与西马有很大的差异,乍听之下就像印尼语。

看过萤火虫,吃过晚餐,大伙儿唱歌的唱歌、搓麻将、打台球、掷飞镖,或三三两两闲聊,渡过个悠哉闲哉的夜晚。

山 打根的早晨来得特别早,5时左右,天色已经大亮。早起的人可以悠闲地漫步在原始的红树林间,尽情享受大自然的风貌,观赏奇形怪状的红树林根茎。大自然的巧 夺天工,令人赞叹。而我们犹如置身在一幅色彩鲜艳的大自然图画中,那种感受却非笔墨所能形容,只有亲身体验,才能真正


■ 其中一个长鼻猴家族,背着镜头的是一家之主的公猴,体型特大,从背面望去,就活脱脱是身著一件短夹克。

■ 笔者与一只银叶猴来个近身合照。

■ 从侧面可以清楚一窥长鼻猴的“长鼻”。

■ 暮色中,银叶猴群息在枝干上,构成一幅浑然天成的美丽画面。

■ 沙巴的珍贵禽鸟--犀鸟。


Wednesday, September 2, 2009

法“蜘蛛人擅自闯入禁区攀爬双峰塔

擅自闯入禁区攀爬双峰塔
法“蜘蛛人”认罪罚款两千
9月2日 下午 2点28分
昨日成功攀爬我国第一高楼国油双峰塔后被捕的法国“蜘蛛人”艾伦罗伯特今日被控,他在法庭上俯首认罪,承认擅自闯入禁区攀爬双峰塔的罪行,遭罚款2000令吉。

根据《马新社》报道,推事茜蒂沙卡拉谕令,若艾伦罗伯特无法偿还罚款,必须监禁2个月。

耗时两句钟爬上88楼


现年46岁的艾伦罗伯特愿意接受罚款。他是在昨日早上8点30分,耗时2个小时攀爬高达88层楼的双峰塔。

警方援引刑事法典第447刑事闯入条文扣留他,最高刑罚可被判监禁6个月或最高罚款3千令吉,或两者兼施。

【点击观看攀爬双峰塔短片】

艾伦:攀爬是我的热忱


其辩护律师基于被告已认罪及承诺不再重犯攀爬任何建筑物为由,要求法官别判决艾伦罗伯特监禁。

艾伦罗伯特随后对媒体说:“我喜欢马来西亚。谢谢马来西亚,攀爬是我的热忱、我的生活方式及我的嗜好”。