tomorrow is the d-day, the big day. tomorrow, the first batch of ROTU (reserve officer training unit) UiTM Melaka will be commissioned as officers. special kids that lot (not in a retarded way). special place in my heart. why?

i took them in, train them, be in charged of their everything (in army), just the same feeling that a father would have if his sons or daughters excel in life. their like that to me. though the age gap is very close (3 years mostly), the way that i was involved in "bringing them up", made a big impact in my life. safe to say that though 'koleq' gave me an edge in my confidence boost, being the only active Y.O for a while, with vast responsibility and very, very heavy burden, took my confidence level i never knew i could get to.

further enhancing my pride on them is the fact that a Malacca cadet will get the Best Cadet Award (UiTM) out of his squad from all four ROTU UiTM (Shah Alam, Dungun, Arau and Malacca). plus, the Best Academic would also be for a Malacca cadet.

and all this comes from a combination of 'anak angkat', no hq, no support, no facilities, looked down, and trained and taken care of by a Y.O giler/ anak dato' giler..

funny how it all worked out kan?

the only thing i regret about this batch is i couldnt be there for them for all 3 years.

but tomorrow i'll be there, watching every step with pride.

p/s: Istiadat Pentauliahan DiRaja Kadet PALAPES IPTA ke 25 will be at Universiti Malaya. starts around 0700.

Last night's 'Bulletin Utama' highlighted something. The person Rodriguez claimed to be an ex janitor in WTC and was present the last day WTC would stand, said that all of 9/11 was in fact an elaborated conspiracy plot devised by the administration of George W Bush under the watchful eyes of the Zionist. His statement was backed up by Jimmy Walter, founder of Reopen 9/11 (go to their site here ).

This came as to no surprise to me. I have been at least suspicious of the U.S government since they announce that Al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks. The way I see it, if that said statement was true, why did the campaign against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan ended so quickly? Whereas logically, to crumple the Al Qaeda network, one has to attack it at its heart, its head, Osama Bin Laden. Though the campaign in hunting down Osama, the culprit as U.S put it, failed to locate Osama's whereabouts (even to this very day), the U.S government stopped the search.

This was not the case for Iraq, however.

Bush used 9/11 and Al Qaeda threat to further staged his next strategy, the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This was used as an excuse to enter Iraq. Even though there were no signs of the said WMD (which was proven as non-existant later), the troops were given strict orders to pursue and capture Saddam, dead or alive.

Bush, of course, had his reasons.

Iraq was against the U.S from the very beginning. Both Bush's wage war against that nation, where the father failed, and the son came out triumphant. Furthermore, Iraq is the only nation in the Middle East that dared to challenge the U.S openly. Saddam, though himself a tyrant, despised U.S government, as most of us now do, for the simplest reason. They treated Muslims all around the world with the utmost distaste.

Plus, Iraq had something they truly want. Oil.

If they were able to gain control of Iraq's oil reserves, they would be holding a majority of the world's oil share. (Bear in mind that they are in control of the Saudi's royal family, and they have already gain some control in Kuwait)

Next in line; Iran. Still using the same excuse, the Bush's government, under direct surveillance of Zionist, is edging to attack Iran within a few months time. Yet, now, they lack the momentum and surprise as they did with Iraq.

This is of course due to the ever growing crowd that oppose him, for many reasons. The lack of care for the troops in Iraq, the lies on the WMD, the undelivered promises, so many 'missed' targets that killed hundreds if not thousands of innocent people and the most recent, the ever growing demands from the public to reopen the 9/11 files.

Even the Americans are waking up.

For those of us who is still asleep, please, wake up. And let us wake the rest up together, Muslims or non Muslims.

Many of us are unable to donate thousands of ringgit for charity. Some of us needs charity. We cannot control the decision made by the government. We can oppose it, and make them amend it, but can never control it.

There's only one way.

Be well educated. VERY. Both street wise or otherwise.

Its up to us to change.

It's making headlines almost everyday. Tun's comments on the current admin. So what's all the fuss?

Claiming to be very liquid, the current administrators are now finding themselves in a very hot seat. Being under a microscope and to be scrutinised by the former premier makes the current uneasy.

The claims that they are open to criticism is nothing more than claims. Well, it been that since the beginning. Claiming to forever rid the 'under the table misconducts', plus the fact that the less provocative majority of the crowd has already tired of the former rule, they managed to get the most majority ever.

But through it all, it seems that they are actually not as clear as they claim to be. To say the least, why is it that the comments passed by Tun is considered to be poisonous and very dangerous? Why is it that those calls are said to be made by a deranged old man, who gave up his post unwillingly? With all the responses given, it is becoming very clear that the definition of democracy or freedom of voice holds a very different meaning all together for them than to the general public.

Yes, it is admitted that during the former premier's rule, not much can be said, or even if someone dared to, it will be heavily criticised. But the former did make it clear that criticism is not to be tolerated. Yet, when the current first came into view as the supreme, it was made public that all kinds of opinion are welcomed, be it the positive or not. We can very well see clearly now how thorough.

This is not a fierce attack on the current premier. It is just an opinion, from a very naive, general point of view. This is not to say that the 4th premier was without flaws. He has, time and time again. Yet time and time again he managed to get through it with turning the crowd's attention to something more 'useful', more grandeur, which brought some sort of achievement to Bolehland.

The 4th brought fame and some fortune for us. What does the 5th bring?

The general public would REALLY like to see it, the sooner the better.

But nevertheless, the general public do support the admin. Just make sure the admin too supports the public.