Most Malaysians not satisfied with sex

2 ot of 3 Malaysian men and 3 out of 4 Malaysian women are not satisfied with their sex lives, according to a survey carried out byPfizer in the Asia-Pacific Sexual Health and Overall Wellness survey.

India top the survey with 70% saying their sex lives are satisfying.

Japan fared the worst as only 10% of Japanese women are satisfied with their men.

The survey links the level of erection hardness to sexual satisfaction for men (note: probably, based on the complain by women). The level of erection hardness is measured in a scale of 1 to 4, where level 1 is like "tofu" - big, soft and dangling (Cantonese: kak ye yau cha kuei); level 2 is like peeled banana where it is not hard enough to penetrate (kak ye kung chiew); level 3 is hard enough to penetrate but not completely (yat poon lan chiew); and level 4 is like cucumber - hard and rigid and facing the sky.

Most Malaysian respondents have level 3 hardness.

According to Dr Rosie King, it was found that greater sexual satisfaction is strongly associated with greater satisfaction with life overall. Generally, men and women who are highly satisfied with their sex life have a more positive outlook on their relationships and life. I am not sure whether it will translate to more children or more wives.

Source: The Star and NSTP


*****

Malaysia hails achievements in THES Ranking

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin said it is something to be proud of that a number of Malaysian Universities have attained such high positions in the THE-QS University Rankings of 2008.

University Malaya achieved 246 ranking (from 230 last year); UKM surged up to rank 250 (from 309)in 2007), UPM is ranked 320 (from 360) and UTM is 356 (from 415). USM is 307 (from 313 in 2007).

UiTM is .... somewhere not too far down there; not at the bottom; quite high up from the bottom 1,000.

It clearly shows that Malaysian universities is able to sustain the top 500 position as compared to many other universities from Cambodia, Phillipines, Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Iraq, Timbaktu, Tua Sua Ka, Lau Pi Sai, etc. We only lost to Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Oxford.

The Higher Education Ministry will asked the government for some money to celebrate the higher rankings and achievements of our universities. Maybe, some billboards will be put up to promote our success.

The universities achieved such high ranking despite the fact that the criteria used for the ranking is discriminatory and unfair - the survey did not take into considerations the special privileges which should be, in all normality, accorded to us.

The university Vice-Chancellors all agreed that they have improved and such improvement showed that the universities' strategic plan, implementation and hard work are showing great results.

"We are looking to the future and we will transofrm the universities into world-class in 10-50 years, if not, not more than 100 years time."

Even Human Rights Commission SUHAKAM could be downgraded

Even our Human Rights Commission SUHAKAM faces potential downgrading from Grade A to Grade B for not being fully compliant with the Paris Principles.

The International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC), had asked Suhakam to reply in writing within a year on why it should not be downgraded.

The ICC sub-committee, which recently reviewed Suhakam's accreditation and human rights compliance, had also received a report jointly made by two non-governmental organisations.

SUHAKAM officials claimed ICC had been unfair and that SUHAKAM hardly interacted with ICC and felt more at home with APF where it enjoyed good networking and training.

(Source: TheStar: Suhakam cries foul over being downgraded)


Are the international institutions of the world conspiring against Malaysia?

THES downgraded Malaysian universities status each year for the last few year. Malaysia's Corruption Index had also dropped drastically. Now, our Human Rights status may also be downgraded. What else they hadn't downgraded?

Maybe, Malaysian Institutions need to form alliances with those who would provide guarantee to us ensuring only upgrading of our status and would continuously protect our rights to be number 1 in all areas. Why can't they understand us? We are Bolehans!

Survey: Public Perception of Govt Hospital Services

This is an email I received from Dr Muhammad B. Mohd Isa. Dr Muhammad is a lecturer with UPM School of Medicine and Social Science and is currently doing his Msc in Hospital Management in London South Bank University.

According to Dr Muhammad, he is currently in his final stage of his study and doing his dissertation on "Exploring Public Perception on Government Hospital Services in the Klang Valley, Malaysia.

In his study, Dr Muhammad needs to ascertain the real perception of the Malaysian public in the subject matter.

This is his request:

WHAT HELP DO I WANT TO SEEK FROM YOU? I WONDER IF YOU CAN HELP ME BY POSTING MY QUESTIONNAIRE IN YOUR BLOG SO THAT READERS OF YOUR BLOG IF THEY WANT TO ANSWER(VOLUNTARILY) CAN FILL UP THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND THEY WILL EMAIL BACK TO MY EMAIL FOR ANALYSIS.

I DECIDED TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP BECAUSE FROM MY OBSERVATION MANY PEOPLE READ YOUR FOTOPAGES AND YOUR READERS ALSO COMPRISES OF MALAYSIAN FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUND IE: DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUP, SOCIAL CLASS AND EDUCATION LEVEL. AS I AM TRYING TO REACH MALAYSIAN FROM ALL BACKGROUND, IN MY OPINION I WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO AS MANY MALAYSIAN AS POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP FROM YOU.

I'M DOING THIS ONLY FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES AND I'M NOT REPRESENTING ANY POLITICAL PARTIES NEITHER AM I REPRESENTING ANYONE.

I REALLY HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER AND PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE THANKS FOR REPLYING MY CALL FOR HELP AND MY SINCERE APOLOGY FOR HAVING TO BOTHER YOU WITH THIS MATTER.

Dr MUHAMMAD B. MOHD ISA
PENSYARAH & PAKAR OFTALMOLOGI
FAKULTI PERUBATAN DAN SAINS KESIHATAN, UPM

Dear esteem readers,

Could we all assist Dr Muhammad by providing him with our honest views. Let's give our fellow brethren a helping hand in his thesis.

Those who can assist, please write directly to Dr Muhammad at mohdisam@lsbu.ac.uk
muhammad@medic.upm.edu.my

Tormented People of the Nation

More Pain & More Anguish!

Sharlinie was kidnapped and not found. It's more than 2 weeks now and yet the ongoing police search leads to nothing; no signs, no symptom, no clues.

But police said they were fruitful. The police justified this by proving that they had conducted several search operations in search of Sharlinie's abductors and had netted a total of 185 illegal immigrants and illegal workers.

So, it was a great effort and fruitful scoop.

However ACP Arjunaidi Mohammed was quick to emphasise that the operations were conducted to locate Sharlinie and not aimed at ferreting out illegal immigrants. The police are looking for Sharlinie and not illegal immigrants.

So, the illegal immigrants and workers now sigh a great relief. They can feel safe and comfortable with the assurance from the District Police Chief.

In the search for Sharlinie, the police conducted their searches at various construction work sites. Why do they think Sharlinie could possibly be placed at work sites, I am puzzled. Maybe, it's not to leave any stone unturn; maybe, construction sites are playgrounds for illegals and criminals; Maybe Sharlinie was abducted and had to perform hard labor at construction works. Maybe, and so many maybe.

Despite the best efforts by the police and forensic units, no trace of Sharlinie, who went missing on Jan 9, was detected.

The police force seems unable to do much about Sharlinie. They couldn't do much about Nurin. They couldn't do much about so many other crime cases - rape cases, robbery cases, Mat Rempit cases.

But one thing they are effective and highly capable.


The police arrested 56 people who took part in an illegal assembly to protest rising prices.

The NST reported that, about 200 people took part in a demonstration near Suria KLCC shopping center. The protest was organized by PROTES (the Coalition Against Inflation).

The police went as far as possible to get the courts to grant an injunction to bar the gathering and to get the court to empower them to arrest those who participated in the gathering.

The police were at full force to act. About 1,300 policemen were on duty to carry out the arrest. Federal Reserve Units (FRU) were later called in to handle those who resists arrest.

No wonder the criminals are a damn happy lots. In fact the aspiring criminals were extremely delighted as they see themselves as successful entrepreneurs of the future. They know there aren't enough police personnels to deal with their plan and targets. They can now plan their targets when there is demonstrations or gatherings or vigils because the whole police contingent would be deployed to arrest protesters and leave them safe to conduct their businesses.

Yesterday, I was driving around KL areas and did not go to KLCC and the golden triangle areas. The drive was free flow. In fact the cars were at high speed and almost every car overtook me, including proton hatchback, Wira, Waja, Kancils and Kenaris. I was wondering what's the reason there weren't roadblocks and speed-traps at various certified and specified locations around KL. The journey yesterday confirmed there was none. I thought the police had rested yesterday; but now I know they were not resting; they were hard at work at KLCC.

The people are not allowed to protest against rising prices. They were not allowed to submit memorandum to the King. They were not allowed to submit memo to the British High Commission. They were not allowed to celebrate Human Rights Day. They were not allowed Freedom Walk. They were not allowed to carry out a vigil. No, the police is against these events.

It's now the primary duties of police to stop demonstrations; it's now a secondary role of the police to catch criminals, because they are hard to catch and they made the police job difficult but the protesters made the police job easy as they gather together as a group, within a confined area, and have proper identifications such as printings on T-shirts, caps, banners, flags, etc.

The criminals are not so cooperative. They do not gather in groups at specific areas and do not apply for permits to conduct their operations. They do not shout slogans to identify their intentions. They just go quietly doing their jobs and leaving no traces of their crimes. Why can't the criminals conduct themselves like those protesters so that the police can sent a contingent of personnels and FRUs to arrest them? Why can't the criminals cooperate with the police and make the life of our police easier? Afterall, they too are Malaysian citizens, just like PROTES members, BERSIH members, and HINDRAF members.

Has the police being made the new enemies of the people? Had the police made themselves much hated by the people?

Had the police being made the new buddies of the criminals? Had the police made themselves much loved by the criminals?

Maybe, Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research should conduct two more surveys or polls, one from the ordinary people and another from those criminals and those aspiring criminals, to understand the people better.

Spinning another Survey

Today, 17th Dec 2007 - Another Survey Spin: No Street Protests

A large majority of Malaysians are against street protests and have backed the government’s decision to use the laws to stop anyone from threatening racial peace and harmony.

This was revealed in a survey conducted recently by the Merdeka Centre between Dec 17 and 21. (refer to printed notes)

Eight hundred and sixty one respondents from throughout the country, who were randomly selected along the lines of state of residence, ethnicity, gender and age (21 and above) were interviewed over the telephone for the survey.

Fifty-six percent of the respondents felt that street demonstrations or illegal public gatherings would likely turn violent but 27% disagreed.

On the question of who or what was likely to be the main cause for some demonstrations to turn violent:

32% said violence was caused by unruly demonstrators, 29% believed instigators or provocateurs in the crowd were to blame, and 20% cited the actions of the police as being the likely cause of violence.

When the respondents were asked if they were aware of the two illegal demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur:

– 54% said they were aware of Bersih’s protest on Nov 10, while

- 77% were aware of the illegal Hindraf gathering on Nov 25.

So, 46% of respondent wasn't even aware of Bersih's rally, and 23% wasn't aware of Hindraf gathering,

The surveyor did not asked them whether how many per cent of them had join the rally & gathering.

Are they interviewing the wrong people, or just picking up some children anywhere to conduct such a survey?

Have you ever wondered that the few surveys conducted, if ever they are submitted for as a thesis or dissertation for an academic qualification, do you think the size of the sample can qualify to be representative of the population? I am an academician, and my answer is: Rejected sample size; not reflective; and questions scewed right.

Howsy highlight to me the dates... I wonder? Puzzled? see below.

The StarOnline version quickly removed the dates...

Original printed news and Online script:

‘No’ to street protests

PETALING JAYA: A large majority of Malaysians are against street protests and have backed the government’s decision to use the laws to stop anyone from threatening racial peace and harmony. This was revealed in a survey conducted by the Merdeka Centre between Dec 17 and 21.

Amended now:

No’ to street protests

PETALING JAYA: A large majority of Malaysians are against street protests and have backed the government’s decision to use the laws to stop anyone from threatening racial peace and harmony.

This was revealed in a survey conducted recently by the Merdeka Centre.

But, they can't do anything with the hardcopies distributed and scanned!

Hippocretin? Sicko? Eli explains

Today I learn a new English word: "Hippocretin".

I tried to check the dictionary and couldn't find any. Fortunately, Elizabeth had an explanation.'Hippocretin' according to Eli is said to be a cross-breed between a hypocrite and a cretin. Cretin is a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person. It is believed this new being which resembles a chicken, is easily spotted with its Big Ears, has an IQ of ‘Ling-ling’ and the ability to fall asleep anytime, thus needing constant guidance and prodding from his brood to move around. It loves Nasi Kandar but definitely not floods. It is known to be afraid of crowds.

You want to learn more about it, go visit Elizabeth blog

Do you know that elephants today had to wear boots?

The land is filled with sickos and even elephants had to wear waterproof custom-made Gore-tex booties to alleviate foot problems and aid the healing of lesions on the soles.

Damai represents Silent Majority?

TheStar:

"Silent Majority Has Spoken"?

Silent majority? Are they? What does it mean?

Majority in what sense? Did they constitute majority of Malaysians, or majority from Barisan Nasional, or majority of those ampu kakis?

Damai Malaysia, an umbrella body comprising 395 non-governmental organisations representing nearly 1.5 million members, handed over a memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The memorandum criticised recent illegal street demonstrations, which Damai said had caused problems and created tension among Malaysia's multiracial population.

But even if the figures are true, they are representing 1.5mil members out of 25mil population, and not all the members did agree with it. It probably is 395 person, claiming to represent 1.5mil people. What a misrepresentation.

Could we also say bar Council had tens of thousands of law firms representing hundreds of thousands of employees and clients who also employs millions of employees concurred with the Lawyers march? Ya, if we are using the same analogy.

And who are the spokemens of Damai Malaysia? Damai chairman Mohd Saiful Adil Mohd Daud, Damai advisor and Bukit Bintang MCA chief Senator Datuk Dr Lee Chong Meng, and Cheras Hindu Youth Organisation vice-president S. Ariivazhagan. ONLY 3 of them!!!

Damai Malaysia representatives also included those from 75 Chinese-based and 20 Indian groups and associations. Do you know how many Chinese-based associations are in Malaysia? Thousands. And 20 Indian groups and associations, not association, and among the 20, only a few associations. But how many Indian associations are there in Malaysia? Check with the registrar of Societies.

What a great spin. Do they think we are brainless guys?

Oh, by the way, Confidence in the military and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi topped the list in a national survey related to trust in political institutions. The survey showed that 76.3 per cent of Malaysians believed they could trust the military, followed by the prime minister with 75.8 per cent. A preliminary report was released by the Asia Barometer Survey in collaboration with the Merdeka Centre during a seminar at the International Islamic University Malaysia yesterday.

About 1,200 face-to-face interviews were carried out between July and August this year. The sample size involved 900 Malaysians from peninsula, and 150 each in Sabah and Sarawak respectively. Among the issues discussed were the Malaysian attitude towards political trust and participation and democracy. It also showed that Malaysians were relatively passive in political participation.

"The survey suggested that 70.5% were satisfied with democracy in Malaysia. However, only 16.5 believed that Malaysia has "full democracy".

Take NOTE: Only 1% of the respondents attended political protests. That means they did not interview any of those who took part in the recent few demonstration and walks. That's survey. That's what the surveyor did. That's what they corelate to represent the population at large.

Would Bersih and KeAdiLan carry out a nationwide survey? Or could we have a national referendum?

Indoctrination by Spinning & Survey

Tales of Two Cities: News Spinning

Robert Mugabe commissioned a survey to show that most Zimbabwean believed in the transparency of elections, in contrast to the sentiment expressed by more than half of the respondents across the region, who do not consider Zimbabwee’s election process to be so impartial.

The survey interviewed more than 60,000 people in 56 countries around the world, representing the expressed views and attitudes of more than 1.2 billion citizens.

Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan also appointed a group to carry out survey, the result of which showed that most of the respondents believed that Pakistan still have the most democratic system and one of the best justice system since the revamp a few days ago.

On November 3, 2007, only days before a bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan was to decide on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of his re-election as president in the controversial October 2007 elections, he, as Chief of Army Staff, suspended the constitution, jailed several justices and lawyers of the supreme court including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, ordered the arrest of political dissidents and human rights activists, and shut down all private television channels. He declared an emergency; however, he had, in effect, imposed martial law in Pakistan.

On November 24, 2007, the Pakistan Election Commission confirmed his re-election as President. This clearly shows Pakistan has a very transparent and fair election.

If President Idi Amin hasn't died, he would have also conducted a survey to prove that Uganda, under his regime, is the most transparent and most fair government in the world.

A survey conducted by TNS and the Voice of the People, a "cost-efficient" research solution of Gallup International, showed that most Malaysians believe in the transparency of elections, in contrast to the sentiment expressed by more than half of the respondents across the region, who do not consider their country’s election process to be so impartial.

Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said he was happy that an international survey had shown that Malaysians were the most confident in Asia of their country’s elections and democracy.

The country’s policies were always people-centred, he said, commenting on the survey carried out by TNS and Gallup International which among others, showed that 74% of Malaysians answered yes to whether “elections in your country are free and fair” – the highest among 10 nations surveyed in Asia. It exceeded the 47% world average.

“I am happy to read the report and it is good. I have always believed that our elections have always been democratic and fair.

“The government that you chose is the government of the people because it is voted in by the people,” the Prime Minister said.

The Doctrine

"When there were no classes in society, . . . a special group of people especially separated off to rule and dominate over the rest of society had not yet arisen, and could not have arisen. Only when the division of society into classes appeared, . . . it was essential that a state should appear.

And this state did appear ... The state continued to be a machine ... ".

-Vladimir I. Lenin

Merdeka Center Survey

This is the published results of a Merdeka Center Survey on the economic health of individuals according to race:

Question in the survey: What is the financial situation of your family?

(a) They have more than what they need to make ends meet: 14% Malays, 12% Chinese, 16% Indians

(b) They can make ends meet: 74% Malays, 51% Chinese 49% Indians.

(c) They occasionally struggled to make ends meet: 10% Malays, 26% Chinese, 29% Indians.

(d) Struggling to make ends meet: 2% Malays, 10% Chinese, 6% Indians.

Overall, confidence in Pak Lah and the govt remains strong...

Source: NST Prime News page 7, November 25, 2007.