If only the wealthy can afford to run for public office, are we more a plutocracy than a democracy?
Corporate greed and a growing (add the name a country of your choice) plutocracy
OR examples from another Dictionary:
PLUTOCRACY
1) Form of government where control of the political system and its institutions lie in the hands of a bunch of rich arrogant arseholes. Typically characterized by corruption, shallowness, trifling, squabbling, and by sell outs, they ruin everything for everyone else.
2) Any organization that is run by one or more arrogant arseholes that are either ignorant of, or don't care, that they ignore benefits for everyone else.
QUOTES WORTH THINKING ABOUT:-
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt.
He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.
This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once.
Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable an ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action!
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
(Albert Einstein)
To initiate a war of aggression...is not only an international crime, it is the supreme international crime, differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.
-Nuremberg Tribunal
"I told the world that Iraq, contrary to your claims, did not have weapons of mass destruction," said Galloway. "I told the world, contrary to your claims, that Iraq had no connection to al-Qaeda. I told the world, contrary to your claims, that Iraq had no connection to the atrocity on 9/11 2001. I told the world, contrary to your claims, that the Iraqi people would resist a British and American invasion of their country and that the fall of Baghdad would not be the beginning of the end, but merely the end of the beginning. Senator, in everything I said about Iraq, I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong, and 100,000 people paid with their lives; 1600 of them American soldiers sent to their deaths on a pack of lies; 15,000 of them wounded, many of them disabled forever on a pack of lies."
-George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, 05/17/05 before Senate hearing.
"Propaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them."
-Harold Evans
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities:
Voltaire
"Today democracy is a facade of plutocracy. Because the peoples will not tolerate naked plutocracy, power is nominally turned over to them, while real power rests in the hands of the plutocrats. In democracies, whether republican or monarchical, the statesmen are marionettes, and the capitalists are the wire pullers: they dictate the political guidelines, they control the voters by buying public opinion, through business and social connections [they control] higher government officials ...
The plutocracy of today is more powerful than the aristocracy of the past, because nothing stands above it except the state, which is its tool and helper.":
Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, "Pan-european" publicist and political figure, in his book Praktischer Idealismus ("Practical Idealism"), Vienna, 1925.
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.'
-Daniel J Boorstin:
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
- Albert Einstein
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"
A FEW QUOTES ON CENSORSHIP, GAGGING, THOUGHT CONTROL, LIES, REPRESSION OF THOUGHT & THINKING, PROPAGANDA & OTHER EVIL POLITICAL TOOLS
LET PEOPLE POWER MAKE THE CHANGE,kick out the Evil, the Corrupt, the Immoral, the Lie speakers, the Hypocrites, theCheats, the Crony's and the nepotists......................... you know who they are!!!
"Quiscustodietipsoscustodes? - Who will watch the watchers?"
- Juvenal
" If your library is not 'unsafe', it probably isn't doing its job."
- John Berry, Iii, Library Journal, October 1999
"Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race."
- Charles Bradlaugh
"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. "
- Joseph AlexandrovitchBrodsky, 1991, Russian-American poet, b. St. Petersburg and exiled 1972 (1940-1996)
"Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage."
- Winston Churchill
"You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken - unspeakable! - fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring athome, all the more powerful because they are forbidden. These terrify them. A little mouse - a little tiny mouse! -of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic."
- Winston Churchill
"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..."
- Henry Steel Commager
"Burning is no answer."
- Camille Desmoulins' reply to Robespierre, January 7, 1794, on burning his newspaper, Le VieuxCordelier
"If librarianship is the connecting of people to ideas and I believe that is the truestdefinition of what we do it is crucial to remember that we must keep and make available, not just good ideas and noble ideas, but bad ideas, silly ideas, and yes, even dangerous or wicked ideas."
- Graceanne A. Decandido
"Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech at Dartmouth College, June 14, 1953
"If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not me."
- Larry Flynt
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
"If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1730
"Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education."
- Alfred Whitney Griswold, Essays on Education
"One man's vulgarity is another's lyric."
- John Marshall Harlan, Supreme Court justice, 1971
"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings."
- Heinrich Heine
"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions."
- Lillian Hellman, subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1952
"To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves."
- Claude Adrien Helvetius, De l'Homme, Vol. I, sec. 4
"The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself."
- Granville Hicks (1901-1982)
"Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice."
- Holbrook Jackson
"Did you ever hear anyone say 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'?"
- Joseph Henry Jackson
"Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so."
- Robert H. Jackson
"Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and magazines, when in fact, the inability to read anything is the basic trouble."
- Peter S. Jennison
"Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance."
- Lyndon Baines Johnson, February 11, 1964
"Datveniamcorvis, vexatcensuracolumbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."
- DecimusJuniusJuvenalis (Juvenal), Satires, II. 63. Roman rhetorician and satirical poet (1st to 2nd cent. A.D.)
"Quiscustodietipsoscustodes? - Who will watch the watchers?"
-Juvenal
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts,foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
- John F. Kennedy
"The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for an opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time."
- Joseph Lewis, Voltaire: The Incomparable Infidel, 1929
"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there."
- Clare Booth Luce
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."
- Golda Meir, Israeli political leader (1898-1978)
"And yet on the other hand unless warinesse be us'd, as good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book; who kills a Man kills a reasonable creature, Gods Image, but hee who destroyes a good Booke, kills reason it selfe, kills the Image of God, as it were in the eye."
-Milton, Areopagitica, 1644
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."
- Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1559
"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."
- John Morley
"Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.) Is planning a ban on smut Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut. And his reverent occiput. Smite. Smoot, smite for Ut., Grit your molars and do your dut., Gird up your l--ns, Smite h-p and th-gh, We'll all be Kansas By and By."
- Ogden Nash, "Invocation," 1931
"Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always be the last resort of the boob and the bigot."
- Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, American playwright (1888-1953)
"All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us."
-Katherine Paterson, American author of children's books (1932-)
"A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to."
- Dr. Laurence Peter, Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time. New York: Morrow, 1977, p. 97
"Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence."
- Salman Rushdie
"What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist."
- Salman Rushdie
"Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads."
-George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic (1856-1950)
"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship."
-George Bernard Shaw, Preface to Mrs. Warren's Profession
"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is the hallmark of an authoritarian regime..."
-Justice Potter Stewart, dissenting Ginzberg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463 (1966)
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
- Harry S. Truman, message to Congress, August 8, 1950
"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it."
- Mark Twain
"Adam was but human - this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent."
- Mark Twain
"All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States -- and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!"
- Kurt Vonnegut, author
"The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book."
- Walt Whitman
"There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all."
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
"The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame."
- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."
- Oscar Wilde
"Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."
- Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal), Satires, II. 63. Roman rhetorician and satirical poet (1st to 2nd Cent. A.D.)
THIS IS A GOOD READ & THE LADY'S SENTIMENTS ARE SOUND AND HONOURABLE
A British Housewife Speaks Out [ a must read ]
"Thought you might like to read this letter to the editor of a Britishnational newspaper. Ever noticed how some people just seem to know howto write a good letter?.
Here is a woman who should run for Prime Minister!
Written by a housewife, to her daily newspaper. This is one pissed off lady.
Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it notstarted by Islamic people who brought it to our shores in July 2002,and in New York on 11 Sept 2001, and have continually threatened to doso since?
Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered that day inLondon , and in downtown Manhattan , and in a field in Pennsylvania ?
Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die ahorrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were claiming to betortured by a justice system of the nation they come from and arefighting against in a brutal insurgency.
I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repentsfor incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11 and 7/7.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which is a crime punishable by beheading in Afghanistan
I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hackingoff Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashedthroat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Afghanistan comeout and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion byhiding in mosques and behind women and children.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blowthemselves up in search of Nirvana care about the innocent childrenwithin range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the British media stops pretending that their freedomof speech on stories is more important than the lives of the soldierson the ground or their families waiting at home to hear about themwhen something happens.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a British soldier roughingup an Insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this:
I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is toldnot to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take this tohe bank:
I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner - who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat,and 'fed special food' that is paid for by my taxes - is complainingthat his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believein your heart of hearts:
I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I'venoticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.' Well, believe me!! you guessed it ......
I don't care!!
If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mailfriends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for thisridiculous behaviour!
If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Shouldyou choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocitiescommitted by radical Muslims happen here in our great country! And mayI add:
'Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made adifference in the world.
Our soldiers don't have that problem.'
I have another quote that I would like to add, AND.......I hope youforward all of this.
Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
1. Jesus Christ
2. The British Soldier.
3. The Canadian Soldier.
4. The US Soldier, and
5. The Australian Soldier
One died for your soul, the other four for your freedom.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THEM. AMEN!"
I GIVE THIS LADY A STANDING OVATION, SHE HAS INDEED TICKED ALL THE BOXES
Isn't it interesting that so many people in the Western World feelthis way, but not one of our politicians, who are supposed torepresent us, ever have the guts to state the situation like it is ???
Deos enim religuos accepimus, Caesares dedimus
The gods were handed down to us, but we created the Caesars (i.e., the rulers) ourselves
Die like a frog (mati katak) in Malaysia, no one cares less
Some of the reasons are:-
No enforcement on roads & highways.
Corruption, Corruption, Corruption!
Lackadaisical authorities
Incompetence, stupidity
Cover-ups
Political influence and patronage
Poor road design and awful road-sign placement and multiple designs
Third world culture and mentality
Complaisance
Seven people, six of whom were teenagers, were killed and 39 others injured in a bus accident at Genting Sempah, outside of Kuala Lumpur.
The crash, happened at 7.50pm last night 29th October 2010), said Selangor traffic chief Supt Che Hussein Omar.
“Seventeen were seriously injured while the remaining 22 suffered minor injuries,” he said. “Two people were thrown out from the bus.”
He added police were investigating the driver for reckless driving.
The co-driver said he was asleep when the crash happened.
“When I got up, the bus was rolling,” he added.
UPDATE
DRIVER HAD NO DRIVING LICENCE
BUS WAS IN POOR CONDITION (NOT ROADWORTHY??)
The driver who was driving the bus, that hit the roadside safety barrier and overturned several times at kilometre 38 of the Genting Sempah road on Friday, 29th October 2011, night, killing seven and injuring 39 others, did not have a driving licence.
In Baling, where the bus trip originated,families of the seven victims who were killed claimed that the bus was not the one promised by the bus company and said it was was not in good condition.
This is quite typical of the every day situation in today's Malaysia.
Corruption and bribery rule.
Money is seemingly king!
The dire consequences of actions are disregarded.
Safety is disregarded
Lives are regarded as cheap and are dispensable!
When well the people wake up and demand change?
May the seven innocent victims of this bus crash rest in peace.
And the extravagant pie-in-the-sky tourism minister wants to encourage tourists to hire self-drive cars!
How idiotic, even the locals get lost everyday!!!!!!
New Slogan for Ministry of Tourism:
Malaysia Truly a Great Place to Die in a Road Accident
Spend two weeks in Malaysia, hire a car.
You may either die, or perhaps you will spend your whole holiday trying to get out of Kuala Lumpur.................. enjoy going round in every decreasing circles, but be careful you may end up in your own anus!!!!
Salus populi suprema lex
The safety of the people is the supreme law. (Cicero)
Yet another express bus crash resulting in a massive death toll and scores of injuries.
When will the carnage on Malaysia's roads end?
So all you people out there, locals and tourists alike, please think very carefully before choosing to travel by express bus in Malaysia.
Remember in Malaysia:
Talking is cheap
Lives are regarded as cheap, &
Corruption is still alive and thriving, but it is certainly killing the country and the people!
Twelve people were killed on the spot and more than 45 others were injured in a crash involving two buses, a van and three cars at Kilometre 223 of the North-South Highway near the Simpang Ampat toll plaza on Sunday, 10th October 2010. The express bus crashed through the guardrail and ploughed into the five other vehicles heading in the opposition direction.
Police said the tragedy, at 18:40, happened when a bus heading towards Kuala Lumpur 'went out of control' and flipped over to the southbound side of the highway.
How on earth does a bus, or any other vehicle, 'go out of control' what an idiotic thing to say!
The red bus seems to have been speeding, that is the norm in Malaysia, although all buses are restricted by law to a maximum speed on highways of 90 km/hour, they can be seen at any time of any day moving at well over the maximum speed allowed for any vehicle on a Malaysian highway, which is 110 km/hour!
The is virtually zero enforcement of most laws, even though Malaysia has so many enforcement agencies.
The police and the road transport department are supposed to take care of enforcement on the roads and highways, but they do not appear to do their work very well.
In this case the police were reported as saying, as quoted in a news report:
'There was no evidence so far that the express bus involved in the fatal crash in Simpang Ampat on Sunday was speeding.'
SAC Abdul Aziz said 'police were still unsure of the exact cause'.
Just wait, there will soon be another fatal crash involving an express bus, and more and more ad infinitum, unless something is done to end the carnage on Malaysia's roads. Don't hold your breath folks!!
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) president SM Idris was reported as saying that the authorities should investigate claims by some passengers that the bus was being driven very fast.
He said talks on public road safety were meaningless until enforcement and important policies on road safety were implemented.
"What happened to speed limiting devices on express buses, the automated enforcement system (AES) and proper management of commercial vehicle drivers?" he asked.
CAP said the authorities should stop pandering to the demands of transport companies and focus instead on saving lives.
WELL SAID MR. S M IDRIS!
ONLY WHEN ENDEMIC BRIBERY & CORRUPTION IS ERADICATED, WILL ALL THINGS GET BETTER IN MALAYSIA.
Ex nilhilo nihil fit
Nothing comes from nothing
Nemo sine vitio est
No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder)
Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent
The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)
Yet another book (politically unacceptable to UMNO?) has been banned in Malaysia.
The latest banned book: "The March To Putrajaya" by Kim Quek
TO READ THE BOOK, all 375 pages, "The March To Putrajaya" by Kim Quek ON-LINE, OR TO DOWNLOAD the pdf version, please click HERE
This is yet another nail in the coffin of freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
Even the freedom of thought is not encouraged in Malaysia!
What type of democratic system does Malaysia have?
It seems to more like a system stinking of dictatorial edicts, nepotism, feudalism, racism, which is run by pathetic, pigheaded, pompous, pie-in-the-sky politicians, who are a plague on Malaysia.
What is needed is more power to the people and free speech, freedom of expression, a free press and a truly democratic, open, unbiased and transparent system of governance.
These simple questions, and many more, need to be properly answered:
Why is Malaysia way far behind Singapore in every respect?
Where has all Malaysia's wealth gone to in the past half century?
Why is there still institutionalised racism in Malaysia?
Why do race and religion based political parties still thrive?
Why is religion so entwined with politics?
Why has corruption, from top to bottom, not been eradicated?
Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis
The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen)
Summum ius, summa iniuria
The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero)
Ubi concordia, ibi victoria
Where is the unity, there is the victory. (Publius Syrus)
Chinese / Bahasa Malaysia / English Language - approximate Translations
我還是我 Aku Tetap Aku I am Who I am
我的名字 叫明志 這個自我介紹方式 Izinkan ku memperkenalkan diriku, nama saya ialah Namewee My name is Namewee this is how I introduce myself
從小老師 就認為我是想要惹事 Sejak kecil lagi, cikgu ingatkan ku seorang yang suka buat hal My teachers always thought I was looking for trouble
我熱愛文字 我討厭公式 我不想面對考試 Aku suka menulis, aku benci formula dan ujian sekolah I love literature but I hate the school system and all its exams
我更討厭你規定我的頭髮款式 Aku lagi tak suka jika sesiapa komen kat style rambut ku I get annoyed when people comment on my hair style
我的思考方式 沒有人能夠抑制 Pemikiran style aku, tiada orang boleh Ubahi I was born with a mind that is beyond the control of others
大人都固執的怪我固執 不懂事 Orang dewasa anggap aku ni degil dan tak matang Adults always blamed me for being stubborn & naïve
我明白 待人處事都有 它的模式 Aku tahu memang ada pelbagai caranya berurusan I realized our society has its way of life
但不代表 全部人都要變成孔子 Tapi ia tak bermakna semua orang harus menjadi Konfusius But that doesn’t mean all of us must become Confucius
十五歲 那年初我染上音樂的毒 Pada umur 15 tahun, aku discover muzik Age the of 15 I discovered the joy of music
我透過音符 來降低我內心的無助 Nota nota membantu ku lalui masa yang tak berdaya Through its notes I find ways to express my thoughts
我學習美術 但依然無法省悟 Aku cuba belajari seni tetapi ia tak membantu I tried picking up art but it could not hold my inner feelings
是孤獨創造梵谷 還是梵谷創造孤獨 Adalah kesepian mencipta Van Gogh ataupun Van Gogh yang menciptakan kesepian? Was loneliness created Van Gogh or Van Gogh created loneliness?
中學畢業後 華人得自求多福 Tamat sekolah menengah, kebanyakkan orang cina mencari rezeki di luar Negara Upon finishing high school Chinese must find ways to further their studies
揮揮衣袖 我決定要到台灣留宿 Akhirnya, aku pun membuat keputusan untuk menginap di Taiwan Faced with challenges I decided to pursue my education in Taiwan
爸爸媽媽不要擔心 我不會辜負 Ayah, mak jangan risau. Ku takkan buat kamu kecewa Don’t worry mum and dad I promise not to fail you
等我讀完書 一定會回到歸屬 Habis belajar nanti, mesti saya balik ke Negara tercinta I will return to my beloved home when I graduate
我會好好過 我必須好好過 Ku akan hidup dengan baik I will be fine I must stay strong
想家的時候 我就打開電腦拼命創作 Apabila rindu kat keluarga, ku akan terus cipta lagu When I lone for home I turn on my PC and started writing
牆壁上的大馬國旗 是我的寄託 Bendera Malaysia yang gantung kat dinding menjadi inspirasi ku My Malaysian flag on the wall keeping my spirit alive
床頭的那張全家福 總是讓我振作 Gambar keluarga kat tepi katil tetap membuatkan ku lebih tabah My family portrait beside my bed keeping my strong
一個人 在外國 要獨立生活 Seorang hidup di luar Negara, ku mesti lebih gagah As a foreigner living in a strange country I had to learn to become independent
我做過很多工作 我面對很多數落 Aku buat banyak kerja sambilan, ku hadap banyak gagalan I took up many jobs to pay my bills and tuition fees
無論再辛苦 還有音樂陪著我 Tak semestinya betapa susahnya, ku masih ditemani muzik When times were tough at least I still had my music with me
我理想沒有變 因為我 還是我 Impian ku tidak berubah, kerana aku tetap aku My dream did not change, I am still who I am
我有我自己的夢 自己會走 Aku akan berusaha mencapai impian ku sendiri I have my own dream I will keep going
就算再寂寞 Walaupun sunyi Even it’s a lonely path
請原諒我的衝動 我會好好過 Maafkan impuls aku, aku akan hidup dengan baik-baik Please forgive me for being impulsive, I will be fine
(相信我還是我) (percayalah, aku tetap aku) Believe me I am still who I am
我不怕暴雨狂風 將我淹沒 Aku tak takut hujan lebat membanjiri ku I’m not afraid of heavy rain, (hindrances) it will not drown me
毅然往前走 Aku tetap akan berusaha I will keep moving forward
就算旅途再癲頗 我不能回頭 Wakaupun jalan ini agak sukar tapi aku tak akan putus asa Even if it is a journey of no return I will not give up
(相信我還是我) (Percayalah, aku tetap aku) Believe me I am still who I am
2007 年 那是個遲來的夏天 Tahun 2007, itu musim panas yang datang agak lewat Summer came late in the year 2007
改編國歌事件 讓我人生從此改變 Mengubah lagu negaraku membuatkan hidupan ku berubah My life was forever changed with my national anthem song
透過網際網絡 我闖了禍 Melalui internet, aku menghadapi masalah I got into trouble through the cyberspace
但我堅持沒有犯錯 有人 說我叛國 Aku disalah fahami dan ada orang kata aku ni pengkhidnat negara I was misunderstood and got accused of betraying my country
有人 想幹掉我 有人 說不讓我回國 Ada yang tak bagi aku balik ke Negara, ada yang ingin bunuh aku My life was threatened and I even was told I cannot come home
要我磕頭認錯 政客趁機出頭 Saya dipaksa mengaku salah, orang kuat semua keluar menunjuk muka I was pushed into the limelight by influential people trying to gain fame
媒體還配合炒作 世界 各地的記者call我 Pihak media dari seluruh dunia tak berhenti call saya Media got into the action and suddenly international reporters started calling me
我必須學會沉著 Aku mesti tabah I had to learn to stay calm 謠言越來越多 讓人陷入惶恐 Gosip angin semakin banyak, membuatkan ku makin risau Rumours started flowing and my heart started pounding
甚至 還有人把偷渡路線圖 send給我 Saya juga terima peta haram tunjuk aku hilangkan diri I even received maps with international escape routes
爸爸媽媽 對不起 不要難過 Ayah mak, ku minta maaf .. Janganlah kamu sedih Sorry mum and dad please don’t be sad
牆壁上的國旗 我從來沒有拆過 Bendera Malaysia di dinding tidak pernah saya turunkan I have not taken down the flag hanging in my bedroom
我破了千萬點閱 也上了各大版面 YouTube ku ditonton berjuta orang, gambarku juga dipampar dalam banyak surat khabar My YouTube video broke records and my face made newspaper covers
有人喜歡有人討厭面臨輿論考驗 Ada orang suka dan ada orang benci. Aku mengahadapi ujian yang sukar ini I got cheered and got booed, I must learn to face the music now
我的故事 被文學家 寫進了書 Kisah aku dicatat oleh penulis buku My story was documented into a book
我的臉 還被人畫成了 卡通人物 Muka aku dilukis sebagai kartoon My face even got drawn into cartoon characters
再多褒與貶 都已經事過境遷 Banyak pujiaan dan hinaan ku alami, tapi ia bukan segalanya I wished that all the fame and criticism would die down some day
畢業後的我 決定勇敢面對誤解 Lepas ku tamatkan pengajian, aku membuat keputusan menghadapi semua salah faham Upon graduation I decided to return to my beloved country
我用陸路 交通跨越六個國度 Ku menggunakan jalan darat dan melepasi enam Negara untuk balik ke Negara cinta With only land routes I walked across six countries to come home
拍攝紀錄 沿途上的驚險 和領悟 Ku merakamkan sepanjang jalan yang meliputi ketakutaan dan kesedaran I even shot a documentary on my challenging journey
一步步 很艱苦 終於回到大馬領土 Ia satu perjalanan yang sukar tetapi akhirnya ku berjaya balik ke Negara tercinta Thought every step was tough I finally came home to Malaysia
被拍照 被訪問 還被叫到警察總部 Pihak media tangkap gambar ku, ada temu duga dan aku juga dipanggil ke balai polis I got called to police station and faced many media interviews
雖然 你們都把我 當成公眾人物 Walaupun banyak anggap ku sebagai orang famous Even though most think of me as public personality
但我必須穩住 要保持個人創作元素 Tapi aku mesti tabah, aku mesti tetap dengan ciptaan lagu ku But I stayed true to myself to retain my creative art
我有我自己的夢 自己會走 Aku akan berusaha mencapai impian ku sendiri I have my own dream I will keep on going
就算再寂寞 Walaupun sunyi Even it’s a lonely path
請原諒我的衝動 我會好好過 Maafkan impuls aku, aku akan hidup dengan baik-baik Please forgive me for being impulsive, I will be fine
(相信我還是我) (Percayalah, aku tetap aku) Believe me I am still who I am
我不怕暴雨狂風 將我淹沒 Aku tak takut hujan lebat membanjiri ku I’m not afraid of heavy rain, (hindrances) it will not drown me
毅然往前走 Aku tetap akan berusaha I will keep moving forward
就算旅途再癲頗 我不能回頭 Wakaupun jalan ini agak sukar tapi aku tak akan putus asa Even if it is a journey of no return I will not give up
(相信我還是我) (Percayalah, aku tetap aku) Believe me I am still who I am
有人說 我的作品荼毒青年思想 Ada orang marah hasil lagu ku mencemarkan fikiran remaja People criticised my songs for poisoning the younger generation
有人說 我的頭腦都在胡思亂想 Ada orang mengata otak ku memikirkan perkara yang bukan-bukan Some said my mind is full of dirty thoughts
說我亂講 說我是社會毒瘤發癢 Mengatakan aku ni merosakan moral masyarakat That I have bad morals in the civil society
還怪我 變成他兒子的偶像 Ada juga yang mengalahkan ku jadi idola kepada anaknya Some just blamed me for becoming his son’s idol
面對攻擊 我早就已經習慣 Aku dah biasa menghadapi semua halangan ini I am used to facing difficult situations
保持沉默微笑 是我最好的答案 Menjadi keheningan sambil senyum adalah jawapan yang ku bagi Keeping silent is my best defence and response
裝模作樣 從來就 不是我的強項 Aku tak suka menjadi kikuk depan orang Putting a fake face is never an option for me
但我出門逛逛 卻要偽偽裝裝 Sekarang aku keluar, susah sangat boleh menjadi diri sendiri lagi I can no longer be myself when I go out
我的email 每天都有人來 訴苦 Tiap-tiap hari aku terima email dari orang lain tuk mengeluh People write to me pleading for help everyday
但我愛莫能助因為我不是 政府 Tapi aku tak berupaya kerana aku bukan pihak kerajaan I just cannot do much because I am not the government
你們來我facebook 鼓勵我 詆毀我 Ada yang mendorong ku di facebook dan ada juga yang menghina ku Some come to my Facebook supporting and slandering me
我不刪除因為那是言論自由淨土 Aku tak delete komen-komen kerana ini adalah kebebasan bicara semua I didn’t delete because it is their freedom of speech
我想要讓你聽見 讓你看見 Aku nak bagi kau dengar, aku nak bagi kau Nampak I want you to listen and I want you to see
我想說的話 我的電影 和我的音樂 Apa yang ingin ku ucapkan, filem ku, dan muzik ku The messages I convey through my voice, my film and my music
徘徊尺度邊緣 自由自在的暢所欲言 Adalah kebebasan bicara Walking the fine line in freedom of speech
那是主流媒體 永遠看不到的世界 Inilah tempat yang tidak boleh diperjuangkan oleh mainstream media Which is something the mainstream media can never understand
我站在不 同的的角度我不會停下腳步 Aku memandang dunia dari pelbagai sudut dan tidak akan berhentikan langkahku I stand from a different point and I will not stop
這條思路 是老天送給我的禮物 Jalan pemikiran saya adalah hadiah khas dari Tuhan This path is a gift from God
你說我糊塗 你甚至想要把我說服 Kau mengatakan aku bingung, malah kau ingin menyakinkan ku dengan ayatmu You claimed that I am lost and want to brainwash me
對不起我 還是我那就是我的態度 Minta maaf, aku tetap aku. Inilah sikap ku Sorry, I am still who I am, and this is my attitude
在Kuala Lumpur 開始了新的生活 Aku memulakan kehidupan baru di Kuala Lumpur I am starting new life in Kuala Lumpur
這裡人潮洶湧 馬路坑坑洞洞 Terdapat ramai orang telah terkorban di jalan raya yang berlubang-lubang It is crowded here and the roads are full of potholes
一不小心 我可能會在這裡失控 Saya rasa ku juga mungkin akan hilang control di sini If I’m not careful things may just get out of control
這條路 很難走 但我已經 沒有回頭 Jalan ini agak sukar untuk berjalan, tetapi aku sudah tiada pilihan lain The path is not easy but I do not have a choice any more
(我還是我 我還是我) (Aku tetap aku aku masih aku) Because I am still who I am
我有我自己的夢 自己會走 Aku akan berusaha mencapai impian ku sendiri I have my own dream and I will go for it
就算再寂寞 Walaupun sunyi Even it is a lone path
請原諒我的衝動 我會好好過 Maafkan impuls aku, aku akan hidup dengan baik-baik Please forgive me for being impulsive, I will be fine
(相信我還是我) (Percayalah, aku tetap aku) Believe me I am still who I am
我不怕暴雨狂風 將我淹沒 Aku tak takut hujan lebat membanjiri ku I’m not afraid the obstacles cos it will not drown me
毅然往前走 Aku tetap akan berusaha I will keep moving forward
就算旅途再癲頗 我不能回頭 Wakaupun jalan ini agak sukar tapi aku tak akan putus asa Even if it is a journey of no return I will not give up
(相信我還是我) (Percayalah, aku tetap aku) Believe me I am still who I am
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