Today is the Valentine’s Day, a day after the parliament is dissolved by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

However, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak barks at the wrong tree on this faithful day when he condemned the Opposition parties, saying that they are full of lies, unlike the BN government that he represents, even when his boss lied to the world that Parliament won’t be dissolved on Feb 13, which turned out to be no less than the truth - a big lie indeed.

Let’s observe your own backyard before you put up such remarks on others in the future, otherwise shame on you, Najib.

Anyway, thanks to Pak Lah, as well as the outgoing Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon, it further proven how indecisive and the quality of leaders in the Barisan Nasional coalition when comes to making a nod towards certain major decisions.

There is no one to be blamed besides you yourself if incapable leaders like them are re-elected as the people’s representatives.

Vote wisely.

It’s now confirmed!

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has announced the dissolution of Parliament after audience with the King this morning, paving way for 12th General Election.

Following this announcement, it also further confirmed that Pak Lah was lying to all Malaysians when he denied rumors that Parliament would be dissolved today.

[ORIGINAL VERSION at 11:05am, 13 February 2007] The Star’s SMS alert at 11:03am.

PM Abdullah to have press conference at his office 12:30pm; expected to announce dissolution of Parliament to pave way for general election.

Malaysiakini has a story here.

By the way, I was told that Parliament will be dissolved today with polling date expected to be either on March 1 (Saturday) or March 2 (Sunday).

From the new Islam Hadhari Institute (brainchild of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) till the price hike (Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shafie Apdal said it’s a cheap weapon used by the Opposition as they’re running out of issues!), Pak Lah’s deputy Najib Tun Razak questions the trustworthiness of the Opposition camp while pleading for more time from the Indian community.

But that’s not the best yet. Pak Lah being Pak Lah his true self continues to pursue his slumber dream.

"Let’s make Malaysians to be the number one race in the world. Living together in harmony. I want this to be permanent.

"Tonight symbolises the ability of Malaysians of all races to come together as one and even tourists have joined us. We feel very safe here. This is because Malaysians are naturally hospitable people,"

While racial politics perpetuated by each and every Barisan Nasional’s component parties continue to dominate the scene in Malaysia’s political arena, Pak Lah as the honcho of BN is so proud of declaring his wild dream of making Malaysian as the number one race in the world?

If Opposition can’t be trusted as claimed by Najib, I’d say BN is on the equal footing too, if not worse from we’ve observed and seen so far.

No?

Cheap gimmick. Vote wisely.

Chinese New Year (农历新年) or Spring Festival (春节) is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China.

According to legend, in ancient China, the Nián (年) was a man-eating beast from the mountains (in other versions from under the sea), which came out every 12 months somewhere close to winter to prey on humans. The people later believed that the Nian was sensitive to loud noises and the colour red, so they scared it away with explosions, fireworks and the liberal use of the colour red. These customs led to the first New Year celebrations. Guò nián (过年), which means to celebrate the new year, literally means the passover of the Nian.

Here’s wishing you and your family an excellent new year filled with joyous moments, unforgettable memories and good health.

Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Gimmick, cheap political gimmick.

On Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak apologized for the demolition of a Hindu temple on the eve of Deepavali last year.

"The demolition should not have been carried out a week before Deepavali. The relevant authorities could have postponed it one or two months later. That was wrong on their part. We are sorry for that," he said.

That’s a very sweet confession, Mr. Najib.

Unfortunately, it takes the Government more than 3 months after the incident to apologize over the unscrupulous act and the timing couldn’t be more right in exposing the lack of sincerity of the Government, just when the general election is just around the corner.

To add insult to injury, which I believe is the saddest part, undoubtedly shows how democracy works in Malaysia - alive in Malaysia once in every 5 years, which is when their votes are essential to ensure the Barisan Nasional government manages to pull through for another 2/3 majority in this coming election, hence the more blank promises.

Vote for BN? Yes, you’ve a choice to vote for BN, but first, one must ensure that sufficient reforms are being undertaken to improve the plight of the Indian communities, who have long suffered and being marginalized under the current regime which pushed them into the corner and subsequently led to the Hindraf protest.

This dirty tactic is not unprecedented. It has became a repeated occasion over the period, so do not allow them to ruin your life until you’ve given them the right to do so, that’s when you’ve no one but yourself to put the blame on.

So brothers and sisters, say NO to gimmick, do the right thing when you cast your ballot soon.