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To me, UUM has been famous for imposing its rather strict dress code on their students. From what I can recall, male students are required to wear a necktie at all times. That means formal wear each and every day! Meanwhile, the female students are barred from wearing jeans or even skirts.

I graduated from another local university that is more lenient on their dress code (ie. casual wear and jeans are allowed). Therefore, I feel that UUM’s dress code is rather overstrict. It’s a university for goodness’s sake not a military camp! However, I have a friend who graduated from UUM saying that guys actually looked quite smart and cute with a necktie. So, I guess it’s not that bad afterall.

Just two weeks ago, UUM has denied imposing a new dress code ruling on its students. However, Nanyang Siang Pau has just reported that a few female students received notices for wearing skirts. So, is this a case of an overzealous warden or the lack of knowledge over the new dress code?

I will repeat myself by saying this: It’s a university, not a military camp! Those students are already in their early 20’s. Restricting their will by imposing strict dress code like these is like forcing a 3 year old to drink milk from a milk bottle.

University is not just a place to acquire skills and knowledge. It’s a place to train and prepare youths for adulthood. I cannot comprehend how enforcing a ridiculous dress code like that could possibly nurture better graduates.

They should rather emphasize on decent wear. Jeans, skirts and t-shirts are proper decent wear too. I mean, as long as the clothes are not revealing (eg. showing undies, buttcrack or cleavage) just leave them alone! Bah!

Ok, maybe Lim Kit Siang wasn’t referring to me when he told Malaysiakini, “I will like to see more politicians taking up blogging and more bloggers entering politics”. He later added that bloggers need to step up to the plate by entering the political terrain to “directly translate their ideals into action”.

I wonder if this is the reason why the government is starting to go after a few socio-political bloggers. Not to mention the childish name callings that seems to go on without an end.

One reason why I don’t bother about politics sometimes:

The veteran politician expressed his wish to see Ooi and other bloggers taking their places in Parliament and state assemblies to create “a better Malaysia.”

I’m looking for a GOOD Malaysia, not better. There are many shades of grey. However, I’m looking for white.

Side note: Jeff Ooi’s has a new political blog, Jeff 4 Malaysia. However, both of his blogs have been down for the past few hours.

A few weeks ago, a female blogger received an email threat. The perpetrator threatened to kidnap her from her office and later gang rape her. Shaken and unsure if all that was just a sick joke, the victim made a police report together with the printed emails and IP addresses of the perpetrator.

Just a few days ago, the victim reported that the perpetrator was caught by the police. It turned out that the emails were sent out by a group of college kids. Due to the fact that all emails were sent using the same computer, the guy who owned the computer was held responsible.

The police asked her if she wanted to press charges or to let him go. The boy’s father called up the victim to beg her not to press charges against the boy for it will destroy his future. In the end, she let him off the hook after requesting a letter of apology.

This story proves that no one is completely anonymous online. You will get caught even when you are not using your regular email address. Most (if not all) ISP keeps a record that shows which IP address was used by a particular account at any given time frame.

When you have crossed the line, prepare to face the music. Remember, comment sensibly or don’t at all.

I got the video I Love My Country Negarakuku (I hope the translation is correct — I can’t read Mandarin) from Freethinker’s post. Barely 24 hours after posting it up on YouTube, the video had over 18,000 views and 190 comments.

Just like its previous video, the latest speaks of his views on the problems situation in Malaysia:

• Police and “tea/coffee”
• The different treatment between races
• Government officers offering lousy service
• How difficult for certain race to enter local university
• and some others…(that I deem too sensitive for my chicken heart to blog about and some which I don’t understand )

The music is a nice mix of rap and Malaysia’s national anthem. He ended the video with the message, “please don’t sue me, saya takde duit…”. I don’t think he need to worry being sued. If I were him, I would worry more of being abducted by UFOs.

I strongly propose that he sing this song for our 50th anniversary of independence day. That would definitely rock, wouldn’t it? Enjoy the video.

While reading the article Tough task against VIP smokers yesterday, I was reminded by the bad experience I had dining in a restaurant a week ago. The food was nice and the price was quite cheap. The thing that spoilt the whole experience was the fact that they allowed customers to smoke in the restaurant.

Didn’t the government enforce a no smoking policy indoors, especially in an air-conditioned public place a few years ago? There I was, sitting in a restaurant where the smoking and non-smoking area was separated only by an imaginary line. I’m not stopping anyone from puffing away but neither should I be robbed off my rights to breathing unpolluted air.

Anyway, back to the topic…

In the article, Perak Health Department director Datuk Dr Ahmad Razin Ahmad Mahir was quoted saying, “We want to respect them (VIPs) by not issuing summonses against them. But if we don’t do that, we’ll be seen as not doing our duty”.

Why does it seem that certain groups of individuals are being treated “differently” from normal citizens? The article mentioned that health officers find it difficult to issue summons to VIPs if they were caught smoking in smoke-free areas. Why is that so? Out of respect? Fear of losing their job? Shouldn’t every individual be treated the same way when they break the law, regardless of status?

In another incident, Khairy Jamaluddin was reported having 17 traffic summonses unpaid that totaled up to RM5,100. 6 out of the 17 summonses were due to speeding. He later cleared the summonses when it was reduced to RM1,740. That is a 65% “discount” (RM3,360) for his offences.

Karl commented in the article saying:

By having 6 speeding summons, its more then enough to get his driving license suspended under JPJ’s Kejara system.

Is it true that Khairy Jamaluddin’s license should have been suspended under JPJ’s Kejara system? I’m not well versed with the law but if that is true, why wasn’t it suspended? Here’s a list (courtesy of Malaysiakini) of the cabinet’s unpaid traffic fines and the discount given as reported last year.

Are there any non-VIP driver reading this that has something to share?