Odysseys of George

Once in 2 years the families of the clan reunite. This time it was held in Hotel Impian, Morib, Banting. New hotel with good rooms, good facilities and nice layout.

The reunion in is called in short APTK which reflects the vilage/towns of origin of our ancestors back in beautiful state of Kerala, India. This reunion covers the Malaysia-Singapore chapter consisting of about 150 – 180 families with an estimate of about 900 members.

The details of the clan can be read here:
http://www.geocities.com/ayroorpakalomattom/index.html
http://www.indianchristianity.org/marthoma.html
http://www.marthomasyrianchurch.org/

One Chinese person walks into a bar in America late one night
and he saw Steven Spielberg.

As he was a great fan of his movies,
he rushes over to him, and asks for his autograph.

Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says
“You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here.”

The astonished Chinese man replied
“It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbor, it was the Japanese”.

“Chinese, Japanese,Taiwanese, you’re all the same,” replied Spielberg.

In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and says
“You sank the Titanic, my forefathers were on that ship.”

Shocked, Spielberg replies “It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me.”

The Chinese replies, “Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you’re all the same.”

Enjoy

Just thought of sharing these pictures. Tell me what you think!

Enjoy.

He has this fetish with tissues and will put a high pitch scream – cry if he does not get to hold one.
Well, there was this meeting at which my nephew was in the hall with us. I guess he got a bit bored. Watch the photos then perhaps you will understand better.

His mischevious look. He has done something.

Quietly he became a shredder

Looking at his handwork at a more ground level

Gets a warning from the mum

Decides picking is too much work — sweeps them under our feet and chairs

His name : Sherman the Tissue Shredder

Phew! enough of serious politics.

My friends are planning another diving trip come this December. The place — Pulau Weh, Sumatra, Indonesia.

It looks beautiful from websites of divers who have been there even after the tsunami. Somehow, the island reefs were not damaged during the tragedy despite being so near to Banda Aceh. They think it is because the island is kind of protected by the tip of Sumatra.

Well, I probably go but .. need to settle a few important stuff before I do.

Will keep you updated

Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) Foundation, a non-profit organization was established to promote leadership development and strategic thinking as well as to channel donations to charitable causes and scholarship assistance, established in September 1993.
ASLI’s vision is to create a better society. ASLI’s programmes are customer-focused, well-researched, ethical and value-for-money.One of the driving forces behind ASLI’s success is the strong commitment to our core values: a passion for excellence, corporate social responsibility, customer focus and an unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity.

Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) under ASLI is an independent and non-partisan public policy institute that aims at fostering open-minded dialogue, enlightened leadership and better governance. Centre for Public Policy Studies published a report in February 2006 entitled “Proposals for the Ninth Malaysia Plan”, which comprises five research papers, which are listed as follows:

* Towards a More Representative and World Class Malaysian Civil Service
* Corporate Equity Distribution: Past Trends and Future Policy
* Achieving Higher Performance in Tertiary Education
* Ensuring Effective Targeting of Ethnic Minorities: The Case of Low Income Malaysian Indians
* Towards Equity for Bumiputera Minorities: The Case of the Penan

This study was undertaken by a multi-racial group of scholars and consultants as part of work in connection with the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
http://www.cpps.org.my

While you are there, why not check out the corporate profile:
http://www.asli.com.my/corp_profile.htm

There is also an Inernational Advisory Council.

Now with such a strong corporate profile with a set of world class brains, and having released the complete report published in February 2006 and having many other research for the government, thus has this news have any credibility:

“Mirzan had said that on re-examining the methodology and conclusions of the report, Asli had concluded that there were shortcomings in assumption and calculation that led to conclusions that cannot be justified. ” Star 11.10.2006

This is exactly why good scholars leave and institutes and universities is deprived of the ever wanted intelligence. Why would anybody wonder why all our 3 main universities especially UM have fallen from its grace — when politics decides to put their dirty tricks into education. My say — Leave education, health and law out of politics.

When such political remarks and decisions are made, the credibility of the scholars and the institutions they come from is lost. Would such strong institution and world known scholars publish a national report without in depth study, review and peer comments and review especially when it pertains issues considered sensitive.

That leads to third issue of government credibility — none — but this is not new because I believe it started from the previous government which the present one is having difficulty reversing!!