The 1Malaysia Formula 1 team, or 1MF1T

A model of the 1Malaysia F1 team, after a few spins in the washing machine
with some coloured boxers.

1MF1T (I'm fit). Deliberate or accidental?


Anyway, speaking about the name of Malaysia's new F1 team -- 1Malaysia Formula 1 team -- well... I think it does not intimidate one tiny bit, and it certainly gets a kick in the arse by tenacious and macho-sounding names like Brawn or Red Bull. And that's by name alone, belum lagi ajak race. Ferrari, Mercedes or BMW -- names of well established and renowned car brands, already macho in their own rights. Toro Rosso -- man that sounds like a menacing Torres-Zorro hybrid.

Hey, even India's F1 team has a more powerful-sounding name, Force India.

By the way, check this out. A reader of Singapore's The New Paper made a suggestion in the paper that if the Singapore were to come up with their own F1 team, it should be called... wait for it...


SINGA LION.


Yes.


SINGA LION.

You know, good to know that this bozo isn't a Malaysian, or he would've came up with HARIMAU TIGER.

This commenter must have been smoking some thing really bad. This particular commenter.. wait.. he actually left his name and his.. HAHA, CHECK THIS:

From: Chester The Great, Sweet 16, Joker And Manchester United Fan

I think that was quite self-explanatory!

I'm not the new Xabi Alonso - Lucas Leiva

"...anyone who knows football knows I am not the same player as Xabi,"
Lucas Leiva, Liverpool midfielder and former Brazil under-20 captain

When it comes to making statements, you can be rather spot-on, Lucas.

...

Okay, jokes aside, go out there prove 'em wrong, lad.
Go break a leg!
Err, I hope he doesn't take that literally.

Stuff dreams are made of

In my blog post yesterday, I mentioned how Roger Federer's amazing between-the-legs return shot overshadowed a certain budding tennis star's remarkable achievement of making his first Grand Slam final against five-time defending US open champion, after beating Rafael Nadal.

Boy, was I to be surprised. The certain budding tennis star went on to crush Mr. Fed Ex to clinch his first Grand Slam title at the age of 20.

"When I was lain down on the ground,
a lot of things passed through my mind.
First of all, I thought of my family and my friends. I don’t know how I can explain this victory, it was my dream.
My dream came through.
I am going home with the trophy and this is the most beautiful sensation I could have ever had in my entire life" -
Juan Martin del Potro, US Open 2009 Men Singles Champion

How many S. Subramaniams are there in all??

"MIC former vice-president S. Subramaniam joins PKR"

So said a text message I received from a pal, some time last July.

I re-read the text. S. Subramaniam? Isn't this the friendly MIC Youth guy, who always sends me and my colleagues SMSes on their latest programmes?

No, this is definitely not some "youth" fella, because he is a 60-plus veteran guy - my friend replied.

I thought that was it. I thought I had it solved. I thought it was all fixed, that there are just two MIC guys (well, one is a former now) who share the same name S. Subramaniam.

Boy, was I wrong.

Not long after, during one of my Net-trawling moments, I stumbled upon Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam, who is the current Human Resources minister, and is also from MIC.

Well, not too much to fix in this one I guess, we can all remember that there are just THREE S. Subramaniams. 1. MIC Youth S. Subramaniam. 2. Former MIC now PKR Datuk S. Subramaniam. 3. Human Resource minister Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam.

Note that the minister guy has a "Dr." added to his name, which makes it, well, just a little bit easier.

Not so hard, three different people only right?

And then...

And then and then and then and then and then and then...

...several Frankie D' Cruz MIC articles later, there's this rather famous Datuk S. Subramaniam, who's the then Sec-Gen of MIC, who's battling to topple MIC supremo Samy Vellu, who's vying for a Deputy President's post.

Wait a minute. Isn't this the same guy, who is the Human Resources Minister?

No, that's Datuk DR. S. Subramaniam. This is Datuk S. Subramaniam, without a DR.

And by the way, the old man who joined PKR, is also a Datuk, which also makes him Datuk S. Subramaniam. But you add another S to the S before Subramaniam, which makes him Datuk S. S. Subramaniam. By the way, I also found out that Samy Vellu's name is actually Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, with an S before Samy.

God, I'm confused. I wonder if you are too.

Alright. Let's fix this, here goes:

The unofficial guide to the many S. Subramaniams in Malaysian politics.

1. S. Subramaniam, MIC Youth social and welfare bureau chief.

2. Datuk S. S. Subramaniam, former MIC vice-president, now PKR member


3. Datuk DR. S. Subramaniam, Human Resources minister and *new* MIC vice-president


4. Datuk S. Subramaniam, former MIC Secretary-general


I've also come to know that there's a P. Subramaniam in MIC Youth, but I think I'll just ignore him for now. In the meantime, let me set the record straight with who's who and which S. Subramaniam is which.

Phew!

Roger Federer's "greatest ever shot made in his life"

The latest teenage (not so teenage, actually) sensation of the tennis world 20-year-old Juan Martín del Potro achieved a new milestone in his career when he made the final of the US open after stunning Rafael Nadal -- a former teenage sensation himself -- to a crushing straight-set defeat in the semi-finals.

However, his achievement, which he quickly hailed as "the best moment of his life", was to be overshadowed by another achievement on the same night.

Roger Federer, who is del Potro's opponent in the Final -- which is also currently in progress as I am typing this (Federer's leading BTW) -- made the "greatest shot in his life" during his semi-final match, which followed soon after the del Potro-Nadal fixture, against Novak Djokovic.


Roger Federer's "greatest ever shot in his life", in HD

A bemused Djokovic, who could only stand still and watch Federer's shot whooze past him, said after the match: "The shot he hit.. how can you explain it? What can you do?"

I guess some incredible feats that occur around us in our lives just don't need any explaining. Let Federer make more of those shots. Let Usain Bolt break more 100m and 200m records. Let Alain "Spidey" Robert climb more skyscrapers only with his bare hands.

Some incredible things should just remain unexplained, if we really want to believe it is incredible.

Royal Rumble: Malaysia & Indonesia

So this is what recently happened in Jakarta, INDONESIA.

INDONESIANS SWEEPING FLOORS IN MALAYSIA MALAYSIANS.




SEP 8: Armed Indonesian Nationalists Block Road In Hunt for Malaysians - The Jakarta Globe

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The start of the outrage -- which ultimately led to a series of Anti-Malaysia protests by Indonesians, can be traced back to the Pendet dance controversy issue.

Aug 24: Metro News TV: Malaysia accused of 'staking a claim' to the Pendet dance -- a traditional dance of Bali origin -- when Pendet dancers appeared for 2 secs in a "Malaysia-Truly Asia ad" on Discovery Channel.

Which later, turned out NOT to be a Malaysia, Truly Asia ad, unlike what was claimed by the Indonesians. Tuwaw twaw twaw..

LINKS:
SEP 12: Discovery Channel: It's NOT Malaysia's fault - New Straits Times
AUG 26: KRU STUDIOS: We only did the documentary, ad was done by Discovery - Malay Mail

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Unsurprisingly, the Jakarta protests have left many Malaysians unamused, with many Malaysians taking the opportunity to conveniently label their South East Asia neighbours (or dare I say, sibling, taking into consideration the ancestry of both countries?) as "stupid" and "bodoh", while there have even been calls from certain quarters for Malaysia to declare war against their neighbours.

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Now just as I was about to hop on the "Indonesians-are-stupid-let's-bash-them" bandwagon, this is what recently happened in Shah Alam, MALAYSIA.

AUG 28: Sec 23 Shah Alam Residents march with cow head during protests against relocation of Hindu temple amidst their homes. - The Malaysian Insider

A video of the protest march, to which the protesters claim was a "peaceful" march and was only directed at the state government, not on Hindus.

The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have also asked Malaysiakini to remove this video off YouTube because they deemed it to be "provocative". Man, Malaysiakini must be like this dope news site who upload fake news videos, starring themselves.

A dialogue session -- organized by the State government on SEP 5 -- was held to settle the temple relocation issue between the "peacefully"

But the following video shows how the residents perhaps had "better" intentions during the rowdy dialogue session.

Here's for those who missed the chair-pulling trick.

Indonesia bodoh?

I prefer to stay out of this.