One fine night many months ago, May 07, a cobber asked me to read Malaysia Today and I haven't look back since. Now I spend many hours reading RPK articles, subscribed to Malaysiakini and looked up at Malaysiakita for the latest sopo bloggers posting.
In June 2007, I stopped subscribing to the STAR newspaper. All these years with no alternative news, I am forced but knowingly swallowed all the vile spit that the MSM had forced down my throat.
The day I discovered this alternative news media in the internet, praise God for this new breed of people, now I don't have to tolerate with all the lies, spin stories, bias reporting and mind boggling comments in the papers or television.
I strongly urged the MSM people, please report and disseminate information to the public justly, fair and don't treat us like moron. We had shown we can make up our mind to move mountain and certainly not afraid to use it. Look, I have boycotted you.
So, after much fighting with my son and daughter for hogging the family desk top computer, I decided to get my own personal lap top. I must apologized to my children for scolding them when they spend hours on the net. I accused them as computer addicts, now they are laughing at me. We have now come to a truce and understanding on the amount of time we can spend on computer. I cheated sometime.
Why do I start this blog? I named my blog Cheers Cobber. It simply means cheers to my friends when we lift our drinks in the pub. Cheers to life , friendship and health.
Cheers Cobber will be my diary of events happening in the pub and my daily life.I want to remember and keep track of the many interesting conversations and arguments.The happy days and sad moment. Making new friends, losing friends due to misunderstanding or death itself. There are many hypothetical answers to many questions asked where time will be the determining factor. Hopefully this blog can be the helping hand.
This will be the place where I can rave and rant. I will blog on any matter that I fancy but not necessary in chronological orders.
But the main reason I started this blog is because of some exemplary bloggers that touched my heart and significantly changed my outlook towards life, our society, my political awareness,my vote,importantly, I embraced and believed in Anak Bangsa Malaysia.
I remember the petition to the Agung initiated by People's Parliament,yes, thanks for the chance to be a part of it. Who can forget about the morning walk where we didn't bring umbrellas when the "rain" fall. Thank you Old Ben, Zorro, Can You See It, People's Parliament,Ancient Mariner,Old Blue Eyes,Shanghai Fish, Rocky Bru,The Meesh Experience, many others for the fond and unforgettable experiences.
Thank you Shanghai Fish for helping me to kick start this blog. The bloggers that I know encouraged me to blog and are waiting for my first crack,so here's to you cobbers.I didn't climb on the express train during the election period to start my blog but rather take the choo- choo train now.
Till date, I have the privileges to meet many bloggers of different ethnic background, different political believe, different culture, male and female, layman and YB and the common factors that bond most bloggers together are the quest for truth,justice and fair play.
A group of bloggers have initiated and subscribed to the concept of Barisan Rakyat. I believe in the manifesto presented. The people have the power and right to choose the goverment that they think best represent them.
I would like to evoke everyone to profess this civil society that believed we are of the same colour, same right and dreams, and call Malaysia HOME.
cheers cobber
In June 2007, I stopped subscribing to the STAR newspaper. All these years with no alternative news, I am forced but knowingly swallowed all the vile spit that the MSM had forced down my throat.
The day I discovered this alternative news media in the internet, praise God for this new breed of people, now I don't have to tolerate with all the lies, spin stories, bias reporting and mind boggling comments in the papers or television.
I strongly urged the MSM people, please report and disseminate information to the public justly, fair and don't treat us like moron. We had shown we can make up our mind to move mountain and certainly not afraid to use it. Look, I have boycotted you.
So, after much fighting with my son and daughter for hogging the family desk top computer, I decided to get my own personal lap top. I must apologized to my children for scolding them when they spend hours on the net. I accused them as computer addicts, now they are laughing at me. We have now come to a truce and understanding on the amount of time we can spend on computer. I cheated sometime.
Why do I start this blog? I named my blog Cheers Cobber. It simply means cheers to my friends when we lift our drinks in the pub. Cheers to life , friendship and health.
Cheers Cobber will be my diary of events happening in the pub and my daily life.I want to remember and keep track of the many interesting conversations and arguments.The happy days and sad moment. Making new friends, losing friends due to misunderstanding or death itself. There are many hypothetical answers to many questions asked where time will be the determining factor. Hopefully this blog can be the helping hand.
This will be the place where I can rave and rant. I will blog on any matter that I fancy but not necessary in chronological orders.
But the main reason I started this blog is because of some exemplary bloggers that touched my heart and significantly changed my outlook towards life, our society, my political awareness,my vote,importantly, I embraced and believed in Anak Bangsa Malaysia.
I remember the petition to the Agung initiated by People's Parliament,yes, thanks for the chance to be a part of it. Who can forget about the morning walk where we didn't bring umbrellas when the "rain" fall. Thank you Old Ben, Zorro, Can You See It, People's Parliament,Ancient Mariner,Old Blue Eyes,Shanghai Fish, Rocky Bru,The Meesh Experience, many others for the fond and unforgettable experiences.
Thank you Shanghai Fish for helping me to kick start this blog. The bloggers that I know encouraged me to blog and are waiting for my first crack,so here's to you cobbers.I didn't climb on the express train during the election period to start my blog but rather take the choo- choo train now.
Till date, I have the privileges to meet many bloggers of different ethnic background, different political believe, different culture, male and female, layman and YB and the common factors that bond most bloggers together are the quest for truth,justice and fair play.
A group of bloggers have initiated and subscribed to the concept of Barisan Rakyat. I believe in the manifesto presented. The people have the power and right to choose the goverment that they think best represent them.
I would like to evoke everyone to profess this civil society that believed we are of the same colour, same right and dreams, and call Malaysia HOME.
cheers cobber
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4 comments:
Hi Gus,
Thank you for the mention and am glad you've started getting serious in your blogging !
We never stop learning and guess we all learn something from each other everyday !
Keep on blogging bro and keep the streets clean and our screens screaming !
Cheers !
p.s. what's with the word verification box huh ??
Found you at last. Expect frequent visits to your site and of course to your pub Fisherman Wharf. I had a kampung pub called Hunters Lodge in PJ. It is no more now and your is an excellent substitute....what is a 15 minute drive after all.More Power to You.
"I strongly urged the MSM people, please report and disseminate information to the public justly, fair and don't treat us like moron".
Can I correct this?
Write like this:
"I strongly urged the MSM owner/board of director/editor in chief... bla...bla... bla".
It's fine? huhhuh (Joint zorro ones a while at fishermen wharf).
Good words.
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