Oversized diamond rings, Birkin bags and fawning GLCs
Let us talk basics first. Just look at the way our leaders and their spouses dress to kill in their routine public appearances and doing-good public events. We are not saying that leaders must go around in tattered jeans and slippers. No. But when over-sized diamond rings, branded bags, pearls, and exclusive suits and silken wraps are the standard, one begins to wonder who is paying for all these.
Look at the way that GLCs and private companies have to spend to cater to the whims and fancies of these VVIPs when they are invited to grace the organisations’ public relations events. Ask any CEO and they will honest-to-God tell you in a guarded whisper that it even puts hell to shame.
Today we are beginning to get glimpses of evidence of the extravagance of our leaders. Today we are beginning to realise that all these stories of wealth creation through privatization sold to the rakyat since the time of Tun Dr Mahathir, has only made the rakyat seek fish and chips whereas the fishing is being done by politicians and their families.
The First Lady has already denied the allegations in her book. So why the need to reinforce that denial? Pro-Umno bloggers and cybertroopers have been doing the denial for the past two years and now The Gombak MP opens a Pandora’s Box, has joined that bandwagon
`In traditional Malay and even in every arranged marriage today, the girl always marries someone of her own level and calibre, or possibly richer than her. But that’s also because most of these women didn’t have a source of income and were hence submissively accepted designated roles in preset ‘man provider-woman nurturer’ script. However, modern Malay women, armed with jobs and bank balances are re-writing their own scripts and ‘marrying down’. It could be based on their ambition and inner confidence that they choose a man who’s happy to play house husband, as it enables and empowers them to take their careers to greater heights and hence, as a result, they take on with gratitude and elan the role of being the provider. For other women, it’s about being spending a lifetime with a man purely for reasons of love, compatibility, chemistry and trust, and the financials of it are irrelevant in context of such a union. It’s the bond with the man and not his bank balance that they choose to marry. Such decisions made by open minds and open hearts lead to a relationship of equality. And then, there are those that ‘marry down’ because it gives them more importance and power in the relationship. It is fuelled by a woman’s insecurity, her need to control, and her fear of rejection. Ambition, equality in love, or insecurity, in each of these three versions of ‘marrying down’ or ‘hypogamy’ as it is called; always involves the woman being in a position of strength. There are no rights and wrongs, men have exercised power through ‘marrying down’ for centuries, it’s just interesting and amusing to see the empowered woman of today, making such choices.Suara Keadilan Malaysia blogged Intimate with another woman Adultery is not cruelty, Supreme Court says
that exists between a man and woman; one where each ‘finally recognises the other’. His romantic style eschewed grand gestures relying instead on thoughtful attention communicated through gaze rather than touch. In his pivotal the freshness of youth masked a deeper maturity that combined attractiveness with a promise of deeper understanding. In some ways, embodied … Read more
Isa Samad was in possession several pictures of Najib Razak and Ziana Zain, was taken by Burglars The main aim is to give a few more blows on Najib hoping that Najib will surrender his will to the real master, whatever the outcome of the GE-13 may be. Who in UMNO can beat Najib if not Mahathir? Najib’s most dangerous enemies are
Azmin: Not first time Rosmah flew solo on gov’t jet The Gombak MP opens a Pandora’s Box, More questions: Since Najib’s Second wife claims to have represented the government to justify the illegal use of the aircraft, did she also claim traveling expenses?
saying the PM and his wife never flew by MAS since Najib Razak took office in 2008. The Qatar-UAE trip was not the first time prime minister’s wife Rosmah Mansor travelled on the government jet on her own, without accompanying PM Najib Abdul Razak, PKR claims.This blogger-s with many tales has published links to a video-clip, ostensibly showing how famed jewellers Jacob & Co have denied that they sold a RM24 million ring to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. Thirty pieces of silver was all it took for Judas to betray Jesus Christ. One can only wonder the price for Raja Petra Kamarudin’s loyalty. Or is he priceless and can’t be bought?The handouts that the BN led government is making to the citizens is the citizens own sweat and tears. Can any economist deny this?Datin Paduka Seri Dr. Hajah Rosmah Binti Mansor is the current wife of the 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Haji Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak. Rosmah married Mohd Najib in 1987, while Najib was the then UMNO Deputy Youth Chief and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. Rosmah is the second wife of Mohd Najib, who divorced with his first wife Yang Mulia Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar or also known as Ku Yie, a royal family member of Kelantan.
Early life
Born in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan on December 10th, 1951. Rosmah Mansor was later brought up in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. She had secondary education in Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC), Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. Rosmah Mansor holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology from University of Malaya where she graduated from in 1974 and a Masters Degree in Sociology and Agriculture from Louisiana State University where she graduated from in 1978. Both her parents were educators. Her mother hails from Kampung Mertang, Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan.
She later worked as an executive with Bank Pertanian until 1983 and subsequently as a business development manager with Island and Peninsular Bhd, a property developer company until 1987.
She married Najib Tun Abdul Razak in 1987 and the couple have two children – Nooryana Najwa and Norashman Razak. In addition to them, Rosmah also has three other children – Azrene Soraya on her first marriage with Farid Ismeth Emir, and two other children from her second marriage with Abdul Aziz Nong Chik. Abdul Aziz Nong Chik is currently Minister of Federal Territories in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s cabinet.
Further, what use is it to make a one-off cash handout when what that money can buy is only pay in part for some groceries that would not even last four weeks?
Is this gesture of seeming ‘caring government’ not akin to giving a man a fish when what he truly needs is not denying him or her the opportunities to catch his or her own fish everyday
