Redundancy

Redundancy is defined as additional capacity which is not being economically utilised. Therefore can be done away with.

Well, that is just one of the many definitions we can use to describe redundancy. Unfortunately, that is how most of us Malaysians understand the meaning of redundancy.

Ditto to MINDEF's Response Over Dress Code

In facing the flood of criticism over dress code violation nationwide, nearly every ministry, agency and office had decided to back down. They backed down, and criticized the poor guards who had been left to hold the blame. Nearly every ministry, except for MINDEF, or Ministry of Defence. I strongly applaud the Ministry for standing firm with the issue as it is beginning to get out of hand.

The reporter or the news - you decide

Take security issues seriously

2 JULY 2015 @ 12:00 PM

I READ with interest your expose on the security concern of the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s Butterworth Air Force Base (AFB) (“Big, Fat, Juicy Targets” — NST, June 29). I would like to applaud the journalist for her good work in highlighting this issue.

Finally, this blog of mine have reached a new milestone of 6 months.  This is the first time any of my blog managed to last for 3 months.  All my previous blogs were unfortunately half-hearted efforts.  So what made this blog last longer than all my previous blogs?

Perhaps I am writing from my heart.  Many of my posts are results of years observing, reading and understanding.  Thus, allowing me to provide views with slightly different slant.

While what I write is essentially my world view, I do respect the view of others.  At times, I would be harsh on others, years of frustration in military writing tends to come to the surface at times.  Sarcasm, yes, sarcasm bites.

Let's hope I can write longer.

Sharing is Caring

Caring is sharing. Sudah tentu ramai yang pernah melihat frasa ini pada post-post viral. Ramai pula yang terbaca frasa ini terus terdetik di hati untuk share post-post sebegini tanpa berfikir terlebih dahulu, apakah tujuan asal orang yang memulakan cerita tersebut.

The Submarine that Never Was

When Malaysian govt decided to buy a couple of Scorpene class submarines from DCNS, it was inevitable that the issue became politicised. Amongst the accusations thrown at our Navy was we had paid RM6.1 billion to buy a couple of scrap metals as submarines.

RMN Scorpene class Submarines, renamed as Perdana Menteri class. Photo sourced from Wikipedia. 

What more, some of these rumour mongers said they had heard it from their relatives who were serving in the Navy. They saw the rusting submarines under the sun berthed at Lumut Naval Base.

Many of us defence writers had tried to correct this perception for years. True, we bought a couple of submarines. They were bought brand new, and no, they are not rusting out at Lumut Naval Base.

The culprit of the rumour is actually PSC Naval Dockyard Sdn Bhd. Well, it was not their intention, but it was the unintended consequences of their actions when they purchased a couple of Zwaardvis class submarines from Holland, hoping to score quick cash from the Navy.

Photos of Zwaardvis class submarines rusting in Lumut. Photo credit to now defunct defence magazine, Tempur.

Both submarines were not only rusting, but were rickety and may not be sea-worthy anymore. But that didn't stop the then owner of PSC Naval Dockyard Sdn Bhd, Datuk Amin Shah from his greed of trying to push these submarines to the Navy. I still hold that this man single-handedly destroyed our Royal Malaysian Navy.

Thankfully, the Navy was adamant and Zwaardvis never made it even through the selection. PSC ended up with a couple of rusting scraps, which they had sold later as scrap metals.

As for him, he is still a free man, despite single-handedly destroying RMN.

Know Your Stuff Before You Try to Talk Shit with Me

Say that you got a job and a girlfriend. And now you're looking for a car to impress your girlfriend. What if I tell you I can sell to you a Mercedes-Benz at the price of RM1,000. I tell you why buy from Mercedes-Benz Malaysia for RM300,000 when you can get the same for only RM1,000. But there is a catch. I'm selling to you a Mercedes-Benz made in 1965, as compared to the 2015 Mercedes-Benz that Mercedes-Benz is selling to you. Which car will you buy?

Definitely a no brainer. You will definitely buy a 2015 Mercedes-Benz even though it is much more expensive.