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The Information Ministry is stopping fast food advertisements from being aired over Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) stations, to help Malaysians practise a healthy lifestyle.Are you loving it? Your finger’s licking good? If the banning takes immediate effective, it means we will never hear these slogans again in the TV and radio.

My questions are: What do u mean by fast food? And why the banning?

If food that is served ‘fast’ happens to fall in this category, then Maggi, which is under Nestle, will having the same fate.

To answer my first question, our Health Minister Dr Chua said fast foods is a “silent killers” and they were in the same league as liquor and smoking. Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said it was not a matter of profits, as RTM, being a government body, has a social responsibility. His support did not mean he was against fast food companies, adding he feared the culture (of taking fast food) would become more difficult to tackle in future. He even said there are many other types of food that can help Malaysians to be healthy.

Well, I afraid the healthy foods that he means are vegetables and fruits. But we hardly see any ads promoting these healthy foods. And still, we don’t see what is the meaning of fast food, and the reason behind this, I mean for Malaysia la…

You see ar, New york did it, so were Australia & New Zealand. Singapore has even adamantly refusing to introduce trans fat in the restaurant.

You know what is the reason given by NZ on the ban? Last July, The Public Health Association (PHA) of New Zealand said that a new report showing a link between watching television and childhood obesity shows the time has come for a ban on the advertising of fast food during children’s television programmes.The study, which had launched at the PHA conference in Palmerston North last July, was commissioned by Agencies for Nutrition Action. They found that every hour children spend watching television increases their risk of becoming obese. The unexpected finding in their study was the likelihood that the increase in obesity was due to children being bombarded by advertising of high fat, high sugar foods and drinks, in other words, the obese, TV watching children were virtually as active as the normal weight non-watchers. The difference was that the TV-watching children ate more snack and treat foods, and fewer fruit and vegetables.

Well, that’s the reason we see on tha banning. So Malaysia, what is your reasons? Any facts and figures to alarm us? U know la, Malaysian only get scare when we see some shocking figure mah… Or else, we keep on smoking and getting fat lor. None of your business wat?!

Now I know what does ‘culture imperialism’ means when I study Mass Comm last time. We always say Malaysia should develope according to ‘acuan sendiri’, but we always act when the rice becomes the porridge. Of course, it’s never too late to start, I just wish we can do more to promote national wellness, much more early. And once it started, please make it a commitment. It’s national wellness as a whole u know?

Well, don’t blame the parents if their children are overweight, but I think the issue is actually far more complex than the fast food ads. It must have something to do with our health consciousness. Frankly, I really hope Malaysia can do more to promote national health. I know you can do it, Malaysia.

Hey, can somebody tell me whether Maggi Mee is considered as fast food or not? Opps, never mind la, only ban on TV and radio, still can eat…

What is, i mean, who is security guard anyway?According to the defination on the web by Wikipedia:

“A Security Guard or Security Officer is usually a privately and formally employed person who is paid to protect property, and/or assets, and/or people. Often, security officers are uniformed and act to protect property by maintaining a high visibility presence to deter illegal and/or inappropriate actions, observing (either directly, through patrols, or by watching alarm systems or video cameras) for signs of crime, fire or disorder; then taking action and/or reporting any incidents to their client, employer and emergency services as appropriate.”

But I seldom see any security guard performing such job functions, especially those in the bank. May be we need more customer service?

Why? Simple. Don’t you see now the security guard has a new challenge, or better say, paradigm shift? Their scope of job includes giving away of visitor que numbers now. Yes, they know what counter doing what, according to your needs. They have to know anyway. I went to the citibank today. The security guards were standing besides the que numbering machine, distributing the numbers. Hey, their service was so good that they even picked up the number sheets and rubbish on the carpet floor. Good service huh? I even saw this happened in Celcom center and HSBC bank too. It’s too normal to be strange.

Security guard, where have all your ‘guts’ gone? Since when you guys have ‘extra’ services like this?

What a spectacular movie musical experience! I never miss movie musical liked Evita, Moulin Rouge, The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Rent, High School Musical & even the latest animation musical Happy Feet, but I really can’t wait to tell everyone, Dreamgirls is certainly the best musical movie in my memory! Please go and watch this movie!!!

The movie was excellent. I saw it. The whole first half of the movie you forget that Beyonce is even in it. Eddie Murphy was very spectacular. And Jennifer Hudson (yes, an American Idol drop-out) really shines in this movie!

But disappointedly, the Malaysian audience just doesn’t show the appreciation of it. I watch it the second day of CNY, when the Chinese is still celebrating the year of the boar. It’s not surprising that most audiences on that day, are Malays.

I don’t mean to be racist. It’s not my interest, at all. What I need to say is, if you guys don’t understand what musical is, then please, please show a little respect to the musical masterpiece, or to the musical lovers like me, I mean, us. Or at least, show your little knowledge of cinema etiquette, butthead!

The audiences in front of my row seating left one by one. Some seem like going to the toilet, answering phone call, come back again, and some never come back also. The couple beside me even said ‘Oh, my god!’ when Jennifer Hudson sings again as she throws her emotion in the movie. Some find it funny when the actors sing as they talk in the movie. Hey, excuse me, don’t you know people sings as and when they speak and act in the musical? I bet they don’t even know (or never bother) there was a Puteri Gunung Ledang Musical in Istana Budaya too. Yes, Tiara sings. It’s a musical. Everyone sings as they talk. It’s great to see a movie musical with a smart sense of the genre such as ‘Dreamgirls’ in Malaysia. But what happened to our musical appreciation and cinema etiquette? Are you guys still dreaming or what?