Jarod’s Den

WCIT 2008

My company had a booth at the recently concluded WCIT 2008. Since the company is owned by the Sarawak State Government, naturally we were placed under the Sarawak State Booth.

Sarawak State Booth

Opposite our booth is the Selangor State Booth. This is a big contrast to ours. Yup, ours is the ugliest booth among all the State booth.

Selangor State Booth

There were plenty of interesting IT products and services showcased. Many ministers and royalty grace the event. Our booth were visited by the King, the Regent of Pahang, the Prime Minister and other ministers. It was quite an experience.

My feet hurts like hell after 3 days of standing and walking for more than 8 hours. Yes we have chairs but it was a busy event with over 100,000 visitors (or so they claimed!). Bill Gates attended as a hologram. Yup, go google it.

Anyway, for me the highlight is this photo. No prizes to guess who he is. He is my definition of a true patriot.

See if you can find Jeff Ooi in this photo!

Tags: IT, minister, sarawak, wcit

Election or Erection?!

Our esteemed Minister of Information was interviewed by Al-Jazeera over the BERSIH incident sometime back. The entire interview was a disaster in my opinion. Listen to the audio-only youtube clip. All I have to say is that my school-going cousins can speak way better than the Minister of Information.

Pay attention to the part where he said Malaysians have erection every 5 years. I beg to differ. Let me clarify. HE has erections every 5 years. The rest of us are pretty active sexually.

Of course something like this can never escape the attention of our more… erm… patriotic youngster. This guy made a parody of the entire interview which I think is the better interview between the two. Enjoy.

He is such an embarrassment to the nation. I meant the minister, not the youth.

[Updates: This minister has been replaced after the General Election 2008. Thank God!]

Tags: election, erection, minister, misinformation