Broken Shield and Sword

Cause I can’t go. *Pouts* Who is, btw, here

**PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR NETWORK & FRIENDS**

Do you like holding hands? How about sharing a hug with the person that you care for? Can you accept kisses as a way to show affection? Do you think that you have the ability to judge for yourself whether or not your behaviour will offend others around you? Does it matter to you if you are being treated equally as everyone else, including tourists from other countries like Singapore or the UK?

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Come and support the court case of two young people that are charged for “indecent behavior”, all because they allegedly hugged and kissed in a public park.

Day: Thursday, 1st June 2006
Time: 9:00am
Place: DBKL Magistrates Court, Jalan Tun Razak (near the Pekeliling Flats, behind Tawakal Hospital. Nearest LRT Stop: Titiwangsa)
Map: DBKL Court | http://www.putralrt.com.my/rapidbus_kljlrt.htm

On 2 August 2003, Ooi Kean Thong (24) and Siow Ai Wei (22) were accused of “indecent behaviour” at the KLCC park.

They lodged a report against the two DBKL officers who allegedly issued them with a summons after they refused to bribe them. Not only that, the challenged the city council’s authority to enact such “morality laws”.

On 4 April 2006, the Federal Court ruled that the KL City Hall had the authority to enact bylaws to prosecute people for indecent public behaviour.

Worried that tourists will stop visiting our country because of such openly ridiculous policing of private behavior, the Mayor of KL hastily reassured the BBC on the very next day, that this will not apply to tourists.

Meanwhile, Ooi and Siow will have to defend themselves against the charge of indecent behaviour.

Where do you stand?

Come to the hearing and show your support to Siow and Ooi�s courageous stance. KataGender (katagender.blogspot.com) is organising a visual statement on the day. Join us as we hold hands and state your thoughts.

Please wear a white or plain coloured t-shirt and bring marker pens, cardboard, and your friends.

For more information, contact: kata.gender@gmail.com

We will be meeting at the Masjid Jamek LRT station at 8:15am � 8:30am to go the courts together via the LRT. Alternatively, you can meet us directly at the DBKL Magistrates Court.

Looking forward to meeting you!

If it weren’t for the fact that other services were just as bad or worse than TM, I would have switched.

According to their hotline, there’s (*still*) a service disruption going on as of yesterday, 31 May 2006. No one has any idea when it will be resolved. Gwargh.

I took a leave today because I fell sick after attending that event yesterday. So yes, it was that tiring. Tiara was tired too, but all in all… I think it wasn’t too bad. Minus some bad decisions made by the organizers in the end.

We reached there at about 9am, which I considered to be a good sign as we didn’t get lost (which was a very good thing). I actually took a different route than I had previously taken when getting to KLCC, but it turned out to be a good thing. For once, the road signs were ACCURATE. And since it was a Sunday, I was able to manuver and do things that I would normally NOT do. XDXD Once we parked, we unloaded and went inside.

To a certain degree, Zouk fit my expectations. The place was dark, the music was loud, and it more or less smelled of smoke. The floors were scary though. Since I normally go barefoot in the office and at home (like most Malaysians, the home part, not the office bit) I can guess whether or not the carpet has been cleaned, and Zouk’s felt like it had never known carpet cleaners. It was so slimy!

Well, when we got there, we started setting up the booth. *Thanks goes out to everyone who helped us, especially the contractor with the staple gun* First we did the jeans, then we hung up some mobiles (pics of UpWithPeople that Ti had printed), followed by arranging the booth- which took the longest time as we had so many things to put on the table. This was fun. I really enjoyed putting everything up. Emir, one of Ti’s friends who was also the emcee for the first part of the show, kept coming to our booth, mainly because he was going to interview her, but then after that I think he just liked the company (he ended up dumping his shirt at our booth XD) .

In the end, it took us about two hours to setup, and it was fast. Next to us was Manmeng.net, a songwriter who just began writing his songs recently. He was such a cute lil kid! Felt like pinching his cheeks, but eh… not a good idea. Once that was done, Ti and I made a shopping list and off I went to KLCC to get said items. It was basically:

- Some junk food
- Extra bottle of water (just in case, you never know)
- Disposable camera

While I was there, Ti called up to see if I was up to doing more shopping. Being myself, I agreed, and in the end I bought Emir’s lunch and a top-up card. I had to do a bit of walking around in KLCC to look for a fairly-priced disposable camera. In the end, I bought one that was the same price as the others with added shots in it. I have another 3 more to kill, maybe I’ll take pics in the office. XD

I walked back to Zouk, and boy were my feet killing me. Reached there at about 1 plus, and immediately regretted not getting lunch for Ti and me. We didn’t get anything as they told us; “No outside food and drink permitted.” Then someone tells us that there would be food provided. Later on, we find out that we’re supposed to go OUTSIDE to get food. My reaction was “WTF?”

I waited for my bro to come, and suprisingly, Leo came as well. We ended up going out together (Leo and me) to get lunch for Ti and me. Lunch was McDonald’s, and it was filling. For a moment I thought we might be together again, but no, he broke my heart again today. *Tries hard not to cry*

The day passed in a blur of people coming up, asking us what we were all about, and giving out brochures, whatnot and freezing. The “Vandalise Our Jeans” plea was fairly well-received: By the end of the day, someone even left their phone number as they wanted us to call them back as they want the jeans. Hah.

Day ended with us all (Bro, Edgar, Emir, Ti and I) going to the 24hr A&W’s for dinner and generally sleeping like a log when we did.

Sorry it’s not the full details, but I am sleepy. Will update more tomorrow.

-Taken from Ti’s blog, which is here:

I will be setting up a booth for EducateDeviate at Levi’s 501 Day Stay True event:

I’ll have booklets and brochures available, and will probably put up interesting information about alternative education as well. Please come by and give your support!

I also need people to help set up & run the booth. If you’re available from 9 am Sunday - 1 am Monday (or around those times), or if you live near KLCC and can spare me some sleeping space from Saturday till Monday, please email me ASAP!

If you have any other ideas for what I can do with my booth, please let me know!

Thank you and hope to see you soon!

Because it’s the main thing I remember and the photos to follow…

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Have fun!

Today was supposed to be a full day; breakfast with family, lunch with Tai Ka Che, Viv and some college friends, and then tea/dinner with Neko and the gang. In between that, I was supposed to go and get some Tees from Yvoone. I was really looking forward to it.

So guess how many were done at the end of the day?

About half.

I met Yvonne and got the tees. Was snuggling them all the way to the car. Went for the swimfest, which was also rather fun, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

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