The Tun shoots a video on a webcam?

February 7th, 2007 gier Posted in Rant | 4 Comments »

So, somebody uploaded onto YouTube a vid of the Tun talking about criminalising war. The blurb for the vid says:

“Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad speaks out about the dangers of war. He films himself via computer.”

Then, Mr. Ooi esq. cottons on to it and puts it up on his blog, saying that it’s “From the 81-year-old man who understands the power of Internet and Web2.0. He filmed himself in front of a computer using a regular webcam, and the aides got it uploaded on YouTube!”

AAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

If he did it himself, then who’s the lady with that Australian accent who told him, “OK, it’s rolling.” And is she hot or not?

The clip ended with the lady saying to him, “That’s wonderful, thank you.”

Damn it, the Tun’s message is important, but don’t la add the spin that he filmed it himself … because then the focus goes less to the message and more to the fact that an octogenarian knows how to handle a webcam. At least, for me it initially was. I have met the great man before, some 5 years ago in his office showing him that he could use a Linux box to get his emails, and he went, “Tunjuk kat saya buat apa. Saya bukan tau nak baca. Tunjuk kat depa ni” while gesturing to his aides and other assembled persons. So, I was genuinely surprised that he had progressed from not even reading his emails to manipulating a webcam.

Then I watched the vid and heard some Aussie bird’s voice first. Peh!

Further, does the Tun have an aide who is a 35-year old Australian lady by the name of Maryann? Because she was the one who uploaded the vid.

Btw, I tried to comment on this on Mr. Ooi, esq.’s blog, but typekey had a problem, saying that “The sign-in validation failed.” Wahlau, lucky I got my own blog … can still vent.

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