6 Sexy Icons I would Teh Tariked.

just a note for myself. and for you, who isn’t subscribed to PopIn, this awesome news feed site for young people (in 2 years time, i might not be eligible for that anymore. wow, how time flies.) i was their PM some time back. another word for free blogger of the week. but i had fun really. 🙂

first thing i wrote was ‘6 Sexy Icons that i would teh tarik with’.

(definitions of sexy and world and icons here are according to Mien at the time of writing this)
1.Toni Kasim
Zaitun Mohamed Kasim, better known as Toni Kasim, has been serving the community on a broad range of issues for more than 20 years, 15 of those years in Malaysia. She firmly believes in principles of justice and equality for all, regardless of differences in relation to gender, race, religion, sexualities, disabilities and access to wealth and resources. The rest of the bio could be found here: http://www.wci2.org/?p=96

Did I mention she also write, sing, dance and laugh a lot? She just oozes sexiness! she’s an icon to me because 2 minutes of conversation with her or just her ‘famous’ hug makes me feel so very loved and inspired that I can change the world. Toni Kasim passed away from cancer on June 4, 2008. Aku rindu kamu, Toni.

A tribute video of her by Malaysiakini:

2. Angelina jolie
if you don’t know who Angelina Jolie is, well then, I’d have to check your earth’s citizenship status. 🙂 she’s a beautiful, intelligent, outrageous actress (famous also for marrying another beautiful person and adopting many beautiful children) and also the goodwill ambassador for United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which for me, completely up her points on the sexy scale.

Here’s a video of her visiting refugees in Thailand:

Her bio could be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie

3. Che Guevara
What can be sexier than a revolutionary who is a doctor who is a poet who freed a nation, Cuba from oppression?  One person that my mother, my friends, artists and activists alike would all love (especially me)!! Well probably not my government but heck, you can’t please everyone. Unfortunately, he is no longer around. Che was executed by CIA-assisted Bolivian force on October 9, 1967 (aged 39).

Video of Che reciting a poem:

More of him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara

4. Aung Sang Suu Kyi
Ok, sexy is probably not the right term to describe Daw Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient of 1991 and elected Prime Mininister of Burma in 1990 whom were then put under house arrest by the Military Junta to this day. She is actually more regal than anything else, but damm, her courage and perseverance and revolution are amazingly inspiring loh!

Michael Stipe of R.E.M agrees:

Aung Sang Suu Kyi speak of ‘ Freedom’:

5. Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr ran around naked on screen back in 1933, escaped from a powerful possessive husband, became a movie star in Hollywood and invented frequency-hopping, a technology ahead of it’s time that serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, such as COFDM used in WiFi network connections and CDMA used in some cordless and wireless telephones. If you are reading this online right now using your wifi, huge thanks to this sexy mama! She passed away on January 19, 2000.

Article on Hedy’s wireless:
http://www.hedylamarr.org/hedystory5.html

A 5 mins video biography of Hedy:
http://www.5min.com/Video/Hedy-Lamarr-Biography-120003575

6. Voltaire
Evelyn Beatrice Hall described Voltaire best in her biography on him with the phrase: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Which is now popularly associated with freedom of expression. Ok fine, it is not easy to see if the philosopher was ever sexy from the paintings of him but the te tarik session will still be worth it just to hear him speak cos I so tak guna at reading non-fiction (hereby request past PM Fahmi Reza to make docu about him cos he is already history, 1694 – 1778).

Summarized ideas of Voltaire and famous quotes:
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/philosophy-voltaire-ideas-quotes.htm

2 of my favorite quotes:
‘All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.’

‘Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.’

Let’s end it with that shall we, let’s go out there and appreciate all the sexy, intelligent and wonderful people that are alive and around us tonight, see you tomorrow.

Aku sexy!

i am a girl.

i am a woman.

i am a tomboy.

i am human.

i am a sensual human.

i am sexy.

i am a  filmmaker,

i am an activist.

i am passionate.

i am a friend.

i am a sister.

i am a daughter.

i am a creation of 2 wondeful people having wonderful sex.

i am wonderful.

i am a girl, dressed in pants.

i am a woman, with short hair,

i am a tomboy, in lingerie.

i am human, who loves men, women, everything in between, animals, rainforests, the stars and universe.

i am a sensual human, who loves to be touched, held, hugged, kissed, made love to; to love and be loved.

i am sexy. so fuck me.

(and it is absolutely not my fault if you don’t feel sexy about yourself and are jealous and acting maliciously;

you have an insecurity issue you need to deal with.)

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seriously, even if Elizabeth Wong, or anybody or i decide to publish an intimate journal about their or my life is their/my business la. it doesn’t make me a less qualified doctor, engineer, mp, mother/father (would be strange for the kids but doesn’t make them lesser parents as long as love and attention are given sufficiently), artists, scientist, accountant (contrary to stereotypes, geeky people also have sex- that’s how we continue breeding the next generation of geeks to propel technological and finance industries)…cos we all came from sex, will continue to have sex and so will our kids one day. being sexy and having sex is not a fucking crime. it is being human. however, swindling state’s fund and being corrupt, and abusing power to bring down another person, is definitely a crime against humanity!

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an Ani song to go with this:

“32 Flavors”

squint your eyes and look closer
I’m not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
and I’m beyond your peripheral vision
so you might want to turn your head
cause someday you’re going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said

both my parents taught me about good will
and I have done well by their names
just the kindness I’ve lavished on strangers
is more than I can explain
still there’s many who’ve turned out their porch lights
just so I would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
til I’d passed and left them alone

and god help you if you are an ugly girl
course too pretty is also your doom
cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
and god help you if you are a pheonix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying back

I’m not trying to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
I’m not saying that I’m a saint
I just don’t want to live that way
no, I will never be a saint
but I will always say

squint your eyes and look closer
I’m not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I’m beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you’re starving
and eating all of the words you said