J@mes anak Bond's favourite online forum should be Sarawak Talk http://www.malaysia.net/sarawak. Asked why, he said because people eat each other raw in there. You bet, he was just joking. In fact he gets to like Sarawak Talk for its unique ability to disseminate breaking news or useful leads faster than reporters, faster than bullet, so to speak, thanks to Internet and those people who can't keep things to themselves.
This was evident during the month-long Search and Rescue Operation for the missing Hornbill helicopter in Bario Highland in July last year. Anak Bond says, while the bulk of talks in Sarawak Talk are plain rubbish, misleading and pure gossips, some talks were reliable as leads for serious follow-ups, bearing in mind these information could have originated from reliable sources, such as people in high office, army chief, helicopter pilots, family members of victims, or press people themselves. Read the first two lines in the post, there could be some truth in it; the rest of the article should be of the writer's personal opinion, deduction. While the telephone is just a step away, use it to verify the matter or to get further detail, or to confirm the fear.
Remember the assisnation of Ustaz Ehsan in a mosque in Miri sometime last year.... the news already made headlines in Sarawak Talk 12 hourse before any newspapers would carry the story the following morning. Sarawak Talk is not altogether useless, says Anak Bond adding sometime it speaks the truth.
Anak Bond says he visited Sarawak Talk for the first time in early 2002. It was after he saw his lawyer cousin rushing out of her office room with tears streaming down her face, screaming, " How could they said something like that about me in there. That's a complete lie!"
Bond walked over to her table, seated himself in front of the computer, and looked up for the gossips targeting the poor girl. A post flashed a message: "True true true..... saw her there yesterday, walking beside a black man."
Then another reply-post said: " HAHAHAHAHAHA! No wonder she cannot walk properly this morning. Black men have big and long one." Followed by another nasty one: " The husband know about this kah? Call him 0138234567."
Anak Bond thought for a moment, thinking of what to write and how to 'silent' the posters. Then slowly he began typing: " My name's Bond, James anak Bond
.... and hell's coming with me !!" |
