the little man

One fine day two men were walking down the street. One was a powerful politician and the other was a normal working class family man. Suddenly God appeared in front of them and said,” Due to overpopulation on earth, I will have to take one of you away. However, I will give both of you a chance to make your case on why you should stay.”

Both men trembled and the powerful politician said in a distinguished tone,” I’m a very important person in this world and I have the obligation to serve millions of my fellow countrymen.” God nodded. The family man said,” Please God, please don’t take me away for I have a wife and two children to take care of.” God nodded as well.

“I have made up my mind,” said God. In a thundering fire, the powerful politician found himself drifting into nothingness. Confused the politician asked God,” Why have you chosen me? I’m a leader of mankind and my value is much higher compared to the family man.” God answered,” That’s true. But they can always elect another leader to take your place. However, if I choose the family man, his wife and children will suffer and have no one else to look after them.”

Therefore do not belittle the little man. You will never know when your fate lies in his hands. God bless Malaysia.             

political debate

Political debate is a common practice among countries that practice democracy, Malaysia alike. In a way the debate can highlight each aspiring leader’s vision and commitment to bring progress and success to the nation if he should come into power. The ruling government of the day and the opposition are two standard entities in a democracy. Whoever wins will be the government of the day while the loser will be the latter. No matter how strong the differences are, there is a common similarity between these two entities; both are made up of Malaysians.

Therefore, if any differences of opinion exist, it is imperative to remember that deep down all of them are from the same country. Our leaders should have this mindset entrenched and should not go around accusing their opponents of being traitors or colluding with foreign powers to enslave Malaysia. Debate on policies. Leave the name calling and personal attacks out of the context. Only then the nation can move forward headed by authentic capable and intellectual leaders.

God bless Malaysia with true leaders.

mi casa es su casa

The events unfolding at a prominent lawyer’s house is major news lately. It certainly is a scary affair and I can imagine the terror that is running through her mind especially concerning her family’s safety. What is scarier is a senior cop of the country states that the perpetrators’ actions are not against the law!

Holy mackerel! This means people can sell burgers outside my house and even do butt-exercises if they deemed fit. Frankly the burgers are still acceptable since I love burgers and will be easier for me to buy some but the “burger”-exercises, really afraid my mum will get a heart attack when she does her early morning porch sweeping routine.

What has our society comes to when people cannot even have their privacy being respected. I am an advocate of psychological warfare and when in war, one should do everything within his resources to win the war. This I truly respect from the ruling government, but to harass and encroach into the so called enemy’s private domain, this is really too much. This will leads to complete anarchy if not nip in the bud because everyone will have a field day harassing those they dislike by having a carnival outside their houses!

I sincerely hope the country will come back to its senses and realize that all of us are Malaysians deep within and all that we do should be to the country’s benefit rather than self. God bless Malaysia.

PS: Does this mean that I can sit in front of other people’s house and play guitar? It will be great since I am looking for some activities to keep me occupied anyway.  

the good, the bad and the ugly of bersih 3.0

The recently concluded BERSIH demonstration on 28 April 2012 has been an eye opener to us Malaysians that consider ourselves as fence sitters.

Malaysia’s multiracial society has not been fully represented until now whereby different races got together for one single aim; clean and fair elections. Whether the aim is valid or not is irrelevant. The most important factor here is racial unity. There will never be a prouder moment such as this to call ourselves Malaysians. This has certainly brought the good side of Malaysians to the fore. It is a reminiscence of a time when I was a young kid and being color blind, metaphorically speaking. At that time I was never aware of my friend’s race rather the mutual interests that bond us together. We are segregated in groups but the segregation is based on nerds, cool ones and some crazy ones that just can’t fit in. Yet we still had a great time mingling and teasing one another in a friendly setting.

BERSIH also shows the bad side of Malaysians as well. Malaysians attacking Malaysians in the name of law and ideology? There are multiple conspiracy theories emerging from both side of the camps but at the end of the day, none of them can deny and in true fact, Malaysians did attack their fellow countrymen no matter if they are in uniform or yellow shirts. This brought forward the times when I was much older and the segregation is getting more racial-oriented and political-divide. The seriousness of this is more intense to the point of involving verbal and physical assaults. How can a country progress if its citizens are suspicious of one another to the point of able to harm as well? 

This is truly a mix of gladness and sadness for our loving country Malaysia. The ugly truth is Malaysia is on the brink of uncertainty and we can only hope the next generation of leaders can finally be capable to lead the country out of this abyss and also to gain respect by using their wits rather than their fists. Leaders that can bind us together rather than divide us. God bless Malaysia.

politician

The term politician can be traced back to the Greek and Roman Empire days. The word itself comes from a Greek word “polis”. The definition itself is someone who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making. However, what is actually the essence of a politician one may ask.

Lots of us normal citizens can see these politicians rising up to the podiums during election year and try to convince the voters to vote them into office. Some are seasoned veterans while some are young idealistic people hoping to make a change. No matter how different they are in terms of ideals and political stand, they always pursue the same reason to vote for them; they will help the rakyat to live a better life. Most of these politicians always refer to themselves as the servant of the rakyat. They are the servant while the rakyat are the master. How true this is? Let’s find out.

Ask a politician why we should vote for him. He will tell you by voting for him, he will be able to change the political demographic of a country and even to the extent of passing legislations and laws that govern the country. For the benefit of a doubt that sounds good if all are done in the best interest of the rakyat. However, if we analyze it further, no matter how noble their intentions are, deep down it is just a form of illusion of grandeur whereby they feel they are so powerful that they can control and change another person’s life in a whim, in this case the rakyat. Rights to vote might be a democratic practice but at the end of the day we are still voting an emperor to govern us. In this case, the only difference we get to choose our emperor very five years.

An aspiring politician therefore can be construed as an individual that actually wanted to control and dictate the life of many more human beings deemed not-able-to-function-without-being-lead. To prove this point, look at political parties and their rhetoric “we must be voted into power to ensure the best are given back to the people” and “to enable us to help the people, we must be given absolute majority to pass legislation”. The question we should ask as a rakyat, “what makes you better than us that we should vote you into office to control us?” and “why can’t we lead ourselves and need you to sacrifice your precious time to do it for us?”

To drive the nail to the coffin, just take a look at the politicians in Malaysia and find one that can take constructive criticism and do not act with holier than thou mentality. And also maybe a poor politician living in a hut and grows vegetables for a living. Sad to say, all new aspiring idealistic politicians started out noble but end up power crazy to the point of thinking himself among the immortals in the end. All they do is to rally the rakyat behind them to show their might and trounce their detractors to submission. Power really corrupts and that is a proven fact.

In conclusion, it would be better if every rakyat register themselves as a voter and vote their own self. God bless our politician’s soul.