Personally, prayers?

(One before I am away on a long leave)

(Pak Lah unique ways of “praying” and getting the job done - Image source: http://www.tranungkite.net)

Personally, I doubt Pak Lah knows what he is doing (I thought he has done “warming up”)…

Couple days ago, Pak Lah said that he will “personally see to it that Bukit Bendera Umno chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail does not repeat his remarks about the Chinese community”

Today he said that he “will personally inspect the progress of various development projects planned by the Government under Budget 2009”

The PM seems to be having too much free time on his hands – so much so he will personally do plenty of things. And weird things do not stop there.

Now, he is asking Malaysians to pray for a lower fuel price.

A smart Prime Minister will say this:-

Ok look here, there is nothing we can do about the world fuel price. Screw them!

But here is what we are doing to do and we are going to do this once and right – we are going to slash on unnecessary expenses, catch the corrupt and the wasteful bastards and hung them by the street as a lesson to others (hmm, ok maybe not, not hung them but perhaps cut off their hands, maybe), we are going to stop the fuel subsidy (ya, I know it is going to hurt but…), take away the toll plazas, improve on quality, service and speed and bring down the cost of goods and services, go aggressive on public transport, alternative fuels and better cars, create more jobs and then the people will have enough financial buffer to keep going despite the high fuel price.

Not so smart one will say this:-

Let’s pray for lower fuel price – I hope God listen to our prayers and whisper the same to the international fuel traders

I rest my case…

MAIKA Debate?

(The “start” of open debates in Malaysia – Anwar Ibrahim. Imagine source: Flickr)

Well, since the Malays have done it (Anwar Ibrahim and Shabery on the fuel price hike) and the Chinese have done it (Lim Guan Eng and Koh Tsu Koon on land scam issue in Penang), the Indians might as well have a go at this debate thing.

From YB Kulasegaran’s blog:-

We would say that it is the high tide for MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu and YB M. Kulasegaran, the DAP MP for Ipoh Barat to meet face to face too discuss further on the prolonging and disconcerted issue of the Maika Holdings in an open debate.

Will Samy Vellu have the “balls” to accept the challenge and debate and set the issue of Maika to rest for once and for all?

After all, with the whacking that MIC got in the last general election and the Maika issue been synonymous with MIC’s fishy deals, an open debate is one best opportunity to explain things (if Samy says everything was done by the book?).

Of course, there are others who say that such debate is a waste of time – a comment from Malaysia Today:-

Whatever debate that take place with regards to Maika Holdings would not bring back the RM invested at that time back. By today’s calculations, that figure could come to a colossal figure.

The government never did nail him for what he did though they knew and hence, he would never admit it, more so, in a public debate.

Let’s just focus on PR Government and we can find all these rascals and give them what they rightfully deserve

Samy, will you?

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Kiddie Expression

I am amazed with the “quality” of the expression that the kids gather these days (from TV mostly).

Just like the other day when I mentioned to my 4 year old son that I will “loan” him my laptop for him to watch his favourite kiddie show, he replied:-

“That’s awesome, man!”

Me and my wife looked at each other, wonderstruck. Kids these days sure pick up things fast.