Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Wishing all Malaysians a Happy Chinese New Year! May the year of the ox bring joy to each and everyone of us. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Tax to all Malaysians!

It seems that we have been paying tax to Government – all of us (at least those who purchase fuel for our transportation needs) since a few weeks back. Instead of receiving subsidy (if I’m not mistaken, a 30 cents subsidy was mentioned as the minimum that the Government will provide), we are now paying tax to Government as the 'actual' price of fuel is below the price at the pumps. Effectively, we have been ‘subsidising’ the government. The RM625 subsidy is now just ‘chicken feed’ to Government as they must have collected quite a handsome amount by now.

I hope our Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs can provide us a ‘true’ picture about this – and ‘effectively’ play his part in taking care of ‘consumer affairs’…

Ending soon... 'Perjuangan Hampir Selesai'

Very, very soon I can finally remove the poster (thanks to Sheikh Kickdefella) on the top right hand corner of this blog... Can't wait for that to happen.

Hope that someone can tell me why the piece was written by 'Kali' in the NSTP today (10 Oct 2008). In one go, he insulted almost everyone in UMNO - the piece on 'KORO' written by Datuk AKJ comes to mind. It pointed out that nobody dares to do anything since Dr M (now Tun) resigned... iskh iskh iskh. That includes all members of 'EMP''TY' UMNO, two of whom will soon be our PM and DPM.

What can we look forward to, in the era after Pak 'Flip Flop' Lah? Maybe an upgrade to 'Crocs' instead. I'm betting that things would be same, only with different players. Hmmmm, can I be one of the 'advisers'?

Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin

l would like to take this opportunity to wish all Moslems 'Eid Mubarak' and to ask for forgiveness. May this blessed Syawal brings joy to all of us Malaysian!

And to those in power, please take a moment to ponder on the plight of a typical Malaysian and may you make a wise decision...

Switching Portfolios OR Bigger Commission?

Our DPM is now Finance Minister while PM is Defence Minister.

After the recent budget speech, where improvement to public transportation was one of the key agenda – together with dishing out transportation-related contracts (buses, new EMU, etc.), the focus now shifted to Defence Ministry – could it be that ‘ada kontrak besaq’ nak keluar ke?

Just wondering…

Serving the Constituents… Just resign!

I would like to make a call to all our elected Member of Parliaments! If you really want to serve your constituents to the best of your ability – just RESIGN! Follow the footsteps of ex-YB Wan Azizah. By resigning, she has brought so many improvements & MONEY to Permatang Pauh. All mosques and ‘suraus’ will have access to funds that they can only dream of before - which might be extended to all places of worship. The festive atmosphere in Permatang Pauh is better than all the promos being carried out in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year – bringing actual business to small traders and warung owners Permatang Pauh.

All Malaysians have also benefitted – petrol price is now RM2.55!

However, please schedule your resignations accordingly – so that we will have two by-elections every month.

Then, it doesn’t matter if you want to re-contest – just make a pact with another MP to switch ‘kawasan’. If you do win, you can repeat this over and over again. Or if you lose, you still have your MP’s pension to live on.

Rather than acting like clowns in Parliament, I think the best thing that all Member of Parliaments can do at the moment is… RESIGN!!!

Together... Apart

School holidays are coming and along with it, a lot of wedding invitations. These invitations start to pour in from office colleagues, friends and family – near and far. Some came in through the snail mail, some through a phone call but a number were personally delivered. I salute those who still maintain this traditional way of inviting family and friends to a wedding. First of all, it brings family and friend closer together and secondly, it would be very difficult to say no and not attend the wedding!

Nonetheless, these wedding invitations always make me think about friends whose marriages are on the rocks or … they are now divorced. It seems so easy to be divorced nowadays. Being married for more than ten years with two / three kids won’t stop couple from drifting away. I wonder what went on their minds when these couples decided to go apart. Do they think about their vows, about all the times they spent together or about their kids? It’s sad to see that, at the end, the victims will always be the kids…