Just go away, please...

Pak Lah,
Can you just do the honorable thing and resign? We're just so tired looking at your 'tired' & 'sleepy' face, plus your annoying 'tak masuk akal' comments & reasonings.

Never before somebody in your own BN coalition stated bluntly that they have lost confidence in you - as PM & head of BN coalition.

'Tak paham-paham lagi ke?'

SMS

I’m sure you have received SMS that makes you want to share it with others. I received this one recently:

When I got home today, my wife demanded that I took her out somewhere expensive…
I did - we went to nearest petrol station!

Poorer by the day!

Just like any other ordinary Malaysians, I’m starting to feel the pinch – everything is up, except the salary. Monthly school bus fare for the kids has gone up by RM10 each, filling up at the nearest Petronas station now cost almost RM100 each time, price of Jasmine Super Special 5% has almost double & taking the family out for dinner or holidays seems like a distance memory.

But, wait… at least the present Cabinet Ministers are also sharing the burden. They have agreed to cut their entertainment allowance by 10% and reduce their ‘paid holidays’ to one week and within ASEAN only.

Talk about changing lifestyle! We should unite and instead change the entire Cabinet Ministers!

Update!
I just read this article from an email that was forwarded to my wife (the article is from Utusan Online, Sunday, 8th June 2008). Please read it but it's in Bahasa Malaysia.

Excerpt:
"Juga diriwayatkan bahawa suatu hari pada tahun berkenaan disembelih unta lalu dimasak dan dibahagikan kepada orang ramai. Lalu dicedok masakan itu untuk dihidangkan juga buat ‘Umar. Tiba-tiba yang dicedok itu bahagian belakang unta dan hatinya. Lalu ‘Umar bertanya: “Dari mana diperoleh ini?”. Daripada unta yang kita sembelih hari ini. Kata ‘Umar: “Oh! Alangkah buruknya aku ini sebagai pemimpin, jika aku memakan bahagiannya yang baik lalu aku berikan rakyat makan yang sisa” (Ibn Sa‘d, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, 3/312, Beirut: Dar Sadir). Maka alangkah buruknya seorang presiden, atau sultan, atau raja, atau perdana menteri, atau menteri besar, atau menteri yang makan dengan mewah daripada peruntukan harta negara atau negeri sedangkan rakyatnya dalam kesusahan. Ketika rakyat membilang butiran beras, helaian ringgit untuk persekolahan anak, keperitan membayar sewa rumah, api dan air, sementara mereka yang berkuasa ini pula menghadiri jamuan negara dan negeri itu dan ini. Bermewahan dengan pertunjukan dan hiburan dari peruntukan wang negara. Kemudian bercuti rehat, tanpa rakyat ketahui apakah kepenatannya untuk rakyat. Kos cuti itu pula ditanggung oleh negara tanpa sebarang pulangan keuntungan buat rakyat. Alangkah zalim! Alangkah keji sikap yang sedemikian rupa.

Dr. Mohd Asri bin Zainul Abidin, Mufti Perlis."

Thank you Malaysia!

Malaysia Boleh and Thank you Malaysia!

It was an uplifting feeling to experience that true power stays with the Rakyat! Malaysians has spoken and by denying BN its two-third majority in Dewan Rakyat, we are sending a clear signal that someone must take full responsibility and do the right thing!

Again, thank you Malaysia!

Trivia - How many ministries are there in Malaysia?

Do you know how many ministries are there in Malaysia? 10, 20? Nope, you're wrong! There are 27 Ministries in Malaysia. And, if you include PM's Department, there will be 28 ministries. That's one ministry for every one million population. Quite developed, aren't we?!



Next, how many ministers, deputy ministers and parliamentary secretaries are there in Malaysia? Based on my calculation from http://www.gov.my/, there are 92 of them - including our PM and DPM. A ratio of 1 to 300,000 people in Malaysia.



Let us go down south - into Singapore (http://www.gov.sg/). There are 15 ministries there, including the PM's department. Well, there are only about 4.5 million people there!



How about a few more ministries? One for each economic region - Iskandar Development, Northern Corridor and Eastern Corridor...

Missing EPF deductions - finally reflected in my account!

I wrote about this a while back and guess what? My missing EPF deductions are finally reflected in my account. My December 2006 to May 2007 deductions were finally deposited into my EPF account from as of end-July 2007.

I wrote quite a number of emails to EPF and they've stopped responding after the first three/four emails. So much about 'EPF Customer Service Charter', displayed prominently on their website.

Been busy over the last few weeks…

I have not been updating my blog for quite some time as I have been really busy, mainly due to the fact that I have just moved to a new job. When I started blogging, I told myself that I must try to update the blog at least once every week. But that’s not the case for the last few weeks.

Moving to a new job means that you must be ready to face new challenges and be prepared for them. As for me, I must say that my new job has been very hectic and there are a lot of new things to be discovered. Managing a new team with diverse background is another issue to be dealt with.

I can safely say that communication and people skill are the most important aspect that anybody can have – particular in this knowledge economy!