How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Monday, February 25, 2008

Kosong lived up to his name...

when he couldn’t fulfil a promise. Perjanjian Kosong or Empty Promise.

We know of ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’ then A friend Missing in Action is a friend INDEED! (sarcastic tone)

I have offered Po Kuan (in both of our blogsites) to volunteer as an election agent. I never expected her to ask me to be by her side on nomination day!

On Saturday afternoon, I was with my wife on our way to PJ, with a carload of foodstuff (like Hakka khau yoke and Yim Kai), cold box with fish, kitchen utensil and even some plastic stools, for a home-cooked meal for some relatives the night before Beng’s flight back to UK. Just before reaching Jalan Dato Abu Bakar (Section 16), I suddenly realised that I have forgotten to bring along the house keys! Frantically, my wife called her nephew, who stays in the house, and asked if he was in. He said he was only 10 minutes away. Then she called Beng and he happened to be at Jaya 1, a brand new re-development which I have yet to set foot. So without even stopping, we managed to find the place and he was right there waiting to hand over his set of keys.

I was still in a state of uneasiness for having forgotten something so important (btw, any of such forgetfulness, I have to bear full responsibility) when I received a call while driving past the playground behind the Section 14 market. I took the call without looking at the name of caller. It was Po Kuan asking me for some help. She asked me to accompany her on Nomination Day (next day) and I have just arrived in PJ! I felt terrible for being in the wrong place when she actually needed my help.

I felt honoured that she thought of me for the purpose of filing her nomination papers yet I had to say sorry as we were supposed to drive Beng to KLIA the next morning to check in hours before his flight at 10.45am.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Whether kosong or not, you have been a true friend to her.

KoSong Cafe said...

Thanks again BH.

It is easy when I am not actually in politics and ambitious and I am open in my opinions.

But, I sensed some might have thought at the time I was going around with her, that I was up to something! So, to avoid any notion that I might even be a spy or something, I decided to commit by joining as a life member which is being processed. LKS promised me that I can criticise him even if I joined.