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.)

Thursday, February 26, 2009

How much is a piece of your mind?


We have come across people giving someone ‘a piece of his mind’ to indicate that he let go of what he had in his mind without holding back anything. ‘No holds barred’ like what Raja Petra’s column is called.

For ‘peace of mind’, I think it is priceless because many people will go a long way towards achieving it.

To me, not having financial commitments helps a lot. My 25-year old BMW 728i is now idle, saving me Rm2,000 a year in road tax and insurance. Now there is hope of Rm5,000 if the proposal becomes a reality, assuming there are no strings attached apart from having to buy a new car (the cheapest will do). Just wondering if it is transferable.

Actually I meant to apply for classic car status but the requirement of 2 other cars in my possession put paid to it. I hope YB Ong Tee Keat can look into the plight of retirees owning big old cars, which are actually unwanted in the market. The policy presumes someone would take advantage of the cheap road tax to use it as everyday car instead. Please be realistic, it would cost a bomb to maintain. So please try and get rid of this silly requirement please.

In the popular website, Mudah.com, I have actually come across an advertisement for sale of an unregistered re-conditioned BMW 645 with a note indicating ‘cheaper road tax can be arranged’! Just wonder on what basis, can anybody be able to do that?

In the same website, I have often come across advertisers mixing up Mercedes Masterpiece with Masterpeace. Honestly, with my deteriorating memory, sometimes I get confused too, not knowing what is real or surreal, or what is correct and what isn’t. Like they say, if you repeat a falsehood many times, people might take it as the truth!

Again, using the advertisements as examples, I have even come across a house with 2 stories (to tell?) for say, Rm140,000.

This reminds me of a late mechanic who mixed up ‘cancer’ with ‘cancel’ and described someone with cancer as having a death sentence, using his hand to gesture crossing out with a pen. Fortunately, with the advance in medical science, cancer is not necessarily a death sentence.

When someone drifts into a coma, does he know what others around him, say? Will a coma lead to death, like a comma in a sentence ending with a full stop?

Just my mind wondering and wandering, with my fingers doing the talk.

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