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.)

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Some basic laws of Nature...

I would say these laws seem to be based on the mother of them all: Murphy's Law, which according to Wikipedia: ...is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong"...

I am coining the first three as The Mechanic's Curse...

LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
(Or the postman comes along with a registered letter which needs your acknowledgement.)
LAW OF THE WORKSHOP
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
(Someone had come up with a metal stick which has a magnetic tip just for this purpose.)
LAW OF THE RESULT:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will!
( like when the car owner trying to prove to the mechanic.)


LAW OF TELEPHONE:
When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.
(But it has been proven that when someone you want to speak to in private, returns your call it is when your spouse is next to you!) This leads to the next law...

LAW OF ENCOUNTERS:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
(There is also the more likely chance of meeting someone you do not wish to meet, at the smallest of enclosure! There is a Chinese saying, “Yin kah lou chark” or 'enemies meeting each other when walking a narrow lane'.)

BATH THEOREM:
When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.
(Not much of a problem when there is nobody else at home! Just run to the phone. Or, if you had Caller Identification service, you can easily return call (that is, if you want to!)


LAW OF BIOMECHANICS:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
(The Chinese has a simple 'part khau yan' or 'no need to ask other's help' which is made of wood with the tip looking like a small hand.)

LAW OF THE ALIBI:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
(karma for telling a lie in the first place?)

LAW OF QUEUE:
If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.
(my wife has the tendency to take the old road with the slightest of traffic jam along the expressway, even though it might take twice the time!)

LAW OF COFFEE:
As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
(You could have been busy all day in the absence of your boss!)

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