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.)

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

A Dictionary of Truisms

Atom Bomb
An invention to end all inventions.. 
Bank
A place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.
Bus
A vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
Boss
Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.
Career
A job where you just wanted pay checks.
Change
Something inevitable, except from a vending machine.
Classic
Books, which people praise, but do not read. 
Clear conscience
Usually a sign of bad memory.
Committee
Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together. 
Compromise
The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece. 
Conference
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present. 
Conference Room
A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on. 
Criminal
A person no different from the rest … except that he/she got caught. 
Cuddling
There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
Dictionary
A place where success comes before work.
Diplomat 
Someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
Divorce
Future tense of Marriage.
Doctor
A person who holds your ills by pills, and kills you by bills. 
Dolphin
A kind of fish so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
Etc.
A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do. 
Evening news
Where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
Experience
The name men give to their mistakes. 
Father
A banker provided by nature.
Forgiveness 
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
Grow up
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
Happiness
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
Hospitality
Art of making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
Indecisive
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
Learn
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
Lecture
An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either" 
Life Insurance
A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich. 
Marriage
It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.
Money
Can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
Nostalgia
A state of mind when something isn't what it used to be.
Nurse:
A person who wakes you up to give you sleeping pills. 
Office
A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
Pessimist
Always borrow money from one. He won't expect it back.
Philosopher
A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise.
Plagiarism
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
Politician
One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after 
Smile
A curve that can set a lot of things straight. 
School
A place where parents pay and children play.
Target 
To be sure of hitting one, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
Tears
The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower. 
War
A battle which does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Work station
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
Yawn
The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth. 

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