Last Wednesday when I was still in PJ, I was about to set off with Cheng to buy some breakfast when I noticed a distinct lack of vehicles passing by. It was 8.30am and I was sure it seemed like a holiday. Later, I actually phoned my friend to ask if it was one!
This morning back in BG, when I bought the Sunday Star, I looked at the front page header 'Going Public' with a big picture of a usually busy part of KL but with an unusual lack of traffic jam. So it is confirmed we are actually travelling less.
Though I am among the many who still want to know how much of Petronas earnings had gone to waste, it is a blessing in disguise that we are more careful when we want to travel. Now, we are more conscious and actually plan our journeys.
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
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