What does the future holds...?

I wonder what will happen to our dear country, say in the next 20 years, with our current political scene...?
Ever since Dr. M stepped down it seemed that things have gone a bit shaky...and the last two years have seen various events taking place...not so good ones...to be 'fair' there are also one or two good ones...like how people say we are lucky that we were not hit as badly as other countries with the current economy turmoil..(but perhaps this has less to do with the current gov actions/decisions? it's 'something laid down' last time?)
anyway sometimes it really makes one think...(i think too much at times;PP)...would I want to continue living in Msia if I ever have the chance to live elsewhere? (considering the gov and political factor, not so much of the others...i know our country is a nice place to live in in many other aspects)...do I want my next generation to undergo the country's educational system? (my heart is already screaming a thousand, a billion NO!!)
...when you see our politicians speak and argue in the 'dewan'...sometimes its like kids arguing...and they make suggestions or ideas such as:
1...changing name of Jalan Alor to Jalan Kejora...?!
2...no more women on ads...?!
3...signage boards should or should not bear this language / that language...?!
4...yoga not allowed for...?!

...and then the locking up people who blogs openly on certain issues...?!
and a whole list of I can't remember what...really feel like 吃饱没事做...when there are a whole lot of serious problems waiting to be solved...and then all they do is argue and argue, with no solid conclusions but confusions
...that sometimes a layman on the road could be asking 'why so stupid ar?'
...I wonder what the future holds for us and our next generation?....better prepare ourselves...but don't get the wrong idea...I love my country...and hence voicing out my worries...

Politics and our every day lives

I so wanted to write something about our current politics scenario but I would not want to risk myself with the Internal Security Act (ISA)...so I guess I'd better keep quiet...as I always get myself into trouble for being too straight-forward...and I guess it's alright with friends as they forgive my foolishness but ISA is not exactly a friend so I'd better not fool around (buoy, it's so hard resisting...!!!)

anyway I guess it does affect our daily lives...I was in a friend's place when my boss called and informed me of possible threatening situations due to demonstration targetting at chinese and indians...that I should avoid hot areas ...and according to a reliable source, the said demonstration has been carried out the day before...I came home and told mum, mum said it's weird that she didnt get it on the newspaper or TV news...(well, you should know how bias is our media by now)...but yeah, my point is that...if the May 13th 1969 incident really repeat itself...it would be such a shame to the country and government and society as a whole...but luckily there's was nothing heard so I guess it's alright....
...and the day right after Election...the stock market was badly affected with foreign investors pulling out...

so...while I was really anticipating the change of a government/leader for the better...I now realize that there are considerable risks for the bet for the better...I am sure no Malaysians wants anything like what happened in Nairobi, Kenya...but still, I am positive that things will change for the better...but people need to be calm...and most importantly RATIONAL (easy word, hard act)~~~~
...dont say that I do not love the country...I critize, I comment, I say things against it all because I care about it...(people always think that I dont love Malaysia...ok, yes to a certain extent I hate certain things but I mean THINGS: systems, etc and NOT this piece of land!!!)...hopefully we see things changing for the better in months to come...let's wait and see...

HOT HOT HOT Malaysian 12th General Election!!

woooohooohooo~~~~
I am certainly a bad Malaysian many would put it...
Reason?! I didn't "fulfill my responsibility as a citizen" because I didnt cast my vote...
oh well, sorry what ever it is about it is my right bla bla bla bla...
but until I know who I am voting for...until I know what are those political issues I read in the newspaper are all about...until I know what fishy things people do when it comes to politics...
I will remain "neutral" by not voting....
you may say I am irresponsible...stupid...etc
but well, I dont see much point when someone who cast his/her vote not knowing much of what he/she is doing...someone might want to correct me here...but I am seriously wondering, of all those who vote, how many know exactly what they are doing (i.e. the person they are voting? what do they do...etc)? The extreme I would point out is definitely things like....in a jokingly manner, people always say, how they would trick some old folks into voting for them...by saying: "If you hate this party/person, then just put a Cross for it"...smart huh? funny...but seriously speaking, this would really work for some...and there are many unknown techniques also...and then in today's paper...the (normal) blocking of buses (carrying voters) by supporters of a party in an attempt to try to stop these people from voting...stupid act...and then there's even killing for goodness sake...really like what you would get on TV...kill your enemy and you think you can win that way?!
with the many unknown and unseen act...things can be really horrible to the imagination...
anyway...all that being said...I am still very very intensely interested in the result for this election....it is extremely interesting when DAP was inofficially announced to have won Penang!!! (Dr Koh Tsu Koon lose is a bit of a surprise...!) well, it's not like I am siding DAP or BN or any party for that matter...but I am supporting the idea of something fresh...perhaps we would be able to see something different, for a change...Penang might be lucky (or unlucky: 50:50)...but hey, I think people want a change after so many years...I myself certainly welcome change...but well, it will not be possible for Kuala Lumpur as a whole I think as this will mean a change of the cerntral government!! (but still, that nothing is impossible 100% I guess)...PAS won Titiwangsa (a district of KL)...anyway, can't wait for the result to be compiled fully tomorrow...
shall go and stick to the tube and follow the latest election update...
hehehe, can't manage to do any work...and can't stop myself from penning something about election here...

The coming goverment...

Malaysia's election is coming again...hmm...times flies...meaning another 5 years had past ..ok, well not exactly 5 years yet, the last election was in 2004...I remember that was the first year I was supposed to carry out my responsibility as a citizen (eligible from age 21) to cast vote...but bleah...I didn't ...I was a care-less citizen back then...plus, I don't really know the politicians or the details of their work...I mean, so what if they keep campaigning and promote themselves...go to the market and speak to some aunties selling vegetables, greet some grandmothers buying meat...tease some babies in their mothers' arms?
..and then when you turn on the news during campaigning period, you hear all their promises...so many that you probably won't remember much after the election...if what they promise before you vote for them are actually realized or not? so yeah...I mean, they try to make everyone vote for them, but then again, how many of those who voted, know who they are voting for? and if they do not know the person then how good is the vote then?

...in fact this year, I personally have a very small interest to cast vote:PP.. but unfortunately though, I'm not home, I could do it online or through the M'sian Embassy in Belgium though...but then again, the procedure is not exactly hassle-free...and the biggest concern is still the fact that I dont know much about politics..about the person whom I might be voting for...perhaps I should start paying attention to what they do from this year onwards and see if I could decide for the next election? haha...then my next concern is, how long will my interest stay in following what they do...? hehehe...so bleahz...I dont know if I'll ever cast any vote in this sense...though part of me seriously am hoping for a better government...(when this concern is raised, you hear some politicians saying something like the Malaysian government is already very good (that we citizens should appreciate!) and then giving examples of countries without functioning goverments or those in a political mess.... I wonder how many people would buy this kind of comment?...if you compare yourself to someone poorer than you, you'll forever be superior...and so you probably won't need to improve anymore, things are just so good already?!...on the other hand, on a wider perspective...we dont even need to look far, just turn our heads to our neighbouring country down south...and some others in the Sounth East Asia region or even the wider Asia continent...why are some countries able to do so well? some countries were poorer than us few decades ago and if we compare now, they are developing at such a speedy rate with obvious improvement in people's living of all aspects...shouldn't our government learnt from these government on how to serve the people?
...but well, what ever it is let's hope that the coming government (it will stay the same party anyway, not saying that it's no good but it's always been the case for a few decades..I wonder what would it be like if the strongest opposition party wins to be government?..will never know though, unless it really happens...
...shall end all my crapzz here and go cook my lunch...shucks, can't believe I blog about politics?!

Day One of 2008: Malaysia National Headline~MOH Minister...

...sis sent a link...which was something surprizing (and yet not really so surprizing)...about our Malaysian politics...politicians caught red-handed of sex-scandal...
and this time it's our Minister of Health, I didnt follow up the whole news, but just saw the clip on youtube...at first I thought, well, it must be 'courageous' for him to admit it publicly to the whole country...but then again, like sis said, it's easy to recognize the person in the clip...so perhaps in a way, it's better for him to admit it himself and early enough than waiting for people to discover him...at least now that he owned up, people like me would still give him two cents worth of pity...
...and yes, quite certainly he will be sacked..so good bye Datuk! but then again, I seriously wonder what would happen if he is not a Chinese? would they keep him? or how would they handle the case?
...and then of course I am also thinking that it's unlucky of him getting caught, or rather to get trapped (the video was of coz shot secretly)...and we are sure that there are many others out there doing this kind of thing...should I say, welcome to the adult world?...it's really funny how could they mess things up like this...I mean, these politicians have such high reputation, and are they not supposedly rationale leaders?!...and apart from themselves, all that they do affect their families...so dont they think twice before they do launch into action?...even in having pleasure? ...ahem, should really label this post as 18SX but anyway, now that the whole country knew it, doesn't matter anymore, since little primary school kids might just ask their parents what did our dear minister do exactly?
...and even if we don't talk about reputation, politics and all...why can't they stay loyal to their families? why do something like this that could so easily jeorpadize themselves and affect their families? and it is even very very wrong for any lay man on the street to betray his family with this kind of act..let alone leaders of the community? what does it mean when this kind of act takes place? ...satisfaction from home is never enough? or that any wild illegal act is always exciting? ...well, guess that's part of human nature, the lust and evil desire always get the better of them...(shucks, I must be so naive to be overwhelmed like this...)
...and with him getting sacked it would certainly affect the political party somehow, as he has a big port folio in the cabinet...and I wonder how would the next person perform? not to mention, one chinese less in the cabinet...
...anyway...this is a good example to show the fact that...humans are prone to wrong-doings...and public figures are unfortunately the target of those keen on catching them doing these acts...and I guess certain conducts, once done, the harm remains...you could never reverse things...and the harm probably affects your loved ones as well...I really pity his wife and children...
hmm...I hope I wont get into trouble for a post like this..talk about freedom of speech, I wonder to what extent it exists in Malaysia?