Tuesday, February 24, 2009

"What Makes A Malaysian A Malaysian? "

What Makes A Malaysian A Malaysian?


1. A typical young Malaysian can name all the players from a top
English Premier League club, but ask him to name one football player from Malaysia, he cannot!


2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When Maxis Broadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects. When WiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you say StreamyX still the best lah.


3. When highway toll price increase, you complain. When petrol price increase, you complain. When you go Starbucks buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.


4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walk very far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall and there's SALE, run from one end of 1Utama to the other, that one NO COMPLAINT.


5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you're late is always either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot find parking.


6. You have a parent who forces you to take science stream in high school, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask you to forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.


7. You know someone who can specially develop an angmoh accent when speaking to an American / British / Australian.


8. You complain against the government in kopitiam, you talk loud loud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud. Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Opposition organise a protest and ask you to go, you dun wan. Scared later kena tangkap by ISA.


9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people below queuing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.


10. When you pay RM10 for something that costs RM1, you blame the Chinese.


11. When a government service is too slow, you blame the Malays.


12. When a building is not good and collapsed, you blame the Indians.


13. When a Chinese student won a scholarship, you say 'Wah! Very clever hor?' When a Malay student won a scholarship, you say 'Aiya! Of course lah! He Malay mah!'


14. When an angmoh stranger kisses you on the cheek to say hello, you very happy. When a Malaysian guy kisses you on the cheek to say hello, you slap him in face.


ex:this article is taken from an email which is forward by my friend.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

一个霹雳子民的心声


916时,国会反对党领袖安华放话表示,他信心十足能从国阵手中夺过中央政权,开创全新朝代的马来西亚民主国家。当时,公正党领袖们也不甘示弱,个个来势汹汹,纷纷重申他们手上拥有约四十名准备跳槽到民联的国阵议员名单,绝对足够推翻国阵政府,成立新政府而惊动一时。

几个月后的今天,民联始终无法夺过中央政权;但属民联执政州属之一的霹雳州却被国阵在26日给推翻了。鼓吹跳槽变天的安华不但无法拉拢议员加入民联,反被国阵以牙还牙,控手让出得来不易的霹雳州政权。

正当传闻国阵议员跳槽至民联时,各方都拍手支持,不约而同地说是个非常理智的做法,议员想法开通民主;但随着霹雳民联议员跳至国阵时,个个都指他们为民族叛徒,民主死亡。同样的做法,却招来不一样的结果及看法。与此同时,在野政客还大力反对跳槽方式夺权,说话前言不对后语,这种行为简直如同只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯之意。

虽然笔者也不同意以跳槽方式来夺取政权,因为这是一种非常不民主、不尊重选民决定及主权的做法,把选民的选票当作玩笑。但现在变天事件已成定局,就算是再乱下去也无补于事,霹雳子民不如以平常心接受苏丹的裁决及乐观的角度来接受国阵州政府吧。

话说回来,身为霹雳子民之一的笔者认为议员跳槽问题并不出自于国阵,而是议员们的原属政党阵线。倘若原属政党能上下一心,党内团结,融洽相处,公平对待每个党员,试问跳槽分波导致变天事件会发生吗?

再者,候选人的素质也是造成霹雳变天主因之一。我们无可否认,去年大选后出现许多飞上枝头变凤凰的人民代议士。一群原本只会在巴刹里炮轰这不好,投诉那不对,说话有时牛头不对马嘴的普通小市民。随着一股反风狂吹,投党不投人的308大选关照之下,一夜之间身份大逆转,穿起西装,打起领带,当起官来。这些政坛新秀有者对政治并不了解,朝野也分不清,敢问在这样的情况之下,问题怎么不会发生呢?

308政治大海啸后,我们一直生处在一个水深火热的环境当中。在这将近一年的时间内,各政党几乎天天都互相讥讽及辱骂对方阵营,政治领袖全都把时间及精神放在政局的动态,忽略了民生问题、国家发展等重要课题,这已严重地失去外资介入的信心,进而导致我国经济雪上加霜。

民联,与其一直对骂下去,那倒不如把时间放在监督新任州政府上,以人民利益为主要前提,让霹雳子民们有个安稳的生活,进步的州属,这是州内子民想所期待的。

Saturday, February 14, 2009

10个月的霹雳民联政府



这张海报是我于上个月华人农历新年除夕夜回家时所拍摄的。谁知,拍摄不到半个月内,霹雳变天了。

我居住的地方正是原任大臣尼查的州选区内,在他担任了大臣后,我村里的基本设施也改变了不少,如:村内多了几盏路灯,路上的洞口也少了,市议会前来收垃圾的次数也比之前多了,毕竟是大臣区嘛,所以就有些特别好的对待吧。

这张海报设计不错,是我在村内住了将近20年第一次看到由州政府向我们贺岁,各行政议员穿上官服的肖像,以笑引人,说声恭喜发财!

但他们可能也想不到竟然会被海报里的两人背叛,导致倒台。导致这张州政府的新春海报有效几周,206后就不是政府了。

昨天回家时,发现这张海报失踪了,不知它身在何处。。我这所摄影的这张照片也因此成为历史了~~