No matter how low life can get you no matter how deep a hold you can be no matetr how lost you feel there is always a song that can lift you. For me this in one of it. I aint a great fan of Malay songs but I am a fan of the talent and the depth some of the singers and songwriters formthe Sudirman, to P.Ramlee, to Alleycat to Man Bai to Sheila Majid to many more including this guy ( I could smile and sing to this)
ZAINAL ABIDIN » Ikhlas Tapi Jauh
Bila bila kiranya diriku perlu, Hari yang murung
Terdengar nada yang riang ria
Sekali suara meyakinkan jiwa, Kaku langkah mengaguminya
Kaku menerimanya
Selagi bahuku, Memikul bebannya
Selagi hayatku, Merasa siksamu
Selama senyuman, Menjadi senyumku
Ku bawa wajahmu, Walau diriku jauh ..
Jauh ..
Bila bila kiranya diriku perlu, Hari yang murung
Terdengar nada yang riang
We are so young and free, Full of desire, flying higher and higher
Oooh .. feel so strong ..
Selagi bahuku, Memikul bebannya
Selagi hayatku, Merasa siksamu
Selama senyuman, Menjadi senyumku
Ku bawa wajahmu, Walau diriku jauh ..
Jauh ..
Selagi bahuku, Memikul bebannya
Selagi hayatku, Merasa siksamu
Selama senyuman, Menjadi senyumku
Ku bawa wajahmu, Walau diriku jauh ..
Jauh ..
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
"Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
A special dedication to a fren!!
My past life you may know some of it but it will never give you the right judge me for the way I live my life now. A horse with blinders just working on instinct. Thats how wrong you are
My past life you may know some of it but it will never give you the right judge me for the way I live my life now. A horse with blinders just working on instinct. Thats how wrong you are
"Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
(As recorded by Joe South)
JOE SOUTH
If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour
If we could find a way to get inside each other's mind
If you could see me through your eyes instead of your ego
I believe you'd be surprised to see that you'd been blind.
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
And before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes.
Now your whole world you see around you is just a reflection
And the law of common says you reap just what you sow
So unless you've lived a life of total perfection
You'd better be careful of every stone that you throw.
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
And before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes.
And yet we spend the day throwing stones at one another
'Cause I don't think or wear my hair the same way you do
Well I may be common people but I'm your brother
And when you strike out and try to hurt me its a-hurtin' you.
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
And before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes.
There are people on reservations and out in the ghettos
And brother there but for the grace of God go you and I
If I only had the wings of a little angel
Don't you know I'd fly to the top of the mountain, and then I'd cry.
Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
And before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes, shoes.
(c) Copyright 1969 by Lowery Music Co., Inc.
- SONG HITS, Summer 1974.
Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz)
Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz) disease is a progressive brain disorder that gradually destroys a person’s memory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out daily activities. As Alzheimer’s progresses, individuals may also experience changes in personality and behavior, such as anxiety, suspiciousness or agitation, as well as delusions or hallucinations.
Although there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s, new treatments are on the horizon as a result of accelerating insight into the biology of the disease. Research has also shown that effective care and support can improve quality of life for individuals and their caregivers over the course of the disease from diagnosis to the end of life.
Hope never to have it
Although there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s, new treatments are on the horizon as a result of accelerating insight into the biology of the disease. Research has also shown that effective care and support can improve quality of life for individuals and their caregivers over the course of the disease from diagnosis to the end of life.
The usual first symptom noticed is short term memory loss which progresses from seemingly simple and often fluctuating forgetfulness (with which the disease should not be confused) to a more pervasive loss of short-term memory, then of familiar and well-known skills or objects or persons. Aphasia, disorientation and disinhibition often accompany the loss of memory. Alzheimer's disease may also include behavioral changes, such as outbursts of violence or excessive passivity in people who have no previous history of such behavior. In the later stages, deterioration of musculature and mobility, leading to bedfastness, inability to feed oneself, and incontinence, will be seen if death from some external cause (e.g. heart attack or pneumonia) does not intervene. Average duration of the disease is approximately 7–10 years, although cases are known where reaching the final stage occurs within 4–5 years, or in some reported cases up to 22 years.
Stages and symptoms
- Mild — At the early stage of the disease, patients have a tendency to become less energetic or spontaneous, though changes in their behavior often goes unnoticed even by the patients' immediate family.
- Moderate — As the disease progresses to the middle stage, the patient might still be able to perform tasks independently, but may need assistance with more complicated activities.
- Severe — As the disease progresses from the middle to late stage, the patient will undoubtedly not be able to perform even the simplest of tasks on their own and will need constant supervision. They may even lose the ability to walk or eat without assistance.
Hope never to have it
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
A song for the times
Sting - Fragile
If blood will flow, when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color, of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain, will wash the stains away
But something in our minds
will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence
and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
this is one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard. tells us how valuable our lives are, but we dont realize it until they're lost ... at least thats what i think of when i listen to it. the 'true' message/s (not the one that i have in mind) would have to be: how meaningless violence is, how valuable our lives are etc.
Mindless robberies, people getting killed for the wrong reasons, people killing for the wrong reasons, hate crimes, people hurting other with words sigh on and on and on
If blood will flow, when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color, of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain, will wash the stains away
But something in our minds
will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence
and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
this is one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard. tells us how valuable our lives are, but we dont realize it until they're lost ... at least thats what i think of when i listen to it. the 'true' message/s (not the one that i have in mind) would have to be: how meaningless violence is, how valuable our lives are etc.
Mindless robberies, people getting killed for the wrong reasons, people killing for the wrong reasons, hate crimes, people hurting other with words sigh on and on and on
Monday, December 04, 2006
Dependancy
To what level does your dependency indicate your action to be false or contridicting??
Lets understand the meaning of dependency
When 2 people leading saperate lives saperate function and are moving forward since when being does the word being dependent apply when casual task, favour thing to and responsibilities are resiprocated. Some people are just too blind to see when they judge you from the back. Sorry if it stings you deserve this.
To be independently and yet work hand in hand dun mean dependent. What a pity to the language
dependence: lack of independence or self-sufficiency
Lets understand the meaning of dependency
When 2 people leading saperate lives saperate function and are moving forward since when being does the word being dependent apply when casual task, favour thing to and responsibilities are resiprocated. Some people are just too blind to see when they judge you from the back. Sorry if it stings you deserve this.
To be independently and yet work hand in hand dun mean dependent. What a pity to the language
Definitions of dependency on the Web:
Dormicum / Midazolam
Midazolam, also known by the trade names Versed®, Hypnovel® and Dormicum®, is a benzodiazepine drug with an imidazole structure. Used commonly as an anxiolytic, amnesia, hypnotic and sedative, this medication provides an effect similar to diazepam, but with a quicker onset and shorter duration.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormicum
Dormicum is a psychotropic drug that can be prescribed only by a registered medical practitioner. This drug is prescribed for insomnia and anxiety.
Dormicum abuse side effects are drowsiness during the day, numbed emotions, reduced alertness, confusion, fatigue, headache, dizziness, muscle weakness, ataxia or double vision. Other side effects like gastrointestinal disturbances, changes in libido or skin reactions have been reported occasionally.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormicum
Dormicum is a psychotropic drug that can be prescribed only by a registered medical practitioner. This drug is prescribed for insomnia and anxiety.
Dormicum abuse side effects are drowsiness during the day, numbed emotions, reduced alertness, confusion, fatigue, headache, dizziness, muscle weakness, ataxia or double vision. Other side effects like gastrointestinal disturbances, changes in libido or skin reactions have been reported occasionally.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Day 33
Commie - thansk for the invite to waikiki and offering me coke all night long but I had to decline and more important things on myplate.
Anyway when I start the drink you gonna buy me is Whiski Sour
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.
Anyway when I start the drink you gonna buy me is Whiski Sour
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.
Bob Dylan - Knockin On Heaven's Door
Time for a song... to sing the negativeness away
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
This is my favorite Bob original, it's a very simple song, but there's just something about it that made me fall in love with it. There are many variations of the second verse, and i think version with The Grateful Dead is one of the best.
The dylan version of this song was about the death of a soldier, and i assume gnr interpreted it as such when they decided to cover. Still, the gnr version seems to also convey a sense of evaluating your life and wondering if you've really living it the way you want to. It a song you can sing any which way and still give out a damm good impact.
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
This is my favorite Bob original, it's a very simple song, but there's just something about it that made me fall in love with it. There are many variations of the second verse, and i think version with The Grateful Dead is one of the best.
The dylan version of this song was about the death of a soldier, and i assume gnr interpreted it as such when they decided to cover. Still, the gnr version seems to also convey a sense of evaluating your life and wondering if you've really living it the way you want to. It a song you can sing any which way and still give out a damm good impact.
An Interesting read on the web
Are you too nice? How can anyone be "too nice"? Isn’t being "nice" a good quality to have in a relationship?
Yes, it’s true that people will value niceness in others, but if your way of being nice is to suppress your own needs constantly, you are being too nice for your own good. If you always put the needs of others first, and your own needs last, if you don’t speak out when your own needs are ignored, then you are being too nice for your own good.
When you express your niceness as a sign of genuine respect, kindness and interest in another person, it is a wonderful quality to have. When the "niceness" is a by-product of low self-esteem, passivity, or desperate loneliness, it can be a liability, and can make other people feel uneasy, guilty, or even attract the sort of people who are willing to exploit you.
- Oh boy!! Got a few around me
Yes, it’s true that people will value niceness in others, but if your way of being nice is to suppress your own needs constantly, you are being too nice for your own good. If you always put the needs of others first, and your own needs last, if you don’t speak out when your own needs are ignored, then you are being too nice for your own good.
When you express your niceness as a sign of genuine respect, kindness and interest in another person, it is a wonderful quality to have. When the "niceness" is a by-product of low self-esteem, passivity, or desperate loneliness, it can be a liability, and can make other people feel uneasy, guilty, or even attract the sort of people who are willing to exploit you.
- Oh boy!! Got a few around me
How long do we pay the price?
Or how long people think we need to pay the price (read it with a pinch of salt)
Today someone asked me in Kuantan how long should one pay the price for mistakes committed. A very interesting predicament when one is caught between a rock and a hard place (damm where the drink when I need one lol Day 32)
In life you have the justice system which in recent time seem to be dishing various kinds of punishment for the same crime. Aint justice supposed to be blind.
Close to home, on the level of relationships, there is never justice in the punishment served for the crimes committed. No justice from the point of view of the receiver, the giver and especially the idiots who think its their god given right to say and expect you to accept their saying.
Not that you shouldn't have since you doubt the price would be any higher than what you've been paying for that one mistake long ago.
Forgetting a person's mistake, or error, or indiscretion, does not mean that should they continue to do the same thing, we will allow them to get away with the next one and the next. It does mean we will not continue to berate them for something that has been done and is in the past.
We can choose selective forgetting, keeping the information we've learned as a reference so that we will not be blindsided in the future.
I been going thru a lot in recent time and my blog will reflect. There is a lot I do not add in my blog because it does not have to be there. Those which I add are without fear or favour. I have found in recent time people who interact with me personally and at the same time read my blog seem to be more interested in analysing me, or drawing a conclusion. From words used and pics used it became the gospel truth. This resulted in me trying to justify myself.
I have always advocated my self as a dun-fuck-with-me person but ironically as I type this Jen sends me an sms "U know, we are both idiots who choose to wallow"
I laughed and replied "True" I also added "we are idiots who choose to swallow at the shit thrown at us"
How true? No a day goes by where friends, family people who instigate, who question, who do not appreciate you, who keep reminding you of your so called actions/past mistakes" Trust me I got my constant reminder
Give me the strength to continue to pay for my mistakes and give them the strength that I have moved on and want a better life. Give me the strength to stand and face them and give them the strength to let bygones by bygones
People want to move on at their own pace and their own choice at their own plan they do not need a reminder how they needed to live their lives, not a reminder on the way they conduct themselves in the past(therefore logically it be the same now), not a reminder that despite legacy being around thing have changed as we daily do not need to be reminded/reflected on it.
Not to be reminded that I know my responsibility, my conviction, my sacrifices what the heck the very reason I am here was because I choose to sacrifice for the greater good. You dont see me taking a front page ad. Fuck it was not even my fucking mistake and they call me in human
Some have moved on and move forward, some want to but why are there some keep reminded them of their past.
Give me the strength to stop paying the price.
Today someone asked me in Kuantan how long should one pay the price for mistakes committed. A very interesting predicament when one is caught between a rock and a hard place (damm where the drink when I need one lol Day 32)
In life you have the justice system which in recent time seem to be dishing various kinds of punishment for the same crime. Aint justice supposed to be blind.
Close to home, on the level of relationships, there is never justice in the punishment served for the crimes committed. No justice from the point of view of the receiver, the giver and especially the idiots who think its their god given right to say and expect you to accept their saying.
Not that you shouldn't have since you doubt the price would be any higher than what you've been paying for that one mistake long ago.
Forgetting a person's mistake, or error, or indiscretion, does not mean that should they continue to do the same thing, we will allow them to get away with the next one and the next. It does mean we will not continue to berate them for something that has been done and is in the past.
We can choose selective forgetting, keeping the information we've learned as a reference so that we will not be blindsided in the future.
I been going thru a lot in recent time and my blog will reflect. There is a lot I do not add in my blog because it does not have to be there. Those which I add are without fear or favour. I have found in recent time people who interact with me personally and at the same time read my blog seem to be more interested in analysing me, or drawing a conclusion. From words used and pics used it became the gospel truth. This resulted in me trying to justify myself.
I have always advocated my self as a dun-fuck-with-me person but ironically as I type this Jen sends me an sms "U know, we are both idiots who choose to wallow"
I laughed and replied "True" I also added "we are idiots who choose to swallow at the shit thrown at us"
How true? No a day goes by where friends, family people who instigate, who question, who do not appreciate you, who keep reminding you of your so called actions/past mistakes" Trust me I got my constant reminder
Give me the strength to continue to pay for my mistakes and give them the strength that I have moved on and want a better life. Give me the strength to stand and face them and give them the strength to let bygones by bygones
People want to move on at their own pace and their own choice at their own plan they do not need a reminder how they needed to live their lives, not a reminder on the way they conduct themselves in the past(therefore logically it be the same now), not a reminder that despite legacy being around thing have changed as we daily do not need to be reminded/reflected on it.
Not to be reminded that I know my responsibility, my conviction, my sacrifices what the heck the very reason I am here was because I choose to sacrifice for the greater good. You dont see me taking a front page ad. Fuck it was not even my fucking mistake and they call me in human
Some have moved on and move forward, some want to but why are there some keep reminded them of their past.
Give me the strength to stop paying the price.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Strength
i do not know my strength
nor see myself as other people do
i can not be all things
to others or please all for
the sake of keeping peace
death will come swiftly
when everyone wants a piece of me
and there is not enough
of me to go around
my strength slowly depletes
i turn a deaf ear to the men
whose own ears ignored my pleas
forgiving them a given
though forgetting so difficult
i release those that built this prison
i have never known my strength
to endure the unspeakable
giving life my all to
those who would just as soon
see me fall from lack of breath
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
It would be nice to be appreciated... sometimes we give so much but receive so little in return. Definitely a 10/10 - Vadai
nor see myself as other people do
i can not be all things
to others or please all for
the sake of keeping peace
death will come swiftly
when everyone wants a piece of me
and there is not enough
of me to go around
my strength slowly depletes
i turn a deaf ear to the men
whose own ears ignored my pleas
forgiving them a given
though forgetting so difficult
i release those that built this prison
i have never known my strength
to endure the unspeakable
giving life my all to
those who would just as soon
see me fall from lack of breath
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
It would be nice to be appreciated... sometimes we give so much but receive so little in return. Definitely a 10/10 - Vadai
No bozo
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)
Are You Paying The Price Of Discipline Or Regret? - Tim Connor
In life, we either pay the price of discipline or the price of regret. We pay these prices in all areas of life: our careers, relationships, health, spiritual development, and financial affairs. It is unfortunate that many of people, yours truly included, often fail to comprehend this simple law of life and its consequences. Life's laws are just that - they do not care whether you agree with them or like them - they just are. They are totally insensitive to your whining or your hoping
Let me explain. The laws that apply to all of life’s issues such as discipline, commitment, patience, integrity, practice, self-control and focus. These laws either help us live with freedom, peace and harmony, or heartache, failure, regrets and misfortune as we move along the path of life. Much of the latter could be avoided (not all of it) if we would only understand, accept and integrate this simple truth into our lives.
The price of discipline are those daily doses of exercise, self-reliance, self-discipline and moderation in our life affairs, our eating habits, our relationship strategies such as open and honest communication, and managing our resources wisely.
The lack of these daily little disciplines accumulate day by day and year by year until each of us inherits the long-term consequences of these small yet recurring mis-deeds.
I have had many personal experiences where the daily lack of discipline one day came back and haunted me. I am discovering through these learning experiences that no one is immune to this law. Arrogance, ignorance or a combination of both are no excuse, and life really doesn’t give a twit if you claim any of the three as your master. Sooner or later we pay one way or another. Discipline weighs ounces, while regrets weigh tons.
The pain of discipline is nothing compared to the sting of regret.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Singapore Calling Malaysia Living
There are obvious moments in life when you know you need to change jobs. Then there are other moments that you don't realize it you should and it could have a bad long term affect future opportunities.
You could want to change jobs out of many reasons, job dissatisfaction, finances, new unexpected opportunities.
For me this time would be Finance.
Lets see where this goes
You could want to change jobs out of many reasons, job dissatisfaction, finances, new unexpected opportunities.
For me this time would be Finance.
Lets see where this goes
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Haitus
Being not able to blog has its good and bad but I kind of need it. Still having people who try to question me thinking they have the authorise and you have other people who let sleeping dogs sleep. These are the kinds of people who surround me.
Still Few things I need to point out
DECEMBER 1ST
Take Action
SECONDLY
with all the around me and being caught up in the over all picture there are more bigger and mroe important things taking place in life. A picture in space, looks like an eye but actually it is........ guess for your self
Still Few things I need to point out
DECEMBER 1ST
Take Action
Around forty million people are living with HIV throughout the world - and that number increases in every region every day. In the UK alone, more than 60,000 people are living with HIV and more than 7,000 more are diagnosed every year. Ignorance and prejudice are fuelling the spread of a preventable disease.
World AIDS Day, 1 December is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This year, it's up to you, me and us to stop the spread of HIV and end prejudice.
This starts by taking action.
SECONDLY
with all the around me and being caught up in the over all picture there are more bigger and mroe important things taking place in life. A picture in space, looks like an eye but actually it is........ guess for your self
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Taking a Break
Date 25th Nov.
Sitting down in my home mind blank, down with flu
Last post here was Nov 19, going to take a break from blogging
Mentally exhausted why
1. Working damm to hard
2. Some people who over analyze me and my conducts
3. Some people who just cant shut up
4. Family playing politics resulting in a trip to Ktn to assert my self and draw lines.
5. Finance eating me up
6. Discarding old ghosts
Along the bylines of this Jnr Vadai was having a bad stomach resulting him in vomiting 15 times when I met him he look so sick but happy to see me.
After sorting Ktn out despite some friends who were in Ktn or had return to Ktn for the weekend... I choose to be by my self...Sitting in Hyatt beach chair listening to music was the solace I had.... Sting of course and a touch of Bob Dylan and Metallica.
I did get a few bugging sms for them to join me but I had already closed that chapter long ago. S0 slam the door shut and enjoy my night. Bout 3 headed back and snuggle with Vadai.
Time get me strength back. Taking a break
Commie, its 25 days ready
Bye
Sitting down in my home mind blank, down with flu
Last post here was Nov 19, going to take a break from blogging
Mentally exhausted why
1. Working damm to hard
2. Some people who over analyze me and my conducts
3. Some people who just cant shut up
4. Family playing politics resulting in a trip to Ktn to assert my self and draw lines.
5. Finance eating me up
6. Discarding old ghosts
Along the bylines of this Jnr Vadai was having a bad stomach resulting him in vomiting 15 times when I met him he look so sick but happy to see me.
After sorting Ktn out despite some friends who were in Ktn or had return to Ktn for the weekend... I choose to be by my self...Sitting in Hyatt beach chair listening to music was the solace I had.... Sting of course and a touch of Bob Dylan and Metallica.
I did get a few bugging sms for them to join me but I had already closed that chapter long ago. S0 slam the door shut and enjoy my night. Bout 3 headed back and snuggle with Vadai.
Time get me strength back. Taking a break
Commie, its 25 days ready
Bye
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Tactical Move or Just the holidays
In an unplanned move, Jnr Vadai has be sent to Ktn for the holidays, granted there are kids his age bracket I actually dont mind but its difficult to read between the lines being away. The move did not get the blessing of all and I only came to know about it the morning of their departure when during my regular chats I was informed bout it.
I think I will make a surprise trip to Ktn midweek (if Boss gives permission and if I can afford it), just to get the feel of the move. Anyway he be happy to see me.
I think I will make a surprise trip to Ktn midweek (if Boss gives permission and if I can afford it), just to get the feel of the move. Anyway he be happy to see me.
From the outside looking in
Kind of the same theme of Svejjen blog, I been haveing this article for a while thought I publish...this is one person's opinion looking from the outside
While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry
MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races — the Malays and the Chinese — owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth and race are not synonymous is important for national cohesion, but really it's time Malaysia grew up.
While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry
MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races — the Malays and the Chinese — owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth and race are not synonymous is important for national cohesion, but really it's time Malaysia grew up.
It's a tough world out there and there can be little sympathy for a country that prefers to argue about how to divide wealth rather than get on with the job of creating it.
The long-held aim is for 30 per cent of corporate equity to be in Malay hands, but the figure that the Government uses to justify handing over huge swathes of public companies to Malays but not to other races is absurd. It bases its figure on equity valued, not at market value, but at par value.
Many shares have a par value of say $1 but a market value of $12. And so the Government figure (18.9 per cent is the most recent figure) is a gross underestimate. Last month a paper by a researcher at a local think-tank came up with a figure of 45 per cent based on actual stock prices. All hell broke loose. The paper was withdrawn and the researcher resigned in protest. Part of the problem is that he is Chinese.
"Malaysia boleh!" is Malaysia's national catch cry. It translates to "Malaysia can!" and Malaysia certainly can. Few countries are as good at wasting money. It is richly endowed with natural resources and the national obsession seems to be to extract these, sell them off and then collectively spray the proceeds up against the wall.
This all happens in the context of Malaysia's grossly inflated sense of its place in the world.
Most Malaysians are convinced that the eyes of the world are on their country and that their leaders are world figures. This is thanks to Malaysia's tame media and the bravado of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. The truth is, few people on the streets of London or New York could point to Malaysia on a map much less name its prime minister or capital city.
As if to make this point, a recent episode of The Simpsons features a newsreader trying to announce that a tidal wave had hit some place called Kuala Lumpur. He couldn't pronounce the city's name and so made up one, as if no-one cared anyway. But the joke was on the script writers — Kuala Lumpur is inland.
Petronas, the national oil company is well run, particularly when compared to the disaster that passes for a national oil company in neighbouring Indonesia. But in some respects, this is Malaysia's problem. The very success of Petronas means that it is used to underwrite all manner of excess.
The KLCC development in central Kuala Lumpur is an example. It includes the Twin Towers, the tallest buildings in the world when they were built, which was their point.
It certainly wasn't that there was an office shortage in Kuala Lumpur — there wasn't.
Malaysians are very proud of these towers. Goodness knows why. They had little to do with them. The money for them came out of the ground and the engineering was contracted out to South Korean companies.
They don't even run the shopping centre that's beneath them. That's handled by Australia's Westfield.
Next year, a Malaysian astronaut will go into space aboard a Russian rocket — the first Malay in space. And the cost? $RM95 million ($A34.3 million), to be footed by Malaysian taxpayers. The Science and Technology Minister has said that a moon landing in 2020 is the next target, aboard a US flight. There's no indication of what the Americans will charge for this, assuming there's even a chance that they will consider it. But what is Malaysia getting by using the space programs of others as a taxi service? There are no obvious technical benefits, but no doubt Malaysians will be told once again, that they are "boleh". The trouble is, they're not. It's not their space program.
Back in July, the Government announced that it would spend $RM490 million on a sports complex near the London Olympics site so that Malaysian athletes can train there and "get used to cold weather".
But the summer Olympics are held in the summer.
So what is the complex's real purpose? The dozens of goodwill missions by ministers and bureaucrats to London to check on the centre's construction and then on the athletes while they train might provide a clue.
Bank bale outs, a formula one racing track, an entire new capital city — Petronas has paid for them all. It's been an orgy of nonsense that Malaysia can ill afford.
Why? Because Malaysia's oil will run out in about 19 years. As it is, Malaysia will become a net oil importer in 2011 — that's just five years away.
So it's in this context that the latest debate about race and wealth is so sad.
It is time to move on, time to prepare the economy for life after oil. But, like Nero fiddling while Rome burned, the Malaysian Government is more interested in stunts like sending a Malaysian into space when Malaysia's inadequate schools could have done with the cash, and arguing about wealth distribution using transparently ridiculous statistics.
That's not Malaysia "boleh", that's Malaysia "bodoh" (stupid).
A year AGO
Last year I published this blog.
Today a year later thanks to him I am back in the grind again. Walking away from hockey and it s politics was difficult as I had many friends but enough was enough...last year at this function I was an honoured guest not because I held the 5th highest position in the national organization but for the person I was and I was thrilled. I still do meet the man from time to time but he has been away on assignment.
This year I was invited to be a member of this social club and I contributed. Last night was the pinnicle of our activities. A small club, dedicated member, its fair share of politics but never one to shy away for it as they bash each other and tongue lash each other for the greater good of the club.
In a coming soon blog which will detail the niht happening but this was me moment. Someone asked who would I allow to partake in this level, mean I would share my joy with something of this magnitude? MY curt simple reply was Jnr Vadai and the old lady
What was my event turned out to be checklist on who was being invited and who was not and who could assume they be invited and who would assume not, then was the twister, those I did not invite but would eventually get a free ticket and show up much to the benefit of me. (Talk about how we can wind thing up). The ironic when I tell some they aint invited they accept it. Why cant the rest be the same or am I expecting too much.
To tell you the truth, in my blog here I am like a tape recorder no matter how many times I hamme the same old song again and again it comes back to haunt me. My rule simple, my event , I invite who I wish and when I wish. If I made a bad call not to invite, dont hold it against me. If you do then dont be my fren. Walk away
My event, my choice so bang the drum else where Vadai aint listening. Vadai stop being nice when this go out of hand. Vadai dun want a complicated life, he has simple rules simple condition and cant change the past, But he lives in the present.
Stand up and be counted as a fren instead of bitching as a fren,
Boooya
Today a year later thanks to him I am back in the grind again. Walking away from hockey and it s politics was difficult as I had many friends but enough was enough...last year at this function I was an honoured guest not because I held the 5th highest position in the national organization but for the person I was and I was thrilled. I still do meet the man from time to time but he has been away on assignment.
This year I was invited to be a member of this social club and I contributed. Last night was the pinnicle of our activities. A small club, dedicated member, its fair share of politics but never one to shy away for it as they bash each other and tongue lash each other for the greater good of the club.
In a coming soon blog which will detail the niht happening but this was me moment. Someone asked who would I allow to partake in this level, mean I would share my joy with something of this magnitude? MY curt simple reply was Jnr Vadai and the old lady
What was my event turned out to be checklist on who was being invited and who was not and who could assume they be invited and who would assume not, then was the twister, those I did not invite but would eventually get a free ticket and show up much to the benefit of me. (Talk about how we can wind thing up). The ironic when I tell some they aint invited they accept it. Why cant the rest be the same or am I expecting too much.
To tell you the truth, in my blog here I am like a tape recorder no matter how many times I hamme the same old song again and again it comes back to haunt me. My rule simple, my event , I invite who I wish and when I wish. If I made a bad call not to invite, dont hold it against me. If you do then dont be my fren. Walk away
My event, my choice so bang the drum else where Vadai aint listening. Vadai stop being nice when this go out of hand. Vadai dun want a complicated life, he has simple rules simple condition and cant change the past, But he lives in the present.
Stand up and be counted as a fren instead of bitching as a fren,
Boooya
Friday, November 17, 2006
Bad Day Maybe not a bad ending
Its a no comment posting
Its close to midnight.. pretty soon I be heading to bed after completing all my tasks....it was a tough day with many twist and turns with 2 meetings and tasked scheduled for after work... my mind is semi blank... just got an sms if I was working over time and I just replied I am staring at a blank screen...
I got sucked into a whirlpool of conversation which eventually lead down to one path... about accessibility... bout lots of aspects of life... work... relationships... events... all packaged in our day to day lives... and we somehow inadvertely allow people to disect it and formulate their own opinions. Aint life funny.
Today my boss went back on his principal but he is a card player and I understood his reasons for that. Me I am a straight shooter... and lately I been nothing but straight shooting... but lately I question why should I even bother.. certain people just got no feeling....
When you walk in the tall grasses in the wetlands eventually you gonna face trouble and at time you will walk in circles and you gonna end up at the same spot facing the same shit. Especially in a group people are going to start ot break ranks. So you move on yet time and time again you end up facing the same people with the same stories and the same lementing. You got 2 choices 1 is get the fuck out of the tall grasses or 2 stay in there and let this peoples slowly kill you.
The problem with 2 no matter how u try to tell them your walking in circles they will caontinue to sing the same sone.. a song that can never be played... so play a different song that or we all die.
My night today ended in a happy note... a desperate phone call from a fren who had a client who wanted to donate some of the winnings to charities asked if I could list it down and emial to him... got to work searched and in 15 minutes I got him a list of charities which I felt deserved.
With all that happened today.. I will go to sleep later with a smile that (if true) one of these charities will have confiderable funds for its activities. That should put a smile on their faces.
MY exact reply in email to him..
Bro got a lot of charities but personally I the following deserve it
Open Minds - Education funding for special (handicapped) children
http://www.openminds-pg.com/
Tel: 1 800 88 9357
Pelangi Foundation - Home for people living with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA)
http://www.pelangifoundation.org/
Tel: 019 360 4031
Pink Triangle - NGO involved in community-based work on sexuality and AIDS
7C-1 Jalan Ipoh Kecil, Off Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 4044 4611, Fax: 03 4044 4622
Hospis Malaysia
http://www.hospismalaysia.org/
This one deserve aslo
Rumah Charis - Home For The Aged · Home For The Children · Centre for Autism & LD
http://www.geocities.com/rumahcharis/
77 Lucky Garden, Jalan Puchong, 58200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 7781 5977, 03 7784 4645
Malaysian AIDS Foundation
http://malaysianaidsfoundation.org.my/
12 The Boulevard Shop Office, Sentul Raya, Jalan 13/48A, off Jalan Sentul, 51000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 4045 1033, Fax: 03 4043 9723
Where & how? Getting there: MyCen Map | Directions | MyCen Location (what's this?)
Its close to midnight.. pretty soon I be heading to bed after completing all my tasks....it was a tough day with many twist and turns with 2 meetings and tasked scheduled for after work... my mind is semi blank... just got an sms if I was working over time and I just replied I am staring at a blank screen...
I got sucked into a whirlpool of conversation which eventually lead down to one path... about accessibility... bout lots of aspects of life... work... relationships... events... all packaged in our day to day lives... and we somehow inadvertely allow people to disect it and formulate their own opinions. Aint life funny.
Today my boss went back on his principal but he is a card player and I understood his reasons for that. Me I am a straight shooter... and lately I been nothing but straight shooting... but lately I question why should I even bother.. certain people just got no feeling....
When you walk in the tall grasses in the wetlands eventually you gonna face trouble and at time you will walk in circles and you gonna end up at the same spot facing the same shit. Especially in a group people are going to start ot break ranks. So you move on yet time and time again you end up facing the same people with the same stories and the same lementing. You got 2 choices 1 is get the fuck out of the tall grasses or 2 stay in there and let this peoples slowly kill you.
The problem with 2 no matter how u try to tell them your walking in circles they will caontinue to sing the same sone.. a song that can never be played... so play a different song that or we all die.
My night today ended in a happy note... a desperate phone call from a fren who had a client who wanted to donate some of the winnings to charities asked if I could list it down and emial to him... got to work searched and in 15 minutes I got him a list of charities which I felt deserved.
With all that happened today.. I will go to sleep later with a smile that (if true) one of these charities will have confiderable funds for its activities. That should put a smile on their faces.
MY exact reply in email to him..
Bro got a lot of charities but personally I the following deserve it
Open Minds - Education funding for special (handicapped) children
http://www.openminds-pg.com/
Tel: 1 800 88 9357
Pelangi Foundation - Home for people living with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA)
http://www.pelangifoundation.org/
Tel: 019 360 4031
Pink Triangle - NGO involved in community-based work on sexuality and AIDS
7C-1 Jalan Ipoh Kecil, Off Jalan Raja Laut, 50350 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 4044 4611, Fax: 03 4044 4622
Hospis Malaysia
http://www.hospismalaysia.org/
This one deserve aslo
Rumah Charis - Home For The Aged · Home For The Children · Centre for Autism & LD
http://www.geocities.com/rumahcharis/
77 Lucky Garden, Jalan Puchong, 58200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 7781 5977, 03 7784 4645
Malaysian AIDS Foundation
http://malaysianaidsfoundation.org.my/
12 The Boulevard Shop Office, Sentul Raya, Jalan 13/48A, off Jalan Sentul, 51000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 4045 1033, Fax: 03 4043 9723
Where & how? Getting there: MyCen Map | Directions | MyCen Location (what's this?)
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