The end of my Malaysian social political blogging

March 30, 2009

I’m closing my Malaysian social political blog. I’ve not been updating about social political issues for quite a while, and to be frank, I’m not interested to write about this topic any more… might as well make it official to close the section.

I started blogging about Malaysian social political issues in late 2005. The blogging environment and political development in the country were obviously different back then; cutting the story short, I’m getting a bit tired after all these years.

Social politic is a subjective matter… I must have written a few stuff that unfortunately have offended some folks. I’m not going to say sorry in most cases, especially when it’s about personal opinions; but I apologise if my occasionally poor choice of words have hurt some feelings.

Most of the SP articles are going to be deleted, as some are no longer relevant, while others a bit too sensitive… I don’t want to have the slightest concern that authorities will knock on my door someday for what I’ve blogged years ago.

The remainder of the SP articles will be merged with my main personal and lifestyle blog, hidden within the maze of stories with lighter focuses. You can still find some new, non-political Malaysian related articles by following my Malaysia tag.

Thanks to everyone who have been following my original Malaysian social political blog, friends or foes. And thanks for generously sharing your thoughts; we might have argued about something at times, but it’s mostly enlightening.

I guess that’s it. Best wishes to the future of our dear nation. Malaysia boleh!

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Malaysia in national distress?

August 4, 2008 8 Comments

What is national distress?

When we are invaded.

When nature disaster strike – something huge like the 2004 tsunami.

When food crisis strike – not just temporarily shortage of sugar or cooking oil, but when people started to feel the hunger because of food shortages.

When hyperinflation – not when people chatting in Starbucks complaining about expensive fuel, but when people can’t even afford a cup of coffee at mamak stall.

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Ask not what your country can do for you

July 12, 2008 9 Comments

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country…” ~ famous quote from the inaugural address by former US President John F Kennedy on January 20, 1961.

The recent development in Malaysia has prompted me to think a lot lately. There are lots of things that I wanted to share, but I kept on writing and deleting it for the past hour, because it’s hard to put my actual thoughts into words.

Bottomline is, too many Malaysians are complaining too much recently. We are always asking what the country can do for us… but how often have we heard from Malaysians on what we can do for the country instead?

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

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Improving Malaysian living standard

July 5, 2008 3 Comments

Seems like tomorrow’s fuel-hike demo is going ahead in Kelana Jaya. Hope that there won’t be any violent crash during the rally, and I hope that the protestors are fighting on the right cause and not for political reasons.

There is no point protesting against the petrol price hike… the fuel subsidy was wrong and should have been gone long ago. It there is anything to complain about… it’s about corruption, poor public transportation and the government failure in improving our living standard for the past decade.

Inflation is something inevitable; what really strike Malaysians these days is the failure to improve our earning-capability since the 1997 economic crisis. With exceptions of a few professions, the salary and income levels of most jobs are not on par with inflation rate for the past decade… some sectors are actually falling behind the pre-1997 era.

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Respect the General Election please

June 19, 2008 8 Comments

I am tired of all the Malaysian political gimmicks by both the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat coalitions for the past 100 days. General Election is over, and it’s time to let the government do their job.

Pakatan are talking as if all the Malaysians would like a new government, but fact is they are still the oppositions because half of the Malaysians were not voting in their favour. There are lots of calls for Badawi to step down, including from within UMNO itself… but that doesn’t mean that these people would want a new government or to have Anwar as the new Prime Minister.

Anwar has been campaigning like crazy for the past three months in hope of becoming the new PM. I don’t want to question whether he is genuine in building Malaysia or more of a personal agenda… but what he did for the past 100 days are hampering the country’s stability. What is the purpose of a GE if the opposition would continue plotting to take over the government after an election?

Imagine if PR takes over the government with Anwar’s crossover talk being materialised; the PR government would only have a minor majority by then, and what would happen if the BN (as opposition) starting to plot their own crossover plans to take back the government instead? The country will be in a never-ending political turmoil… and that’s why, the results of the GE should be respected and never be exploited in any ways, regardless of who is doing it.

The people have spoken, you all have spoken, and the BN continue to rules. So be it, and let them rule for another 4-5 years and show what they can do (or not)… we’ll settle the score again in the next election.

Beside, while having BN under the radar, do mind that the Pakatan Rakyat state governments are being watched too. They are given the chances to rule as well… how about focusing on showing what they can really do at governmental levels and win the next General Election fair and square?

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Of Malaysian lifestyle and changes

June 6, 2008 14 Comments

Sharing a few stories…

The hawker: Cash strapped, TV, handphone

I have a friend who always complains on how tough life is, and how difficult it is to make ends meet. He is a hawker, his wife the helper, and has three kids.

Some hawkers are rich, but he is not… I am not sure why. A couple of years ago, his eldest son finished high school, came out to work, got his first pay… and the first thing they did was spending most (if not all) of the salary to buy a new TV.

My friend is still crying on how tough life is… but he got a new partner in crime now, with his dear son complaining just about the same thing. Last I checked, the son uses a mobile phone that’s five times more expensive than mine.

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