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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Boleh Land


Each ones of these building reflect the power of the head of the states.

As for the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Malaysia.


This is White House.

The Home and the Office of the President of the United States of America.

The most powerful State in the world.

But...

Look at this.


This is the office of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

The Boleh Land.

Just an OFFICE. Okay??

Malaysia Boleh man!!

Ringgit buy no shit these day.


Yesterday I went grocery shopping. Admittedly, not something that I do very often. It was in a supermarket down the road from my house. Nothing very exciting. Except that I came to a rather late realisation I suppose.

The Ringgit doesn't buy shit these days!

And so, our earnings as ordinary Malaysians remain the same while the prices of goods and services increase with incredible speed right before our eyes. Some friends tell me that's called inflation. Inevitable in an economy like ours faced with the global financial health as it is. So I'm told.

When I got home with the small little plastic bag of purchases that I received in exchange for many Ringgit notes of the blue-ish-green variety. while waiting for my friend Reymond to get the dinner done, I read the monday's newspapers which i literally miss out some of local news, that our government had announced that members of the judiciary (and some other government VIP's) were going to be given new cars!!! Apparently, this was to replace the government's fleet of aging Proton Perdana's.

And the learned judges were being asked if they preferred Mercedes Benz or BMW!!!

And then today I read that Najib had announced the government was planning to cut back a little on its operating expenditure overall next year.

“Government spending has to be prudent and that includes procurement,” Najib told reporters at a briefing by Bank Negara.

Oh ya? Prudent spending issit? So what car you want. Merc or BM?

What the hell is going on? Does anybody in this government know exactly what the plan is? Is there a plan?

Agi idup agi ngelaban


“Urang semina nemu aku udah mujur ngaga mintol lampu. Tang urang enda nemu udah 20000 kali aku puntan begiga ke chara bakani ka ngasuh mintul nya nyala.” Thomas Edison – urang keterubah ngaga mintol lampu.

“Aku ukai genius. Tang aku puh ngereja pengawa aku. Aku enda nemu berenti nguji. Nya asil ke dipeda kita diatu.” Albert Enstein. urang ke ngaga teori relativiti.

Dua iku urang ke pandai nya, enda mujur enggau mudah. Seduai enda mudah leju sereta enda badu-badu nguji sampai mujur.

Kitai bangsa Iban baka nya mega. Kitai digaga Petara enggau tubuh murus enggau untak ke sama pemerat enggau bansa bukai.

Lebuh enda mujur kitai ukai puntan, tang puntan nya empu siti singkang pejalai kitai nuju pemujur. Anang badu nguji. Tersungkur kitai angkat baru. Anang takut salah. Ari salah udah ngajar kitai utai ke betul.

Agi idup agi ngelaban.. jaku tu anang ke semina disebut ke aja. Kitai iban mesti bepegai ba prinsip idup tu, nya baru kitai ulih maju.

Maju bansa aku..