The Sucker In Some Of Us.

I would like to tell a fishy story. Phishing is like fishing. The baits are released into the waters and all the anglers have to do is to wait. Probably under the cool comfort of the shade nibbling away the F&B duly paid for. The world is full of suckers eager to waste their money.

An unsuspecting fish swam along and took the bait. By that time it would have been a little too late! A fish has been hooked!

Internet banking is good. No queuing, no waiting the banks tell us. But do not be completely hooked on the idea that internet banking is safe like heaven. It could very well be hell for some. Ask the doctors, the lawyers and the judge. They are highly educated and they’re not stupid. They’re just careless and foolish enough to be fooled by the scams.

This is a frightening situation where many people are easily duped into believing everything that is in the internet. Many are incurably stupid and failed to see “beyond the click”. And in keeping up with the times, many have somehow forgotten history!

Jala O Jala!

Surprised? I’m not. In all fairness, let’s be gracious enough to accept the 16th position in the rankings out of 59 participating countries. We win at times and we lose sometimes! Really, it’s just figures and numbers. Let’s not lose sleep over that!

The rakyat would indeed lose sleep when the government does not practise what it preaches! With a slapdash approach for transparency and integrity, no wonder we’re number one for slapstick comedies! Still complaining?

Looking into issues and areas of weaknesses and finding ways to improve them? How? When?

Take a long and hard look at the plight of some of our top scorers who were “unintentionally left out” despite having excelled in their examinations! Scholarships meant a lot to them. What’s your excuse PSD (Public Service Department)? They do not qualify because they are not “good enough” or because of some other reasons? I know it must be for “some other reasons”! Lest you, the PSD need to be reminded again – it is the rakyat’s money, not yours! Be generous – you have nothing to lose, right? Unless, of course you have a memory like a sieve – always forget things easily! Can you still sleep easy?

Some 1,000 disgruntled Malaysian fishermen in Kuantan, Pahang staged a protest claiming that the Vietnamese trawlermen were allowed to fish in Malaysian waters using locally-registered boats with used licences! Malaysians are bullied from within and without. Their complaints have been going on for a number of years and what have the muddle-headed halfwits in the government been doing all these while? Again, can you still sleep easy?

Another landslide – this time at the Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah, an orphanage at the 14th mile Jalan Felcra Semungkus in Ulu Langat, Selangor. Again, who do we blame? Someone has to take the rapt! I’m sure the government will come up with a pretty good excuse. Precious lives were lost and it won’t be long before we will be told; “We’ll look into the matter” – again?

And again I asked; “Can you still sleep easy?”

The King Can Wait!

It’s time many of us need to take a good and hard look at ourselves. Are we ‘normal’ people living normal lives under normal circumstances? If you are, then go ahead and give yourself a pat on the shoulder.

Sadly, many of us are abnormal. Let’s take a look at our state assemblymen and our ‘much-loved’ members of Parliament (MPs). How do we normally see them? No offence meant to any of them out there but I see some behave abnormally, some having abnormal relationship and to a certain extent mentally abnormal.

Some do behave like kings and queens but keep forgetting we are the ones who voted them in. How could such nonentities become state assemblymen and MPs? Their non-appearances (when we need them) and their non-attendances (in Parliament) are a complete disgrace. They should be ‘flying-out’ of the windows!

The King can wait. Take a cue. See how Prince William adapt to normalcy. Thank you, Your Majesty.