Racing Against Time.

Come April 2-4, we will be able to see our lads in action! Let's look on the bright side. Lotus is a remarkable car. Only some thought otherwise! Let's combat public ignorance and prejudice. Keep the momentum and hopefully we will witness Lotus's miracle of modern technology.

Lotus had been totally misconceived by some of our very own people! Grossly misrepresented as a "born loser"! But make no mistake about it. After two races, Lotus is seen as the "new kid on the block"! A modest improvement so far, nothing sort of prodigious achievement. Realistically, Lotus is still not with the "big boys" yet! This is unlikely to happen quickly. Slowly but surely Lotus would realize this dream.

Ignore strictures. Ignore the prophets of doom. Lotus needs to prove many critics wrong. In order to do that, Lotus has to "get closer" to the leaders with every race! Debunk the "greenhorn" myth! Burn some tyres along the way. And who knows, a miracle might just come along!

Kiss, Kiss, Kiss.

Now that the MCA election is over, it is time to make peace. It is time to bury the hatchet! It is not the time to bury your opponents who lost! Now, all must kiss and make up, not kiss and tell!

This new linchpin must not flex his political muscles. He must not forget that he DID NOT have a complete stranglehold on the delegates, not even a majority! 1411 delegates did not choose him! Going by any standard, this is a "weak" win! Anyway, a win is still a win.

The President said he's all for collective leadership. He has to "distribute his spoils" fairly and to see that no one sees red! This distribution might just put him a dilemma. It is not easy to please everyone. So whatever decision he makes, or whoever he chooses, everyone must abide by his decision. There must not be any attempt to discredit him!

Any whoever is caught with a machiavellian motive, he must be given the boot immediately! No one must achieve promotion through nepotism! The package deal must be accepted by all and whoever disagrees, the only option is to kiss and say goodbye!

From Kathmandu With Love.

Yes, we do have a problem here! 'Doctor from Kathmandu' Isn't that sickening? And what have the local authorities got to say about that! Of course, there'll be many excuses from them! If only our authorities are doing their work with honesty and integrity, we would not encounter these problems.

We have authorities that have eyes that do not see, ears that do not hear and mouth that do not speak! The prophetic warnings from the rakyat often go unheeded!

Most of the time, the rakyat faced "red tapes" with the authorities! Many of us are trying to earn an honest penny and ironically, there would be obstacles in our path! To even start a "kacang putih" stall, we need to get a number of approvals from the authorities. And that is no "kacang putih" at all! It's a real puzzler!

The Star had even highlighted about the Nepalese in Kuala Lumpur. They are "robbing" us of our rice bowls. But sadly, that is not the only case. We can see many other foreigners doing businesses in so many places in OUR country! Countless! And there are some of our people who are deliberately making money out of our miseries!

If the authorities have our interest at heart, then they need to do what's necessary. I'm sure they know there are many foreigners who have shops, stolen our businesses and are within our midst. Our authorities are just a bunch of hypocrites! They lack courage and determination! Can we blame them? After all, they're just '9 to 5' civil servants! Yeah, why push?

The locals feel intimidated by these foreigners most of the time! The lackadaisical approach to counter these foreigners by the authorities is like trying to nudge us into accepting their (the foreigners) presence. The ones that need to be nudge now and then are the authorities themselves! There's no sense of urgency at all on their part. Why kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?

We've been led up the garden path for far too long! It's time we put a stop to their disgraceful ways! Let's start by teaching the authorities on how to discriminate between right and wrong.

The 'Swingers'.

Many countries have many different cultures and we are no different here! We have, in Malaysia, the "SPs" culture. SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, SELECTED PERSECUTION, SELECTED PRIORITY and even the "SWING" POLITICIANS!

Just take a look at some of them. And what bull when some say they have "SOKONGAN PENUH" of the rakyat when their "political" life hung by the thread! With these clowns do you honestly think they can be of any assistance to us? They can go hang for all I care! They're not worth our votes! I'm hanged if I'm going to vote for them in the next GE!

They have to do SOME PENANCE of sort to atone for their "sins". They need to SHOW PENITENCE or else Hell is the only "SAFE PLACE" for them! The rakyat would eventually reject them and Earth would no longer be Heaven for them! For SACRIFICING PRINCIPLES, they will eventually pay a heavy price.

A simple and straight-forward piece of advice. Pause for a moment and think! It'll do you good! Don't forget, only monkeys swing from tree to tree! Your despicable actions do not go down well with the rakyat. You would hear nothing but snide comments from us, the very people who voted you in and, eventually, out!

You might be very good at sniping others to SCORE POINTS for yourself but many of us are simply not interested in what you can say. You score when you deliver! You must SOLDIER PATIENTLY and not bask in your SILLY PRIDE!

T T T T T

Resigned? Rift? Or probably a rumour? Whatever! Saw that piece of "rift" news in one "reliable" paper! I wondered how that piece of information was 'leaked out" and the DAP adviser, Lim Kit Siang urged the Prime Minister to do something about that!

Of course both the Home Minister (HM) and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) gave the news the brush-off! The HM stressed that there was no conflict and all of us must respect their respective positions. The HM gave a very defensive answer! Why?

Many of us know that the IGP cannot be promoted any higher but not the HM. He could still notched up! It would be very unlikely now as the 'top spot" is not vacated yet! So, they cannot simply resign at their whims and fancies! That would be foolhardy.

They have no choice but must "look good" in public for their own good! After all, they're professionals! The stakes are high. And many of us know that we would not be able to demystify the workings of the government. The only thing we need to do now is to wait "till they tell the truth!".

Male Or Female?

I'm sorry to hear that Ganes, a lorry driver was a figure of fun when he was accidentally listed as "female" in his passport. This blunder by the Johore Immigration Department was something out of the ordinary! But this "female" can take consolation as his passport has a "short shelf life". On the next renewal, I'm sure this oversight will not recur.

The deprecatory remarks, the "harassment" by a personnel of the ID as alleged by Ganes and if that is true, some form of action must be taken! NO civil servant has the right to push, threaten or bully ANY MALAYSIAN as he/she so desires! Even NON-MALAYSIANS are not to be treated that way! But many of us know that there are a lot of them around! It is impossible to put a figure on the number of these people!

Make no mistake, we are practically facing cock-ups in a number of government departments. You figure out which are those! It would be a very demoralizing experience if we happen to pay them a visit. To counter this, we drop a hint and then tell them to drop dead!

On His Majesty's Secret Service.

For the first time, after ascending the throne in November 2001, the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has appointed five people as Justices of the Peace (JPs). His Majesty wants them to be the "no nonsense" JPs.

All these JPs would be expected to work as a team and "doing their own thing" is strictly a no no! No self interest but must serve in the best interests of the people. Serve with the best of intentions! And also, their professional integrity must be well integrated at all times when dealing with the people! Their reputation must be intact.

They must also stay on the right side of the law. When carrying out their duties, the rightness of their decisions have to be all paramount! And to a certain extent, the people would be enormously grateful, enormously thankful. Self-discipline is the only way to earn the respect of the people! Think about that!

Be men of honour and you would then be able to avoid listening to a few home truths, if there's any, about yourselves! You would then have no qualms sleeping tight every night!