Malaysia... Gone Cuckoo??

This is history in the making.... kinda like Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah

1. This has got to be the most 'interesting' times. Ramadan is coming to an end soon. And I have never seen so many events unfolding before in this holy month for the Muslims. The parade of the cow head and the screaming-shouting flers who dominated the 'dialogue' session between residents of Section 23 and the Selangor State Gahmen. Mostly was one sided though... the screaming-shouting flers were doing all the screaming and shouting. And one teacher said, if build temple crime rates would go up and got bad smell... I am so ashamed of my fler teacher punya fikiran sempit. If anything tops the list.. these two sacrilegious acts to their holy month have to be the tops.
   
2. The caning of Kartika.... seems they are going to cane the woman for drinking. I bet there are many Muslim men who drink. But as always, it's the women who are targetted. Women more bully-able, I guess. And then the Home Ministry says they've come out with a method to cane her.. she can wear her baju kurung, the caning will be like a light tap on her butt, I presume... These guys just don't relent. On the same righteous note, why don't they go after the footballers who wear shorts when playing football? Or cane Mirzan Mahathir for being the director of San Miguel Corp, whose business include producing the San Miguel beer?
   
3. You can end up dead just being interrogated by the authorities. Scary! One guy walked in for interrogation and ends up dead. They claimed he jumped because he was pressured; he had done something wrong... everything the deceased's fault. No fault from their side at all... and he's only a witness. So is it surprising then the suspects end up dead in their 'possessions'?
   
4. RM23 million mansion. Plus the revelation that the tuanpunya mansion had also spent state money to take his family (and maid) for trips to Disneyland, etc..... The ignorant fool in me didn't realize that such kinds of houses are becoming a norm among certain groups of people. Who can forget the Istana Zakaria? Istana Zakaria of course pales in comparison to this RM23 million palatial abode.
   
5. H1N1... don't know what to make of it. Controlled or no control? And it's not the disease I am talking about. I refer to the data released. What actually is the mortality rate? RM2.6 million for thermometers... still haven't seen the thermometers in my school, I think. But they say they are taking temperatures for the UPSR... is it every school or just KL schools? Awareness of the disease is still lacking. If another virulent strain hits... most of us would be dead! Or it could just be something the spin-doctor generated.. to generate money for drug companies, probably.
   
6. By-elections. I think I've never seen this many by-elections since March last year. In 18 months, 9 by-elections. PR - 8 and BN - 1. What is the most dangerous job now? To be an elected rep! You are very likely to drop dead. Used to be PAS' domain.. this dropping dead on the job. Suddenly after this cow thingy, a BN rep in an area with almost 20% Indian reps. What is the divine message here for us all, huh? It's like somebody's being given chance after chance to redeem themselves... but still tak jalan.
   
7. PKFZ scandal... just never cease to amaze me how much bigger each 'scandal' keeps getting. And to think BMF scandal back so many years ago was bad or that our forex exchange loss was about the worst it can get. This is an even bigger payload! Seems the money made can hire that watzhisname former Minister of Finance (yes Daim fler) as gardener. Something to the tune of RM12 billion! Sheesh! That's our money they're 'embezzling'.
8. Malaysia, the land of plenty... but our people still suffer starvation. Hard to imagine how despite the sun and tropics, the lush greenery and rain throughout the year, the Penans still face a bleak future in their own tanahair. Maybe the tanahair is not theirs? Certainly looked that way.
9. The extension of IGP's service... so many protest but still he's appointed. This is what they mean by kebal, I guess. I don't know. Don't understand these matters. Only that I keep reading here and there, he's not wanted. But he's staying!
   
10. Then there's always the beer issue, the concert issue... everything seems to point towards protecting the sensitivities of one race only. Looks like someone wants to score high on the morality scale with scant regards to others. Where is the tolerance? Feels like we are moving into Robert Mugabe's zone.
11. Najib says 1Malaysia, Muhyidin says Ketuanan Melayu, the pony tail guy in the Sec 23 meet-the-residents-fracas says 'bangang', Hishamuddin making U-turns, Khir Toyo calling cows stupid, Tiong King Sing says I donate, at last count dunno how many millions. At least Samy had the sense to say gila. Why didn't Tiong give the money to feed the Penans, huh? Anyway, if we look at their niat, I wonder which direction they are heading. Up or down to the netherworld?
12. And oh yes... MCMC interviewed Malaysiakini for reporting but no immediate action taken on cowhead people... you intimidate the 'whistleblowers' while the perpetrators get honoured places beside the Home Minister.... some more have the latter speak on their behalf. How's that for Malaysia Boleh?
    

The good things??

1. We finally have our own Scorpene subs! We have 'eyes' ... oops sorry, sonar underwater!
2. Carol Chu is pregnant... seems to be a big news cos she seems to be making it to our newspaper... all for carrying Andy Lau's child. Hmmm... it pays to be married to an earthly "Heavenly King".
3. ... it seems the AG says the cowhead people will be charged in court. If they are really charged and the charge sticks, maybe there's hope yet..... keeping my hopes up for some justice from this gahmen for a change.
   
4. eerr... I can't seem to think of any other pluses.... *sheepish*

So has Malaysia gone cuckoo? I hope not.