Ramblings...

The news that make the alternative news sites remain a concern cos it looks like this country of mine is still a little 'lost'. After PKFZ, you'd think that's about the biggest scandal we can get. Well, some more mud on our faces... it seems Bakun accounts if made public would make PKFZ seems like small change. Sometimes I think we Malaysians have been 'had' so long that we no longer can fathom the huge amounts siphoned from right under our noses.

Oh ya! What else is new? Seems oil is overstocked everywhere. Some analysts expect the price to hit USD$30++. It's now near USD$70. I wonder, if it drops some more, our petrol prices, electricity tarrifs and what have you nots will go down in tandem. Petronas money also will dry up... maybe we'll start to feel poorer when that happens.

Prices of cars may be coming down??? That would be a piece of good news. But usually, when the gahmen reduces one tax, another tax would be increased? There's always the good ol excise duty... I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We continue to pay premium because of our sub-quality cars.

Still on cars... 1Malaysia is now into Formula One. This is even bigger than having Alex Yoong driving in F1. But it's going to cost RM100 million a year.... where is that amount going to come from? My guess is the average Jalil or Janet who pays the tax ringgits. Malaysian names involved? Well, Proton and Lotus with the support of the Sepang International Circuit (SIC), Motorsports Association of Malaysia, Naza Motor and AirAsia. How profitable will it be? Well Singapore's night race brought in lots of tourist dollars. Dunno about ours though. Money seems to always find their way into scandals. BTW... yearly expenditure for F1 is expected to total more than RM300 million... not inclusive of the the technical centre they are supposed to to build in Sepang, etc... won't be surprise if we have to fork out a billion...

9th by-election coming up... Oct 10th. Bagan Pinang - BN safe seat supposedly. Interesting. BN has been consistent in one thing - saying one thing and doing another. Let's see how this goes. Lots of postal votes - most of which are done deals, many claim.

One good news... 13-year-old girls will be given free Cevarix jabs - vaccines for cervical cancer. At least this is something going back to the people. *thumbs up*

School starts today.... back to the grind. One friend said good bye to the teaching profession before the hols. A teacher of quality - we do not get many such teachers now. So it's a loss to the students. I see a couple of trainee teachers every year. It's a good thing Math and Science are going back to BM. It's not the language of instruction that is the problem, it's the teachers. No mastery of language and content. And I haven't started on their attitude yet.

Well at least one bright spot... Here's looking forward to the next hols.... 8) When the silly chase for the adrenaline highs can run full steam again...