'Wind Of Change' or 'Animal Farm'

Hmmm... It's been almost a year since the last post. Asyik2 kena kutuk sbb tak update, sapa buleh tahan... :-D

Well, right now I'm still at the office. And no, I'm not one of the newly-elected reps to either Parliament or State (although that kind of thought sometimes do crossed naughty brain of mine!). I'm just 'on-call' cum 'standby' for this General Election, which has left left perplexed since last night.

Diclaimer : I'm not a member of any political parties nor supporters. Just an observer, well.. more or less...

So.. Let's start with what happened last night, shall we?

OK... I was at SPR Putrajaya yesterday (12 a.m till 8 a.m...) for this kind of 'on call'. Being sleepy & tired after 8 hours, couldn't resist the temptation of having a good night (actually, day!) sleep on my own bed and all. The intention of going to vote was there, but after a good rest, yours truly only managed to wake up at 6:30 P.M.!!! There goes one vote! So, it's going to be a second time in a row that yours truly didn't managed to see the black gate of Mordor... errr.. I mean, the election venue or post or whatever...

Then, lunner (lunch + dinner) and just watching the idiot box (a.k.a television) to watch some analysis that come and goes like those mat rempits during saturday night at some highways. A bit bored here and there, so I guess 'layaning' my bantal will be the best option for me (it's still around 9 p.m., mind you). During the 'mamai2' phase, SMS came knocking on my HP's door. Can't remember the detail of it, but it says s'thing like some CM has accept the defeat of his state to the Opposition.

Strike One : Don't care much about it.

Few minutes later, another SMS banging on my HP's door. This time around, just another SMS that confirmed the 1st SMS.

Strike Two : Don't care much about it either.

Then the ultimate SMS. One minister, who I assume, has an office(s) in every toll companies in Malaysia has been defeated afterrr... how many years ek? The ultimate 'gangb***' was that, that GE was held on his very own birthday! So I guess his voters wants to give him the 'nicest' birthday present that someone could ever give to someone else. An everlasting retirement! So, in a way, he should thank his voters nevertheless. I guess his voters also concern that this fella has been working too hard. Too hard that he couldn't entertain the plea of 27 million people but rather listening to his reps, by which are located in several toll companies.

But that SMS is just a beginning. At least for me. And it was enough for me to wake up & scrambling for the remote control...

So there it goes. The domino effect of 'people's power'. At first, 'that' minister. Then another minister, who claimed that she has done a lot to his people of her constitution, yet defeated to a newcomer. Well, that's true, she's a newcomer. But her father is not. Not that I deny what she has done, but face it. It's a politic. If you lose, it's either people don't like you or don't like your party. You may have choose the right game, but you (or your party) has choose a wrong constitution to contest on, hence, choose a wrong opponent. Move on, sister...

Who's next? Ohhh... The 'Erection' Minister. Nothing much about him that I want to rant about. Move on as well...

Then, another minister or the deputy or the parliament secretary or MPs or ADUNs. One after another. Around 1 a.m., I've decided that I've watched enough and went frolicking with miss bed and mrs pillows. However, during the mamai phase (again!), I get an SMS, which confirmed that :-

1) Kelantan is (at least for now) still, again and belongs to P**. So, B* hafta come out with s'thing new on the next election. However, this is only true IF they managed to survive until next election!

2) Kedah, Penang, Perak & Selangor are STILL part of Malaysia. Just because you won these states last time, doesn't mean that you can ignore us. You're trying to woo one state, but lost several of them!

3) We know how to use the internet and get the news from the other side. Ever heard of 'Information Superhighway'? The only highway that has no toll whatsoever (thank God for that!). Next time, build a 'tanah merah' instead!

4) Never get over-confident. Last week you might be the Mentri Besar, tomorrow morning you have to put 'former' or 'ex' in front of that title. Last week, you're nobody. Today, you're still nobody. That's life. There are always ups & downs.

5) Somebody may have a lot of work to do tomorrow : To 'seek and destroy' certain documents from certain offices. If not, better commit harakiri/seppuku a.s.a.p. Give me a call if you need a swordsman.

6) Opposition party : You have to make sure that you can fulfill your promises. Otherwise... well.. there's always (hopefully) next GE. And we'll make sure that the ink will be used! Otherwise, I may have plenty at home. Maybe it's whatever left during my primary & secondary school

7) Never count that someone who was jailed before wouldn't become CM. And someone who still behind the bars couldn't win the election. Damn! Why didn't I ran over that fella last month?! It's his fault anyway. I could have been an MP right now!

8) If you're a politician, pray that the next GE won't be held on your very own birthday! It may spell a bad luck for you. So, if you were born during Jan-May (I guess), you better think twice of contesting for the next GE. Lucky me, I'm a LIBRA bebeh!

9) Somebody has to answer to someone else that why, after spending tons of money on ads, that they still could only muster a simple majority. All this while the other side couldn't even get a few ms of ads. I also wonder what will happen to the fellas who says on that ads that they plead a full support for the ruling party. If they still have guts to say it right now, well I guess, it's good for them. The very least is, they didn't jump from one party to another.

10) Some simple remarks from your party member DOES have an impact on YOU! Any sexist statement and undermining people are totally UNACCEPTABLE!. You said the 'bocor' thing towards another MP, I guess you were upset because your significant other was, unfortunately, 'bocor' last night? And asking other people to 'close on eye' about your urmmm scandal, is like comitting harakiri/seppuku. Please call me as well if you need a swordsman.

A colleague of mine told me that, once the certain minister has been announced that he has been defeated after about 30 years in power, there's an uproar and 'celebration'. And we are talking about the journalists inside the media room of the election commission, not some ordinary person or member of opposition parties! I guess they are also tired after asking tons of questions to him, everytime there's an annual celebration of toll hike. I also had a small hope this morning while driving, that I can passed through the toll gate without stopping (I'm not talking about using SMART Tag here!), but I guess, I should be patient and wait for a while until the dust is settled. Or is it?

Well... The tribe has spoken. People has made their choice. Well, at least 70% of 10 million of them. But one thing that I hope for the opposition parties is that, the power that is given by people, will be used for the good of the people. Whatever wrongs that you have promised to make it right, make sure you fulfill their hope. I'm still waiting for a reduction of oil prices, toll rate and cigarette tax. Do you hear me? OK, I can compromise on that cigarette tax. Wanna quit anyway...

The only thing I'm afraid of... is the 'Animal Farm' of Malaysian version. Don't know what's 'Animal Farm'? Well, it's the era of cyberspace bebeh. I'm sure you can find it online. Ever heard of Wikipedia?

And to some people... The government may change, the power may shift, the toll rate may be reduced and the phantom voter might be created & vanished like a dust. BUT YOU STILL OWE ME LAAAA... How can this be? I've been waiting and waiting. Forget that you owe me issit? And you promised that you're going to pay. Di mana janji2 manismu??? Thank God you're not politician. But if you are politician and won the election, I'm willing to write it off. As long as you give me few APs, lesen balak, kontrak2 besar etc etc... :-D