somewhat sille, that's me!

i walked from my office in klcc to pavilion after work yesterday to meet my hubby who was trying out true fitness' one month free trial. he's quite serious about this exercise thingy - even waking at 6am on Sat morns to go for walks. me? hahaha.. my body is aging faster than my speech rate.

anyways, it's not a long walk, just a 15-20mins depending on what shoes one has on. hehe.. anyways, the route took me past the kuala lumpur convention centre where the government is doing the PEMANDU drive/forum (driver drive? haha..) which, if i'm not mistaken, is an effort to pass the subsidy bill.

there were about 15 banners hanging from the wall telling us why it needed to be passed and how the Government is paying so much in subsidy yadda yadda.. i read every single word on those banners and as i did, i could just feel my blood boiling lah. someone correct me please if i get this wrong, but really.. i was/am just so pissed off.

i thought of the recent by-elections (and all the elections prior) and the money they poured into each constituent. the multi million dollar contracts to undeserving fat cats. the useless MACC. the poorly built roads and cracking multi million dollar structures. the iskandar project. the bakun dam. the energy and telco monopoly. the arrogant face of bung mokhtar. the taxes we pay for our cars. our human rights commission. no minimum wage.

all these and they still dare ask if they could reduce or remove subsidies because the government's coffer is depleting?! it's just downright preposterous!!!

and justifying it with buzzwords like 'moving forward' and 'negara maju' and 'defisit' and telling me sob story about how much you have given us (RM12k per household per year, which in my calculation, is about RM200 per person per month, which i think if you put it that way, is NOT ENOUGH) and how we are one of the highest subsidizing countries in the world --- i'm just not buying it OK?

!@#$%^&*()


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i can't talk about this without getting emotional and all riled up. sorry.



and this just in:

Fugitive Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin should reveal the identity of the people funding his stay in Britain, said Umno supreme council member Datuk Dr Abdul Latif Ahmad. He said Raja Petra, or RPK, should explain to Malaysians whether his sponsors were politicians, corporate figures or those from foreign countries.

what kinda of stupid is that? who in the paper even decide that this fella deserve the time of the day for the nonsense he is spouting? should i hold a press conference to tell you what i had for lunch and share my bowel movement schedule with the nation?