Tuesday, June 02, 2009

perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...

The news one reads at timesonline.co.uk is exciting at times, dull at times, worrying and a cause for concern too these days...not at all encouraging isn't it? No offence timesonline. Having said that, you're still my favourite read (hehe). For a while it was about British MPs making ridiculous claims (expenses) something like getting the govt to pay for the moat of his second home, then another making claims for his duck house (something like that lah haha). Then there were spates of resignations, and then the public outcry of public funds, taxpayers' money that these guys receive for their pension (as MPs). Then yesterday Air France Airbus A330-200 from Brazil enroute to Paris went missing. And they haven't found the wreakage (if any) yet. Today in our local mainstream New Straits Times, it seems CEO of AirAsia fainted. I hope it has nothing to do with the airbus he and AirAsia are awaiting delivery (hehe). No, no poor fellow, he was tired, had an executive burnout perhaps. Must be working very hard to close the deals, get landing rights, deal with various governments, perhaps put Malaysia Airlines out of business too in the not soo distant future? I hope not. They should both merge, evolve and become 1Malaysia Airline (don't you think so?). Ya ya ya I know there will definitely be lots of problems, easier said than done...hehehe. Then there was this dramatic 'escape' involving singapore police, embassies of indonesia and the US (as reported). I won't go into the details of the press conference. I am soo embarassed. Not sure who is right who is wrong or both are wrong perhaps? or there's much more (hidden sinister agenda perhaps?) than meets the eye perhaps? Then the ambalaat issue resurfaces. They say, when times are bad, when the economy is in the doldrums, social unrest accelerates, protectionism prevail...every man for himself kinda tingy...huhuhu. Then, as if we hadn't had enuf of international attention, the timesonline reports this... oh no....

2 comments:

Sukumaran Nair said...

Khae,
I think we should stop looking at what is happening in other countries and focus on the shortcomings in our Malaysia. The collapse of the Stadium's roof in Trengganu? This is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!! NST says lucky that a sports meet was late by one day. We now need to be lucky to visit a govt. supervised building and come out alive?? But even if some were killed, would anyone have been held responsible and accountable? If there are 'cutting of corners' and evidence of corruption, the persons in charge must be held responsible and sent to jail! This is serious matters that we are talking about. Until and unless the powers that be and the decision makers responsible for this fiasco are brought to pay for their oversights we will never move forward with proper Government and Corporate ethics. We dont seem to care! Do we?

Khaeruddin Sudharmin said...

agreed 120% bro. But we are a politically-correct, ikut seniority, jangan lawan tauke, culture nation bro. it will take a long time to change perhaps not during our life n time bro(wink). the foreign newspaper iz juz a cover. a temporary distraction. the local issues are sartorically choreographed. sort of like a sarcastic bumblebee and the autobots trying to fight off the decepticons...hehe