Archive for the ‘ Idiot Overlords ’ Category
According to the AP, our government has deferred the implementation of the 4% GST for the moment. I wonder if this is a further indicator that snap elections will be called within the year. By deferring the implementation of the GST, this potential campaign issue will be diffused somewhat. There is nothing specific for the [ READ MORE ]
I had just read this piece by RPK on local government elections. I have to say that I am in disagreement with him on several matters. I have some really strong views on this matter and I have mentioned it many times on this and the older blog. Finally, Pakatan Rakyat could not delay any longer. [ READ MORE ]
I have just recently been informed that as part of the cost-cutting efforts at work, I will no longer be entitled to business cards. !!! Well, it is not that I have a great need for business cards. However, I do sometimes wonder how the management goes about selecting things to cut. A set of business cards [ READ MORE ]
I have recently come across a couple of situations where people have expressed their frustrations at the lack of expertise and skilled workers in Malaysia. I have some thoughts about this issue and I would like to put them down here. Mismatch of Skills In one case, I visited a semiconductor foundry (those places that manufacture the [ READ MORE ]
You know what, I did not realise that anything untoward was happening within our opposition coalition. In fact, even after everyone started making a big fuss about MPs quitting and aligning themselves with the ruling coalition, I still did not feel like anything special was happening. Then it dawned on me – I have become [ READ MORE ]
Seems that our Malaysian judges are once again at the fore-front of setting dangerous precedents. According to the article in TheStar, proof of penetration is no longer required for charging someone with the act of unnatural sex in Malaysia. That is like saying that penetration is unnecessary to charge someone with rape. All that is [ READ MORE ]
This topic just came up over the CNY holidays while I was thinking to myself out loud (i do that quite a bit). The question I posed was this – if we assume that the judiciary is corrupt to the core, how do we fix it? The answer that I came up with was a [ READ MORE ]
A submarine that cannot dive. I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. Only in Malaysia, does our navy end up buying a submarine that cannot dive. This problem developed due to some broken parts but there is a much deeper issue at hand. If such a new submarine is built with such shoddy [ READ MORE ]
I find it interesting that companies have race too in Malaysia. While there is officially a classification of bumiputra contractors by the government, this is the first time that I found out that there are such things as ‘Malay’ contractors. According to TheStar, Penang’s Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, said that, “of 66 state government [ READ MORE ]
I totally agree with what Anas Zubedy said in his Nut Graph article: But in terms of politics, I would like to see us moving beyond a two-party system. I think we need a two-plus-one system. In this system, we’d have BN and PR, and also 30 to 40 Members of Parliament who are totally independent [ READ MORE ]