American complacency

The Americans used to champion democracy in other, somewhat, unfriendly nations, which included the freedom for the people to express themselves, by holding huge gatherings and protest marches. But they were either reserved or grudgingly supported the recent rallies and chaotic demonstrations that happened in ‘friendly’ countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain and Yemen. They, explicitly, approved the protests in non-friendly countries such as Iran and Libya.

They thought such nonsense would not happen in their country, the great United States of America. Their nation would be always the leading example of full democratic rule, which the citizens understood well.

But alas! That was not to be! On Thursday, November 17, 2011, hundreds, if not thousands, of people gathered at the New York Stock Exchange, and the streets and subways of other cities to protest the bad economic situation and systems in the country. They called it Occupy Wall Street protests.

Wonder whether that was just a beginning. Hopefully, nothing follows.

No, I am not belittling the Americans. Just pointing out the turn of events. In this world of ours, nothing is certain anymore.

Malaysians to blame

It is clear now with the S.E.A. Games. The Indonesians don’t like Malaysians. This is only sports but Indonesians seem to take this opportunity to show their displeasure of the Malaysians, by booing at our delegates, officers and participants and even, to the anguish of many, showing disrespect to Malaysian national anthem and flag.

This is all Malaysians’ doing. They treated the female citizens of Indonesia who had come to work as maids for the households of Malaysia with disrespect. Words do go back to their country. So this is what they are getting in return.

The Indonesian maids had been approved by the Malaysian Government to work only as maids in houses but I saw many of them forced by their employers to also work in their restaurants. I had also seen one maid climbing up a ladder to clean up the ceiling fan, coolly watched by her female employer, poor gal! I mean the Indonesian maid!  I had seen another one washing the car!

I haven’t, personally, seen them being abused physically, but it rages me inside to read in the papers of these poor maids being beaten and treated badly by their uncivilized employers. When, I, as a Malaysian can feel such anger do we have to tell about the Indonesians!


It is still not too late yet to change. Show that we Malaysians are caring people. Treat the maids as part of our family. Buy them presents. Joke and laugh with them. Give them proper rest. Take them to places where you would want your family to go, not to give them work but just to make them enjoy the tour.

As I had said, words do get around. Do the good deeds and see their reaction at the next sports event in Indonesia when Malaysians take part. They are also humans, with feelings.

Disgusting Meera

I wonder how the authorities can approve the purportedly 'comedy' serial ‘Sabash Meera’ from India, to be shown in Malaysia. This serial is shown daily on weekdays on Astro Vanavil at 8.30pm. 

In the serials, the main character Meera, played by Kovai Sarala, seems to be always belittling her father, calling him all sorts of names, under the name of comedy. The last straw was in the episode shown recently, on Thursday, November 10 2011, where the female character,Meera, talks of sending her father to the old folks’ home, and in a later scene, takes him into a room, and supposedly whacks him, behind the door!

Is this how we are going to bring up our children in Malaysia? How can such a sickening serial be shown in Malaysia? What are the Hindu Sangams doing? Just laughing along, I suppose.

This serial should be removed immediately from the Malaysian screens before the children of Malaysia begin to assume that it is the norm to belittle their parents, and make a laughing stock of them.

Why Thailand? Why now?

Thailand is suffering from the worst flood that it has ever seen. It is almost 3 months now. Over 500 people have died. 2 million displaced. 

Why? Why Thailand? Why now?

Is having a woman Prime Minister, in Yingluck Shinawatra, in Thailand for the first time, a bad omen for the nation? 

Or are the heavens angry because Thailand had gone overboard by permitting its citizens to fight among themselves (the red and yellow shirt fiascos), without due regard and respect to its monarchies that they so worshipped? 

Or has the prevalence and passive acceptance of vices, especially, that of sexual in nature made the nation reap the punishment in this form? Or is it an act of nature or nature's wrath?

Only time will tell. 

After Gaddafi, who?

Saddam Hussein is dead.
Osama Bin Laden is dead.
Muammar Gaddafi is dead.
All under different circumstances.
But still the same, they were all anti-west, especially the USA.
The tempting question now is,
Who next?