Let me tell you a story

Let me relate a story of what kinda idiotic people we have helping us run this country. My subordinate, Hairol, recently lost his mother. She had diabetes, then 1 day she had fever, fell on the ground at their home in Malacca, knocked her head, and went into seizure. The father, took her to a local clinic, where they had a doctor. This doctor basically said Sorry, I am not trained, I don't know what to do. I only know how to cure fevers colds and flu. You have to take her to a hospital - the only one equipped for this stuff is in KL. He was trained locally, and worst still, could not speak proper English (claims my man Hairol, who, incidentally, comes from a background that can speak decent English).

So the dad drives to KL with the epileptic wife foaming from the back seat. Halfway through, she has a stroke. Now they reach KL and theres a jam. Then they reach GH. The docs operate on her - but its too late. She goes into a coma, and dies 2 weeks later. Hairol is totally devastated and this tragic and preventable incident. I can understand.

And the papers are highlighting the issue of the Malacca MP for Jasin saying close one eye to his flouting the law, clamouring for and sulking because he didn't get his Mercedes as a spoils of Customs confiscations. A right of his denied to him he claims. So while the powers that be are throwing national tantrums over not getting a Mercedes, and accusing each other of trivial things, their constituents are literally foaming at the mouth in epileptic fits.

And in their haste to employ grads, even half past six grads (as a result of skewed policies that allows them to gain entry into our unis, which are themselves half past 6) are churned out to be doctors. And these guys refuse to learn and improve themselves and update themselves - content with being a very basic GP. And a doctor who cannot speak good English!?!! Come on!!

Our leaders go around enriching themselves, semuanya OK, spout some religious stuff once in a while to maintain that religious image (truely religious people have good hearts, carry themselves well, and feel no need to constantly display in excess their absolute subservience to their faith) until election time, bagi sikit duit, and lo and behold, a vote is won.

You know what is the scary part? I cannot see any good, competent, modern, able leader up and down the ranks, who can take us into this new globalized world. All I see are half past 6 leaders such as the racist Khairy (what a global embarassment, to see our Youth Deputy climbing among rioters with a war cry and war attire screaming anti US slogans and burning the US flag in front of the Amercian Embassy while Condoleeza Rice was here. Imagine her assessment of the country to George Bush). There is another keris wielding Hishamuddin. There is the Nazri, with no backbone. And, as with history, the next batch of leaders will hail from the current batch of UPM student leaders. And we all know what happened in UPM.