Ahmad, Ah Chong and Raju were at their favourite coffee shop where the following conversation took place.
Ah Chong: I like this new government policy la…. 1Malaysia. Good to remind us that we are all one Malaysians.
Ahmad: pelik isn’t it? We are all Malaysians and after more than 50 years, we have to be reminded again that we are one Malaysians!
Raju: Ya bro. Last 2 years so much tension in the country! Got religious issues la, got racial issues la, got so many demonstrations, ketuanan Melayu, ketuanan Rakyat, man type of ketuanan la…
Ahmad : Again pelik isn’t it? Got so much tension that time when the policy was Islam Hadhari. How come?
Ah Chong : yaa hor? Woi what happened to Islam hadhari? Wa..last time, everybody talk about Islam hadhari, got restaurant named Islam hadhari, got klinik named Islam Hadhari, got so many seminars and conference on Islam Hadhari…everything on government television also must say on Islam Hadhari….
Raju: yes la friends….it was a government policy which means all the cabinet members must have agreed to it. What happened to all the penyokong-penyokong Islam hadhari in the cabinet today?
Ahmad: Ala..bukan nya orang politik saja braders. Many orang agama also singing praises about Islam hadhari. If you go to the book shop today…you can still find books on Islam hadhari written by so-called ulamaks from Middle eastern Universities. But today all them so silent….just a matter of hardly 11 months!
Ah Chong, scratching his head: Hmm..politician I can understand la..they have no fixed principle one…can dance to the wind..but orang agama …how come they can change their mind?
Ahmad : Ah chong…you will be surprised la. Many orang agama sembah duit and pangkat and not Tuhan la. They can be easily bought with titles and money.
Raju: Friends, can you imagine….how much money was spent in the name of Islam hadhari…so…all that rakyat’s money wasted la?
Ahmad: sure la. All the money gone down the drain – our money. Politicians coin up slogans to konon nya mark their presence. Lagi pun, in our country, Islam is politicized. So Malay based party like UMNO and PAS will have to out-Islam each other la. Otherwise why you think Arabic sounding words sells like hot cakes in politics? You never realize ah…before every speech, each Malay politician will recite some long Arabic statements even though the audience tak faham?
Raju: Ahmad, not nice la you are a Malay and talk like that.
Ahmad: No la Raju. I am a Muslim. Of course I feel sad when my religion is being prostituted by hypocritical politicians. I fear Allah will punish them severely and our country for taking Allah’s name in vain.
A Chong: How come the cabinet members got no shame? They can just twist their tongue when one policy change to another? Today they support Islam hadhari, then tomorrow, throw it out! Haiya! Ini macam also got one.
Ahmad: nak hidup brothers! Last last, Rakyat is the in the one that is diperbodohkan and their money wasted. But the trouble is, when it comes to Islam, many of the Muslims do not want to find out about the religion themselves. Mereka ni terlalu bergantung pada orang politik dan orang agama. Malas nak baca dan memahami Quran dengan sendiri. So, kena tipu la.
Raju: Ya la braders….in our country so difficult to find people with the real perjuangan spirit. And those in politics for sure go no perjuangan spirit. Semua nak nama, pangkat dan harta only.
Ah Chong: Raju, you sound very pessimistic la. I know a few politician friends who are ok.
Ahmad: All I know is, if we want our country to prosper, be safe and available to the future generation, we the Rakyat must always watch every move of the politicians. Never trust them with our and our childrens' future. We, the People, must be the boss.
Peace !
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
AT THE SEMINAR, AUDIENCE AND THE NEWS
One day Ahmad, Raju and Ah Chong were invited to participate as speakers in a political seminar entitled “ People orientated politics for the new Millennium”.
Ahmad spoke first. He spoke about how corrupt the government was. He spoke about how inefficient the government was. [The crowd clapped] He spoke about how the main party government had been hoodwinking the people for years. When he finished most of the audience clapped.
Then it was Raju’s turn. He spoke about how discriminatory the government was. He spoke about how arrogant the main party has become. He also mentioned a few of the main party’s politicians and condemned them as not credible.[many applauded with wolf whistles] Everyone in the audience clapped.
Then it was Ah Chong’s turn. He started by talking about the role of politics in shaping the nation. He spoke on the dynamics of political parties and political supporters. He explained on the mechanics of realpolitik and how the citizens can play their role in ensuring that realpolitik does not override the general interest of the citizens and the nations. [There was yawning in the crowd.]
He emphasized that whatever one’s political inclination may be, the overriding factor is that political activity should not be detrimental to true national interest. He criticized the people’s obsession with politics to the extent that each has, unwittingly become pawns for the politicians from all sides of the divide. He distinguished the difference between the government and ruling party. Finally, he ended by saying that the people must reform the political system and stop focusing on personalities. Some of the crowd clapped lifelessly and formally.
After the seminar, the news papers covered the story.
THE MOON paper – “ Dato Jagung lambasted at seminar on political development” The story covered the speech by Raju.
THE JUPITER paper – “Change the Government – says Ahmad”
THE DOUBLE TIMES paper – “People fed up with main party’s policy – says Raju and Ahmad.
No paper carried Ah Chong’s speech. No one understood and it was not sensational and it required people to think about THEMSELVES!
A man read the Jupiter and was excited. He rushed to his learned friend and said: “Did you read the papers?
“Yes, I did”
“Shocking isn’t it?”
“Oh yes. Absolutely shocking!. How in the world did Manchester lose?”
“huh?”
Ahmad spoke first. He spoke about how corrupt the government was. He spoke about how inefficient the government was. [The crowd clapped] He spoke about how the main party government had been hoodwinking the people for years. When he finished most of the audience clapped.
Then it was Raju’s turn. He spoke about how discriminatory the government was. He spoke about how arrogant the main party has become. He also mentioned a few of the main party’s politicians and condemned them as not credible.[many applauded with wolf whistles] Everyone in the audience clapped.
Then it was Ah Chong’s turn. He started by talking about the role of politics in shaping the nation. He spoke on the dynamics of political parties and political supporters. He explained on the mechanics of realpolitik and how the citizens can play their role in ensuring that realpolitik does not override the general interest of the citizens and the nations. [There was yawning in the crowd.]
He emphasized that whatever one’s political inclination may be, the overriding factor is that political activity should not be detrimental to true national interest. He criticized the people’s obsession with politics to the extent that each has, unwittingly become pawns for the politicians from all sides of the divide. He distinguished the difference between the government and ruling party. Finally, he ended by saying that the people must reform the political system and stop focusing on personalities. Some of the crowd clapped lifelessly and formally.
After the seminar, the news papers covered the story.
THE MOON paper – “ Dato Jagung lambasted at seminar on political development” The story covered the speech by Raju.
THE JUPITER paper – “Change the Government – says Ahmad”
THE DOUBLE TIMES paper – “People fed up with main party’s policy – says Raju and Ahmad.
No paper carried Ah Chong’s speech. No one understood and it was not sensational and it required people to think about THEMSELVES!
A man read the Jupiter and was excited. He rushed to his learned friend and said: “Did you read the papers?
“Yes, I did”
“Shocking isn’t it?”
“Oh yes. Absolutely shocking!. How in the world did Manchester lose?”
“huh?”
WHERE IS THE TWO PARTY?
An interesting discussion took place today. It was something like this:
Raju: I think what is happening after March 8 is good for the country la. Al least we can move towards a two party system.
Ahmad: Yes la. BN and UMNO also very arrogant. Tak sedar diri la.
Ah Chong: Hello friends, what two party system you all talking about?
Raju: Woi, you balik China ka? Pakatan and BN lah!
Ah Chong: BN….ya lah. It is a registered party. They stand for election also using BN logo. But where got Pakatan, a registered party masa March election?
Ahmad: Chong ah, you kena fikir, that time of course no time to register as party la. That time is electoral pact. But now they form government already in Selangor and Penang.
Raju: Yes. Pakatan is government now.
Ah Chong: Haiyo! You people real kedai kopi mentality. Where got party registered as Pakatan? Did you check with the ROS or not? How come after one year of saying they are Pakatan, why still never register?
Raju: Legal not important la Ah Chong. There is Pakatan Government.
Ah Chong: You pun satu la Raju. What is stopping them from registering together a party called Pakatan. If UMNO, MCA, MIC, and the other parties berani do it legally, why DAP, PAS and PKR takut? You mean they are still not sure of each other ka? Kalau not sure of each other, how can we trust them? Simple la….just register so that Rakyat can be convinced they are serious.
Ahmad: Raju, that also make sense la. Why they never register until now? One year already?
Ah Chong: ya la. Actually, until now, we don’t have two party. We have actually one party called BN and many other parties like DAP, PKR, PAS and so on.
Raju: No lah brader. BN also made up many parties what? Cannot say they are one party.
Ah Chong: Ya la. I also know that! I mean that when they go to the people during election for votes, they go as one party – BN. They have one manifesto. How many manifesto Pakatan got during the March election? Three right? Now also, BN talk like BN government. Pakatan got like that meh? Kelantan is Pakatan policy ka?
Raju; Susah lah you Ah Chong. Why you still talking about Pakatan must register as one?
Ah Chong: Raju, you know, I wait for one year already you know. Sure lah if you vote for one of the Pakatan pary you want to see whether they can bersatu or not. If they cannot even bersatu as a legal party, how to percaya they can satukan the people la?
Raju; I am sure they will slowly register soon.
Ah Chong: Walao! One year is not slow enough ka? Never mind, I ask you something ok? For youlah Kelantan is Pakatan government or PAS government?
Raju: kena think first…
Ahmad: Even though they are PAS, I suppose we consider them as Pakatan kot? Dunno lah
Ah Chong: Ok lah…can you tell me what is the common policy of the Pakatan group ka? Frankly I don’t know lah
Raju: Organise demonstration ka? Ah Chong, jangan lah marah, I am joking mah..
Ah Chong: People serious la..tell me what is their common policy?
Ahmad: BN cannot be trusted lah. Too long in power already.
Ah Chong: Mat, why you don’t want to answer the question? What is their common policy? Tak ada kan?
Ahmad: tak tau pula….
Raju: Alah Ah Chong, that one all not important. Important thing is must give Pakatan a chance.
Ah Chong: That why I say…do the simple thing first. Kalau berani register Pakatan legally. And I also very confused, why he is still not Keadilan member? Wah, keadilan good for other people but not good enough for him meh?
Raju: Malas lah talk to you. Now you want go somewhere else. Strategy also you don’t understand.
And like all good Malaysians, they had a few more rounds of teh tarik, and watched soccer on the big screen in the mamak restaurant until their respective home ministers called them back to sleep.
PEACE !
Raju: I think what is happening after March 8 is good for the country la. Al least we can move towards a two party system.
Ahmad: Yes la. BN and UMNO also very arrogant. Tak sedar diri la.
Ah Chong: Hello friends, what two party system you all talking about?
Raju: Woi, you balik China ka? Pakatan and BN lah!
Ah Chong: BN….ya lah. It is a registered party. They stand for election also using BN logo. But where got Pakatan, a registered party masa March election?
Ahmad: Chong ah, you kena fikir, that time of course no time to register as party la. That time is electoral pact. But now they form government already in Selangor and Penang.
Raju: Yes. Pakatan is government now.
Ah Chong: Haiyo! You people real kedai kopi mentality. Where got party registered as Pakatan? Did you check with the ROS or not? How come after one year of saying they are Pakatan, why still never register?
Raju: Legal not important la Ah Chong. There is Pakatan Government.
Ah Chong: You pun satu la Raju. What is stopping them from registering together a party called Pakatan. If UMNO, MCA, MIC, and the other parties berani do it legally, why DAP, PAS and PKR takut? You mean they are still not sure of each other ka? Kalau not sure of each other, how can we trust them? Simple la….just register so that Rakyat can be convinced they are serious.
Ahmad: Raju, that also make sense la. Why they never register until now? One year already?
Ah Chong: ya la. Actually, until now, we don’t have two party. We have actually one party called BN and many other parties like DAP, PKR, PAS and so on.
Raju: No lah brader. BN also made up many parties what? Cannot say they are one party.
Ah Chong: Ya la. I also know that! I mean that when they go to the people during election for votes, they go as one party – BN. They have one manifesto. How many manifesto Pakatan got during the March election? Three right? Now also, BN talk like BN government. Pakatan got like that meh? Kelantan is Pakatan policy ka?
Raju; Susah lah you Ah Chong. Why you still talking about Pakatan must register as one?
Ah Chong: Raju, you know, I wait for one year already you know. Sure lah if you vote for one of the Pakatan pary you want to see whether they can bersatu or not. If they cannot even bersatu as a legal party, how to percaya they can satukan the people la?
Raju; I am sure they will slowly register soon.
Ah Chong: Walao! One year is not slow enough ka? Never mind, I ask you something ok? For youlah Kelantan is Pakatan government or PAS government?
Raju: kena think first…
Ahmad: Even though they are PAS, I suppose we consider them as Pakatan kot? Dunno lah
Ah Chong: Ok lah…can you tell me what is the common policy of the Pakatan group ka? Frankly I don’t know lah
Raju: Organise demonstration ka? Ah Chong, jangan lah marah, I am joking mah..
Ah Chong: People serious la..tell me what is their common policy?
Ahmad: BN cannot be trusted lah. Too long in power already.
Ah Chong: Mat, why you don’t want to answer the question? What is their common policy? Tak ada kan?
Ahmad: tak tau pula….
Raju: Alah Ah Chong, that one all not important. Important thing is must give Pakatan a chance.
Ah Chong: That why I say…do the simple thing first. Kalau berani register Pakatan legally. And I also very confused, why he is still not Keadilan member? Wah, keadilan good for other people but not good enough for him meh?
Raju: Malas lah talk to you. Now you want go somewhere else. Strategy also you don’t understand.
And like all good Malaysians, they had a few more rounds of teh tarik, and watched soccer on the big screen in the mamak restaurant until their respective home ministers called them back to sleep.
PEACE !
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