Limit

May 282009

There is a limit to everything, even when the sky is your limit.

It is a good news indeed that our dear Deputy PM spoke of a 10-subject limit for SPM from next year. I do hope that they will go through with this noble idea. It is about time they do something about it.

I have firmly believed that it is not about the quantity, but the wholesomeness of an individual that SPM should reflect. I am not surprised if those who got 14 or 15 A’s and failed to get a scholarship, is a dork who can’t speak fluently during an interview. I’ve met people like this and trust me, you don’t want them to be your doctor if they managed to book-wormed themselves through medical school.

And may the government stick with their PPMSI policy, for the betterment of our Malaysian society.

The Lamp That Guide Us

Apr 192009

They are the lamp that guide us. Through thick and through thin, since the dawn of British imperialism, they were here as a beacon of hope.

“Jangan terlalu cepat membuang pelita, kerana riang melihatkan fajar akan menyingsing; kerana hari siang juga akan berakhir. Jangan nanti bila malam mendakap senja, warga dan bangsa akan hidup teraba-raba – hilang haluan, kerana diselimuti kegelapan malam tanpa pelita.”

The words of The Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah is deep in meaning, and is clear in message. “The people must be conscious not to be hasty to throw the lamp away, happy with the dawn of daylight; as daylight too will end. Let it not be that as night falls, people grope about directionless, blanketed in darkness without a lamp”.

The so-called street democracy freedom that we enjoyed so far is akin to the daylight; what we have seen is the beautiful scenery that it bought as the sun rise from the east. What we have not seen however are the things that will stripped us of what we are now. For good or for bad is up for debate, but to throw away the lamp shall the night falls will only make us the ultimate loser.