Fucking cool. Somebody from Anwar’s camp really know how to use the Internet. First wave, the rise of blogs. Second wave, rise of visual media distribution. Third wave, rise of small, interesting, useful services. Malaysia memang slow sikit. But this is a sign of progression in Malaysian politics, where they now are using (almost) freely available new media tools & services to distribute their message across. Politicians are just like celebrities. They just want their faces to be out there. And this will greatly increase the adoption rate for these tools in Malaysia. A perfect marketing game.
September 16, 2008
September 8, 2008
State of unrestful manner
“Iyalah, siapa pun mendapat kerusi lebih, jadi mereka berasa hebat. Biasalah itu. Macam dalam BN, Umno kerusi terbanyak.”
That is the problem with politics. Uncontrollable dominance & power. Furthermore, all this talk about undemocratic ways of Anwar toppling the government. From my point of view, after reading people’s view on the Web and also randomly talking to people who I hardly knew & listening to them, the rakyat fear of Anwar’s raging hormones.They supported him, but they fear of the monster that he could be if he decides to turn the page & let the monster surface.
But dear rakyat, wasn’t it was you who elected this person and his cronies? What, you’d think cronies is a word specially reserved for the government?
I have a theory about Anwar’s recent sodomy case. We already know the story from the real facts available, but let’s just view this scenario with a different perspective.
July 15, 2008
Post debate: Anwar VS Shabery
Anwar Ibrahim is a great critic. The way he phrases his criticism to the government, if heard properly, is direct & honest. He brings forward the “rakyat” problem, and I must say, he is the best to represent the rakyat because of his ability to speak. The things he says is somehow things that are close to people’s heart. But being a great critic doesn’t make him a great leader.
The last I heard Anwar Ibrahim spoke was about 10 years ago, during the Reformasi era at Masjid Jamek, Chow Kit & Sogo. I can’t compare what I’ve heard & watched today on TV is the same person 10 years ago.
But one thing I can say, there’s something missing from tonight’s debate. What is it?
Hmm… I know what…
FACTS
There was no facts that can help people understand why the problem, is a problem. The debate fails to give a reason for the “rakyat” to do something for themselves, to ease their own burden. The debate fails to paint a picture to make the people understand the underlying reason behind a question, “Why is it like that??”. It’s like watching the Parliment on the news, again.
It’s like watching my 2 nephews (sigh, i miss them…) arguing with each other on which Ultraman is the best-est Ultraman.
And from tonight’s debate, I didn’t see any intelligence in it. They did not bring any facts to support their convictions. I only saw politicians blowing off pollens.
It’s like watching both of them making fun of us on national TV!
Let’s see how intelligent this Anwar guy is…
Karim Raslan, “Ceritalah” column, The Star, 15th July 2008.
… I asked about his contrarian oil price scheme but his answers delivered with his signature charm didn’t quite persuade me and we moved on…
Straight but unnoticeably stinging. Let’s see how intelligent Anwar Ibrahim really is tonight. Why? Because so far he’s been spreading “sweet pollens” around Malaysia, and to me, nothing that he has said publicly, so far brings any weight or factual arguments. To me, he’s THE DE FACTO “tok guru” of all “Sweet Talk” gurus. Ask Ezam, he might know what I mean. And if you start saying “well, he was a former Minister of Finance before…”, well my friend, in 1998, it was the hard work of professional government staff & executives that saved Malaysia from an economic disaster, not the minister. A minister is just toooo busy being a minister.
Let the fight begin. I have so been waiting for a public debate.