eligible but ineligible

So the Malaysian parliament was dissolved on 13 February 2008, 15 months earlier than the end of the 5-year term which will end on 16 May 2009. Some speculate that BN was scared of Anwar and didn't want him to contest. He'll only be eligible to contest in April whereas election day is on March 2008. But of course, people can speculate whatever they want. Pak Lah and co will of course deny it, what with the mainstream media in their control, they can say whatever they want.

For the next 2-3 weeks, you'll see a lot of news in the Malaysian mainstream media telling people the 'great' things BN has done for them, the 'excellent' things they're doing now, the 'superb' plans they have for the people in the future etc. This is good if it were all true. And if the opposition side can do the same as well. But no. They have to be one-sided. They don't want a fair fight. Everything they say is the truth and everything the opposition say is a lie.

Just read this news story about poor students who'll receive financial help. Yes, it is very noble of you to do this, but why now? Why not do it last year or the year before?

the symbols below does not necessarily show
which party i'm politically inclined to hehe

What saddens me is that they also resort to negative tactics. Tahun merawat Kelantan? Come on la, why do you need to potray them as a sick state? Is that the only method you could think of to try win over Kelantan voters? Why stoop so low? I'm sure many of those living in Kelantan don't have the same view.

Personally, I think you should change it to Tahun merawat Malaysia. I feel disappointed when reading and watching news on the sad state of affairs in Malaysia. Something needs to be done to improve and elevate the current status of my home country.

I also do not think it was appropriate to compare people with animals. I don't know the full context of the speech, but it's just not right. Especially if you're in the opposition, considering that the mainstream media is controlled by you-know-who. They'll be delighted with this since they can use it to gain political leverage.

Let's move to another sub-topic. I'm sure everyone knows that Pak Lah is the Imam of Islam Hadhari. It was his idea to 'implement' Islam Hadhari in everyday life in Malaysia and anywhere else in the world. But if you're learnt in Islam, you'll know that Islam is a COMPLETE religion. It's supposed to be implemented in our everyday life. We have guidelines for everything; praying, communicating, politics, even sleeping.

You DO NOT need to add a certain word after Islam, for example 'Hadhari', to rebrand Islam, or to show that you're now implementing it. So what were you practicing before this? Just Islam? Too boring for you ey? Islam is supposed to be a religion that suits every period of time. You don't need to change it.

Recently, the World Conference of Al-Azhar Alumni was held in KL. Its objective was 'to assemble personalities and Islamic scholars, as well as those who have succeeded and have influence within the society from the Al-Azhar University Alumni to bring about unity amongst them and the society'. (I got this from their website plus corrected some grammar here and there).

And I seriously doubt the Al-Azhar scholars who met there understood what Islam Hadhari was about when they agreed that Islam Hadhari is suitable as a foundation of a new Islamic civilisation.

I think I should start stepping on the brake pedal now. This post is getting a bit too long. And I can't even vote. So I don't think I have much right to say this and that when I'm not even going to vote.

But in my defence, I'd like to say that I was working when I was in Malaysia last summer and didn't have much time to register. And I didn't even know where and how to do it. But even if I did register, the only way I could vote is through the mail since I'm currently not in Malaysia.

And I am not confident that my vote will go in the ballot box the same as how I wrote/crossed it. Know what I mean? I'm sure you do. Since I'm an EEE student, let me give an analogy. Let's say my vote is an input signal to a filter. The filter will screen out any noisy aspect of the input signal cough opposition cough cough. So the output signal, which is the signal that arrives at the ballot box, is the desired signal that BN wants.

Don't understand? No worries. It's not important.

I have a friend who didn't register as well, but somehow his name is on the SPR list. And apparently his gender is female according to their records. Hmm.. very mysterious.

And don't get me wrong. I'm not anti-government. I really appreciate all the good things that they've done. I'm just anti-corruption, anti-liars and anti-hypocrites. It shows that one is a great liar when on one day, one says the parliament isn't going to be dissolved on a certain date and on the next day, one says otherwise. So do you want your country to be run by liars? I certainly don't.

To those who are voting, I do hope you really think about it long and hard. Make sure you are really informed before making your decision. I personally hope that this certain party will not get a 2/3 majority, for the good of the country.

But that's just me, the guy who's eligible to vote because of his age, but ineligible because he hasn't registered yet. Good luck voting!