Friday, August 29, 2008

Corruption in Malaysia

So much has been talked about the ACA nabbing the corrupt Puspakom officers. It is simply bribery, probably the easiest to identify and handled.

But there is another type of corruption, such as the MPSJ buying laptops at double the price. This is the overcharging corruption. I think this is more prevalent and harder to tackle as it normally involved those in power.

And come to think of it, those privatized monopolies are corrupt practice themselves. Think of Puspakom, Fomema, Indah Water and many other, created to siphon money from the public doing things that were previously done by government agencies or could be handled directly by the public. It is simply abuse of power by the authorities.

Just a thought from a man on the street.

Flying the Malaysian Flags

A lot has been said about how few flags is being flown this Merdeka season.

I have no comments on flying the flag at homes, shops and offices. But I have a reason why there is less flags flown on cars.

For info I've never put on those little flags on my car. Never ever.

Last year petrol was RM 1.92 pr liter. This year it is RM 2.55, and RM 2.70 just weeks ago. Those flags on your moving vehicles cause a lot of drag, and drag will mean you will use up more fuel. More hydrocarbon burnt. Not exactly a good thing for the environment, or your pocket.

There are still lots of those little flags on cars and taxis. And big ones on trucks. Maybe for he trucks especially, the drivers don't pay for the fuel from their own pocket. And I'm quite sure the majority of the taxi and truck drivers didn't score A1 on Physics.

Just my thoughts.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

The cats

I opened up the hood of my car, and guess what was inside?

I don't know how they get inside the engine compartment with the hood closed. Must be from the underneath.

The kittens were born on 6th of July 2008.

Ggirl, a female.
Boboy, a male.
Tamtam, a male.
Bubu, a female.

And finally Cing the mother. She was a stray and was adopted by my children. Cing is a good mother, and very protective of her kittens.