Our Patriotic Song

Now, don't get me wrong. Under no circumstances that I would like to undermine our national anthem. I love my country very much and I would die to uphold her sovereignty. By virtue of that statement, I would like to invite all of us to feel the effect of our national anthem to ourselves compare to the national anthem of United States of America.

Our National anthem,

Negaraku
Tanah tumpahnya darahku
Rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju
Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita selamat bertakhta
Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita selamat bertakhta.

Its idiomatic translation is:

My country, my native land
The people living united and progressive
May God bestow His blessings and happiness
May our Ruler have a successful reign
May God bestow His blessings and happiness
May our Ruler have a successful reign.

and now compare it with USA national anthem, Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see,
By the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare,
The bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there.
O, say, does that
Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave?

Honestly, which song do you think will have more effect to our patriotic spirit? You answer that question yourself. But my suggestion is, why don't we, you know, make a new arrangement to our national anthem and let the younger generation remember the sacrifices of our ancestor in their fights for independence and a free kingdom. Let's this song embedded in the hearts and souls of every citizen and not just a song that every student has to sing every monday morning or during gold medal giving ceremony.

Let us remember our history good and bad so that we can learn our lesson through our national anthem. Long live Malaysia......Malaysia Boleh!

BERIKAN AKU IMAN

Izinkan aku menangis,

menitiskan air mata,

puas sudah aku bergembira,

terlalu lama hidup di syurga,

hingga nikmatnya tiada lagi terasa......,

berikan aku derita,

agar dapat ku merasa nikmat bahagia,

berikan aku kecewa,

agar dapat ku menghayati indahnya cinta,

berikan aku kegagalan,

agar dapat ku merasai manisnya kejayaan,

juga berikan aku segugus iman,

agar bisa ku mensyukuri semua nikmat dan ujianmu,

Tuhan, semesta alam.......

THE RICHEST MAN IN THE MALAYSIA

I've been thinking last night and after 10 minutes I made a conclusion, the richest man in this country would be me. You may ask why? What did I do that lead to that shocking statement?Well, what I did was, I opened an email account.

Last week alone, I had received several emails from unknown persons. The emails happened to be from somebody that somehow have the opportunity to inherit a very large sum of money from a very rich men in their countries that unfortunately had met their own demised. Most of it because of airplane crash (what a coincidence!). In order to get the money, somehow, I've been chosen as the lucky one to assist them. You see, they can't have this money unless they transfer it to somebody else bank's account in another country.

I do the math and if I did it correctly (I am a left handed guy, spare me the math), I'll be a proud owner of 3 billion usd and that's of course after 50% deduction of my oversea counterparts. Enough for my 7th generations that's if they could spent it wisely.

In addition, I am also a lucky winner from some sort of lucky draw contest by Go ogle (UK) in line with their annual anniversary celebration. The money is in pound sterling with an amount of 300,000.00 pound. All of these will be mine within an email away.

So, see you all in Disneyland........

SUCCESS STORY

My article as published in ISP (Incorporated Society of Planter) official magazine, 'The Planter' Vol. 86 no. 964 July Edition.

SUCCESS STORY

My article as published in ISP (Incorporated Society of Planter) official magazine, 'The Planter' volume 82 no. 964 July Edition.

REALITY CHECK - How Good Talents Are Wasted

Over the years, I've been observed and witnessed a lots of injustice related to employee's potential in workplace. I've seen a real capable officer was sidelined for a promotion just because his words were not pleasant enough to the Boss's ears. Instead, a sweet-mouth talker and a real ass-kisser got the merit. Even though this talker wasn't a good doer, his opinion certainly a music to the boss's ears.

I can say that, based on my own observation, most of the working culture particularly in my country are shaped that way. It's developed into kind of business plan that good in paper but not in practical. It's full of facts and figures, grafts and tables, and nice graphics design with state of the art technology but the essence remains empty. First impression is important but if it is based upon fabrications, it's doom to fall apart sooner or later. That's why some marriages ed up in divorces.

Organization that is built by this nature, will face their inevitable consequences eventually. Respect if not fear is only exist in the surface. People will talk bad things behind as well as tonnes of good ideas. During monthly review meeting, staffs will speaks only of favorable things in order to please the Boss and to appear good in front of the others. Gradually, the reality is distanced away and nobody would like to talk about it because the Boss doesn't approve. If somebody is bold enough to bring it out, he will be subject to ridicule and topped of Boss's blacklist. Believe me, annual appraisal won't be that encouraging and this once a highly motivated and talented chap slowly burn out. The only solution is to look for a greener pasture.

My example above may be straight forward and slightly exaggerated but that's what actually happened in some organizations. Of course in real life the drama is more complicated but the basis is still the same. What I'm trying to say here is, in order to make a good progress in whatever we do, all we need is to understand that most of the time reality can be really suck, but we have to accept it and a find a way to improve it further. It's take a lots of courage, commitment and persistent effort but of course, it's lot easier to say than done. Still, it is not impossible.....

Just give a thought to the following quote;
' A lot of talents get wasted simply because they speak the truth....'