Really…talking about politics on the blogsphere has a way of, well, ruffling up feathers. After visiting heaps of blogs online – silently or otherwise – it has dawned on me that Malaysians are really an angry lot of people who just love to complain. Whether it’s with reason or not, well, that has left to be seen…

The funny thing is this: a lot of the ones doing the complaining are also the ones who can afford that extra bit of the cash or find better paying jobs. The cleaning lady, ah sums, sales assistants and farmers of Malaysia (plus a whole lot of other poor people) are busy trying to earn a living and deal with this as best as they can, which probably explains why you don’t see a lot of them on the Internet blogging about their lives.

Those of us who offer a different view on the situation are immediately shot down as 1) disconnected, 2) ignorant and 3) just plain old-fashioned “you don’t understand”. Never mind that my M’sian friends who are living abroad are not having an easy time with the fuel hikes and rising costs either…that’s the bloody misconception that most M’sians have – if you have a toe dipped on foreign soil, you’re swimming in gold. Pfft. Sorry to disappoint you but like every other Mat Salleh, we have to work hard (if not doubly so) for our moolah and even then, it’s not all roses and peaches…

I really don’t know what else to tell M’sians. I, like Edrei, believe that everyone is part of the problem and while being angry is allowed, being angry without a plan or any proactive action is just stupid. The whole hangat-hangat tahi ayam, y’know…

I wonder if there is an action group pushing the government to better public transport and etc…or are complaints just falling onto deaf ears?

Either way, it’s back to the usual stuff for me – Mum’s here for a visit and I’ve been busy. Won’t even be around next week. I’m going to blow at least a couple of hundreds just for travelling from Switzerland to France and vice-versa. *insertsarcasm* Yes, what to do? I’m living in comfort here, mah. *endsarcasm*

Hm…I wonder if overdosing on diet pills would help get rid of the additional “stuff” (being polite here) I’ve had to swallow of lately…