Dr M is Lonely Now and Needs Friends

At the moment, Dr M neither has many friends in UMNO nor in the opposition parties. To be more worst, he is also not an UMNO member!

Preliminarily, he said would not be present at the last day of the General UMNO Assembly 2009. Reason given that he did not want to make himself to be seen as a fool and corrupted as many others in the assembly. Suddenly, within 24 hours he had appeared in the assembly. That really surprising, astonishing, and startling many of his fans including me.

My advice to Dr M, it is time for Dr M to enjoy prolong rest of his life when seeing that he could not think properly and stably right now. Where, his decisions and characters are always changing now and then. Further, we no more could read what actually playing in his mind. Is flip-flop the true words to describe his mentality now? It is time for him to go to mosques and 'suraus' for 'ibadat' towards 'Allah swt.' Dr M should let whatever in the surroundings will take care of themselves or will be taken care of by the others who are still energetic and mentally stable by now.

If I were him, I would not present in the assembly, especially to see Khairi J. who is a liability to UMNO now and in the future. During their meeting, Pak Lah had shown and proved that he was too weak whenever to meet Dr M then. Pak Lah should not greet Dr M so much in the meeting then, because Dr M who forced Pak Lah to resign, later feel helpless, and useless infinitely.

To conclude, to those who had taken Political Science subject at tertiary education levels; it is a study of how to grab, use and maintain power which most importantly to be noted then is, 'nothing is impossible in politics. Today as friends, tomorrow may be enemies, vice versa.

Politics is not dirty as almost people claim. It is dirty when it is being exploited by the immoral and irresponsibility politicians who exist everywhere now around us!

Khairi J. Is Not A Genius

To me Khairi J. yet not relevant to be an UMNO leader. Although, he is an Oxford graduate, but that acquirement was due to his father once a prominent man and closed to the PM. Not due to merits he actually possessed.

He is far from genius. Further, not born in the eve of Merdeka days. Hence, he less posh experiences. Then, how he declared could be the Malay Champion? A shame of himself! He really an opportunist who practice the end 'justifies the means.'

He is not a good debater and evaluator as he always claimed latetly. To me, he is just a good pretender, who 'acap kali dia tersasau and syok sendiri aja.' I do not understand why the 40% of UMNO youth representatives elected him as their leader (30% each went to Khir Toyo and Mukhriz). If Khir Toyo did not contest, I confidently Muhkriz would win the UMNO youth election. For sure Khairi had earned about 304 votes, but if Khir Toyo did not contest and his votes went to Mukhriz, surely Mukhriz would win as the new Youth Head. The present of Khir Toyo, "kacau daun aja."

Scrutinizing the votes, the main finding is that majority of UMNO youth representative did not voted Khairi J. as the new UMNO Youth Head!

Through experience, 'the faster you go up the faster you will go down as experienced by Khir Toyo himself and few others.' So, be patience on going up the ladder.

Survey in the Internet on PPMSI: Validity and Reliability

This morning I heard from TV3, if not mistaken was informed that 98% of respondents had agreed to continue PPMSI as one research done by someone who is not well-known in Malaysia 'yet'. What about opinion from the majority of the 'rakyats' who do not have access to the Internet, especially respondents age of 50 years and above, and who do not have much time to surf the Internet, so also the rakyats particularly living in the rural areas who are far away from various media sources? To an academic researcher, any research needs validity and reliability. But this research does not have the two important criterias?

To re-test the finding is very simple. As we know, on the 7th March 2009, about 100,000 people had demonstrated in KL for the government to dissolve PPMSI. Now, lets invite people to demonstrate on issue that PPMSI should be continued. I confidently predict, they will be less than 2,000 will . If unsure, lets go ahead and try!

For the Malays, where are your originality? The Japanese proud of their language and maintain their impactful traditional cultures. So also the French, the Russians and the Germans. These four races who uphold their mother tongue languages have become the world's class societies in technology and scientific advancement almost in every fields. Ironically, the United Kingdom which its mother tongue is and uses English still far behind to those counterparts!

The Indians majority in Malaysia who work as laborers, many of them can speak standard English. But what are their standards in the society? Are their standards of living higher than the other Malaysians? Nope.

PPMSI is an artificial that could not last longer. Again, "hilang bahasa hilanglah bangsa." We can see today many Malays, especially the higher educated and income levels' groups feel ashamed of being the Malays. In formal public speaking and informal gatherings they seldom speak Bahasa Melayu, they so proud of their English. We can recognize them when seeing them being screened on the TVs. Many corporate leaders including in the GLCs do not believe the Malay workers performance by assuming that all Malay employees are lazy, mentally slow and poor. But they forget when IQ was tested in choosing the Malaysian first astronauts, two Malays were top in the list. Syabas to the two doctors! That just one example of the other 1,001 examples.

SPM 2008 Results Encouraging?

The numbers of students passed excellently in the examination claimed increasing from year to year by the Ministry of Education. Or the increase of more rubbish? If don't believe, test them again in randomly. For sure, we will be startled of the re-results.

International surveys have proved that the Malaysian standard for Mathematics and Sciences since by using English as medium of instruction and in examination has declined compared to other countries that used their mother tongue languages in their education and examination system. Malaysia then was at the bottom compared to French, Japan, Korea, and Russia in terms of Mathematics and Sciences achievements.

OK to be continued...........

Mini-budget of RM60 Billion To Save the Economy

RM60 billion, is it mini? Huh, from where the monies come from? Ah ha, mainly from the EPF. Yeah, our EPF dividends 2009 will be affected again. Normally will get 4% to 5% each year. What about inflation of 5% to 10% per year? Means at the end when we can withdraw all our deposits, actually we will get nothing extra but "depreciated' amount of EPF?

I remember Tun Daim had went to US in 1998 to sell the bonds of RM2 billion which already we considered as a big amount! Now RM60 billion? What happened if still insufficient to stimulate the Malaysian economy at least for the next two years?

PM in waiting looks smiling when briefed and delivered the budget on March 10, 2009. Yeah, the money or budget to be spent is not from his or any cabinet's members pockets, or his late father's monies, but monies of the citizens themselves.The government is exploiting its subjects' retiring funds, collections of the highway tolls, profits earn from petroleum consumed by the public, etc.

As naive suggestion, why not the RM60 billion is distributed to 60 selected local potential entrepreneurs to start or expand their businesses? Of which, before becoming a billionaire, then by giving them RM1 billion each, the country will be able to create at least 60 more billionaires in the country. If not, when the allocation finished we are scared if we still unable to produce even as single billionaire!

Unfortunately, our country is merely having people of only know how to spend money, not how to get money! These can be proven of how our some MPs debating in the Parliament especially by the backbenchers by using Bahasa Melayu very wildly, and if using English also not to the standard.

To select a truly Premier, we have to find someone who is highly educated, know how to use his head and farsighted. Like Nabi Yusuf a.s. (Prophet Joseph) during Pharaoh's reign, where to save during flamboyant period of 7 years and spent wisely when in depression of also seven years.

Why not we produce more local doctors through the IPTA/IPTS and budgeting more on them?Instead of producing 2,000 doctors per year why not increase them to 5,000 or 10,000 per year? Why we spend a lot on defence of which when buying the armaments/artillery gadgets we always buying the outdated ones? Is it to save cost?

Look at Japan, it spends money more on developments and less on defence. Hence, Malaysia most money spend on armaments, why not transfer some to be used more in expanding the agricultural sectors, means producing more foods for the citizens? China and India are examples of exporting food countries, why not Malaysia?

Like we are in the many wrong directions somewhere full of complications and confusions. Why? The existence of opportunists and selfish leaders are around who prefer to acquire popularity more than to defend the discreet principles.

West Malaysia North-South Highway

The management of our highways still below the standard. On March 9, 2009 I travelled from Kuala Kangsar at 3.30pm to Kuala Lumpur.After Jelapang Toll, I and family proceeded to another toll near Gunung Tempurung. And there were 5 Kilometers queues. At that time there was drizzling along the way.

I told my wife, why not the workers just gave away the tickets outside the booths? So that the traffic could flow faster.Why we pay something that delaying our journey? Yeah, from the Gunung Tempurung Toll to Sungai Buluh cost me RM24.90sen. Took about three and the half hours. Sometimes it is better to take the old roads, but depends on luck, too.

If to become a cabinet minister, I do not want to be the Minister of Transport. It is really a hot seat, unless I do not bother what the people will say to me, as the previous minister all the time did.Our country is very rich in natural and artificial resources, but where most of the income gone to? The poor remains poor,some more poorer than before.Where, who, and how are the Minister Head and other cabinet's ministers when passed tolls to be increased for the 5 highways recently?

When debating and talking in the Parliament, most backbenchers mostly talk rubbish like unregistered medicines' sellers along the streets and some seem not mentally rational, far than educated at all. No need to mention them because their faces could be seen through the TV channels especially TV3. Time will fade them away.

The rakyats are no more naive, they are becoming more informative and educated. They all judging on you, hi all the ministers and others in power. If not performed or performed immorally, they will throw you out in the coming elections.

March 9, 2009 7:30 PM

The Critical Stage of Bahasa Melayu

Today is March 7, 2009. A critical stage to the usage of Bahasa Melayu in Malaysia. According to pre-survey, about more than 100,000 Malaysians will march to the Istana Negara to submit memorandum not to use "PPMSI."

Yeah, I feel ashamed of when found out that 20% marks in Mathematic or Science able to pass in the UPSR and PMR examinations for the past few years. If disbelieved, we could test the students again who scored A's in Mathematic or Science whether they really deserved the A’s!

Look, some students, and also their parents startled when the students got A's in these subjects, which before they just passed in the papers during trial tests/examinations. Huh! Ironically then, the Ministry of Education would say the programs/implementations have been successful, where 'passing rates are increasing from year to year.' Please lah, we are no more naive ok? Now most of us are more educated and globally opened, in some circumstances are even more educated than some of the personnel in the Education Ministry and the Cabinet's members themselves.

Let us checking back history when the medium of English was imposed until end of 1970's at the school secondary levels. The number of Malays students at the faculties of Engineering, Economics, Medicine, Laws reached not even 10%. Only through BM than their numbers increased around 40% to 80%.

Many Malays now who are medical practitioner, legal, engineering, accounting, and dentistry were mostly educated in Bahasa Melayu during their secondary schools' days. But when they growing up, their English proficiency and fluency automatically progress through their readings and business dealings then.

Once I was the uncontested President of PTA of a government school in Ampang for two years (2006-2008). I have to discontinue the post because my children no more study there. But my 3rd child will be there in 2010 which qualify me back to hold the post if I wanted to.

In 2006, one fine morning during school assembly I gave a speech to the school citizens which has about 151 teachers mostly females and 2,100 students morning and evening sessions.

I said, "Why must we so obsess and look too high at English? The Britons in the United Kingdom are laughing at us of still bowing to their inheritance.

"That means yet we are not independent in the truly sense, where and why we every year at 31st August claim/celebrate that we are already independent. If we claimed we already/really independent, sorry to say, in my personal opinion this celebration should not be remembered at all! When we remember it, we will remember that we were former subjects of the British Empire! Why should we remember that?

Now, what we must do is to be really and fully efficient in English without sacrificing the Bahasa Melayu. I agree to use English as a tool to progress and develop in certain but not all fields. As Malaysian, as stated in the Federal Constitution, preference should be given to Bahasa Melayu. A Malay proverb has said, "Hilang Bahasa Hilanglah Bangsa." Bila bahasa sudah hilang, maka hilanglah bangsa! (When the language is vanished, the race is also going to diminish soon, too!).

Remember, the Japanese, the Germans, the French, the Russians and many others use their mother tongue languages, yet able to produce better products/services than produced by the Britons themselves. Further, if we want to study there, we must be competent in their languages first, and then only can enroll at their universities/colleges.

March 6, 2009 8:56 PM

Case Study

The meeting was called without any appropriate notice. Then it was appeared as a harmful meeting. He came very rudely. Seemed was trying to influence the boss. I let him to comment on whatever on me and ‘R’. He was provoked and he tried to demoralize us especially me totally. He accused me of inefficiencies and lateness of finishing the follow-ups. The accusations have already started since he joins our insurance team. So far, he never mentioned any of his weaknesses, for example many of his poor judgments. Poor thing. He thought he was 100% perfect.

I encountered his comments, “We should not find faults with members in the team, but solutions. ‘R’ and I have done everything to update the follow-ups. We have made the report properly without hiding anything. Hence we together could follow-up from there easily.”

He claimed he has done a lot of work, especially for the coming renewals of insurance coverage. His action seemed to let the boss gave more credit to him.

My further encounters: Prior he joined the team, who did all the renewals? I who did the renewals and all others without any complaints at all with a lot of patience. But all settled amicably, and on time without any obstacles. Why make the insurance works being so complicated?

He said I did not adhere instruction because I thought I was better equipped professionally and academically then him. Haah, if so, why not he further his study? Why depend only on polishing the bosses all the time??

Nowadays, additional qualifications are more demanded by the discreet employers, not merely skill. Unless the employers only want the workers who prefer to be dogs. If that happened the organization would not last long.

Conclusion
He shows his bossy attitude. Human factor not in his mind. Mechanically factor yes he does, but better organically.

February 27, 2009 6:29 PM

Siti Nur Sakinah Comments

The only great leader I know is Rasullullah saw. Refer to book named "Go To Great" written by J. Collins, there are two chracteristics that must posses by a great leader which are:
1) Humble.
2) Passion to be professional.

All these were posed by the Prophet.

October 31, 2008 7:29 AM

To Get Things Done

We as managers can no longer depend on our IQ to get things done:

1.The Emotional Intelligence (commonly known as EQ) is the critical success factor that will ensure success in the workplace.

2.The EQ concept is basically focuses on our ability to manage ourselves and how we manage the relationship with others.

3.Getting and remaining connected with people is critical for the success of managers. Managers who are able to build and sustain commitment, trust and rapport with their employees invariably experience positive results in getting things done.

4.Our ability to relate to the needs of others and use that understanding to bring out the best from them is a critical EQ competency every manager should possess.

5.Managers need to understand their personal feelings and emotions first, before attempting to get things done through others.

Our Management Success depends on our ability to use the Emotional Intelligence (commonly known as EQ) skills in our course of work as a manager.

March 3, 2009 8:59 PM