To support Earth Hour, you should switch off the right thing......the over used cellphones.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Earth hour - switch off the right thing
To support Earth Hour, you should switch off the right thing......the over used cellphones.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
August and September people, let’s shower this world with love and happiness.
To those who knows me will know that I am a little “human” type of person. Are there other types? Yes, you may ask and you may object. I define human as those who are related to the word “humane”. On a one-dimensional scale, we can categorize people into 2 main categories; humane and others. Forget about the others category.
Okay, regarding the people with humane qualities: type “humane” in MS Words and check the thesaurus for this word. You will see many feel good words.
If we try to see who are the people in this category, you will notice that you can name million and one people from all over the world. Yes, you are indeed very observant person and you are able to see the real quality of the people. If I ask you to see the similarities among the people you have named, you may in a way, identify a pattern.
Similar to the 7 habits of the highly effective people (by Stephen R. Covey), we can identify similarities in people whom we define as good people (that are humane).
I tried to carry out this observation among my own family members. My family means including the families of my 2 brothers. The list consists of my parents (2), my elder brother’s family (4), my family members (4) and my younger brother’s family (5); total=15.
Among all these people in my family circle, I will only recognize 9 people as good people. They are my parents(2), my son (1), my daughter(1), my sister-in-law (1), my nephews(2), my niece(1) and myself as the best. What is similar among us…………..we were all born in the month of August and September. Among the 15 members in my family, 9 great people were all born in August and September.
You say this has no basis………..Obama was born August. He is good right. Not enough !
Wait till August 2009 and you will see 2 more great people being born in the outer ring of my family circle.
We are waiting for one to be born in
The other should be arriving in US to my father’s sister’s son - 2nd child.
As I told you in the 1st line, I am a little “human” type person. I love to be in a gathering of people especially gatherings of family members, it makes the gathering even more memorable.
August and September people, let’s shower this world with love and happiness.
Subra
Friday, February 20, 2009
Today you have pain, tomorrow you will have joy.
This morning (19th of Feb 2009) I had the privilege to ride a motorcycle on the
You may ask what is so special about riding a bike on the
You would agree with me when I tell you that you will be able to witness a great phenomenal reality framed in time. Exact to the words I used, the scenario was indeed a framed picturesque.
About 2 kilometers before reaching the toll booths, we can see lines of vehicles queuing up. You must note all the details here. When I say lines it doesn’t mean straight lines but a little jagged. Okay, I can hear those who use the bridge on daily basis will not agree with the term jagged, they prefer to say “interlaced” lines……in simple English, it means vehicles cutting into other lanes indiscriminately ….. you want a more appropriate word….erratically. There are 20 toll booths. Simple maths, you should have 20 lanes, but in
After paying the toll, the 7 lanes magically become 2 lanes. This is where you will find your “squeeze yourself” skill come into play. You will see small cars tip toeing in between 2 big vehicles. At one moment I was wondering whether the small car was actually small or it became small after being squeezed by the big vehicles.
With all the acrobatic maneuvers, you will see victorious drivers smiling when they take the lead and enter into the 2 lanes.
This is the normal life you will see on the
This is where my privilege of going on the bike prevailed. I managed to dance using my bike and swam through the thick piles of vehicles with a smoothness of a silkworm. Throughout the path till I reach the toll booths, I saw very little movement of the vehicles. Simple logic, there must be something holding everyone at the other side of the bridge.
My bike was still breathing well and had youthful energy to dance and swim again. From the 7 lanes area, I am now at the new 3rd lane area. I was indeed very proud to be on the newly built 3rd lane. My thoughts paused and thought for a while, why aren’t the vehicles moving even with the opening of the 3rd lane? To know the answer, I know that I had to move forward.
As I moved further I saw the 3rd lane coming to an end I can see the vehicles merging into the old 2 lanes. Although this can be a cause of the slow traffic, I still thought there should be another better (worse) reason. After traveling another 4 kilometers, the 2 lane traffic was forced to merge and be 1 single lane. And this is the main reason why the entire traffic on the
I wonder whether the contractors were trying to equal the equation, you add the 3rd lane in the front and deduct 1 lane from the existing 2 lanes in order to make the equation equal. Not to disturb the “ying yang” of the bridge I guess.
I was fortunate to be on the bike today and not as frustrated as the guys in the vehicles that were either not moving or just moved a little. Since I was always moving, I didn’t feel the boredom that could lead to frustration, anger and violence.
I can smile and write this with cheers because I could see the entire scenario from the beginning to the end. I hope we all can bear these kind of frustrations a little longer till they get the entire 3rd lane opened completely.
If you add something, then you should subtract something…..to make it equal.
Today you have pain, tomorrow you will have joy.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Checkmate or are there any other moves?
I like politics because it is a test of a man’s ability to understand a group of humans, convince that group of humans, manipulate that group of humans and make that group of humans agree with the man on whatever the man decides to do.
Now replace the word “man” with any political party’s name.
Does it make sense now? Surely it does.
To understand this further, you have to refer to the happenings in Perak State Government (a state in
The BN (ruling party) played it’s game by asking their own member to jump to the opposition and then later jump back with 3 more PR members. This makes BN having 31 members against PR’s 28. The whole scenario has changed. The government was handed over to the BN in name that it commands majority seats in the assembly.
Embattled in this rather funny situation, the PR guys started a series of counter strikes. One of them is the suit filed by the PR Chief Minister. Among others, is the silent bomb by the speaker of the state assembly, that is a member of the PR.
This speaker, coolly suspended 7 members of the BN (the newly appointed Chief Minister and his 6 executive councilors) for a period of 12 to 18 months.
Apart from this the speaker also not going to allow 3 members whom jumped from the PR side to the BN side.
I think by now, you should have taken out your “super high tech” calculators. Start calculating.
PR has 28 members, BN, which had 31, will not have 7 for the next 12 months, and most probably will never see the 3 party hoppers in the state assembly again – that leaves only 21 to carry on with whatever they can carry on.
In my view, the assembly looks like a hung assembly with no parties holding the simple majority. I don’t know law very much but I think you cannot win “a confidence motion” or even “a no confidence motion”. What will happen?
Surface analysis – dissolve the assembly and call for a fresh snap election.
Or, a super genius from BN should come out with a sophisticated counter movement that will lift off the checkmate done by the PR.
Politics makes life livelier ….. Wait and see for the next move. Checkmate or are there any other moves?
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/18686-perak-speaker-suspends-entire-exco
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/18701-perak-speaker-has-suspension-powers-says-legal-expert
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/18694-perak-bn-says-suspension-is-against-rule-of-law
Subra
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Whose decision is it really?
When you see the word decision, I am sure you will know that this article is about politics, a subject that I did not write in this blog for a long time.
The ruling government “is” or “was” a coalition government called Pakatan Rakyat (PR) which is an opposition party in the Parliament. The majority held by them was very slim. Total seats were 59 and the PR coalition government had 31 against 28 (Barisan Nasional {BN}).
Suddenly 2 PR legislative members were missing, then there was 1 lady saying she is not defecting from the PR side. In this chaotic situation, the PR government made a decision to dissolve the existing government to pave way to a fresh election to get firm mandate from the people.
While all these were happening, the 2 missing members together with the lady member declared that they have quit their parties under the PR coalition and now stand a s an independent members.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
OK, Geysers also tells us something
OK, Geysers also tells us something.
In my article “Lakes,
Since I am always surrounded by genius minds, some told me to check on geysers. They go from down (inside earth) to up.
Therefore, in my own view, I associate geysers to our own problems that are kept locked inside us. These problems that are kept within us are like gas chambers that hold high pressure. Although our body and mind can has a very high threshold, it is always better to release the pressure at right time. Keeping them longer may destroy the body and the mind that is keeping the pressure.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Lake, River and Water falls - What do they say?
The stagnant water is called as lake (there are other names which brings slight variation to the term). The flowing water is called river where, water starts somewhere and goes to the sea. The flow is mostly smooth and consistent (again, there could be situations where it is also known as white waters where the flow is strong and fast). The water fall, as mentioned in its name, is where water drops from a higher point to another lower point (hopefully there is none the other way around).
We can say that the creator of the world placed the most important item for human (that is water) almost everywhere in this world. The creator also made them in many condition in order to suit man’s need.
Apart from consuming the water for livelihood, the creator has made water to support other life forms in order to sustain man’s need. Supply of life forms in the water that is consumable for man, support agriculture and also sustain man’s need to be clean.
Apart from all these basic essentials that are visible to man’s naked eyes, there is one more thing which happens without man noticing it. It is the nutrition that is supplied to man’s emotional need.
Have you ever wonder, how soothing it is to sit by the lake and ponder our life against the backdrop of calmness found in the lake.
Sitting at the riverside and letting our thoughts dance to the rhythm of the flowing river.
Standing at the edge of the water falls and associating our feelings to the water that falls from a height, splashed into million drops and dissolving into the calm collection of water.
The creator did not only provide what man needs to live a basic life but also to live a wonderful life with peace and harmony. The creator provided all the necessities for man to fulfill his physical needs and emotional needs.
Only problem is, we are always on the wrong frequency with nature. Don’t ask me why, ask the
I follow www.rainfield61.blogspot.com very passionately and I noticed him writing about trees that talked to him. I guess that, the creator has worked overtime to make sure human life is well taken care in this world.
Let’s say thanks and preserve the world.
Subra
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Learn from the nature
I heard an interesting phrase in the local THR radio. The phrase sounds like this, “A baby born to live an expected 100 years comes to the world crying, but a flower that is expected to live a few hours to few days comes in with a cheerful blossom”.
Somebody sent this phrase the radio station via SMS and they aired it. It was really a great thought provoking phrase.
In my earlier article, I wrote about flowers that has a never ending objective. Here it is interesting to note that flowers teach us another valuable lesson.
Although it has a short life, from the stage of being bud to a full blown blossom, it is really beautiful and it seems to be smiling all along.
Human cry when they are born, they cry occasionally there after for many million reasons (some says it is healthy to cry, let them cry too for that reason).
Should we laugh all the time, or should we laugh a little and cry a little, or laugh a little and don’t cry at all….there is no right or wrong answers,. Human are born with many self empowered authorities. Unlike the nature’s children (flowers and others – non-human), human doesn’t live on a routine life style. Human will change everything – himself and the nature around him, thus creating opportunities for mistakes that hurts himself and his surrounding.
Striking a balance is an achievable target for human. The best we can do is learn from the nature and live the best life we can.
Subra