"Keep Status Quo, No future Is Certain!
Go For Change, Better Future Is Possible!"
A week before 308(March the eighth of 2008) I sent out sms carrying the above message to many people. My nephew , a young man in MLM business, on receiving my sms was very worried thinking that he had no future in this line of business. In actual fact he was and is doing very well. Another relative was angry with me;we had a dinner with her recently and she obviously had shed a lot of weight and looks nice and fit. But majority of the receivers relate it to 308. A professor in a local university called me excitingly saying it sounded like Obama's. I told her that I just want to contribute in a small way for the well being of my country during my last lap of my existence in this world. My wife was very nervous and worried I could be ended in jail. It is interesting to note that a message not specific will give rise to different response according to the experience, perception and the relationship one has with the sender of the message. If I were to continue to write vote for Party A or Party B, then all the responses would be along the same line.
Frankly I was hesitating to send out this sms and finally after some pondering I decided to make it vague. With this inccident I suddenly realised that all this while I thought and felt that I was living in a democratic and free country but in relaity my wife and I have this deep rooted fear inside us. My goodness I've been "slaved" in certain way for so many years.
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Yes. There is a deep rooted fear inside me also. I presume this is the common feeling among Malaysian especially so for those from middle class.
I salute those who have conquered their fear and have kept working for the better future for this country in spite of going to the jail for a number of time.
I suppose that is one of the main reasons that many of us want to pursue persistantly until a two party system is realised, which will help to promote a democratic, free and fair governance.
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