How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Meaningful quotes...

If an egg is broken by an outside force, a life ends.
If an egg breaks from within... a life begins.
Great things always begin from within.



It's better to lose your ego to the one you love, than to lose the one you love... because of ego.
This is a good reminder to those couples, one of whom has a big ego.

When you trust someone, trust him completely without any doubt... at the end, you would get one of the two: either a lesson for your life or a very good person.
Pakatan turncoats come to mind.

The worst in life is 'attachment'. It hurts when you lose it. The best thing in life is 'loneliness', because it teaches you everything and, when you lose it, you get everything.
I remember being taught about 'attachment' in Buddhism - you 'suffer' when you lose anything which you are attached to.

“I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.”

- Chinese proverb

To me, there is much truth in this.

Whenever someone introduces himself or herself, and if the name is one of those uncommon ones, then unless it is spelt out, I am unlikely to remember it.

When you are driving in search of a new place, any mistake is likely to be remembered and you are definitely better at recognizing the route. Compared this with someone else driving and chances are that you will not pay attention.

With languages, it is always easier to read (especially recognizing Chinese characters) than to write; easier to listen and understand than to be able to speak. When a language is treated like a spoken dialect, being able to converse does not necessarily mean being able to read and write. There are native English or Chinese speakers who cannot really write properly, usually with spelling mistakes.

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