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  This morning as I was parking my car here, I noticed this lady who was sweeping the streets, when everyone else was having their breakfast at the mamak restaurant just a stone’s throw away.  A thought came, “What about just saying a word of ‘Thank you’ to her?” I decided I must do it even though the thank you costs hardly anything. When I decided to take a picture while she was in action, she immediately stopped, and asked, “Why?” She appeared to be worried that someone may be complaining on her. After all, this is their fate. They work, but hardly anyone notices, but when the road is dirty, people just know how to COMPLAIN!  To me, my feedback to the local authorities is nothing but just a feedback. It only becomes a complaint if it is not attended to, and the problem becomes in issue if it is dragged on for too long. Once it becomes a big issue, it goes to the press.  For me, because I care for our neighbourhood, and the facilities we are provided, I will tell th...

As Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad prepare to announce their political futures on the very day of Anwar Ibrahim’s party convention, the optics of this timing cannot be ignored. I have a crucial piece of advice for these two leaders as well as many of their followers, as they navigate this pivotal moment. It is easier for me as an outsider to see what these two young Turks fail to see. Rafizi may be assisted by people who know how to project him even through a piece of photograph — even using the background of a morning sun — that depicts him and Nik Nazmi as promising  future leaders.  After reading and understanding some insights, hopefully, you will see through both Anwar and these two young Turks. Let me begin with Rafizi when he first pulled out of politics. His announcement was that he would retire from politics forever. Obviously, he is inconsistent with his own words. When I tried to persuade him to return to politics, he projected himself as one who was deeply hur...

  One ministers, whose work is hardly appreciated by all, is Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa, former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of the Federal Territories. When she was picked to helm the ministry, I knew that she would do a good job to “revive “ the city of Kuala Lumpur.  My first appointment with her was at her office in Putrajaya, overseeing the lake and the iconic bridge in Putrajaya, where together with her personal assistant Ooi Heng we spent nearly two hours of her precious time to discuss about the city.  Having lived in Kuala Lumpur my whole lifetime, I noticed that over the years, great projects had come and gone. What was left of the city was almost nothing we could be proud of to show to our visiting guests or relatives from overseas. “Kuala Lumpur is a soulless city,” I told her. Little did I realise that a number of the ideas that i had always wanted to see happening in the city came to live, and here am I to unravel them one by one t...

Asking the right prompt is important. I hope after this, we will not be so gullible and believe everything we read.  Here is How you do it!   Assuming you receive this rubbish in The Coverage. It is intended to strike at your raw nerves especially if you are in the T20. AI will broaden your knowledge and it can only provide you witn an unbiased response (the yellow font is done intentionally):  The Coverage Media  *Anwar, T20 Is Not Your Personal ATM – Stop Treating Them As Cash Cows*  *Before reaching deeper into T20 pockets, the government should return the RM 33.3 billion in overpaid taxes to the T20*.  T20 Are Willing to Fund the Nation — But Not Your Publicity Stunts  T20 Malaysians are not against contributing to the country.  They are willing to pay more if the money goes to critical areas such as healthcare, hospitals, doctors, and nurses.  What they will not accept is being treated as your personal ATM to finance vanity projects, pub...