I'm on Galgalatz the whole day today. No point tuning to TraXXfm. Now the new schedule is retro weekend from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm.
I had a very strong urge to smoke at 1:30 pm. I almost decided to buy. Then I rationalized my thoughts and true enough 15 minutes later the craving was gone.
I need to break away from this Nicotine Siege if I want to quit for good. It's just that. A temporary siege.
I made it to 2 weeks, 1 more week I should be able to cut the gum. They are costly for me. Funny, I am willing to spend the same amount of money for half a day of cigarettes. At least the gum lasts for 2 days.
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Politics... Ah Malaysian politics. We are a bunch of wimps if you ask me. Can you imagine, Najib is still free to move around after all the commotions he made with the embezzlement?
Hi Chedet,
All the best while you are in China.
I sort of had a close discussion in my private blog thewanderingsufi.blogspot.com regarding you. Here is the excerpt:
Chedet is too cautious if you ask me. But then again that is why in the history of Malaysia, we never engaged in a decisive fight. We are non confrontational.
Nobody wants to die for the country. Not even the soldiers. They were dead because they were unfortunate. Not because they are “Shinu Kikai O Motomo”, looking for the opportunity to die (reference: the 2013 Lahad Datu Incursion).
Chedet is still holding on to his legacy. I[t] I had not known better, I think he is hanging on to past glories. He is still mending the fences rather than expanding the territory.
It is very unlikely for Chedet to play defense, but looks like that’s what he is doing.
There is no major breakthrough except a better governance. As I said all these are mending the fences. I am still waiting for a bold move like the speedy execution of Najib and Jho Low.
Najib is liken to a person relieving himself from the window ledge of a house. Before this, he was inside pissing out. Now he is outside pissing in. He had been criticizing the New Government on everything. A person in his position [is] does not have the luxury to criticize, He is the Wicker Man as it stands.
Pakatan Harapan are a bunch of Good Cops. It is their duties to clean the mess, but Chedet must be the Napoleon or the Caesar to rally the troops. Leadership is the essence of Good Governance. Otherwise Good Governance alone will only produce more Good Cops.
I like the new paternalistic Chedet. I however longed for the old Chedet who has nothing to fear when comes to upholding his credo.
I want to see Chedet transformed into a Pre-Tokugawa Shogun when comes to decisiveness of his deed. I reminisce the stubborn old coot who execute without fear or favor. Not the one who pussyfoot on issues pertaining to the local wild life LOL.
In the end the burden of the leadership is the execution by the followers. As much as a leader is to pull the string, he is also responsible to push down more ropes should the follower[] need help. In that sense I see that Chedet is changing his leadership style. He is a more altruistic leader than his younger days, less hardheaded and more jovial I suppose.
However, bear in mind, the nation is in crisis and needs a tough cracker jack to lead on. Perhaps the best is to follow Buddha’s advice, “Not too tight and not too lose”.
Carry on O Captain my Captain…
Sine cera,
SJ
MSC 0072
18/8/18
Note: Misspellings are external interventions.
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