2012 .... Looking Back

It's 2013 and wishing you a very happy new year.... A friend, Jailany Jafar called me and wished me happy new year. How nice of him!!! So what have 2012 offered us, Malaysians? Just a shot post on this ..... To me, the Malaysians of the year should be won hands down by those 300,000 Malaysians - young and old - who transformed all the streets leading to the Dataran Merdeka during the Bersih 3.0 rally. In contrast, the sour grape of 2012 should go to the "Bapak Menteri Internet & Budi Bahasa" who "politely" claimed that based on his "grid calculation" the Bersih 3.0 rally only attracted less than 70,000 participants. To this, I would "dengan hormatnya" do not agree as all the roads leading to the Dataran was painted yellow on that day. By the way 2012 also saw this "Bapak Menteri" tried his luck to be a lyricist of the Merdeka Song "Janji di Tepati" which happened to be a flop and did not make it to the chart!!! I would say he single handedly caused Malaysians to be "embarrassed" to fly the "Jalur Gemilang" on their vehicles. Next medal of honour would go to the organisers of Bersih 3.0 rally amongst others S. Ambiga and A. Samad Said who braved the "threats" and barriers in organising the said rally, Hishamuddin Rais. Again in contrast, a big "boo boo" to those few Army Veterans who performed "tarian punggung" in front of Ambiga's house. On par with the Army Veterans are the so called small traders who in defiance of the local by laws "offered" "petak gerai" on the road right in front of Ambiga's house. My question is since when they have the power of the local authority - in this case DBKL - in offering "tapak gerai"? It's an act of stupidity "tahap gaban/dewa"!!!! What else? 2012 also marked a year when a particular MB was quoted as saying he dared to cut off his ear when he insisted that the participants of the "Hijau Walk" from Kuantan - ooops!!! now you know the MB already!!! - to Kuala Lumpur were not on foot but some of them "naik kereta & bas"... I think he rather chooses to cut of his ear than his hand/fingers so that he could continue making a deragotary and offensive gesture using his hands as what he did during a by election years ago.... Heard that his "biskut telinga" has become phenomenal on the eve of new year 2013 in Kuantan area .... I could go on and on but I want to be positive in moving forward into the year 2013... To Malaysians, please do make a change in 2013. To all my friends, Happy New Year!!!