Of musical chairs, passing the buck and ...

The truth is, in life, we love playing musical chairs and pass the buck. Hit the jackpot, and hopefully, you will made it through life and if it so happens that you stumble, pass the buck around.

Nik Nur Nadihah Nik Mohd Kamal's success in getting 19 A1s' and 1 A2 in her SPM should be a lesson to all. She is an aspiration that Malaysia needs. Hardwork breeds success. Now, let us hope that all the successes will not divert her from getting what she aims for...

A friend called and wonders the eeries silence of Perak political crisis and he was well assured that something is brewing in Perak, and like volcanoes, just waiting for the right time to explodes.

The court of appeal uphold that the (Perak) Speaker is at liberty to engage his own private advocate and solicitor. The ruling overturned the decision made by Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim on March 3, 5, and 11, who insisted that Sivakumar can only be represented by the Perak state legal adviser. Just like the musical chair, now it's back to Ipoh to continue the case.

Next is the BN announce Ismail Saffian as their candidate for P59 Bukit Gantang. Will he gain the trust and the co-operation of the Bukit Gantang UMNO division chief? It will be telling time soon. Ismail may be a local boy but will he be accepted by the voters? 9th April 2009 will be the deciding date.

Over in Batang Ai, Taib Mahmud named Malcolm Mussen as BN's candidate. The catch is Malcolm's candidancy is subject to AAB's approval. What happens if AAB rejects Malcolm? Why must Taib pass the buck to AAB? Shouldn't AAB be left out of the picture since he is moving out comes 3rd April 2009? And if Malcolm lost the seat, will AAB gets the blame?

2 down, 1 to go. NTR announce S. Ganesan as BN candidate for Bukit Selambau. Will Ganesan able to pull Hindraf to support BN? Will Ganesan be able to marshall solid support from BN? 29th March 2009 will give preliminary picture of what to come...

Now that BN has open their cards for the 3 areas, when will PR open theirs? Will PR be able to pick candidates worthy to win the elections at these 3 areas? Will independents play spoilers roles again?

In different courts across the country, 6 people were charged with posting profane remarks against HRH Perak ruler. Out of the 6, 1 admitted sending the comments whilst 4 claimed trial and 1 was not present in court. For the 4 who claimed trial, the court set bail of RM 3000, RM 4000, RM 6000 and RM 10000 for the accused. The RM 10000 bail is equivalent to the fine imposed to the person who admitted to the charges. Different courts, different venues, different bail amount? Can someone enlightened why this happen? No standardisation?

By the way, out of curiosity. Who reads the profane remarks posted? Who defines that the statemenst are profane? Lain padang, lain belalang. Remember the time when I first visited KK Sabah years ago. The government officer who meets us greetys his friend at dinner which sounded so damn rude. However, on enquiry later, he mentioned that that is how Sabahans greet each other. Different place, different culture.To avoid from being blamed uncultured, can someone educate me on the proper words to address HRH, PM, PM2B, YBs' etc? Frankly, I hate being at the wrong end of the gun.

Even for certain words considered vulgar in the east coast is considered normal in the west coast. And since the authorities are efficient in handling the case, what happen to the police report against the banner calling HRH Terengganu ruler "Natang"? Still investigating? If this is so, then clearly the authorities dealing in IT is much more efficient than those dealing with banners...

And touching on IT, what will happen to the 3 university hopefuls who found their online application tampered? Will they be playing musical chairs, passed from one department to another? Or will the authority's super IT personnel be able to trace the culprit and charge them in court? How long will it take to get to the bottom of this issue? 1 month? 3 months? 6 months? 1 year?

Musical chairs, pass the bucks and whatever in between, it is all the same. The main aim is to pass the responsibility and "tai chi" out from the mess created. If that fails, blame others for the failure. It is the easiest thing to do...

Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...