The game is on. The shrill of the challenge is heard - Malaysia may sink. Who called that? The BN or P? The PR or reforms minded. But in no uncertain terms, Idris with his Jala, declared - "Malaysia may go bankrput!" There was a catch - "only if we don't scrap subsidies!" I did liberally left comments in a number of places. I've called the BN, decadent. I've said we'd be Greek and Gone. The last was we might be served bubur soon.
You know before Raya and during the fasting month they dish out Bubur Lambuk. Some people don't stand in line because of empty pockets but because of the idea of Bubur Lambuk. Maybe it's the idea of not donating for the handout but revelling in the idea of having the bubur, feeling ecstatic and still don't have to pay. That really is like making those with empty pockets eat the bubur and getting a kick out of it. So, would they serve Bubur Greek? They would, if we don't stop them.
Let's play cops and robbers or hide and seek. Voters, us, or reforms bias citizens nearly almost always are parents in hide and seek. So now Najib, Idris and his other brothers will hide. And we'll have to seek. What's the pay-off? Really, I'm not quite sure. You have kids, so do I. The results aren't always what we expect but we make do as parents.
But what's the postion of our country now? Here's an excerpt of the state of affairs that is very much like our country.
This paper has three objectives developed in three sections.
First, in Section II we use cross-section empirical analysis to demonstrate that stunted institutional development—a catch-all for a range of related pathologies, including corruption, weak governance, rentseeking, plunder, etc--is a problem intrinsic to countries that own natural resources such as oil or minerals. The resulting drag on long-run growth from having resources can be substantial.
Second, in Section II we establish that "*****"’s poor economic performance stems largely from having wasted its resource income.
Finally, in Section IV we propose a solution for "*****" to accelerate institutional change, which would involve distributing the bulk of the oil revenues directly to the people. In the absence of measures to improve the quality of institutions and avoid the problems created by oil rents, we remain deeply pessimistic about "*****" ’s long-run prospects. The final section concludes II.
What country is that? You guess. I'll reveal what country it is in the comments or posts! What are you suppose to do? Play cops and robbers or hide and seek!
If you think I'm kidding, mull the whole thing over again! Am I wrong? Does it matter? Or doesn't it?
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Eric Berne - Games people play
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Recovery and New Beginnings
It's interesting to reflect that life in the ivory towers (or in Malaysia menara pusing) cannot be any different than what's out there otherwise you won't have a life. Unless you're just a car model, like the Saga, Gen-2 or Lost Gen. 