Monday Blues...

Yea! Its Monday! The State Assembly has been dissolved. This means State's Election is just round the corner!
Cant wait to exercise my rights. :D I have not vote in an election before, because I couldn't be bothered.  But with recent developments in politics, I feel that I must exercise my rights as a Citizen .

The first salvo of political propaganda has been release by both government and opposition.

Propaganda or News? The Star
The government has a way of mixing the two together. Since there really isn't any form of free speech, or free press. All of the press are controlled.

It is only through Youtube and the Internet that we can access unfiltered news.  But these can sometimes be misleading. Take the case of the recent comments by the First Lady regarding the tsunami in Japan. Many claim that the news was reported by CNN. Where as in actual fact it was reported by an internet user through CNN iReport. Which is a community thing. Although what she said sounded wrong, but it would be better if we can hear the whole speech rather than the short clip that was posted.

The Opposition's propaganda is cool and creative.  Here is a clip of the propaganda :D The message that it portrays is true feelings of the people here. We all want a change!



Change maybe difficult. But it needs to happen. I was involve in an outreach program to the rural areas of Kuching some 13 years ago. We stayed in one of the village if rural Padawan, to help them and learn their way of living. From what I see, there is no infrastructure at all! The only access to the village was through a proposed "road construction" which took years and years to finish.  According to the villagers, before any election, be it state or federal, there would be some activity for the project. They would tar a few kilometers of road, lay some foundation work, fill the muddy road with gravel and etc.

Once election is over, the project is put on-hold till the next election, which is 2~3 years later !(Our State and Federal Elections are separated) By then they would have to re-tar the same stretch of rod and pour more gravel on the previous gravel road which had become muddy road again.

There is also no access to electricity and clean water. The villagers depended on the small stream which runs through the village for clean water source. If it is contaminated, they had to carry water from a 'near by'(10 km away) school for the village use.

Their plight is even worst if they didn't vote the right political party. They will be denied any development in their village.

Lets us all Pray for a Change! and make it happen!