Aug 31 2009
Malaysia Loves Numbers
Have you heard of 1Malaysia, 15Malaysia and Malaysians Unite for Road Safety 090909?
In short, 1Malaysia is a vision, or theme, brought up by our current Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Najib Razak. 15Malaysia is a project of 15 short films produced by Malaysian producers. And Malaysians Unite for Road Safety 090909, which encourages citizens to pledge for a change that has no relevance to the date.
But 090909 is a nice date though. Thanks for reminding me about my mum’s birthday. She’s gonna say I’m a good son. ;)
Okay, this year’s Independence Day theme is 1Malaysia, Rakyat Didahulukan, Pencapaian Diutamakan (means Citizen First, Achievement Prioritized). Sounds nice, but there are many questions raised regarding the meaning of the theme. Well, I’m not gonna mention it. Don’t wanna get detained by ISA, do I?
Oh by the way, have you visited the 1Malaysia website? Check it out, and you’ll realize that it’s more of a personal website for our Prime Minister. I find it a little weird.
Dear Malaysia’s Prime Minister, we know 1Malaysia is your baby but please, relate 1Malaysia website more to Malaysia as a whole instead of putting your faces, your flickr link, your youtube videos and your twitter link there? 1Malaysia doesn’t mean 1Person okay… Even President Barack Obama has his own website at barackobama.com instead of organizingforamerica.com.
Next, I’m not sure why many is obsessed with the 15Malaysia project. I watched a few of them and I must say, there is nothing so significant about the videos. Yeah, it’s mentioned that the films could deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia. Certainly a great intention.
But come on, if short films can solve such issues, these issues would have been solved long long ago.
All the producers showing their teeth.
Honestly, I think the short films are produced just for the sake of producing. Malaysians watch it and go oooooohhh and aaaaahhhhh – but next, nothing happens.
Finally, pledging to make Malaysian roads a better place? I’m really amused with the domain of this website – 090909.org.my. They certainly do love relating to numbers huh? There, Malaysians make pledges, by stating the changes they hope to make, to promote a safer road environment. Effective or not?
Some may pledge to obey the rules and regulations, but in the end – they still drive over the speed limit. And when asked why, they answer – No speed trap mah! Urgent lah! Or…
MY WIFE IS HAVING A BABY!
Know what, even Iron Man made a pledge.
One of the submitted pledge. Cool huh?
So, our dear Malaysia, great thoughtful objectives and goals. But… all the best lah!
kenwooi.com wish you a HAPPY MERDEKA DAY!
Now you’re gonna be detained by ISA for interrogation… on what you’re trying to imply…
And after commenting like that, I’m gonna be detained on why I’m being curious, or suspicious towards them… Nice.
See you in prison or something! Haha.
P.S. Happy birthday Malaysia! I miss you. :P
great one..happy merdeka day to u..btw, what did u pledge for the 090909?
Lol, in some sense its true~
anyway Happy 52nd Birthday Malaysia………
lol. its “People First, Performance Now”. Bad english. but still…..
Rakyat didahulukan? LOL
I’m a good driver. I won’t speed on roads *ahem*
MERDEKAAAAA …A !!!!
LOL..good one… i wish u’d have blogged more political sattire…be interesting =P
One damn creative post kenwooi! Happy Merdeka to you! ;)
Hey, nice post. Vry true indeed.
Wel…the prime minsiter is always prioritize his face and what he does he most…he doesn’t really care about other things although he said he did…haiz…
it is a really special day since you have to wait like another 1000 years later for another 090909 to appear…
m’sians relate numbers to wealthiness. haha. got money, means they’re berstatus tinggi. but this one 1, 15, 090909, sort of weird to me? haha. politics? entertaining and amusing post you’ve got here! =)
weiiiiiiii I saw your pic in the STAR yesterday hahahha…too bad you didnt get RM50, better luck next time :)
hahaha! 1Malaysia – 1 Person!
happy merdeka!!
eh.. not every producer showing the teeth. hahaha.. count from the last 5, he shows his lip only! ^_^
so funny and interesting!
Happy Merdeka Day! dropping by via BE!
it seems like a scheme to me :P
Especially agree with the 1malaysia issue! How come our beloved PM uses the domain for his own personal blog? It’s as you said, the content of the 1malaysia site should actually be about 1malaysia!
Then again, a lot of people are still of the opinion that the 1malaysia concept is still too vague / unclear to be properly implemented or used as the basis for our development up to 2020. What do you think?
LOL All prime ministers love that
Mahathir – Wawasan 2020
Badawi – Misi 2050
they always set their target at the date when they probably die, so no one can blame them if they’re not achieved.
hahaha….agree with u ler…dunno y msians love numbers a lot….thats why we got magnum, toto and damachai…kekeke…
LOL…. Nice one! Happy Merdeka!
Happy Merdeka Day!!
wao…very good la you! Happy Merdeka Day to you too!
Haha, nice one on the malaysia website. Your prime minister wants people to go visit him more often la. LOL.
awesome to an extend! Happy Merdeka! ^^
wish you a HAPPY MERDEKA DAY
i dont really agree with u about the 15Malaysia project..
I believe, it might not change much thing, but it does give some effects… which we might not see in short….
Happy Merdeka!
Before 1Malaysia, there is…..1Utama! Haha! I always lepak in 1Utama so I can remember.
all the one here and there are just plain talk only …. but neutralised by others who are contradicting the pm’s visions
Happy Merdeka and Happy Holiday to u…this post is too politic, i dunno what to comment oso, hi hi hi………..
Omg are u serious? Congratulations Mr Soon-to-be-a-father!! :D and happy merdeka. not quite sure what it is but im guessing it’s some big party event that the whole country celebrates? happy holidays! (i think. the other posts seem to imply that it’s a holiday) ^_^
Happy Merdeka Day to all of you.
Happy Merdeka! hahaha..
Finally i’m back to Blogsphere LMAO!
btw, u grad from inti ady? so fast >.<
I still got 2 more sem to go =(
Yes. harga beras turun. lol.
First time I’m reading your blog. Will be back for more. ^_^
I wanna hang a Malaysia flag outside my house.
But I scared the Singapore government will revoke my employment pass. =(
Happy Merdeka everyone!
A little less talk, films and whatnots and let’s have some real action…then people will believe. Otherwise, it’s all talk, talk and more talk isn’t? You’re right. What’s with all this obsession with numbers??
Happy Merdeka Day to u too!
Don’t forget 2020 lol
Very interesting. It’s good to hear about things going on in other countries. Keeps things interesting.
road safety =.=
should start by getting police roadblocks to be more brightly litted. i got the fright of my life when i suddenly saw policemen in the dark and the blocked off road. luckily i wasnt driving very fast in order to make an abrupt brake.
Dont like his face la..if u know who i meant! hahaha… as u said, dont want to get detained.. so 090909… toto all sure pow pang one…
hmmm,…. i tot it’s people first, performance now?
omg! 1malaysia site is so funny! did you see najib’s photos on the right hand side? so colourful!
You might have missed it, so I’d suggest you go to the 1Malaysia website’s FAQ. This is what it says:
Q: What is 1Malaysia.com.my?
A: 1Malaysia.com.my is the personal website of Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak.
It IS his personal website.
We all know that 1Malaysia is his brainchild, so we can’t exactly fault him for using it as his domain, although it is really a terrible choice.
For a more technical site for 1Malaysia, visit the Yayasan 1Malaysia site (http://www.1malaysia.org.my/).
It seems that you might be misguided on the intention of 15Malaysia. What they actually said on the site was that the films “deal with the issues”, as in portray them, not “could deal” as in solve them.
15Malaysia is an art project displaying 15 different facets of Malaysia from 15 different filmmakers. Nothing more.
If any, they have proven that you can take any slogans like “1Malaysia”, change it into “15Malaysia” and made it more palatable and makes more sense.
As for pledging for 090909, well recognising the problem is the first step to curbing it.
Hi Ken, interesting blog posting.
Though I find it rather confusing. I guess there’s always the much publicised pledges and hand raisings on topics the government finds useful, and as you mentioned, forgotten later.
These even happen during my times back in the 60’s….and then forgotten, not only by the people, but by the authorities too….
like we used to say those days, “where got meaning”? Ha ha.
Have a nice day…..Lee.
Numbers are good, Ken, afterall we are a Magnum 4D/Sports Toto/Da Ma Cai society. haha…
Nice post..
hey kenwooi,
for the 1malaysia, i think it can be done. it can be done if we all believe it. it was easy to tell people we are independent but to tell them that we are united- we are family. that is difficult.
but i had to say, from the previous vision from previous prime minister, i had doubts on the word 1malaysis by the now prime minister.
for road safety, i think it was prudent to said, this is malaysia and dont speed just because you can. and proton cars are not meant to go up 140 in karak highway. all in all, driver is the problem, every year they pledge to increase the number of malaysian but every year malaysian pledge to reduce these number on the road.
090909 might just as well 90,909 death on the road but it can also meant 90,909 families dead or person who lost their family on the road. who are there to make the difference?
=D
yea i agree with you, 1malaysia is just like najib’s personal website, but who care about him?
*Sigh*… 1msia…
Happy merdeka!!
hahaha… nice to read!
I wish ur mum Happy Birthday in advance ;-)
Hello Ken!
I don’t particular like or hate 15 Malaysia project.
To me it’s normal je….
Of course, I like numbers, the more the merrier!
8
88
888
8888
88888
888888
8888888
88888888
It seems to me that I am more well aware of what’s going on in Malaysia when I’m out of the country. Haha.. But yeah, I agree that with so many ‘wonderful’ named and writted goals and ‘awesome’ vision and dreams, I wish Malaysia all the best lol!
Happy Belated Merdeka day! thanks for the info, if i did not read your blog, i won’t know about the pledge thingy though. haha…
i just erased off what i wanted to write just now – scared of being caught under ISA.. :p
well i love numbers too.. can’t you see SK0617?? hahaha :p
HAHA! I like the Iron Man part. :DDD
LOL!
U really make me laugh dear~
Yup~
Malaysians love number so much~
i am never too hyped with their project either. :p
all those sweet talking is not doing any improvements that was
expected of them.
always feel like telling them to .. cut the crap, n get moving. :p
I was sad on Merdeka Day cos the corruption level has risen by 52 folds!