Eve’s and Wazir’s lil blog space

Went shopping at Low Yat for new SD memory card today and was I in for a shock?  Sorry ah… have to sound like a jakun a bit here…

1. Minimum size for SD card is now 2GB and it’s only RM18!  Cost me RM130 for 1GB not so long ago *$#%@!!!!
2. They have 32GB thumb drive now????  And it’s only RM170????  My first thumb drive bought in 2005 cost RM125 for 256MB!!!!  More *%$#@#$%%*&
3. And what is this Class 2, Class 4, Class 6 SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity)??? *scratch head*

Storage media has come a long, long way.  My first PC bought in 1991 came with 30MB hard drive!  Can you imagine that???

While we are on the subject of old technology here, the old PC also came with an Intel processor with 8MHz clock speed.  And there’s a “Turbo” button which will push it to 12MHz …. 50% improvement !!!  And if you still don’t get it, today’s PC runs at clock speed in excess of 3GHz … that’s 3,000MHz as compared to the 8MHz! Like comparing to someone on a bicycle and a supersonic jet.

It has been ages since one of us posted something up.  While things are getting quieter at home, sorry to say that things around seems to be getting worst (world economy that is).

It is really really sad to see our country’s leaders (all parties) seem to be paying so much attention to the tug of war to power that we are left to fend for ourselves.

With the economy going so badly, some so called leaders could still be so selfish as to jump parties or call for snap election.  Aren’t they aware that whenever there’s an election, the cost which runs to millions are paid from the hard earned tax payer’s money?

If I have my way, I would write the law to state something like:

1. The elected leader will automatically loose their seat when they switch party (like it or not, most Malaysians vote the party instead of the person on the poster).  A snap election shall be called.
2. Cost of the snap election shall be borne by the party who accepted the defector.  Alternatively, a fine of let say RM5 million if the defector holds a Parliamentary seat and RM2 million for State seat will be slapped on the new party.  The money could go towards the running of the snap election.
3. If the elected leader for no apparent reasons (ie. not because of health or something that the public could digest) resigns from the party who they earlier represent, he or she will automatically loose the seat and get a hefty fine.
4. The leader in question may contest for their lost seat in a snap election.  However, they will be barred for life if they loose the seat.  This is just to cover a genuine case where the people no longer belief in the party which won but would still support the candidate for his or her good services.

I apologize if I offended anyone by airing my views.  This is not our normal post here but it’s really frustrating to see that while millions are fighting to keep their rice bowl, our elected leaders are too busy with their own agendas.