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today, an acquittance of mine, a fellow blogger, Vasantarao Appalasamy, asked me a question. am i eligible to vote and have i registered as a voter. i did try once to register, when they had a mobile booth in kl sentral once. but, alas, it seemed they had problem with their system and asked me to return in 3 months. thats the last i saw that booth, and it has been more then 3 months. however, i am extremely ashamed that i did not take the initiative to try for other means of getting my self recognized as a voice and do my duty as a citizen of this country.

currently, my predicament is shared by many youths around the nation. especially in our community. 21 is the age where there will be glamorous celebrations, a big feast,  attended by relatives, friends and well wishers. as if reaching the age of 21 is an achievement. and the key is always the symbol used to represent freedom. unlocked, it seems. if u asked me, the key is the symbol representing the locked mindset and deprived mentality of our kids. well most of them, generally. ya ya, people argue, we should celebrate life but, what there is to celebrate when you have barely experienced life? my dearies, by the age of 21, you must know what is your right as a citizen, what is your limit as a citizen and what is your privilege as a citizen of this nation. that means the one utmost thing you should celebrate and cherish, is your power to vote. the power to change the fate of our nation. some may argue, what difference that one measly vote may make? one  voice, one opinion,or one instinct is enough to bring a policy, a regulation, a leader to either fall or rise! so, every vote is a tie breaker.

each vote counts. thats the way, we contribute into building this nation of ours. keeping it feasible for our future generations. remember, this nation is ours, not to keep or claim ownership, but ours to safeguard and nurture for future generations. so that they too can enjoy all it has to offer. so be politically aware, instill a sense  pride in you, and encourage your peers to do the same. friends, take the first step to pave a brighter future. enable your self to vote. activate your right to make your voice heard. friends, register! as a voter!

muddy

hye kids. just read an entry in Raged Indian, dated 4th November, 2009 which says that there is this certain someone tainting the image of the writer, bro Durai if i'm not mistaken. as soon as i read it up, the one thing that comes to my mind was a qoute that my brother used say,

"if no one wants you dead, you are not working hard enough"

now, as i dont know why the the tainter did it, but what i can say is what the tainter did was certainly out of proportion in any good sense. not only the tainter dragged down a person from which i can see, certainly do not know personally,(not that i know either) , but also his friends. complete with pictures and full name. now a few days ago, i read somewhere else, in another blog about a certain diva and her attitude, rampaging on her blog  about the writer and his attitude. i have yet to read that blog, as the writer was graceful and professional enough not to put a link to the blog.

guys, its mudslinging time.

you don't like someone, start a anonymous blog, and screw them in all directions. complete with pictures and full names and nasty comments about the mother of the person. (???). someone got a bigger egg in their nasi lemak then you this morning, and you are unhappy about it? no worries, there is always the freedom of speech in internet so go ahead and knock yourself silly , telling the cyber space how err... egoistic and pariahish the person is. some people get worked up and about over the silliest matters, and unleash their inner creativity on giving the nastiest comments possible.

i even got a taste of this muddy affair myself. one of the KID at my college went out with his friends and they sported a big green frog . they decided to be funny and catch some pictures of it and post it in facebook and tag me me to it. my initial reaction was, okie we  have only spoken once or twice in this entire two years, so i was quite surprised when he tagged me in the first place, never mind as a frog. i just laughed it off , no feeling were bruised and everything was fine and sunny. then one fine day, that kid decided to call me a squid, which loosely translates as a pardon me, faggot. i got a bit furious, and said wait you, just because i'm a quiet guy, you say all these things? and he retorted back, being "creative"as he is. this when for a few rounds and it stopped. so did i start a blog tarnishing his image? nope, and i don't think so he mentioned it anywhere either ( I THINK).

the thing is , whenever someone is better then us, we would certainly feel jealous, envy the person, and wish we were better. but just wishing is not enough. we have to work for it, slough it out, get down and dirty(in a good manner, though!). not lament about how the others destroyed your already diminutive confident, or minute self respect. every one is imperfectly perfect, in their own beautiful way, and we all dance to the same beat of life, the same tune of survival. so why step down on others to get some extra mileage?  as evil a person is, as psychotic a baddie is, he will be willing to give his life to his gang members, even more true in their case than us, the so called good people. now , i'm not implying that we should start to suicide at the slightest difficulty that our dear ones face, but hey, a person is willing to give his or her life in order to another life to continue living, now is that noble or what? i once read a story of a king who gave his flesh to a eagle in equivalent to a sparrow that the eagle was hunting, so that the sparrow could live, he was given a place in heaven or something for his nobility as the two birds turn out to be heavenly creatures testing the king. what i'm saying is there is beauty in every one, if u fail to see it now, there is no reason you wont see it at all, or all the reason for you to be, well muddy.

so stop the slinging,  and start enjoying the beauty in people kids. cause life is not worth to be made muddy.

cheers