PUTERA MIC .....Here we come !!!!

Hello everyone and I do hope that you are all doing well and fine. I must say SORRY to you for not being able to post in my blog for sometime.

If I don’t write anything now, my buddy Mr. Thomas Samuel will probably be making an announcement soon that my blogspot is now officially dead! Hmmm, I will never let that happen. I am busy but will somehow mati, mati find some time to write here.

Its friends like Mr. Thomas, Mr. Mahen and my Puterans’ keep me going in this blogspot. Thank you guys…but please do give a knock on my head from time to time so that I will continue and remember that I have a blog and I must write about it. No use boosting that I am one of the few MIC guys who actually blog. Now its not only my name at stake – its me and MIC and some may even link it to BARISAN NASIONAL and later to the GOVERNMENT. Look at the effect, if I don’t blog !

I have been rather busy with my work and also some traveling to Machap in Malacca and Ijok in Selangor to do my bit (a little ) – but I am sure that it did bring in some valuable votes to the party that I have been supporting – BARISAN NASIONAL.

While Machap as expected was a breeze, the same could not be said for Ijok. Ijok was NO JOKE! We all worked very hard to ensure that BARISAN NASIONAL keeps the Ijok State Assembly Seat. I must say that MIC President Dato’ Seri S Samy Vellu who is actually 71 years old (young) showed many young politicians (like me) what getting to the grass root means. He was there, day – night, rain – shine, walked and walked – from house to house. This is what I mean ‘GRASS ROOT POLITICIAN’.

Like some of the websites claim – There are 10 reasons by BARISAN NASIONAL won in Machap and Ijok and Dato’ Seri S Samy Vellu’s name was in both the list.

While we were all happy with the vistory in Ijok, I must say that to a certain extent I was disappointed that my prediction of a majority of 2,000 votes did not happen (fell short by 150 votes). Now that’s not important any longer. My friend K Parthiban is a guy that would deliver and I am sure he will not only be able to make the people in Ijok happy, but he would be able to make MIC and BARISAN NASIONAL proud of him.

Ijok by-election was the first ever opportunity for my Puterans’ to be actively involved and as such I will never forget Ijok.

My Puterans’ did better than what I thought they could have done. We did not have anything, we only had a gentleman by the name of S VELL PAARI and he helped us and guided us to ensure that we did our share of work to ensure that MIC and BARISAN NASIONALS candidate succeeds in the election.

The presence of the MIC President YB Dato’ Seri S Samy Vellu at our temporary office and his word of advice to all Puterans’ was indeed an endorsement to my fellow Puterans’.

‘I am indeed very happy with this beginning, this is a very good start and I am sure you will make all of us proud’ this was the words from YB Dato’ Seri S Samy Vellu.

Putera MIC would be an official entity of MIC come 13th of May 2007 and we are all looking forward to in.

MY Views… Putera MIC is here to provide all of us a better tomorrow and this can only happen with your advice, support and motivation. Please do not be too selfish in giving us just that.

Moderation....Dulu, Kini & Selamanya

I was having a discussion recently with Michael and Cecilia two days ago. The reason we met was something else [An advertising proposal for my organization to consider] but, after that we begin to talk about healthy food and so called ‘unhealthy food’.

I told them that actually there is no such thing as healthy and unhealthy food. What is ‘unhealthy’ for some could be the most important food ingredient for some one else. This then took me back some years when I was employed with the Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council. In one of our trip to promote palm oil in Europe, the Malaysian Delegation was comparing palm oil versus coconut oil and the conclusion was that Coconut oil was more saturated than Palm oil [which is actually the truth]. Then came Dr. Mary Enig, she walked to us and told us that we should not be criticizing Coconut oil, because as far as she is concerned that it serves its purposes in some parts of the world. In Sri Lanka for instance, the population there consume Coconut oil in their daily food diet and the number of heart risk cases there is not that alarming as the population in Sri Lanka are active and they burn their calories very fast, unlike in Malaysia, where Malaysian don’t even walk to a supermarket which is probably 200 meters from their home. Dr. Mary Enig told us as long we can eat any type of food that we like as long as we know the limits or in other words, even food intake must be done in moderation.

The same goes to even drugs. I am sure many of you know that some of the drugs Heroine, Marijuana and etc are used to treat some patients with certain health complications. But an over dosage of drugs could lead to what has happened to Anna Nicole Smith [I pray even my worst enemies should not go thorough what she went through].

Water is very important in life; we need to drink 8 glasses of water daily. But plenty of water can make a person drown as well.

Sugar is an important commodity and just about any other food you eat, there would be a certain percentage of sugar, but too much of sugar would lead you to diabetics.

If you look back, there is actually nothing to say good or bad. It is how you take it. It is like a person looking at a glass filled with 50% of water and saying it’s either half empty or half full – it is actually how you look at the situation. But at the end of the day – you make the decision, what you want to do and what you don’t want to do. No one can force you to do things that you don’t like to do.

MY VIEWS…. As long as you know what your limits are, you will not make any mistakes. In Malaysia, we need to be a moderate thinker, then we will find Malaysia as a wonderful country to live. I have mentioned more about food, but please consider moderation as part of your life ingredient as well.

Pusat Latihan Khidmat Negara

6 deaths so far. How many more ?

I believe life and death is not in our hands. Tuhan yang Maha Esa lagi Maha Penyayang has the sole rights to decide on that and we cannot appeal nor beg or bribe him to make a decision to favour us.

But then my dear friends, i am sure you have heard over the mass media recently that so far 6 teenagers passed away during their stint at the Pusat Latihan Khidmat Negara. They died far away from their loved ones, they died without even saying good bye to their loved ones or the least to look at them for one last time - when i sit back and think about this, tears can flow.

I am not saying that the Management of the Pusat Latihan Khidmat Negara is at fault, but, could there be a chance or could there be away on how we can overcome situations like this. Maybe a full medical check-up for all selected participants before they sign up for the Pusat Latihan Khidmat Negara ?

There would be many reasons now by the authorities on how E. Prema passed away. But, what is even more important now is that - we should fine a away (if there is ?) to reduce or better still overcome the number of deaths at the camps of Pusat Latihan Khidmat Negara.

The authority is going all the way to nab participants who skipped the training stint - YES, that is a good move. But, the authority should do their best to ensure that parents send the children to the camps without any hesitation.

But, my dear friends, i don't know what your thoughts are on this matter ?

MY VIEW'S.... Lets not have death number 7.