18th - 24th October part II

Salam.

oh yess.. i owe the story about Wednesday.

After two days attending the international conference in PWTC, I was given

the chance to attend one of the wing's general assembly.

Yes, it was my first time. I was excited and somehow nervous.

I did not get to go on leave on that day coz there was an on going work that had to

be carried out. Oh gosh.. I was thinking.. Must it be Cyberjaya... Nooooooo

How could I still make it to PWTC from Cyberjaya on time. I went to Cyberjaya

to get my work done and.............it was already 545pm.I messaged a friend of mine in PWTC, how is it going. He said, if I can, try to make it for the Head of Youth Wing's concluding speech. *ding!*

Hmm..that sounded very inviting to me. he he he

So it was 6 when I left Cyberjaya.. crossing my finger that I made it on time

for his concluding speech. There I was.. on the MEX Highway.. racing against time.

To cut the drama short, I managed to get there on time. One of the supreme council was giving his speech at that time.. that was what I saw on the TV at the concourse. So I went up the lift, and... reach the main door of Merdeka hall.

The moment of truth...

Im just a few steps away from being the most endangered species in the hall. I felt like entering a lion's den.

Few steps into entering the hall, I messeged my friend, to know where he was seated. Thank God, he was not far from the entrance. I went in and sat somewhere nearby where he was seated.

As I sat down.. in front of me, seated full of concentration... an army of Malay guys in white, listening closely to the speeches.

That day was my first time attending such assembly. It was quite an experience...

You can see from the faces, some are happy, some are not, some are sincere looking some are suspicious. Many faces and people made up the assembly.

I enjoyed the Head's closing speech.. to me it was cute, straight forward and sounded more like him as compared to the opening...

To summarize all the speeches of the evening, party members should work hard, be more people centered and improve themselves as local leaders and

as well as party youth wing leader.

Was it worth the drive?

for me,yes it was :) something new to me :)

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UMNO in the cyber world

Salam all~

It had been quite a while since I last write about this prominent party in Malaysia. Needless to say, it needs no introduction. There is no doubt what they had done to the history of the country, be it good or bad, I must say, personally I have a very high respect to the party. That is only my personal view; one may or may not agree with me out of 1001 reasons. However, some chain of events that happened lately triggered me to pen down my thoughts on the party, about being in the cyber world.

Honestly, I do not know where to start. A quotation from ‘Tunggu Apa Lagi’ by Nobisha might be a good point to ponder especially for those who are really excited to be in the social media, “Di dalam media sosial, menteri dan aktivis NGO menjadi setaraf. Apa yang membezakan mereka ialah kekuatan ilmu dan hujah”. In short,how you converse your thoughts in this medium, speaks a lot about you. Putting UMNO as a subject, what the leaders, members and supporters thoughts published reflect A LOT on the party.

This is nothing personal, only my observations. NOT ALL, but SOME of the UMNO members on the cyber world can get overly excited to react over an issue. Be it court case, political dispute or current issues, there are certainly no problems on being current. However, during the death of the Hulu Selangor MP two days ago was in news, a worrying stream of FB status updates, updated by SOME. There was no grief period given, you do not need a week, but at least give it till the body is buried, as a sign of respect. Slogan of readiness to go for the by-election war started to stream status and comments. Oh well, we ,the readers, know, or at least I know all of you are VERY dedicated to the party that you would want to contribute for the coming by-election. Everyone knows it is coming, you know it is coming but it will not cost you much to be compassionate for awhile, just a grief period to mourn. It might not be your family member or party member, but please, it is still another human lost that we are regarding about. It is a lost of a husband, father and a grandfather. Is it too hard to ask? Just to show some sympathy...? hmm...

That is just a simple recent case but I feel, there are many more weaknesses that can be improved in the cyber world. Here are some points that I wish to share:

1. Defensive

- Sad to say, that there are SOME of the party members are very prone to play the defensive card.

- Why be too defensive? Can’t we actually discuss issues properly?

- Even worst, SOME even thought they are the know-it-all and Mr i-am-the-only-one-who-is-very-spirited-with-perjuangan-UMNO. Oh, thanks...those are the super annoying ones.

- Do SOME of those realise that they are shooing people away..? I don’t think so ;) So why not, stop using the defensive card. J

Outlook

- Look at the language and image that you carry. ‘Bahasa jiwa bangsa’. Why dare calling yourself a ‘pejuang bangsa’ when you cannot even portray a good ‘budi bahasa’. Statement as simple as FB status could help to explain my point.

- You want to character assassinate your opponent (though it is the dinosaur era politics), fine but please, mind your language! Don’t swear, don’t name call, it does not make you sound any better! Honestly, it is very immature.

- Learn and show respects. “Respect is earned and never through fear”. Nothing to fear about the party, maybe that is why some people can be very disrespectful towards it.

3. Language

- Again I am touching on language. The usage of language. There is a strong need to actually converse well in both BM and English. Why? From my observation, lack of proficiency in English will actually cause a communication breakdown. I had seen this happened so many times online. Not that SOME party leaders and members did not have enough knowledge to rebut an issue, BUT the language barrier made it hard to for the receiver to comprehend. Thus, will cause misinformation, lack of interest, worst still, the feeling of how out-dated SOME active members could be. One must be able to reach out well to the audience in both languages. J

4. Gratitude

- Maybe it is about time, SOME, sit down and just think how much they can actually stand the criticisms and attacks and how to actually handle praises by the potential voters out there. Personally, comments and feedbacks are supposed to be respected, especially the ones that are intended for the betterment, praises and well wishes. Again, SOME ignored the little voices. A little word of ‘thank you’, ’noted’ or at least ‘TQ’ seemed so hard to be expressed by SOME.

- Simple equation is that, how do you expect people to actually appreciate your efforts, struggle and what-ever-what-not when you cannot even learn to appreciate others? It had not been a balance equation, so why bother thinking why a lot do not seem to appreciate the government...?

- To SOME, haven’t you all heard of “What you give, you’ll get back”??

5. Togetherness

- This is the ugliest view to look on. I do not need to elaborate more but all I have to say is that, no matter how bad the inner politicking is going on , please.... please... at least APPEAR to be together. It is ugly to look at members are fighting among each other.

- Another note is that, no matter how much you cannot agree with your other, especially elder party members, DO NOT bitch on social media. That will make a perfect example of a B*TCH! Even if you are a guy :P hahaha

If you happened to be a party member, reading this post.. I wish that you are not within the SOME that I am highlighting. If you somehow feel that you are among the SOME, you might not turn to try and change everything from the beginning.. BUT you can always change now and create another ending ;)

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap” – Napoleon

It may be or may not be true... but exposing it, can be a real handicap and believe me, I strongly feel that people out there are smart enough to judge ;) Read more, debate and discuss better... I am very sure UMNO can make a class of its own, that little minds will not be able to manipulate and take the strength of the party away~ oh, that will be classic! It is time tp carry the emblem on chest well and carry on the efforts of our forefathers J

Just my 2 cents~

Xoxo,

eyem3.