IT'S A PANDAN LIFE ...!

Vote for the man who promises least. He'll be the least disappointing. ~ Bernard Baruch Even though I have always been disinterested in politics, the last election had left quite an impact for me. Somehow I had a feeling that this election will be different from the previous ones, and I was right. So many things happened in the country since the last election in 2004. Price hike, toll hike, petrol hike, corruption hike, minister caught with his pants off, minister denied going for extreme facial reconstruction and so on so and so forth. They say anybody can be a politician; I’m beginning to believe it. BN lost its stake in 5 states; that was really shocking and unexpected. I hope BN got the message. You can’t be too contented. You can’t take things for granted anymore. People are sick of being the victims of unscrupulous political bigots. People are nauseous with your blatant display of cronyism and nepotism. People are down right fed up of voting for incompetent, corrupt idiots w...

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious things. ~ Randolph S. Bourne Mork Mindy? Why do you look so glum, dear? I think you haven’t smiled for about three days now. Is something bothering you? Mindy That’s an understatement. Mork Oh okay. Is someone bothering you, dear? Mindy A so-called long time friend, if you must know. Mork Oh. What did she do? It must be something serious. Mindy It’s not what she did, it’s what she said. Mork What did she say, dear? Mindy She said she couldn’t stand my forgetfulness. I always put her through a lot of trouble by being forgetful. Plus, it was the third time I did it. Well, those were what she told me, in so many words. Mork That’s not fair! I’ve never met anybody who doesn’t forget. You’re not the forgetful type. I’ve known you for so long and you’re anything but forgetful! Plus, honey, she made it sound like you purposely forgot! You didn’t, did you? Mindy Of course not! Mork What kind of a fr...