Thank God it's Friday, again!? Already? What did the Imam had to say at the Khutbah? Oh, he talked about the storm we had last evening, the storm that knocked UMNO's Telcom Tower down on to Mc Calister Road killing one? sitting in his truck loaded with cooking gas tanks. Missed the Pakistan mosque by saveral feet and created a traffic nightmare not to mention a major headache for the Chief Minister and the MPPP. (The Penang City Council) Strong winds and rain has been hitting the island for several days now and still to continue for the next couple of days. The Imam talked about who is really the Big Boss when it comes to running the show and right now He is not too happy with the way we are treating our environment and forgetting that shit can happen and will happen, not in those terms but close enough. God in the form of mother nature is striking back here and there to bring man out of his unconsciousness, out of his sleep. The floods in Europe and the fires in United States, God is not too happy with the way we are exploiting nature for our own self benefit, craving ever for more when enough is more than enough; Our Greed.
What did my friend Rosli Bakoi at the pondok has to say about the storm?
"Alah, ni semua ujian la, ni sikit saja belum lagi besak macam Tsunami dulu! ", this is small matter, God is testing us, at least it is notr as serious as the Tsunami incidents.
"Depa tebang habih pokok pokok, bukit pun depan kikih, apa mau lagi? Bilat dia angin ujan siap lah!", They cut down trees and even carve out hills what can we expect when it pours wind and rain?
" Tu pon depa ta' sedak!", and they still don't wake up!
Sounds pretty familiar whoever you talk to whether a doctor or a fisher man or a coffee shop cronies, we are screwing up out own habitat, like a cancerous vermin, sure, blame it on the rats! We want to alter the environment to suit our personal as well as nation's needs well and good , we need to but do we have to be so greedy and scourge the earth just to satisfy our egos? Lie, cheat, steal, rob and even kill just to have that little bit more than we already need. One car, not enough, three! One house not enough, three! One wife not enough, four! Then we cannot stand those who look beyond material wealth and live just enough to survive free from any form of vexations, especially the elderly and the destitute; and we aspire to become a compassionate society! Are we aspiring to become a caring society? or are we merely aspiring just for the sake of aspiring. To have the longest, the tallest the stiffest dicks on the planet, because we simply can afford to. When we are buried six feet under the place two tones at each end of our grave to tell who lies there, the most expensive they would erect a mausoleum to house our remains so that others will look in awe; Malaysia has the Twin Towers.
The silver lining behind these catastrophe's happening in Penang is the fact that the Penang State Government will take heed of their thirst for development, keep on building higher, till there is no more room up there. I hope that the people of Penang will like wise awaken from their sleep and start being more aware and in tune with what is wrong with the picture here, what are they doing about it or what can they do to slow down the steamroller of , Greed ; more than need. The drainage system in and around the state is in need of upgrading which includes the river, (Sungai Pinang).  Basic engineering will tell you that if you build on reclaimed land you better have good system of run offs. When water rush to the sea it starts to change the coastline according to its ability to find ways to escape into the sea, coastal erosion is a factor due to lack of proper drainage system especially hazardous during rainy season. Water rushing down from the hills will find less and less Resistance and will seek the shortest way to the sea and what happens when the sea is at high tide when this happens?;Floods! Jalan P.Ramlee, Counter Hall areas suffers. Symbolic of how bad the drainage mangement in Penang is,! There is a relatively large drain across from where I live that has stopped being a drain many years ago and has now become a swimming track for all kinds of filth and bugs. Does the MPPP care about this? I remember writng to the Star at one time about it...but.This stretch of a non- drain stretch from the junct at Sungai Pinang Road at one end to the small river at the junctin of Patani Road and River Road.(For the benefit of locals and the CM reading this nonsense.).
 Just one small example about caring in our society is the fact that this in the long run will create for a better more cleaner and healthier society that may not be so sophisticated as Hong Kong or Singapore, but a better place to live with less people hating each other due to stress and anxiety, due to economic imbalance and lack of compassion towards those who belong here right from the start; the True Penang Born. The State Government owes their loyalty to these people and none others no matter how much money they plan on dumping on to the Island.