Good ol' MC

After the shock and getting down with the flu recently, I had the chance to sleep soundly and to switch off my handphone. Despite that calls still came gggrrrr, but since I was imprisoned at home, well what the heck..

But I needed that break. The flu somehow knew I needed it and gave a little nudge towards the right direction hehe. Come what may, nothing is gonna stop me from taking a real holiday soon. Tickets checked, passport checked, currency checked...

I cannot help reading the numerous complaints with regards to the goverment's response to this pandemic. It's always government's fault. I'm no boot-licker but hey, gimme a break. Just look around you. It is the public's attitude and civic consciousness or the lack of it. How many times you see the "Char Kuey Teow" seller sneezing into your hot fried char kuey teow? How many times you see dirty dishes on the sidewalk frequented by rats and dogs? When was the last time you see a clean public toilet ? How can the government enforces just about everything? People have to start behaving responsibly for themselves. I remember the trip to Vienna early this year, nobody checks if you have bought a ticket to board the train. It's just a civic responsibility to sustain the service. Like wise, Malaysians should learn civic responsibility.

And the MSM reported that the government may invoke the Disease Prevention Act of fine and jail if somebody with the flu flouts the quarantine. I mean get real lah...if 2 million Malaysians are inflicted with flu and flouting the quarantine, do you have jails large enough for all of them? Or enough prosecutors and judges to hear all the cases? It's a pandemic!

This wearing of a mask for the sake of wearing is also bullshit. Just for show that "something is being done". A mask is not going to prevent anything unless our attitude change as well. It's just giving a false sense of security. Some of the school children aren't even wearing it properly - you can see them being worn upside down, inside out, below the nostrils etc..you name it.

And the fallacy of a pill for every ill. This is the drug company's windfall and the industry is pushing it that way. And imagine the chaos and anarchy if a really virulent pandemic is on the way and the response is "We've got no treatment for it".

Some members of the public are also hitting the government over the "higher than norm" death rates. Hey come on, if the denominator is under-reported, the rates aren't gonna be correct. And nobody is capable of monitoring the denominator any longer.

Now a nice Ba Kut Teh would be a great end to my MC. Hehe. Can't remember the last time I took one.