king eric would know what to do.
ho hum.
back to normal. after the day-long elect tai! edition of the blog, i suppose it's time to get back to my mundane existence. i'll probably never serve in public office at this point.
there's been no reply from the state ministry. maybe they're seriously considering my proposal? i have to say, my prospects aren't good, but i'm definitely up for serving the people. i genuinely do like helping people, and it's always an added bonus to get a smile from someone's face. it's also a bonus when i get a bonus. but i don't help people solely for the bonus...the bonus is the bonus.
while we're on the subject of communities and the councils that don't do enough for them...the seputeh residents' association. i've been staying here for the last decade or so, yet i've never been to a single meeting. i learnt from a neighbour today that some people came by to survey an area of jungle close to my house. it's already developed heavily down here...berjaya's seputeh heights project is up my road, and i virtually stay next door to the hunza group's mutiara seputeh project.
i don't know if these two projects are a good example of sustainable development or if they're a perfect example of cronyism gone extreme. it's most likely a case of both. the thing is, how much weight does the seputeh residents' association carry in terms of being able to prevent projects like these from happening? can we convince the powers-that-be at the dbkl to stop new developments from coming up at seputeh? just backtrack to the foilage i was talking about earlier.
for the last few years, a large parcel of land behind my house (unrelated to the aforementioned developers) has been cleared repeatedly, only to be left fallow and for the fauna to grow back. this has happened repeatedly...the story goes that work has always bene stopped in the nick of time. i'm not sure why they can't just permanently save the site from further harm. closing the direct midvalley route is fine and dandy, but isn't there more at risk in losing one of the last green lungs of kuala lumpur?
granted, i haven't been informed at all in regards to what it is the association does. in fact, i might even be misinformed. but it doesn't take a incredibly perceptive person to note that things are going from dodgy to wonky around here. i suppose that i can thank the hunza group for putting up the basketball court. it's the least that they could do for taking away 15 acres of unspoilt land.
doesn't sound like much, but i can tell you that the land was better off left alone. some things just shouldn't be taken away. not to mention the fact that they're charging exorbitantly for their semi-Ds and bungalows; you could probably get a good bungalow in my area, and still have some change leftover to renovate it decently as opposed to getting one at the mutiara project. then again, you're paying for safety and the whole gated community vibe.
fascists.
no, i was kidding about the fascist part.
seputeh was so much better when it was left alone. isn't that why we have the residents' association? to convince everyone that enough is enough?
the power of the dollar (or in this context, the ringgit).
sometimes i wish the councils would do what's right, as opposed to what's good for their coffers.
we need eric cantona.
back to normal. after the day-long elect tai! edition of the blog, i suppose it's time to get back to my mundane existence. i'll probably never serve in public office at this point.
there's been no reply from the state ministry. maybe they're seriously considering my proposal? i have to say, my prospects aren't good, but i'm definitely up for serving the people. i genuinely do like helping people, and it's always an added bonus to get a smile from someone's face. it's also a bonus when i get a bonus. but i don't help people solely for the bonus...the bonus is the bonus.
while we're on the subject of communities and the councils that don't do enough for them...the seputeh residents' association. i've been staying here for the last decade or so, yet i've never been to a single meeting. i learnt from a neighbour today that some people came by to survey an area of jungle close to my house. it's already developed heavily down here...berjaya's seputeh heights project is up my road, and i virtually stay next door to the hunza group's mutiara seputeh project.
i don't know if these two projects are a good example of sustainable development or if they're a perfect example of cronyism gone extreme. it's most likely a case of both. the thing is, how much weight does the seputeh residents' association carry in terms of being able to prevent projects like these from happening? can we convince the powers-that-be at the dbkl to stop new developments from coming up at seputeh? just backtrack to the foilage i was talking about earlier.
for the last few years, a large parcel of land behind my house (unrelated to the aforementioned developers) has been cleared repeatedly, only to be left fallow and for the fauna to grow back. this has happened repeatedly...the story goes that work has always bene stopped in the nick of time. i'm not sure why they can't just permanently save the site from further harm. closing the direct midvalley route is fine and dandy, but isn't there more at risk in losing one of the last green lungs of kuala lumpur?
granted, i haven't been informed at all in regards to what it is the association does. in fact, i might even be misinformed. but it doesn't take a incredibly perceptive person to note that things are going from dodgy to wonky around here. i suppose that i can thank the hunza group for putting up the basketball court. it's the least that they could do for taking away 15 acres of unspoilt land.
doesn't sound like much, but i can tell you that the land was better off left alone. some things just shouldn't be taken away. not to mention the fact that they're charging exorbitantly for their semi-Ds and bungalows; you could probably get a good bungalow in my area, and still have some change leftover to renovate it decently as opposed to getting one at the mutiara project. then again, you're paying for safety and the whole gated community vibe.
fascists.
no, i was kidding about the fascist part.
seputeh was so much better when it was left alone. isn't that why we have the residents' association? to convince everyone that enough is enough?
the power of the dollar (or in this context, the ringgit).
sometimes i wish the councils would do what's right, as opposed to what's good for their coffers.
we need eric cantona.
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