Geert Wilders must have something wrong up his head. Why... ooohh why would you troubled yourself to this mess? Are you just plain bored of your life? As a human being, insulting a person's belief is morally wrong. Insulting an entire community? that is plain stupid. The dutch embassy around the world now have to beef up their security just for the sake of Wilders trying to gain popularity in the parliament. Netherlands product all around the world will face boycott and this will cause some economic loss to Netherlands. Why? All because of Wilders selfish political ambition.
And the funny thing is that Wilders does not have a clue about the difference between Islamisation, Terrorism and Arabisation. Islam is just a religion as any other religion in the world. The terrorist is not fighting for Islam. They think that they are fighting for Islam but in reality they are fighting for the sake of their own distorted belief only. I don't know what religion Wilders holds to but if he say Islam is wrong in banning gay relationship... heyy.. Christian bans gay relationships too. As far as I know, I don't know any religion in the world that encourages gay relationship. Islam bans sex out of wedlock.. so does Christian. The only difference is how strong are your belief in that religion to uphold it in your daily life. Violence can come from any community or any group. By provoking this group to do more violence is not the solution.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Dawn of a new era?
I can't believe it. Finally, a strong opposition in the parliament. The Wind of Change is in the horizon. Or is it? My personal view is that the de facto of the recent suprise of the PRU12 Malaysian Election result is simply due to the fact that Barisan Nasional is no longer at the heart of young voters. BN did not even have an official blog. BN seems to be trapped in the old school ways of campaigning. By controlling the content in Mass Media and playing up the sentiments through government controlled newspaper by a 'syok sendiri' campaign. Duhhh. so outdated. Time Mahathir bolehla camtu. University students, graduates, young professionals simply do not feel the connection with Barisan Nasional. They now have multiple sources for information and the mass media is no longer the only source.My view also is that Malaysian's now are not like the previous generation. We as a nation has now all grown up and as like any young adults who just starting to develop, we do not like to be told what to do. Right or wrong, we have our own opinion on what's best for our life. BN playing a father figure, playing a "I know whats best for you" policy is no longer accepted. There is now a two-way communication and not just a one sided communication.
The widespread perception of UMNO also does not help either. If you are an UMNO member, you must be aftering contracts from the Government. If you are an UMNO member, you just want to get in the influential circle. Hey.. what happen to the spirit of upholding 'Agama, Bangsa dan Negara'? And to make it worse, add-in a pinch of elitism, a spoonful of nepotism, a cup full of money politics in the UMNO circle and wal-lah, you got the perfect recipe for a disfunctional organisation. Honestly, if a Prime Minister himself have to announce time and time again in the newspaper he is in control of the country, in control of the party, surely something must be wrong. If you are in control, you do not even need to tell people that.
Yes, the price hike in oil and others plays a critical factor also, but, surely, the voters also knew that the opposition also cannot do much about it. The PRU12 sends a clear message that BN has lost its relevancy. So, what usually can we do if a car breaks down? Change the driver or change the engines?
The widespread perception of UMNO also does not help either. If you are an UMNO member, you must be aftering contracts from the Government. If you are an UMNO member, you just want to get in the influential circle. Hey.. what happen to the spirit of upholding 'Agama, Bangsa dan Negara'? And to make it worse, add-in a pinch of elitism, a spoonful of nepotism, a cup full of money politics in the UMNO circle and wal-lah, you got the perfect recipe for a disfunctional organisation. Honestly, if a Prime Minister himself have to announce time and time again in the newspaper he is in control of the country, in control of the party, surely something must be wrong. If you are in control, you do not even need to tell people that.
Yes, the price hike in oil and others plays a critical factor also, but, surely, the voters also knew that the opposition also cannot do much about it. The PRU12 sends a clear message that BN has lost its relevancy. So, what usually can we do if a car breaks down? Change the driver or change the engines?
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The downfall of Malaysian music industry
As any other industry, there will always be a U-shaped trend, upwards and downwards. Honestly speaking, the Malaysian music industry was comfortably in the upward zone and suddenly before you know it, it is rock bottom. All you can hear now in the radio is foreign (more precisely Indonesian) song. It you have read Malcolm Gladwell's book entitled "The Tipping Point", he explains very precisely about the U-shaped trend. He explains that at a point of time, the trends of particular events or industry can shifted drastically. This point of time is called the tipping point. So, what's that got to do with the Malaysian music industry? Well, if we applied Malcolm's theory, the fall of the Malaysian music industry must starts at a tipping point. So, when exactly is that tipping point? Maybe its hard to believe this but from my personal view, the tipping point is at the start of the first debut of hit music reality tv.
Ok, let's look at facts first shall we? Akademi Fantasia first hits the airwave in 2003. In that same time also saw the emergence of Sheila on 7, the first Indonesian band that really make an impact to the Malaysian music industry. These followed by Peterpan, Dewa and so on. Interesting coincidence isn't it? Not convinced? Ok, let's look at a more serious note, the economics theory. Wahh,, fun stuff :).
Reality tv's singing competition in a positive note, has given a breath of fresh air for the Malaysian music industry. It has provide a platform to discover hidden talent among Malaysians. All of a sudden, Malaysia have a surplus of artists that Malaysian's can idolise. Mind you, one batch of Akademi Fantasia is 12 -14 students. These students who either eliminated or graduated from the akademi will and has established a fan base. This causes surplus of artist exceeding tha actual demand of the market. But, in the sametime, the Malaysian's songwriter and composer remains the same. So, what happens is the mismatch of supply and demand of artists created and songwriters available.
In economic terms, if the price of a substitute good changes, the economic value for the good in question will change in the same direction. For example, wheat bread is a close substitute for multi-grain bread. So, if the price of multi-grain bread goes up, while the price of wheat bread remains the same, some people will switch, or substitute, from multi-grain to wheat bread. Therefore, more wheat bread is demanded and its demand function shifts upward, making the area under it, the consumer surplus, greater.
Therefore, to conclude, we have now way too many artist in Malaysia but with the same amount of songwriters. This caused the market to shift and therefore creates high demand for Indonesian musics. Freaky isn't it?
Ok, let's look at facts first shall we? Akademi Fantasia first hits the airwave in 2003. In that same time also saw the emergence of Sheila on 7, the first Indonesian band that really make an impact to the Malaysian music industry. These followed by Peterpan, Dewa and so on. Interesting coincidence isn't it? Not convinced? Ok, let's look at a more serious note, the economics theory. Wahh,, fun stuff :).
Reality tv's singing competition in a positive note, has given a breath of fresh air for the Malaysian music industry. It has provide a platform to discover hidden talent among Malaysians. All of a sudden, Malaysia have a surplus of artists that Malaysian's can idolise. Mind you, one batch of Akademi Fantasia is 12 -14 students. These students who either eliminated or graduated from the akademi will and has established a fan base. This causes surplus of artist exceeding tha actual demand of the market. But, in the sametime, the Malaysian's songwriter and composer remains the same. So, what happens is the mismatch of supply and demand of artists created and songwriters available.
In economic terms, if the price of a substitute good changes, the economic value for the good in question will change in the same direction. For example, wheat bread is a close substitute for multi-grain bread. So, if the price of multi-grain bread goes up, while the price of wheat bread remains the same, some people will switch, or substitute, from multi-grain to wheat bread. Therefore, more wheat bread is demanded and its demand function shifts upward, making the area under it, the consumer surplus, greater.
Therefore, to conclude, we have now way too many artist in Malaysia but with the same amount of songwriters. This caused the market to shift and therefore creates high demand for Indonesian musics. Freaky isn't it?
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