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If you’re in KL, hop on over to Lot 10 at Bintang Walk. You’ll see 5 magnificent life-size painted horses on display outside the Samsung Digital Media Plaza. One of them is painted by my sis Yein, so go go go and take a look!

My mom called to tell me about it, that my sis was spending 4 days painting a horse sculpture at a shopping mall (Sunway Pyramid). I was like, huh??? Just cannot imagine painting a life-size horse, from 10 to 10 each day. X_x Or even imagine a horse painted.

After asking for about a week (-_-”), I finally got a picture of Yein’s horse as it was being painted. Pretty!!

Also, apparently the public gets to vote for their favourite horse. So if you want, go pick your winning horse now, because there’s a free lucky draw thingy for voting too (always an incentive there somewhere). Samsung gadgets and TVs to pimp your house and tickets to a horse race or something like that. If you’re lazy to go to the mall (or stuck overseas like me), you can vote online too. It’s horse #5.

No prizes for guessing which horse I voted for obviously. I hope it’s still there at the mall when I make my trip back to KL sometime soon next month!

(shall write this blog post in Malay language)

Memanglah Malaysia Boleh, boleh pergi ke angkasa lepas, boleh menjelajah Kutub Selatan, boleh mendaki Gunung Everest, boleh membina bangunan pencakar langit yang tinggi, boleh macam-macamlah. Boleh juga membunuh warga Mongolia dengan bom C4, menahan isteri diplomat Indonesia, dan segala gelagat ahli politik yang memalukan nama negara Malaysia di mata dunia.

Akan tetapi, semua ini tidak penting bagi saya. Saya tidak lagi kisah atau merasa teramat bangga apabila negara Malaysia berjaya sekali lagi mencapai kejayaan di angkasa lepas, Antartik, ataupun di puncak Gunung Everest. Apakah pula kebolehan Malaysia di dalam negeri?

Saya dah mula berasa bosan setiap kali “Malaysia Boleh” dilaungkan. Lebih-lebih lagi apabila wang cukai rakyat Malaysia yang mengalir keluar apabila ianya dilaungkan.

Sebenarnya, isu-isu penting seperti sistem kehakiman dan pilihanraya yang bebas dan tidak dipengaruhi kerajaan perlu diutamakan. Persoalannya, mampukah negara Malaysia yang berusia 50 tahun memperbetulkan isu-isu ini dan bergerak kehadapan? Pak Lah, apa yang lebih penting, menghantar seorang rakyat Malaysia ke angkasa lepas sebagai seorang pelancong, atau menghadapi isu penting yang menyekat kemajuan negara?

Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor telah pun memulakan perjalanan ke angkasa lepas, bolehkah kita sekarang mula memberi perhatian kepada isu-isu sebenar di dalam negeri? Malaysia bolehkah?