say "NO" to corruption.

so much for studying. missed another lecture(MA200) yesterday~ sigh.

nehoo, was in school the day before for my ST202 final lecture. brought my notes, a bottle of water, and all the other necessities.. yep im ready to learn! :)

while in the Old Theatre, LSE held a civilisational dialogue regarding Islam and the West, by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim; from 3.55 till 5pm. i surely could not make it, since my lecture was at 4. BUT i decided to check it out anyway, i had the 5 mins to 4 to spare. just wanted to see how he looked, even better, if i could just sit and hear what he had to say. but duty calls, i couldnt.

met Intan (my most helpful coursemate) on my way to Old Theatre, and told her that Ill be with her in the lecture hall later. saw Datuk Seri just outside the theatre, surrounded by at least 10 people, making his way into the Green Room (backstage of the Old Theatre).
I met Emily, Daniel, and Ben, who were on their way to the first floor, since the ground floor was full. Them three reckoned I should attend the dialogue. Daniel said that HE will teach me whatever Ive missed in ST202 (effin sweet:). Fyi, Daniel and I, we Co-Directed Malam Bakti '06. definitely a jolly good fella!

So yea, I decided to miss lecture, and attended the dialogue (defly a once in a lifetime event) - with the hope that Dannyboy will do as he said. hehe. Sat next to Emily, at the top-front-right corner of the audience.

As the dialogue began, the chairperson, Dr Katerina, gave a brief introduction as to whom Anwar Ibrahim is, was, etc etc. Then he started speaking. He was not, I repeat, was NOT doing a good job at that, I must say. Simply because, he was merely reading his ten pages long script, and it was just boring. I bet he almost put the 80%-full theatre to sleep. [Oh, Malam Bakti had a (more than)full house. hehe ;)]. He even made himself clear that he was reading the script just so he wont get charged for speaking on non-related topics. "I've been in prison before", he joked. Hence the 10page print out.

Soonafter, they proceeded with the Q&A session, when which I saw the "speaker" quality in him. He conversed well, very humorous. Entertaining. However, a politician remains a politician, as he, to me, was not able to answer questions precisely. He was sitting on the fence throughout.
Quite dissappointed at that..

All in all, from the dialogue, I gathered more knowledge on Anwar, and his political strategies and interest in Malaysia, as opposed to the titled issue. I went in with an open mind, left impressed by the Q&A session, but failed to look at Anwar at a whole new, and better perspective. He failed to use this opportunity of speaking in LSE to show his capability of a good leader. It felt to me that he came in with a totally different motive.. sorry. The sisters of LSEISOC who went, with neutral perception and hopeful intention of listening to Anwar on Islam and the West, left dissatisfied.

all the best to Anwar, and the present government, in "combatting" the rapidly growing corruption back home.

here's to a corruption-free Malaysia by the year NE/V/ER.

bitteremzyouttie.