That event held Malaysians breathless and on the edge of their seats for a day. Hand clasping the remote, shuffling from channel to channel to keep themselves informed. So many rumours, ambigous SMSs and phone calls from out of town.
I decided to play safe and cancelled all classes for the day. Better be safe than sorry, I presumed. Well, after experiencing TWO horrendous racial riots in this lifetime (one in Singapore and another in Malaysia), I just could not take chances. The symptoms are uncannily similar.
So much for that infamous affair ...
Now, what happened to Facebook? Everybody’s Facebook? Everybody’s LIFE. Prior and subsequent to that, it has become a psy-war battlefield among relatives, colleagues and best of friends. No more what I ate for lunch uploads, which side of the bed I woke up this morning and He loves me … He loves me not updates. No one responded to my requests for hardware in my City! Oh no … my Allies are now 'enemies' in that Empire. They didn’t have time to revive my Electric Roses, too. Gosh ... this social network has become very unsociable!
Profile pictures changed overnight. What colour are you macha? The new badge application came in handy, too. Anybody who can type tried to shove their ‘doctrines’ down my throat. No statements? It’s REVOLUTION, stupid.
So, ‘happiness is my own responsibility’, fellow Facebookians. Today, my list of friends has been reduced to almost half. Thank you! Always wondered what to do with these hanger-ons who amassed friends just to show numbers - ‘Wah … you got 1,000 friends lor …’. Yeah, Blessing comes in so many guises.
Here's the hard part. Relatives and long-time friends. Mi Amigo quickly told me, ‘Tweak them settings and you'll end up smiling.’ And that’s what I did.
Confined to very, very close friends, musicians, production people and my students - my Facebook looks neater and I am a lot happier. Mark Zuckerberg designed Facebook to be this way, ain't it? Bye, bye freeloader!
No one else knows the value of democracy?
No one else cares about this country?
This is surely an elitist we-know-what-is –good-for-you attitude.
Just shut up, endure the discomfort and we will make things better.
- Zainul Ariffin NST.
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