malaysian rituals

in the last few days i ran smack against 2 malaysian rituals involving schools and children which seems to me preposterous and makes me ask whether these things only happen here. the first one was a prize-giving function for those children who did well in their upsr. i went to the one held for the sepang district, my youngest son, the chestnut, having attended school in cyberjaya , which of course is within the sepang district.travelling there, my dear wife was panicking as mentally to her we were late, the ceremony supposedly starting at 2 p.m. I was surprised at her behaviour, not having seen that side of her before.i was of course, calm as usual, safely ensconced in the knowledge that the dignitary/minister will typically be late as per the norm of all politicians, in malaysia anyway.sure enough, when we reached the hall, the proceedings were yet to start, and so we quietly slipped out and adjourned to the nearest kfc. why do they bother with these ceremonies if it means not starting on time and making the poor children sweat. remind me again, to please not to attend any occasions where politicians are to be the vip. assholes!!!!.

today, being the first day of school in the new year, after going through the motions and having had my breakfast, i withdrew to my room , so as in order to make a few calls to setup appointments for the week. what the hell, nobody seems to be at work. i guessed that all these so-called parents/ especially mothers are somehow held-up at various schools in the klang valley, gnashing their teeth whilst waiting to register their child!!!. has our so called e-government ever calculated how much all these downtime are costing the country. why can't all these registration be done online, so that the first day of school just involves ushering the kid into the car or onto the bus.whats the big deal???, they are going to be in the school for the rest of the year for, goodness sake.!!!!