Let's do our part

The night is once again blessed with shower. Nice and cold. Time for some reflections. "You are ahead of others!" A statement I received from the senior staff this evening. "I just came back from the course and you are already doing what they told us to do." Well, I guess it's so much easier for them as the system is already existing, just need to push the 'start' button. It's really a big compliment and relief for me, though it might not sound to others. But who cares, self satisfaction that drives you to work better.

Sometimes I go right to the root to make sure things are done coz most of the time, when the message was delivered from the top, it would probably not reach the root or perhaps that worked for a few days before things got back to normalcy. So, here we could see that going to the root does not really solve all the problems but you need to keep on driving the senior staff to do the monitoring on these people. That's how the system works I guess. Time wasting and of course manpower as well. Could you imagine how much I could do on other areas if I didn't really need to check and check if these people were doing their work. I can only conclude that a great leader is all it needed for an organization to run well. I am not saying myself but if people are really doing their job, then voila, things will run so smoothly.

That comes to my first highlight of the day. The star online today sees that the zoo in bad condition. Despite so many years of public complaints on the poor status of the national zoo, there ain't any improvement done. Not even publicity. Ask anyone of the citizen if they knew where is the national zoo. I am really afraid to hear the results. It's been years that the zoo authority kept giving the same excuses that they would improve once they got the fund from the gov. But until when would the fund be enough for your big plan to turn the zoo into a super ZOO? Are we really dreaming of one? It's so typical, people keep thinking of running before they even learn to walk. Things can be done in moderation. The image of the zoo is the first thing to get more attention from the public so that upkeeping of zoo would be one of the issues for the people. You don't make a super ZOO and not even anyone knows about this zoo? It's afterall a national entity. People should be proud of.

I was a volunteer in the zoo once upon a time back in school. I was neither impressed nor excited with the volunteering system at the zoo. That's actually a way to get free manpower when there are so many people out there who wished to contribute. But no! They sit quiet and wait till you come and approach. What's the authority up there in the zoo doing? No where? It's really a disappointment because they are dealing with animals. Not simply animals for exhibit but lives. And they play a role to enhance the awareness of caring on these wildlife and so on. Are we achieving anything? Or are we creating a lil aquarium and a cage just to satisfy our belief that what other countries have, we have. Full stop. It doesn't matter if it's of quality, at least we have something called ZOO. Duhh...so typical.

It's really an embarrassment when the writer says: Its current strategy of adding animal exhibits without first attempting to reduce animal deaths simply defies science and common sense. Which means, some people don't really know what they are doing. That highlights yet another topic of the day, so much food, so much waste. In my previous posts I've highlighted this problem of hunger. It seems like a never ending issue, and yes, we choose not to end this because we are human. It's another month where bazaar and food are abundant. Appetite increased in savouring whatever we want. But again, we are wasting. If you read the paper, you would know that there's a part in Sarawak where people are getting hungry because foods are scarce... yes, it exists in this country, so pls be real. Transportation of foods and water takes up to 11 hours journey with a cost (and that's not cheap). The residents are sending out letters to the outside world so that they could send more food and water. Up till now, I only heard the NGO is planning to do something. What about the state itself? Or some people higher?

Please ignore my innocence. I really feel puzzled why on earth do these people still stay at these places where food are so not easily available and other amenities as well. I went to several community camps with the worse which took about 5hours from the nearest town where roads are not easily accessible. I've even asked these people, why? They couldn't give me an exact answer but because they were living there their whole lives. I just think that if we don't plan to bring them out from these remote areas, why don't we bring some development to them so that things are more easily available. Even then, can we do that, or is it worth doing in view of the small population there. So, it's really up to the concerned authority and if only they were interested to pursue this matter. But people crying for hunger especially involving kids? This shouldn't be happening in this country where people are wasting so much on their food. Just not right, at least not to me.

Wow, I've been writing so much today. Well, excuse my passion on these 2 topics. Afterall everyday is a learning day.