| Aidilfitry and a bizzare Awakening Posted: 07 Aug 2013 08:27 AM PDT
To all my Dear Readers: Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir & Batin
A blessed Ramadan, nearly spoilt only by cute doggies said to be insulting Islam, not-so-cute Alvivi actually insulting Islam, and a series of previews of a book supposedly written by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and foolishly entitled Awakening!
Frankly, I wish the former Prime Minister had not awakened from his slumber to rewrite history but there you are: these days everybody from Chin Peng to the producers of The New Village to Abdullah Badawi wants to "set the record straight".
Some say Abdullah's faithfools have timed the book nicely with the Umno general assembly, but really I don't see what good it will bring to anyone. Like I said on twitter earlier today, Abdullah's greatest contribution as PM was to unite Malaysians from both sides of the political divide - plus many fence-sitters - to unite against ... him! Now his book, not even in bookstores yet, is promising to bring back that rare phenomenon!
My favorite review of the book is the Malay Mail's teaser, Pak Lah: Pro-Mahathir bloggers were out to get me where Abdullah writes that "many bloggers were "richly"rewarded with money and titles and that "a lot of money was spent" in the campaign against him". The former PM cited one blogger from Kelantan who was paid RM4 million by PAS "to write articles to topple my administration". Lol, how still detached the man is.
This book will be eaten alive by the critics partly because the editors Bridget Welsh and James Chin were not part of that exciting period and movement, and partly because the author has yet to come to terms with how he'd gone from hero to zero in the blink of a term. If it's any consolation, though, I look forward to getting a copy of Awakening. Perhaps even a signed one, if I'm lucky!
Till then, Salam Lebaran and safe journey. Make sure your driver doesn't doze off behind the wheels.
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