A hazy view ahead

Voters lining up to cast their ballot in Malaya's First General Elections in Mersing, Johor, in 1955. A few years later, Tunku Abdul Rahman was struggling to collect funds for his journey to London to negotiate with the British for Malaya’s independence. Ordinary Malayans, especially the women, started donating their jewellery and valuables to help him make that trip. — ARKIB NEGARA

IT’S bad enough that we now struggle to breathe as we go about our business but the endless stream of mind-boggling events is enough to make anyone bury themselves under their bedcovers until things become sane again.

The most perplexing event recently is the question of why someone who had been convicted of stealing billions can still be worshipped by some people. He is idolised so much that people are willing to dig into their own pockets to pay for him to be “imprisoned” in the comfort of his own home. The same guy who stole our money, leaving us in debt for generations. It’s too crazy for anyone with the slightest modicum of a stable brain to accept.