The Election

How do you feel when someone said that you are 'answerable' in the hereafter if you vote for a 'wrong' person in the coming election?..Well, I got scared for a while..then I think again..how do I know if the person I voted for is the 'wrong' one? How do I choose the right person? Is there a 'right' person to begin with?

So I decided to base my choice on track records..that's all that I have. I weigh the pros and cons of the situation. With gutter politics happening everywhere, whom do I trust to lead the country? One party says this and another party says that. They are very good at confusing the rakyats.

That reminds me of Israq and Mikraj..where Gabriel asked The Prophet saw, not to turn his face to a group of people when they called out to him. When The Prophet saw asked Gabriel who are these people..Gabriel said these are leaders of the world and mind you, they are in hell when this happens {correct me if I'm wrong}. It beats me if there are so many of them in hell, what the heck they want to be leaders then?

It is not easy to be fair even in your family what more with the rakyats..there are millions of them. And people change..when they have nothing they can be nice to you. But when they have the money and power they CAN be something else. I don't like the way the politicians belittle each other.. I have known a few before they became politicians..they were nice people until they become politicians.

So who do I vote for? I still can't answer that.. I hope the person that I vote for will stay true to all the promises that he/she made. Will continue to care for the rakyats. In other words I can only vote in good faith because there is no guarantee that the 'right' person will stay right and the 'wrong' person is not the right person..You know what I mean..I am confused all over again...sigh

PTPTN

A lot has been said about the PTPTN. PTPTN is actually a body that offers students loans to those who want to pursue tertiary education locally. It is a great help for families like mine who have children studying in the universities. My daughter Nadia took a PTPTN loan that covers only her tuition fees. She's been paying it back for a number of years now.To me it is a simple principle of what you owe you must pay back. It doesn't have to be a student loan, any loan for that matter...you must pay back.

Otherwise forget the idea of owing anybody or any company if you don't want to pay back. The government has been really kind in providing a soft loan like the PTPTN form students. Actually, the fees for the local public universities are cheap around $2,000 dollars at the most. Sarah, my youngest daughter is paying around $1,100 for her fees a year. She does not take up a PTPTN loan since we can afford the fees. As for Nadia, since she opted for a private university, we had to apply for the loan.

The thing that does not make sense to me is why the politicians from certain groups wants to abolish the PTPTN that give a lifeline to poor students to continue their studies? Are they going to make good all the monies that have been loaned out? If they can't even pay single parents $100 as promised...where are they going to find funds to pay billions of ringgit outstanding in the PTPTN loans? Does it make sense to ask PETRONAS to cover the amount outstanding? Are they going to bleed PETRONAS to death?

Isn't it a simple process to just pay what you owe? According to Islam you cannot even smell the heaven if you don't want to pay back your debts..What kind of generations are we going to breed if we ask them not to be responsible for what they owe? It scares me to think what will happen when this student go out and work and misbehave and expect the company or the government to pay for them. For heaven sake..let our children be responsible for whatever they do...Life is never easy but you learn to live with it. PAY whatever money you owe. If you don't want to pay your PTPTN loan, there's an option....study very hard, get a first class degree and then your loan will be converted to a scholarship.

There must be a sense of pride if you can pay your loan. Teach our children with that sense of pride instead of asking them to fight for your political beliefs that only benefit you...and your political party.