We need sympathetic leader

SOON after bomb exploration across the country, our people receive another tangible bomb at their daily life. It is nothing but the news of electricity tariff that shock our impoverish people. It is not come by a fraction of existing tariff, it came in two fold which will prompt daily necessities goods price up. It is common sense to imagine basis foods and materials rate is going to follow the news. Amazingly, the authority announced it only two days in advance and also didn't let parliament know the matter.

Mr President keep saying how they are trying to decrease poverty rate in Myanmar in almost every speech he does with monthly basis. The realistic to our people is contrary to his talking. Our people have been more than good enough not to trust in our authorities who are old people from previous regimes. The matters will become worse when they are giving reasons to media. I can't understand myself why our minister level people keep saying funny reason for their doing. You cannot simply say that you are lacking capacity or pointing at widely corrupted bureaucracy manners at all level. Since you have been declared that you are elected by people at their will, it is your duty to make people's life better. As a republic, you have to listen people's concern. But you all make us disappoint by doing mistake one after another. One authorized person said recent electricity tariff up only will affect 1% of population who are business society. What a stupid comment is it? He even don't know how relate industry and people's life are related. Whatever production rate up would be passed to customers. It is universal truth and they don't have heart to sympathize our people by saying such comment. Instead of taking responsibilities for what they have done, our ministers would shamelessly step back if the media highlight how lousy their saying on current matters. They will never opt to tender resignation letter for their action.

No wonder our people are now protesting against electricity tariff on big cities. I think it is the situation the authority wants to see and it'll make them enough reason to military cope over country to another decades of dark world. Where is change? Perhaps Myanmar's spring have benefited to generals and its cronies. Our people are still hungry on basis necessities. The current government term is coming to close, we feel nothing improved and they keep say how they are trying to attract FDI to create jobs for our people. But reality is that how can we expect big FDI without having basis infra-structure like proper roads, ports, water and electricity? We have world class people leader and she is barred from taking power. They themselves don't know how to do. What an appalling event? Then they would say that no other citizen is better in loving country than soldiers. Look forward 2015 will bring those lousy guys down and pave the way for our intellectual leaders.   

Parental Love

SINCE we decided to buy a car for our little daughter, my wife and I were busy surveying car market online. Though there were some significant ease on car policies as a part of reform in Myanmar, cars are still expensive for an ordinary people like us. Fortunately, it have become reachable for some middle class families nowadays. It is, therefore, not easy task to decide on whether pickup or saloon or MPV. We want to spend our hard earn money wisely while fulfilling our promise to our little daughter because we may not afford to buy another car in the near future.

She is smart and used to tell her relatives that her car will arrive sooner by Dad. In last visit, we asked her what she wants most and her answer was clearly a motorcar. We had no way but to promise her buy a car as a young girl. But she seem no forgot such promise made by parent. Recently her preschool made artistic and physical competition and she entered her first ever competition with fellow students. She brought back home a second price from dancing. Few days later, she come back home with a CD in which their competition are recording. The CD begins with a greeting to incoming families who arrive by their own cars. Perhaps the preschool management wanted to boast that how rich children are attending their service to others.

My daughter suddenly shows her aunts that those are her friends on screen. Some of her friends are coming by cars and she talks at them that next year I'll come to class by my own car like you. My sisters were amazed to learn what she has talked. How determined she is? At 3.5 years, she has been such manner to compare with her peers. We were sadden when my sister shares the incident. My wife asked me to start finding a suitable car for our little princess without delaying. We initially intended to buy a car only after we return Myanmar for permanent. Now circumstance make us rush to buy a car so as not to make her feel inferior against her wealthy classmates. Currently, she is commuting by school's ferry car and it take prolong time between school and home. Some day she'll arrive home in sleeping. Other rainy day, she'll come back home in wet and next day she is likely to take MC for sick. To date, we dare not to own a car. Now we have to buy a red car that she always like to please her. May be this is called parental love which will not be differ for every parent on this planet.