Cuti Sekolah

This week went by in a blur.. and tomorrow's already Thursday. I'd like to pack and send off my son to go back to BP. School holidays are best spent in the middle of the year, when it's bright and sunny and wonderful. Come year end, the monsoon season starts and there goes your outdoor-related plans.

Unnecessaries

145th post & I STILL do not have anything interesting to write about. What happened at the office today? YET another process is introduced that entailed me and a few others having to do more work. What's new? I spit on the graves of the ISO creators!

There are a hundred other things to do that'll add value to the organisation but since I don't carry the Manager title I guess I'll just have to keep my mouth shut- won't make a difference anyways. Soon I'd like to resign from this title that they've given me and maybe in the next two years I can rid myself of this job. At least that's something to look forward to... hurrah!

Justice for the Common Man

The Star Online, 13 November 2007 (accessed @ 8.17 p.m.)

Housewife wins HIV-contamination suit against govt
By EMBUN MAJID

ALOR STAR: A former Quran teacher, who sued the Government over the HIV-contaminated blood she received during a transfusion seven years ago at Jitra Hospital, has been awarded RM450,000.

High Court deputy registrar Ruzita Md Lazim awarded Bashah Mustaffa, 54, the amount in chambers Tuesday.

Bashah, her husband Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid, 52, and their four children had originally sought RM100mil in damages in their suit against Jitra Hospital director and three others in 2000.

IMHO in principle there should be an award of punitive damages beyond the mere RM450,000. Will the award be the same had she been a politician's wife? What amount will cause justice to be served? Say, if 100 million is awarded, who will bear the cost? Shouldn't they look for the person who donated the tainted blood (in a typical ACA-in-judiciary video-investigation fashion)? What have we learnt from this?

7 years of waiting, all that time and money spent & the emotional turmoil- and she gets RM450,000. I wonder what's the value of justice these days...

SABAR ajelah...

Facebook account is moving slow-mo tonite. I have one day left of my Deepavali holiday and am wondering what to do next. Thursday I wandered around the house- did nothing except for watch a DVD or two. Friday I did some 'stuff' involving money and counters- nothing illegal, I assure you. Today I visited a few good friends, and that made me happy. Now I'm going to ponder on what to do tomorrow.