Abdullah Something

He grew angry when he thought of how he, a retiree with no pension, had to juggle the small amount of FD he had in the bank, shifting it from bank to bank just to catch that extra half a percent interest rate here and there.

Yussof Condred 

When he, of another faith, told his mother he wanted to convert to Islam, she cried for 3 days and 3 nights. On the fourth day, she relented and gave her consent, for even in her unschooled mind she knew that all religions are good. Not bad, for one who never attended school or any interfaith dialogue.

So it was that Abdullah Something became a muslim-convert . The reason Abdullah wanted to be a muslim was not that he fell in love with a beautiful Malay girl. It was because he admired Tok Guru Nik Aziz of PAS, who actually lived the life of a good muslim. To quote the other Abdullah’s slogan : Tok Guru walks the talk. He is humble and most of all honest and frugal.” “Which MB or CM lives in a timber house today?” Abdullah habitually asked his friends. 

And that was also why he voted Pakatan in GE13. He thought that the Pakatan government would be as honest and frugal as Tok Guru. So it came as a rude shock to him that the Selangor state had decided to raise the salaries of his Aduns by massive amounts. It was, to him, betrayal, deceit and hypocrisy all rolled into one. 

He grew angry when he thought of how he, a retiree with no pension, had to juggle the small amount of FD he had in the bank, shifting it from bank to bank just to catch that extra half a percent interest rate here and there.

Even then he knew he was drowning in Inflation. He worried about the huge increase in quit rent for 2014. Then there was this impending hike in TNB’s rates, also in 2014, which would cause a further round of inflation. 

It used to be that when politicians from both sides of the divide asked him to tightened his belt, he would dutifully do so. “How naive I was” he thought querulously. There was no choice now but to try and get a job again. It looked like his wasteful governments won’t allow him to  retire.

Come GE14, he decided he will vote Pakatan out. He would cut his nose to spite his face and sleep with the devil he knew.