Why so Special?

Okay, what is so special today?

Well, not exactly anything, just bacuase it is Feb 29 and is 4 years once kind of day so everyone said you must do something special.

My day started off with nothing special. Just because I had an acupunture session yesterday, which remove my shoulder pain that had been for months so I sleep really well last night to wake up at 6.30am going for an early morning walk with Jean.  I ended up running and feeling like 10 years ago, younger :-).

As it is not a common day, I get into the wierd kind of mood on advocation.  Malaysia, one of those countries we are not sure where our governement got the idea that an Rare Earth processing plant is a good idea for future advancement and development.  The matter of issue has been boiling in the country for more than a year, but the voice of the people seems to be ignored for the longest time while an Temporary Operating License was issued recently.  On Feb 26, 2012, the nation went in a huge peaceful demonstration to show the government that the people does not want such plant to be built nor operated in the land of Malaysia.  Such plant will produce radioactive waste such as thorium.  The danger of radioactive and health issue will be permanently around for Malaysian once the plant get in to production.

As I said, today is the day for advocation.  I posted numereous links and comment in facebook regarding the issue, the side effect and the rejection toward this particular government idea.  The links such as 

1) Mandarin News from CCTV

2) Spoken in Malay by a Western Australian against a Western Australian's company

3) Reply of Western Australian Government on question for radioactive waste - thorium
4) Report by The New York Times - Mitsubishi Quietly Cleans Up Its Former Refinery

5) Report by The New York Times -Taking a Risk for Rare Earths

6) Report by The New York Times - The Fear of a Toxin Rerun

All the information shows the good reason why this processing plant is not build in Western Australia, does not accept by Western Australian even though it is a Western Australian company, but we Malaysian don't know where our lovely government got the idea that it is good for the Malaysia people.

Again, for the longest time, Malaysian's voice is ignored.  Where is the justice for us?

I shall quote

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: 

I shall not fear anyone on earth.

I shall fear only God.

I shall not bear ill toward anyone.

I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.

I shall conquer untruth by truth.

And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering. 

by Mahatma Gandhi