Surf's Up

"Corruption doth appear in land and sea because of the evil which men's hands have done so that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done in order that they may return to the right path." - The Holy Quran 30:41

Wave after wave of biblical-proportioned shite is upon us, dear mankind.

There was the wave of terror, violence and paranoia of 9/11

There was the devouring tsunami of Boxing Day

And now the Financial Tsunami that are drowing us in our own earthly riches.

But who gives a toss right? Because it's apparently more interesting to know whether Muhyiddin gets enough seats to contest. And apparently it's more exciting to find out if Norman Hakim really shagged that 20 year old slut and took 45 minutes to actually get dressed with time to kill for a fag and a cuddle before opening the doors for the religious cops.

Ignorance is bliss, no? Only if you know whats going on and choose to be ignorant.

For me, I know enough to know that shit has hit the fan and sliced into enough tiny projectiles to be redistributed evenly across the whole room to know that I choose to not know what to do about it.

And like a respected business partner I know used to always say, "If you don't know what to do even when someone tells you how to do it, just sit around all day and twiddle your thumbs. At least you're not screwing up something".

How did we get into such a mess? Man is a destroyer in nature. Even when we build things, we always tend to be the one responsible for its destruction. We built the concept of finance and the financial institution and globalization and economic necessity. And that's where I believe our downfall is.

We have turned means into necessity.

The creation of money were a means of transaction to get what we need and want. Back in the day, getting what you want could either mean feeding and cleaning out cow dung for 3 years before you enjoy a good steak, or spearing a fanged beast for a new pair of leather kicks.

Since then, we've fucked around with it so much that it gets transacted, invisibly, between god-knows-where to hell-should-i-know-who. And before you're even sure you had it to begin with, someone tells you that you've just lost it all. Then you really start thinking about spearing someone.

So what's next, then?

In true cheerleading fashion some may chant "Bring It On!" and shake our pom-poms in the air.

For some, it will be a call to roll up their sleeves, grit on a toothpick and say "Wow, that was a great party. Now help me clean up this shit".

Some will say "Oops. Yeah, shouldnt've done that. Tee-hee-hee"

Most in Malaysian Politics will say "Kita Okkkkk...! 5% for next year! Even if Singapore and Australia are announcing negative or 0%. And so what if the whole of Iceland is bust. By the way, Mawi nak kahwin kat stadium youuuuu!!"

But I really, really, really hope...that most of us will start to realise that when they say "Damn it to hell!" in the movies, it literally means nearly everything worldly that we have or are trying to achieve in our lives. For damning us to hell, they will.

"And others have confessed their faults, they have mingled a good deed and an evil one; perhaps Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." (Qur'an 9:102)

Good night, god bless, and don't be too hard on yourselves. We're all screwed at the moment. But at least be that guy that knows he's screwed, rather than the guy who's always tricked into picking up the bar of soap. Every single time.