Why not perah the MBs?

What would be the end game for the whole 1MDB fiasco?

The company’s grossly indebted with iffy revenue generator to service this debt.

Muhyiddin has asked for the Board to be sacked. And then what?

Everything would be fine and dandy?

No, Sir. The debt is still hanging over us.

Yes, US. EPF’s in it. So is KWAP. The government has apparently guaranteed everything good and sundry it seems.

Maybe, maybe not.

And yes, supposedly 1MDB assets (paper valuations notwithstanding) is enough to cover the debt.

All hunky dory? The BIG IF is in who 1MDB can offload these assets to.

The “missing billions” factor is the cruncher as this overloads the debt content by having no tangible, umm, collateral to the money pumped in.

To make 1MDB “work”, there is really no choice but to plug these leakages and proceed with the plans it already has in place.

It needs to be sincere in implementing these to the point of being a hermit.

The Board should be worked for free. Basic allowance of nasi lemak and teh tarik ONLY for their meetings and no others. Ikan bilis only. No sambal kerang or jackshit.

Consultants should be discarded. All consultancy worked should be inhouse. Have to do OT without being paid? TOUGH.

Former banker should use his expertise in ensuring all monies are accounted for. And yes, he should also be paid peanuts. Nasi lemak and teh tarik during meetings the only perk he gets.

Najib? He should just cut himself out of 1MDB. His being in the loop corrupts everything by short circuiting governance.

He can have his nasi lemak and teh tarik elsewhere.

Perhaps this could turned 1MDB around.

It would be take bloody many years to pay all its debts, but hey, us layman has been there before.

Lets perah all the MBs for all their smugness while the nation worries.

That would just, I think.

In the meantime, here's to hoping that Nur Jazlan and his merry men (and women) of the PAC do a good job in finding the ones we (as a nation) have perah the hardest.

Culinary Kupangs

Dua Ringgit Tujuh Kupang the sum total
A breakfast dish of fried noodles, egg and sambal
Coffee own brewed at the office pantry
Company supplied, shared with colleagues and all sundry

Lunch time is always headache routinely expected
Of finding a place to eat, to nourish a stomach depleted
Mamak, Thai, Western or Bakery, which shall it be
Choices prompting expenses of differing degree

Prompt service is the Mamak’s promise
Titillating the tastebuds the Thai’s forte
Western’s plenty the halalness self perceive
Bakery’s safe, cheap and cheery a tad taedium vitae

There’s always the food court with menus plenty
Servers zipping one table to another all abuzzy
A heady mix of chats, laughs and office talk all gossipy
Not a place for one seeking an hour’s solace definitely

Whichever the choice have at least a Sepuluh Ringgit ready
With small change returned for the cheaper variety
Others look to add a few more notes blue, red depends
Good enough filler while waiting the workday ends

Dinner is a often a household chore
Between a quickie fastfood tapau the kids adore
Or a swift sauté, pan, and deep, all frying styles encore
To fill hourly window as the evening night restore

Once in while we’re allowed indulgence
In entrées and main courses in plush ambiance
Of menus exotic amidst so stylo an audience
A risque wallet adventure of sheer extravagance

That’s usually a plus plus affair
As pricing components queue up and pairs
Smiling cashiers exuding cheerful air
At their side, in bowls, some free chocolate éclairs

As you pay up daring the littlest in despair
Of money concerns and budgetary impairs...