acMUmno Weep for Thee, YoungOnes!

At last, back-to-back, MCA and the biggest BN brother of them all, UMNO, band together to Weep for the YoungOnes. For context, please read Desiderata's weepies on Wednesday (June 8) and Thursday (June 9):

Dear YoungOnes, Weep No More!

Weep NO More, My Dearest YoungOne,
The dark clouds have cleared,
The "bored" fireman who has our names smeared
We have his "foul" deed Undone

For those who have no inkling about Desiderata's "babbling" four lines precedent, bear with me, I'll clarify, as MCA and UMNO would also clarify about the PSD Scholarships Fiaisco.

Page 3 of The Star today headlined the joyful tidings:

KUALA LUMPUR:The Public Services Department has offered scholarships to the five SPM top scorers who initially failed in their bid.

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who broke the good news yesterday,said three of them -- Ng Ee Liang, Desmond Chee and Khaw Chok Tong -- would study medicine in Australia.

Chew Ying Dee will take up pharmacy in Britain while Teoh Wan Ying was offered to do actuarial science in the United States.

Ong said he was very thankful to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for his concern for the students and their families.



Desiderata: Like a fairy-tale from Hans Christian Andersen, the five lucky students (and families) all now can live happily ever after.

Yes, I wondered if anyone bothered to seek out the "bored" fireman who set up the fire? Or maybe we'll just wait for another alarm? Be rest assured, there will be another round, yes, another encore -- Deja Vu, remember? -- come the annoucements of university entrance results in another month or so. Will it be another 128 -- more, or less -- of straiight As students who failed to gain places at the Medical Faculty like last year, or other professional courses for which they are more than qualified?

Now, I am sure all the joyous parents who received the good news from the MCA chief would send a grateful note to the acMUmno Leaders, maybe sounding thus:

Thank you for helping these young people -- Malaysian son/daughter
Gaining a scholarship to ensure a brighter future

Desiderata exercises some libery to add:

Sorry for the "foul" deed by one bored fireman
We will do an encore if and when we can!

Any Malaysian taxpapyers want to say "Amen" to that?