What is a Beemer?

MALAYSIANS like to think themselves ORIGINAL by coining fashionable words for a place in that Guiness Book, but such thinking to my mind is at most times deluding oneself and the audience.

Can any of my EsteemedReaders explain to Ignoramus here what is a ***Beemer as referred to by esteemed DPM yesterday? (See news item below)

I was overdoesd by the recent plug for the Napoleon Hill Ass's promo: "What the mind can conceive and believe, it can also achieve." And to exploit the best selling proposition, the local asses gave a global award for some funny leadership title to the Chief Executive Officer of NegaraKu.

As if the Prime Minister's office neeeds further elevation into thghat Book with yet another clever award.

Meanwhile, another MOVIE by a truly local and original mind -- AMIR MUHAMMAD -- is banned from local eyes, Oh, for the love of that C-word! No! It's not Desi's 3Cs or sisdar slooone's C4. Commie-ism. Better not spell the Ori -- COmmunisim -- it may be bad for this Blogsite's health.

But thereis muich novelty in this word -- GLOCAL. Or in Bahasa Malaysia, GLOKAL
AS if ala-NapoleonHillAss, just repeating the mantra often enough, the concept-entity takes on its own life and becomes reality.

Sadly, history has shown REALISATION of a dream goal is often 90 percent perspiration and the remainder 10 percent luck.Lest Desi is sued for plagiarism, I must 'fess that the previous statement was not my construct, just could not recall who that blardy scientist cleverly noted the wisdom before Desi a few centuries earlier. My mistake for being born a li'l late.Otherwise, I believe I could have earned a few mentions in some footnotes of some wiscracks. Cool, in the slammer. Glocal indeed.

Most billionaires achieve that status through Blood, Sweat and Tears.Unless some Dr Elie told thee othervioce; go ask Howsy mGf based near that Sports Centre that starts with Bri...ken...or some unpronounceable syllabi (which is an alternative for the plural for sylabus, ie syllabuses.)

Never through sloganeering and nice-sounding Mantras. Or WOmantras.
But what do I know? I am not even a millionaire; jest a poor, mousey writHer good at wordsmithry. It's not even magic.
Let me read my David Copperfield, or The Alchemist,
Maybe I'd learn how to turn that Batu Caves quarry into GoldHill.

Malaysians must never cease to dream
But let's dreamwith vision, noty just mouthing inanities like Little Napoleons.

Okay, the Ori Napoleon, Born quite Apart from Malaysia, did say A Palindrome. If you knoweth not the meaning, ask Nat Tan of jelas.info in-fame.

"Able was I ere I saw Elba."


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From the NST , web edition:



Think glocal, become billionaires’
28 Mar 2007


KUALA LUMPUR: Entrepreneurs who have gained some success must not rest easy but instead push themselves to become truly "glocal", Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said yesterday.

He said being truly glocal — local in mindset but thinking internationally — meant Ma- lay entrepreneurs should not lose their focus when they had made profits in their businesses and succumb to what he called the "4 Bs" — Bungalow, Boat, Benz and ***Beemer.

Some entrepreneurs, he said, "stepped on the brakes" when they had obtained these status symbols or paid more attention to their wives even though they could go on to become the country’s next billionaire.

"What I mean is entrepreneurs must not lose their way and stay focused for they can become more successful.


"If you are making a RM10 million profit, you should be trying to push it to RM100 million," he said after the launch of the Glocal Entrepreneurs Programme and exhibition at Putra World Trade Centre yesterday.


The programme, to spur and support entrepreneurial activity, was set up by the Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Ministry.


At the event yesterday, several memorandas of understanding were exchanged for three entrepreneurial-related projects under the ministry, namely Halmart, MalaysiaKitchen and Forest’Secret.


The projects are aimed at promoting halal products (Halmart), food and culinary specialities (MalaysiaKitchen) and natural resources based cosmetic or pharmaceutical products (Forest’Secret).


Najib said he was pleased that the projects were under way and would be promoted internationally to showcase what Malaysia had to offer.


"If we can have these outlets in other countries, the potential is huge. We need to understand what the global market wants and then we can adjust to it, in terms of business strategies, branding, quality and standards."

Earlier, in his speech, Najib said Malaysia should look at countries such as South Korea, whose work ethic, culture and focus resulted in great success.

He cited an example of a South Korean CEO he met recently who arrived at work before 7am and left after 8.30pm, six days a week.

Also present at the event were Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, ministry secretary-general Datuk Mangsor Saad and Perbadanan Nasional Berhad chairman Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad.



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