Not that many people willing to be crazy and at the same time being good at some kind of arts creation. When I was small the was one such person and I did encounter with the man called Mat Sal. I think the name was Mohd Salleh and Mat Sal was his nickname.
He passed away many years ago. When I was small people told me he was insane and very likely he was. But he could at least communicate with people in the village. When I was growing up, including Mat Sal, there were at least 4 people that were clearly insane in the village. 2 of them nevr actually speak to anyone and 1 guy keep on screaming "Pong" every so often.
I could not remember their name. I have not been in the village for many years.
Mat Sal once made me the top spin. A few of us desperate to play topspin and we could not afford to buy the ready made from the factory at the shop. We cut down the lime tree branch and took the cut branches to Mat Sal. He made us nice topspin and we used them to play for a little while. Topspin did not last long when we played because the goal is to get the top spin broken or even spit into two pieces. The nails on the topspin were sharp and we were all very good at the game. Those were the days.
When do we realize to the extension of the matter for the dialogue with the representative from the office of the district officer. We cannot make the agreement with these people because they did not care about the well being of the villagers. They are more interested in getting the project done so that they can get the kick back from the contractors. The level of corruption is bad. They clearly said their intention and that they are doing this because the people at the federal level are also doing the same thing and they did not want to miss the boat.
We were sad and mad. We could not do much. These are the people that we have to deal with every single day. Some of the villagers were so disgusted and they started to move their family into the near forest and they plan to live off the grid and never to deal with the people from the government office. They have their land and a river is crossing the land. They can have water supply and they can grow food on their land. They can catch fish and hunt for small animals for meat. They realize that they will be eating a lot of fish and they want to rear chickens on the farm. They are able to do so and they can live there as long as they wanted. The kids will be home schooled and that many NGO will try to help them.
Some of them managed to get some kind of solar panel system to get electric power for their shelter. That will be great and they can have refrigeration to keep their food for a few days and things like that. We are not so keen to move along the way that we tried to do so and may more will come to join them. There is not much people could do with the existing administration and they are looking to get everything on their own.
Why not do those things in the past that we are all trying very young to get to the bottom of the problem solving. Much were spent in the way that we draw the solution instead of walking through each idea. These are good ideas and we have to figure out how best to execute them. Plenty of words are going around the room and we still cannot agree to get started and we are all hopeful that an agreement could be agreed by the end of the day. We need to start doing the work tomorrow and need to finish within 2 months. There is not much time to do this kind of project and every body have to be on the same page.
Plenty argued that the money is not enough to get the basic equipment through out the project and we cannot agree more to that. We have to go out there and get some more funds to buy the wear and tear and tools to fasten the completion of the building.
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