Leader of the Pack
The Prime Minister was coming to town. It was just a matter of days now.
Haji Malik. He was the busiest person in that kampong for having the responsibility to bring 20 busloads of supporters during the PM’s visit. Armed with cash provided by a disclosed source, it was rather easy for him to have it arranged. But, in a way it was not that easy either. For him to arrange buses was easier than having the target for number of people reached - 1000-strong. When you are in a stronghold of the opposition party, it is less glamorous even when you carry a title of Ketua Cawangan like him.
Haji Malik was a fighter though. Nothing could stop him when he had already mastered the skills to attract. It went unspoken; lunch and dinner would definitely be free. The real attraction was when the participations were rewarded with some pocket money. He also had a way of planting paid agents to persuade others to participate. These agents were paid with handsome amount of cash. If in the context of a structure in a corporate company, it was as good as a pay for a senior managers but of course it was not that so in Haji Malik’s organization.
Generally accepted principle is, when people are more than willing to participate even if there is no monetary rewards are given, those are the people with clear notions, and wise too. But when it is executed in such a manner, the right thing looks so wrong. The stinky thing is just swept under the carpet.
No fool. All buses were loaded with people. Off they went. This was the day that Haji Malik would firmly shake hands with his superior telling that he has done the job with cinch. Proven by 20-bus-loads of people to his credit. True enough, someone from Bahagian greeted him when he reached the place. He grinned from ear-to-ear when his "immediate boss” gave compliments and spoke highly of him in front of his people and others of the same rank as him from other areas.
The PM was scheduled to arrive in no time now but Haji Malik still had his hands full. He had to make sure the welfares for his people as promised were well taken care of. Being in a small or maybe messy organization like Haji Malik’s, the boss still has to do almost all the tasks. He was even still busy coordinating the last bus arrived to park safely when he was actually supposed to line up for the reception. If lucky he would be able to shake hands with the Prime Minister.
Haji Malik. He was the busiest person in that kampong for having the responsibility to bring 20 busloads of supporters during the PM’s visit. Armed with cash provided by a disclosed source, it was rather easy for him to have it arranged. But, in a way it was not that easy either. For him to arrange buses was easier than having the target for number of people reached - 1000-strong. When you are in a stronghold of the opposition party, it is less glamorous even when you carry a title of Ketua Cawangan like him.
Haji Malik was a fighter though. Nothing could stop him when he had already mastered the skills to attract. It went unspoken; lunch and dinner would definitely be free. The real attraction was when the participations were rewarded with some pocket money. He also had a way of planting paid agents to persuade others to participate. These agents were paid with handsome amount of cash. If in the context of a structure in a corporate company, it was as good as a pay for a senior managers but of course it was not that so in Haji Malik’s organization.
Generally accepted principle is, when people are more than willing to participate even if there is no monetary rewards are given, those are the people with clear notions, and wise too. But when it is executed in such a manner, the right thing looks so wrong. The stinky thing is just swept under the carpet.
No fool. All buses were loaded with people. Off they went. This was the day that Haji Malik would firmly shake hands with his superior telling that he has done the job with cinch. Proven by 20-bus-loads of people to his credit. True enough, someone from Bahagian greeted him when he reached the place. He grinned from ear-to-ear when his "immediate boss” gave compliments and spoke highly of him in front of his people and others of the same rank as him from other areas.
The PM was scheduled to arrive in no time now but Haji Malik still had his hands full. He had to make sure the welfares for his people as promised were well taken care of. Being in a small or maybe messy organization like Haji Malik’s, the boss still has to do almost all the tasks. He was even still busy coordinating the last bus arrived to park safely when he was actually supposed to line up for the reception. If lucky he would be able to shake hands with the Prime Minister.
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By the time the PM arrived, he rushed like crazy to the reception area but he was drowned in a crowd.
Nobody had even noticed he was not around in the line-up of important people to greet the PM…. Let alone to care!
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GAB: I am very sure Haji Malik would brag over shaking hands with the Prime Minister for days if he managed to be in time.
9 comments:
Haji Malik is your Ketua Cawangan?
Moral of this story?
Kenapa gambar `LEMBU'?
Lan -> Not my Ketua Cawangan because I do not belong to any party but Ketrua Cawangan in my area. I gotta know it during my trip back to kampong the other day.
The moral is, small leader in a small organization is tend to be forgotten by people. At times you are just a foolish person doing all the dirty jobs and others are enjoying it.
Kopi_O -> Why LEMBU? hehe I was looking for a picture of a lion leading the pack but I came across this pic first and thought... What the heck...!
mmm..at first i thought the lembu is a symbol of a follower...just follow the instruction.Macam org kata ..bagai lembu di cucuk hidung...ikut sajer.
LOL, i was just about to ask, why lembu. 1st impression "pak lah lembu" . Pasal ulu-ulu tu, biar berlingo lah explain kalau dia nak.
Kopi_O said "..at first i thought the lembu is a symbol of a follower...just follow the instruction.Macam org kata ..bagai lembu di cucuk hidung...ikut sajer"
Well, nothing wrong with that impression Sir. It is still right in one way or another. hehe
Merapuman -> Hmm... Ulu-ulu Malaysia... must be a brilliant group of people!
tapi lembu tu lembu mat salleh, so nampak cun dan handsome jer, so the moral of the story is walaupun lembu tu nampak bersih, tapi lembu tetap lembu sama jer macam lembu malaysia.
anyway GAB, ulu-ulu malaysia tu 'BIARLAH RAHSIA" hehehehh
which PM ni? hahahhahaha.....
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