bumped out!
Post on Mar.26, 2008
i visited zorro’s blog everyday. yesterday when i want there, i was surprised to read about this.
so they are organising bum2008.
if any of you remember, i was one of the committee members in bum2007 (bloggers united malaysia). at the end of our gathering we did mentioned something about having this as yearly affair, which means there might be bum2008. i remember in one of my email to the committee members (just after the gathering ended) i had mentioned something like this "someone in the bum2007 blog mentioned about organising it again next year. any takers?" but there was no response at all. so i leave it as it was. nothing. no news. fine.
suddenly yesterday i found out a committee had already been formed for bum2008 weeks ago… and i realised that the two ‘head honco’ of bum2007 were in the committee (as expected) AND also mob1900. gee… i should have learned how to do computer graphic work… then they will surely retain me as a committee member. or do i merely have to be a ‘yes-man’… er… ‘yes-woman’?
no, i’m not complaining that i was not invited to be in the committee. i am just a little hurt that i was not informed of a planned bum2008 coming up. not that they have the obligation to do so but it’s just a matter of courtesy, comradeship. someone who is very nice, kind, polite, understanding, pleasant, would have either asked me if i still want to be in the committee OR not necessary so, but informed not only me BUT the rest of the ex committee members of bum07, of the bum08 gathering coming up and they are calling for new people in the committee.
oh bummer! guess i should know when i’m not wanted… and had been gracefully bumped out! malaysian bloggers are also like malaysian politicians it seems. if you are not buddy-buddy (or yes-men) with each other, no place for you! another similiarity i note is that say umno man 1 and umno man 2 are good friends, when umno 1 suddenly become friendly with PKR man 1, umno 2 suddenly decided not to befriend umno 1. remember when umno zaid ibrahim spoke out and he was thrown out or sometthing? also that gerakan (or MIC) guy not sure who devamany or karthi… something… when he dare to speak out or dare to go against the leaders, he was either kicked out or reprimanded. same thing happen to bloggers.
oh well, despite some setbacks here and there in our bum2007 committee, i did enjoyed myself at the bum2007 gathering, thus i am wishing the bum2008 committee all the best in the organising and sincerely wish that bum2008 would be as much a success, if not BETTER than bum2007. (i’m sure it would, with the same ‘kepala’ and same venue!). i won’t know as i won’t be there. 1st of may date is always reserved for our society of st vincent de paul (diocesan level – which means northern area) AGM plus formation, of which i’m the secretary so i can’t run away from it.
March 26th, 2008 on 4:31 am
People can be a tad inconsistent sometimes, personally I think if you were involved in organising last year’s event, you should be included this year. Likewise, good luck to them for this year’s event.
March 26th, 2008 on 8:37 am
One can have ideals but this is the real world you are in everyday.
March 26th, 2008 on 10:08 am
Bloggers United was originally conceived as a non-sectarian association of bloggers. I think its slowly deteriorating into a clique for a certain “acceptable” group of bloggers – you notice the names there ?
I hear they might even have people from BN or the Information Ministry who want to attend as they wish to meet up with bloggers. You know…Bodowi suddenly woke up and realised a lot of people read blogs..and bloggers are not just unemployed women….hahaha…
Sigh…it always ends up like this in Malaysia
March 26th, 2008 on 6:17 pm
Re: Kittykat46′s comments
If they realise that they’re turning into a clique, they should definitely take a step back and re-evaluate what does it mean to be a blogger.
March 26th, 2008 on 7:44 pm
BUM is like a road-bump often bulged out in quantity in a street. Mandarin bloggers do have multiple bodies and there are adversaries in blogland within bolehland. Some people are just playing the “taiko” advocate. Maybe i can also playing the devil’s advocate by creating a group called VMBM (veteran male bloggers malaysia) and you too can do a VFBM, as soon as you and me are supporting each other. Does it make sense for unity? Oh no! i am rather to become a friend of bloggers at large.
March 27th, 2008 on 2:11 am
andy
indeed… some people are like this, what to do. thanks for your voice of support.
re: kitty’s comments. unfortunately no, i don’t think those who form cliques will want to do any re-evaluation. they are comfortable with their cliques. some even will die if no cliques!
cheng
how right.
kitty
actually there’s a difference between bloggers united and all blogs. maybe you meant all blogs? yep agree to the clique part.
picatho
you are right about the taiko advocate. yep anyone can create a group and then call their clique friends to join… and someday they will think that their group represent everybody.