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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim gave all his ministers an A+ for their performance so far.
Honestly, the moment I read that, I immediately remembered Oprah Winfrey standing on stage shouting, “You get a car! You get a car! You get a car! EVERYONE gets a car!”
And now we have our own local version: “You get A+, you get A+, you ALL get A+!”
Wah…. Malaysia’s own Oprah moment.
But here’s the funny part: after Oprah gave those Pontiac G6 away, many people had to sell the cars because they later discovered they needed to pay almost USD 7,000 in tax. The free gift became an expensive burden - and surely Anwar's A+ “gift” is no different.
“Do I deserve this?”
I wonder, what did all the A+ cabinet ministers do when they got home from the Rancakkan Madani event at Dataran Putrajaya?
Did they celebrate like they just won Teacher’s Pet Award?
Or did they sit quietly on their sofa, thinking, “Eh… do I actually deserve this ah?”
Maybe some ministers had this moment of self-reflection. Or maybe not. Maybe they happily slept that night hugging their imaginary report card.
Honestly, if my boss gave A+ to everybody in the office, I would look around the room thinking, “Apasal mangkuk ni pun dapat A+ macam aku, sedangkan dia ni bengap nak mampus?”
Denial is the fastest way to fail
But here’s the scary part: when people who are underperforming are made to believe they are doing an excellent job, it becomes dangerous. Why? Because they stop improving. They stop listening. They start thinking they are already perfect - no need to work harder, no need to fix anything, no need to face the rakyat’s complaints.
Most of the time, when an under-performer are made to believe they’re an A+ material, they won’t see their own mistakes anymore. And that’s how small problems become big disasters. That’s how a country gets stuck.
You can’t upgrade a system when everybody inside the system thinks they’re already “terbaik.”
Making weak performers feel like champions is not motivation - it’s denial. And denial is the fastest way to fail.
Come on lah. We rakyat live the real report card every day. We see the issues. We smell the issues. We even get stuck in the issues for hours during traffic jam.
Sampah still everywhere.
Traffic jam sampai boleh hafal number plate kereta sebelah.
Toll eating our salary month by month.
Mail arrives so late the event is already over.
Food/grocery price naik like nobody’s business.
Salary tak naik, only blood pressure naik.
Waiting time at GH / Klinik Kerajaan still panjang.
Kids still struggling with school issues nobody solves.
And these are just the basic, everyday problems. The small ones. Not even the “big” national issues yet.
So when Anwar says everyone gets A+, it feels like someone squeeze cili padi into our eyes while saying, “Stop complaining lah, everything is great!”
Pedih lah, boss.
All that being said… if the ministers get A+, then one very important question remains: Does the Prime Minister also deserve an A+ for his leadership?
Hmm. Let’s think about that together.
Some might argue Anwar handed out those A+ grades just to “motivate” his ministers. But please lah, nobody motivates weak performers by telling them they’re geniuses. That’s not encouragement, that’s fantasy.
What’s the real reason then? Maybe he’s trying to colour his own report card. Because if every minister is suddenly “excellent,” then of course the leader looks like a superstar too.
So was this whole A+ ceremony just Anwar quietly giving himself top marks? If yes… bruh, that’s some next-level self-denial right there.
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