What a waste of our $$$!!!

So there I was, driving to Sutra last Sunday for class. Got to the Jln Pahang roundabout and ran smack into a traffic jam on Jln Tun Razak, which on normal Sundays, would be clear.

WHY??????

Coz the police bloody closed the road in front of Istana Budaya (the same road that I needed to turn into to get to Sutra) coz of the Visit Malaysia Year 2007 thing happening at Tasik Titiwangsa.

GAAAAHHH!!! I had to take a U-turn at Menara Celcom, get stuck in another traffic jam on the opposite side of the road on Jln Tun Razak, take another U-turn after the Jln Pahang roundabout back to the roundabout and get stuck in another traffic jam on Jln Pahang coz I had to find a blurdy alternative road to get to Sutra!!!!

GAAAAAAHHH!!!

See, I'm fine with all this VMY campaign as long as :

1. Taxpayers hard-earned taxes are used wisely and effectively to make the country a more pleasant place to visit (i.e. cleaner toilets, more efficient public transportation, you get my drift...).
2. Locals are not inconvenienced by whatever activities they have planned for the so-called VMY event.

Coz heck, even if you dun have the largest ferris wheel in the world or what not, people will still make the effort to visit your country if your cultural heritages are well-maintained and your public transport system is reliable and efficient, and your service guides are knowledgeable, up-to-date and helpful. Visitors dun need to come all the way to lil' ol' M'sia just to ride on your Eye on Malaysia.

BUT when these powers-that-be chop down huge, old, magnificent trees and remove parking spots just to build two stupid huts for goodness-knows-what and close roads which people need to use, this so pisses me off!!!

Now, the area around Tasik Titiwangsa looks so bare (just like the rest of the city and many other outskirts) with all the grand ol' trees chopped down and all u can see is the stupid ferris wheel, which is such a waste of money and an obvious copycat of the London Eye (why can't M'sians be more original?!) and is NOT what M'sia is about and which will most likely be another white elephant before u and I can count to ten.

GAAAAHHH!!! Those road closures better NOT be a permanent feature every Sunday, man.

*fuming, visible smoke coming out of my ears and nostrils*