IT'S TOFFEE'S TURN: "Where's the UN!!!" Cry the Libyans

Friday, February 25, 2011

"Where's the UN!!!" Cry the Libyans

The Libyans are disillusioned, the United Nations(UN) is doing what it does best - drag its feet amidst veto after veto which hasn't happened yet and meeting after meeting before coming up with concrete policies to safeguard the people of Libya.

If the UN does not understand that Gaddafi is no different from the likes Pol Pot, Hung Sen, Hitler and the rest then the world body is not only grossly inefficient, but is also completely out of touch.

With its membership it is difficult to understand why the UN is slow to mobilise its resources to address this grave situation in Libya. Gaddafi will not think twice about killing his own children for his own purpose so what is it to him to kill innocent Libyans who mean much less or nothing to him.

That the world at large and the UN in particular tolerated a Gaddafi and continues to tolerate more Gaddafis indicate that the UN has not learned from history.

In Iran there is a cry to kill opposition leaders for peaceful demonstrations, peaceful demonstrations are violently attacked from Tripoli, to Tehran across Kuala Lumpur.

What is the point of having charter after charter with the signatories showing scant regard for what they have solemnly undertaken to uphold.

How long more will the Libyans have to cry for help before it comes, how many innocent Libyan lives must go before the United Nations realises its folly.

The problem with the UN is that it has too much power wrested on so few, America, Russia, Britain, France and Russia have this veto power that renders this body a toothless tiger, probably the time has come for the world to form a new body with equal representation, based on a global policy of human rights where the basic human rights are truly enshrined and against which its membership must act on the instructions of the body.

Leadership in the body must be by election and a council of elected members, to make this more effective.

The globe has shrunk and that is the direction this world has to be looking into, the opinion of this blog is not the answer it is but a suggestion, serious consideration of giving this world body which is a mere toothless tiger more bite is urgent to prevent wars and the deprivation of basic human rights and the right to life.

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Hi I am Toffee

Long long ago (that's how stories began then), an issue of The Sunday Times carried an article titled;
"Have you seen this, 'Boy Toffee' ".
Yes! that boy is this old man today, the same Toffee, a name I carried with me since infancy, and today to my wife Ju I still am Toffee, to my two children- daddy, to my grandchildren Grandpa Toffee, to many young children, my nephews and nieces "Uncle Toffee" and my friends still Toffee, and oh, how I love that name.
As fate would have it I landed up becoming a "Toffee Maker" and I dare say- a very good "Toffee Maker" having set up a plant that would manufacture fudge, caramel, nougat, fondant peanut butter, all to be encased with chocolate - Chocolate enrobed candy bars - are what they are called.
I moved into chocolate enrobed candy bars because of my eleven years experience in candy manufacturing and during those years had the opportunity to experiment on various types of toffee, real hands on experience.
To the surprise of many of my suppliers and even customers who had known me during these days I quit in 1992.

I made a career change, switching career, from Manufacturing to Human Resource Management where I remain to this day albeit since 2011 on my own.

I had the privilege of living the history of my since 1957, I was sin the town padang with my cub (young scout) uniform where I proudly participated in the Parade on 31st August 1957. The Scout District Commissioners were there too and I still the names, Jolly Goh and Goh Thian Hin.

So please avoid telling me post Merdeka History I lived in the thick of it since. In fact I learned to sing the Negara-ku even before Independence and sand it on the day we became Independent.

As For Toffees - I may add a real Toffee recipe or two for all of you who follow my blog, one that would enable you to make Toffee at home.

After all these years out here in this wonderful world I feel it is time for me to share my thoughts, experiences, cares and even frustrations and I have decided to use this blog to do so.

"It's Toffee's Turn" is not something new.
It all began during my days in primary school.
Whenever we sat at table a family of two girls, six boys and there was Mum and Dad there was a lot to talk about.
Being the fourth I always had to fight to have my say, and once I got to it there was no stopping, so most of the time my dad would remind me to keep quiet and give others a chance. I would then have to shut my mouth and wait till mum would intrude and say, "OK, It's Toffee 's Turn."

So now, "It's Toffee's Turn"
To those of you who are new to this space welcome.