the edge

I was listening to the khutbah yesterday -about foreign influence and such- and started thinking; 2020 is just around the corner.. the US have their expertise in capitalism, Japan have their tech, and Europe have their union. What will we be good at once we become a developed nation?

I think it's telepathy.

Yep, telepathy. None of the other developed nations will ever see this coming. Ever. Except if maybe someone from the EU happened to read this blog. We in Malaysia practise telepathy everyday, even without knowing it:

1)Vehicle in front going to take a turn. No signal? No problem. Telepathy.

2)Waiters and waitresses uttering a half-scream of what patrons would like to drink. 'Can those who were making the drinks really hear them?' I always wondered. But now I know better. Telepathy.

3)Audiences clapping at the ends of speeches, as if they understood what had been said, even when they were clearly chatting amongst themselves when the speeches were delivered. Did they really understand? You bet. They never needed to listen. Telepathy. And lots of times front row seats are empty too, in this country. Even at events featuring academicians within the audience. I guess there's a minimum required distance for telepathy to be applied.

4)Politicians denouncing research findings. Hah! We don't need statistics to know our politicians! We have telepathy! And believe me, the politicians are the ones blessed the most with this ability. How the hell would they've figured out which research findings to denounce, if not? I mean, these are researches done by people with PhDs to their names, you know..

Anyway, the khutbah. There was this one instant where the khatib uttered; "member Jumaat berpesan.." when talking about black metal and such. I thought it sounded a bit Rakan Muda-ish. I suspect that, the khutbah text being written in jawi, it's "mimbar Jumaat.."

Telepathy man, telepathy.