THE PASSING OF A NATION'S (EX)LEADER



It's official. Finally. Boris Yeltsin passed away. Here is one country's ex-leader who has always intrigued me... one whom i've always heard and read about in the news during his tenure in office, during my childhood.

i've always wondered, what made him so great? what made him so famous? and during that time, i have no idea, rather than knowing that he is (or was) a the Premier of a great country called Russia that is THE arch-rival to the US. and hey, China is still the Sleeping Dragon then.

after some time, he vanished from the news, and for all i know, Rusia was then lead by a guy named Vladimir Putin (kinda reminds me to Rasputin "who made love to the Russian Queen" from BoneyM's song) and then for the past few years, nobody really cared or know what he (Yeltsin) did or do. Nothing.

And now he just died, all news about him came back into the limelight. All his deeds, good or bad, are being scrutinised under spotlight again... praise... curse... all are heaps at one go. But no matter wat was printed, he's gone.

and i wont be surprised that the same thing will happen in our country, speaking of which, the recently-retired ex-PM of Malaysia comes to mind.



yah, it used to so many things about him when he's still in office, one would've thought that he'll just slip away into the shadows, never to be mentioned again till the news of his passing away comes up in future. But no... he couldnt just sit down quietly. and with his ongoing tirades of the current governmant, i wouldnt be surprised that he'll still be appearing in the news till his death bed. not quite Yeltsin-like, i suppose?

anyhow, one thing that is for sure is that he will be praised (and cursed) after his death. all his deeds will be dug back out from the newsroom archives and be printed on the front pages of all newspapers in malaysia.

once again, a former leader gets his last limelight before he is forgotten by the generations after...