Transparency with Maximum Sexual Appeal

Here’s how to maximize the sexual appeal of anything related to the functioning of the government. Do most Malaysians care about functions of the government?

Observing the comments on the Prime Minister’s 1Malaysia blog, there’s a good indication that we care most about those which directly impact us personally. If we go to any magazine stand, there’s almost nothing offered that’s related to the workings of the government. At any display, most of the glossy magazines offer maximum sexual appeal. That’s what people people are attracted to and perhaps care about.

How can maximum sexual appeal be given to MACC’s report that 60% of government allocations for vital infrastructure projects in Sarawak have been misappropriated and diverted elsewhere? The fact that billions of ringgits of taxpayer money have been siphoned off has no appeal, except perhaps to anti-establishment species.

Do we care about why the Minister in-charge, Dr. George Chan, have not owned up and resigned? Do we ask why the minister needs to investigate the MACC report and to find out who is responsible when obviously he is the only one responsible? Many would care if the report was about how many young girls from China the minister is keeping, given that Sarawak is now a haven for China girls.

But it does not have to be sexual to be appealing. The sexual appeal of things related to the functions of the government can be maximized by using augmented reality. A company called Sunlight Labs, has done this by opening up the US government. The US government provides a portal, www.recovery.gov, for anyone to track where government money is being spent, who receives how much. The portal allows for reporting of potential fraud, waste, and abuse.

Sunlight Labs published the marked-up recovery.gov contract data and the results are fascinatingly appealing. You can point your iPhone 3Gs or Android phone in any direction and see the closest recipients to where you are. Some are surprised to see that an auto shop and a Bible college in their neighborhood received a lot more money than the technical college, eco-car company and Native American youth program down the road.

This is a great and sexy example of how government functions can be presented to improve transparency.

The Government’s official data set is published on the Layar Augmented Reality platform. Layar, is an application that overlays your view of the real world with waypoints representing your favorite coffee place, the cinema you're trying to find, or in this case, where some of that $787 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going.

This is the kind of sexual appeal, similar to recovery.gov, that the new Sarawak state government must adapt. But while the recovery.gov website is beautifully designed, it does not provide raw or bulk data that would allow for open-ended analysis by the community at large. Until a government opens up access to the bulk data for other people to analyze, reporting its own data on its own websites does not equate to transparency.

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Sexual Correlationship

Is this reality? “Women with bigger breasts found to be smarter.” – this report published by The Star can be found quoted all over the Internet. But it seems that the study that the paper referred to never existed. If the study did exist, it must have been conducted by a woman with big breasts. How is that none of the world’s 50 most influential women in technology today are not busty?

The real reality could be that for a woman to afford RM16,000 to augment her real bust, she could be a smart woman; successful in her business or career. At the recent two-day inaugural Asian Breast Aesthetic Symposium (ABAS), it was noted that smart Malaysians could one day prove that they are one of the most aesthetically blessed people in the world, joining the ranks of their Brazilian and Swedish counterparts, if the number of patients seeking consultation for cosmetic surgery is anything to go by. A consultant plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgeon at Penang’s Loh Guan Lye Specialist Centre, Dr Lee Kim Siea, receives up to 20 new appointments for consultation per week.

Augmenting and shaping up the breast may cost between RM10,000 and RM16,000, and most of the patients being Chinese. Dr Charles Randquist, a world-renowned plastic surgeon from Sweden and the man behind ABAS, said that breast augmentation done with implants is a good way in improving the quality of life.

Here’s a correlation to augmented reality – sex life and quality of life. Two out of three Malaysian men and three out of four women are not satisfied with their sex lives. This was found by the Asia-Pacific Sexual Health and Overall Wellness survey conducted by Pfizer. Malaysians are ranked sixth among 13 countries but, if it’s any consolation, Singaporeans fared worse. They are in eighth spot.

According to Dr Rosie King, who led the Pfizer study in the Asia Pacific region, greater sexual satisfaction is strongly associated with greater satisfaction with life overall. Generally, men and women who are highly satisfied with their sex life have a more positive outlook on their relationships and life.

Breast augmentation and sexual satisfaction, seemingly disparate elements, apparently both improves quality of life.

Here’s an alternative method of augmenting reality: Leading lingerie firm Ultimo has unveiled the Mega Boost ‘Day to Night Bra’ that promises women a double lift to their cleavage in seconds. Office workers preparing for a night on the town can boost their bra size two cup sizes - from a 34B to a 34D - in an instant with the removable silicon pouches. The UK lingerie giant made its mark 10 years ago with the patented silicon technology behind the Ultimo Fixed Gel Bra.

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