Yesterday (November 20), it was a pleasant surprise to see non-HICT people at the Blackout Bistro. I was told they were Sixth Formers from Klang High School as well as Samsung staff - both groups having their lunch at the bistro. Obviously, word-of-mouth is spreading the word about this bistro, and we can now expect others to drop by and savor our "daily specials". Word-of-mouth is just one more tool in our advertising and marketing arsenal, and it can be a very effective tool, if we know how to use it.
CD sales continue to be strong, and todate, we have pushed a total of 442 CDs. "Terrific" is the word to describe the sales. This just goes to show that the music industry itself is transforming - e.g. the conventional way of distributing music CDs is unlikely to show the same success that we are achieving now!
On the local front, it is disquieting to see politicians persist in making racist diatribes - one cannot help but wonder if this is a growing sign of intolerance in our country, or our politicians are intentionally fanning the flames of racism because they have nothing intelligent to say or talk about anymore. Our politicians are more often than not, devoid of any mental acuity, and this deafening cacophony of race-based incitements that we read in the newspapers are mouthed by our dim-witted politicians whose grey cells have shrivelled and shrunk and died a long time ago.
It is worth remembering what our third Prime Minister, Hussein Onn said, "We are trying to build a nation out of diversity. If I can add a brick here and there, I will have done my duty". How many of us are consciously adding a brick here and there every day?
