Lies and Deceptions

Lie(s);
verb
1. To say something that is not true in a conscious effort to deceive somebody
2. To give false impression
noun
1. a false statement made deliberately
2. a false impression created deliberately

Deception;
noun
1. the practice of deliberately making somebody believe things that are not true
2. an act, trick, or device intended to deceive

The case. A student applied for a scholarship. The secretariat assured that there’ll better chance if the student already receive an offer from the Uni. No matter what or where the applicant wished to study, as long as it's listed, the government will give out the scholar. The student gladly applied. About hundreds other aspired enthusiastic students applied. Less than 20 were short listed. And after a long haul, by reason of deliberation and several decision-less meetings, the board finally decided that seven hopefuls were successful, with a catch. Scholarship will be awarded if the students attend local Unis. Most of the successful applicants are attending oversea Unis. As a result to that, the hopefuls were given an ultimatum. Take it or leave. Just when all hopes were tarnished, the secretariat said that appeal was possible but with no assurance and and will only be presented to the board’s next year. The appeal meant almost nothing and the ultimatum remained. The sad part was, they knew that these students have already enrolled and started their semester, and no way for them to turn back now.

You know what I think? I think it's their way of saying,
‘Sorry, we don’t have that kind of money to spend on education as we’re going to spend it on election campaigns *wink-wink* (interpreted: gallons of beer to bribe people at the rumah panjang to vote for their fallacious leaders).’ OR

‘We know that those money are from the people and we should be giving back to the people, but our power-hungry government leaders requested to misuse the money, nothing we can do *fake frown* boo-hoo…’ OR simply,

‘We don’t want to give you the scholar’

Tolong lah… Dude, I can settle easily with that, rather than you wasting your energy and time beating around bushes. We understand if you don’t want to help us. We are used to it and you have always been like that.

I don’t know about you, but whatever it is, this sure falls in the category of saying something that is not true in a conscious effort to deceive somebody by giving false impression, making a deliberate false statement, making somebody believe things that are not true and intentionally deceiving.

Verdict; These government people are a bunch of liars.