The oldest candidate seeking office in this election is a 89 year old grandma in Terengganu. I do not know what ticked her to run for office and what her manifesto is as an independent candidate. I am only reminded of the movie Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. It is about two patients diagnosed with cancer, prepared a list of things they wanted to do before leaving this world, and did them. That list includes skydiving and other things that fit people decades younger than either of them, but they wanted to do them anyway.
Kalimullah Hassan wrote about the same subject in a column in his New Sunday Times last weekend, 24 February.
I guess everyone has a bucket list. Even Mat Jenin in the Malay folklore of the same title has one, if his wish list or daydream can be considered so. The difference is that only a few put the efforts to overcome the odds of realizing the list. Mat Jenin was not one of the few.
How about you, Nakamora...
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