This term can be used in many areas but usually it is used in the context of the workplace. It refers to an invisible barrier through which a minority (usually women) can see (hence "glass") elite positions but cannot reach them ("ceiling").
In our context of chess in Malaysia, someone used it to imply that our juniors have been unfairly prevented from reaching the top levels and representing the country in major tournaments. Further implication is that the elite group (the IMs) are colluding amongst themselves to "keep" their positions, by "fixing" their games and agreeing draws while going all out against the juniors. How true is this?
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Thoughts - What is hypocrisy?
I read a great posting by Najib Wahab on his personal experience at the arbiter's seminar. Quite honest and compelling reading. However when, FGM referenced this and turned it into his personal agenda and start talking about PICA, this is really in bad taste. He goes to the extent of insinuating that some members of PICA fixes tournament pairings. OK, we know he has not finished grinding his axe with PICA and I really doubt it will end.
I had just finished reading Marina Mahathir's moving article on her personal experience at last Saturday's Bersih 2.0 rally. Along comes Raymond Siew and what does he do? Again turn this into his own self-serving agenda writing a topic which has nothing whatsoever to do with Marina's piece. At the same time , he has the ego to elevate himself to the same status as Marina Mahathir. This is not just bad taste, this is indecent and I just cannot contain myself anymore.
Marina Mahathir is involved in many NGOs and also in women activists movement and write a respected column in The Star, a national newspaper. Comparing yourself to her is like comparing a skyscraper with an ant (btw if you are too dense to understand, she is the skyscraper).
Raymond Siew likes to tell everyone what he does is not about him. I suppose it is for you and me. But why does he keep injecting his own self into everything? Read this for reference.
This will be spinned into him being attacked again and being victimised. But is telling the truth and showing the true nature of someone and unmasking them an attack on them?
I had just finished reading Marina Mahathir's moving article on her personal experience at last Saturday's Bersih 2.0 rally. Along comes Raymond Siew and what does he do? Again turn this into his own self-serving agenda writing a topic which has nothing whatsoever to do with Marina's piece. At the same time , he has the ego to elevate himself to the same status as Marina Mahathir. This is not just bad taste, this is indecent and I just cannot contain myself anymore.
Marina Mahathir is involved in many NGOs and also in women activists movement and write a respected column in The Star, a national newspaper. Comparing yourself to her is like comparing a skyscraper with an ant (btw if you are too dense to understand, she is the skyscraper).
Raymond Siew likes to tell everyone what he does is not about him. I suppose it is for you and me. But why does he keep injecting his own self into everything? Read this for reference.
This will be spinned into him being attacked again and being victimised. But is telling the truth and showing the true nature of someone and unmasking them an attack on them?
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