The Malaysian Dilemma

Hi there,

Malaysians are very unique. They are clean,but they don’t keep clean.(Huh?)
To put it in a simpler way, it means that they are so particular in their houses’ cleanliness, but somehow, they don’t keep public places as well as their houses.
Usually, when we go for a trip,passing by the highway,there are always some public facilities like wash rooms, food stalls, resting area as well as petrol stations. These are the places where we used to see rubbish everywhere.
For example:

Scene 1:
This is about rubbish bin. People like to throw things outside the bin. I mean the hole is there,why can’t you all just make the aim better? Rubbish being misplaced, chewing gum not being disposed properly,but being sticked on the wall or under the seats…
Rubbish being thrown under the notice board which forbids people to throw rubbish around the area.
These are common scenes in Malaysia,either in public places like cinemas,parks,public transport and washrooms. Such a disgrace to let tourists see our “rubbish culture”!

Scene 2:
This is about Japan. This is a real story. A man went traveling around Japan. He is a frequent smoker. When his addiction to cigarette is not controllable, he tends to smoke on the way while he was walking. So, there was a lady whom he noticed, had been following him at his back since he came from a garden. He noticed the old lady was bending down acting as if she was searching for something. He became suspicious and tried to peep back.
THE OLD LADY WAS TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE ASHES OF HIS BURNT CIGARETTE!!!
How ashame on people visiting other country and “forgot” to keep it clean…
Keeping a place clean must come from the bottom of the heart,not “forced” by the law and rules,like some country near by Malaysia. Even if it’s residents tried to keep the places clean for the sake of avoiding being fined. However, when they passed their country boundaries to our country,they too,contributed to the rubbish and chewing gum on our floor!

Scene 3:
Ever tried using public washrooms like in schools, in shopping complexes, and most commonly,along the high way? Was it an enjoyable experience or the other way?
Firstly, the water tap always not tighten up. Water flows like it’s free and therefore no need to reserve it.(Haih,Malaysians’ third class mentality).
Secondly, the toilet paper always missing or never appear.(Once again,either the worker is trying to cut cost or the user had needed at home.
Thirdly, the user never learn how to flush properly.(you know how disgusting it will be if you are the next user. So, please be considerate!).
Forth, Plastic wrappers, sanitary pads and many unknown things being thrown onto the toilet bowl and causing all the “jam”…(would you like your house’s toilet being stuck?Once again, please be considerate!).
Fifth, used tissues being thrown into the basin.(Yucks! Who dares to pick it up?).
These are the scenarios in the ladies which I have encountered. Do tell me about the gents.

Scene 4:
Melaka once was awarded as The Cleanest City In Malaysia in year 200x. To celebrate, the Melaka local authorities had organized several activities in a park. The aim of the activity,which i believed was to implant the idea of keeping the cleanliness in every place and the importance of cleanliness. It so happened that my school was invited too. Yes,we did enjoyed going to park instead of staying in the dull classroom. However, i noticed that, after the activity, the students have left their rubbish like food wrappers and tissues on the grass! What is the message again? Failure of education,not because of the state government’s being “dirty”, so-called,as told by one of the political leader,who tends to criticize the opposition party’s efficiency and responsibility. (Dear leader,try think over the 50 years we led by your party,were there any better when the roads and “big projects” and mostly semi-valued compared to the estimated value. And yet, those projects were defected within the guarantied period.) The pot is always calling the kettle black!

If you are a Malaysian, tell us about your own “disgusted” memory about rubbish.
If you are a foreigner who have traveled in Malaysia, please feel free to express your thoughts about rubbish.
If you are from a clean country, please tell us the ways of keeping a country as clean as yours.

Thank you.

We have shared so many lines talking about rubbish. Haha!

Well,this is Malaysia!

Hi, it’s me again Lah.

Today Ah, I would like to talk about Malaysian’s English Lah. As you can notice Ah, most of us can speak English, but most of the English users are using “AH,LAH,MAH,LOH,etc” either at the begining of our phrases Leh. It has become our “culture” already Loh.

Malaysia is a very unique country Lah. As you can see Ah, I did mention earlier Loh, we have various races, different religion, different types of schools. That is absolutly our advantage if I may say so Lah. But, as we have 3 main languages(especially for Chinese students) to learn in our primary school, we would be a little bit confused at times Loh. Years come to years, we have become MR. and MRS. or MS. Know-it-all, but we are all master of nothing. That is easily noticeable in our spoken languages. Especially our pronunciation.

Scene:

In a club. Where people are listening to live band and songs. Here is the conversation between the band singer and the Customer.

Customer: Hello, I want to listen to some oldies Lah. Don’t keep singing Pop songs Leh…

Singer       : Alright, as your wish. What song would you like me to sing?

Customer: Aiya, I want to hear the greatest oldies—”Ah Cheng Buay Loti” Loh.

Puzzled.

Singer       : Sir, are you sure you are talking about English oldies? I’ve never heard of the title. I beg your pardon.

Customer: Walao eh, so famous also you have never heard of ah? It’s the movie- Ghost’s Soundtrack Leh.

Still puzzled. The club manager came and had a discussion with the band. Decision is made. They guessed it’s that song…

Started singing.

“Oh, My love, My Darling, I’m hunger for your love…….”

Did you guess correctly Or Not?

So, speaking it correctly does make a great difference on the meaning.

“To Lah or not to Lah, this is a Malaysian Question.” by Charles Cham,Orang Utan.

Well, this is Malaysia Lah!

Hello,

It’s me again. Do you know of thousands of English words, which one would serve like an “energetic drink” to the readers when they see it?

Energy? NUH.

Strong? NOPE.

Then what?

JIANG! JIANG! JIANG! JIANG!

The Magic Word is ———————-F  R  E  E !(gift)

Scenario 1

Everybody loves shopping whenever there are sales promotion in the department store. Well, that’s is normal. But if ever you are having any events, to make sure people come to visit, The Magic Word is a Must to be shown very clearly on your brochure. eg. The First 50 Customer are entitled to get a mystery FREE GIFT!

Then all the uncles & aunties, Pak Cik & Mak Cik etc. will surely to be very puncture. Recently, youngsters are also deeply affected by this phenomenon.

Let me brief you some important facts before we begin.FYI, there is a very big shopping center in Selangor called “2 UTAMA”. There is an electronic shop in it, called “SOLY Center”. There is this gaming product called “SP3″, very expensive.

Now, the story begin.

One day, the latest gaming product of the SP series– “SP3″ was announced to be launched in the shopping center with complementary of the “SOLY Center”. Being one of the biggest electronic company in Asia and the world, SOLY would surely come out with a special way to help promoting their products. Hence, THE EARLY BIRD Promotion was introduced then. It was said that the first customer will get to buy SP3 at RM899.00 instead of RM1899.00. Save one thousand, Who doesn’t want it??? 2nd to 5th customer could saveRM900.00 and subsequently until the 50th customer.

So, those cute fans of SP series were pretty mad and eager to buy it. You know how great is the effect of  Free?(in this case,half free).

The first customer told the press in a short interview:” To get to the first place in the queue, I had camped here 3 days!”

WOW! Amazing isn’t it?

Scenario 2

Just now we mentioned an incident in private company’s event. Now we talk about the happenings in the government’s event. Malaysia’s government has always been very generous towards the people. Whenever there is an event or campaign, FREE GIFTS are always available, “UNLIMITED-ly“. Either free beverages, free pen, free fan, etc.

So, the story begin. In the year of 2006, December, a sudden, severe flood happened in Melaka and Johor. The water level in certain housing area even up to 5ft. So, the government announced that every household affected by the flood will get RM200.00 as compensation. This is very generous right? Yes, it is indeed. But RM200.00 wasn’t even enough for them to repair their houses. So, the people expressed their wish to raise the compensation. But, it’s the final decision. Then, you can see how people who shouted “RM200.00 isn’t even enough to repair” actually running toward the RM200.00 like if he is late, the money will be gone. Hypocrite eh?This is one kind.

Another kind is, There were these people whose houses were merely affected by the flood(people experienced 5ft,they experience 2inches). These people also went(rushed) for the money as if the money will be gone. greedy and inconsiderate eh?

Well, This Is Malaysia!

Hello,

It’s me again. Today, i would like to tell a “small little” dilemma of most Malaysians–Jump Q.

The story happened in a very prestigious institution here. One day, I went into the general office for some acquirements. When I went into the office, there were 3 students queuing at the counter. The other 2 were standing at the corner reading a notice. So, I started queuing and waited patiently for my turn. FYI, the receptionist was of the same race with the other 5 girls in the office. You know how do they  test your patience?

They were dealing with some clarifications of examination slips with the counter. Well, the first girl in the queue took 5 minutes checking on her names, sign, and tear off the slip,while talking with her friends. Pooh! Thats tolerable.

The second one took 5 minutes to search for her name, and another 5 minutes to sign her name! That is really pissing me off already! But, i can see that the third girl actually noticed my emotion and tried to finish hers within 5 minutes. Really appreciate her “hard work”…

You think I was about to get to my turn,aren’t you? NO! Just as i was about to move forward, the other two girls who stood at the corner came to pad on their “friends’ ” shoulder,and started a 5 minutes chat about nonsense like ” long time no see…” sort of that. I thought that’s all, but they “continued queuing  before me and started to clarify their slips there! Right in front of me! One of them smiled at me some more! The worse thing is—the receptionist showed no notice (or pretend?) of them jumping queue.

They both took 15 minutes to check with their names and slips!!!

Imagine, check name, sign, tear slip. Just 3 easy steps, took 5 persons 40 minutes to do it! When it reached my turn, i took merely 2 minutes to complete the task. The notice “please queue” posted on the counter serves no purpose at all!

Well, This is Malaysia!!!