The Malaysian Dilemma

Are Malaysians being classified as kiasu?
note: kiasu is a Hokkien word referring to characteristic which is afraid of being left behind, be it financially, mentally and everything.
For example:
Ali got 95 marks for his BM, then Ahmad couldn’t stand it and made sure he will get 96 and above next time. This is a positive effect of being kiasu.

Aunty A has a bright son who always scores A in everything. Aunty B cannont stand it and forced her son to lots of tuitions and tried to make sure the son get As for everything. This will pressure the son and the result may be negative. Comparisons, comparisons and comparisons.

From young, we have been brought up with a mentality where we cannot lost to anyone in exams. Then in works. Then in cars, houses…etc.

Is this a correct phenomenon?

Hello,

Recently,I have been guiding my friends from the other states to travel around the latest travel hotspot in Malaysia,MALACCA! So tiring,but feeling proud to show people around my hometown.
During the trip,i noticed Malacca state has changed a lot since the last time i really walk around it.
1. A lot of Singaporean cars coming over to Malacca during weekends,just to EAT…

2. A lot of reckless drivers from other states of Malaysia appears on our road,it’s no longer save to cross the road.

Some where near a prestigious university

3. A lot of “sardin can” sceneries happen at travel spots,we the localists can’t even come out for a proper dinner during weekends.SOB…

4. UNESCO effect is really big. Ever since Malacca has been declared as the world herritage,the tourism in the state started blooming double or even triple. Some even said tourists are more than localists.

5. Menara Taming Sari and The Eye On Malaysia are built to attract tourists. Yet the facilities are not well-maintained.God knows why whenthe allocation was out,but the job not done?

Now in Malacca...

6. Malaysia welcome tourists from Indonesia,but its people would ill-treat their indonesian house keepers.

There are too many things to be mentioned,but,i think it’s time to stop,or else,God knows what will happen to me?

Well,this is Malaysia,a place where you can’t be sure if you are safe in the next second,either as a politician,or a blogger,or a video maker. I mean the public security.

i will upload some photos in Malacca.

Snapped from the boat

Hi, it’s me again. It’s been a little long since i updated my blog. Busy nowadays.

What is future? What does future consist of? Is it important?
Future is something yet to happen, will or will not happen. Future is filled with uncertainties.

However, if we were to try to control the future, we need to start doing things from the present.
Children, teenagers and undergraduates are the future controller in a country. When they excel in UPSR, PMR, SPM and STPM or even getting first class honors … Do all that means they are ready to become the next generations’ leaders? Can excellence prevail morality? There are many scholars been sent to foreign countries after they have got the JPA scholarship from the government. After years of pursuing studies in foreign countries, how many of them ever come back willingly to serve the country? PTPTN loan by the bank, students borrowed the money to further their higher education, but in the end, how many percent ever given back?

Those basic moral values were totally forgotten after these students, the future leaders, got over their studies. Is this the type of students or leaders Malaysian government wanted to produce? The adolescents are following the track/path passed by our present leaders. If they themselves don’t show good and appropriate example, in what sense do they ever hope to produce higher quality’s leaders?
Everything we do, we have to follow the law, either written or “non-written”, if you get what I mean.
Is this the life we want? Is this the knowledge we want to learn, if it is not appropriate? Is this the way we want to carry ourselves in carrying our duties? Why must we follow their unjust rules? Why must we see the judiciary being violated for an “unknown” reason?

Why must we see our democracy dies in front of us, while we can do nothing to save it? Because of one word– POWER. Power can make you lose your mind. Absolute power can absolutely make you lose your mind. In Malaysia, with the hold of “absolute” power, all we can do is to see the dying show of democracy. Violation of power is nothing more than common in this country. People with the good political and administration results will be checked on. People with nothing useful but seriously corrupted, will only be “advised” to stop doing it. Everything that is known to be independent from the power will be controlled by the power to get rid of the good or opposing ones.

What the heck is happening? I don’t wish Malaysia to become another Thailand! Is that what you want, power?
Every day we look at the news, there will be all altered news. So those to please the power, or not to make the power angry, or else, beware of your license. Every bull shit will be said, and will be done by the power.

Oh, Dear POWER, can you imagine there are many things to do now in spite of trying to get rid of your enemy? Your enemy is not the one you aim, it’s the problems faced by the world. Never ever think about:”If the economy really collapsed, is there anything left?”

52 years, it’s time to wake up…

To the future leaders of Malaysia, if there is still something left for you, please keep in mind that, be good yourself, be good in your family, be good to your people, and be good to your lovely country.
There is no other countryas lovable as Malaysia. We have different races, yet, we are OK with each other, if there is no idiot to raise certain sensitive issue among us just to be a one day hero.

Remember, the greater the power you have, the greater is your responsibility. We hope for the best, we strive for the best!

I love you, Malaysia.

Prove to the world:”Malaysia Boleh!”

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!

What is Democracy ?

“Democracy is the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives. It is a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them majority rule: the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group” as defined by the University of Princeton¹.

In a simpler word, democracy means representatives who were being selected by the people (voters),and for the people,to serve as the people’s voice,toward the state’s administrators. Usually, representatives were elected every five (5) years.

Scene 1– 8^th March,2008

In Malaysia, the representatives normally come from two (2) major political parties,and only less than 1% are independent candidates. FYI, Malaysia’s current federal government is led by Barisan Nasional (BN),and the federal opposition alliance is Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

Based on the Malaysian history, by hook or by crook, the BN has been the winning party for the past 50 years. (This means it has always achieved 2/3 majority seats in the Parliament and State Assembly).

However, the situation changed dramatically on the Political Tsunami of 8th March 2008 (most recently conducted General Election). Instead of being the minority always, the opposition alliance, PR, had unexpectedly won up to five (5) states upon 11 in the Peninsular of Malaysia plus it had also “defeated” BN’s 2/3 majority seats in the Parliament. This was but a nightmare to the BN, as it had never expected to lose.

This, was the day Democracy in Malaysia revived!

Scene 2– 5^th February, 2009

Perak, one (1) of the five (5) states won and governed by the PR alliance, had changed hand to BN again, in few days’ time. For the past 11 months, the PR government had done no mistake, in fact, they have done things that the BN government never would have, to help the people. The fact is, most of the Perak people are happy with the PR government.

However, the BN had spent only less than one week to tackle 3 State Assembly members who, originally represented the PR, to join the BN. With that, the majority in the State Assembly is led by the BN again, regardless on how the Perak people feel.

We do not blame the BN to defect the PR government this way. We are blaming the 3 involved YBs for their betrayal and cowardliness. They won because the people believed in their manifesto, because people believed in their promises for a brighter future, and not because of who they are, it was because of which party they are representing! Now, they have shown themselves, as the greedy, immoral and power-minded politicians.

Where is the dignity of YBs?

Where is the respect for the people?

Where is the highness of the State Assembly?

On the 5th February, 2009. Democracy died…

Politician means:

“-a leader engaged in civil administration

-a person active in party politics

-a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways” – University of Princeton¹.

“A politician (from Greek “polis”) is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of politics or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d’état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest, right of inheritance (see also: divine right) or other means.”- Wikipedia.Org².

Confucius³ explained that being a politician, one must have good personalities(morality), then good family(harmonious), then only can pursue the chances to manage the country. Politicians are leaders of a country. They are making decisions and policies which would affect the country and the people internally and externally. Witnessing the betrayals in political parties, and the immorality of the political dispution, etc…

Malaysia, are you ready for tomorrow’s challenges?

¹University of Princeton. Retrieved Feb 5, 2009, from http://www.wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

²Wikipedia.Org. Retrieved Feb 6, 2009, from http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Politician

³Confucius- a Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism.

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!!!

Hello,

As our Visit Malaysia Year campaign always showing or “stressing” that Malaysia, a small but lovely country, has got 3 main races. Namely Malay(65%),Chinese(26%) and Indian(5%), the remanding (4%) refers to the aboriginals in Malaysia.

Malaysia is an ever summer+always rainy country. Due to the changes in the weather,we tend to be quite moody sometimes. Some are hot tempered, some very cool, and you name it. This has made living in Malaysia so much fun and we have got so many unwritten rules to follow.

Well, this is Malaysia!

Welcome to this page of dilemma.

From the eyes of future, to the aims in future.

As Scientists see it;

As Lawyers see it;

As Economists see it;

As Teachers see it;

As We see it;

We lead the future, the future we lead.