Malaysia At A Glance
Huh..! I'm not at a best place to comment on anything about my country. Malaysia. But anything i type here is not like its a big secret kind of thing. Its what's happening around us. Am i proud? Am i embarassed of being a malaysian? What do i feel about all this? Well frankly, I don't give a damn. Ok here goes. But it saddens me that for a country that is well into its 50s is still clueless on how to hold its head up high.
The leaders and ministers are monkeys. Am not sure what they're doing day in and day out for this country but as each day passes by, there are more bad things than good. Even the debates going on in parliament which they show on tv and newspaper are like kiddy quarrels. Name calling, finger pointing, abusing remarks, sexist remarks, offensive hand signs, etc. Darn, who are they again in the society? Our leaders? Shouldn't they be setting an example and focus on solutions of arising problems rather than point fingers and blaming each other? Who's running the country? Who's making all the 'big' decisions? Where do all the money go to? Why are the rich getting richer and the poor are dying? Answers. I need answers. We need answers.
One of the tallest building. World class racing circuit. One of the best airports. Cosmonauts (wtf?). What else? These are blankets to cover the real state of the country. Those people up there are so busy trying to make the country to stand tall among others but they're forgetting the most fundamental substance which makes a country great. The people.
Malaysia is unique in a way that the people comprises of different ethnicity, religions, and culture. These people call themselves Malaysian. But how good a Malaysian is one really is? How many would stand tall and say 'I'm a proud Malaysian"? Despite all things Malaysian, the people still fight among ethnicity and stereotyping againts each other. Each claiming they're better than another or people from this state is better than another. As far as i see it, the only thing that the people have in common is their IC. Malaysian IC. Need i elaborate? Aight.. Gang fights, schools, racial political party, job requirements, the community, the government offices, universities.. here are some of the few things that sparks all the stereotyping. To add to that, its not the people who're segregating themselves, but those people at the top, the so called leaders are the one setting the trend for this to happen.
Bumi rights. In the common living of society, it is somehow said that the Malays have it easy and are spoon fed. I find that totally untrue and disgusting for even a person to think that. For the malays, let me point out that there're normal malays like you and me, and then, there are the Umnoputras. The bumi's have discounts on property purchases, are guaranteed spots in universities, and many other benefits or in a simpler way of putting it - the favourable race. All these rights and benefits are created initially, long ago, to actually encourage the malays to have a better stand in society. That was long ago. But right now these benefits only seems to benefits the umnoputras. I'm not gonna go into details with this. Look around you, look hard, and you'll understand my point. Friends and people i know always points out that the malays have it easy. I hate it when they say that. I hate it when they stereotype the malays. This then brings to my next point. It is generally understood by malaysians that the chinese are the richer race, then comes the malay, and then the indians. WTF is this? Aren't we all Malaysians? Dont we all call ourselves Malaysians? Full stop.
Economically, i'm not at a position to comment. However, if you look around, i don't think we're doing too well. Prices of EVERYTHING goes up. Salary increments however, do not increase much to compensate for anything at all. Harga barang naik. Petrol naik. Toll naik. Living standards fall, and the people? Die cock standing. The monkeys told us to change our lifestyles. From poor to down right pauperized? Annual Budget ALWAYS SEEMS TO FAVOR GOVERNMENT SERVANTS. Its not like they're doing a good job at whetever they're doing anyways. What about the NEP? Again, they say its favourable to the malays. No comment.
Anyone caught Semi Value on the news yesterday? The one where he comments on the toll increase in several hiways saying that these increase do not really have much of an impact because these hiways are not exactly full of users. WTF? Fact of the matter is, the toll is already too high for a start, and that is why there arent many road users using that hiway. Kudos to Semi Value. You're a great man. You have a good vision for the future. YEAH RIGHT. Clown.
Recently there were a couple of rallies which took place in the capital city. Bersih and HINDRAF rallies. That says a lot about the perceptions of the people towards the current government.
Crime rates. The ever increasing crimes in Malaysia. I'm starting to wonder what the police are up to these days. They 'wander' around at nights, hang out at so called crime prone areas, always putting on a brave face wherever they go, acting all macho and tough. But when an incident occurs in front of them, they'll just shout from afar (wtf?) to give the impression that they're in control or just zip up their jacket so that others wont know they're policemen and continues piling up on roti kosong and teh tarik. Believe me, i've seen this happen.
I'm not just digging up dirty facts about Malaysia but i'm only just stating the obvious.
Think about it. Think harder. Look deeper. Beautiful Malaysia? I don't think so.
There's a saying that goes 'Dont ask what the country can do for you but ask what you can do for the country'
The country cant do shit for me and I aint doing anything in return. I'm all for myself. Until next time.
Hoohaa..!~
