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My sister show me an article today. Michael Backman, an internationally renowned writer and columnist wrote an article “While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry” which was published on TheAge. My sister read the article 3 times I think, each time… getting more disappointed with the country which we were born and grown up in. More and more Malaysian, especially the younger generations now know more about our country, thanks to a wonderful and unrestricted tool… the Internet. The article mention about how the Malaysia Government calculate the 30 percent corporate equity to be in Malay hands, yes… the NEP… which was suppose to expire decade(s) ago. The recent figure released by the Government is 18.9%. They then justify the extension of NEP with this figure.

18.9%? BULLSZZzzzzZ.

Want to know more about NEP and how my Government use kids algorithm to get this value? The person who comes out with this figure should be FIRED!!! Anyway, more about this can be found at MalaysiaKini.com.

He also wonders why Malaysian are so proud of our Twin Towers when we have almost nothing to do with it. Yes yes… it wasn’t built or design by Malaysians…Suria KLCC is not run by Malaysians…. but then again, seeing it on Malaysian land does make me feel proud of those towers. Although most of my foreigner friends still can’t tell where is Malaysia.

Then, there is the first Malaysian in space hype. I do remember seeing a competition on the newspaper when they were looking for a candidate. The competition is open to all Malaysian… but even then, it wouldn’t take a rocket scientist to know the candidate WILL be a Malay male. You can have 100 Chinese, Indians and 1 Malay in the competition, in the end the Malay will be the candidate. I have to agree with Michael on how we are wasting RM95million on a stupid space program. We are sending a Malaysian to the space to main gasing and make Teh Tarik… WTF???! RM95 million can repair all the schools in Malaysia, repair that near my house which never seems to be fully repaired (after 2 weeks, there will be another hole), replace all the ancient copper wires in Klang Valley to fix our expensive and unreliable broadband or, you could just place it in a fixed deposit (I think Austrialia is giving 6%?) and use the interest to provide us with more Education Fund. At least doing so my brother don’t have to depend fully on my mother’s EPF for his education in the US next month.

I am really unhappy with the way things are right now… and the way our Government do things. For example, our national car manufacturer - Proton. Why are we still producing and selling Iswara? or Wira? Toyota has stop producing AE86 (the Initial D car) a long time ago. Why is the quality still so bad? Even the latest car… Satria Neo has so much problems. The Government spoon feed Proton and MAS too much. Perudua on the other hand, has improve alot, that’s why I am driving a Perudua MyVi. Yes, it is actually Toyota Passo or the Daihatsu…. something, but Perudua engineers did take part in the design and engineering.

I am also pretty pissed off that we are so far behind Singapore. I still remember the time when RM 1 == SGD 1. Now?!!

Anyway… after reading that article, you also might want to checkout Michael’s reply to all the Malaysians who emailed him regarding the article he wrote, just click here.

*UPDATE 24 November 2006*
I just read an article at Malaysiakini… which makes me wanna vomit more. Our blinded politicians said that Michael as an foreigner don’t understand Malaysia…. well maybe it’s true but I think Michael’s article is a great VOICE for the Raykat.

I was searching for statistic regarding number of pupils in Malaysia schools but found this link about racial discrimination in Malaysia instead. I don’t know the accuracy of the report but here is the link anyway.

World Cup is finally here. Although the game only comes once every four years, it has an effect which last a lifetime and unite people like no other game.

I was reading the latest Asia edition of Reader’s Digest just now, and one article in particular ticks me… “The Goal Is Peace”. This is an article about how football helps unite… or reduce tension and discrimination of Arab Israelis in Israel. Although Israel did not qualify for the World Cup even when they did not lose a single game, the two Arab Israelis made an impact on the state where Arab Isrealis which made up 20% of its population are being discrimated in life, politics and education. But it looks like the citizen has an easier time getting along than the politician.

The Multi-racial Country
I see some similarity in Malaysia as well. I really don’t understand how can there be two definition of “Malaysian”. Yes, you can have Chinese Malaysian, Indian Malayisan, Malay Malaysian and etc… it’s ok, cause sometimes people just want to differentiate the races in Malaysia (I am a Chinese but some strangers ask me for direction in Malay… get what i mean?). But to me, it’s wrong to have 2 Malaysians having different “benefits” of being a Malaysian. How can one Malaysian get discriminated by another from things like education? or buy a house with discounts? No, I am not talking about Chinese, Malay or Indian… I am talking about being a Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera. In our generation now, they shouldn’t be two definition of “Malaysian” - Bumiputera Malaysian and Non-Bumiputera Malaysian. Most of us are BORN here…. born in Malaysia…. AFTER the independence…. after the existence of a country named “Malaysia”. There should be only one definition of Malaysian… only 1 group… united. Of course, it’s difficult to dissolve the benefits of being a Bumiputera… how about… giving all Malaysian the benefits of being a Bumiputera? It will still be fair to everyone.

In education, there shouldn’t be a quota system in place. You want a place in the university? well… fight for it! Study harder. Anyone watched the movie “Sepet” uncensored? Orkid (malaysian who didnt have straight As) get a scholarship to study overseas… while the straight As chinese guy (malaysian) is selling pirated VCDs in pasar malam? It doesn’t make sense huh? I read a forum once…. a long time ago i think… a group of Malaysian were debating… A non-bumi was arguing about how unfair the system was…. then a bumi say something like this…

“If the government did not place those policies, I wouldn’t have a chance to study and be what I am today. My parents didn’t have that kind of money to send me overseas.”

Now my dear fellow readers, what is wrong with that statement? The non-bumi replied…”My parents work twice as hard to fund for my education… I work after class…. I take out a commercial loan….”

I don’t blame the bumi who somehow thinks he was right to depend on the government. The government should be imposing policies to close the gap between the rich and the poor…. NOT imposing policies which benefit one race over the other. They have weaken a group of Malaysian who depend on those discriminating policies…. and strengthen another group who work harder to stay on top. It’s like a sling shot…. those policies are like the hands pulling the sling….. trying to slow a group down so another can catch up…. but 1 FAIR day when those policies are no longer around…. the hands will be gone… and the sling will fire the non-bumi group much more further ahead.

I should’nt be discussing politics here… which I am not. I am just against discrimination. There are hardworking bumis out there as well. There shouldn’t be non-bumiputera and bumiputera Malaysians…. There should only be Malaysians. From today onwards, the word bumiputera will not be in my shortlist of vocab anymore. If I see that word in forms, RFP or when pitching a project… I will draw a fucking middle finger on the proposal.

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