It has been 52 years since we got our independence, I was watching the news earlier with my family and suddenly a thought striked me. I reaslised how lucky we are to be able to stay in this country. There was a flood in Penang and the victims were placed at a mosque for shelter, regardless of race all of them took shelter in the mosque. It is something unique that you don't get to see very much in other countries. I am very sure of that.
I have been here all my life, well thats because my grandmother took the trouble to come all the way from India to Malaya ( then). She found her way to a Malay kampung, Dungun Kuala Terengganu not knowing how to speak anything but Malayalam. She was the only Indian in the area yet she was not alone. The villagers there were really nice and they did not discriminate her, instead they helped her, gave her a job and a place to stay till she got her own. Seriously in todays world how many of you would let a totally unknown foreigner in your home, give them shelter and look up for a job for them?
My guess is no... non of you reading this right now would ever do that. People before did that, my mother and father both grew up in a Malay kampung and they have no problem. My dad use to tell me that he eats at his friends and they eat at his place. They have no issues because respect is something that is nutured in us Malaysians.
Looking at life in India, i thank god my grand parents came down here to Malaysia, looking at the floor of my house, the television i am watching, why even this desktop that i am using to blog, how lucky I am to be able to enjoy all these when my relatives in India have the ground as their floor.
The Indians and Chinese claim that the government is not fair, they should get more of what they don't get... personally i really wish that people who make such claims go back to their history books or atleast reflect back on their roots. We agreed on it years ago on the quota sytem and the bumiputeras' privilleges, what is the problem now? Aren't the Indians and Chinnese getting jobs in the government sectors? Aren't they running their own bussinesses? Are they not getting scholarships to study? Are they judge with a different set of law? Are they not getting education? Were they ever deprived of education? Look at the "Kolej Komuniti" around us, its shared with everyone, and that is only one example. Half of you reading this will be thinking this is BTN talk. To be honest with you take a second and think about it, is it the government that are depriving us of our rights or is it our people who are greedy and take the portion of the pie all for themself without distributing it equally? Whose fault is it exactly?
Well this post of mine is to appreciate all we have here in Malaysia, i honestly believe that i can NEVER find another country like Malaysia.
This whole " 1 Malaysia" campaign has actually got me thinking, there is alot more to it than sitting down and looking at its flaws. Look at the boons of it, look at how united we are, throw racism away as it gets you no where. Learn to appreciate our sorroundings, count our blessings.
We have been working together for such a long time, we have been proving to people that we are harmonious people. Why break that now
I know expats who disses our country on how bad is it. Well if its so bad why do they bother applying for a PR in our country? Those people love our country but they don't want to admit it. I know expats who diss our country but they end up buying property and applying for a PR here. They silently acknowledge the beauty of this country yet they never admit it.
Malaysians out there, when another person disses your country, please do not just agree blindly with them just because they are whites. Its a Malaysian disease that they love to suck up to the whites. Trust me the more you suck up to them the more they diss us. Stand up for what you belief. Stand up for Malaysia.
My suggestion for those of you who are reading this and saying " what rubbish is this" go get a history book and read it, you will soon come to realise how lucky you are. Live life happily together.
Whew this is like im just throwing all my thoughts all at once, but yeah thats whats going trough my mind now... =)
I have been here all my life, well thats because my grandmother took the trouble to come all the way from India to Malaya ( then). She found her way to a Malay kampung, Dungun Kuala Terengganu not knowing how to speak anything but Malayalam. She was the only Indian in the area yet she was not alone. The villagers there were really nice and they did not discriminate her, instead they helped her, gave her a job and a place to stay till she got her own. Seriously in todays world how many of you would let a totally unknown foreigner in your home, give them shelter and look up for a job for them?
My guess is no... non of you reading this right now would ever do that. People before did that, my mother and father both grew up in a Malay kampung and they have no problem. My dad use to tell me that he eats at his friends and they eat at his place. They have no issues because respect is something that is nutured in us Malaysians.
Looking at life in India, i thank god my grand parents came down here to Malaysia, looking at the floor of my house, the television i am watching, why even this desktop that i am using to blog, how lucky I am to be able to enjoy all these when my relatives in India have the ground as their floor.
The Indians and Chinese claim that the government is not fair, they should get more of what they don't get... personally i really wish that people who make such claims go back to their history books or atleast reflect back on their roots. We agreed on it years ago on the quota sytem and the bumiputeras' privilleges, what is the problem now? Aren't the Indians and Chinnese getting jobs in the government sectors? Aren't they running their own bussinesses? Are they not getting scholarships to study? Are they judge with a different set of law? Are they not getting education? Were they ever deprived of education? Look at the "Kolej Komuniti" around us, its shared with everyone, and that is only one example. Half of you reading this will be thinking this is BTN talk. To be honest with you take a second and think about it, is it the government that are depriving us of our rights or is it our people who are greedy and take the portion of the pie all for themself without distributing it equally? Whose fault is it exactly?
Well this post of mine is to appreciate all we have here in Malaysia, i honestly believe that i can NEVER find another country like Malaysia.
This whole " 1 Malaysia" campaign has actually got me thinking, there is alot more to it than sitting down and looking at its flaws. Look at the boons of it, look at how united we are, throw racism away as it gets you no where. Learn to appreciate our sorroundings, count our blessings.
We have been working together for such a long time, we have been proving to people that we are harmonious people. Why break that now
I know expats who disses our country on how bad is it. Well if its so bad why do they bother applying for a PR in our country? Those people love our country but they don't want to admit it. I know expats who diss our country but they end up buying property and applying for a PR here. They silently acknowledge the beauty of this country yet they never admit it.
Malaysians out there, when another person disses your country, please do not just agree blindly with them just because they are whites. Its a Malaysian disease that they love to suck up to the whites. Trust me the more you suck up to them the more they diss us. Stand up for what you belief. Stand up for Malaysia.
My suggestion for those of you who are reading this and saying " what rubbish is this" go get a history book and read it, you will soon come to realise how lucky you are. Live life happily together.
Whew this is like im just throwing all my thoughts all at once, but yeah thats whats going trough my mind now... =)
