Malaysia, my country.

After being inspired by the "what you don't like about Malaysia" thread in recom, I would like to point out my two cents too.

I love Malaysia, it is a lovely country for everyone to live in, but there are some imperfections in certain aspects which can be a kind of disgrace among the Malaysians.

There are plenteous citizens who are lack of courtesy and not civil-minded. Just take a look at our public toilet and the streets. I can't withstand the terrible stench of the "blue box" after jogging in a park when it was the time for me to answer the nature's call. Gosh! It might just take ten more seconds to put me into nauseous state after I peed and of course, flushed it which most of the people didn't. ( I think I'm over-exaggerating it :p ) If you are a rubbish collector, in Malaysia, thanks god! You will have a lot more of work to do. Those people, might have a thought that everywhere can be a rubbish dump as long as it is not in their houses. I recommend the city administrators to be very strict in applying the rules to apprehend those law offenders like how the Singapore government is doing now.

Secondly, I feel irritated by the politicians who advocate Ketuanan Melayu. Ketuanan Melayu is not a right. In fact it is a negative sentiment created with political intentions. During the early states of Malaysia the Malays were discriminated in term of economy, therefore the federal constitution had awarded them this specific privilege in order to recover their involvement in economic activities. At that time, the Chinese and Indians were still having strong ties with their countries respectively. They just fought for own benefits instead of to be united and cooperate with other races. They felt that they were second class citizen. Now all things are changing except the "granted privilege". The PM proposes the idea of One Malaysia. What? Are there any fragments in our country like Korea? Actually our majesty is just trying to clear the race barrier once again and encouraging us to do all good for our country without considering more about racial benefits. However, the Malays felt challenged when our PM decided to alter the Malaysian New Economic Policy (DEB) in conjuction with the idea of reducing the reliance of the bumiputras towards the government as well as enhancing self improvement in them. They argue that it opposes the Ketuanan Melayu. Actually I try not to offend anyone but now everyone is born here, grown here, and educated here. Malaysia is our home, we love our home. Yet we ( non-bumi ) have to face a lot of hardships. It is like not allowing a criminal's child to redeem himself because of his parent!

I would like to condemn the corruptions happening every now and then too. Blatant Corruptions! I would not know how to explain if a foreigner is asking me about this. I can still barely remember there was an international corruption level report "awarding" our country with quite a top rank. Furthermore, our money has been sucked through tax paying while the problems of poverty, infrastructure advancement and degrading local universities are seemingly left aside. These could be seen as one of the consequences of corruption. The judiciary system, err, I don't dare to criticise much but if it really happens to be like what the people are saying at the coffee shop, political motivated and biased, I'm not sure if Wawasan Malaysia will once again be delayed, maybe 3030? 4040?

The election, my first impression is : The parties promised almost everything they could just to gain more votes as if they will be the best administrators if the city, but did they actually fulfill the promises once they won the election? Have the people's voices ever heard? Look at the Perak's politic nonsense which occupied the headlines of the newspaper for several days. Democracy is the people's decision, means it should be the people who decide which party to represent them to voice out their demands in the parliamentary level. Is the judgement of the courts democratic enough? Every side has its own sayings. But I wonder why they don't hold one more election for the people.

Frankly, our country has a huge space for improvement. We have no qualms to sacrifice for our country. It's our only home, the lovely home.