Malaysia
Malaysia will be celebrating its 50th birthday, 50 years of independence. 50 years of "kegemilangan". This is also the period of patriotism (definition; love for or devotion to one's country) where many "patriots" display their devotion to this country. We have these advertisements on tv, showing Malay, Chinese and Indian kids growing up together in the "kampung", sharing experiences, living in harmony. Petronas advertisements are the best in this sort of ads. Filled with emotionally moving and touching scenarios. See link below for the advert;
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VCXmpO-jfIo
Very nice ad right? I loved it. Kinda reminds me of my childhood days growing up in Rawang, where my friends were of different races. Same la, almost like the advert. At the time i was like like fuckin 10 or 11 years old. It was a wonderous feeling, to be able to have friends of different races. As i grew older, discrepancies started to creep its way to my way of thinking. It started off when one of the "cikgu" actually uttered the following.
" Kamu orang orang Cina, patut bersyukur kepada kerajaan kerana memberi kamu tempat duduk, ada yang jadi tauke. Kamu cuba lah, balik ke Thongsan, kamu ingat Thongsan nak kamu ke?"
" You Chinese people should be thankful to the government because we allow you to stay. Some of you are towkays. You try to return to China, you think they will accept you back?"
I cant recall what sparked that sentence. That was the first time ive heard that statement, but certainly not the last. When i moved down to KL (Primary 6), to a totally different location, from a kampong to city, i heard the same remark, almost identical uttered by yet another teacher. More and more "strange and weird" revelations;
"diskaun 7% untuk bumiputra".
As a curious punk, naturally i asked my parents, why 7% discount and who are these bumiputras?
"Aiya, this one all for the Malays la, they buy house, gahmen will give them discount wan"
And more "accusations" surfaced saying Malays are lazy, backward and stupid. At that time, i begged to differ cuz most of my Malay classmates werent lazy, stupid or backward. I fail to notice it because these Malay classmaes of mine are alright. They treated me as an equal, these's no discrimination towards non Malays. But i thought the Indians were kinda poor cuz they didnt have lotsa flashy stationary, new shoes but they were smart man. For myself, i didnt have flashy stationaries or clean shoes cuz i was from the kampung. I guess most guys behave that way. No doubt abt it, Indian kids are very good at sports and English.
Long story short, our education system is FUCKED from day 1. I dont know how different it is today, but back then, our stupid teachers were indirectly teaching segregation. All those talk about national unity, living harmoniously are flawed examples on a made believed fantasy.
Post SPM, Malays all talk about going to local universities. Chinese, all about private colleges, Indians, all wanna go TAFE to be lawyers. I wasnt very interested in high school, most of the time i was AWOL, skipping skool with my mates. Anyway, i didnt do that bad in SPM, still managed 1st grade, where loads of Malays we SAPs. These Malays, they got scholarships for vocational skools, UITM, MARA while all the Chinese had to go private. Only a handful of the smartest Chinese kids actually pursued form 6 to go public. At that time, it also sturck me as weird, why Malays with SAP and shittier results than myself, can receive scholarships while had to go look into private colleges and pay so much.
Then i found out about NEP.
Oh well....i guess non Malays need to take things in stride.
Ok, fair enough. But then i found out the real reasons behind the May 13 incident.
In the May 10, 1969 general elections, the ruling Alliance coalition headed by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) suffered a large setback in the polls. The largely Chinese opposition Democratic Action Party and Gerakan gained in the elections, and secured a police permit for a victory parade through a fixed route in Kuala Lumpur. However, the rowdy procession deviated from its route and headed through the Malay district of Kampung Baru, jeering at the inhabitants. Some demonstrators carried brooms, later alleged to symbolise the sweeping out of the Malays from Kuala Lumpur, while others chanted slogans about the "sinking" of the Alliance boat — the coalition's logo.
While the Gerakan party issued an apology the next day, UMNO announced a counter-procession, which would start from the Selangor Chief Minister Harun bin Idris' home in Jalan Raja Muda. Tunku Abdul Rahman would later call the retaliatory parade "inevitable, as otherwise the party members would be demoralised after the show of strength by the Opposition and the insults that had been thrown at them."
Shortly before the procession began, the gathering crowd was reportedly informed that Malays on their way to the procession had been attacked by Chinese in Setapak, several miles to the north. The angry protestors swiftly wreaked revenge by killing two passing Chinese motorcyclists, and the riot began. During the course of the riots, the loudspeakers of mosques were used to urge the rioters to continue in their actions.
The riot ignited the capital Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding state of Selangor — according to Time, spreading throughout the city in 45 minutes.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_13_Incident
Alas, in the spirit of "Malaysia Boleh"...non Malays will have to "take things in stride" for;
Malay Problem : National Agenda
Chinese Problem : Race card
Indian Problem : What problem?
I copied the above from a site Jiaoman gave me....
Dont get me wrong, im not inciting hatred between the races. Indeed a sensitive issue (like Jeeg) but how long are we going to not talk about this while sweeping this under the rug classified "sensitive issue"? This incident is also the cause for the NEP to be prolonged.
Iam all in agreement to help the needy, distribute wealth and equality to all races. It seems to me our wealth, contributed by our taxes regardless of race, whether youre a Malay, Chinese, Indian, Singh, Gurkha, Expats, are being used to irrelevant matters. Sending idiots to space to eat roti canai and drink teh tarik? Using tax money to promote that "Sports Excellence Centre" in England and the flawed MRR2 highway structure, these are just the few examples on how the gahmen is wasting the wealth we contributed.
Head to to LYN RWI...there are lots of issues...not to mention MAS bailout, Proton and the monopoly of TM Nut.
Take things in stride?
Regardless of our race, the middleclass wage earners and the hardcore poor are being cornered and fucked over by the upper class elites (yes, these ppl are the Malays, Chinese and Indian too and you should know who they are) while our Parliment is littered with chauvinistic bastards and the uneducated. Just go youtube and search for Malaysia and you'll see.
So, regardless of your race, if you pay tax, you are one way or the other involved. I sure as hell will register myself to vote...for the opposition? For the coalition? We'll see...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VCXmpO-jfIo
Very nice ad right? I loved it. Kinda reminds me of my childhood days growing up in Rawang, where my friends were of different races. Same la, almost like the advert. At the time i was like like fuckin 10 or 11 years old. It was a wonderous feeling, to be able to have friends of different races. As i grew older, discrepancies started to creep its way to my way of thinking. It started off when one of the "cikgu" actually uttered the following.
" Kamu orang orang Cina, patut bersyukur kepada kerajaan kerana memberi kamu tempat duduk, ada yang jadi tauke. Kamu cuba lah, balik ke Thongsan, kamu ingat Thongsan nak kamu ke?"
" You Chinese people should be thankful to the government because we allow you to stay. Some of you are towkays. You try to return to China, you think they will accept you back?"
I cant recall what sparked that sentence. That was the first time ive heard that statement, but certainly not the last. When i moved down to KL (Primary 6), to a totally different location, from a kampong to city, i heard the same remark, almost identical uttered by yet another teacher. More and more "strange and weird" revelations;
"diskaun 7% untuk bumiputra".
As a curious punk, naturally i asked my parents, why 7% discount and who are these bumiputras?
"Aiya, this one all for the Malays la, they buy house, gahmen will give them discount wan"
And more "accusations" surfaced saying Malays are lazy, backward and stupid. At that time, i begged to differ cuz most of my Malay classmates werent lazy, stupid or backward. I fail to notice it because these Malay classmaes of mine are alright. They treated me as an equal, these's no discrimination towards non Malays. But i thought the Indians were kinda poor cuz they didnt have lotsa flashy stationary, new shoes but they were smart man. For myself, i didnt have flashy stationaries or clean shoes cuz i was from the kampung. I guess most guys behave that way. No doubt abt it, Indian kids are very good at sports and English.
Long story short, our education system is FUCKED from day 1. I dont know how different it is today, but back then, our stupid teachers were indirectly teaching segregation. All those talk about national unity, living harmoniously are flawed examples on a made believed fantasy.
Post SPM, Malays all talk about going to local universities. Chinese, all about private colleges, Indians, all wanna go TAFE to be lawyers. I wasnt very interested in high school, most of the time i was AWOL, skipping skool with my mates. Anyway, i didnt do that bad in SPM, still managed 1st grade, where loads of Malays we SAPs. These Malays, they got scholarships for vocational skools, UITM, MARA while all the Chinese had to go private. Only a handful of the smartest Chinese kids actually pursued form 6 to go public. At that time, it also sturck me as weird, why Malays with SAP and shittier results than myself, can receive scholarships while had to go look into private colleges and pay so much.
Then i found out about NEP.
Oh well....i guess non Malays need to take things in stride.
Ok, fair enough. But then i found out the real reasons behind the May 13 incident.
In the May 10, 1969 general elections, the ruling Alliance coalition headed by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) suffered a large setback in the polls. The largely Chinese opposition Democratic Action Party and Gerakan gained in the elections, and secured a police permit for a victory parade through a fixed route in Kuala Lumpur. However, the rowdy procession deviated from its route and headed through the Malay district of Kampung Baru, jeering at the inhabitants. Some demonstrators carried brooms, later alleged to symbolise the sweeping out of the Malays from Kuala Lumpur, while others chanted slogans about the "sinking" of the Alliance boat — the coalition's logo.
While the Gerakan party issued an apology the next day, UMNO announced a counter-procession, which would start from the Selangor Chief Minister Harun bin Idris' home in Jalan Raja Muda. Tunku Abdul Rahman would later call the retaliatory parade "inevitable, as otherwise the party members would be demoralised after the show of strength by the Opposition and the insults that had been thrown at them."
Shortly before the procession began, the gathering crowd was reportedly informed that Malays on their way to the procession had been attacked by Chinese in Setapak, several miles to the north. The angry protestors swiftly wreaked revenge by killing two passing Chinese motorcyclists, and the riot began. During the course of the riots, the loudspeakers of mosques were used to urge the rioters to continue in their actions.
The riot ignited the capital Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding state of Selangor — according to Time, spreading throughout the city in 45 minutes.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_13_Incident
Alas, in the spirit of "Malaysia Boleh"...non Malays will have to "take things in stride" for;
Malay Problem : National Agenda
Chinese Problem : Race card
Indian Problem : What problem?
I copied the above from a site Jiaoman gave me....
Dont get me wrong, im not inciting hatred between the races. Indeed a sensitive issue (like Jeeg) but how long are we going to not talk about this while sweeping this under the rug classified "sensitive issue"? This incident is also the cause for the NEP to be prolonged.
Iam all in agreement to help the needy, distribute wealth and equality to all races. It seems to me our wealth, contributed by our taxes regardless of race, whether youre a Malay, Chinese, Indian, Singh, Gurkha, Expats, are being used to irrelevant matters. Sending idiots to space to eat roti canai and drink teh tarik? Using tax money to promote that "Sports Excellence Centre" in England and the flawed MRR2 highway structure, these are just the few examples on how the gahmen is wasting the wealth we contributed.
Head to to LYN RWI...there are lots of issues...not to mention MAS bailout, Proton and the monopoly of TM Nut.
Take things in stride?
Regardless of our race, the middleclass wage earners and the hardcore poor are being cornered and fucked over by the upper class elites (yes, these ppl are the Malays, Chinese and Indian too and you should know who they are) while our Parliment is littered with chauvinistic bastards and the uneducated. Just go youtube and search for Malaysia and you'll see.
So, regardless of your race, if you pay tax, you are one way or the other involved. I sure as hell will register myself to vote...for the opposition? For the coalition? We'll see...
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