I can haz a break.
I was so overwhelmed by all the comments I got on my previous post! But I didn’t have time to read them all until today, much less reply them.
It’s an eye opener really to see how many people my generation thought the same way as me. And more than that, how many people still had so much hope for our country and do want a change.
Maybe this is the first step. Awareness among all of us that we’re all sick of the situation and want a change and that there are SO MANY of us 🙂
Saya anak malaysia says:
April 5th, 2010 at 7:58 pm eoh come on guys. at least we are not at war and facing extreme poverty like other countries.and u r only comparing to SG being the closest and smallest in SEA?
u’d rather being treated as 2nd class citizen at other countries?
this is the place u called home. like it or not.
But this was the most WTF comment ever.
Disputable on so many levels!
How dare you compare Malaysia to wartorn countries? It’s like saying it’s okay to be barely passing your exams, at least you’re not failing WTF.
If you want to compare, then compare to something better than yourself! Why look behind to reassure yourself that there is someone worse than you? Ridiculous.
Besides, like you said, Singapore is the smallest country in SEA. And yet look at how they’re doing.
And I don’t know about other people, actually yes I would prefer being a 2nd class citizen somewhere else because at least I would understand it.
To counter it, Sadie, provided a very insightful view:
Sadie says:
April 8th, 2010 at 3:14 pm eLOL I somehow find the eloquence of the first guy quite amusing.I’m lucky enough to go abroad and will eventually be settling down here. Do I see it as a sort of betrayal to my homecountry? No, I’m simply doing what is best for me and living a better life. Can I do my part or more as a citizen, even from abroad? Why not? With more opportunities, resources and armed with the experiences that I had gained from life abroad, academically or personally, I could provide more help. I’m planning to open an architectural firm after my studies and will eventually set up another in Malaysia, which could create employment and charity programmes. So yeah, do what’s best for you and you’ll find a way to contribute. Political means isn’t the only way.
And have hope Audrey, always have hope.
She is so right. Thanks everyone for giving me some of my hope back 🙂
Comments (3)
‘u’d rather being treated as 2nd class citizen at other countries?’
Funny, yes, i think i rather be a second class citizen in another country, at least then i know what to expect! i wasn’t afterall born and bred there!
born and bred in malaysia, treated like dirt, i think we call that betrayal, it does have a tendency to drive people away.
Hi Audrey.
I’m a lucky to have the chance to study abroad under a scholarship. I can see why some people/ my friends would prefer to stay and work here. However, I feel otherwise.
1)I feel this as a cycle. If we leave to work in oversea for our own self interest, our country cant never develop because of brain drain. With that, our children and great grandchildren have the need to leave the country due to poor development and education opportunity. am not surprise if the cycle has begin
2)isn’t life is more than career success? I believe family and friends are the core of happiness. I’m sure you would know this as u have left to Japan for studies. When u live abroad, u had to sarcrifice your family and close friends.
3)food. wherever u go, u will definitetly miss malaysian food! mamak stall! nasi lemak in the morning! u still can have in abroad, but they are just different.
HOnestly,I have seen this video in many of my friends’ blogs and even in facebook. I felt that he was being ignorant and shallow minded when he voiced out his opinion.He may think that by saying all the crap he would get the malay’s support. But he is wrong.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/128132
U have your point in the previous post. However,I strongly believe that we should return home to serve our own people because Malaysia is our home. I admit our government needs a make over. Just because we have ppl like Ibrahim ALi, we should not make our decision to leave the country because of him. That could be his purpose of saying all those crap, i.e to have us chinese to leave by our own.
We always believe that the grass in greener on the other side. But it doesn’t happen that way all the time. anywhere we go or live, we will always be discrimated in some way.
I can see why are you considering of leaving the country someday.It’s one choice. I’m not writting this comment here to deter u from doing so.And no, I’m not some patriotic idiot who want to brainwash our people not to migrate to other counrty.I agree our government is screwed but malaysia is still our home.
Home is
where we find self belonging.(people, food, language)
where we find happiness with presence of our family and friends.
Cheers.
sickofitall: yup so would i 🙁
white cow:
ok i’ll reply you point by point 🙂
1) yea brain drain is definitely one of our problems but it’s not the biggest. the biggest problem is our corrupted system and the racist government. if all the best people stayed behind, with such a government in place we probably still won’t progress.
2) i’m not talking about career success actually 🙂 i’m thinking about the general happiness of me and my loved ones. i love malaysia and i can’t say i’m not happy here. but i think i will be happy somewhere else too. it’s not so much for career success as for disappointment with the government and this is my way of showing it.
3) food doesn’t bother me that much! haha it definitely won’t be a factor to where i want to live..
and lastly, any malaysian can do their part. they don’t necessarily have to stay in malaysia to do it.
it’s true that the grass is greener but i believe that i would be able to accept being discriminated outside my own country because it’s not my country per se. moving out would be an active decision that i make and i will consider all views (including yours) before i do it 🙂