Proud to be Malaysian

Trying to meet my target of blogging 7 days in a row, for which I have obviously fell short last week at only 5. Since I have a lot of thoughts running in my head and yet unable to concentrate as my whole life has been revolving around ‘The Gem of Life’ (珠光寶氣) drama of late, I managed to find this after rummaging through some of the junk mails I've received.

What Makes A Malaysian A Malaysian

Original Author Unknown

1. You can name all the players from the the English Premier League, but ask you to name one football player from Malaysia , one name also cannot come out.

2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When Maxis Broadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects. When WiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you say StreamyX still the best lah.

3. When toll price increase, you complain. When petrol price increase, you complain. When you go Starbucks buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.

4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walk very far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall and there's SALE , run from one end of 1Utama to the other also NO COMPLAINTS.

5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you're late is always either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot find parking.

6. You have a parent who force you to take science stream in high school, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask you to forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.

7. You know someone who can specially develop an angmoh accent when speaking to a American / British / Australian.

8. You complain against the government in kopitiam, you talk loud loud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud. Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Opposition organise a protest and ask you to go, you dun wan. Scared later kena tangkap by ISA.

9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people below queueing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.

10. When you pay RM10 for something that costs RM1, you blame the Chinese.

11. When a government service is too slow, you blame the Malays.

12. When a building is not good and collapsed, you blame the Indians.

13. When a Chinese student won a scholarship, you say 'Wah! Very clever hor?' When a Malay student won a scholarship, you say 'Aiya! Of course lah!
He Malay mah!'

14. When an angmoh (Caucasian) stranger kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you very happy. When a Malaysian guy kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you slap him.

I’m proud to be a Malaysian, no matter how much people here like to complain about the government, the weather, the education, the traffic, etc. If you want change, do something instead of sitting around all day with your friends in the coffee shop, criticizing the government. As if they can hear you from their lavish homes and over-decorated offices.

Or else, you have another option of migrating to another country and there’s plenty to choose from: Australia, New Zealand or even our neighboring country, Singapore.

So my question is this: what’s stopping you?

Maybe the truth is that we just love complaining. Which is the reason why we are still here after 30-40 years and might still be here until the day we die.

I guess this is just a part of us being Malaysians.

Truly Asian,