When nature disaster strike; something huge like the Asian Tsunami.
When food crisis strike; not just temporarily shortage of sugar or cooking oil… but when people started to feel the hunger because of food shortage.
When hyperinflation… not when people are chatting in Starbucks on how expensive our fuel is, but when people can’t even afford a cup of coffee in mamak stall.
When people are started losing jobs and couldn’t find new jobs. When unemployment is largely due to lack of jobs and not because of the poor qualities (and some laziness) of our young graduates.
When the police and armed forces are becoming thugs. This is the one hanging on borderline… but set aside a few political cases, the police are still doing their job to fight crimes. Remember this, some of them are risking their lives to protect ours.
When democracy is irrelevant. Don’t tell me that our democracy is dead… we are given the rights to vote, and despite not being perfectly fair, we do have the power to determine which parties and people we want to form our government.
If Malaysia is in distress, what should we call other countries like Philippines or India? For name sake I don’t even think the likes of Philippines and India are in distress yet, let alone Malaysia?
Some Malaysians are just too pampered these days… distress? WTF.
Apparently threefamousbloggers (and some supporters) decided to hang Malaysian flag upside down during the month of August and tried to justify their act that…
“The upside down flag is accepted as official signal of distress. By displaying it properly, it is not meant to be or it is not recognised as any type of disrespect.”
Nah… WTF. I don’t care if its a signal of distress or whatever… I feel insulted.
Malaysia flag belongs to the country, the people, and not just the government; the government might be doing some lousy jobs, but there are millions of Malaysians who are working hard to make a living and to make the country a better place… and the flag is our pride and should not be ridiculed.
Besides, a signal of distress? Is Malaysia that bad at the moment? These idiots must be too pampered all this while. Sure, our crime is rising, inflation rate soaring, corruption worrying, and a lots of other things worrying… but have we reached a point that Malaysians are no longer able to make a living or that our safety is in constant jeopardy? You call this current situation a distress? Come on, give me a break… you don’t know what distress is.
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country…” the quote was part of the inaugural address by former US President John F Kennedy on January 20, 1961.
The recent development in Malaysia has prompted me to think a lot lately. There are a lot of things that I wanted to share, but I kept on writing and deleting it for the past hour, because it’s hard to put my actual thoughts into words.
Bottomline is, too many Malaysians are complaining too much recently. We are always asking what the country can do for us… but how often have we heard from Malaysians on what we can do for the country instead?
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
A few videos from Malaysia tourism promotion. Some Malaysians probably won’t have the chance to experience what those people are having… but aren’t you happy that you are living in Malaysia and not somewhere else?
Melaka and George Town have been added into UNESCO’s World Heritage List a couple of days ago; the cities are jointly inscribed as the “historic cities of the Straits of Malacca”.
It’s the first Cultural World Heritage in Malaysia, in addition to the two Nature World Heritage we already have (Kinabalu National Park and Mulu National Park).
While some folks are celebrating the occasion, I wonder how many Malaysians really know what World Heritage is about. Both cities are certainly going to benefit from extra tourism activities, but do mind that World Heritage is not a tourism project, but meant to protect the natural and cultural heritages around the world.
I hope that related bodies will continue their hardwork to keep these two places intact, and congratulations for all the effort to getting the recognition.
Levy Li, Miss Malaysia Universe 2008, is also on the blogging bandwagon. She is in Vietnam at the moment, taking part at the Miss Universe int’l competition.
Malaysia International Fireworks Competition is back in 2008. Arguably the most successful domestic tourism event in 2007, MIFC 2008 is set to wow the crowds again.
The show will be running on August 12/16/20/24/29, with teams from Malaysia, China, Canada and Spain participating. Check out more details on MIFC’s website, and also check out some pics from MIFC 2007.
It’s been a hectic and bizarre week (or two) for Malaysians, with all the wild accusations flying here and there. Lots of Malaysians are fed up with all the politicking and scandals, and I felt kinda tired with the development as well.
Time for a bit of changes… no more political stuff here for the month of July (or longer perhaps). I will share something more casual and leisure about Malaysia instead. With so many social political blogs around these days, I guess my serious thoughts won’t be missed regardless.
Malaysia is beautiful, and I will try to show you that it still is.
