Monday, June 29, 2009

Najib's 1Malaysia dream ?

Somebody from within is under-mining Najib's 1Malaysia ! Why ?

Yesterday it was reported here, that Najib's 1Malaysia caters for all, regardless of race or religion and here we have Muhyiddin's battle cry, declaring UMNO will defend the Malay race till the last drop of blood !

Why this drama all of a sudden ? Should he have instead proclaimed that UMNO will defend the rights of all Malaysians, regardless of race or religion to the last drop of blood from any threats out-side of Malaysia ? Now that would be the right thing for a DPM to say, yes ?

And on another note, why should the PM wait for next year to implement the merit system ? Why not NOW ? If he was serious and not mere "feel good" lip-syncing, why wait till next year ? Issues like this, should take immediately effect, to forever silence the critics and re-affirm his seriousness of the 1Malaysia dream ( which is by the way actually a carbon-copy of the "People's Declaration", yes ! )

Going on road shows to promote 1Malaysia costs millions or as we are accustomed to these days- to billions even ! Money that can be saved from the tax-payers coffers and be distributed immediately to the many hard-core poor who are deprived of an education and other basic necessities, no ? Does anyone now how much of the tax-payers money is spent on making all these 1Malaysia contracts of logos that add to the organising expenditure costs ? I am sure many a crony will benefit from such grand scale events, which I say is a total waste of good money that can be utilised for a more noble cause.....like feeding, clothing and educating hard-core poor Malaysian of all races all over the country both here and in the East !

On another topic of 1Malaysia and one language, Bahasa Malaysia, much has been demanded of all of us to be fluent in the language. I know not everyone speaks the Bahasa fluently, agreed. But have you noticed Bahasa Malaysia other then what is taught in schools, is never spoken uniformly in our daily conversations ?

Can the chap from Kelantan hold a decent conversation with say a Johorian and comprehend and fully understand the same things spoken ? Of course not ! Or even the "Nogeri" guy can comprehend the Perakian's "2 kupang" as opposed to the native Sabahan's "duvo ngopod sen" ?

Each of us have a unique native or tribal mother-tongue as an added advantage over those who only speak one fuent language and a sputtering of the English language to face and survive in this competitive world, yes ? Who do you think has a better chance of survival, huh ?

Can we then all abandon every other language for Bahasa Malaysia ? As we are after-all, save for the original indigenous peoples, ALL immigrants here, don't forget that. 1Malaysia should be an exciting and diverse fussion of us.....yes,.... you, you you and I..... the way we have lived life differently as per our varied cultural, ethnic and social back-grounds but granted the same equality, honor and respect on a level playing field ! Agreed ?

So Mr. PM.....lets see some real "walk the talk" instances NOW before someone in your very own cabinet screws-up and robs you of your dream project !

6 comments:

Unknown said...

How can u query sincerity of Obama'a Malaysian counterpart. http://www.1malaysia.com.my/index.php?option=com_jb2&PostID=83&view=post&Itemid=60 Shame on u! SO, oBAMA WAS ELECTED - A MERE TRIFLE OF DIFFERENCE SURELY. AND THEY HAVE FREE COURTS ETC ETC. WORRY NOT - NICE TO HAVE A COUNTERPART IN USA......

Anonymous said...

1 malaysia & his 'one' is 'dia punya'

Anonymous said...

apart from just complaining about what the gov trying to do...wha dont you try to support it and make it happened..think...and be grateful for what we had over here in Malaysia...compared to other countries..if you keep doing this...a peaceful country that we had over here wont last long...
grüß from Hitler land, braunschweig

Anonymous said...

one should go over to the other side of the field to see if the grass is greener and then come back to tell us ur experience....like grub from Hilter land, braunschweig commented apart from just complaining about what the gov trying to do...why dont you try to support it and make it happen..think...and be grateful for what we had over here in Malaysia...compared to other countries..if you keep doing this...a peaceful country that we have over here wont last long...
grüß from Hitler land, braunschweig( i guess this man is german and i agree to what he commented cos i am dutch married to a malaysian....shanghai do the same and tell us ur story....be fair.

6/30/2009 03:54:00 AM

Shanghai Fish said...

Dear anon 10:09:00AM
It is great that both you and that grüß from Hitler land have decided to "adopt" Malaysia as your country.
Well I have lived all my 54 years here under various premiers or "regimes" but with the same BN mind-set of rule. Change is good !

It is easy for you to say "the grass is greener on the other side" and more, but given the fact that this is MY home and if I feel that MY house is not in order I will certainly have to do some house-cleaning,Why should I burn the house down just to get rid of a few rats....No! I will try to "smoke-out" the rats only !

Without a doubt we have always lived in this peaceful country, but lately, say in the last 25 years or so, situations have taken a turn for the worst, with the influx of millions of foreign immigrants from starving and job scarce neighbouring countries who have been imported and accorded 1st. class citizenship( because of religion) so much so they have side-lined us (who's fore-fathers have "worked the land" here for more the turn of the century) to favor them where a problen was created in terms of favor for positions and classifications, bringing a new meaning to "neighbours" which soon became "them and us" in religious terms of a normally docile and peace-loving citizens of this country from the early 60's.

Lately never was there so much of hatred and suspicions created amongst us Malaysians (Malays, Chinese,Indians and an assortment of "others") based on religious views ( You'd get a clearer picture if you care to read my earlier postings)
With the "new" presence from the 70's onwards, these certain group of people started to demand their dominant rights and decided to brand us peace-loving citizens as 2nd and 3rd. class citizens not realising they were "newly arrived" immigrants mainly from Indonesia but of the same religion-muslims.

Don't get me wrong, NO, I have nothing against any religion as I grew up in a very mixed community and in fact I have many a damn good friends of all races and religions.
But it was our politicians who used these "race and religion cards" to their favor in return for votes from the millions of "new" immigrants to remain in power and wealth.
So now I would like to see a change in government. Is that wrong and not my right ?

I know what the BN government has NOT done for the past 50 years or so, but I would like to see what the other parties CAN do ! And if they screw-up big-time and behave worse then the current BN government, there's always another election to cast the vote the other way!
We have been always held at ransom by threats of "racial unrests" IF we voted against the current BN government...and this MUST stop UNLESS the BN government can deliver in all sincerity and equalness what they promise ( sort of "walk the talk" !)....I'm all for it ! Good governess, accountability, transparency and equality is all I ask for and that is my birth-right, no?
and btw I have travelled a fair bit around the world too to know where you're coming from.
Cheers !

nstman said...

I am a proud malaysian, but it pains me I am still a third class citizen. Even immigrants are given first class status. 1Malaysia? Humbug, bollocks, bullshit. Seig Heil.