First of all thank you so much, ‘British Expat’, for pointing out those problems which are happening in our country, we certainly doesn’t need another person to tell us what Malaysia is heading to because we're well aware with the problems that you had stated in a very well-mannered kind of complaint letter.
I am a Malaysian residing in Malaysia for the last 20-over odd years and never been so proud to live in my own country. In fact we do agree with most of the points that you had mentioned but I’m more concerned about the way that you had brought it out which is negative, so to speak. Aren’t we suppose to encourage one another and not pulling each other down? Will your letter bring any enlightenment to us? Yes, in fact, hell yes, you bet!
I believe that no nation can be established in one day, so to say that we Malaysia actually share the same government structures (constitutional monarchy) and having the same ideology (democracy) with the UK. We have a government coalition that currently governing us now and the opposition voicing their concern and so on, but I'm not here to tell you all of these. You can always google or wiki yourself, will you?
Nevertheless, unlike what you had claimed that Malaysians have no clue of what they want, we actually do know what we want. We had long wanted a good governance of our country resources and policies that benefits all Malaysian, not a government that suppressing their own people at the end of the day. We wanted equality in economic opportunities while fighting away corruptions, racisms and religious extremism at the same time.
Will it be too much to ask for a peaceful equal opportunity for every Malaysians?
We might not collectively agree to the same name about who will replace our dearest PM but at least we’re progressing forward to have a fair and clean election to find us our own capable leader to lead us, be it a Malay or Chinese or Indian or bumi, but it has been rendered impossible with the current corrupted-to-the-core government. We don’t look for plan B because it is not necessary, we Malaysians are plan A and it will work out in due time and we have faith in that.
Just like you, who didn’t trust your own tabloids and news, and so we’re doing the same. We also don’t trust our own news and tabloids either. I don’t think you have the slightest capacity to criticise us in regards to this then why the fuss about it? Why judge us when you yourself had been critical over your own country’s news and media? The log in your own eyes is always larger than the speck in another person’s eyes.
With regard to your claim that Malaysians are world champion keyboard warriors, maybe you should look back to your own countrymen, where they’re no different than us. We did know that your own citizens having street demonstrations, too, in your own country, some are violent, others are useless, etc. At the end of the day, aren’t we sharing the same ideology?
Everyone has freedom of speech, you and I also have it, but it is not the things that you eat that defile your body but rather the words that come from your own mouth.
Life has to go on
We don’t deny that some of us are keyboard warriors, typing all day long, looking at people’s comments and giving reply upon reply and mostly don’t even hit the point at all. They’re known as Umno cybetroopers and the rest are freelance baseless, otak-less (brainless) homey computer keyboardist which only know how to complain and complain endlessly. Forget about them, life has to go on, will you?
That doesn’t mean that I’m condoning their selfish comments but we Malaysians find it very amusing sometimes albeit super funny that we take it as the joke of the day. I feel so sorry that you had taken it so personally about it, oh dear, mind me.
You talk about half the KL city skyrise buildings being owned by Arabs but we Malaysians did wonder so much about whether the city of London belongs to someone else rather than the Brits themselves? And so what? Isn’t it foreign investments all about?
Mahathir Mohamad is way more ahead than you can ever imagine, every country had its own ups and downs but we do respect our leaders when they're bringing good changes upon the country. He might not necessarily be a good leader but he is a visionary leader. You might not even have had a chance to step into this country if it was not for him effortlessly putting Malaysia’s name onto the world map.
Your ancestors even looked highly upon us once upon a time where you had to trade with us during your so called imperialism era. You never studied history, didn’t you? I bet that you don’t even know that Malaysia is one of the members of the Commonwealth. If Malaysia is not important, why you even bother to left your footstep here in Malaysia for two long years together with your internationally acclaimed biotech company?
I’m glad that you had declined your stay in Malaysia because we feared that our shallow-mindedness might not be able to cope up with a narrow-mindedness you which had just tainted your own country in front of all Malaysians. The UK is a nice country, I still wish to visit it one day but as a tourist rather than an expat. Lastly, I would like to emphasise that Malaysia is not destined for doom but is destined to grow and becoming a better nation for His purposes.
This open letter is from a Malaysian that wish to introduce himself as a Malaysian wherever he goes. He speaks simple English with a distinctive Malaysian accent and terminology.
