Fresh grads, please think strategically
YOURSAY ‘At the end of the day no one owes us anything. We must be ourselves.’
For fresh grads, making do is all there is
Apa nama: Dear Young Malaysians, the simple rule is please be yourself and live for yourself. Do not live for other people. And do not compare.
Yes, sometime face is important but at the end of the day we may need to face reality. A lot of things should be cut down. Do and buy what is necessary.Man or woman, learn to cook. It is clean and healthy. At the end of the day no one owes us anything. We must be ourselves.
Anonymous #02382443: The "bare necessities of life" is Yogi bear's famous saying, followed by "Don't know where my next meal is coming from?” Just watch your children's cartoons and we all won't feel half as bad. As least kangkung is freely available...
Shown: “The only thing we can do is to adjust our spending patterns,” she added philosophically. Can't young people think, and think a bit more strategically?
N H Gong: I see many people with lots of money in shopping complexes and classy restaurants. So many overpriced cars are selling like hot cakes. You can hear the car engines running for hours in parked cars because people love the air-conditioning. Petrol is still too cheap - it's RM4 in Cambodia /Vietnam /Laos.
Yes, change your own lifestyle. Indonesians and Bangladeshis flock to Malaysia happy to earn just RM600 per month - learn from them, okay? You can shout for help and BRIM will come.
SS Dhaliwal: We have to bite the bullet for another four years until the next election and hope that those idiots who voted for BN wise up and that those in power may have a conscience and not infiltrate more Bangladeshis into our already tainted electoral roll.
The key is Sabah and Sarawak as always, and hopefully they will rise up against the evil ways of Umno.
By then I would have returned to the US or Australia where I have a green card and permanent residency respectively. I would prefer to remain here but I loathe stupidity.
DarthVader: Quite subjective, they shouldn't be questioning fresh grads as their purchasing power won't be high. But I do agree that cost of living has gone up. Why not question those in the middle income bracket and slightly higher income bracket?
Clever voter: While we agree that income level have fallen behind that of productivity gains, we need to recognise we are no longer competitive in the knowledge space, let alone creative areas.
We are caught in a middle income trap where employers prefer to hire cheaper foreign labour, and local resources are squeezed in between. The only way is to demonstrate the difference is in output, and this is where they struggle.
Anonymous_4144: We should all listen to PM's advice. Plant kangkung in your backyard and if you don't have a backyard, get a pot. That way, you save money on breakfast, lunch and dinner. I'm serious.
Avatar_2397: Easy solution - become a BN politician, marry one, or get adopted by one.
Fair Play: High income (minimum RM40k a year) by 2020? And these are graduates with at least a diploma or degree. Dream on.
Onyourtoes: You know what, if you fellows are really hard pressed, I suggest you change your smartphones less often, and talk less over the phone. Please get your life organised rather than making 20 phone calls and counter calls just to make a simple decision like where to meet and what to eat.
Buy and do all the things you need in one trip. Drink water boiled from home, instead of buying those drinks at shops. They cost a lot and are not healthy anyway.
Make your own breakfast and pack your lunch if you can. Don’t crave over branded stuff and don’t crave over celebrities and spend money on them.
Colour your hair less, indulge less in fanciful dresses and shoes, use less make-up and don’t spend money on tattoos and putting up those stupid rings all over your bodies. No one look at them, frankly. Don’t you think I gave better advice than PM’s kangkung?
Najib's brother recalls dad's frugal ways
REAL TRUTH: Nazir Razak, during your father's era, many of us worked to survive, but now people have tasted luxury and want to rich and famous, nothing wrong in that, but at the rakyat's expense. The world has lost its moral bearings and leaders want to be leaders to swindle the rakyat’s and nation’s money.
Kawak: We can only talk about the good old days of the former Alliance ministers like Abdul Razak Hussein, Tan Siew Sin and the like who were careful with public funds. Over the last 30 years or so Umno/BN politicians have plundering the national coffers.
Sleepy: Nazir, you are telling us what we already know. Are we suppose to accept his (PM's) shortcomings? No way, we are talking about country issues, not family issues.
Onyourtoes: It is probably very meaningful for you to indulge in reminiscence of your beloved father. For many of us, we were not exactly sure. Some of us may even wonder the malaise we face today could have started during your father’s era - the tribal mentality to rule forever and never to surrender power come what may.
Let not indulge ourselves in fake orgasms; democracy in this country was allowed to work only when the ruling elites think they can win the election.
We talk about the noble ideals of the New Economic Policy (NEP), Rukunegara, a democratic society and Vision 2020 but in the end what we have is a divided nation where the rakyat do not feel the commonality of their allegiance and citizenship to this nation.
Think deep, Nazir Abdul Razak, the Malays today are fighting to be Malays first and foremost in Malaysia while the non-Malays are fighting to cling on to being Malaysians. Between the two, you know which one is unreasonable and extreme.
Straight-talk: Dear CEO Nazir of CIMB, ranting quotations of wisdom of your father - the second prime minister of Malaysia, please uphold the thrifty qualities of your late father in running CIMB, so as not to bankrupt the nation, like the current PM of Malaysia is doing - spending rakyat's money like his own.
Not Confused: It’s a pity that the PM, his son, doesn't emulate his father. In contrast, Najib Abdul Razak jets around the world making inane speeches to people he thinks admire him (in fact they are laughing behind their hands), and spending lavishly on hotel accommodation and shopping jaunts, most probably all at public expense. How times have changed for the worse!
Tan Kim Keong: If only his elder brother can humble himself and emulate his younger brother. And this younger brother should pull his elder brother by the nose toward the ideas of servanthood and inclusiveness.
Kubang: Unfortunately for his older brother, the apple has fallen far from the tree.
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