Pak Mael

Two weeks ago I drove from KL to Batu Pahat to attend a wedding. I made several stops at R&Rs to buy myself some of those magical and fascinating highway transit food: Maggie's Mashed Potato. How can 150 grams of brown liquid transformed into a cup of delicious mashed potato in a matter of seconds? Spare me the science, I still think it's freakin' magical.
While I was dipping my plastic spoon into the cup of processed potato goodness, I overheard a loud conversation next to me. There were 4 pakciks conversing animatedly like a bunch of old friends. Being the penyibuk that I am, I sat nearer to the table to capture the gist of the conversation.
"Kita bukan apa Samad! Cumanya, orang cina ni dah memang melampau. Kau tahu tak, 80% ekonomi kita dihambat dek cina. Ni ha sekarang ni, si Najib nak tukar DEB, tak ke semakin tertindas orang melayu?"
"Aku tahuuuu. Aku tahu kau suka sangat dengan PKR kau tu tapi kau pun sama, DAP tu pun tujuannya nak menghancurkan orang melayu. Nasib DAP dapat Pulau Pinang je. Kalau Perak masih bawah DAP, kena buang negara Sultan aku rasa macam PAP buat dekat Singapura dulu. Entah mana dah Sultan Singapura tu merempat."
"Kau kena ingat, kita kena bangun lawan kuasa cina sebelum jadi parah orang melayu kita. Kau tengok jelah kita, dah pencen tapi duit pencen seciput aje. Orang cina hah, naik BM, naik Merc. Kita kena bangun! Kita kena lawan!"
"Kau nak kita buat apa ni Mael?" Samad chuckled after seeing Mael's animated expression. "Semangat je nak perjuangkan hak melayu."
"Ha, ni produk kesihatan baru. 100% melayu! Kita buat, kita jual, kita...."
Ceh. Pujuk orang join MLM rupanya. Hampeh punya Pak Mael.
It's funny how malays feel soooo threatened by the chinese. I mean, the chinese contributes a huge bulk in our income tax that fuels this country. In a way, the chinese are supporting their underperforming malay friends. So why should Pak Mael use issues like chinese economy superiority to influence Pak Samad to join a MLM?
He could've just said that the MLM will make him a millionaire in a year to entice Pak Samad. You know how malays react when words like Jutawan, Mudah and Cepat is combined to form a proposition... Mata bersinar-sinar, punggung gatal dan perasaan excited nak bagitahu bini.
The way I see it, malays whine far too much. If they want to gain control of the economy so bad, they should make it a point and start by learning a thing or two about basic finance. We can't expect bigots like Ibrahim Ali to demand control just because we're malays, the rightful 'owners' of this land. You think the chinese will be like "Owh ya, you ARE the rightful owners of this land. Therefore I will surrender my factories, shops and lands to you, the rightful owners of this land. Goodbye and farewell, rightful owners of this land!"
I think we have better luck with 'halal' 4D sms services advertised in Metro newspaper than to expect chinese folks to move back to China and leave all their accumulated wealth here. You know we could just work harder and be smarter to get rich. That, or we could always join Luxor.

9 comments:

/kisa said...

Feeling like the foreigner that I am, I think it all comes back to the typical Malay lazyness and stuborness to change for the better good and their unrelenting behavior of pointing fingers when all go sour.

At the least, I think we should praise all the chinese for even being able to take control of the economy when they were actually first brought in as workers to boost the english industrial revolution. Huza!

yuking said...

My uncle left Malaysia in the 1970s. He graduated from MIT and did his PhD in Yale on computer science. I dare say, that was when computer science era just starting.

He was a very patriotic man, a scout graduated from Royal Military College. He came back to Malaysia after his PhD to serve this country. Looked for a job in University Malaya. They told him point blank, we have openings, but it is only for bumi.

He left for greener pastures in United States. Has been a US citizen for a few decades now. He has contributed widely to the field of computer science and is still doing so.

He never forgave Malaysia for turning their backs to him. And I guess he never will.

ruyom said...

Then let me re-quote Lee Kuan Yew:

Singaporean politician Lee Kuan Yew of the PAP, who publicly questioned the need for Article 153 in parliament, and called for a "Malaysian Malaysia".

In a speech, Lee Kuan Yew bemoaned what would later be described as the Malaysia social contract:

"According to history, malays began to migrate to Malaysia in noticeable numbers only about 700 years ago. Of the 39% malays in Malaysia today, about one-third are comparatively new immigrants like the secretary-general of Umno, Dato Syed Jaafar, who came to Malaya from Indonesia just before the war at the age of more than thirty. Therefore it is wrong and illogical for a particular racial group to think that they are more justified to be called Malaysians and that the others can become Malaysians only through their favour."

Eventually, and Singapore became an independent nation in 1965, with Lee Kuan Yew as its first prime minister.

Hon said...

I for another have given up on Malaysia as well. Born and raised but discriminated against in my own native soil. I now pledge loyalty to Australia where I am treated fair and equal.

I had not forgotten my grassroots but what is the point remembering it! All that I ask is equal rights and opportunities being a citizen but as a racist government, it is therefore impossible. Oh well……….Malaysia's loss is Australia's gain.

It is still pretty interesting to frequent the current affairs going on in Malaysia. It is as though one is reading the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Miss Aida said...

The NEP is always going to be something controversial - I believe it was something needed at the time, and although discriminatory, it was a form of positive discrimination.

I think the problem lies within the fact that it was never reformed, and everything has an expiry date, and there is a need to review the NEP.

The point was to close economic disparity between the Bumi's and non-Bumi's, and yes, the difference between the extremely poor and the rich have decreased, but there is still a lot of poverty in Malaysia, and the NEP needs to tackle those Bumi's, and not provide loopholes for well-to-do Bumi's to take advantage of.

Afwanker said...

Hehe you sure are suitable as a chinese kuli Afiq.

The Chinese came here as kulis and endup as owner of the largest gambling casino in Malaysia like goh tong.

The Malay government pay billions in sugar subsidy owned by Kuok the richest Chinese in SEA.

The finance minister gave out 84 special draws worth billion to Vincent Tan.

And you know what that Mahathir said. We must be thankful to the Chinese. When China become prosperous they will leave and go back to China.

Haha biggest joke. So vote for me said Mahathir.

The last place Chinese would go back to is communist China. There they share poverty. No Lim Goh Tong, no Vincent Tan no Kuok.

Or monopoli Astro license or monopoly sand stealing..guess who the party that is selling sand to the chinese singaporean.

Here in Malaysia they bribe the Malay leaders into giving them 4D licenses. They bribe the traffic police.

With their bribe culture the american called the Chinese the largest threat.

And these Malay leaders are wankers like you Afiq. or secret gay like AI...haha..

Gliee said...

The Chinese is a race with no religion. They ancestor worship. They bribe as part of their culture in eunuch dynasty.

If the Malay leaders dont know how to control these babarians they will lose their country.

They want their own Chinese school. They want mandarin on road signs They want their children to speak chinese.
The Chinese are the dirtiest people the most corrupters. They spit everywhere and cough out their spitum without so much as an excuse me anywhere.

Giving bribe is their way of life.
But they want Malaysian citizenship. No wonder Malays call Tunku a traitor when he gave them citizenship.

The Chinese communists wanted to make Malaysia a chinese colony like Macau or Singapore.

So watch out Afiq. They will be after your arse. Oops I get it. That is why you love them haha..Just like that guy Yasmin Ahmad her "husband" is chinese too..

Adan.DaQuaint.Devil said...

The most brainless are those who go leaving insensitive comments on people's blog.

Guys, mind your language, mind your words.

Sigh... A nice post from Afiq has turned to be somewhat controversial when it is interpreted by oft brainless people.

his story said...

The way I see it, malays whine far too much. If they want to gain control of the economy so bad, they should make it a point and start by learning a thing or two about basic finance. We can't expect bigots like Ibrahim Ali to demand control just because we're malays, the rightful 'owners' of this land. You think the chinese will be like "Owh ya, you ARE the rightful owners of this land. Therefore I will surrender my factories, shops and lands to you, the rightful owners of this land. Goodbye and farewell, rightful owners of this land!"

Guess you havent heard of the Emergency. The Chinese wanted to take control of Malaya and they killed the Malays civil servants who they thought colloborated with the Japanese. The Malays fought and killed the Chinese and Malaysia was born.

Have you heard of May 13? Tarikh Kebangkitan Melayu?
Tunku was in dreamland. The Chinese controlled the economy. The Malays bangkit and forced the formation of NeP.

The NEP was not given by the Chinese indeed. They fear the wrath of the Malays just as what happen in Indonesia where thousands of Chinese were killed. Now Chinese speak B Indonesia proudly.

Therefore, the Malays celebrated May 13 as tarikh kemerdekaan dan kebangkitan sebenar.

Ibrahim Ali is just in the right place at the right time. PERKASA is required to bring traitorous Malays to a Malay Tribunal for causing losses in PNB company like Sime Darby 4 billion, Maybank paid 8 billion to Chinese Singapore, POS Malaysia give back 1 billion to Khairi and gang, Nor Yakub give 1 billion LHDN data entry project to Kalimullah, 84 special draw gambling just for MCA and Vincent Tan, World cup gambling for Vincent
Tan , PKFZ billion to MCA, IPP to YTL GENTING etc and squeeze the people with high tariff.