Wah reminds me of that time I met Nur Fazura and went “eh you’re one of the girls in Gol Dan Gincu right? I don’t remember which one…”

Nur Fazura FTW!

anyhoos, keep it up! i would love to see more thought provocating views like yours! :)

I like this post, its mind refreshing, bold and true in its meaning. I come from a mix parentage of Malay and Chinese and being only in my mid 20s, I’ve seen things good and bad from both sides of the world, i guess. I am borned as a muslim and raised as one. My friends comes fro both sides right upto now.

When reading the post, most of the things mentioned in there I have experienced and it frustrates me most. I just want to add in may be one or two more of my experience regarding this. My father is a converted chinese freethinker. I still do remember as little boy, a friend of his (a malay muslim) we met in town during the holy month of Ramadan invited him for a drink at the coffee shop just as to cover him up if he ever was going to be nabbed by the JAIS. but no, showing me the good way of a muslim, he declined politely. this occured as well in the office (dad mentinoed it to me), when a group of ladies, unable to perform their fast as they were having period, asked my dad for help to buy food for them from outside just to cover up their act. again he declined. another embarassing thing that happened was that when we were out to the ramadan bazaar , a friend of his from the department (much younger than him i gueass at that time) exclaimed loudly, “you puasakah? eh betulkah?” and seemed unbelievable to his ears again he asked.come on, maybe he tamat many times more than you! I mean what is this?! should they all be an example and to give encouragement to their new mualaf brother? hmm, may be i am out of topic here a little bit.

I have noticed somethings when i go to a bank. i dun know whether it only has been only happening to me. I must say here before i go on, i am not being racialist. I love to go to the counter with a chinese operating the counter. may be, in most, if not all gov agencies, you’ll see this trend. the chinese talk less and concentrate on whatever they re doing. efficient, and we can get to settle what ever we are doing and out of the bank in no time. while if the person incharge is a malay, bad luck, youll be somehow delayed. they will gossip (sometimes loudly!) with their malay friends at the next counter, if the tv is on which is meant for the waiting customers, their eyes would occasiaonally be distracted from the job to watch whatever is going on on tv, esp if AF, siti nuhaliza etc, so what! just get the job done and we out of here!! Sometimes you just cant stand the gossip they are talking (loud remember), too degrading and too embarassing to one’s ears. the only time they’ll do better would be when they are flanked by 2 chinese workers. no doubt i do agree some malay workers are excellent and not easily distracted.

on time punctuality, huh, malays are amongst the worst. That’s why during my uni days, i prefer to find a group with less bumis when we are supposed to submit a group project. if there are bumis in there, i’ll have to be picky. i have had enough of this in my matriculation and secondary school years, don we just love to burn our midnight oil, thanks to some uncooperative members.all bores down to the rilek dulu, hisap gum attitude, my foot! the bumis just need to be pushed and pushed to get their job done.sometimes they might get the wrong idea and starts shunning away from us. in the end, they still get the good result by just hanging around what? sending the report to the binding shop? while the other more deserving members break their back to get things done…. nicely. There is no need to complaint to anyone.it just raises your blood pressure. you tell them nicely and what do you get? same as those noted by the respective blogger…

ah what the heck, thats just some of my sharing. I mean not all malays are no good,i have great ones too. each and every race has its own weaknesses. (hasnt God tells us to belajar dari kaum terdahulu no? or if we wnat to improve ourselves that particular kaum will have to improve themselves first? look it as half glass full. i learned to take the good points from all the people around the world

Silencers: I’m ashamed to admit that my tardiness is quite,… problematic, lol. But yeah, many Malays fail to realise their flaws and improve on them. It takes quite a bit of courage for you to accept your mistakes, and a lot of people just happen to lack it.

Silencers: Wooo… takutnya.

Silencers: Sure thing, it would be my honor :)