Day +105

I am fine today.

The towing truck driver who towed my car to Puchong on Sunday is a young Malay guy. I followed the truck to come back to Puchong. The driver talked a lot on the way.

At one point of his talking, he said that he could not see any future for himself. I responded to him that with those “hak istimewa Melayu” (Malay Special Rights), he should have a bright future. He said those “hak istimewa Melayu” is “politicians talk”, he benefits nothing from it. He told me his understanding of the special rights should be in the form of reduced school fees for his children, half toll fee, half price of sugar and other stuffs. “As a Chinese, what kind of special rights do you see I received from Government?” he asked. What he said is quite true. A few rich one “hijacked” much of the goodies to make them richer, and many poor one remains poor. So the New Economy Policy becomes a tool for the rich one to marginalize the poor one, and then blame other races of marginalizing them :-( After enjoying the goodies, their appetite increased and wanted more, from 30% to 60% of equity.

Our prime minister promised that he would listen to the truth from the people, but when someone spoke the truth, he quickly dismissed it as “irresponsible”.

The truck driver told me that he is extremely “kecewa” (disappointed) with the Government just before he shake hand and said goodbye to me. I am also extremely “kecewa” to accept the empty promise given by the government to implement a “clean, incorruptible, trustworthy, accountable, just, efficient, competent, people-oriented administration prepared to listen to the truth from the people”.

Many of us feel “kecewa” and helpless with this situation. Who know a transplant will fix the problem?

See you next post :-)