but it is no laughing matter when we cannot question a constitution that was created in the late 1950s – blatant in placing malays and sabah/sarawakian natives in a special position, which based on today’s standards, smacks of discrimination. i am all for helping a fellow malaysian with no regards to race or religion, but what i don’t get is the denial of opportunities in work, loans and education just because i do not fall under the “special” category. yet, when singapore was making a huge hoo-ha over the water pricing, malaysia told them to stop living in the past and move forward to the future.

wait, say WHAT?

our blessed leaders claim to desire advancements – selective distortion, no? how can we say we ask to move forward when we still treat other races as 2nd class? oh, no such thing as 2nd class? then why are we told to leave malaysia for china, india, etc.? are we not worthy of carrying the malaysian nationality simply because we are dissatisfied with certain issues? or ungrateful? we have been here for the last 2-3 generations and still, we are made to feel that since we have not been here longer, we have less right to speak up about this. 2ND CLASS, i say.

we are a democracy. at least, i think we are. practice what we preach.

* to tergelak sebentar: thank you for trying to understand why other races have felt marginalised, whether or not it is an undisputed fact. i only wish more people were like you:)

* pinkpau: love your blog. any tips for setting up one of my own? i have too many rants and pet peeves to vent about. much appreciated:)

it’s the first day of university for the 5,000 students seated in the hall. the vice chancellor gets up to make a speech. and the first words out of his mouth are about how lucky we are that they the government created this akta which allows, nay, INSISTS that admission into public university (which is run by tax payers’ money – OF ALL RACES) is decided based on race and NOT MERIT. also, he says, we should be grateful for the same akta as we wouldn’t have vice chancellors of a specific race as before the akta it was based on merit and therefore it was unfair. so he told us – be grateful for we live in a fair country.

and you know what? of the 5,000 students seated there 4,999 took no offense with that *bleep*ing speech.

HUH?!?!?!?!?!

that is antipathy for you. or maybe they just weren’t paying attention (i hope). or maybe they agreed with the jack***. shouldn’t alarm bells be going off when some “yang berhormat yada-yada” can admit the wrongful manipulations of our ruling government in front of thousands. not only admit but brag about it and admonishing the audience to “bersyukur”.

this brings to mind something i read about islam. one of their principles states that we should have “the right person for the right job”. clearly this is being violated.

i say, where is fariness? where is equality? where is common shame, at least? to brag about how you stole the job you have from some deserving person. i am finally speechless.