Someone Important

Last year,on my way back home,I had the opportunity to snap a picture of a foreigner/tourist reading a book. The scenario was usual,nothing unusual. But,the book he was reading really caught my eyes.

He was reading 'The Malay Dilemma',a book written by our beloved ex-Prime Minister,Tun Mahathir Mohamad. I wasn't sure if he's a foreign student at a local university or something,but this picture explains everything that we need to know regarding our leader. Today,the whole world knows who Tun Mahathir Mohamad is.

-I went home that day,with pride as a Malaysian-

Road To Success

Often,if I have to drive or I need to drive,I always find myself asking this never-ending question:"Why can't the roads or highways that we're using every single day of our lives,being built better than what they have to offer today?"

Try to take a look at the picture below. This picture was taken from the back seat of my car,during night time just across the Wangsa Walk Mall. This is one of the reason why our cars will start to create noises from within whenever you drive on roads all around the country. Not only it isn't smooth,it also looks kinda bad and without quality.

If we are really looking forward to achieve the status of 1st world country by 2020,the least we should do is to fix this problem. And again,attitude's the one that we should change. It seems like it's no big deal,but it is not unnoticeable either. Visiting many countries in the past 5 years did help me a lot to see how serious they are in portraying their image and standard to outsiders. People observe,and they judge. This is something the government,JKR to be specific,should bear in mind.

-It might have been easier for us to not to give a damn,but ignorance kills. Trust me-

Read (Part 2)

In my previous post,I did share something about the importance of reading. Yes,I still and will always encourage people around me to start reading if they haven't start yet,and continue reading if they've started. But this time,I am going to share a picture not of unrelated topic,but from a different angle.

This picture was taken when I was having my lunch on the day I came back from Tioman Island. The girl,a student of a local school was waiting for her brother to send her to school (evening session). While waiting,she took what I believe the entertainment section of the day's newspaper to read. I am not against her will to read,no. On the contrary,I respect her for having the willingness to do that. What I disagree is,the reading material that she chose to read. 

Once,I used to play or have a Tagged.com account. I often made new friends (most of them were girls) while I was active during that time. I did notice however,on their profile,when it comes to "Books",they'll simply put "No",or "Tak minat",or "Tak suke bace",etc. This did bother me,and it still is bothering me until today. The Malays are very famous with having no interest to read at all. And even if they do read,the kind of books/magazines that they choose to read is not helping to improve their knowledge,at all.

It is time to change this attitude. Even the first sentence being taught to our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W was "BACALAH". We should,as Muslims,try our best to follow what has been taught and delivered. And as Malays,I suggest we do postmortem as why are we still behind in everything we do,compared to other races in our very own country.

Clean,for God Sake!

Here's a question:Who doesn't like cleanliness? To a healthy-minded person,definitely the answer would be nobody. I would say yes to cleanliness too,because that's our nature. We like something clean,neat,and tidy. Even in Islam,we are taught to take care of cleanliness all the time. Kebersihan itu sebahagian daripada iman. We stick to this teaching,no matter what.

Unfortunately (as usual),on the day me and my family returned back to KL from Tioman Island,we waited for our bus at Perhentian Bas Mersing. Half an hour before we board,I went to the public toilet with my cousin,and that was when I encountered such disturbing view.

Malaysians,regardless race and ethnicity,do not like to flush the toilet,as far as public toilets are concerned. No matter which R&R,shopping mall or bus station I visited,there will always that one toilet that's left without being flushed. From these pictures,you'll notice that not only the shits are there,the wall,the floor and even the mirror are dirty. And surprisingly,you have to pay $30 cents per entry. The next question would be:Do the workers even clean the toilets,or do they just accept the money without having to work at all?

This matter is really,really important,as it involves the hygiene of the people using public toilet. Mersing bus station is quite an important public place as most tourists from all over the world will stop here (if they travel by bus) to get to Tioman Island. Not only this reflect our image,it also might caouse outsiders to think twice before they enter any other public toilet in Malaysia.

Flaw

We went to Tioman last weekend,for a vacation of course. From KL,we took the Transnasional Bus. The tickets were bought from Mara Bus Station at Keramat,not too far from my house. On  the day we're supposed to depart, we reached TBS(Terminal Bersepadu Selatan) an hour before our boarding time. To kill time,we hanged out at one restaurant,chatting and watching TV at the same time.

Once we've done with our lepak,when we're about to board,a problem arose. The tickets that we bought should be exchanged with TBS readable tickets at the counter. Well,that's something. I didn't know this. It's not too troublesome,no. But the fact that you have to wait for your turn even when you already have the valid tickets for boarding,well that's really pissing me off.

Despite its modern and welcoming look,still there are flaws with the system being implemented by the TBS. I really hope that people will be informed regarding exchange of tickets if you do not purchase them at TBS itself.

Hyundai and Proton Test Drive

Just last week,I followed my parents to the Hyundai and Proton showrooms,to test drive and have a closer look at two latest car that's been launched just this year; Hyundai Elantra and Proton Preve. Our intention was (and still is) to buy the Elantra model, but to make it fair,we visited Proton showroom as well,since they had just promoted Preve on television.

"Drive it to believe it",that's the motto of this newly launched our first locally produced GLOBAL CAR. Personally,I feel kinda proud with Malaysia. It's design,interior and exterior,features,etc. are so beyond expectation. I am not gonna explain what are the features that Preve has to offer. My point is simple-we have become a country that can be proud with our product,our car to be specific. Not only it is marketable and attractive, the price is also affordable.

Hyundai Elantra on the other hand,is elegant and has a very sophisticated look as we laid our eyes from outside the showroom. How it differs from Preve,that depends one's perspective. But to be honest,Proton is no longer lack of something to offer when it comes to compete with other car makers.

Despite my interest towards buying Elantra,I do hope that Proton will produce their prototype of Proton Lekir as fast as they could. Oh and by the way,this Preve is actually Proton Tuah,the prototype that they came out with few years back:)