hey, it’s already 2005. ya’ll having a good time last night? well, most people in kl especially the damn<\/u> teenagers schoolboys and schoolgirls don’t give a rat’s ass to what the pm said. after my peace moment of new year at a special place, friend of mine badly wanted to eat and perhaps see some ‘scenery’ if you know what i mean. so i said okay and let’s go to mamak stall. while we were out driving at jelatik, the road was kinda empty. wow, i thought all these people celebrate the new year in peace and silence in the comfort of their homes. haha, i was wrong. when i entered jalan ampang, there you go. traffic jam. all the way to jalan p. ramlee. not to mention the fucking<\/u> mat rempt along the way. of course, i easily got mad with this unnecassary trapped in traffic jam. we ended having supper at my favourite mamak restaurant at ampang point. a nice and quiet place. but one thing i notice that maybe will never change forever. the sarong part girls. i mean, what the fuck happen to this malaysians, especially the malay girls. maybe with ‘orang inggeris’ as their boyfriend, they think they will be popular, more hot (uwekkk!), or something. here’s an article i found at google. i fiddle with something and suddenly it appears. happy new year and enjoy…<\/p>\n
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From The Sunday Star
\n22nd July 2001<\/p>\n
Use the best of both worlds
\nOn The Beat With Wong Chun Wai <\/p>\n
DEVIL-worshipping may have become a trend among some young Malaysians
\nwho fancy black metal music but worshipping foreigners is certainly
\nmore prevalent. <\/p>\n
Take a walk along the trendy restaurants in Bangsar and Desa Sri
\nHartamas and you wonder why these young Malaysians are going out with
\nCaucausians who are old enough to be their fathers. <\/p>\n
It’s of course a blow to the ego and self-esteem of many Malaysian
\nmales. <\/p>\n
One possible explanation for the preference of these white men could
\nbe their bulging wallets or our Malaysian women’s misconception that
\nthese foreigners are more romantic, having watched too many Hollywood
\nmovies. <\/p>\n
But it is the preference for a foreigner, a somewhat novelty, in their
\narms that is the more the likely reason for the increasing number of
\n“sarong party girls.” <\/p>\n
Like satan-worshipping, it is a sign against local convention and
\nAsian traditional customs and religious rules. <\/p>\n
Local political satire Politik Kedai Kopi naughtily claims the
\npreference for a Caucasian male partner is particularly prevalent
\namong Malay women. <\/p>\n
It describes foreigner-worshipping as among the sins of the Malays
\nbesides being involved in poison-pen literature and get-rich-quick
\nschemes. <\/p>\n
But Malaysian men ought to share the blame too. After all, they are
\nunlikely to take these often well-endowed “sarong party girls” home to
\nintroduce to their mothers as prospective brides. <\/p>\n
My Malay colleagues also wonder why the more religious Malays prefer
\nto dress up like Arabs with serbans and long flowing robes. <\/p>\n
Beside Caucasians and Arabs, young Malaysians, particularly the
\nChinese, seem to imitate anything Japanese these days. <\/p>\n
I thought Malaysian youths only have black hair but these days, they
\ncome in red, brown, orange, red and even blond. <\/p>\n
It is terribly confusing for someone like me, who still thinks he is
\nliberal-minded at 40 and having grown up with Saturday Night Fever. I
\nam finding it hard to comprehend this fondness for multi-coloured
\nhair. <\/p>\n
Hong Kong used to be the benchmark of youngsters from Cheras and
\nKepong. No longer. <\/p>\n
When the Prime Minister initiated the Look East policy, where we were
\ntold to emulate the industriousness of the Japanese, he certainly did
\nnot have in mind Frankenstein-like platform shoes. <\/p>\n
My Indian colleagues are still trying to understand why their younger
\nbrethren within the community prefer to dress and talk like they have
\njust stepped out from a Bronx ghetto in New York although they are
\nfrom Brickfields and Sentul. <\/p>\n
With their clean-shaven heads and poor attempts to sound like a soul
\nbrother, one can sense the underlining admiration and adoration these
\nyoungsters have for American Blacks and their desire to hide their
\nIndian roots. <\/p>\n
It’s a crying shame because the Tamil culture is rich and is
\nrecognised for its intellectual history. <\/p>\n
But that has been sacrified for some mindless rap talk which is a pale
\nshadow of the Indian heritage. <\/p>\n
Tune into our radio stations and there is no shortage of disc jockeys
\nwho think and believe that speaking correct English means sounding
\nlike a white man or a black man. <\/p>\n
We laugh at our Malaysian-accent English but strangely, and without
\nthinking, we embrance the French and the Spaniards for their heavily
\naccented, even flawed English, with the misguided belief that they
\nsound romantic. <\/p>\n
And many of us think they really sound good simply because that has
\nbeen grounded into our minds by the media. <\/p>\n
Paris is perceived as a romantic city simply because that’s what the
\nmedia, especially the movies, say. <\/p>\n
Never mind the fact that Parisians are snooty, rude and refuse to
\nacknowledge English-speaking Malaysians struggling to buy a croissant,
\nwhich is tasteless compared to the local roti tissue. <\/p>\n
There’s no end to foreigner-worshipping, really. Many of our hotel
\nreceptionists and restaurant waitresses are guilty of giving
\npreference to foreigners, especially whites. <\/p>\n
I am sure many of us, at some point, have experienced the contempt of
\nsome hotel workers for locals. <\/p>\n
But thank God, our Culture, Arts and Tourism Ministry officials have
\nmore sense than our hospitality services workers. <\/p>\n
Malaysia is being aggressively promoted in India, China and West Asia
\nbecause tourists from these areas have a passion for shopping, which
\nis good for our economy. <\/p>\n
The older white tourists prefer to sit by the pool with a book, the
\nmiddle-aged prefer the sex industry in Phuket and Bangkok while the
\nyoung are backpackers with tight budgets. <\/p>\n
Having said that, Malaysians should be mindful of not enouraging
\nracism or xenophobia, the hatred for foreigners. <\/p>\n
It will be myopic for us to be inward looking. History is filled with
\nleaders who bring disasters to their country because of their narrow
\nnationalistic views. <\/p>\n
Malaysia needs to be wary of politicians who refuse to accept the
\nimportance of English or orthodox religious types who preach against
\nliberalism. Worse still, those who think circus acts are immoral. <\/p>\n
Let’s take the best of foreign values and assimilate them into our
\nlocal context. Not everything foreign is wrong and not everything
\nMalaysian is right either. <\/p>\n
Devil-worshipping or foreigner-worshipping aside, nothing will stop
\nmany of us from watching the Red Devils at work tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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