FRUSTRATED READING YOUR NEWSPAPER ?
One day, I was browsing through local news headlines at my shop, my regular visitor came and ordered, " Uncle, don't read newspaper lah ! "
Thinking that he was just joking, I reacted, " Why, Singh ? "
" Are you feeling happy and in good mood each time after reading all the headlines ? Teoh Beng Hock's case, PKFZ, Cow Head protest, Perak State Assembly in which Speaker was carried out physically, Resignation of state assemblymen was declared null and void, Racism articles in local media, Robbery and snatch thief, Police actions, Cases investigate and not investigted by MACC and etc.. "
" No, people are so fed up with all cases happened around you. Why can't the authorities act fairly, swiftly and with impartiality ? " I admired that young man aged about 28 year-old was very concerned about our country's future. 
RACIAL ISSUE IN OUR NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY ?
One Chinese New Year in early severties, I visited my parents in Singapore. My youngest brother, a Singaporean was attending his national service came back to celebrate Chinese New Year with his friends. One of them was a Singaporean Malay.
When he was introduced to me as " Mr Ibrahim ", I said, "Hello, Mr Ibrahim, You are a Malay !" Being brought up in Malaysia, that was a normal comment without offending anybody.
I was wrong, shocked and felt a bit embarassed when he replied in serious tone, " No, I am not a Malay. I am a Singaporean. "
After that incident, I felt so proud of him to recognise himself as Singaporean. Back home, after almost 30 years, we still called ourselves as Malaysian Chinese, Malay, or Malaysian Indian. Very disappointed and frustrated indeed.
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AGREE!!! Used to live in neighboring country for close to a 2 decades, never have i experience this racial issue! now that i'm back for almost 6 yrs and am still trying to adjust this "race" culture. Hubby being a foreigner always have the tendency to ask me : "why is that of Bumiputra and non-bumiputra?" when we're in Bank, government office etc and he has never been satisfied with the answer given and still he'll response with the same question everytime, "are u not Malaysian?"..........how else can i answer him? 1 Malaysia???? u mean 2 Malaysia?? the Bumiputra and the non bumiputra, this makes TWO!!!
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