The essence of being Malaysia...

If you looked like any one of these women,


chances are, Malaysia will forgive you for not being able to speak English.

Did anyone hear Amber Chia's ad on the radio?
It went something like this..

"Thris Mothrer's Day..have thre couragre to sray "Mamar, you'rrre the besrt"

The woman cannot speak English. The woman is pretty it is understood. But WHY WHY WHY put her on radio to speak English?

Isnt it time the Malaysian government make it a point to TEACH them English( because eventhough Bahasa Malaysia is the national language, the rest of the world probably cannot understand it) BEFORE they are allowed to go speak to the world as Malaysia's representative?

And can anyone forget how utterly horrendous Ziana Zain sounded on MTV during the MTV Music Awards? She read off a card yet she sounded like she was forced to read in a foreign language. (wait, it IS foreign to her) Dont even get me started on Ella.

I cringe when I think how Amber must have sounded when she spoke to the Guess people during her stint as their spokesperson.

"Herro, I am Amber Chia. I am so harrpy to bre herrre. I am grad you chose mer to represrent Guess. I hope to dro my brest!"

And then she would have to flash the peace sign.(Chinese mah)

You'd think that with all the money that they have, they would at least go attend some english classes...

sigh.

Then again, I suppose Malaysia has no problems with language and how it reflects on us.After all, our reigning Miss Malaysia who was brought up in Australia and never stayed in Malaysia for 3/4 of her life, speaks with a foreign accent. I mean, they introduce her as Miss Malaysia and she goes up on stage and speaks with an Australian accent. Like WTF? She was not even raised here!Being born in Malaysia does not make one Malaysian.

Then again, judging from the current state of things, and what is being said in Parliament and what principles are used to implement the 9MP, being a non-Muslim, you're probably not considered a Malaysian either. Remember,our MP said:

"if you have problems with Islam and how its being implemented here, you can always get out.."

Why are we a third world country you say?

the skinny truth

I have a friend is college who was so obsessed with being skinny, she ate nothing, drank only black coffee and smoked a lot. She had "discovered" that if one were to eat roti canai and down it with coffee, the dough will expand and keep her full the whole day. I wondered whether many women in Malaysia suffer like her.

I myself have to admit the pressure to be slim is always there. We are bombarded with images everyday to tell us to slim down, to diet and how good a celebrity looks with her slimmed down physique.

But how skinny is too skinny?



Is this too skinny?
Not so for the models. They still get hired. They are still sent down the runway with their designerwear.

Recently it was reported that an association in Brazil has decided to stop using models who are too skinny and concentrate on those who are healthy looking in order to send out the message that thin is well, not in.

But will that materialise?

I am afraid it will never happen. What is worrying is that every Malaysian probably knows at least ONE person in their circle of friends or acquiantance who is suffering from being obsessed with their weight.

I didnt know how to help my friend.Of course I can draw the line between being fit and healthy and thin and sickly. But how do you tell a person to identify the problem when they refuse to see it?
I am no longer in contact with that friend now. But I hope she no longer suffers from this obsession.

I really hope that I will not wake up one day and realise that everybody aspires to be like this:





Its scary. And I hope I never get infected.

the unexplainable

I was just looking through the Malaysian Female and Marie Claire mags the other day in MyNews.com. I tend to do that. I actually stand at the magazine shop with no intention of buying anything and browse through all the magazines there.Am I being a cheapo?I guess I am. I mean, why buy when you can read it for free?Thats the Malaysian in me talking there...

Anyways, what I dont understand from these magazines are all the items they feature in them. Shoes that costs RM5K, bags that go up to about RM10K, clothes around the same price tag.
Firstly, do the women who buy these magazines actually buy these items? What does the average woman in Malaysia earn? (Paula Malai Ali and her "We have loose change to get one of them Jimmy Choos" on Oprah was not only a misrepresentation but pure BS.LIke HELLO?She's not even Malaysian?)

Would it be too hard for the magazines to say feature things that we can actually go out and buy?Without having to say, rob a bank on the way just to be able to afford it?

And what about the women they feature in it? With their fashion advice which is always the same- "you dont need expensive clothes to look good. You must be confident!If you are confident, you will be beautiful!" And then you turn to the next page and they show you what is in their wardrobe- their Chanel shoes, LV bags, Gucci glasses.AND they expect us to go HELL YEAH!We dont need those expensive stuff to look good!And then we rush out to the nearest FOS and buy all the clothes there?

Why dont they feature the average Malaysian who earns RM2-3K a month? Those I-have-too-much-money celebrities and models featured in the magazines are getting to me. DAMMIT!We know you have money and stop all that crap about confidence being all we need. Cos you're already beautiful and rich.
Bitches.

What I find most amusing is this. Marie Claire has a lot of feature articles. About the poor and the abused. The tribes we have forgotten somewhere in the jungle. The women who have been smuggled in to the country for prostitution. AND on the next page, you have...drum roll please..LUXURY ITEMS! Things that cost thousands and thousands of RM. Ok, does anyone else see how ridiculous it is?

Hey, has anyone thought maybe, the celebrities that are featured in the magazines would like to give up some of their luxury and donate it to the poor? How come I dont see articles about these celebrities with their expensive things giving money to these charities?

Hey Marie Claire, maybe you could get them to donate their expensive clothes to the poor? Maybe if they spend a fraction less from their monthly shopping, they could give to those who need it? How about it?
Maybe you should just format ur magazine so that it will make sense.

I read in the newspaper today about the HSBC "BE A MILLIONAIRE" contest. According to the article, 30% of Malaysians actually said that they will give away half if not more of that 1 million if they were to own it. It got me thinking.
Firstly, I think most of them are liars. Well, if they are not liars, they are what I call the "half-truthers". GIVE away the 1 million? or RM500K?To the poor or the less fortunate? Before I go any further, spare me a minute. I need to throw my head back and laugh out real loud.

These so called people remind me of the beauty pageant contestants who want world peace and a protected environment. How are they similar? Well, they are mere words. These people dont give the money away when they have it. These beauty queens dont go around doing charity when they win the title (unless they're obligated to). As far as I know, I dont remember seeing any of our Ms. Malaysia do any of the charity or donating their wins to charity. (Oh wait, I must give credit to our Ipoh lass Ms. Anabelle Kong who did donate RM15K to various schools in Ipoh. She did good.) When those won have won the money or the beauty pageants are featured in the newspapers, I dont hear them say "OH!I am donating so much and so much to this and that charity. In addition, I have also decided to help out in this and that charity!" Instead they pose in couture gowns worth thousands and thousands of dollars, or attend big galas and premieres in their expensive clothes and jewellery. As for those who win loads of money, they probably move to another country or are suddenly unheard of again.
So giving money to the poor and undepriviliged?What a load of BS.

I think its one of those "If only" syndrome. "If only I had RM 1 million, then I can donate it to charity. If only I had more money, then I can help out in that orphanage, If only I didnt have to work 50 hours a week then I can help those underprivileged kids..oh..If only!

If I had the RM1 million, this is what I will do with it.
Stash RM500K in the bank to earn interest.
Give my family RM300K.
Spend RM200K to buy a house for my family to live in.
And perhaps, start giving money to those people who come around and insist that we buy useless gadgets which costs RM10 to help the poor/underpriviliged.(These people are dogdy)

Ok, before you all think I am heartless, I do give to the poor and disabled. I might not give much but I still do. If I see a blind man selling tissues for 50 sens a packet, I give him a dollar and take only one. If I see a blind man selling calenders, I give him RM2 instead of RM1. But will I give out RM500K to them?Nope.
I need the money too.

Hey, at least I am honest.

to tudung or not to tudung,what was the question?

Unless you have been avoiding the newspapers and the TV like a plague, you would have noticed that there is a big discussion on whether the non-Muslims in the police force should wear the tudung during official functions. Many have called this "ruling" as imposing Islam upon the non-Muslims and the Muslims have said its just part and parcel of the official function and its for uniformity and it has nothing to do with religion.

Before I go further, I will have to share my personal experience of being in a residential college which did not indicate in anyway whatsoever in their prospectus and brochures that it was a fully residential-Muslim college. Anyhow, I somehow found myself in there for a year and a half and came to realise that the dress code and all other rules were governed by Islam. They didnt go that far as to make Non-Muslims wear the tudung but they did make us wear the baju kebaya or kebarung for official functions. No other national customes were allowed.

Living up to their Muslim reputation, a group of scholars (made up mostly of guys) held a big gathering in the Mosque at the college premises and demanded that a certain sponsor gave the right to their scholars to don the tudung. These scholars under this scholarship did not want to wear the tudung. After all it was easy, if you want to be under this scholarship, then you should not be wearing the tudung. If you want to, then well, you will have to take it off (if u were wearing one prior to being offered the scholarship). I mean there are MANY other scholarships for the Muslim community. You dont have to choose this particular one. I digress. So, these guys were riling up the crowd and saying that they will abandon their scholarships just to fight for the rights of these girls to wear the tudung.

Of course us Non Muslims were not allowed into this gathering but a friend of mine who was there told me the girls whose rights these guys were "fighting" for were so quiet during the whole gathering because they didnt see the fuss and they didnt even want to wear the tudung anyway! So, as the gathering progressed, more scholars realised that it was actually quite ridiculous to be fighting for the rights of someone who didnt actually care too much about it in the first place. Eventually, everyone left and the guy who ochestrated the whole thing was left well, pretty much deflated that no one took up his "challenge" to abandon their scholarships to fight for their fellow Muslim's right to wear the tudung.

What is the point of this story?

Well the point is this. The Star newspaper carried a story of three non Muslims in the police force who said they had no problems whatsoever with wearing the tudung. "Its part of being in the police force. After all, its only for official functions."
So why are all the politicians fighting over it?Why are Non Muslims arguing over whether its right or wrong?
Why are we fighting someone else's battle? When they dont even have a problem with it in the first place?

Arent there more important things to discuss about in Parliament? Or is everyone in there busy checking the dictionary for derogatory names to call each other?

what is the point?

So, the Malaysian government or the Islamic branch of the Malaysian government has decided that Muslims cannot take part in Miss Malaysia pageants or any other pageants for the matter. What is the rationale behind this policy? That it is unIslamic or against the Quran to parade in your swimsuit for all to see and judge. After all, the religion promotes covering of aurat.

So, here is the question: Why then was the malay girl from RTM2 allowed to pose on the front cover of FHM in an almost see through lingerie?I mean that girl is not particularly flat chested. She was "busting out" of the lingerie and man, were there provocative poses further in the mag. How is this permissible under the Islamic law? Wouldnt this constitute being unIslamic? Isnt the Miss Malaysia pageants WAY classier than the magazine shot?I have also seen many celebrities in their plunging neckline in front of entertainment mags and having their undergarments showing from underneath their badly fitted clothes.

Pageants organisers nowadays have begun to allow the participants to tie a scarf around their waist during the swimsuit competition round. It doesnt completely cover everything but hey, it helps. I mean we can survey the streets around town and we see more Muslim women dressed in MUCH less than a swimsuit.

So, here's calling out to the government of Malaysia, let the Muslim women take part in the Ms.Malaysia pageant!There are many smart, attractive Muslim women out there who can represent Malaysia much better that the current Chinese ones that we have.Has anyone seen our recent winners?I do not mean to be catty, but I believe we can do MUCH better! Do not limit our pool of "talent" in the Ms. Malaysia pageant.

Ok. this might backfire. But something has to be said. After all, the bitch has run loose.