Comments on: Open letter to Tun Mahathir

By: jerry

jerry — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:27:20 +0000

don’t know if anyone gonna read this but i am wats knows as kaum pendatang by the so called ruling party. i want what jeff lee wants but i don’t see that happening. like most of my pendatang friends, i am trying to leave this country.. after all isn’t that wat they want us to do..? they talk about brain drain yet “those” that do well in their education r not given the chance to better themselves because of the color of their skin.. wat kinda crap is that..!
i only know M’sia as my country of birth but i cannot find it in my heart to say i am a malaysian coz i am still only a pendatang in the eyes of many..!

By: Mojo Jojo

Mojo Jojo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:42:27 +0000

u are a fukcing racist

By: mannsann

mannsann — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:22:52 +0000

@mannsann,
ok. good bye.

By: bongkersz

bongkersz — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:28:26 +0000

@mannsann, oh so you are one of the dinosaurs? make some space please..

By: mannsann

mannsann — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:22:42 +0000

@bongkersz,
I am too old to grow up. How about you?

By: bongkersz

bongkersz — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:58:35 +0000

@mannsann, that’s too simplistic a view. Grow up.

By: mannsann

mannsann — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:54:19 +0000

I am a racist too, because everybody are racist. If someone says he/she is not, most likely its just a lie.

By: jeff lee

jeff lee — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:50:04 +0000

viviene..i’m trying to figure out what you are trying to say here…

1) it seems to me you are quite happy with your life here in malaysia and are very grateful for all those opportunities that you /your family have had..well, lucky you..some, like the lady who wrote the letter above, are not so fortunate…

2) but at the same time, you poured scorn on the rest of us “idealists” where you say that working together irregardless of race is a big misnomer..because everyone is just too angry??..so, what you are saying is that everyone should just quietly live their distinctly separate lives, dont make noise, dont complain, take it as it is, do as you are told, no need to be too friendly with the other races because there’s no way we can really share and build this nation together as one, basically minding our own business lah..??

3) in other words, if i understand you, it means, we all should just let things be the way they are..and everyone should just be extremely grateful and happy to have a country to live in..wow..icic

4)…hmm, but you see viviene, wish i could see life as simple as you do. for me and i can say, for a lot of the rest of us, we would like to partake more of this country of ours, we want to share the toils and the tribulations and be counted as one. we want no other place and we know no other place (figuratively) that we can consider home. we do not want to be considered as “immigrants” who should be forever grateful to be allowed to stay here because of our forefathers’ doings, but also simply because we are not. we were born here and for many of us, die here as well..i know, someone famous once said “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”..and i’m sure you’ll immediately agree to this statement. i agree too, but the keyword here is “your country” meaning…my country!! i am a malaysian, that’s all i know. i only ask that malaysia considers me her child too, as precious and equally loved as much as my other siblings, who may not look exactly like me (you know what i mean?)…do you understand exactly how it feels to belong and yet not accepted?

that’s the whole gist of the message really…

p/s: my grandpa came from china too, in search of greener pastures much like yours did, and i am pretty sure my grandpa was just as grateful too for this new life and opportunities given..but that doesn’t mean that i should think like grandpa (god bless his soul) simply becoz i am a malaysian and not a migrant from china..