The One About The "Malaysia Boleh" Spirit

To show off our "Malaysia Boleh" spirit, our beloved Prime Minister has yet again decided that prices of goods should go up! But how does this relate to "Malaysia Boleh", one might ask. Well, the truth is, all along our "Malaysia Boleh" spirits have never left us. If you look closely in your daily living, you will find that we, in fact, CAN achieve a lot of things!

Don't believe me? Read on:

01. NON-Bumiputera can survive without government help
Yep. Us NON-Bumis are like roaches. Strong and undying. Despite the close-to-nothing help our government is giving us, we still managed to send our children to further their studies overseas and never to return again. Even without the government giving us 7% Bumiputera discount when we buy landed properties, we still have a roof over our head.

02. Toll booths can be set up every 30km
Look at the roads in KL. Those beautifully set up toll booths are everywhere. Aren't they a sight to see? And besides, you can even beat those toll-owner-controlled traffic lights, if you pay a "small" amount of money! How cool is that?!

03. Poor Malaysians will survive
Yes, people with lower income in Malaysia won't die of starvation just because of the price hike. Rice is expensive, flour is expensive, so what? Poor people can always resort to potatoes or non-flour and non-rice related products...whatever those are. Worse comes to worse there's always those overgrown weeds that no one is cutting, or the trash that those rch people left behind and our close-to-non-existing garbage man is not taking out. In short, not to worry, poor people won't just drop dead like flies.

04. Non-Bumis can afford expensive pork
We non-Bumis are a bunch of capable people with high buying power, the price of pork have to go up. To make things even more interesting, now there're only a number of days you can buy pork! This can help improve our math and estimation skill. Estimate how much pork can you and your family consume before the butcher comes selling more pork again. What a fun way to shop!

05. Now the rich can also use public transport
To make public transport more rich-friendly, they're doubling the price of bus tickets! Now that ticket prices will be more expensive, rich people will feel more comfortable in using public transportation without feeling cheap! This will, in hope, closer the ties between the poor and the rich.

06. We're #1 Again!!!
We just like to be on top of the list. Who cares if the government isn’t comparing oil prices dollar to dollar? Who cares if our country produce oil and yet we charge our citizens loads of money for it? Who cares if we're going to be out of oil to drill by Year 2014? We can still sell barrels of oil overseas and earn money for the country! No one is complaining about Proton is more expensive in Malaysia compared to the selling price overseas! With that, the government feels that it's time we top another list: "The Most Expensive Oil Price In A Country Which Produce Oil"!

07. WE -- The Rakyat -- trust their government
We love and trust our government so much we don't question their actions. It's true! Say for example: The government has stop "subsidizing" for petrol. We never question where that portion of money is going to, even though we don't see an improvement in the quality of life, or a decrease in crime rates, or better drainage system for flood-prone areas. Our government still sells oil to overseas country even when we are going to run out of oil by the Year 2014. You don't see us asking them to stop doign that! We trust that they will make good use of the money and not pocketing that huge sum. We love our government.

08. Malaysia can have astronaut(s)
Who cares what the newspapers in Australia said about us? Our Malaysian government can do anything with our country's taxpayers' money and there is nothing Australia or the Malaysian taxpayer can do about it! Then again, who are we to question our government? We trust and believe in them.

09. Malaysia is a friendly country
Malaysia is a great place to live in despite prices of goods keep going up. In fact we are so friendly to neighboring countries like Singapore; we allow them come in to Malaysia to buy fuel, rice, flour or anything they want for the same price our citizens are getting. So what if it's a price hike for the locals?

10. Malaysia is a homosexual-free country
As our former Prime Minister literally puts it: "British people accept homosexual ministers but if they ever come here bringing their boyfriend along, we will throw them out." So rest assure, there are NO homosexuals in Malaysia. Cause if they exists, or even as close as set foot in our country, our government would've sniffed them out and thrown them out of the country ages ago! Malaysia is homo-free!

There are probably more that I couldn't think of right now but if you have something of the similar to share, feel free to chip in your two cents worth about our magnificently governed country.

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