JYSim for jobless-yokel Sim

I remember a few years back I was among one of those opposing everything our government does - the unfairness of the quota system, funds distribution etc. Being born and bred in a single-race society means I have very little chance of interacting with other races of Malaysia, resulting in biased opinions as well as polarised words and actions being said and done in classrooms.
It took me four years to recover my mistake. My exchange in Italy opened a new window for me on how beautiful and unique each and every Malaysian is. Perhaps if you are majestic enough to discover the beauty of each and every nationality in the world, but as a Malaysian I had came to realise and later appreciate our people, our country and our culture altogether.
Yes, we do admit that our current system ran by our current government is not the best in the world and that not everyone obtained the largest piece of cake. We do also admit that some unfairness occasionally occur in our society and that we still have a lot of room for improvement in the future to achieve the Malaysian status without Malaysians looking at which ‘race’ you are. However, if we are to compare to other nations of similar structure, we would find that Malaysians live in one of the most harmonic and peaceful countries in the world.
I cannot attribute or dedicate this fact to all our local politicians, but some of them do really work towards national integration.
Sometimes it really feels proud to be Malaysian, especially when your foreign friends stare at you in amazement when you described the Indian Thaipusum or the Malay Hari Raya with such vibrant colours and vivid celebrations. They’ll admire you had so many national holidays every year, though usually you just spend them lazing at home or watching the good movies on tv. To describe Malaysia would cost hours after hours of storytelling and pictures - the current Malaysia is such a complex society you couldn’t just finish with ‘Italians are descendents of the people of the Greco-Roman Empire, period." Each and every race bears such an important identity and history each and every one cannot be neglected.
I speak now with hope and optimism, mainly because I was greeted with warmth and sincerity during my stay back home a few weeks ago. During the first day of Chinese New Year, the 7-11 guy (Malay) I went to buying RM10 DiGi credit said ‘Gong Xi Fa Cai’ to me. I would really like to teach him ‘Xin Nian Kuai Le’, because to me Gong Xi Fa Cai is a little too wealthy for me (I need not Fa Cai yet, not now) but instead I just smiled back.
Every year during various times of the year Petronas spent millions making advertisements we never forget, all with the main themes surrounding national integration and preserving our good core values - something the world is losing.
To all Malaysian readers - wherever you go, always carry along your national identity as they’re second to none globally. To be Malaysian is to be a national of one of the most tolerant and colourful countries in the world. Although our Malaysian passport is not as powerful as those of Great Britain or USA yet (theirs can actually come in handy during national crisis i.e. escaping Iran-Iraq, avoid troublesome checks exiting Afghanistan etc), to be bearing the name ‘Malaysia’ is to be bearing a country that believes in a universal God and that everything in nature comes orderly.

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