Proud to be Malaysian

Im damn proud to be Malaysian... we've seen our country progress into achieving social and political milestones in 2009.
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In 2009, we welcomingly saw the first prime minister who was appointed without an official mandate from the people of Malaysia. A prime minister who not only rose to the helm of Malaysia, but carries a bagage of suspected links to manslaughter and controversial transactions of military goods.

Nevertheless, he rose to the challenge and wanted to win back the hearts of Malaysians by trying to understand the problems of the rakyat. The ethnic races in Malaysia have been provoked to the edge through political agendas and is on the verge of breaking loose. Hence Najib wanted to bring the rakyat back together again through his convincing 'ONE MALAYSIA' slogan while he helms the countries administration.
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I dont know what's your take on 'ONE MALAYSIA' but i feel it contradicts the governing policies of our country. Take Barisan National for example, the ruling party of the federal administration. Barisan National who has now envisioned their future to be a 'ONE MALAYSIA' but continues to be a congregation of 3 different race-based parties - UMNO, MCA & MIC. (Malay, Chinese & Indian parties respectively). It's like a tree telling its branches that it will only have one branch.
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Take another example, special priviledges for the mainlanders. How lah to be one malaysia? although im aware that the special priviledges are not questionable but its just human in the world today to demand their rights, which is equivalent to every others' rights.
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The appointment of Najib was also picked up by the international media, so thanks to Najib Malaysians can now be proud again. Proud to be able to go overseas, tell people you're from Malaysia, and see foreigners noding their heads. If you actually ask them what they know about Malaysia, Australians will tell you there was an ex deputy PM who was convicted of sodomy charges with political motivations. And that he now leads the opposition party and is fighting for change and democracy.
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The Brits or English (as they liked to be called):
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Malaysia's sixth prime minister, Najib Tun Abdul Razak took office earlier this month, replacing Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. In Najib's first week, he failed key tests that show he can be his own man. He lost important by-elections, failed to address persistent scandals and selected a cabinet of lacklustre appointees that has not evoked confidence. He ran away from the press, declining to address basic questions about his government. This poor beginning raises serious questions about his leadership and calls into question his ability to deliver on the reforms that are critical for Malaysia's future. ~ Bridget Welsh, Guardian.co.uk
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In 2009, Malaysia continues to prosper with social and economic stability, while our neighbouring countries see chaos in political restructuring. Najib's first ASEAN summit in Thailand was cancelled as thousands of protestors stormed into the convention centre which was to host the summit of 16 asean leaders. To that, Najib could proudly come back to Malaysia and not face the threat of insurgents.


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In 2009, Malaysia went into the history books for hosting the first F1 grand prix that had to be cancelled because it rained. Imagine the amount of coverage our country will get on international press.

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In 2009, Malaysia was also particularly proud to see the appointment of the ruling coalition's youth party head - Khairy. Not only eloquent in speech, he is also an Oxford graduate who is accused by our ex prime minister of being heavily involved in corruption... eh sorry, money politics. Khairy is appointed with high hopes to revitalize the youth party he was neglected a cabinet post, which they normally get.

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After years of lacklustre performance from Abdullah's administration, many Malaysians started to miss the more aggressive leadership of Mahathir. In 2009, they had their dreams answered. Not only did Mahathir rejoin UMNO, his son Snoop was granted a cabinet post, despite loosing hands down to Khairy in the contest for UMNO Youth Chief.


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In 2009, Malaysians are also proud to have more news to read, by-elections after by-elections, controversies after controversies... very soon, the Penanti by-election will soon be upon us. This is going to be the sixth by-election since the last general election of 8 March 2008. We have seen battles of the giants in Permatang Pauh last year and Kuala Terengganu and Bukit Gantang this year. In a way, these were proxy wars between Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat.
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Penanti, however, is going to be the mother of all battles. Penanti is going to be a proxy war between Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.This is going to be a take-no-prisoners battle. This is going to be a winner-takes-all battle. Whether Anwar is going to continue to be seen as the opposition leader and whether Dr Mahathir is going to continue to be seen as the Grand Old Man of Malaysian politics will be decided on the battlefield of Penanti.
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In a way, Penanti will be the Waterloo for both Dr Mahathir and Anwar. But only one is going to be the Duke of Wellington of Malaysia. The other will be relegated to the role of the Napoleon Bonaparte of Malaysia. Who is going to be ‘Wellington’ and who will be ‘Napoleon’ will be decided on the battlefield of Penanti. And it is going to be a battle not to be missed. a
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In 2009, another milestone was achieved.. it looks like we're on a roll. We became the first country in the world to ban the usage of a beautiful Mongolian model's name. Wtf?

Im proud to be Malaysian