Malaysia! Part II

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The previous time when I came back to my hometown everything seemed fine. At least I didn't have much to whine about. By no means am I implying that I have been complaining alot, well at least not outside this blog.

It really makes me wonder why. After a little thought, I reckon these factors may have contributed:
1) 9 months in Melbourne being single. Makes a bit of difference.
2) Mixing with Singaporeans. One starts to compare. Neighbouring countries yet so different.
3) Fixed monthly expenses. Higher Purchasing Power Parity (lower living standards) means more spending power. And more spending had made me realize the shortcomings of one's spending capability in Malaysia and its pattern distortions.
4) Being a second year student and collaborating academically with local students in various assignments, my critical point of view may have probably been sharpened.

Undoubtedly, food is cheap in Malaysia. That is perhaps one of the greatest joys of any students abroad who are coming back here. Besides family, I'm pretty sure cheap good food is of great importance. Then we have friends we grew up with.

But maybe good things just stop there. I don't know. But maybe these problems are not KL-specific:
1) climate. Bearable, but absolutely not conducive for the mind to perform.
2) social institutions. Hot topic of mine. I could write a post next. Big question: why Malaysia doesn't perform well enough?
3) money, again. Too little things you could buy even if you had an extra 100 in your pocket.
4) some people get too materialistic. Money is all that occupies their mind. People lose grip. They don't have a good balance in their lives. I despise that.
5) happens everywhere, but I hate kids who think they're all that by spending them parents' money.

But then again, that is just me. Someone who have been abroad long enough to feel the differences. I am sure it is a great country for we can see that many are contend living here. I certainly have no idea how many blogs out there give people an insight into what a person like me would be thinking. I just thought it could help a little if ever officials will ever stumble upon this. And not deny. But that'd still take decades, while we only have 14 years to 2020.

I hope tomorrow will be a very good time for me to write on social institutions in Malaysia. And most importantly I hope that it'd make a difference some day!