2005-resolutions?
Ever since i started working,i have fully understood where indians stand in the economic sector in Malaysia.
Now, i truly appreciate my parents for giving me a good education and making me beleive that my capabilities are beyond my limitations. truly speaking, from my observance within these few weeks at work, i managed to swallow the fact that without education, we indians are next to nothing in the eyes of other races.
To emerge in the economic industry which is fully dominated by other races, indians not only need to be educated, they also need to be up to date, hardworking, posses certain amount of intelligence (wit, not just laden with information) and be really really good in their work in order to be noticed.
i agree that many indians have realised that education is really important in order to survive and therefore we have many top scorers nowadays. but these people who have realised this are a small amount compared to those indians who have not even realised that they need to open up their eyes. there are many indians out there, backdated, living in poor conditions, uneducated, poor and truly in a very sad state. i made a resolution not very long ago,that one day, i will reach out to help these people and i promise myself even today that i will do so in another 10 years time because by then, i will be fully able to help anyone financially and mentally.
let us put aside these people who need help. let us look at those middle class indians. they are educated, they know the way life is out there but sadly, they wallow in jealousy when they see other indians come up. there is no more such thing as "i must do better than him". instead, "he must do worse than me". notice that there is a big difference between these two statements.i dont have to go far to give u an example. i will just cite one that just happened within my own relatives.
as i had said earlier, my dad had just bought a new car. on the first day he brought it to his brother's house, the first thing his brother said to him was, this car is no good, the oil consumption is really high, it has all kinds of problems etc..he did not say even a single word of praise. not that we are looking high and low for one, but then, imagine, u just bought a new imported car and someone just comes and gives all kinds of bad remarks about it. there is another example, where one of my father's friend said the car looks like our national car, kancil. is my dad so dumb to buy a car as small as kancil, for a price which is four folds higher? but my neighbour who is a malay was so happy when he saw our car, gave us the thumbs up sign and said "very nice".
when i went to university, i faced all kinds of remarks from people i know. many of them "blessed" me by saying that i will not get a job when i graduate. when i scored well in my school exams, no one was happy and outwardly expressed their jealousy. im sad to say, all of them are indians. when i got the job as a software engineer in this new company, first thing my uncle said was, the company is not doing well, they dont pay well blah blah blah. not a since word of congrats. i could have argued with him but i held my tougue back coz im so sick and tired of seeing this kind of inner jealous pangs potrayed openly. the company has been in business for more than 30 years and is now going to open up another mill in another state. they have 7 mills in penang and mainland alone and had recently been public listed in KL stock exchange.
my dad told me once that at the hospital where he works, an indian pharmacist told an elderly indian man that he doesnt need to pay,he can get free medicine if he fills up a certain form. what did this old indian man do? he straight away went to the form counter and told the malay man at the counter that the indian pharmacist told him that he doesnt need to pay if he fills up the form. The pharmacist was given a warning by his superior for giving out such an info and reducing the hospital's income although what he said was right.
at my work place, one indian man came and told me, that the higher managers are very fierce, they like to scold unnecessarily, there is no pay rise etc etc and when i asked him back, so are u going to leave this company soon, he said "oh no, i intend to stay here for a very long time". I truly dont understand his reason for discouraging and demotivating me. instead the chinese guys there were nice to me, and they told me many important things that i need to know.
in another company where my friend is working, an indian superior complains about all the other indians staffs and humiliates them in front of the higher managers.
don't get me wrong. i'm not fishing for praises. i dont need praises in order to survive. i have my job, i have my family, i have everything that i want. but it still makes me sad to know that indians themselves are pulling each other down from being successful. even if u help another indian, not many of them are truly grateful.
if we keep going on like this, hating for each other's success, we will never be in par with other races. let us be competitive with other races, not among each other in our own community. we are approaching a new year. let us face it with a good heart, with good thoughts. let us fight for our rights, be truly capable and let us become one of the most respected race in the whole world.
indians are smart. we just need to change our attitude.
Now, i truly appreciate my parents for giving me a good education and making me beleive that my capabilities are beyond my limitations. truly speaking, from my observance within these few weeks at work, i managed to swallow the fact that without education, we indians are next to nothing in the eyes of other races.
To emerge in the economic industry which is fully dominated by other races, indians not only need to be educated, they also need to be up to date, hardworking, posses certain amount of intelligence (wit, not just laden with information) and be really really good in their work in order to be noticed.
i agree that many indians have realised that education is really important in order to survive and therefore we have many top scorers nowadays. but these people who have realised this are a small amount compared to those indians who have not even realised that they need to open up their eyes. there are many indians out there, backdated, living in poor conditions, uneducated, poor and truly in a very sad state. i made a resolution not very long ago,that one day, i will reach out to help these people and i promise myself even today that i will do so in another 10 years time because by then, i will be fully able to help anyone financially and mentally.
let us put aside these people who need help. let us look at those middle class indians. they are educated, they know the way life is out there but sadly, they wallow in jealousy when they see other indians come up. there is no more such thing as "i must do better than him". instead, "he must do worse than me". notice that there is a big difference between these two statements.i dont have to go far to give u an example. i will just cite one that just happened within my own relatives.
as i had said earlier, my dad had just bought a new car. on the first day he brought it to his brother's house, the first thing his brother said to him was, this car is no good, the oil consumption is really high, it has all kinds of problems etc..he did not say even a single word of praise. not that we are looking high and low for one, but then, imagine, u just bought a new imported car and someone just comes and gives all kinds of bad remarks about it. there is another example, where one of my father's friend said the car looks like our national car, kancil. is my dad so dumb to buy a car as small as kancil, for a price which is four folds higher? but my neighbour who is a malay was so happy when he saw our car, gave us the thumbs up sign and said "very nice".
when i went to university, i faced all kinds of remarks from people i know. many of them "blessed" me by saying that i will not get a job when i graduate. when i scored well in my school exams, no one was happy and outwardly expressed their jealousy. im sad to say, all of them are indians. when i got the job as a software engineer in this new company, first thing my uncle said was, the company is not doing well, they dont pay well blah blah blah. not a since word of congrats. i could have argued with him but i held my tougue back coz im so sick and tired of seeing this kind of inner jealous pangs potrayed openly. the company has been in business for more than 30 years and is now going to open up another mill in another state. they have 7 mills in penang and mainland alone and had recently been public listed in KL stock exchange.
my dad told me once that at the hospital where he works, an indian pharmacist told an elderly indian man that he doesnt need to pay,he can get free medicine if he fills up a certain form. what did this old indian man do? he straight away went to the form counter and told the malay man at the counter that the indian pharmacist told him that he doesnt need to pay if he fills up the form. The pharmacist was given a warning by his superior for giving out such an info and reducing the hospital's income although what he said was right.
at my work place, one indian man came and told me, that the higher managers are very fierce, they like to scold unnecessarily, there is no pay rise etc etc and when i asked him back, so are u going to leave this company soon, he said "oh no, i intend to stay here for a very long time". I truly dont understand his reason for discouraging and demotivating me. instead the chinese guys there were nice to me, and they told me many important things that i need to know.
in another company where my friend is working, an indian superior complains about all the other indians staffs and humiliates them in front of the higher managers.
don't get me wrong. i'm not fishing for praises. i dont need praises in order to survive. i have my job, i have my family, i have everything that i want. but it still makes me sad to know that indians themselves are pulling each other down from being successful. even if u help another indian, not many of them are truly grateful.
if we keep going on like this, hating for each other's success, we will never be in par with other races. let us be competitive with other races, not among each other in our own community. we are approaching a new year. let us face it with a good heart, with good thoughts. let us fight for our rights, be truly capable and let us become one of the most respected race in the whole world.
indians are smart. we just need to change our attitude.
posted by BluePixie @ 7:54 PM
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