I was just browsing through The Star online today and a couple of the news items has caught my eye… and i just had to blog about it.
First, Where motorist fear to thread, once again highlights the problem of traffic congestion at Pudu. Now I know that to most KL-ians this is nothing new – from in your face touts, to arragont taxi drivers and their superior attitude, and even the local everyday joe with his/hers ‘my-fathers-road-so-i-can-park-where-i-like’ syndrom; the Pudu-Problem is far from ever being solved. But perusing the article, I really have to remark that a statement from an un-indentified motorist stating
“This problem will only be solved if City Hall places an enforcement officer there daily.”
to once again highlight our Boleh! attitude. If there a problem we first point the fingers to the usual suspects – the goverment, the local council, the police… etc, etc that is everybody else except ourself. No never can we be in the wrong, it’s definately always someone else. Typical Malaysian is what I like to brand this type of people.
Next is the Tourism assets under threat article. Nothing riles me more than hearing that our local beaches are once again under threat, this time from the errant development. Fresh back from my trip to Redang, I feel the pain when I hear our beautifull beaches are being destroyed. Even during my trip I did notice that the beach was littered. Imprinted in my memories is the time I came across a cigarette pack and lighter lying on the beach. I even found broken bottles shards which I picked up and disposed of. Again chalk 1 more up for both the Boleh! attitude and also the Typical Malaysian mentality.
